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Show -~4i of War And Peace faith is to be injuriom tn the common lm~ /,ecillity of mankJ:nd: elfewhere, to be un., t1JindfuJ of human .in ft,·mtty. The fore· ment~ond Sopaur fauh , Smal faults, and. ~f daily im:urjion ~ are to be dij[embt~d. Yea , it rna y be doubted , whether thefe 1)1ay rightly and properly be called fins, when the liberty which m fpecie they (cern to have , confiderd in their genera· lity they have not. Pbttarch in his So( fm; A Law muft be framed according to that which is pojfible , if one will punifh a few profitably , not many to no purpofe. Some things alfo are# inevitable, not to }'mrnan n:tture finwly ,but to this perfon at this time' , by reafon of the body's tern· tSeneca de ira per t paffing into the mind , or of an old 1. ~. c. xs.. cufl:om, w hi~ h yet is wont to be punHht, MorurliV'!ffC# not fo much for it fel f, as for a precedent taltes:, c mr'xtu;aa fault * ,'becaufe either rernedte were ne~ emtnto ltTJ1 l' - . - . · · J 1 cit & rroinde glet'ted ' or dtieafes 1U the tmnu vo unta-in ;tiqrm m~gu rily con tra~ed, Thirdly , fins are not to inct!mbunt in-. be punifht , which do neither diretfly nor ge~la, P1rout a!&· indirccl:ly .refpeet human fociety, or ano .. W fU! t eme'i#IJ • • b r h major visabun- ther man. The ·realon 1s, ecaute t ere dATI it. Altbi is no rea fon w hi theie llns fhould not be hxc ea v.~cl.t, lefc ~o be punifhed by God , who is· moll quz ~t.m oulft wife to -know them J and molt righteous coodtno lla · . n c 11 t :ndi& cor .. to Wetgh them , and ffiOl~ powerr~ tO a" poristc~pcu- vcnge them. Whereforduch ~um~ment ~ur:a, ep1ft: 'J · vyould be eJ~;ecuced by men vy1t~o~t any T(tde c. lift- ,utility and fo not rightly. Here are co be pf9" 1tavtrUht ,au- ' ·tt. d h' h 1 ,, 1N.'•• excepted punuurnenu ernen atory,w tc - pa~e this for their ~aufe~~hat the offende~ .. ' · may Tht foconJ Pari; tnay be bettered, thougn haply it concern not other men. Moreover, punilhable are not' aets oppofed to vertues ' whofe nature refufeth all coatl:ion ; in which kind arc mercy, liberality , gratitude. S e- Lib..;. de {,e..: r;eca handles this _que!hon , Whether fhe o~f._c. 6. ~ 1· yi.ce of an UJ)gratdul .man ought to be un-puniihed: and brings ~nany things to the purpofe, but this efpeci~lly, which may be extended to other like qualities; When ~ it is a mojl commendable thing ,to mak! requital of a benefit, it cea[eth to b~ com_- mendable , if it be neceffary : that lS , lt lofeth that e,ccellept degree of prai[e , a~ the followino words do fhevv;for Pne rvitl f!Ot more praiJe a gratefult man, than hi~ that rejlor~s a thing committed to h11 tru(f , or payes what he owed without~ Jut~. A little after; Th no glory to bet ld 5 d grateful/, were it not fafe t to have been ben~~ 1 ~~: 1: ungrateful!. That of Seneca the father, ltadem~~ tur:r in his controverfies , rna y be a ppl yed to pttfl 11011 rtddt1 yices of this kind · I dejire not the llC._ re (benc6ci~ cufed perfon Jhould b~ praiffd, but abfol· ~::.~:~cfs:; -ped t. contr. f . 34· Dicu mihi :Hoc faetrt ntm (lporttt. fluic ,,; 11fl;matio imtrJtnfa eft ; itttqj nulla vindiCl4 ~fl. Auguft.l. 2.. ~· 8 J• cont. Petil. Sic igitur quod adlJcr[us vos LeftS con{titNtll {u71f~ non tu benefacert cogimini, fed mate [4em prohiliemini. t Eft hoc 4, Contr. fimile eodem libro Gonr'r. 2.4. N[!nfrtra~ mu& ut probet,{td ut dimitw. Et in Exc ~ rptis, 6,11. MultMm i11terejt objurtts ~rn puniM. Sunt enim q.uao:dam,ut Cimone ait Plutarchusi ,te~iqui• 11111i.f(1.1irt~tu ali,ujll1, qt~P,m ex 'l!itia trfmina. .... |
