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can_v love_v man_n for_o god_n sake_n that_o love_v not_o god_n more_o and_o no_o man_n can_v honour_v or_o obey_v man_n for_o god_n sake_n who_o do_v not_o more_o honour_n and_o obey_v god_n he_o that_o will_v serve_v man_n more_o than_o god_n do_v as_o it_o be_v make_v man_n his_o god_n and_o from_o man_n must_v expect_v his_o protection_n provision_n and_o reward_n 5._o profession_n of_o piety_n to_o god_n without_o true_a justice_n and_o charity_n to_o man_n be_v but_o hypocrisy_n while_o we_o have_v time_n we_o must_v do_v good_a as_o we_o be_v able_a to_o all_o man_n for_o with_o such_o sacrifice_n god_n be_v well_o please_v gal._n 6._o heb._n 13._o christ_n be_v our_o great_a pattern_n in_o do_v good_a even_o to_o the_o unworthy_a and_o he_o purify_v to_o himself_o a_o peculiar_a people_n zealous_a of_o good_a work_n tit._n 2._o 14._o for_o we_o be_v his_o workmanship_n create_v unto_o good_a work_n in_o christ_n jesus_n which_o god_n have_v ordain_v that_o we_o shall_v walk_v in_o they_o eph._n 2._o 10._o to_o be_v rich_a in_o good_a work_n be_v to_o be_v rich_a to_o god_n luke_n 12._o 21._o and_o to_o lay_v up_o a_o good_a foundation_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v to_o lay_v hold_n on_o eternal_a life_n to_o lay_v up_o our_o treasure_n in_o heaven_n and_o to_o make_v we_o friend_n of_o that_o which_o to_o worldling_n be_v the_o unrighteous_a mammon_n and_o bless_v be_v the_o merciful_a for_o they_o shall_v obtain_v mercy_n and_o receive_v a_o prophet_n in_o the_o name_n of_o a_o prophet_n or_o a_o righteous_a man_n in_o the_o name_n of_o a_o righteous_a man_n be_v the_o way_n to_o have_v a_o prophet_n or_o a_o righteous_a man_n reward_n when_o christ_n will_v say_v in_o as_o much_o as_o you_o do_v it_o to_o one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o my_o brethren_n you_o do_v it_o unto_o i_o pure_a religion_n and_o undefiled_a be_v to_o visit_v the_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n in_o their_o adversity_n and_o to_o keep_v ourselves_o unspotted_a of_o the_o world_n as_o we_o very_o believe_v that_o not_o only_o the_o party_n call_v conformist_n and_o nonconformist_n alas_o that_o we_o must_v call_v they_o party_n but_o most_o true_a protestant_n be_v agree_v in_o all_o this_o so_o we_o take_v it_o to_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o profess_v our_o dissent_n from_o the_o practice_n of_o such_o as_o will_v hinder_v love_n and_o concord_n by_o persuade_v man_n that_o we_o be_v real_o disagree_v when_o it_o be_v not_o so_o and_o as_o we_o be_v the_o believe_a disciple_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o peace_n that_o bless_a reconciler_n who_o take_v down_o the_o partition-wall_n between_o jew_n and_o gentile_n and_o make_v they_o one_o so_o we_o will_v serve_v he_o with_o all_o our_o power_n and_o interest_n in_o build_v up_o the_o wall_n of_o defence_n and_o take_v down_o every_o partition-wall_n which_o unjust_o divide_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o daily_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v humble_v convert_v and_o reform_v those_o man_n who_o have_v build_v they_o up_o and_o will_v not_o yet_o be_v entreat_v to_o give_v peace_n to_o the_o church_n and_o in_o special_a to_o this_o self-distracting_a land_n finis_fw-la the_o judgement_n of_o non-conformists'_a of_o thing_n indifferent_a command_v by_o authority_n as_o far_o as_o the_o subscriber_n be_v acquaint_v with_o it_o write_a to_o save_v the_o ignorant_a from_o the_o temptation_n of_o diabolism_n describe_v 2_o tim._n 3._o 3._o and_o 1_o joh._n 3._o 10._o 12._o 15._o joh._n 8._o 44._o bless_a be_v the_o peacemaker_n for_o they_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o god_n matth._n 5._o 9_o print_a in_o the_o year_n 1676._o the_o judgement_n of_o non-conformists'_a of_o