'Jh~ ten4er Cdnfcien~e. Cap~ I 2~ or el(e the Noblcs were·too back.._~ard to corn-, · . : pel the people to pay their ·duties~ They made not fuch pr.ovifion for the ·Minifiers livelihood and fu~fiftepce as they fhoulq; but now Nehemiah takes ca:re to fee it amended, ver. 12. 13. So his detefration ~ehem. s. of their V fury, ~nd Extortions, and the 9,ro, 1 r, means he ufed for Reformation and Refii~ ; p ,r3· ttltion, you may rea~ in the fift Chapter•. By this you fee a godlyman obferves wh~t.. are the prevailing fins of the times, and he , fets himfelf againft them ; when anotb~ now of no Confcience thinks it a principaU' point of Prudence to give w~y to thae which is li~e to take and obtain the upper hand, yea, to fit frill, connive, keep filence~ ~nd it may be againft his Confci{nce ancl Judgement to comply as Pe·tet once did, while he was in the hi,ph Priefis Palace, h~ faw all fpake againft Chrift there, and there~ fore thought ·it was to. no purpq(e for him to fpeak for him; nor was itfofe. Bllt it coft him dear. Yea, fom€ account it a Note of fingular Pietie t~ be forward in promoting ft1ch a way_ and opinion as is at prefent tfle. prevailing way, apd ri11ng opinion, though ~hey fee no weight of Reafon leading there.:. unto. Herein many dealingwith their un– dedland.ing, and poor Co nfciences, as they did with. their poqies, ,when Eutropiur the ~- . Eunuch was in that Power and Greatnc~ in the Emperours Conrt, and fa·vour, that fl~ CO!!lld ra~fe an.d prefc~ W~On~he would; . y~t
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