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             The Bishop of London's ninth conference with his clergy upon the fifth and tenth injunctions given by the King, February the 15th, 1694/5 held in the years 1695 and 1696.
             Compton, Henry, 1632-1713.
          
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           THE
           Bishop
           of
           
           LONDON's
           Ninth
           CONFERENCE
           With
           his
           CLERGY
           Upon
           the
           Fifth
           and
           Tenth
           INIUNCTIONS
           ,
           Given
           by
           the
           KING
           February
           the
           15th
           .
           1694
           /
           5
           Held
           in
           the
           Years
           1695.
           and
           1696.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             Benj.
             Motte
          
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Bishop
           of
           
           LONDON's
           Ninth
           CONFERENCE
           With
           his
           CLERGY
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           HAving
           at
           several
           times
           formerly
           taken
           notice
           of
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Subjects
           of
           these
           Injunctions
           as
           concern
           the
           Clergy
           in
           general
           ,
           except
           these
           two
           :
           I
           thought
           it
           might
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           desire
           your
           advice
           upon
           them
           ;
           especially
           since
           the
           Vanity
           of
           being
           thought
           Good
           natured
           ,
           too
           often
           tempts
           Men
           to
           forget
           the
           discharge
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           easiness
           of
           Complaisance
           draws
           them
           into
           those
           things
           which
           are
           not
           Convenient
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           Scandalous
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           Words
           of
           the
           Fifth
           Injunction
           run
           thus
           .
           
             That
             that
             part
             of
             the
             34th
             .
             Canon
             ,
             which
             relates
             to
             the
             giving
             
             of
             Certificates
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Lives
             and
             Manners
             of
             those
             who
             are
             to
             be
             Ordained
             ,
             be
             strictly
             looked
             to
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Bishops
             lay
             it
             on
             the
             Consciences
             of
             the
             
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             they
             sign
             no
             Certificates
             ,
             unless
             ,
             upon
             their
             own
             knowledg
             ,
             they
             judge
             the
             Persons
             to
             be
             duly
             Qualified
             .
          
        
         
           The
           words
           of
           the
           Canon
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           this
           Injunction
           is
           
           grafted
           upon
           it
           ,
           are
           these
           :
           
             Except
             he
             shall
             then
             exhibit
             Letters
             Testimonial
             of
             his
             good
             Life
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             under
             the
             Seal
             of
             some
             College
             in
             
               Cambridge
               or
               Oxford
            
             ,
             where
             before
             he
             remained
             ,
             or
             of
             three
             or
             four
             grave
             Ministers
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Subscription
             and
             Testimony
             of
             other
             Credible
             Persons
             ,
             who
             have
             known
             his
             Life
             and
             Behaviour
             by
             the
             space
             of
             Three
             Years
             next
             before
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Church
           had
           several
           occasions
           for
           Letters
           recommendatory
           and
           Testimonials
           for
           the
           Security
           and
           Preservation
           of
           her
           Discipline
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           exigence
           of
           different
           Ages
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           the
           brotherly
           and
           hospitable
           Reception
           of
           those
           that
           travel'd
           into
           Forain
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           those
           Churches
           they
           went
           to
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           Imposed
           upon
           by
           False
           Brethren
           .
           These
           were
           called
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           by
           St.
           Paul.
           They
           
           were
           afterwards
           called
           
             Literae
             Canonicae
          
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Formatae
           .
           Of
           which
           you
           have
           a
           learned
           discourse
           written
           by
           Priorius
           a
           But
           I
           believe
           you
           would
           be
           more
           satisfied
           in
           the
           reason
           and
           authority
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           Credentials
           from
           the
           Canons
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           b
           under
           the
           four
           first
           General
           Councils
           .
           Which
           gave
           ground
           to
           those
           so
           many
           and
           divers
           directions
           afterwards
           in
           the
           following
           particular
           Councils
           of
           several
           Nations
           .
           But
           this
           were
           too
           large
           a
           Work
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           beside
           our
           purpose
           to
           be
           treated
           of
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           therefore
           confine
           our selves
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           those
           Letters
           Dimissory
           and
           Testimonials
           only
           ,
           
           as
           relate
           to
           such
           as
           seek
           to
           enter
           into
           holy
           Orders
           .
           And
           this
           I
           conceive
           will
           appear
           in
           the
           best
           light
           ,
           if
           we
           proceed
           by
           these
           Three
           steps
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             To
             look
             into
             the
             Appointment
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             II.
             To
             examine
             the
             Reason
             of
             that
             Appointment
             .
          
           
             III.
             To
             apply
             that
             Reason
             to
             our
             Behaviour
             in
             this
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           As
           to
           the
           Appointment
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           obvious
           a
           method
           to
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           any
           thing
           otherwise
           out
           of
           our
           reach
           :
           that
           without
           question
           it
           must
           have
           been
           the
           universal
           Practice
           of
           all
           Ages
           .
           But
           it
           will
           suffice
           us
           to
           keep
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           our
           own
           Profession
           .
        
         
           When
           Moses
           directed
           the
           People
           to
           find
           out
           fit
           Men
           to
           be
           Rulers
           over
           them
           ,
           amongst
           other
           Enquiries
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           them
           expect
           good
           Testimonials
           from
           their
           Neighbours
           
           and
           Acquaintance
           .
           
             Take
             ye
             wise
             men
             and
             understanding
             ,
             and
             known
             among
             your
             Tribes
             .
          
           When
           the
           Apostles
           instituted
           Deacons
           ,
           they
           gave
           this
           charge
           to
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           
             Look
             ye
          
           
           
             out
             among
             ye
             seven
             men
             of
             honest
             report
             .
          
           We
           see
           the
           reason
           given
           ,
           why
           St.
           Paul
           took
           Timothy
           forth
           with
           him
           ,
           because
           
           
             he
             was
             well
             reported
             of
             by
             the
             Brethren
             that
             were
             at
          
           Lystra
           and
           Iconium
           .
           The
           Characters
           St.
           Paul
           requires
           of
           such
           as
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Orders
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           Priests
           or
           Deacons
           ,
           shews
           the
           necessity
           of
           good
           Testimonials
           :
           because
           many
           of
           those
           Particulars
           upon
           which
           that
           Character
           depended
           ,
           could
           not
           otherwise
           be
           so
           well
           made
           out
           .
           And
           therefore
           
           he
           says
           ,
           A
           Bishop
           
             must
             have
             a
             good
             report
             of
             them
             which
             are
             without
             .
          
