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CHAP. VI. 



Of Safety, Liberty and Quiet. 



Secondly, O Afety, Liberty and Quiet con- 

 kj duce much to the Happinefs 

 of the outward Man. 



I refer thefe to one Head, becaufe I find 

 them linked together in Bifliop Wilkins 

 his Treatife of Natural Religion ; and be- 

 fore him in Bifliop Andrews his Manual of 

 ^Devotions more than once, and becaufe 

 they are of near affinity one to another. 



i. By Safety I underftand, i. Freedom 

 from force and violence, captivity, lofs of 

 Goods by Enemies, foreign or domeflick, 

 by Pirates and Robbers. For our fecu- 

 rity from thefe we have many promifes 

 in Scripture, Leiiit. ^^ 18. If you Jhall do 

 my Statutes, and keep my Judgments^ ye 

 jhall dwell in the Land in fafety. Prov. 

 i. 33. Whofo hearkneth unto me^ jhall dwell 

 fafely, and Jhall be quiet from fear of evil j 

 Job 10. 1 8. 







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