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A30054 Some seasonable considerations for the good people of Connecticut Bulkeley, Gershom, 1636-1713. 1694 (1694) Wing B5401A; ESTC R224014 26,221 63

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Government doth not dispose a man to be Hail Fellow well met with every Clown True yet it will condescend as in courtesie to all so to the Relief even of the meanest Witness Solomon in all his Glory personally deciding the Controversie between two Harlots And so the poor Woman that cryed to the King of Israel Help my Lord O King Alas says he whence shall I help c Not that he was unwilling to help her though the extreamity of Famine had disabled him Read also Job 29. 7 c. and you shall see the Distance that he would keep and the Reverence that he expected and rèceived from àll higher ànd lower that were inferiour to himself If Job were here the Objector would say That Job was a proud stern Fellow But without cause for this notwithstanding He delivered the Poor that cryed the Fatherless and him that had none to help him The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him and he caused the Widdows heart to sing for joy He put on Righteousness and it cloathed him c. He was Eyes to the blind and feet to the Lame a Father to the Poor and the cause which he knew not he searched out He brake the Jaws of the Wicked and plucked the spoil out of his Teeth vers 12 to 17. Yea he did not despise the cause of his Servant cap. 31. 13. It may be the Wicked fearing to have his Jaws broken would take occasion but none had cause to complain of his Pride and Morosity In a word a great Spirit becomes à great Man A great Spirit we see may be a good Spirit and a Great Man a Good Man and such a one I trust we shall find the Governour of York to be 8 Obj. But some say he is a Papist Answ Verily if this were true it were the most legal Objection that I have yet heard for Papists are 〈…〉 abled by Law But these who are bold to say so had need make good Evidence of it lest they rank themselves àmong those filthy Dreamers who defile the Flesh revile Rulers despise Dominion and speak evil of Dignities and make themselves guilty of all those mischiefs that follow thereupon For 1 st How doth it appeat that he is a Papist He professes that he is an Episcopal Man or for the way of the Church of England which is established by Law whereby Popery is renounced He makes it his first care to provide for an able Gospel Ministry and for the due and strict sanctification of the Sabbath He is a Lover of sound Doctrine and of the free and faithful preaching of Christ crucified and a Friend to good Men. He pays his due Allegiance to their Majesties and vigorously maintaìns their Interest and defends their Subjects against Papists He improves his Authority for the suppression of Vice and Reformation of prevailing Evils He is a Peace-maker and studies the composing and quieting of Differences among their Majesties Protestant Subjects He openly declares That he will never mix his private Interest with the Publick He diligently seeks the Wellfare of the People committed to his Trust and is careful to put such into places of Trust as are duely qualified that Law and Justice may have their free Course These things do not argue that he is a Papist but the contrary 2 dly His Excellency is better known to their Majesties than to us We know how his Majesty hath declared against the putting of Papists into place who are disabled by Law and consequently àll they do is void in Law And therefore we cannot think that he will do it himself Yet he is a Governour and to us a Lieutenant of his Majesties own chusing and therefore no reason to think that he is a Papist 3 dly What assurance have we that the Objector is not a Papist Papists hold That Faith is not to be kept with Hereticks i. e. with Protestants That the Oath of Allegiance to Heretical i. e. Protestant Princes is not to be taken or if it be taken yet it is null and void and binds not or at least may be dispensed with and made void and sûch like Let the Objector pay his Allegiance and submit to the Kings Commission if he would not be thought to be a Papist or would be allowed to make this Objection 1 Sam. 10. 26 27. There went with Saul a Band of Men whose hearts God had touched But the Children of Belial said How shall this Man save us and they despised him c. but he held his peace John 1. 46. Nathaniel said Can any good thing come out of Nazareth Phillip sayes to him Come and see Lisenced by M. Clarkson Secretary and Printed at New-York Anno Domini 1694.