there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o nature_n which_o make_v man_n in_o general_n avoid_v death_n in_o general_a as_o the_o thing_n by_o which_o he_o must_v needs_o expect_v the_o great_a pain_n for_o it_o often_o happen_v that_o there_o be_v little_a pain_n and_o people_n that_o have_v die_v with_o a_o sense_n of_o death_n ugliness_n and_o so_o with_o some_o impatience_n i_o have_v find_v complain_v of_o common_a accident_n and_o such_o which_o have_v no_o participation_n of_o death_n in_o they_o and_o no_o cooperation_n to_o the_o dissolution_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n by_o death_n as_o ache_n in_o particular_a part_n sometime_o they_o be_v gall_v and_o that_o trouble_a they_o sometime_o that_o there_o be_v clod_n or_o hardness_n in_o the_o bed_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o show_v that_o these_o pain_n not_o those_o of_o death_n be_v more_o sensible_a than_o even_o death_n its_o self_n sect._n 9_o death_n he_o proceed_v it_o be_v not_o against_o reason_n that_o a_o man_n do_v all_o he_o can_v to_o preserve_v his_o own_o body_n and_o limb_n both_o from_o death_n and_o pain_n have_v he_o put_v in_o that_o little_a word_n and_o esteem_v a_o little_a thing_n by_o he_o just_o and_o honest_o he_o have_v say_v truth_n but_o alas_o else_o how_o unreasonable_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n to_o save_v himself_o from_o a_o little_a pain_n shall_v act_v thing_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o public_a good_a or_o else_o some_o great_a good_a of_o his_o own_o any_o man_n who_o have_v sense_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o sense_n and_o unworthy_a ease_n can_v choose_v but_o apprehend_v that_o the_o great_a good_n shall_v be_v choose_v before_o the_o less_o such_o be_v those_o before_o specify_v therefore_o in_o such_o case_n that_o they_o for_o pain_n or_o death_n its_o self_n be_v relinquish_v be_v against_o reason_n what_o he_o adde_n and_o that_o which_o be_v not_o against_o reason_n we_o call_v right_a etc._n etc._n i_o agree_v to_o for_o certain_o there_o be_v no_o wrong_n which_o be_v not_o against_o reason_n but_o his_o deduction_n it_o be_v therefore_o a_o right_a of_o nature_n that_o every_o man_n may_v preserve_v his_o own_o life_n and_o limb_n with_o all_o the_o power_n he_o have_v this_o deduction_n by_o what_o be_v already_o say_v can_v be_v true_a but_o when_o his_o life_n and_o limb_n be_v not_o oppose_v by_o some_o great_a good_a chap._n xxiii_o of_o use_v or_o misuse_v mean_n in_o order_n to_o their_o end_n the_o regulation_n of_o man_n judgement_n in_o it_o the_o preservation_n of_o life_n and_o estate_n when_o necessary_a of_o right_a and_o wrong_n law_n etc._n etc._n sect._n 1_o 1._o i_o come_v now_o to_o number_v 7._o which_o begin_v thus_o and_n because_o where_o a_o man_n have_v right_a to_o the_o end_n and_o the_o end_n can_v be_v attain_v without_o the_o mean_n that_o be_v without_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o end_n it_o be_v consequent_a that_o it_o be_v not_o against_o reason_n and_o therefore_o right_a for_o a_o man_n to_o use_v all_o mean_n and_o do_v whatsoever_o action_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o his_o body_n how_o vile_a and_o illogicall_a be_v this_o have_v he_o prove_v that_o the_o body_n be_v the_o end_n of_o man_n or_o instead_o of_o body_n have_v he_o say_v for_o the_o preservation_n of_o that_o end_n his_o axiom_n explain_v thus_o may_v have_v bear_v he_o out_o in_o it_o but_o as_o it_o be_v puâ—_n there_o be_v no_o connexion_n for_o suppose_v a_o