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punishment_n and_o that_o we_o may_v proceed_v in_o order_n let_v our_o beginning_n be_v make_v at_o our_o seven_o head_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o inward_a law_n in_o relation_n to_o which_o each_o man_n be_v a_o magistrate_n to_o himself_o erect_v a_o tribunal_n in_o his_o own_o breast_n mr._n hobbes_n there_o be_v 64._o right_a and_o also_o a_o law_n of_o nature_n the_o right_n of_o nature_n be_v the_o liberty_n each_o man_n have_v to_o use_v his_o own_o power_n as_o he_o will_v himself_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o his_o own_o nature_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o his_o own_o life_n and_o consequent_o of_o do_v any_o thing_n which_o in_o his_o own_o judgement_n and_o reason_n he_o shall_v conceive_v to_o be_v the_o apt_a mean_n thereunto_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v a_o precept_n or_o general_a rule_n find_v out_o by_o reason_n by_o which_o a_o man_n be_v forbid_v to_o do_v that_o which_o be_v destructive_a of_o his_o life_n or_o take_v away_o the_o mean_n of_o 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the_o law_n or_o safety_n of_o man_n be_v as_o guilty_a as_o man_n himself_o and_o with_o indignation_n to_o be_v break_v in_o piece_n if_o man_n be_v avoidable_a and_o fatal_o manage_v as_o in_o a_o puppet-play_n by_o a_o foreign_a hand_n discern_v only_o by_o you_o who_o pretend_v to_o see_v within_o the_o curtain_n i_o remember_v to_o have_v read_v that_o draco_n the_o athenian_a make_v a_o law_n whereby_o the_o very_a instrument_n of_o homicide_n be_v punish_v and_o the_o son_n of_o he_o that_o perish_v by_o the_o fall_n of_o nicon_n statue_n nicon_n which_o he_o have_v whip_v in_o order_n to_o the_o great_a infamy_n of_o nicon_n condemn_v the_o statue_n as_o a_o murderer_n and_o with_o solemnity_n throw_v it_o into_o the_o sea_n but_o they_o be_v not_o so_o sottish_a by_o these_o law_n and_o practice_n to_o pretend_v a_o real_a punishment_n of_o such_o instrument_n but_o they_o design_v to_o move_v beholder_n to_o the_o great_a abhorrence_n of_o spill_v human_a blood_n and_o 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law_n regard_v the_o will_n and_o no_o other_o precedent_a cause_n of_o action_n stud._n the_o will_n if_o we_o have_v regard_n to_o the_o opinion_n which_o you_o hold_v concern_v it_o can_v neither_o render_v the_o action_n unjust_a or_o the_o judge_n righteous_a in_o his_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n because_o every_o volition_n 42._o or_o act_n of_o the_o will_n and_o purpose_n of_o man_n be_v by_o outward_a violence_n make_v unavoidable_a and_o the_o beginning_n 17._o and_o progress_n of_o deliberation_n depend_v also_o upon_o necessary_a cause_n mr._n hobbes_n i_o acknowledge_v that_o 72._o when_o first_o a_o man_n have_v a_o will_n to_o something_o to_o which_o immediate_o before_o he_o have_v no_o appetite_n nor_o will_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o will_n be_v not_o the_o will_n itself_o but_o something_o else_o not_o in_o his_o own_o dispose_n so_o that_o whereas_o it_o be_v out_o of_o controversy_n that_o of_o voluntary_a action_n the_o will_n be_v the_o necessary_a cause_n and_o by_o this_o which_o be_v say_v the_o will_n be_v also_o cause_v by_o other_o thing_n whereof_o it_o dispose_v not_o it_o follow_v that_o voluntary_a action_n have_v all_o of_o they_o necessary_a cause_n and_o therefore_o be_v necessitate_v stud._n wherefore_o if_o the_o law_n inflict_v capital_a punishment_n upon_o a_o man_n with_o regard_n unto_o his_o will_n the_o man_n suffer_v for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o help_v and_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o those_o who_o blood_n be_v shed_v without_o any_o proper_a stain_n in_o it_o mr._n hobbes_n man_n 29._o be_v just_o kill_v not_o for_o that_o their_o action_n be_v necessitate_v but_o because_o they_o be_v noxious_a man_n be_v not_o 30._o therefore_o put_v to_o death_n or_o punish_v for_o that_o their_o theft_n proceed_v from_o election_n but_o because_o it_o be_v noxious_a &_o contrary_a to_o man_n preservation_n stud._n the_o law_n regard_v the_o free_a choice_n '_o though_o it_o have_v 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