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Show '71: you: The fifrb, of Mn N. . Chap; 1'5 is called fngmtz'tuo'e , and hath the fame relation to Grace, that Injui'tice hath to Obligation by Covenant, _ A fifth Law ofNature, is C o M P I. E A s N c n :that is Jam" Hf- e'very mun/hive to accommodate himfelfe toAthe raft. For """de" {landing whereof, we may confider, that there is in mens tO fay, That the under- aptneile to "j" 6,5,4 7'" Society, a diverfity of Nature, rifing from their diverfi ty of AficaiN", "'r' 0115 i i i ' l. l i: l l i i ‘y i i fl, i E -, not unlike to that We fee in {tones brought together for building of an z‘Edifice. For as that {tone which by the afperity, and irregu larity ofFigure, takes more room from Others,than it felfe fills; and for the hardneife, cannOt be eafily tnade plain, and thereby hindei‘eth the building, is by the builders cait away as unprofitable, fome : fo alfo,a man that by afperit of Nature, will and troublethofe things which to himfelfeare uperfluous, and to flrive to retain others neceflaryF, and for the ftub‘bornnefs of his Paifions, canno t be correéted,is to be left, or call out of Society, as comberfome thereu every man,not onely b Right,but alfo b neceility nto. For feein pofed to endeavour all ie can, to obtain t at which ofNature,is fupconfervation 5 He that {hall oppofe himfelfe againi is neceifary for his t it, for things fuperfluous,is guilty ofthe warre that thereupon is to follow 3 and therefore doth that, which is contrary to the fiindam entall Law of Nature, which commandeth tofeek Peace. The obferv called S oe IAB L E,(the Latines call them ers of this Law,may be Stuhhorn, Infoeiohle, Frotvurd, Intrufinhle. Commodi 3) The contrary, 21w fit 15, A fixth Law of Nature, is thigThot upon caution ofthe Future time, Pith} '0 a man ought to pardon-the ofences puff ofthenz that repentingd efire it F01 PA it D o N ,is nothing butgranting of Peace,which thoug h grante d to them that perfevere in their hof'tility, be not Peace, but Feare' -, et not granted to them that give , .,, 'V . , avoifion to Peace; andthe caution ofthe Future time, is figne ofyan refore contrary to the Law of 1', .r atom, A feventh isJThot Nature. m Revenge:,(thatis,rcttlbut10n ofEVil in." m K:- Mg» look not at for Evil,) the green-2t]?e ofthe evi/lpufl, hut the greatneffe of the 53;: '03}: goodtofollow. Whereby we are forbidden to inflict punifhment m», fut/"g anIy Otherdefigne, than with for correction of the offender, or direction of good. ot iei's.l701- this Law is confequent to the next before it,that commandethl'ardon,upon fecurity ofthe Future time,Befldes-,Revenge without refpee't to the Example,and profit to come,is a triumph, or glorying in the hurt ofanother, tendin g iomewhat to Lome 3) and gloryingto no end 3 ( for the End is alwayes to no end, is vain-glory,and con~ nary to reafon , and to hurt wtthout Ction of .Warre ~, which is againfl reafon, tendeth to the introdu- Law of Nature 5 and is monly (tried by the name of Crueltthe com" y. 'l'l‘r with/1. And becauie all fignes of hat red . , or contempt provoke to mt! ? (our ll'll‘ fight; oniuch as moi} men 5 _ chooie. rather now '7, , to hazard their life, than not to hth place, for a Law of Nat ure, fet d TCVC'nchl-,WC mayintlie eig flirt: [flirts/fireflept? Zlhatn‘oh mun h} deed, word) eountennn eetor pt, _ e .me , or Contempt of ano ther. The breach of which aw, is commonly called Contumel _ 7-}, , ‘ ,.,_ ,f‘Y ,,_( The i l i g."- ,2 ‘1'; ‘queition who is the better man, has n o lace in the , nicer Nature ,ivhere ' ' . ,ias has been iiieu'n beforg p j all mencon ion areditequ allOf Barn. OfMAN. - 671412215; The inequallity that now is, has bin introduced by the Lawes Civill. I know tliatArt'flotle in the firft booke of his Politiques, for a foundation of his doctrine, maketh men- by Nature, fome more worth . to Command,meaning the wtfer fort (fuch as he thought himtelfe to , be for his Philofophy5) others to Serve, ( meaning thofe that had {bong bodies, but were not Philofophers as he; ) as if Mailer and Servant were not introduced by confent of men, but by difference of VVitzwhich is not only againit reaiongbut alfo againfl experience. For there are very few f0 fooliih, that had not rather governe themfelves, than be governed by others: Nor when the Wife in their own conceit, contend by force, With them who difl‘rufi their owne .WldeIPC, do they alwaies, or often, or almolt at any time, get tlie'Viétory, if Na- ture therefore have made men equall, that equalitie is to be acknowledged: or if Nature have made men unequall; yet becaufe men that think themfelves equall, will not enter into conditions of Peace, but upon Equall ,termes, fuch equalitie Inuit be admitted. And therefore for the ninth law of Nature, I put this, Thut every man ethnonleu'ge otherfor his Equal] hy Nature; The breach ofthis Precept is Przdet . . ‘ . On this law, dcpendeth another,Thut at the entrance tnto conohtz- 77"., m2}: , on! ofPeoee, no man require to referee to hszelfe any Rzghr, tohzeh he :gj'EZ/C: 7" i: not oontentflmulu' he refer'vea' to every one of the rat. As it is necef- y ° fary for all men that feek peace, to lay dOWn certain: Rightsof Nature; that is to fay, not to have libertie to do all they lift: to is it ne- ceffarie for mans life, to retaine form; as right to governc their ownc bodies, enjoy aite, water, motion, Waies to go from place to. place 5 and all things elfewithout which a man cannot live; or not live well.,Ifin this cafe, at the makin of Peace, men require for themfelves, that which they would not have to be granted to others, they do contrary to the precedent law, that commandeth the acknowledgment of naturall equalitie, and therefore alfo againit the law of Nature. The obfervers of this law, are thofe we call Mode/i , and the breakers Arrogant men . The Greeks call the Violation of this law meangia; that is, a defire of more than their {hare . ‘ . Alfo if 4 man he trufleu' to judge hetween man ondmun, it is a pre7713 gnome ceptof the Law of Nature, that he deule Equally hetzveen them. For Equity. Without that, the Controverfies of men cannot be determined but by Warre. He therefore that is partiall in judgment, doth what in him lies,to deterre men from theuie ofjudges,and Arbitrators; fequently, (againfl: the fundamentall Lawe of Nature) is and con~ the caufe of Warre . The obfervance of this law, from the e uall dil'tribution to each man, of that which in reafon belongeth to him, is called Edu it Y, and (as I have fayd before ) diitributive juitice: the violation, Acception of erjom, «Uncommon. . can he, and ifth.' quuntity ofthe €W'hlgf of 1/71/12 Permit, without Stint, otherwzfi I'roportionnh/y to the nurnher 25:55 m. of them that have Right. For otherwife the diftribution is‘LlncqualI,‘ and Contrary to Equific, . The Y ‘ An {tour this followeth another law, Thur fuch thing: or cannot 771‘ "WW1 . he dwidedhe enjoyed in Common, zfit L 2 But ' |