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Show 4 Of War and PedCt Jivites nos effe confent,that which is under thy dorninion. rapto fed pro- M f N · · b ' ·t oreover the Law o .1 r.ure lS lmmuta- :Ee upriapr.t uH cw:Jp. z • ble: y. er. i_o mttmcs it comes to pa [s tha~ .1 11 - the A£t.s determined by that La. w, a ice-ming mutation dcceivs the unwary; :"'hen in truth the Law of Nature is the iame, but the matter about which it is, is changed. For exaq1ple, If my Creditm· accounts the debt I owe him as received, I am not bound to pay :The reafon is not, becaufc the Law ofNature is become more indulgent, & requires me not to pay what 1 owe ; But becaufe by the indulgence of my Creditor the debt is forgiv~n me. So if God comma11d a perfon "to be fiain, or his Goods to be taken ,_way, it wiH not follow that Man-fiaughter or Theft is lawfu11 ; which words inc1ude a Vice; but the a& 1s not Manfiaughter or Theft which is done at his command who is iu· preme Lord of our Lives and Goods. LaG· ly,there are feme things that do not fim· ply, but 'm [uch a flate of affairs, belong to Natural Law :as the common u[e of things was natural hefore Dom'mion was introduced; and before poGtive Laws,eve· ry m;n had right to get his ovvn by force. lV •. Of IV. Of the Law o[?-{(ltlire and 1{ations. '' AS for that diH:intl:ion extant in th · Robm an La w'-B 00 k s , b etwecn thee Hnmuca. le Law, common to other Crea-tures wuh men, ( cah'd the L f N ture;)Ar:d that which is prope~~o ~en:= .lo~1e.' ( uiu~U Y ca !led by them the Law of Nauons,)tt IS of very little or no ul· F no nature, that hath not the i' ef. or ncral u e o ac- L precep~s, is properly capable b of . a aw *. It ~t::tny time"" ju(t' . tributcd to the. brute crea turcs . IC~ ts. at- • In equis • prope 1 f h ' tc JS tm- l "b ' m fh 1' Y' or t at there is i 11 thet ( tortJ u-t 1ufJiti-adow and print of reaion ;'n o~e tz111nondtcimr~&. the aCt it felf, determined by ~1 Let efr ~;; .. Offic. I. Nature b 1e a w o m1 notes a . ' • , e common to us with other li~enefs of Ju· ctcatures, as the brccdir;a up of 0 1 • l ft rce in E !efue; or proper to us, as ~he wor ~1 t- phants.l. s. God , it is not in th' 5 . 1. .(L thtp of and he fpe :.ks rial 1 Ie pe..;.~ mate- o t an Af~ · thn kild l;er o~e, hecaufc that young one had kild h . own young tamedher.t.xo.c.74· Sen. Mttl•1tt .t e.mlln.s fon thn cmerbll4 'awn : habtne a11tem finnles 1/li,s au~~~ah~, aJ! :1' humanu IJj]i'lli-· • 1""m lmjldJ rf4. - V · The proof of Natural L a1v • . A Thing is proved to b f N La'"' "W"' , e 0 atmal ... • .u ways a p · . , .fferiori. Tbat 'r n~rt, or a potil this . way 0 proof 1 s more rub-nrfort . fmoreflpopular .. Th" proof is a r ' 1 we 1ew d'·e n·e c· enn·a ry convc- B 3 J nicnce |
