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Show . . } ~ · ' XCVII. Three cautions ttJ be 'Obferved. . · BUt here are to be ufed fomeCautions: Fidl, that civil cufi:oms • thou~b re· ceived among many peop.le not Wlthout reafon, be not taken for the Law of Na· ture : fuch as tl:to[e were • whereby the Grllcians were dillinguifht from the 'Per~ " .,Yflillt ;M. ·--~ lt~' .}.u ltW flftl .,.; -~~~~~e,.IIA •· Plutarch. jians : whereunto you may· rightly r&r that of Plutarch* ,; To reduce the barha· rous n,ttions to more civility ofmanners,is 11 p'r"etencc to CQ[our an unlawful de[tre of ,hat which is anothers. Second, that we ·t· • ~ do not rathly ·account atpong things for· . , • bidden by nat_ur~ , thofe thi_ngs which ~re not manifeiHy io , and wh1ch are forb~d- • : • 4 den rather by Divine Law : in whtch rank haply you may ~ut copulati~ns t After ius A- without ~arriage t , ~nd lome reputed~~· mtfe~ t:.pifco- cefis ., and uftJry. Th1rd , that we d~lt· :pus : !i!.Jfi bu- oentl y difi:inouifh between gener'al prtn· l~e&.eavtum {I• ~iples viz... We mull live honeflly 'i. t. ::fz:~s 0~~;~ a.ccorchng to reafon , and fome nc~t to 1er•ut,imptiflh thefe, but fo manifeH, that they adm1cno t•m rtli'lquunt donbt . viZJ. We muA: not take from an.o· "!trtt~icii. ther thatt which is hi's; and between 11· lteentutm. A~- 1 . whereof ferne are eafily known' de locum Hu:- atlOns '. . . fc d mufi ronym,i ~d 0· as, Matrun.ony bemg fuppo e , we a· · cearium. not comm1t Adultery; other3 more har. i:. P Adulte- 1 y ' as , that revenge which deligh.teth m wlm. fell. fra- h . n of another is vitioui. It IS here tm. D. ali. t e pat . h · k where ]ut. dudlllr. almo~ as m the Mat emauc s ' fome fome are firll notions , or next unto the firH ; fome demonfi:rations , which are prefently both undcrllood , and affen• ted to ; fome , true indeed , but not manifeil to all. Wherefore, as about Civil Laws we excufe them that have not had notice or underH:anding of the Laws; fo about the Laws of nature alfo i~ is fit they il1ould be excufed_, w hotn either the imbecillity of their rea ton , or evil educa- . ;ion keeps in ignorance t. For, ignorance f f:llllqll~t'l; of the .Law, as, when it is inevitable, it gtns hoc ltgtm takes away the fin; fo, ev~n when it is natt~r~~.P~t~t, j•o yn d W.l t l r 1. d I l rr· f'tOd d1dmt. 1 10Jl}e neg 1gence , ot 1 em:n Hieron,2..adv. ~he offen[e. And therefore Ariftotle com- Jovin. pares barbarians, that are jJJ bred,and of- Mmh. Jo. r f • fend in fuch matteri, to them, who have L~c.u..47,4S· their palats corrupted by fome difeafe. NacQtn· 1· Plutarch faith , There are difeafes of the mind, which caft men down from their na-tural jl~tte. LaHiy , that is to be added, which I fet down once for all, Wars un ... dertaken for the exaCting of punifhment, are fufpected of injuA:ice , unlefs the acts be moil heinous and mofl: manifefl:, or elfe fome other caufe withal! concur. That fayino of Uttithridates ,' 'onccrnino the Jufl:in.3 8. Non 0 Romans , wa~ not per h. aps benr. d e0 the dilrllotesl,a[ trdtvrtitrme $ truth ; They d() not punifh the offenfes of.ac majefltJttm J(ings, but feek,.to ahatc their power and injtqui. rnaidfy • Aa ~ ~CVIli. |