           And
           of
           Deacons
           ,
           
             Let
             these
             also
             first
          
           
           
             be
             proved
          
           .
        
         
         
           In
           conformity
           to
           this
           necessary
           Method
           of
           proceeding
           has
           the
           Church
           practised
           ever
           since
           .
           So
           it
           was
           in
           St.
           Cyprian's
           a
           time
           .
           
             In
             the
             Ordination
             of
             Clergymen
             ,
             most
             dearly
             beloved
             Brethren
             ,
             we
             are
             used
             to
             consult
             you
             beforehand
             ,
             and
             by
             common
             consent
             examine
             both
             the
             Manners
             and
             Merits
             of
             each
             Person
             .
          
           For
           this
           reason
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Council
           of
           Nice
           b
           would
           have
           every
           one
           Ordained
           in
           their
           own
           Diocese
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           known
           .
           
             If
             any
             Bishop
             shall
             presume
             to
             take
             one
             out
             of
             another
             Diocese
             and
             Ordain
             him
             in
             his
             Church
             ,
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             his
             proper
             Bishop
             ,
             from
             whom
             he
             has
             departed
             ,
             such
             Ordination
             shall
             be
             void
             .
             To
             the
             same
             purpose
             is
             that
             of
             Chalcedon
             c
             .
             Strange
             and
             unknown
             Clergymen
             are
             by
             no
             means
             to
             Officiate
             in
             another
             City
             without
             commendatory
             Letters
             from
             their
             own
             Bishop
             .
          
           But
           these
           primitive
           Councils
           had
           the
           Apostolick
           practice
           too
           fresh
           before
           them
           ,
           to
           need
           such
           particular
           directions
           as
           were
           given
           by
           later
           Councils
           .
           Among
           which
           you
           have
           one
           that
           says
           ,
           d
           .
           
             Because
             it
             may
             so
             fall
             out
             that
             they
             who
             desire
             to
             get
             into
             Holy
             Orders
             ,
             may
             give
             a
             false
             account
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             as
             likewise
             of
             their
             Pedigree
             :
             to
             the
             end
             that
             every
             way
             to
             Fraud
             and
             Deceit
             may
             be
             stopt
             :
             let
             him
             that
             is
             to
             be
             promoted
             to
             any
             Degree
             bring
             with
             him
             Letters
             from
             his
             Ordinary
             ,
             or
             the
             chief
             Men
             of
             the
             Place
             where
             he
             was
             born
             or
             wont
             to
             inhabit
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             may
             be
             attested
             to
             be
             of
             full
             Age
             ,
             of
             a
             good
             Conversation
             ,
             &c.
             which
             unless
             he
             bring
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             be
             Ordained
             ,
             unless
             it
             appear
             evident
             to
             him
             some
             other
             way
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           There
           is
           likewise
           another
           remarkable
           Passage
           in
           the
           same
           Council
           ,
           
           
             a
             Wherein
             shall
             be
             contained
             this
             Clause
             ,
             
               whom
               we
               find
               to
               be
               fit
               and
               worthy
            
             ;
             or
             else
             no
             credit
             shall
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Letters
             .
          
           To
           the
           same
           purpose
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           another
           Council
           .
           
             b
             Diocesans
             are
             not
             to
             promote
             any
             to
             Holy
             Orders
             ,
             before
             they
             have
             seen
             Testimonials
             from
             the
             Minister
             of
             their
             Parish
             ,
             wherein
             are
             contained
             the
             Depositions
             of
             two
             or
             three
             approved
             unsuspected
             Witnesses
             ,
             given
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             of
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             their
             Age
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             commendable
             and
             unblamed
             Life
             .
          
           Thus
           we
           see
           ,
           or
           may
           easily
           gather
           from
           what
           has
           been
           quoted
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           was
           careful
           in
           all
           Ages
           to
           admit
           of
           none
           but
           approved
           Persons
           to
           the
           Ministry
           .
        
         
           II.
           Therefore
           it
           may
           be
           convenient
           in
           the
           second
           place
           to
           look
           into
           the
           Reasons
           of
           this
           cautious
           Proceeding
           .
           And
           truly
           they
           are
           so
           natural
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           they
           should
           bear
           any
           Debate
           .
           For
           common
           Reason
           tells
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           take
           our
           Information
           from
           others
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           the
           notice
           whereof
           we
           cannot
           attain
           to
           by
           our selves
           :
           and
           Experience
           teaches
           us
           to
           have
           a
           care
           whom
           we
           believe
           .
           So
           that
           where
           a
           Testimony
           is
           required
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           receive
           it
           with
           great
           Wariness
           .
           Now
           that
           part
           of
           satisfaction
           relating
           to
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           had
           before
           Persons
           are
           admitted
           into
           Holy
           Orders
           ,
           generally
           cannot
           be
           come
           by
           without
           sufficient
           Testimonials
           .
           Which
           how
           cautiously
           they
           should
           be
           admitted
           ,
           appears
           plainly
           from
           the
           ill
           consequences
           of
           a
           Mistake
           in
           this
           kind
           .
           For
        
         
           
             1.
             
             What
             a
             grievous
             Offence
             would
             it
             be
             to
             good
             Men
             to
             meet
             with
             such
             spots
             in
             their
             Feasts
             !
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             would
             it
             make
             the
             Sacrifices
             of
             God
             to
             be
             loathed
             and
             abhorred
             especially
             of
             the
             weaker
             and
             more
             undistinguishing
             sort
             of
             People
             !
          
           
             
             3.
             
             How
             every
             way
             would
             God
             be
             provoked
             and
             his
             Honour
             blasphemed
             !
          
           
             4.
             
             What
             a
             provocation
             would
             it
             be
             to
             despise
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             uncharitableness
             ,
             and
             to
             entertain
             ill
             thoughts
             of
             Religion
             itself
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             him
             that
             ministers
             in
             it
             !
          
           
             5.
             
             As
             Example
             is
             the
             great
             director
             in
             the
             Lives
             and
             
             Conversation
             of
             men
             :
             what
             a
             fatal
             Misguidance
             must
             it
             be
             ,
             when
             they
             who
             are
             set
             up
             for
             Lights
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             turn
             
               ignes
               fatui
            
             ,
             and
             lead
             people
             out
             of
             the
             way
             by
             their
             evil
             Practices
             !
             The
             Eye
             has
             a
             much
             quicker
             sense
             than
             the
             Ear
             ,
             and
             makes
             a
             stronger
             impression
             upon
             the
             Mind
             .
             For
             Imitation
             of
             what
             we
             see
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             more
             easy
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             more
             natural
             than
             to
             learn
             by
             Precepts
             .
             a
             Men
             ,
             therefore
             says
             
               Lactantius
               ,
               choose
               Examples
               before
               words
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               much
               easur
               to
               say
               than
               to
               do
               .
            
