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Show ; +} ~~fecond Bookthefritpart Cuar.4.Sue Satie eg = eT akinde of obligation of Princes, they teach no pther sane cin, _ ee "i con{cience, and profit auifingose ibs examples of vertuous Princes, who are tog' t ir.actions to God onely, ; ayee ayA ee 3 Ageia thee onely haue Zfinned :t here foresthePriace ea notbee faid to be fubie@ to the Law 3/Princeps non fabyciturlegs, For {ceing ac nee dingto the Schoolemen, the Law humaneis but guoddam organum & dnsfrumc ntum potei we we bernating: non viaeturpoffe cis obligatioad cum. fe extendere, ad yee» ipfa w#s potefa hn mane non pertinet fed vispoteflatis humane nox iG extendit aagavernesoremin qe 4 refi det, Ergo neg, lex condita pertalem pote/latem obligareporelt ipfumcon litor nr Omnisoe j Potentia actina, citprincipium tranfmutandi alinds Seeing humane Lew.(fayt icy ) : . " kind ofOrgam or Inftrument ofthepower thatgowerneth,it feemes that it cannot cen i fe ife to binde any one whom no humanepower can control, or Layhold of: but the Goner i hime Selfe,in whom thegouerning power doth refide,is aeee that cannotby himfelfeorby " power becontralled, And therefore the Law whichis madeby Sacha power, cannot vin i : ¢ law-maker himfelfesfor euery actine ability,2s 4 cafe orprincipleof,alteration in another Greg. deVa= leutia de Leg. 0A, notin the body in whichit {elfe refides. And feeing Princes haue power to deliuer 0thers fromtheobligation ofthe Law: Ergo etiampoteft ipfemet Princeps fine legiflator a Se voluntatepro libito ab obligatione begis liberare; Thercfore alfa maya Prince or Lavy-ma . at bis owne willand pleafuredeliner hinfelfefromthe bond of theLaw. 'Therefore in aap tules ofthe Law itisthus concluded: Subdititenentur leges obferuare nece/sitate pape Princeps verofola voluntate[uaintui.uboni communis; TheSabiclsare bound tofulfilltne 2 Law by nece/sity ofcouspulfion bat the Prince onely by his ovone will,and regara of thecommmn good. ps Now concerningthepolitique Lawes sgiuen by.A4e/es to the Nation of the Ufraclitss, whether they ought to bea Prefident, from Which nociuill inftitutions ofother people fkould prefume to digreffe, I willnotprefumeto determine, butleaue itasa quefti on fot fuch men to decide, whofe profeffions giue themgreater ability . Thus muchi f maybe bold toaffirme, That we ought notto feeme wiferthan Ged himfel fe, who hathtold vs thatthereareno Lawes fo righteous, as thofe which it peopletobe governed by. Trueit is, that all Natio pleafed him to giueto his Ele ‘ ns haue-their {eucrall qualities wherein theydiffer, enen from theirnext borderérs, no leffe than-in their peculiar fanguages: which difagreeable conditions-to goucrne aptly; one andth e fame Law very hardly were able. The Reman ciuill:Lawes did indeed containe inorder ax greatpart 0 the then knowne World, without any notable inconuenience, after fuch tiie as-once it was recei ued and become familiar : yet was not the adminiftrati on ofir alike in'all patts but ycelded muich vnto the natural] cuftom esof the {iindry people, whichit gouern ee Forwhether it be through along continued perfwafion's or Cas Aflyologersmnore willing: ly grant ) fomein 5 or peraduenturefom e temperofthe foileane climate,affoordin ice(as plenty made the Sydarites luxurious , want and oportunity to ftealesmakes the Arabia ns to be Theeues)very! had ig Awere 14 forbid by Lawanoffence fo common any people,-as it Wanted 2 namie, be diftinguithed fromiuft and honeft. with ivhereby By fuch rigour;was the Kingdome.o f: congo happilydiuerted fromthe Chriftian Religion, which ic willinely:at:clie fir imbracess butafrer with gteat fury reiected, becaufe plurality of Wines ivas denied vato them, knownothow neceffarily, but more conten tioufly chan {eafonably 2-In fuch cafes; ™ thinkes, it were notamifle to confid er thatthe high God himfelfe permi tted fome tothe /Faclites,ratherin regard oftheir naturaldifpotition(forthey. were haid:h ct eatte) than becaufe they were confonant vnto the ancient rules of the firtt perfection. where cucn the generall. nature of man doth 50; corndenime (asmany'thingsit doth)for 0 kedandyniutt sthere aay the Law, giuien by Mofes, worthi ly-biecleemedthe moftcx j? Ca aris..G, Ciacci Lap a 24.7 ig tofeekethe Lord God, the Ged of his Fathers, chough hee be not cleanfed acco the purification of the Sanduary : whi rding to:2 Chron.cap, ch Tothis effe@ it is well obferued by Maftprayer the Lord heard and granted. eeraraae er Doctor willet, that the morall Iudi Mofes doe partly binde,and partly are let free. They doe not hold