man_n have_v right_a to_o the_o end_n his_o own_o happiness_n and_o by_o that_o right_a likewise_o to_o all_o mean_n which_o conduce_v to_o it_o yet_o unless_o this_o body_n can_v be_v prove_v to_o be_v that_o end_n his_o application_n of_o it_o to_o the_o body_n be_v of_o no_o force_n well_o i_o will_v examine_v his_o aphorism_n first_o he_o who_o have_v right_a to_o the_o end_n have_v not_o right_a to_o all_o mean_n of_o get_v it_o be_v apparent_a end_n for_o he_o who_o have_v right_a to_o a_o estate_n or_o a_o house_n have_v not_o right_a to_o take_v it_o by_o force_n he_o must_v only_o use_v legal_a mean_n for_o the_o obtain_n and_o preserve_v it_o and_o so_o though_o a_o man_n have_v right_a to_o his_o body_n or_o life_n yet_o he_o have_v no_o right_a to_o preserve_v it_o by_o unlawful_a action_n it_o be_v a_o most_o just_a rule_n of_o law_n that_o a_o man_n must_v so_o use_v his_o own_o as_o he_o must_v not_o hurt_v another_o a_o man_n have_v right_a to_o water_n and_o a_o meadow_n but_o he_o must_v not_o so_o use_v his_o water_n and_o his_o meadow_n as_o by_o overflow_a his_o meadow_n he_o shall_v drown_v his_o neighbour_n corne._n so_o although_o a_o man_n have_v right_a to_o his_o life_n yet_o this_o right_n be_v not_o of_o such_o a_o transcendent_a power_n as_o to_o enable_v he_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o that_o life_n to_o hurt_v other_o and_o destroy_v their_o life_n but_o once_o again_o for_o further_a and_o clear_a explication_n of_o that_o rule_n he_o give_v concern_v a_o end_n let_v we_o observe_v except_v that_o it_o have_v no_o truth_n but_o concern_v the_o last_o end_n and_o in_o that_o it_o have_v for_o since_o all_o man_n action_n be_v for_o a_o end_n that_o be_v his_o summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la his_o happiness_n every_o man_n out_o of_o necessity_n of_o nature_n do_v what_o he_o do_v for_o it_o and_o the_o utmost_a he_o can_v for_o it_o but_o this_o life_n or_o body_n be_v not_o man_n happiness_n and_o for_o any_o second_o end_n there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o the_o end_n itself_o there_o be_v much_o less_o of_o any_o mean_n which_o conduce_v to_o it_o and_o therefore_o of_o such_o end_n of_o which_o nature_n man_n temporal_a life_n and_o body_n be_v there_o be_v no_o manner_n of_o truth_n in_o it_o no_o more_o than_o if_o we_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v right_a for_o a_o man_n to_o do_v what_o he_o can_v any_o thing_n to_o obtain_v pleasure_n or_o profit_n upon_o which_o he_o set_v his_o heart_n sect._n 2._o his_o 8._o numb_a must_v be_v likewise_o examine_v which_o say_v also_o every_o man_n by_o right_a of_o nature_n be_v judge_v himself_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o mean_n and_o of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o danger_n this_o have_v some_o truth_n in_o it_o and_o yet_o not_o to_o be_v so_o understand_v judgement_n that_o by_o right_a of_o nature_n a_o man_n may_v judge_v what_o he_o will_v and_o according_o act_v and_o what_o he_o act_v be_v right_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o imply_v here_o &_o from_o hence_o enforce_v afterward_o for_o as_o in_o our_o judicature_n there_o must_v use_v be_v make_v of_o judge_n and_o the_o decree_n of_o those_o judge_n will_v regulate_v and_o govern_v our_o possession_n yet_o those_o judge_n have_v rule_n by_o which_o their_o judicature_n shall_v be_v regulate_v and_o what_o they_o act_n contrary_a to_o those_o rule_n or_o law_n although_o it_o may_v be_v effect_v yet_o it_o be_v wicked_a so_o it_o be_v in_o those_o