             Words
             are
             but
             speculative
             Expressions
             ,
             and
             may
             please
             the
             Fancy
             :
             but
             Deeds
             make
             the
             deepest
             Impressions
             on
             the
             Heart
             .
             We
             may
             admire
             a
             man
             for
             his
             Ingenuity
             ,
             that
             sets
             excellent
             Rules
             :
             but
             if
             he
             Practise
             by
             other
             measures
             ,
             we
             are
             apter
             to
             follow
             his
             Life
             ,
             than
             his
             Doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           If
           then
           we
           put
           all
           Considerations
           together
           ,
           and
           consider
           how
           abominable
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           and
           how
           pernicious
           to
           men
           the
           disorderly
           walking
           of
           those
           who
           are
           admitted
           into
           Holy
           Orders
           ,
           would
           be
           :
           what
           care
           has
           or
           can
           the
           Church
           take
           ,
           which
           may
           prove
           too
           much
           to
           prevent
           so
           great
           an
           Evil
           !
        
         
           III.
           Therefore
           ye
           see
           of
           how
           weighty
           a
           Concern
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           ye
           behave
           yourselves
           uprightly
           in
           giving
           Testimonials
           to
           those
           who
           are
           to
           serve
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           that
           neither
           Fear
           ,
           Favour
           ,
           Affection
           ,
           nor
           Indifference
           prevail
           with
           you
           to
           give
           a
           rash
           ,
           much
           less
           a
           false
           Certificate
           .
        
         
         
           If
           any
           Man
           should
           recommend
           an
           Officer
           to
           the
           State
           at
           all
           Adventures
           or
           out
           of
           Partiality
           ,
           and
           this
           Man
           should
           prove
           any
           ways
           unfit
           for
           his
           Employment
           :
           would
           it
           not
           bring
           Shame
           upon
           the
           Voucher
           ,
           and
           a
           publick
           Curse
           for
           his
           unadvised
           Officiousness
           ?
           What
           an
           unneighbourly
           part
           is
           it
           to
           put
           a
           Servant
           upon
           another
           Man
           ,
           whose
           Faults
           we
           know
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           are
           ignorant
           of
           his
           Vertues
           ?
           It
           is
           unkind
           and
           unjust
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           may
           prove
           barbarous
           .
           What
           Name
           then
           can
           we
           give
           that
           Action
           which
           imposes
           an
           unfaithful
           Servant
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           where
           his
           Honour
           and
           the
           eternal
           Concern
           of
           his
           Creature
           's
           Soul
           is
           engaged
           ,
           and
           endanger
           the
           Death
           of
           so
           many
           as
           he
           would
           save
           alive
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           charitably
           hope
           ,
           that
           no
           Man
           is
           wilfully
           guilty
           of
           a
           Transgression
           of
           this
           Nature
           .
           But
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           of
           too
           easie
           a
           Disposition
           in
           this
           Case
           :
           and
           either
           out
           of
           an
           unwillingness
           to
           disoblige
           a
           Friend
           ,
           or
           a
           desire
           to
           please
           him
           ,
           or
           for
           some
           particular
           Kindness
           ,
           or
           thro'
           an
           inconsiderate
           Easiness
           ,
           to
           flatter
           ourselves
           with
           a
           General
           Presumption
           ,
           that
           all
           is
           well
           ;
           and
           so
           yield
           to
           a
           blind
           Compliance
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           if
           such
           sort
           of
           Frailties
           might
           plead
           Prescription
           by
           being
           common
           ;
           I
           know
           not
           any
           may
           bid
           fairer
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           this
           :
           but
           the
           ill
           Consequences
           are
           such
           ,
           as
           admit
           of
           no
           Excuse
           .
           For
           the
           Fitness
           of
           the
           Person
           to
           be
           admitted
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           Morals
           ,
           depends
           so
           entirely
           for
           the
           most
           part
           upon
           the
           Integrity
           of
           the
           Testimonial
           :
           that
           a
           Failure
           on
           this
           side
           renders
           the
           Certifier
           partaker
           of
           another
           Mans
           Sins
           ,
           by
           loading
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           with
           so
           heavy
           and
           so
           mischievous
           a
           Scandal
           .
           In
           effect
           it
           is
           a
           lying
           to
           God
           ,
           if
           unadvisedly
           we
           recommend
           an
           ill
           Man
           to
           his
           Service
           .
        
         
         
           Ye
           ought
           therefore
           not
           only
           for
           Reputation
           ,
           but
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           wary
           whom
           ye
           witness
           for
           :
           that
           ye
           have
           a
           competent
           intimacy
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           having
           to
           answer
           before
           God
           as
           well
           as
           Men
           for
           what
           ye
           do
           in
           this
           kind
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Injunction
           we
           have
           hither
           to
           conferred
           upon
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           safe
           the
           Door
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           that
           none
           be
           admitted
           to
           enter
           into
           it
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           fit
           for
           the
           Ministry
           :
           this
           other
           is
           to
           admonish
           such
           as
           are
           already
           entred
           ;
           that
           they
           walk
           as
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           by
           an
           unwary
           Behaviour
           bring
           reproach
           upon
           his
           Service
           .
           The
           Injunction
           is
           this
           .
           
             That
             the
             Bishops
             shall
             look
             to
             the
             Lives
             and
             
             Manners
             of
             their
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             in
             all
             things
             regular
             and
             exemplary
             according
             to
             the
             75th
             .
             Canon
             .
          
           The
           Canon
           upon
           which
           this
           is
           grafted
           runs
           thus
           .
           
