Nine Sermons Preached in the Parish of St James Westminster On Occasion of Th
Nine Sermons Preached in the Parish of St James Westminster On Occasion of Th
Thomas Secker
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187 But to prevent this, befides Care and Impar- tiality in framing Laws, there muft be a general Obfervation of them : elfe they were enacted in vain. Even fuch, as are in their Nature the moft variable, muft be obferved while they lafir. For not only the total Neglect of them will fruftrate their beneficial Intent, and open a Door to yet worfe Irregularities ; but the par- tial, beiides having this unhappy Effect in its Degree, will introduce a very dangerous Kind of Inequality: good Subjects... muft be Lofers by their Obedience, and bad ones Gainers by their Tranfgrefiion. Still more effentially doth the common Wel- fare confift in the Practice of fuch Rules of Conduct, as are in themfelves, and therefore always, obligatory: in abftaining from Violence, Fraud, promifcuous Lewdnefs, Intemperance, Extravagance; in performing carefully the pro- per Bufmefs of our feveral Stations; in providing diligently what is needful for ourfelves, and thofe who belong to us ; in relieving the Poor with prudent Bounty; in behaving with Refpect to Superiors, with Condefcenfion to Inferiors, with Friendlinefs to Equals, with peculiar Af- fection to thofe, whom either Nature or volun- tary Ties have united to us more clofely : Thefe i8B S E R M O N VIII.
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