no_o doubt_n but_o every_o man_n will_v in_o such_o a_o impossible_a state_n as_o he_o suppose_v man_n judge_v of_o the_o mean_n and_o necessity_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o every_o man_n by_o which_o his_o judgement_n shall_v be_v guide_v and_o what_o he_o judge_v though_o never_o so_o congruent_a to_o his_o will_n contrary_a to_o this_o law_n be_v not_o right_a so_o that_o as_o a_o judge_n though_o what_o he_o judge_v must_v be_v perform_v and_o he_o have_v power_n to_o judge_v what_o he_o think_v fit_a yet_o he_o have_v right_a to_o judge_v only_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o that_o nation_n which_o give_v he_o the_o power_n of_o be_v a_o judge_n all_o other_o judgement_n be_v by_o power_n but_o not_o by_o right_a so_o be_v it_o with_o this_o man_n he_o may_v act_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o his_o life_n or_o limb_n but_o if_o not_o right_o it_o be_v wicked_a to_o do_v so_o the_o argument_n he_o bring_v for_o proof_n of_o this_o conclusion_n convince_v not_o i_o for_n say_v he_o if_o it_o be_v against_o reason_n that_o i_o be_v judge_n of_o my_o own_o danger_n myself_o reason_n than_o it_o be_v reason_n that_o another_o may_v be_v judge_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v reason_n say_v i_o that_o in_o such_o a_o case_n i_o be_o judge_n but_o it_o be_v reason_n likewise_o that_o i_o judge_v according_a to_o law_n and_o make_v my_o will_n be_v guide_v by_o reason_n not_o my_o reason_n regulate_v by_o my_o will_n because_o it_o be_v i_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o right_a but_o because_o my_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o right_a reason_n of_o which_o he_o himself_o afterward_o
these_o thing_n life_n or_o death_n be_v such_o some_o man_n have_v think_v this_o temporal_a life_n a_o misery_n clothe_v with_o these_o circumstance_n they_o possess_v it_o with_o like_o a_o rot_a house_n which_o when_o the_o wind_n and_o rain_n drive_v in_o be_v worse_a than_o the_o open_a field_n like_o a_o prison_n it_o be_v better_o have_v no_o house_n than_o that_o such_o be_v the_o body_n to_o the_o soul_n and_o therefore_o man_n may_v and_o have_v often_o wish_v to_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o it_o and_o death_n to_o some_o man_n be_v as_o desire_v as_o a_o freedom_n from_o a_o gaol_n this_o gentleman_n talk_v up_o and_o down_o in_o these_o book_n not_o only_o like_o a_o natural_a man_n but_o like_o the_o worst_a of_o they_o and_o the_o wicked_a for_o wise_a man_n among_o they_o have_v write_v much_o in_o contempt_n of_o these_o sensual_a temporal_a thing_n in_o which_o he_o place_v the_o only_a aim_n and_o happiness_n of_o man_n sect._n 4._o happiness_n certain_o even_o in_o nature_n the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v not_o the_o principal_a thing_n of_o man_n happiness_n and_o then_o not_o of_o man_n intention_n and_o care_n for_o life_n be_v a_o thing_n which_o a_o man_n enjoy_v in_o common_a with_o beast_n and_o tree_n and_o therefore_o if_o man_n happiness_n shall_v be_v in_o that_o he_o be_v no_o better_o yea_o much_o worse_a than_o they_o who_o excellency_n consist_v in_o a_o relation_n to_o man_n to_o live_v only_o be_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n a_o plant_n only_o but_o to_o live_v virtuous_o and_o reasonable_o to_o glorify_v that_o god_n who_o give_v he_o those_o ability_n by_o which_o his_o life_n be_v happy_a that_o be_v the_o end_n of_o man_n and_o of_o man_n life_n which_o he_o be_v to_o leave_v then_o when_o he_o can_v enjoy_v it_o upon_o these_o condition_n