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Show ~ThefedBackeofthe fEp Guang 8% are Cuno a Crap, A. GAs. . orliueas the faluages, by rootes.and acornes.. For no man. labouret hibut.to cnioy the fruites thereof, Andfuchis the milchiefe of robbery, as where, Adofes for lefler crimes reftraint of offences committed; either willingly or ignorantly. Zidore Conttitution written,agreeing with Religion, fitteft for Gouernment callesthe Law a and common profit: And morelargely, Omsne id quod ratione confiftit ; Allthat flands with reafon. Laftly, and moreptecifely iris thus defined, Humane Lawisa righteous decreeja gtee= Greg. de Val. ing with the Law natural,andcternall:made by the rational difcour {e ofthofe, that exer- 7". Gee cile publike authority: prefcribing neceflary obferuances to the fabie@. oughtto bea righteous decrec,S. Auzuffine teacheth,faying: Mihi lex Thar every Lawarta. ** effe non videturgue iufta nonfuerit ; Iefeemes tobe no law at allto me, which ts not iuft: andiutt it cannot be,cx- appointed reftitution fourefold,policic of Stateand necellity. harh made,it death, ‘Fo permit falfe witnefles,is to take all mens linesand eftares from them by Corrupt on the wicked would fweare againft the vertuous 3. the wafler.again{t the Wealthie.: the idle beggar and loyterer,againft thecarefullandpainfull Jabouter:all triallof right were taken away,andiuftice thereby banifhed outof the world, The coueting ofthat which belongsto othermen; bringeth no other.profitthan adifirattion of minde, with an inward vexation : for whilewe conet what appertainestoo- ceptit agree with the lawnaturall and eternall. For there is no Law iuft and legitimate to{ faith S.-4aguftine) which the Law-makérs haue not deriued fromthe eternal. aij4;/ iuitum atquele thers, we neglect our owne; our appetites are therin fed with vaine andfruitleffe hopes, {o lovg.as, we do but couet; andif we doe attaine to theidefire of the one,orthe other;to gitimum ef}, quod non ab eterna legefibi homines derinanerint, : Secondly,it oughtto be conttituted by difcourfe of reafon, fhed fromthe Lawnaturall;to wit, the naturall, indemonttrable whereby it is diftingui, or needing no demonftration, from whence the law humaneis taken and deduced, Thirdly, that it ought to bee made by an authorifed Magiftra cie, it cannot bee doubted, be the gouern Wit, the wines or goodsof ourneighbours ;we can look forno other,butthar our felues dhallalfo, cither-by theft or by {trong hand, be depriued of Qlirowne. Wherein then appeareththe burthen of Gods Commandements, if there bee no- thing in them, butrules and directions for the generall andparticular good of all lining? Surely, for our owne good, and notin refpect of him felfe,did the moft metcifull & pto- ment of what kinde foeuer. Forit falleth otherwife ynder the Title of thofe decrees called Violentie, or inique Conflitut iones ; Violences, ot wicked confitutions, uident God ordaine them; withoutrhe obferuation of which, the vertues of heauenly bodies, the fertility of the earth, withall the bleffings Siuenvs in this life, wouldbevn- to vsaltogether vaprofitable, and of no vie. For wee thould remaine but inthe ftateof brute beafts, if notin a farre more vohappy condition, Of humane Lawthere are foure properties, efpecially anfweri ng thefe foure conditi20 Ons in the formerdefinition.' Firft, as it is drawne out ofthe law of nature : {6 euery 4. Parts. particular of the humane Law may be refolued into ‘foxie principle or rule ofthe ng. Thog.9-s.0rt. turall. a Secondly, it §. XV. Ofhumane Law, written and warpritten , f i Vmane Law, of which nowit followeth to {peake, is firlt dinided into two, (2) Written,and Vawritten.The ynwrittenconfifts ofvfa dfidore calls Mores:and he defines A4ores tabe Confuct udines ge,approued by time:which vetuftate probate ;tobecom Somes approued by autigquitieor unwritten lavies, Nowcuftome differeth from ule, astle caufe fromtheeffec : in that cuftome is by vie and continuance eftablithed iatoa Law: but yer here where thela w is defectine, faith ifidore, 4 And of cuftomes thereare two generall hatures, containing innumerable partic' lars ;the fir ate written cuftomes, recei nedand exercifed by. Nations, as the cuftomes Of Bargundie and Norma ndie, the ancien tgenerall cuftome of Exglandand thecuftome of Ca/till, and other Prowinces. s The fee a j ted yesbetst petty bones, vfed fed in i parric : ular Places, Cities , Hunduedsyat¢ seat odsiand en OFS: LAG Se €rall or Nationall cuftomesare fome Written,others viwsitten: , particular or petty .cuftomes are hic : the inhabitants. The Cuftomes feldome Written, but, witnefled-by> \ceftime of the Duchie of Cornwall, comprehending aiid the Stanner In Reg. Iur. UB, .117,art, I. Vip. bo, i q ahd Tin ; caufes,are writte Cowal ieot o 