Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the…Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the…

Thirdly, There wants supernatural principles, and divine light to irradiate, enlarge, and fortify it.

Thirdly, There wants supernaturall principles, and divine light to irradiate, enlarge, and fortifie it.

Fourthly, There wants the right end, GODs glory. Liberty, and immortal fame, (saith Austin,) were the aim in the Actors of those admirable things amongst the Romans. Add then these, and we have,

Fourthly, There wants the right end, GODs glory. Liberty, and immortall fame, (saith Austin,) were the aime in the Actors of those admirable things amongst the Romanes. Adde then these, and we have,

Thirdly, religious righteousness, which ever strikes the stroke, doth the deed, and goes through stitch indeed, in all comfortable Christian government. It only steers aright in all public employments, stands upright in all storms, and is steel to the back. Either there must be an addition of Religion to reason, piety to policy, counsel out of GODs Book, to the light of natural conscience, sanctified righteousness to civill honesty: or as tho preferred party himself though otherwise of never so good parts, never so universally and excellently enriched with all endowments of all kinds, natural, moral, politic, ⟨p. 54⟩learned, is but as a dead man, a rotten carrion stuck over with flowers; so certainly with whatsoever outward flourishes and formalities he may seem to dazzle the eyes of underlings; he will poison his place, by preferring his own particular and private ends, by putting sometimes hateful business into good language, for his own advantage and further advancement, and ever by temporizing, rather then hazard his temporal happiness. Hear what judicious Master Hooker did happily let fall from his pen to this purpose. So natural (saith he,) is the union of Religion with Justice, that we may boldly deem there is neither, where both are not. For how should they be unfeignedly just, whom Religion doth not cause to be such, or they religious which are not found such by the proof of their just actions? If they which employ their labour and travail about the public administration of Justice, follow it only as a trade, with unquenchable and unconscionable thirst of gain, being not in heart persuaded, that Justice is GODs own work, and themselves his Agent in this business; the sentence of right, GODs own verdict, and themselves his Priests to deliver it, formalities of Justice do but serve to smoother right, and that which was necessarily ordained for the common good, is through shameful abuse, made the cause of common misery. It is no peculiar conceit,