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Show 73 um: ‘ of MAN. Chasz. The thirBut fome things there be, that can neither be diwded, ncir enjoyed teenthpfLaf- in common. Then, The Law of Nature, "'th h memb" ; Equtlty), requireth, That the Entire Right; or rife, ( making thegfeb: rermi e,f the Fir]! Pufféfiim, be dctermimdhy Lot. for equall d1. H _ "0", 5 0 the Law of Nature 5 and other means of equall diflribution cannot The four!eeizt/Jflf Primega-minim, and Fir/Hei- ‘ma lined. . . belof gm there be two fang/{Minn}, and Natura/l. .Arbitrary, is that which is agreed on by the Competitors : Natural", 15_ 91th" 1"" magcnirurc, ( which the Greek calls Kareem-«la, which fignthS: CW?" by Leti) or Fir]! Sclflire. ' _ afiilg ' . , - And therefore thofe things which cannot be CHJQyCd in common, i, i i i 3 -.€ 5% i The,fifteenth, of ‘44edm- 1" é 77.1: [1!]!- temt/a, nu mat: to he flake, rim fur m [um .1 natural 0me Ufil'nrrt'n/u]. '1 he mmmvrh. of , l i l, ' _ And becaufe, though men be never f0 willing to obferve the fe rem/J,ofSuhLawes, there may never‘theleife arife queltions concerning .a mans mrflim to aeftion 5 Fifi}, whether it were done,or nor done 5 Secondly (ifdone) 44 rhirre- 3:5" ‘ ‘3:g l3 lowedfafe Conduit. For the Law that commandeth Peace, as the Earl, 11725971" whether againil the Law, or not againft the Law 5 the former where- of, is called a queftion of Far}? , the later a quelliou ofRight ; there} fore unleife the parties to the queition, Covenant mutually to (hand to the fentence of another, they are as farre from PeaCe as ever. other, to whofe SentenCe they fubmit, is called an Ant ITRA This ton. And therefore it is ofthe Law of Nature, That they that are at contra: wrfie, fiihm‘r their Rig/9t to the judgement of an Arhirrarer, And facing every man is refumed to do all things order to his? own benefit,no man is a fit rbitrator in his cum caufein: and ifhe never {0 fit, er Equity allowing to each party equall benefit,if were one be admitted to e]udge,-the Other is to be admitted alfo,& fo the contrO‘ verfie,that is,the caufe of War, remains, a ainit the For the fame reafon no man in any Caring ought toLaw of Nature; Arbitrator,to whom greater profit, or honour, or be reCeived for pleafure apparent- ly arifeth out of the victory of one part of the ether: for hee hath taken. ( though an unavoydable bri e,, than ) a bribe ; and no man can be obliged to truil him. And thus alfo yet the controverfie, and the condition of War remaineth, contraryto And in a controverfle of Fairlie Judgethe Law of Nature. being to giVC no more cree dit to one, than toltllc other, (if there be no other Arguments) muff give credit to a third ; or to a third and fourth queflion is undecrded,and left to force,contrary, or more : For elfe tilC Their: are the Laives of Nature, diétating to theLaW of Nature: Peacc,for a means ofthé 6911161'varlon or men in multitudes; and which onely concern the doe giréfsffovill hiicietyr.'fliere be orher things tending to the deih'uparticulai men 3 as and all other parts of Intemperantc -,which may therDrunkennefs, efore zilfo be reckoned amongi t thofe things whi ch the Law of Nature hath for bidden 3 but are not necef‘ fary ' iheweth him, that he has no more to do in learning the Lawcs of Na~ ture, but, when weighing the actions of other men with his own,they' feeni too heavy, to put them into the other part of the ballance, and his own into their place, that his own paiiions, and felfe-love, may Nature that will not appear unto him very reafonable, The Lawes ofNature oblige in fora inter;za-,that is to fay,they bind It is alfo a Law of Nature, That all mm that mediate Peace, he 41~ is fafe Conduct. '1 he fee/(1tecnl I), 1V0 mm 1a 1114 awn fixd‘qr. igible, even to the meanefl: ca acity ; and that is, Do not "M. that to another, which thou wouldefl not ‘zwc dam to thy filfe; which addc nothing to the weight 5 and then there is none of thefe Lawes of The fix- i to leave all men unexcufable,they have been conti'aétcd into one eafie fi'i; 5:23;;1.: fum,intcll cafes to the Firit-Borne, as vauired by Lot. commandeth Interceflion,as the Meanxgand to Interceifion the Means ‘ i Nature, to be taken notice of by all men 6, whereofthe moit art are rem/J th/ev tOo bufie in getting food, and the reit too negligent to tinder and-,yet ["2" "f :" nor divided, ought to be adjudged to the Fll‘flf Poileifor; and in tome tarJ. mm. parrr. OfM/"V' ' thighs; 79 fary'to be mentioned, nor are pertinent enough tothis place, And though this may feem too fubtilc a deduéhon of the Lawes of A Ride, 67 The mef toa delire they {hould take place :but in fora exterm; thatis, to the Name ehputrin them in aa, notalwayes. For he that ihould be modeit, and lzgeieCwi'ii traétahle, and performe all he promifes,in fuch time,and place,where 5"" 4/‘V'77"'> no man els ihould do fo, ihould but make himfelfe a prey to others, fit, We and procure his own certain ruine, contrary to the ground Lawes of Nature, which tend to Natures prefervation. And of all 1:2; ":2?" he that having fuflicient Security, thatothe‘rs {hall obfcrve again, ,, Smarty. Lawes towards him, obferves them not himfelfe, feeketh notthe fame but War, & confequently the dcliiuétion ofhis Nature by Peace, Violence. And whatfoever Lawes bind infiw interim, may be broken, not oncly by a fact contrary to the Law, but alfo by a faét it, in cafe 3 man think it contrary, For though his Aaionaccording to be according to the Law 5 yet his Purpofe was againft the in this cafe, Law,which where the Obligation is infora iflte'rflo, is a breach. The Lawcs ofNaturc are Immutable and Eternall -, For Injui'tice, The Law of lngratitudc, Arrogance, Pride, Iniquity, Acception of the reii, can never be made lawfull. For it can never perfons, and New" I?" be that Warre 8""7'4'5 fnall rcfervc life, and Peace deitroyit. T e fames Lawes,becaui‘e they oblige onely to a defire , and 611- And maedeavour, I mean an unfeigned and conflant endeamur , are eafie to fit. be obfcrved. For in that they require nothing but endeavour ; he that endeavoureth their performance, fulfilleth them 5 and he that fulfil" leth the Law, is juit. And the Science of them, is the true and Moral Philofophy. 77,, 5mm For Moral] Philofophy is nothing elfe butonely the Selencc of what is Good, and Emil, in the converfation , and Society of man-kind. Lawn, r: the Good, and Evil], are names that {ignifi‘e our Appetites, and AVCI‘fl‘ we MUM-'4' ons; which in diflercnrtempers,cuilomes, and doe‘trines of men are ‘Pb'WP/W different: And divers men, differ not onely the fenfes of what is pleafant, and unpleaiiintin their Judgemtni, on to the tail, fmell, hen; ring, touch, and fight 3 but alfo of what is conformab le, or difagree-I able to Reafon, in the ac'lion‘s of Common life. Nay, the fame man, in dryers tunes, differs from himfclfe; and one time praifeth, that is, Cil‘lh‘rll Good, what another time he diipraifeth , and calleth Evil: From |