The  magiftrate  ufes  external  and  corporal  puniflimenfs ;  f  nes,  im-
prifonments,  banifliments,  force,  &c.  Thefe  methods  are  certainly
ufeful ;  they  may  terrify  finners,  and  in  feme  refpecls  keep  them  in
awe  and  duty :  but  befides  this,  it  is  neceiUiry  to  work  npon  \he  heart,
and  to  bind  the  confcience  by  thofe  methods  which  difcipline  ufes  -,
or  Gik  it  is  to  be  feared,  that  we  fhali  only  make  hypocrites,  an«
that  men  will  abftain  from  evil  more  out  of  the  fear  of  puniflirnent,  and
upon  temporal  confiderations,  than  from  motives  of  confcie/.ce.
