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foibles of a peiTon, wliorii tliey, perhaps, all reverence 
and edeeiii, are as coninionly dyled morofe, four, illnaturtd, 
ffllows. But in this cafe vve confound two qualities, 
ivhich are extremely different, goodnature, 'o.nAgoodhumcur. 
Goodnature is 'hat benevolent fcniibility of iiiincl which dif- 
pofes us to feel both the happinefs and mifery of others 5 
and to endeavour to promote the one, and prevent or 
mitigate tJte other; but, as this is often quite impoinble, 
and as fpe6tacles of mifery are more frequent and obtru- 
(ive th n thofe of blifs, the goodnatured man often finds 
his imagination fo haunted with unpleafant i;nages, 
and his memory fo loaded with difmal recolleftions, 
that his whole mind becomes tinged-with melancholy ; 
which frequently fliows itlelf in unf'ealbnable gravity, 
an 1 even aullerity of countenance and deportment; and 
in a gloomy roughnefs of behaviour; which is eafily 
tnidaken for the I'ou.r morofity of tlie word fpecies of 
malignant temper. Goodhumour, on the contrary, is that 
prompt fufceptibility of every kind of focial or fedive 
gratification, which a mind void of fuft'ering or forrow 
initfelf, and incapable, through want of thought or len- 
fibility, of feeling the fufl'erings or forrows of otliers, 
ever enjoys. A certain degree of vanity, or light pride, 
is abfolutely necedary to feed and fupport it ; and, 
though it is never allied to dark envy or atrocious ma¬ 
lignity, it is never entirely free from a certain diare of 
fordid felfidinefs : for, as the perpetual fmile of gaiety 
can only flow from the heart which is perpetually at eafe, 
it can only flow from that which carries the ingredients 
of perpetual eafe always within itfelf; and thefe are af¬ 
fections, which never diverge far from its own centre.” 
GOODNA'TURED, adj. Benevolently difpofed. — 
In all domedic relations he wus goodnatured. Chef erf eld. 
GOOD'NESS, /. Defireable qualities either moral or 
phylical ; kindnefs ; favour.—I takein this feiife, 
‘ tlie affeiting of the weal of men,’ which is tliat the 
Grecians call philanthropia. Bacon. —There is a general 
or natural goodnfs in creatures, and a more I'pecial and 
moral goodnef. Perkins. —I'he goodnefs of every thing is 
meafured by its end and ufe. Tillolfon, 
GOODS,/. Moveables in a houle. Perfonal or move- 
able edate.—This hinders nothing the proceedings of 
the civil courts, which refpeCt the temporal punilhment 
upon body and goods. Lefcy. 
That a writ be fu’d againd you, 
To forfeit all yourgoo^/s, lands, tenements. Shahejpeare. 
Wares; freight; merchandife ; 
Salee, that fcorn’d all pow’r and laws of men, 
Goods with their owners hurrying to their den. Waller, 
“ Goods ill gotten feldom profper.” 
The Latins lay, Malalucra nqualia damnis. The Greeks, 
KxTiic if a.TriO'is. 1 he Italians, Vicn prefo confumato 
I’ingiufament acquifato. The French, De mal eji venu 
I’agneau, et a mal retcurne le peau. 'I'he Germans, Nebel 
gewohnen, ncbelgeronnen. A very ancient, and a very im- 
p)redive proverb, calculated to indil into every mind the 
necedity as well as advantage of being honed. 
GOOD'WIN (John), a learned EngUlh divine, of the 
Ar...iiiian fect, born in 1593. liis academical education 
he received at Queen’s-college, in Cambridge ; and after 
he was admitted into orders, was much admired for the 
erudition and elegance which diflinguidied his pulpit 
compofitions. In 1633 he was prefented to the vicarage 
of St. Stephen, Coleman-ftreet, London; from which 
he was ejected in 1645, fer nonconformity with the ca¬ 
nons of the church. He tfterwards became minider to 
a private congregation in Coleman-dreet parilh, where 
he continued until his death in 1665, when about le- 
venty-two years of age. He was the author of jiume- 
rons works, which dilplay confiderable learning ; among 
which are, i. Redemption Redeemed, 1651, folio. 2. 
The Divine Authority of the Scriptures, 1648, 4to. 
3. Imputatio Fid,i\ or, A Treatife of J udifitation, 1642, 
VoL, yill, Eo. 536. 