             No
             
             Ecclesiastical
             Persons
             shall
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             other
             than
             for
             
             their
             honest
             Necessities
             ,
             resort
             to
             any
             Taverns
             or
             Ale-houses
             ,
             neither
             shall
             they
             board
             or
             lodge
             in
             any
             such
             places
             .
             Furthermore
             they
             shall
             not
             give
             themselves
             to
             any
             base
             or
             servile
             Labour
             ,
             or
             to
             Drinking
             or
             Riot
             ,
             spending
             their
             Time
             idly
             by
             Day
             or
             by
             Night
             ,
             playing
             at
             Dice
             ,
             Cards
             ,
             or
             Tables
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             unlawful
             Game
             :
             but
             at
             all
             times
             convenient
             ,
             they
             shall
             hear
             or
             read
             somewhat
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             or
             shall
             occupy
             themselves
             with
             some
             other
             Honest
             Study
             or
             Exercise
             ,
             always
             doing
             the
             things
             which
             shall
             appertain
             to
             Honesty
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             to
             profit
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             having
             always
             in
             Mind
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             excel
             all
             others
             in
             Purity
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             Examples
             to
             the
             People
             to
             live
             well
             and
             Christianly
             ,
             under
             pain
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Censures
             to
             be
             inflicted
             with
             severity
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Qualities
             of
             their
             Offences
             .
          
        
         
         
           Whenever
           ye
           read
           over
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           sometimes
           ye
           do
           ,
           the
           Exhortation
           that
           goes
           before
           the
           Questions
           in
           the
           Form
           for
           Ordaining
           Priests
           ;
           ye
           will
           there
           find
           the
           Matter
           of
           this
           Canon
           treated
           in
           a
           fuller
           and
           more
           Pathetick
           Stile
           .
           Not
           at
           all
           to
           derogate
           from
           the
           Expression
           of
           the
           Canon
           .
           For
           Laws
           we
           know
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           as
           few
           and
           plain
           Words
           as
           may
           be
           :
           whereas
           Advices
           upon
           those
           Laws
           ,
           have
           a
           Privilege
           to
           enforce
           the
           Reasonableness
           of
           them
           by
           the
           most
           powerful
           Arguments
           that
           can
           be
           sound
           out
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           the
           most
           prevailing
           Inducements
           for
           their
           Observation
           .
        
         
           The
           main
           Scope
           of
           this
           Canon
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           negative
           Direction
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           such
           and
           such
           Irregularities
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           the
           most
           noisy
           sort
           and
           give
           the
           most
           Publick
           Scandal
           .
           For
           however
           there
           may
           be
           others
           ,
           as
           Covetousness
           ,
           Ill
           nature
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           that
           may
           cry
           as
           loud
           against
           us
           at
           the
           last
           day
           :
           yet
           those
           
           enumerated
           in
           the
           Canon
           are
           of
           a
           more
           clamourous
           kind
           in
           this
           World.
           But
           these
           are
           not
           all
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           .
           For
           some
           are
           absolutely
           unlawful
           as
           Drunkenness
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Riot
           :
           others
           are
           so
           only
           by
           accident
           ,
           as
           Cards
           ,
           Dice
           ,
           Taverns
           and
           Alehouses
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           seems
           not
           fitting
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
           For
           we
           are
           not
           to
           imagin
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           our
           Brethren
           can
           be
           guilty
           of
           such
           gross
           Misdemeanours
           ,
           as
           would
           render
           them
           the
           most
           unfortunate
           of
           Mankind
           .
           The
           wretched
           State
           such
           Ill
           Habits
           bring
           both
           upon
           Body
           and
           Mind
           is
           the
           least
           to
           be
           considered
           .
           Were
           it
           barely
           the
           disreputation
           of
           such
           courses
           ,
           which
           to
           an
           Ingenuous
           Man
           is
           more
           grievous
           ,
           than
           the
           loss
           of
           Life
           ;
           it
           were
           but
           a
           light
           matter
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           dismal
           Consequences
           ,
           which
           attend
           such
           disorders
           .
           Nay
           the
           Scandal
           ,
           take
           it
           alone
           ,
           is
           nothing
           when
           compared
           with
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           .
           
             Hinc
             illae
             
             lachryme
          
           ;
           here
           lies
           the
           Transcendency
           of
           the
           Mischief
           ,
           besides
           the
           Dishonour
           to
           God
           and
           his
           Worship
           ,
           it
           staggers
           the
           Believer
           ,
           it
           drives
           the
           weak
           Brother
           out
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           giving
           great
           occasion
           for
           Schism
           ,
           confirms
           the
           Dissolute
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           Atheist
           triumph
           .
           Therefore
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           ought
           rather
           to
           presume
           ,
           that
           such
           destructive
           Vices
           can
           never
           take
           Root
           amongst
           us
           :
           than
           by
           Dehortations
           from
           what
           may
           be
           ,
           cause
           Unwary
           and
           Malicious
           Men
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           Plague
           is
           already
           begun
           ,
           and
           so
           bring
           a
           present
           Obloquy
           upon
           the
           Function
           .
           I
           wish
           therefore
           I
           have
           not
           said
           too
           much
           upon
           this
           point
           .
           I
           will
           say
           no
           more
           :
           but
           proceed
           to
           those
           other
           Irregularities
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           by
           Accident
           .
        
         
           These
           we
           find
           to
           be
           of
           Two
           sorts
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             Such
             as
             relate
             to
             matters
             absolutely
             Prohibited
             .
          
           
             II
             ▪
             Such
             as
             are
             only
             so
             Conditionally
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           The
           things
           absolutely
           prohibited
           in
           this
           Case
           are
           Cards
           ,
           Dice
           and
           Tables
           :
           not
           as
           meerly
           unlawful
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           of
           such
           a
           nature
           as
           for
           good
           reasons
           may
           be
           forbidden
           .
           For
           at
           the
           best
           they
           can
           no
           way
           turn
           to
           any
           profitable
           account
           ,
           only
           serve
           to
           amuse
           at
           very
           Idle
           Hours
           .
           And
           then
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           draw
           on
           such
           Mischievous
           and
           Wicked
           Consequences
           ;
           that
           if
           from
           the
           experience
           of
           such
           ill
           Effects
           ,
           our
           Governours
           should
           not
           have
           power
           to
           Restrain
           the
           Cause
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           hindred
           from
           answering
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           ends
           of
           their
           Appointment
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           Power
           ,
           in
           Prudence
           to
           with-hold
           us
           from
           what
           is
           Dangerous
           :
           as
           in
           Justice
           to
           forbid
           what
           is
           simply
           Evil.
           An
           Army
           otherwise
           would
           be
           in
           a
           desperate
           condition
           ,
           