thing_n indifferent_a command_v by_o authority_n quest_n whither_o thing_n antecedent_o lawful_a do_v therefore_o become_v unlawful_a because_o command_v by_o lawful_a authority_n neg._n we_o take_v the_o question_n as_o we_o hear_v it_o state_v by_o some_o accuser_n of_o the_o nonconformist_n who_o feign_v they_o to_o affirm_v it_o and_o some_o seem_v serious_a in_o the_o fiction_n as_o if_o they_o do_v indeed_o believe_v themselves_o by_o which_o they_o dispatch_v these_o several_a work_n of_o no_o small_a moment_n viz._n 1._o they_o hereby_o render_v the_o nonconformist_n contemptible_a and_o odious_a as_o brainsick_a person_n who_o keep_v up_o a_o divide_v faction_n in_o spite_n of_o the_o light_n and_o obligation_n of_o the_o common_a principle_n of_o humanity_n and_o society_n 2._o they_o hereby_o imprint_v the_o stamp_n of_o satan_n viz._n the_o hatred_n of_o their_o brethren_n upon_o the_o mind_n of_o such_o hearer_n as_o will_v believe_v they_o and_o receive_v the_o impress_n 3._o they_o hereby_o fill_v family_n city_n and_o country_n with_o all_o that_o spawn_n of_o ugly_a sin_n which_o be_v the_o genuine_a fruit_n of_o such_o hatred_n and_o contempt_n and_o keep_v man_n also_o from_o repentance_n for_o any_o thing_n that_o they_o have_v say_v or_o do_v how_o cruel_o soever_o against_o such_o minister_n and_o other_o as_o be_v represent_v as_o so_o odious_a to_o they_o 4._o they_o hereby_o fortify_v the_o people_n soul_n against_o receive_v convert_v or_o edify_a instruction_n by_o such_o accuse_a minister_n 5._o they_o furnish_v papist_n insidel_n and_o other_o adversary_n with_o matter_n of_o accusation_n against_o one_o part_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o servant_n of_o christ_n they_o be_v able_a now_o to_o say_v that_o such_o and_o such_o protestant_a clergyman_n themselves_o report_v it_o 6._o they_o tempt_v the_o worse_a and_o weak_a sort_n of_o the_o accuse_v to_o return_v the_o like_a measure_n to_o they_o again_o and_o to_o judge_v as_o they_o be_v judge_v satan_n hereby_o get_v matter_n for_o a_o temptation_n to_o call_v the_o accuser_n fool_n in_o revenge_n to_o bring_v
and_o what_o accident_n make_v a_o thing_n unlawful_a to_o be_v command_v and_o what_o not_o and_o what_o scandal_n be_v and_o how_o far_o to_o be_v avoid_v which_o we_o shall_v do_v in_o these_o proposition_n follow_v prop._n 1._o morality_n be_v either_o regulans_n or_o regulata_n mensurans_fw-la or_o mensurata_fw-la the_o first_o be_v radical_o in_o god_n own_o mind_n and_o will_n and_o be_v call_v by_o many_o lex_fw-la aeterna_fw-la and_o it_o be_v signal_o and_o expressive_o in_o god_n law_n and_o subord_o 〈◊〉_d nate_o in_o man_n law_n as_o they_o be_v a_o rule_n to_o subject_n of_o these_o we_o be_v not_o now_o to_o speak_v that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o holiness_n of_o god_n or_o his_o law_n nor_o of_o man_n as_o they_o be_v true_o a_o rule_n to_o subject_n morality_n as_o regulate_v be_v subject_v in_o the_o mind_n and_o action_n of_o the_o creature_n special_o in_o the_o will_n and_o in_o our_o action_n as_o voluntary_a and_o so_o even_o the_o law_n of_o man_n as_o those_o man_n be_v god_n subject_n and_o their_o law_n be_v action_n good_a or_o evil_n as_o regulate_v by_o god_n superior_a law_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o morality_n now_o in_o question_n prop._n 2._o this_o morality_n in_o man_n will_n and_o action_n be_v nothing_o else_o formal_o but_o their_o relation_n of_o conformity_n or_o disconformity_n to_o god_n law_n as_o their_o rule_n and_o subordinate_o to_o subordinate_a rule_n and_o material_o to_o the_o end_n and_o o_o 〈◊〉_d ject_n prop._n 3._o how_o far_o this_o moral_a relation_n be_v immediate_o found_v in_o a_o physical_a relation_n which_o be_v before_o it_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n viz._n in_o the_o say_a relation_n of_o