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fourteen_o ult_n to_o be_v short_a the_o instance_n we_o find_v of_o it_o in_o scripture_n be_v only_o of_o wicked_a and_o desperate_a man_n and_o that_o when_o they_o have_v be_v reject_v by_o god_n forsake_v by_o his_o spirit_n and_o a_o evil_a spirit_n have_v seize_v they_o thus_o as_o to_o saul_n long_o before_o that_o desperate_a act_n of_o fall_v on_o his_o own_o sword_n 1_o sam._n xxxi_o 5._o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v depart_v from_o he_o and_o a_o evil_a spirit_n from_o the_o lord_n trouble_v he_o chap._n xuj_o 14._o that_o be_v he_o be_v in_o a_o sort_n permit_v to_o the_o devil_n to_o be_v actuate_v by_o he_o so_o as_o to_o judas_n after_o the_o sop_n satan_n enter_v into_o he_o john_n xiii_o 27_o and_o then_o he_o quick_o sell_v and_o betray_v his_o master_n and_o go_v and_o hang_v himself_o laqueo_fw-la traditor_fw-la periit_fw-la laqueum_fw-la talibus_fw-la dereliquit_fw-la say_v st._n austin_n ad_fw-la petilianum_fw-la the_o traitor_n die_v by_o the_o halter_n and_o leave_v the_o halter_n only_o to_o such_o as_o himself_o the_o like_a deplorable_a and_o dreadful_a condition_n as_o to_o his_o spiritual_a concern_v at_o least_o may_v we_o reasonable_o conclude_v that_o devilish_a counsellor_n achitophel_n to_o have_v be_v in_o when_o be_v enrage_v that_o absalon_n will_v not_o take_v his_o hellish_a advice_n he_o also_o go_v home_o and_o hang_v himself_o beside_o these_o three_o i_o remember_v no_o instance_n in_o canonical_a scripture_n of_o any_o who_o direct_o slay_v themselves_o samson_n indeed_o as_o in_o case_n of_o other_o miracle_n do_v by_o he_o so_o by_o immediate_a and_o extraordinary_a impulse_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o be_v by_o divine_a warranty_n and_o command_n pull_v down_o the_o philistine_n great_a hall_n of_o judgement_n upon_o they_o and_o himself_o among_o they_o but_o this_o be_v only_a parallel_n to_o a_o great_a soldier_n go_v on_o certain_a death_n to_o defeat_v the_o enemy_n when_o due_o commission_v so_o to_o do_v and_o therefore_o must_v not_o come_v into_o account_n here_o there_o be_v beside_o in_o the_o apocryphal_a book_n a_o instance_n of_o one_o who_o act_v most_o barbarous_a violence_n on_o himself_o first_o fall_v on_o his_o own_o sword_n and_o then_o pull_v out_o his_o very_o own_o bowel_n and_o throw_v they_o among_o his_o enemy_n rather_o than_o he_o will_v fall_v into_o their_o hand_n to_o die_v by_o they_o and_o he_o be_v there_o commend_v for_o that_o inhuman_a act_n which_o be_v style_v die_v manful_o 2_o maccab_n fourteen_o 42_o etc._n etc._n but_o as_o that_o book_n according_a to_o what_o the_o author_n of_o it_o himself_o in_o the_o two_o last_o verse_n confess_v in_o effect_n be_v not_o write_v by_o divine_a inspiration_n so_o be_v there_o nothing_o else_o in_o it_o to_o prove_v it_o apocryphal_a this_o alone_a that_o it_o commend_v what_o be_v so_o much_o against_o nature_n both_o for_o the_o matter_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o action_n be_v abundant_o sufficient_a but_o beside_o it_n be_v most_o true_a what_o be_v well_o say_v in_o another_o case_n by_o a_o old_a bishop_n of_o carlisle_n in_o richard_n the_o second_o time_n we_o be_v not_o to_o live_v by_o example_n but_o by_o law_n the_o law_n of_o god_n run_v indefinite_o and_o so_o because_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n for_o a_o restriction_n as_o to_o this_o case_n universal_o thou_o shall_v not_o murder_v that_o be_v neither_o another_o nor_o thyself_o which_o interpretation_n must_v indeed_o of_o necessity_n be_v admit_v here_o for_o that_o our_o lord_n himself_o make_v the_o love_n which_o we_o bear_v to_o ourselves_o to_o be_v the_o measure_n or_o standard_n of_o the_o love_n we_o owe_v to_o other_o thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n say_v he_o as_o thyself_o which_o extend_v to_o all_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o second_o table_n will_v as_o to_o this_o run_v thus_o thou_o shall_v no_o more_o murder_v thy_o neighbour_n than_o thyself_o that_o be_v first_o of_o all_o thou_o shall_v not_o murder_v thyself_o and_o though_o there_o be_v not_o in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n any_o precept_n more_o particular_a or_o more_o express_o prohibitive_a as_o to_o this_o act_n as_o neither_o be_v there_o upon_o very_a ground_n against_o several_a other_o most_o unnatural_a sin_n that_o may_v be_v