4 D Hon, as touching : nin Dewon; but not!u Tin, oat. But howfoeuery ieand time hath. made thefe, cuftomes as lawes, ' yetisous! on cuftometo be rationabilis, as Well as prefer ipes, Monyirmatur tractu tempor quia' sein he 1urethie al inttiponenfob bit Rit 3- That 7), which oii at fitft w 2s not erounded Upon good : right; isis wt Ma ¢ geodey ibio ried oftime. And ({aith Vipian) quod ab initia vitiofumreft , aonpey nAClit Lew ports con Caur ae er e P es ae olcere+ * x fe re Betsi a fist f of time amends n0t that which. was naught from the sa' benot repugn ant eaane ences andnecell ary inall awes cuttothe.mne, theone,tt rs fioac e oain cistge aw.diuine,ate natura : the other,oFthar caufe and red! ce Sk ee Sa ughebirth, and neceffary l] continuance. it being manifelts that ol Re , oer Sagainftthe law, hadhis beginning fromcuill, deeds,jand, these! peaieb tw iabseit eas ne former cags cscc confid rati erations to: beallowed. Andit mere Tomes® is true tharall cultom isnatu time, by oy the icnki nde re were the I. Law-makers ‘digbut tolerated for aSes hey hav™ , though they the tbound to examine by. what caulet Beene «fort 0 uff uereruled in thea: Per pape L "toleratio. And it isin thisiot Ne qui; nowam itsleven;3°r illiws contra legems eb Peputumconfisetudo one induci MOR potest Ra test.aifide vow" 3 #5) MetSense ce SOA 1 ene 2 a ethene fatuere pote/p,AML qui Solus. Rrinceps ef sTre 1B 82 a Rew cufhome ao zi Fd, . 42.8 PIT a r i t "ainsi tam : faue by his will. v o h o hath lay andordinance, power to niakt! which 5 onelythe Prince Sf } DERPORAL DG > > > Humane Law generally taken,to Wit, humane law Written, is by fom dé the decree or doome e define?" aciai : ed ane ditetted, Pavini an, ails se e teafon : by which huma Pasa Calls the Law acom ne aGion s are led ihe mon precept, the aduifement ofwi fe mrt nt . > : A jo reltsal of the Fiftorie ofthe World. < o> isto be confideredasitis referred vnto; and doth refpect the common good. Thirdly; itisto be made by publique authoriry. Fourthly;concernitig the matter of the Law, it prefcribeth; and dire@eth, all humane actions. And fois the Law as large and diners as all hamane adtions are diuers, which may fall vaderit. For aecord ing to Thomas, Alia lex Iulia de Adilterd CAtYS sThé Law oflulian'againft Adulteryis one, the. Gotnelian againfls, alia Cornelia de sj» Ruffians,is another. 30 Now thehumane Law, generally taken} is in refpe@ ofthe firtt ofthee confiderations diuidedintéthe Law of Nations, andthe Giuill. The Law of ‘Nationsis taken leffeor more properly: Iefle f properly foretiery Law Whichis not of it felfe, but from other higher princip les deduced + and fo it feemechthat Vipian Voderftands it : for he defineth 1 geatinm , or the Law ofNations,to be that which 1s onelytothmon amongft Men,as Religion, andthe worthip of God: whichis not in the very Hature of this Law of Nations ; but from the principl otherdittiné Reuelations.: Bur the Law of Nations propetly es ofthe Scriptures, and taken, is thar didetejorfen. Fence, whichis drawne ftoma very probable; though. not froman énident principle, yer 10 probable, tharall Nations doc aflent vnto the conclufi on, as that the free paflape of 40 mbalffadour' be granted betweene enemies , &¢.: which Nationall Law, according to Clucrs acteptions, and diners confiderarions had ofthe humane Law, may be fometime taken fot a Species ofthe Naturall, fometime of the Humane. 4s Ciuile, or the Ciuill Law,is not the famein all Common-wealths, butin divers ee ftates it is'al{6 diners and peculiar, and this Lawis not! fo immediately deriued from the Law of Nature,as thé Lawof Nationsis: Forit is partly deduced ont offuch principles as all Nations doe not agreein, oreafily affent vnto ; becaufe they depend on particular circumftantes; whichare divers, anddoe notfitall eftares. Hereof Vipian,Ius céuilesneque 08 totum 2 waturali Or oentium recedit ,weque per omnia eifernit : stad, cumaliquid addizays In Lee.6.taff; Veldetyahittins Lari tomatnwnis Judpropritim ideff, Cfficimus; The Civill Law (faith he) @ mite mre 30 40th neither wholly differfrom the Law of NatureCinile and Wations noryet in allpoints obey it : fbereforé when we adde ought Per, that te theCinill Law. to, or take from the Law that common, we make a Law prox . ; The Law iow commonly called'the Ciuill Law, *hadits birthin Rome and'was fitft Wutrenby thé Detem ivi, 303: yeeres after the foutidation ofthe- City. Ir was compoundeias'wel ourofthe Athenian,Borer Grecian Lawes,a s'out ofthe anciehit Romane cuftomésand Eawes Regal' The Regal Lawés were deuifed by the firft Kings;and called Leges Regia, Ot Papyrithe becaule they were gathered by -Papyrins,Tarquin then reigning: For thonsh fomany ofthe forme t Lawes as maintained Kingly author ity, were aboli- Bb 2 thed, |