the_o will_n and_o action_n to_o the_o end_n and_o object_n as_o such_o antecedent_o to_o the_o relation_n to_o the_o command_a or_o forbid_v law_n we_o will_v willing_o open_v be_v it_o not_o lest_o we_o seem_v with_o man_n that_o love_v not_o much_o distinction_n to_o justify_v or_o excuse_v they_o that_o censure_v we_o as_o guilty_a of_o excess_n herein_o and_o we_o may_v do_v what_o be_v now_o necessary_a to_o be_v do_v without_o it_o prop._n 4._o no_o be_v as_o such_o no_o substance_n as_o such_o no_o habit_n as_o a_o habit_n no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_a for_o so_o they_o be_v but_o quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o god_n do_v not_o command_n and_o forbid_v natural_a being_n as_o such_o prop._n 5._o all_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a be_v subject_v in_o natural_a being_n or_o privation_n but_o not_o immediate_o as_o such_o but_o as_o modify_v circumstantiate_v and_o relate_v prop._n 6._o good_a and_o evil_a make_v up_o all_o morality_n there_o be_v no_o three_o species_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n that_o be_v indifferent_a as_o to_o morality_n that_o be_v neither_o moral_o good_a nor_o moral_o evil_a but_o there_o be_v nothing_o moral-indifferent_a mere_a natural_a being_n and_o act_n be_v indifferent_a as_o to_o morality_n that_o be_v they_o be_v not_o moral_a but_o whatever_o be_v moral_a be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_a and_o not_o indifferent_a prop._n 7._o the_o subject_a and_o quid_fw-la absolutum_fw-la fundamentale_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a be_v quid_fw-la positivum_fw-la or_o a_o real_a be_v but_o the_o form_n of_o moral_a evil_n be_v ever_o find_v indeed_o in_o a_o real_a subject_n but_o not_o always_o in_o a_o real_a fundamentum_fw-la for_o it_o be_v oft_o at_o least_o in_o total_a omission_n and_o privation_n of_o the_o act_n and_o in_o privation_n of_o some_o modal_n or_o accidental_a qualification_n or_o rectitude_n prop._n 8._o yet_o the_o formal_a relation_n of_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_n be_v both_o true_a 〈◊〉_d relation_n even_o dis-conformity_n as_o well_o as_o conformity_n as_o curv_v 〈◊〉_d tude_z and_o dis-similitude_n be_v as_o well_o as_o rectitude_n and_o similitude_n and_o a_o mere_a negative_a be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a e._n g._n negative_a nonconformity_n which_o be_v not_o privative_a dis-conformity_n be_v no_o sin_n because_o there_o be_v not_o the_o debitum_fw-la inessendi_fw-la the_o non-inesse_a be_v inculpable_a it_o seem_v indeed_o to_o some_o learned_a man_n that_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la may_v be_v moral_a good_a e._n g._n non_fw-la odisse_fw-la deum_fw-la au_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d proximum_fw-la non_fw-la ment_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d ri_fw-mi not_o to_o murder_v steal_z etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o thing_n remote_o command_v or_o loco_fw-la materie_fw-la 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o thing_n immediate_o command_v be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d agere_fw-la the_o will_n by_o all_o these_o command_n be_v bind_v positive_o to_o will_z the_o forbid_a act_n e._n g._n murder_n adultery_n lie_v etc._n etc._n to_z will_z they_o be_v the_o prime_a duty_n or_o moral_a good_a that_o we_o say_v not_o with_o ockam_n the_o only_a and_o not-to-d_a 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v the_o secondary_a but_o that_o be_v as_o they_o be_v act_n restrain_v or_o forbear_v by_o a_o command_a will_n for_o a_o man_n in_o infancy_n or_o the_o womb_n or_o in_o a_o apoplexy_n or_o when_o he_o be_v whole_o take_v up_o with_o some_o other_o sin_n not_o then_o to_o steal_v lie_v murder_n or_o commit_v adultery_n be_v not_o at_o all_o a_o