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4to. 4. An Exrofition of tlie Ninth Charter cf the 
Epilfle of P.uil to th.e Romans, 1633, 4to. 5. Of being 
filled with the Spirit, 4to. 6 . The Pagan’s Debt and 
Dowiy, 8 VO, 7. A Catcchifm, or F’rincipal Heads 
the Clii'idirtn Religion ; and, 8. A Treatife (or Infant 
Baptifm, :t>55, 410. 
GOOD'WIN ( riiomas), an eminent Englifli noncon- 
fonnilf divine, born at Rclcfby in Norfedk, in the year 
iCoo. He Was fent at an e.'triy ap^e to Chridcl'iUrch-coL 
lege, Cambridge, where he applied with fuch diligence 
to his (tucies, as to attradf much notice in the univer- 
dty. In 1619 he removed to Catharine-h.all, in the fame 
univerfiiy, of which he became afterwards a lellow/. It 
is uncert.iin wlien he entered intoordtrs; b.ut we find 
that he was chofen ledturer of Trinity church, in Cam¬ 
bridge, in 1628 ; and tliat he was prelentcd by ‘he king 
to the vicara.ge of the lame church in 1632. Becoming, 
however, dilfatisfied with the terms of • onfornuty, he 
rciliKjuillied his preferments, and quitted tlie univerlity 
in 1634. When afterwards the puritans were perfeciitcd 
by the epifcopal coiifidories, he was one of thofe who 
in tlie year i(>39 fled into Holland, to enjoy liberty of 
confcience ; where he became pador of an independent, 
congregation at Arnheim. About the beginning of the 
long parliament he returned to England, and was chofen 
paftor of a cluirch in London, and alfo a member of the 
ad'enibly of divines. He became a favourite with Crom¬ 
well, through whofe Influence he was in 1649 appointed 
prefident of Magdalen-college, Oxford. He attended 
Cromwell on his death-bed ; on which occadon he was 
overheard by Dr. Tillotfon to exprefs himfell, boldly 
and enthufiadically confident of the protcclor’^s recovery. 
Soon after the redoration he was dilhiilfed from his pre- 
lidentdiip, when he returned to London, and continued 
the exercife of his minidiy till his death, in 1679, in 
the eightieth year of his age. He w.is the author ot 
numerous lernions, expodtions, pious and controvcrfial 
trcalifes, &:c. Come of which were printed in his life¬ 
time, and afterw ards inferted in tiie-colledbion of his 
works publidied alter his death, in five volumes lolio, 
which continue to be much read and elleemed by cal- 
vinidic indej'endents. 
GOOD'WIN, or God'win, duke of Weffex, and 
earl of Kent, in the reign of Edward the Conltlibr; 
tor w hole hilfoi y and intriguing character, fee the article 
England, vol. vi. p. 555, yj'j.—To which it migl.t 
be intcieding here to add the account given or this no¬ 
bleman by the ancient hidorian Lambert: “ 1 liere lived 
in tlie time of king' Edward called tlie Conleifour a no¬ 
ble man named Gcodwine, wliole daughter Edgithe the 
fame king took unto wife; by reafon whereot, not only 
this Goodwirie liinilelfe (being at the fird bat a coii- 
heaid’s I'onne, and afterwards advaunced to honour by- 
king Canutiis, whofe lider by fraiide he obtained to 
wife) became of great power and authoritie within this 
realiiie; but his foniies (who beingfivein number) were, 
by the king’s gyfie, advaunced to large livelyhoodes 
and Jionourable poUeilions—for Goodwiiie was eiirle of 
Kent, Sudex, Hanilliire, Dori'etfhire, Dcvondiirc, and 
Cornwall. But as it is bard in great piolpei itie to kcepe 
due temperance, for fuperbia cf vitium rebusJolennefeundis, 
fo this man and his foiines, being puded up wiili piide 
of the king’s favour, their own pow er, poiiicie, and pof- 
I'eliions, contemned all other, and forgate thciiifelves; 
abuling tlie limplicitie of tlie king by evil council, tread¬ 
ing under foote the nobilitie by groat dildaiiie, and op- 
prelling the common people by inlatiable rapine, extor¬ 
tion, and tirannie; fo tiiat, iniiiiediately and at once, 
tliey pulled iijmn their heads the heavie dilpleafure of 
the prince, the imniortale hatred of the noblemen, and 
the bitter execration and curie of the common lorte. 
And, amongft other things, touching tlie judgements 
upon Cioodwine himfelf, tiicy fey ned, that he was choked 
at Winchelfer with a niorfel ot bread, and that his land 
in Kent (now the Goodwine lands) funk lodainely into 
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