Part II. The Living Temple. 279 ever what is mo. ii becoming, and wor- thy of himfelf ? And what could have been fo becoming of him, as to let it appear to the World, how facred the Rights ofhis Empire over it are ! How, horrid a thing the Defection of a rea- fonable Creature is, from the great Author and Lord of its Life, and Be- ing ! How costly an Expiation it did require ! How folemn Rites were tobe performed ! How great and awful Tranfattions, that Sin might become pardonable ! What could fo tend toexalt Majefty, tomagnify the Reputationof his Go- vernment, to poffefs his reafonable Creatures with awful Apprehenfons, and make them dread to offend ! In a pru- dent Government, how great a thing is Reafonof State? Even where there is the greateft Inclination imaginable to be in all things molt. dtri&ly and unex- ceptionably Judi : Yet, is that theon- ly Care, with prudent Governours, that they may be able to approve the juf ice of their Adminidtrations ? There are many things, which, without tranfgref- fing particular Rules of Juflice, might have been omitted, from which yet, upon moor Reafon ofState, you can no T 4 more
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