The Excellen~ic pf 4 gtJodCpnfoiente~ . 2 23 '" ~1en,but makes them jf'jf apd boneft ereft. Yp.:I} .hath done with them ; It fi~deth men un- · -– profitable, and good for noth~~g '· it leaves ~ them profitable; it finde~ f~~le jad, leaves themmerry; paor,and leayeth r~ch; · de~d;and leaveth alive~ What a chfZng~ 9:o~~ th~~ oqe thingmakein-the-world? It -p1ends a /t14... ·.t,iftrate, it men~s a .Minifler, it p.1e~~s ri.ch, 1 it mends-poor, for it mends ~U. Thlfo~lone wouldmend iD timu, men9 iOOjfictrs,Jnend iD LtrWu, mend ill execution pf good L~wes, mendChurck, .mendState, and ,menda!l. -Wh~t P,lato faid long ago ofC9J11mon- ·wealths, Tum demum fore .beatar r~s publicas, cum aNt reges philofopharentur_, aut ph#ufop.ki regnarenl. It would never be well in tflo world, till either Philofophers wereKings, or Kings Philofophers; we may certainly fay, It will then be well with Common– wealths, ( a~d nqt till then) when they.th~t are mofi con{cuntious are put in publi~ place 1 ' and made Magifirates, Rulers, Co111ma~~ ders, Officers, Minifrers, &c. or when they that are in lhch place be mofi confcientiow. Good Confcience is the Treaiurie of gt>Od, which tlierefore brings forth nothing· but what is fo ; GoodCommunication to edi– fie thehearer, Good Converfation to edifie the , Beholder: yea; Confcimti£ ea eft viJ,&c. faith - pr Amu,thatit alterstheuatureof thif);g~- ; , 1 lt makes Actions in their own nature indif– ferent becomegood, and Actionsgood become; . .better ; as Confcience when not good makes lawfull
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