and_o to_o a_o christian_a man_n as_o to_o the_o best_a of_o philosopher_n who_o have_v thought_n and_o assurance_n of_o eternity_n this_o life_n have_v be_v repute_v of_o little_a value_n and_o to_o die_v no_o misery_n because_o it_o be_v but_o the_o passage_n to_o a_o better_a and_o more_o spiritual_a life_n although_o perhaps_o there_o may_v be_v some_o difficulty_n in_o open_v the_o gate_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o happiness_n it_o admit_v into_o nay_o it_o have_v be_v of_o such_o esteem_n among_o man_n of_o honour_n always_o that_o they_o will_v choose_v to_o die_v virtuous_o rather_o than_o live_v dishonourable_o instance_n will_v be_v numerous_a out_o of_o the_o roman_a story_n so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a in_o that_o absolute_a sense_n without_o limitation_n in_o which_o he_o speak_v it_o to_o be_v true_a that_o this_o be_v the_o whole_a right_n of_o nature_n as_o his_o leviathan_n or_o his_o chief_a or_o principal_n as_o his_o corpus_fw-la politicum_fw-la to_o preserve_v this_o life_n or_o to_o avoid_v this_o enemy_n death_n which_o for_o multitude_n may_z and_o for_o not_o a_o few_o reason_n aught_o to_o be_v despise_v these_o phrase_n which_o he_o use_v sect._n 5._o from_o who_o we_o expect_v the_o less_o of_o power_n he_o meane_n death_n death_n and_o the_o great_a of_o bodily_a pain_n in_o the_o lose_n must_v be_v censure_v next_o and_o first_o of_o the_o first_o by_o death_n we_o do_v not_o loose_v all_o power_n yea_o without_o doubt_n like_o a_o man_n out_o of_o prison_n he_o be_v more_o active_a and_o able_a than_o he_o be_v within_o so_o be_v the_o soul_n when_o it_o be_v break_v out_o of_o this_o gaol_n or_o dunghill_n its_o natural_a corruptible_a body_n nor_o can_v he_o say_v that_o he_o mean_v bodily_a power_n for_o than_o he_o will_v not_o have_v leave_v out_o that_o word_n bodily_a in_o this_o which_o he_o join_v with_o pain_n in_o his_o follow_a sentence_n man_n without_o question_n who_o have_v hope_n of_o that_o better_a life_n hereafter_o do_v not_o expect_v the_o loss_n of_o all_o power_n by_o this_o death_n but_o rather_o the_o increase_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o suppose_v he_o shall_v say_v he_o mean_v bodily_a power_n which_o indeed_o must_v needs_o be_v lose_v by_o death_n yet_o who_o be_v trouble_v to_o loose_v a_o bag_n of_o silver_n when_o in_o its_o room_n shall_v be_v leave_v a_o bag_n of_o gold_n to_o loose_v bodily_a power_n and_o gain_v spiritual_a it_o be_v say_v of_o our_o druid_n in_o england_n who_o teach_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n ignavi_fw-la est_fw-la rediturae_fw-la parcere_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la it_o be_v a_o poor_a dull_a thing_n to_o spare_v that_o life_n which_o will_v return_v again_o but_o then_o if_o they_o have_v pry_v into_o and_o can_v have_v consider_v the_o glorious_a immortal_a existence_n which_o man_n shall_v have_v hereafter_o for_o the_o mortal_a and_o contemptible_a be_v here_o it_o may_v have_v be_v say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o dull_a but_o a_o beastly_a thing_n for_o a_o man_n so_o much_o to_o affect_v the_o sensual_a pleasure_n of_o this_o fleshly_a life_n as_o to_o be_v unwilling_a for_o the_o loss_n of_o they_o to_o gain_v spiritual_a perfection_n we_o can_v then_o say_v that_o we_o expect_v to_o loose_v by_o death_n all_o our_o power_n and_o if_o we_o do_v leave_v bodily_a power_n we_o be_v not_o loser_n but_o gainer_n by_o it_o sect._n 6._o pretend_v his_o next_o phrase_n be_v that_o by_o death_n we_o expect_v in_o