41 The Living Temple. Part IL Pecompence, for the Violation of the Sacred Rights of Government ; it may well k fuppofed to be fo, in the Cafe of Man's common Delinquency, and Re- volt fromCod, much more. Unto which purpofe, it is further to be confider'd, that, in this Cafe, the Matter is much otherwife betweenGod, andMan, than, for the molt part, be- tween a Secular Prince, and a Delin- quent Subjec`f : That is, that Pardon be it never fo plenary, doth (as Pardon) no more than reftore the Delinquent, into as good a Condition as he was in before. But what was, for the moll part, the Cafe before of Delinquent Subje&s ? There are very few that were, before, the Prince's Favourites, his intimate Affociates, and Friends, with whom he was wont familiarly to converfe. Very often the Condition of the Offender, was fuch before, that his Pardon only Eaves him from the Gallows; lets him live, and enjoyon- ly the poor Advantages of his former meanCondition ; and not always that neither : Yea, or if he were one, whole higher Rank, and other Circurn- flances, had entitledhim to a neareft Attendance, on the Perfon of the Prince,
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