Part H. The Living Temple. 3 2 That Prince would ceetainly never be fo much magnify' d for his Clemency, and Mercy ; as he would be defpifed, by all the World, for mofr remarka- ble Defects ofGovernment, that fhould, not onlypardon whofoever of his Sub- jelts had offended him, upon their be- ing lorry for it but go about to pro- vide, a Law fhould obtain in his Do- minions, thorough all after time, that whofoever fhould offend againf+t the Government, with whofoever Info lency, Malignity, and Frequency, if they repented, they fhould never be punifht, but be taken forthwith, into highefl Favour! Admit that it had been Congruous to the Wif<,lonr, and Righ- teoufnefs of God, as well as his Good- nefs, to have pardoned a particular Sinner, upon Repentance, without fa- tisfg}ion ; yet nothing could have been more apparently unbecoming him, than to fettle an univerfal Law, for all future time, to that purpofe, that let as many as would, in any Age, to the Worlds end, affront him never fo highly, invade his Rights, trample his Authority, tear the Con- flitution of his Government, they Y 4 fhould
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