           especially
           when
           near
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           where
           the
           Loss
           or
           Gain
           of
           an
           opportunity
           is
           so
           ticklish
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           so
           irrecoverable
           :
           if
           we
           should
           allow
           such
           Privileges
           to
           be
           disputed
           .
           And
           tho
           in
           the
           Civil
           Administration
           commonly
           the
           mischief
           of
           such
           a
           Licentiousness
           would
           not
           so
           quickly
           be
           felt
           :
           yet
           ,
           like
           a
           lingring
           Disease
           ,
           it
           would
           grow
           more
           and
           more
           uneasie
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           till
           the
           one
           concluded
           in
           the
           ruin
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           things
           therefore
           that
           pertain
           unto
           Godliness
           ,
           where
           the
           loss
           is
           not
           Transitory
           and
           Finite
           ,
           but
           Eternal
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           ready
           ought
           we
           to
           be
           ,
           in
           owning
           that
           Authority
           ,
           which
           would
           keep
           us
           out
           of
           Harms-way
           !
           For
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           Gaming
           is
           a
           Diversion
           that
           can
           do
           no
           Good
           ,
           it
           is
           at
           best
           but
           an
           Idle
           Amusement
           ,
           it
           may
           do
           much
           Harm
           .
           The
           temptations
           it
           carries
           with
           it
           are
           many
           and
           dangerous
           .
           If
           it
           proceed
           not
           at
           first
           from
           a
           covetous
           inclination
           ,
           it
           seldom
           fails
           of
           concluding
           in
           it
           (
           a
           )
           .
           And
           this
           frequently
           upon
           ill
           fortune
           causes
           great
           Passion
           ,
           which
           often
           breaks
           out
           into
           Cursing
           and
           Swearing
           ,
           sometimes
           attended
           with
           such
           horrid
           Blasphemies
           as
           would
           be
           dreadful
           to
           name
           .
           Besiyes
           it
           creates
           Quarrels
           ,
           that
           are
           too
           often
           found
           guilty
           of
           Murder
           .
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           we
           see
           so
           clearly
           from
           constant
           experience
           ,
           how
           natural
           it
           is
           to
           run
           into
           these
           Inconveniencies
           :
           that
           we
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           whoever
           ventures
           upon
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           runs
           himself
           into
           such
           Temptations
           ,
           as
           he
           knows
           not
           where
           they
           will
           end
           .
        
         
           No
           wonder
           then
           if
           we
           meet
           with
           restrictive
           Laws
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           where
           these
           Idle
           Divertisements
           have
           been
           followed
           .
           Our
           own
           Laws
           are
           an
           Instance
           ,
           where
           in
           (
           b
           )
           one
           of
           them
           notice
           is
           taken
           of
           the
           many
           precedent
           Laws
           against
           them
           :
           and
           particularly
           they
           are
           forbid
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           unprofitable
           ,
           but
           as
           effeminating
           the
           persons
           engaged
           
           in
           them
           .
           For
           they
           are
           observed
           to
           hinder
           those
           Manly
           and
           useful
           exercises
           of
           Arching
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           prepare
           Mens
           Bodies
           for
           Agility
           in
           War
           ,
           and
           Vigour
           in
           other
           Employments
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good.
           Another
           a
           is
           very
           short
           ,
           but
           yet
           complains
           of
           the
           mischievous
           effects
           of
           such
           prohibited
           Games
           ,
           whereby
           Idle
           and
           Dissolute
           Persons
           are
           drawn
           together
           ,
           and
           take
           that
           occasion
           to
           contrive
           Robberies
           and
           other
           Villanies
           .
           The
           last
           b
           is
           to
           prevent
           the
           fatal
           consequences
           which
           fall
           often
           upon
           whole
           Families
           ,
           whose
           Fortunes
           are
           fairly
           or
           fowly
           Impaired
           ,
           if
           not
           Ruined
           ,
           by
           the
           Extravagancies
           and
           Folly
           of
           a
           Young
           Heir
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           by
           those
           that
           should
           have
           more
           Wit.
           And
           to
           shew
           that
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           ,
           we
           may
           find
           the
           like
           caution
           taken
           in
           former
           dayes
           ,
           see
           the
           Roman
           c
           Laws
           .
           Nay
           it
           goes
           further
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           d
           and
           not
           only
           makes
           the
           Debt
           contracted
           by
           Gaming
           void
           ,
           but
           likewise
           the
           ready
           Mony
           laid
           down
           by
           the
           Looser
           recoverable
           by
           Law
           :
           alledging
           ,
           amongst
           other
           reasons
           for
           this
           discouragement
           ,
           the
           Prophaneness
           and
           horrid
           Blasphemies
           ,
           which
           are
           occasioned
           by
           the
           passionate
           prosecution
           of
           such
           Gaming
           .
        
         
           Attalus
           King
           of
           Asia
           at
           his
           leisure
           hours
           recreated
           himself
           in
           his
           Gardens
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           diverted
           himself
           in
           Casting
           of
           Statues
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Demetrius
             Poliorcetes
          
           ,
           that
           his
           Pastime
           was
           spent
           in
           making
           Warlike
           Engines
           :
           and
           of
           Europus
           King
           of
           Macedon
           ,
           that
           at
           his
           spare
           hours
           he
           made
           Lights
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           Parthia
           were
           used
           to
           spend
           their
           idle
           hours
           in
           Sharpning
           of
           Spears
           .
           And
           Dionysius
           the
           younger
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           at
           Peace
           ,
           would
           contrive
           little
           Wains
           ,
           Seats
           and
           Tables
           with
           wonderful
           Art.
           I
           suppose
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Ottomon
           Emperours
           ,
           who
           always
           take
           some
           Handicraft
           Employment
           upon
           
           them
           ,
           is
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           ,
           to
           invite
           their
           Subjects
           by
           such
           examples
           to
           spend
           their
           spare
           time
           in
           something
           that
           may
           be
           Profitable
           .
           To
           this
           end
           the
           Romans
           encourag'd
           none
           but
           such
           Games
           as
           consisted
           in
           manly
           and
           robust
           Exercise
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           number
           were
           called
           Pentathlum
           :
           that
           no
           time
           might
           be
           lost
           ,
           but
           their
           very
           Sports
           might
           make
           them
           Active
           and
           Hardy
           for
           time
           of
           War.
           And
           if
           that
           purpose
           failed
           ,
           they
           were
           sure
           to
           get
           Health
           and
           Vigour
           by
           it
           ,
           besides
           the
           avoiding
           the
           many
           inconveniencies
           of
           Idleness
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           effeminate
           Divertisements
           .
        
