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Show CXIi. NoNe is j~ftly psmifht (in proprie. t of [peech ) for anothers fault. J I THefc difiinetions premis• d ' we lhall . . fay, None free from the fault can be punitht for the fault of ~nother. The true reafon whereof ii not, that aUeged by Paulusthe Lawyer, that puni!hments are con!lituted for the amendment of men (for, it feerns, an example may be give~, without the perfon of the offendt:r' yet m that perfon that is neer him , as !hall be .faid prefently; ) ~ut becaufe ob!.igation to punHhrnent anfeth fro~ m.mt ; ~~d merit is perfonal , havmg 1:5 ongtnal from the will , than whtch nothina is m0 re ours , whence it is caH.ed Epitl. 3. ip .t1111;~r. ]{ierom faith,Neither ~re the vtrmorte Nepot. tues, nor the vices of parents tmput.ed to their children. .Auguftin : God htm[elf Etift. 10~ • Jhould be unju.ft , if he fhauld condemn any one tt,uiltlefs. Dton Chry(oftom , when he had 1aid , the poHerity of Tranfgre~ors were accurfed by the .Athenia~ fancho~ added to Solon· s Laws, i:oncerm.ng God s Law addeth ; This doth not , l.tke that' puni!h the children and poilenty of off fenders : but every one. is th~ author ~. his own calamity. Pertm~nt ts the Pr verb No.xacaput fequitur: and that b.f ina o' f the Chrina: ian E mperor s ' Tunft J,.-L. SQncimU&~ m~nt mujl remain there 1 l where the hu't e. de·p~nis. is. 'lfld Let fins light on!J Hponht etr ' "' ' aut ors, 1'/ae /t&l»tt. Part~ f9~ tiktbors~~d the fear go nf( farth{r thfln thr ojfen[e. Ph~lo'*[aith~Jt u j¥Jf,that fhe pu-nifom. enM (hould r8fl; , whert the fins df(, lfiib.2..de leg. reprehending th~ cullom offome N~tions~ fpecial. Idem that put ~o d,eath ~he innocent Chil~r~n tb· ;e ~iet. of.Tyrams or ~raytors t. Which cu(1{}fll poffiu{;~;:m~t· D1onyjitrts II~ltcnfnaj[enfis reprehendeth jU6 ind11e; in{tia. lfo, and fuews the i11iquity of the rea ion tut11m, quam fi pretendeq, viz. Th~t children will be Iilce nee mal~:. e batheir oarencs: fer thilG is uncertain , and nu ~.rmtos fe- + . £ · · quetHt' plliJa ~n uncereqm reC\11 ought not to be ftlffici- nee hot/Ds h~1• ent for the death of :~.ny. There was one biturqon4 qui fo bo~d as to dictqte this to Arcadi~s a t~ 1(1~ZlJ4 .Paretp. Chrifban Emperor that the children in t~~ natlfltflt. h h 1 ' f . ~ .A.l1ter lex qutt w om t v examp es o .Ehe1r Fathers cmn~ de[uu 41B1om-are feared., lhould be mvolved m the fa~ b~14 guemq; juthers pumfhment ; and * .A,mmianm re- d1cat, non ex laces how the Hfue was flain beino but cog~ator.f#IJ TJi~ very young , le,a · Jh d ' 0 tuii!Jfl4 l1111dat 1.- 1t ot~l grow up nfter aut ex eorNiidt,; th~ P>fr:nt s p.attern: Neither is fear pf r~- vitii4 p~n.n: -venge a more JUA: catJfe. Nothi"g is t]ofep.bt:~scalf more UNjuft, faith SenBoa t ' th4n tht~~t fuch a f;Kt 9f , one Jhou/d inhe""it hw ~'¢thers hatr'ed Pau.- KAJexapfd~h~· • r · 1 ' ' • , mg o t e J.ama~ ,the ~ener~ll of the q'tleeks ,touched jews, exadion not the children of Attf!.gimu '* , author of'punjfllmen~ of the Thebans defection to the Mede.r . more th~n b~Thefe, f;1ith he, had no ftnv-er in the »lot~ 1?n~s tqm_~f!· (}ttl·· A ntom·u s m· a ]e tter ·t"o the fenar te : Ull'~p clt9r.•m• l'ilt!m. · Ye Jh.a~l pardon the (on in law and wife ~f L, quifquis. c; --4vtdzus CfljfiHs (he had conffir' d againfl: ~d c. }4l. Mahtm : ) .And why do 1 ffly pArdon , who-; ~cff: they ·have done npthin,.? God indeed in ~JQ, ?'·~• e:. • , ·r V.. Cl:on,. ~e ll ~I' ; . jure bel. n. 3 *· . ~ If&. Prw,. He ' ~ ~ool th!J Jils the father , and' fpi\reJ ~~c dii!d. t Sen, lJb, '' de ua. c. 4. "' Herod, Call, D d the |