moral_n good_n but_o a_o mere_a incogitancy_n non_fw-la agere_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la may_v be_v a_o true_a moral_a evil_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o when_o a_o right_a volition_n be_v command_v as_o to_o love_n god_n or_o man_n or_o â—â—ight_a action_n to_o do_v good_a 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o do_v it_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o command_n and_o not_o to_o will_n and_o not_o to_o do_v when_o we_o ought_v be_v the_o common_a kind_n of_o sin_v prop._n 9_o right_o order_v action_n disposition_n and_o habit_n then_o as_o in_o or_o of_o the_o will_n directly_z and_o remote_o some_o non_fw-la agency_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n command_v call_v moral_o good_a save_o that_o eorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la the_o soul_n and_o whole_a man_n or_o person_n be_v well_o and_o true_o call_v moral_a 〈◊〉_d good_a and_o the_o p_o 〈◊〉_d ivation_n and_o i_o 〈◊〉_d ordination_n of_o voluntary_a action_n disposition_n and_o habit_n be_v the_o only_a moral_a evil_n save_o that_o the_o person_n be_v also_o call_v such_o eorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la prop._n 10._o a_o action_n may_v be_v indifferent_a or_o of_o no_o morality_n as_o to_o election_n or_o performance_n and_o yet_o to_o deliberate_a about_o that_o act_n may_v be_v moral_o good_a e._n g._n i_o may_v doubt_v of_o two_o way_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o my_o end_n as_o far_o as_o can_v be_v know_v by_o i_o whether_o they_o be_v so_o or_o not_o or_o which_o be_v the_o better_a i_o may_v be_v oblige_v to_o deliberate_v whether_o they_o be_v equal_a or_o not_o to_o guide_v my_o progress_n and_o end_v my_o doubt_n and_o when_o i_o have_v find_v they_o equal_a i_o have_v find_v that_o comparative_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v matter_n of_o election_n as_o by_o reason_n to_o be_v prefer_v to_o the_o other_o but_o yet_o because_o i_o must_v choose_v to_o g_o 〈◊〉_d on_o therefore_o i_o must_v take_v one_o way_n and_o not_o the_o other_o because_o i_o can_v go_v both_o but_o this_o be_v only_o a_o choose_n to_o go_v and_o a_o take_v that_o way_n but_o not_o a_o choose_n it_o which_o signify_v a_o rational_a prefer_n it_o here_o my_o deliberation_n be_v a_o moral_a act_n and_o so_o be_v my_o choose_n to_o go_v but_o my_o choose_v this_o way_n rather_o than_o the_o other_o be_v none_o for_o upon_o deliberate_v i_o find_v that_o neither_o be_v eligible_a and_o choice_n no_o duty_n prop._n 11._o as_o the_o smallness_n of_o the_o least_o physical_a be_v though_o undiscernible_a prove_v it_o not_o to_o be_v nothing_o so_o the_o smallness_n of_o any_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_a duty_n or_o sin_n prove_v not_o that_o it_o be_v no_o duty_n or_o sin_n at_o all_o prop._n 12._o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a be_v itself_o only_o a_o accident_n for_o habit_n disposition_n action_n and_o relation_n be_v accident_n and_o privation_n be_v either_o reductive_o accident_n as_o some_o call_v they_o or_o less_o than_o accident_n even_o mere_a nothing_o though_o from_o a_o nullity_n or_o privation_n a_o moral_a relation_n true_o result_v on_o the_o person_n prop._n 13._o therefore_o when_o we_o say_v that_o a_o thing_n be_v good_a or_o evil_a by_o accident_n we_o mean_v somewhat_o more_o than_o that_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a be_v a_o accident_n itself_o for_o there_o be_v no_o other_o we_o mean_v that_o it_o be_v something_o accide_v or_o add_v to_o the_o former_a accident_n or_o state_n that_o make_v it_o now_o good_a or_o evil._n prop._n 14._o in_o a_o action_n there_o be_v considerable_a 1._o the_o action_n as_o such_o or_o as_o specify_v only_o by_o the_o faculty_n intellection_n volition_n imagination_n etc._n etc._n