         
           Now
           of
           all
           Men
           it
           most
           behoves
           us
           of
           the
           Clergy
           to
           walk
           Circumspectly
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Apostolick
           a
           Canon
           .
           For
           we
           are
           set
           up
           as
           Lights
           to
           Guide
           the
           People
           :
           and
           where
           Laws
           are
           made
           upon
           such
           weighty
           Motives
           ,
           as
           those
           abovementioned
           ,
           we
           ought
           very
           carefully
           to
           set
           a
           good
           Example
           ,
           by
           paying
           our
           utmost
           Obedience
           to
           them
           .
           If
           the
           Blood
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           
           Dses
           in
           his
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           whom
           we
           have
           not
           forwarned
           ,
           shall
           be
           required
           at
           our
           Hands
           :
           how
           much
           more
           
           shall
           we
           be
           answerable
           for
           his
           Transgressions
           ,
           whom
           we
           our selves
           have
           misled
           by
           our
           unwary
           Behaviour
           !
           Of
           which
           St.
           Paul
           has
           warned
           us
           in
           his
           advice
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Be
             not
             partaker
             of
             other
             Mens
             Sins
             .
          
           But
           after
           all
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           superfluous
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           (
           tho
           
             ahundans
             cautela
             non
             nocet
          
           )
           to
           warn
           those
           that
           serve
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           to
           be
           cautious
           in
           having
           to
           do
           with
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           oftentimes
           causes
           so
           great
           Offence
           and
           Scandal
           .
           Especially
           since
           the
           duty
           of
           our
           Abstinence
           should
           carry
           us
           far
           beyond
           these
           considerations
           :
           even
           by
           denying
           ourselves
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           those
           things
           which
           may
           be
           both
           Lawful
           and
           Useful
           for
           us
           .
           Thus
           we
           find
           S.
           Paul
           governing
           himself
           ,
           
           
             All
             things
             are
             lawful
             for
             me
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             are
             not
             expedient
             :
             
             all
             things
             are
             lawful
             for
             me
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             edifie
             not
             .
          
           And
           what
           he
           prescribes
           to
           himself
           ,
           in
           the
           following
           part
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           he
           gives
           as
           a
           Rule
           to
           all
           Christians
           under
           the
           particular
           case
           of
           Meats
           offered
           to
           Idols
           .
        
         
           If
           what
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           seems
           to
           bear
           too
           hard
           upon
           
           this
           point
           :
           to
           be
           sure
           it
           is
           an
           Error
           on
           the
           safest-side
           ;
           and
           will
           easily
           be
           pardoned
           by
           all
           ,
           that
           are
           worthy
           to
           have
           it
           asked
           at
           their
           hands
           .
           For
           Liberty
           ,
           especially
           in
           things
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           is
           like
           an
           edged
           tool
           :
           which
           if
           not
           skilfully
           managed
           ,
           cuts
           the
           Fingers
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           Throat
           of
           him
           that
           uses
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           other
           Prohibition
           is
           conditional
           :
           because
           the
           thing
           forbid
           is
           only
           so
           occasionally
           .
           For
           Publick-Houses
           are
           necessary
           for
           Travellers
           and
           Way-Faring
           People
           ,
           and
           convenient
           many
           times
           for
           meeting
           upon
           common
           Business
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           many
           things
           appointed
           for
           good
           Ends
           are
           abused
           ,
           so
           none
           more
           shamefully
           than
           these
           .
           That
           which
           was
           appointed
           for
           Refreshment
           ,
           is
           made
           the
           receptacle
           of
           Idleness
           and
           Debauchery
           :
           and
           that
           which
           is
           allowed
           for
           honest
           Purposes
           ,
           is
           too
           frequently
           made
           use
           of
           to
           contrive
           Mischief
           .
           However
           ,
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Canon
           in
           this
           particular
           is
           to
           warn
           us
           of
           two
           Dangers
           ;
           the
           one
           relating
           to
           our Selves
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           our
           Neighbour
           .
           Both
           nicely
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           and
           subjected
           to
           that
           caution
           of
           Tully
           ,
           a
           
             There
             are
             some
             things
             which
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             tho
             they
             be
             Lawful
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           In
           relation
           to
           our Selves
           we
           should
           consider
           very
           well
           ,
           what
           sort
           of
           Company
           we
           are
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           in
           those
           Publick-Houses
           ,
           before
           we
           go
           to
           them
           .
           Whether
           we
           may
           not
           be
           drawn
           into
           a
           complaisance
           that
           may
           go
           
           beyond
           Discretion
           .
           For
           if
           your
           Company
           be
           given
           to
           Excess
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           those
           places
           to
           promote
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Besides
           there
           is
           another
           reason
           should
           make
           us
           wary
           ,
           how
           we
           comply
           with
           invitations
           to
           such
           Houses
           ;
           lest
           by
           an
           over-easiness
           in
           yielding
           to
           importunities
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           we
           insensibly
           steal
           into
           an
           Idle
           Habit
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           a
           Modest
           Complyance
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           asked
           the
           question
           ,
           become
           at
           last
           forward
           to
           attack
           others
           .
           
             Nemo
             repentè
             fit
             turpissimus
          
           :
           but
           it
           is
           so
           natural
           to
           advance
           in
           Folly
           ,
           that
           ,
           unless
           a
           Man
           keep
           a
           strict
           hand
           upon
           himself
           ,
           the
           Clowd
           which
           seem'd
           but
           as
           a
           Hand
           at
           first
           ,
           may
           in
           a
           little
           time
           draw
           such
           a
           Storm
           after
           it
           ,
           as
           may
           Overwhelm
           those
           that
           come
           in
           its
           way
           .
           Now
           the
           ready
           course
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           avoid
           the
           Danger
           of
           these
           Temptations
           ,
           is
           to
           take
           up
           a
           firm
           Resolution
           never
           to
           go
           into
           any
           of
           those
           Houses
           ,
           when
           it
           may
           reasonably
           be
           avoided
           .
           For
           such
           a
           Resolution
           once
           well
           fix'd
           ,
           will
           keep
           him
           always
           upon
           his
           Guard
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           never
           do
           the
           thing
           ,
           till
           he
           sees
           a
           very
           good
           or
           necessary
           reason
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           care
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           upon
           this
           account
           in
           respect
           to
           our
           Neighbour
           ,
           is
           neither
           to
           set
           him
           an
           ill
           Example
           ,
           nor
           give
           him
           Offence
           by
           abusing
           our
           Liberty
           .
           It
           gives
           too
           just
           a
           cause
           of
           suspition
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           disorderly
           Company
           ,
           tho'
           we
           be
           ever
           so
           Sober
           our selves
           :
           and
           it
           is
           never
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           setting
           a
           very
           Ill
           Example
           ,
           if
           we
           unduly
           or
           too
           frequently
           haunt
           these
           places
           .
           Indeed
           the
           Abuses
           committed
           in
           them
           are
           so
           Scandalous
           and
           Infamous
           ;
           that
           I
           should
           think
           no
           consideration
           likelier
           to
           make
           us
           wise
           in
           this
           regard
           .
        
