'174 The tenJer Confcience~ I --------------------------------~~-- Cap. I 2. thingdfe, and were infenfi ble of the Judge.. • - ments comming on them, they periibed. in thefe. What is it to a man to be drowned in a Butt ofMalm[ey,odn a Veifellor Pitofwa.. ter? Say not therefore,. Is fi1ch a thing law.. full , may it be ,done-, or muft it no~ be done ? I will not fear to do whatever the Law of God, or the Law of the Land will beare me out in. But we mnfl: have more 'Words and quxries to an action, th(n this one, An licet, we muft ask, Andecet, An expt>– dit I To[wear, to go to law, to takeaway · the Jifeo£ another man, are fometimes law..i full, but it is upon fi.1ch and fuch con!idera• tioss, and circumfrances; which circum(fan... ces of actions are as much to be looked up– on often times , by him who wouid keep peace andpttrityof confcience, as thealli– on! and things thenifelves. The wary beaten Bcare fights with more advantage hard at the ftake, then at the full length and fcope of his Chaine. Obfcrve your meafure , limit your liberty with bounds in lawfull things : For lawful/ JZnd finfullare fo near neighbour!, \ that they border .one upon the other, and joyne i,n their utmofi bounds. I I Note. This manag~in in tbe next place dare not do alwaie~ what is in his power :' Jo(ep_h had his unkinde brethren now in his power, had committed one of them to CU"' fiody, yet [et him fi·ee again, and fent them Gen.42.12home in peace; Thi1do, faith hf') and live, for I fear God. The man ofconfdence bath other rules
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