the_o lose_v these_o power_n the_o great_a bodily_a pain_n this_o gentleman_n i_o guess_n have_v only_o look_v upon_o death_n in_o those_o horrid_a vizard_n and_o disguise_n which_o fearful_a man_n mask_n it_o with_o he_o have_v not_o be_v so_o often_o in_o the_o house_n of_o mourning_n as_o i_o have_v and_o there_o make_v this_o observation_n that_o death_n be_v not_o so_o horrid_a as_o many_o man_n conceit_n it_o nor_o the_o pain_n so_o great_a that_o death_n be_v not_o so_o fearful_a be_v apparent_a not_o only_o in_o experience_n of_o those_o martyr_n who_o have_v die_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o by_o their_o bless_a suffering_n for_o he_o have_v have_v a_o assurance_n that_o they_o shall_v reign_v with_o he_o but_o even_o in_o those_o who_o with_o heroic_a spirit_n have_v confront_v death_n in_o politic_a concernment_n yea_o seek_v it_o which_o show_v that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o necessity_n of_o nature_n to_o preserve_v life_n or_o that_o they_o expect_v the_o great_a pain_n in_o the_o lose_n it_o i_o can_v fill_v divers_a sheet_n with_o instance_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a these_o i_o let_v pass_v lest_o they_o kick_v i_o in_o the_o tooth_n while_o i_o follow_v they_o in_o the_o chase_n for_o the_o former_a consider_v how_o many_o wicked_a man_n have_v kill_v themselves_o for_o fear_n of_o worse_a pain_n alive_a so_o sardanapalus_n so_o cleopatra_n so_o nero_n instance_n multitude_n esteem_v the_o pain_n of_o death_n deliverance_n from_o the_o pain_n of_o unhappy_a life_n and_o themselves_o make_v choice_n of_o death_n upon_o such_o condition_n but_o take_v one_o instance_n where_o man_n be_v not_o concern_v in_o the_o benefit_n of_o death_n themselves_o but_o take_v it_o in_o relation_n to_o other_o good_a we_o may_v read_v in_o the_o life_n of_o otho_n or_o rather_o in_o his_o death_n that_o when_o after_o his_o loss_n in_o that_o great_a and_o fatal_a battle_n betwixt_o his_o force_n and_o those_o of_o vitellius_n he_o be_v retreat_v and_o discontent_a soldier_n his_o soldier_n flock_v to_o he_o beseech_v he_o to_o head_n they_o again_o and_o regain_v the_o loss_n of_o that_o day_n promise_v how_o that_o they_o be_v all_o ready_a to_o die_v in_o that_o cause_n with_o and_o for_o he_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v necessity_n and_o to_o give_v he_o assurance_n of_o what_o they_o say_v one_o of_o the_o most_o obscure_a and_o mean_a sort_n of_o soldier_n draw_v his_o sword_n and_o kill_v himself_o tell_v he_o know_v o_o caesar_n that_o we_o be_v all_o provide_v thus_o to_o die_v for_o thou_o this_o man_n have_v no_o end_n for_o himself_o but_o only_o to_o encourage_v otho_n either_o for_o his_o country_n good_a or_o his_o own_o to_o engage_v again_o yet_o go_v on_o and_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o otho_n unmoved_a with_o this_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o kill_v himself_o likewise_o and_o his_o soldier_n carry_v he_o to_o his_o funeral_n pile_n many_o more_o slay_v themselves_o there_o to_o die_v with_o he_o so_o that_o as_o love_v of_o his_o country_n or_o otho_n imagine_a virtue_n provoke_v the_o first_o so_o a_o bare_a love_n to_o his_o person_n inflame_v the_o rest_n to_o die_v with_o he_o now_o certain_o there_o can_v not_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o nature_n in_o these_o man_n to_o expect_v the_o great_a pain_n in_o death_n nor_o indeed_o can_v i_o think_v there_o be_v such_o pain_n old_a man_n wear_v out_o questionless_a
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