         
         
           For
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           ,
           that
           Idleness
           and
           Tipling
           are
           Faults
           ,
           wherever
           they
           are
           found
           :
           but
           in
           Publick-Houses
           they
           are
           doubly
           Scandalous
           and
           Shameful
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           lyable
           so
           much
           more
           to
           expose
           to
           the
           View
           and
           Censure
           of
           all
           the
           World.
           Therefore
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           to
           see
           such
           matters
           animadverted
           upon
           .
           
             Claudius
             Caesar
          
           a
           put
           down
           all
           Tipling-Houses
           .
           And
           if
           our
           Antient
           Laws
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           these
           matters
           ;
           it
           is
           ,
           because
           England
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           was
           a
           Sober
           Nation
           ,
           till
           the
           Fashion
           was
           brought
           over
           from
           Forein
           Parts
           ,
           where
           better
           things
           might
           have
           been
           learnt
           .
           But
           when
           once
           this
           evil
           Practice
           took
           place
           amongst
           us
           ,
           the
           Inconveniencies
           were
           so
           many
           ,
           the
           Scandals
           so
           gross
           and
           the
           Mischief
           ,
           to
           the
           Publick
           so
           apparent
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           find
           from
           that
           date
           nothing
           more
           strictly
           directed
           to
           be
           look'd
           after
           ,
           nor
           attended
           with
           quicker
           Penalties
           upon
           the
           Offender
           ,
           nor
           oftner
           repeated
           than
           the
           Laws
           which
           animadvert
           upon
           those
           that
           unnecessarily
           haunt
           such
           Publick-Houses
           or
           that
           are
           the
           keepers
           of
           them
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           those
           that
           are
           taken
           in
           actual
           disorder
           .
           b
        
         
           The
           Sum
           of
           all
           is
           this
           .
           It
           is
           justly
           expected
           ,
           that
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Service
           of
           his
           Church
           and
           Good
           of
           Mens
           Souls
           should
           be
           always
           upon
           our
           Minds
           ,
           when
           we
           give
           Testimonials
           for
           those
           that
           are
           to
           serve
           in
           Gods
           House
           :
           that
           neither
           for
           Fear
           nor
           Favour
           ,
           but
           as
           in
           Conscience
           we
           may
           answer
           before
           God
           and
           Man
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           we
           certifie
           .
           As
           being
           well
           assured
           ,
           if
           through
           Negligence
           or
           Easiness
           we
           Subscribe
           to
           what
           we
           are
           not
           well
           apprised
           of
           from
           our
           own
           experience
           ;
           whatever
           harm
           comes
           by
           the
           unfitness
           or
           Scandal
           of
           the
           Persons
           so
           recommended
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           deeply
           partakers
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           it
           ,
           besides
           the
           great
           blame
           of
           Rashness
           in
           a
           matter
           
           of
           that
           Importance
           .
           And
           as
           for
           avoiding
           offence
           we
           are
           to
           abstain
           from
           
             all
             appearance
             of
             Evil
          
           :
           so
           especially
           are
           we
           obliged
           not
           to
           engage
           our selves
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           Ill
           Report
           .
           For
           it
           would
           be
           inexcusable
           in
           us
           to
           abuse
           our
           Liberty
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           ill
           Fame
           :
           when
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           to
           Abstain
           even
           from
           things
           of
           common
           use
           and
           convenience
           ,
           so
           oft
           as
           it
           may
           give
           offence
           .
           
             All
             things
             indeed
             are
             pure
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             Evil
             for
             that
             Man
             who
          
           
           
             eateth
             with
             offence
          
           .
           The
           pretence
           of
           giving
           a
           greater
           lustre
           to
           Chastity
           by
           taking
           in
           Young
           Women
           to
           cohabit
           purely
           for
           Religious
           Conversation
           ,
           would
           not
           pass
           upon
           the
           World.
           The
           a
           Council
           of
           Nice
           ;
           ye
           know
           ,
           as
           did
           afterwards
           several
           Imperial
           Laws
           and
           Provincial
           Councils
           ,
           forbid
           all
           such
           practice
           ,
           as
           Scandalous
           ,
           because
           it
           has
           an
           ill
           Aspect
           ;
           and
           would
           therefore
           make
           him
           have
           so
           too
           ,
           that
           should
           take
           it
           upon
           him
           .
           For
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Datum
           in
           Mathematicks
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           put
           unequal
           things
           to
           equal
           ,
           the
           whole
           will
           be
           unequal
           :
           so
           it
           is
           in
           Morality
           likewise
           ,
           if
           a
           Vertuous
           Man
           will
           be
           so
           unequally
           yoaked
           as
           to
           venture
           upon
           an
           action
           that
           gives
           Scandal
           ,
           himself
           shall
           thereby
           become
           scandalous
           .
           For
           the
           prevention
           of
           which
           these
           words
           of
           St.
           Paul
           may
           most
           fitly
           be
           applied
           ,
           
             That
             no
          
           
           
             Man
             put
             a
             Stumbling
             block
             or
             an
             occasion
             to
             fall
             in
             his
             Brothers
             way
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           endeavoured
           to
           set
           down
           the
           substance
           of
           our
           Conference
           upon
           these
           two
           important
           Injunctions
           .
           Which
           when
           I
           weigh
           ,
           with
           the
           Charge
           that
           lies
           upon
           us
           for
           their
           due
           Execution
           ,
           I
           Tremble
           to
           think
           of
           the
           account
           we
           are
           to
           give
           .
           We
           are
           Messengers
           sent
           to
           deliver
           the
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           Wo
           be
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           keep
           them
           back
           .
           We
           are
           Stewards
           of
           the
           manifold
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           Deplorable
           is
           our
           Case
           if
           we
           be
           not
           found
           Faithful
           .
           
