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Show of War and Ptatt letting go the coat. Y ~and Plato laid," evil is n~ tb be returned , Alheit fomt greater evt/ he immimnt,cend muft /:; (: Jufford ; and U'vlaximus 7 yrius hath words of the like .fenfe. U'vlu[omus faiti , He would not have an action againfi any one for contumely received (tuch as ChriH lignifies by a blow on the cheek) nor would he perfwade any other to contend about it: for luch things are 1nuch better paffcd by, and forgiven. But ifthe putting it up draws much d:1 nger with ir, we ought to be content with that caution which hath leaH incommodity. For, a~ Jofephus and other Hehrew D0¢tors note, tl1e H ehrews themfelvei had- not common uie of retaliatio~ , but the offended party, befide his charges, of whi.ch a di- ,. Lex Wifi- fiinCt .Law is extant £x~d. 21. 19. (this ~ovr~~- 6c·'3· is fmplc' rdtiturion comeining nothing JUe oflo' 1) · f 1' ihntinum d.c. pena " was wont to recetve , or reca ta- 8 L 1. rion , a pecuniary ... multt : which wa.s Lib. :z.o,c. J. alfo done at Rome - asFcev orinusnotes in ,. Aug. _J • . 2 • de Ge!lius. So ]of~ ph ~he fofler-father of our adultenms L d J l. h h b 1' d h' - ~ conjug. Siatt· OJ c: us '· w en e e 1eve ts WI e tem (q:Jod ve- had been unc haH ,chofe rather ro free himrius ~uiwr )_ . ielf by * divorce , than to make her «n non!r ~et h~mr~& example: and he is faid to have done it • c hrt[ltaniJ adrtl- b · h · it h · h it zeram co~j rtgl'm ecaul e e was a JU man, t at IS, one occidm, _(ed :1nd gentle. Upon which place Ambro{e rautMJJ dimit.. faith, tMe perfon of a jufl man is not ont ,. .. P, ly abhorrent from the atroctty of revenge, l G •iL de pa- but a verle alio from the feVierity t of ac-cc pu'), s. 3. cufation. So La[]anti~tt bad lli.d before : Lib. 6, c.' o. N either The fetond Part. Neither may a juft man accufe 141lJ one . fJr a capital crime. Juftin, oftheaccu(ers Ju(l:tnu~,Na/u· J _ . (' . h /d h "VJIH , ait , tOS of Chnfhans, 1a1t ; We wou ~ot ave puniril]ui inno$ them punifhed, who caft calumntes upon calumni~ntur. us. SuJ!ictent to them ~- their own wic- Su!Ji~tt tH.il {tut l.edne{s ,and their irrnoranceof 11ood things. pra'llbttas, & re- 11;.!; e.. 6 . rum on~Arum The1:e remain th?ie punilhme~ts whtch ignor~~nti11• pro·v1de not for pnvate but pubhck good_; Ejufd~m eft: Partly by takino out of the way or re{hat- 'l(t mznzm~m. nino the nocencZ J perl• on. that he may not qu•• d em ulcifl• z:, • • h quemqu11m vo- hurt; partly by detemng others w1th t e lentu, utno'fiiiJ feventy of the c:xample : That fuch pu- tegu conditor_. ni!hments are not taken away by Chrifl prlf&ipit. we have proved elf-where by a mofi certain argument: becaufe,when he gave his precepts,he teflified that he defiroyed not any titcleof the Law. Now, the Law of Mofes , whtch ought to Hand in thefe things , as long as the Commonwealth , . rigidly commanded magiHrats, to puni!h Exod. u. '4· homicides and certain other crimes. But, ~;.m· 33· 14' if Cbr;fl" s Precepts might conlifi with the .beur. ,.9 . 1 ;. Law of UUo[es, as it did infhtt even c:t-t Pharif~orum pita! t punifhments , they may alfo con .. ~i~ca p«n2s kfi. with human Laws * , w hie h , in this d'"?"x~Tacrfpprhxu-s . d . . h n· . ICa 0 e • part, o.umcate t e tvme ? Hinctor Le-gum ad publfcas p~nas pertinentium exceptiones,& illud ,ut ubi om nino mors inferend3 ell, inferatur quam leviffime ;. quod ell in Talmude titulo Ketuboth. "'A.U.g}t(tmus q11t6p. F.van'{/1. lib. 1, qu. Jo. LXXXIX. |