Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . Francis^ (O t^^?^^^-^ ^^; Francis, Lord J5rfco«; o R, The CASE of NationdBrihery^ &c. SHALL begin this Difcourfewith a very noble, and at thisJuncture, no lefs feafonable Ob-fervation, tho it be in Faft of aoiuch later Date than what i^pretended. Zaleucusy the Lawgi-ver of the tocrlms, (^^vidi who, like manyof our prefent Set of Lawgivers, was at firftof very mean Defcent and .Expedations)is made .that Syftem, which hecompiled for the Ufe of his C
Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . Francis^ (O t^^?^^^-^ ^^; Francis, Lord J5rfco«; o R, The CASE of NationdBrihery^ &c. SHALL begin this Difcourfewith a very noble, and at thisJuncture, no lefs feafonable Ob-fervation, tho it be in Faft of aoiuch later Date than what i^pretended. Zaleucusy the Lawgi-ver of the tocrlms, (^^vidi who, like manyof our prefent Set of Lawgivers, was at firftof very mean Defcent and .Expedations)is made .that Syftem, which hecompiled for the Ufe of his Countrymen, B with. (O wicli this formal Preface: ^ Ihat every Mem^her of a Commonwealth^ in the firfi place^ oughtto believe there are Gods *, which the^ will heconvinced ofy by looking up to Hearoen and theiVorld^ and confidering the Beauty and Order ofall things there. The Confequence of this Per-fuafion feemd to Him, that we flioiild there-by be obhgd to honour the Divine Powers,and have a ilricler Regard to our own Actionsand Conduct *, that we Ihould fhew much lefsReafon, than we are willing to allow our felves,if, while we obfervd fo jufl: and beautiful aRegularity above, we could fufler our felves tobe fo wild and eccentric^ as I may fay, in ourMotions below. NOW the neareft Pretence that we haveof imitating this Divine Regularity, muft beby the Provifion of good and wholefome Laws:Laws, ellablifhd by the Wifdom^ and not theCaprice of the Legiilators: Laws, promoted nei-ther by Party-Jntereftsj nor Farty-Fafions, wherethe Honour and Safety of the Government isprincipally confiderd, and the Sancti
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