           We
           are
           Watchmen
           to
           Watch
           for
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           :
           〈◊〉
           thro
           our
           fault
           they
           miscarry
           ,
           our
           Souls
           are
           to
           ans●●●
           it
           .
           Knowing
           therefore
           the
           terrors
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           be
           Vig●●●●●
           that
           whenever
           he
           shall
           come
           ye
           may
           be
           found
           prepare●●●●
           that
           comfortable
           Applause
           ,
           
             Well
             done
             ,
             good
             and
             〈◊〉
             Servant
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Brother
             ,
             
               H.
               〈◊〉
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A34187-e110
           
             Injunct
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Can.
             34.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor
             3.
             1.
             
             Rom.
             16.
             1.
             
             
               Can.
               Apostolorum
            
             .
             33.
             
          
           
             a
             Philippi
             Priorii
             de
             literis
             Canonicis
             dissertatio
             .
             Paris
             .
             1675
             8
             o
          
           
             b
             Canones
             Ecclesiae
             Universae
             Iustelli
             .
             Paris
             .
             Ed.
             8
             o
          
           
             Deut.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Act.
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             6.
             2.
             1.
             
             Tim.
             3.
             
             Tit.
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim
             3.
             7.
             v.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             a
             Epist.
             38.
             
             Edit
             .
             Oxon.
             In
             Ordinationibus
             Clericorum
             ,
             Fratres
             charissimi
             ,
             solemus
             vos
             ante
             considere
             ,
             &
             mores
             ac
             merita
             singulorum
             communi
             consilio
             ponderare
             .
          
           
             b
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Con.
             Nie.
             Can.
             16.
             
          
           
             c
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Concil
             .
             Chal●ed
             .
             Can.
             13.
             
          
           
             d
             Quia
             conti●gere
             potest
             ,
             ut
             qui
             〈◊〉
             Ordines
             ●●●●●qui
             velit
             ,
             ae●arem
             ,
             〈◊〉
             &
             morum
             probita●em
             ,
             〈◊〉
             genus
             mentiatur
             :
             ut
             omnis
             via
             f●audi
             doloque
             praecludatur
             ,
             literas
             secum
             deferat
             promovendus
             à
             judice
             ordinario
             ▪
             〈◊〉
             consulibu●
             〈◊〉
             unde
             originem
             duxerit
             ,
             sive
             quem
             incolere
             consueverit
             ,
             quibus
             testetur
             se
             idon●●
             â
             aetate
             bonisque
             moribus
             praeditum
             ,
             &
             legitimo
             sanguine
             seu
             matrimonio
             ortum
             :
             qu●
             nisi
             Episcopo
             obtulerit
             ,
             ordine
             non
             donetur
             ,
             nisi
             haec
             ei
             a●●ter
             perspicua
             sint
             ,
             &c.
             Concil
             .
             Narbon
             .
             Can
             7.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Quibut
               hanc
               inseret
               clausulam
            
             ,
             Quem
             idoneum
             &
             dignum
             reperimus
             :
             
               aut
               nulla
               literis
               fides
               habebitur
               .
               Can.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             b
             Non
             prius
             promoveant
             Dioecesani
             suos
             ad
             aliquem
             sacrum
             Ordinem
             ,
             quàm
             viderint
             literas
             Testimoniales
             presbyteri
             parechialis
             ,
             quae
             contineant
             duorum
             aut
             trium
             testium
             probatorum
             ,
             non
             suspectorum
             depositiones
             juramento
             solenni
             firmatas
             de
             sufficientiâ
             aetatis
             promovendi
             ,
             &
             de
             probatâ
             &
             inculpatâ
             illius
             vitâ
             .
             Concil-Senonense
             .
             Can.
             3.
             
          
           
             Decipit
             exemplar
             vitiis
             vnitabile
             .
             Horat.
             
          
           
             a
             Lib.
             4.
             de
             ve●à
             sapientià
             .
          
           
             Injunction
             10.
             
          
           
             Can.
             75.
             
          
           
             Injunctions
             given
             by
             the
             Queen
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1559.
             
             Article
             7.
             
          
           
             Luke
             16.
             15
             
          
           
             a
             Whoever
             would
             read
             at
             large
             the
             shameful
             consequence
             of
             this
             loose
             sort
             of
             entertainment
             ,
             with
             the
             just
             characters
             of
             Theft
             ,
             Robbery
             and
             the
             like
             that
             it
             is
             stigmatized
             with
             ;
             let
             him
             consult
             Tractat.
             Tractar
             .
             Paridis
             de
             Puteo
             &
             aliorum
             de
             ludo
             .
             Num.
             1.
             &c.
             fol.
             151
             &c.
             Tom.
             7.
             
          
           
             b
             33.
             
             H.
             8.
             c
             :
             9.
             
          
           
             a
             23.
             
             Ph.
             &
             m.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             16.
             
             Car.
             2.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             c
             Senatusconsultum
             vetuit
             in
             pecuniam
             ludere
             ,
             praeterquam
             siquis
             certet
             hastâ
             ,
             vel
             pilo
             jaciendo
             ,
             &c.
             quod
             virtutis
             causà
             fiat
             .
             ff
             .
             11.
             
             †
             6.
             
          
           
             d
             Cod.
             3.
             tt
             .
             43.
             44.
             
             Vid.
             Alex.
             ab
             Alex.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             21.
             
          
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             33.
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             :
             Cor.
             10.
             23.
             
             
               Non
               omne
               ,
               quod
               licet
               ,
               honestum
               est
               .
            
          
           
             Deteriores
             omnes
             sumus
             licentiâ
             Ter.
             Heaut
             .
          
           
             a
             Est
             aliquid
             quod
             non
             oportet
             ,
             etiamsi
             licet
             .
             Cic.
             Orat.
             3.
             pro
             Corn.
             Balbo
             .
          
           
             a
             Tradit
             historicus
             Dion
             ,
             Claudium
             Caesarem
             Cauponas
             ,
             inquas
             poturi
             diverrerent
             ,
             solvisse
             .
             Cael.
             Rhod.
             l.
             27.
             
             Col.
             1492.
             
          
           
             b
             1.
             
             Iac.
             c.
             9
             4.
             
             Iac.
             c.
             4.
             7.
             
             Iac
             c.
             10.
             2.
             
             Iac.
             c.
             7.
             1.
             
             Car.
             c.
             4.
             3
             
             ▪
             Car.
             c.
             3.
             
             §.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             20.
             
          
           
             a
             Can.
             3.
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             13.
             
          
        
      
    
  

