for a time o fLiberty. ward fafety for the Countrey;'tis not now an artiller*da;', only I mull fpeak a word, becaufe it's a thing ofmoment, and matter of great confcience witl->_me. i fuppofe, in Inch a place at leafl,according to the Centurions example amongll Heathens, Mat. 8. 9. a word of a Comman- der to any of them fhould bea law. Ifay io one, Go, hee goes. Now for men to come when they _lift to thole mee- tings,and fo time is loft, and when they do come, no care; I had almofl laid confcience,- to mind their work in hand, and do it with all their might, as it to which they are called; but Officers may fpeak, charge, cry, yea ftrike fometimes,.yet heed nor, it's intolerable; but that Mem- bers of Churches, which fhould be examples to others fhould do this, at leall it is but brutifhnefle. But Ido wonder what rules of Confcience.filch do walkby, and if they do, where is their tenderneflè to withdraw their fhoulders from under the work ? which if there be but Englifh blood in a Chriftlan, he will endeavour to be perfe£t in his Art herein : but if grace, much mcre, that he may make one lone in the wall, and be fit to fhedhis blood, if need be, for the defence of Chrils fervants, Churches, and caufe ofGod. 2. When any Town doth cal off the power and rule of Townfmen, fet by the fupreme Magiftrate to make fuel orders as may make for the publick weal thereof. I know lometimes men,may not be fo able, wife, and carry mat- ters imprudently,: Town- orders may allo fometitn s want that weight, that wifdome, thofe cautions, that mature confideration as is meet, as alfo that due & prudent publi- cation, that all may know of them, with records..or them. But take Town-orders that be deliberatly mad.e,prudent- lypublifhed, for the publick peace, profit, comfort ofthe place, to oppofe there, or per fans that make there, with much care, fear, tendernefYe ; if I know any thing, is a fin of a crying nature, provoking God, andcaling offhis go- vernment. Iconfef e, if there be not care here. Iknow noway of living under any government of Chin cn or Common-wealth, if the publick affaires of. the, ' ;'own be call off. Iknowfometimes, godly anddear to aria, may through weaitnefe,want oflight, fudden paflion, andvio- lent tentation,oppofe here; but /amperfwaded ifthey be the Lords, he will in time humble them for it, andmake thembetter after it. I know the anfwer to two ^qu flión= would clear aulp 2.
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