affirimatine cials of ly that! we are tyed,co the famefeuerity of punithme ly they doe hold,that now the punifhme nt now, which wasin flied then;but negatiuetence ofdeathis nor ginen by 440/es:C nt ofdeath thould not be adiudged, where fenhrif Ofpeace ;thatisjofClemency and Mer tian Magittrates ruling vnder Chriftthe Prince 12,5, cy, may abate of the feucrity of atof es Law; ‘and mutigatethe punithmentofdeath,but they carinot adde vntoi ro heauy:: for tof hew more rigour than 40/es, becommeth t toimakethe burdeft more not the Gofpell. But I wilbnot wanderin this copious argument,which hath beene the fubi cé? of many learned difcourfesneitherwill tak e vponme;to {peak any thing definiti which dependeth till in fom econtrouerfi vely in'a cafe honourof the Iudiciall Laws orrather of eamong worthy' Diuines.' Thus much (asin him that gaueir) 1 may wellandt ruly fay, thar the defenceof it hath alwaye s beene very accepted(neither wereitexpe dient) as a plaufible: And furely howfocuer they be not generalland onely Law-yetfhall any other ground; whereont hecon{ci we enceofa ludge mayreft, With equal hardly find l fatisfa@ion in making inter pretation, orginingfen tence vpo it. Hereof, perl laps, that Iudge could haue been n doubts,arifing out ofany Lawbefides e witnefle, of whom Fortefcue that 2© table Bulwarke of our Lawesd nooth {pea Gentlewomanat Salisha 77, who bein ke, complaining of a indgement giuen again{t a g accufed by her owne Man, with proofe, formurdering her Husban out any other d, was thereupon condemned, and burn Man whoaccnfedher, w ithin a yeer eafter being conui@-forthefame tto afhes: the that his Miftris wasalrogetherin offence, confett nocentof ( thoughouer-lare / greeuoufly lamented that cruel! fa@;whofeterrible death hee'theh + but this ludge, faith the fimeA uthor, spfe mihi Sallis eft,quod nunguant Sepiis in vita[ua animum cius de hoc[ acta ipfé Purgaret ; He hing Selfe often confelfed vatome,that he bou ca. 5.3: ldnewer during bis life, be able to cleare hs ctn/cience ofthat fa é?.Wherefore that acknow ledgement whichothersciences yeel ti Ayfiques, that d'vnto the #eefrom thence ate drawie propofitions @ ;able to prou 3° Scie Aces, which out ofthe Scie nces them{elaes cannot be proued, e'the'principles of may bya I other politiqueinttitutions, to that ofM4o/es;and fo muchthe morinftly be granted much the fubie@ofth ¢ Adetaphy e inttly; by how fiques, which is, Exs quatenus Ens infinitely inferiourto the Ews ; Being asit is being, is Est ium ; rhe being ofbeines, the of truth, whofe feareis tf he beginning ofwifedome. To whi ottely g6od;the fountaine Auguftine; Conditur legu ch purpofe well flith Saint im temp oraliuusfi vir bonus ef & fapichs, Mam Hla confulit eber: datum eit: Thé Author of" temp oral Lawes, ifbe be Lood and doth therein confult the Law eternaltodrtermine ofwh ich thereis noPOWEF CiBen to 4 ayfoule, Andas well P tince Edw ard,in Forte/cuehisd ifCourfe fundamentamponere, ,Nemopore/}mneline aut aliugd guanspofuit Dominus; No man ca eldy a better, or another foun 4° thaw the Lord hath dation laide, #am,de qua null anime tudicare wiife, Caar. V. TheStory of the Ifraelites fromth e vecetuing death of Mo's z 9-1. Of the aumbring and 4ilp ofing rctormerof theeuill, which forceth man, as Neeteasmay be, to the will and plcafare? his Maker. But where nature orcuftome hath entertained avicious,: yet not intolera : Aabite,with fo long and fo publike approbation; thasthe vertucioppofing it would fem: 4s vacouth,as it were to Walke naked in Englandortowear ethe Engli(b fathion of appt tellin Turkic ; theremay.a wifeand Yptight Lave-g iuer, without prefumption, fomewhat thatthe rigour ofAtofes his jramatter meercly Eeclefisiticaléand Law Tequired;euen.asthe sood King Heaekrs di \ theref forthe people. The good Lord be mercifi leffé har capabl e ofd ifpenf nl}orethe voto him,t prepar eth' hisation, wholepryhe> " eh chp of the Fiiftorie ofthe World, aN ; Se ofthe Ldw tg the niceties of the Hoft ofIfrael, fortheir mar ches through the Wilderneffe 3 witha note ofth erenerens¢ giuen tothe worlbio of God; tis this ordering of their t roupes, 5 Hen-44e/es had receiued the Law fro people, and finithed the Tabernacle of m God;'and publithedit ‘among' the the Arke and Sandwary; he multred alithe Tribes and, Families-of Ufra el Men fit tobeare-armes, were foun >and haui ng feene what numbers of d.in cuery Tribe, from 20.yceres vpwards; he appointed vnto theta ofao6 ,by dire gtion from the Lord, ces and Leaders,as in worth and reputation were in euery Tribe moft emin fuch Prin ent, The Number |