The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…

But the whole world doth so universally consent, that there is a difference between Right and Wrong, Duty and Crimes, Good and Evil, and so a necessity of some Government (humane at least) and that man is not like the beasts, where strength is the only title, and good and evil is but natural, called jucundum & utile, with their contraries, that I need not plead that part of the cause any further, universal consent not only making it unnecessary, but also being a valid argument against it, as proving that it is against the common reason of Mankind, and light of Nature.

§. 15. XII. If God be not the universal Governor of the world, then error, malice, and tyranny, and selfishness will make injustice finally prosperous, and oppressed innocency remediless. But that cannot be, as shall hereafter be fuller made appear.

§. 15. XII. If God be not the universal Governour of the world, then error, malice, and tyranny, and selfishness will make injustice finally prosperous, and oppressed innocency remediless. But that cannot be, as shall hereafter be fullier made appear.

There must be some infallible Judge to pass the final sentence, and hear all Causes, as it were, over again; and some perfect righteous Judge to set straight, all that mens unrighteousness made crooked; or else unrighteousness will finally prevail. And this must be God, who being the fountain of all Government, is also the end of all.