name_v yet_o be_v there_o all_o reason_n in_o the_o world_n against_o it_o for_o let_v we_o faithful_o examine_v be_v the_o root_n whence_o this_o act_n proceed_v such_o from_o whence_o good_a fruit_n may_v be_v expect_v be_v its_o true_a cause_n at_o any_o time_n good_a or_o true_o praiseworthy_a be_v there_o ever_o person_n yet_o who_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o himself_o who_o do_v it_o not_o either_o out_o of_o pride_n cowardice_n rashness_n or_o mad_a despair_n out_o of_o pride_n i_o say_v because_o either_o he_o will_v not_o crouch_v to_o his_o better_n or_o else_o see_v his_o equal_n become_v his_o superior_n or_o out_o of_o cowardice_n as_o afraid_a to_o suffer_v what_o his_o enemy_n may_v put_v he_o to_o now_o in_o both_o these_o case_n be_v it_o not_o more_o brave_a to_o dare_v to_o live_v or_o out_o of_o rashness_n and_o madness_n or_o despair_n as_o impatient_a of_o present_a evil_n and_o hope_v in_o this_o life_n no_o better_a state_n and_o if_o out_o of_o any_o of_o these_o be_v it_o at_o all_o commendable_a true_a philosophy_n itself_o teach_v better_a and_o forbid_v injussu_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la maj._n pythagoras_n testae_fw-la cicene_n in_o cat._n maj._n dei_fw-la de_fw-la praesidio_fw-la &_o station_n aquavitae_fw-la decedere_fw-la the_o true_a christian_a like_o a_o good_a soldier_n must_v not_o forsake_v his_o post_n except_o the_o great_a emperor_n of_o the_o world_n the_o almighty_a god_n by_o his_o law_n or_o providence_n command_v he_o thence_o edict_n thence_o l._n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la 23._o §._o
excipitur_fw-la 3._o de_fw-fr aedilit_fw-la edict_n malus_n servus_n creditus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v ulpian_n qui_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facit_fw-la quo_fw-la magis_fw-la se_fw-la rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la extrahat_fw-la ut_fw-la puta_fw-la laqueum_fw-la torsit_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o be_v adjudge_v a_o ill_a servant_n by_o the_o civil_a law_n who_o but_o prepare_v any_o thing_n to_o dispatch_v himself_o out_o of_o this_o world_n as_o if_o he_o fit_v a_o halter_n mix_v poison_n or_o the_o like_a and_o much_o more_o such_o be_v he_o who_o destroy_v himself_o by_o any_o of_o these_o for_o such_o a_o servant_n plain_o steal_v himself_o thereby_o out_o of_o his_o master_n service_n and_o so_o do_v every_o man_n himself_o out_o of_o god_n who_o remove_v himself_o hence_o before_o god_n dismiss_v he_o nay_o the_o law_n we_o speak_v of_o go_v further_o as_o to_o this_o point_n affirm_v aquil._n affirm_v l._n libre_fw-la homo_fw-la 13._o §._o ad_fw-la l._n aquil._n neminem_fw-la dominum_fw-la membrorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la none_n to_o be_v lord_n of_o his_o own_o limb_n nor_o be_v it_o by_o they_o ordinary_o permit_v to_o any_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o superior_n so_o much_o as_o to_o cut_v off_o a_o limb_n for_o the_o save_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n which_o though_o possible_o in_o some_o circumstance_n too_o strict_a yet_o show_v according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o those_o lawgiver_n who_o be_v repute_v and_o i_o believe_v not_o unjust_o some_o of_o the_o wise_a in_o the_o world_n that_o there_o be_v no_o one_o of_o so_o private_a a_o condition_n in_o who_o his_o prince_n and_o country_n may_v not_o so_o far_o challenge_v a_o right_n as_o to_o divest_v he_o of_o the_o sole_a power_n of_o dispose_n of_o himself_o i_o will_v conclude_v this_o point_n of_o self-slaughter_n which_o by_o this_o time_n i_o think_v i_o may_v be_v bold_a to_o style_v self-murder_n with_o a_o famous_a passage_n of_o st._n austin_n transcribe_v out_o of_o he_o into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n this_o say_v he_o we_o say_v this_o we_o licet_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la asserimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la approbamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la spontaneam_fw-la mortem_fw-la sibi_fw-la infer_v debere_fw-la velut_fw-la fugiendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n cap._n vide_fw-la plura_fw-la causa_fw-la 23._o qu._n 5._o si_fw-mi non_fw-la licet_fw-la affirm_v this_o we_o by_o all_o possible_a way_n avow_v that_o no_o one_o may_v bring_v voluntary_a death_n upon_o himself_o to_o escape_v thereby_o any_o temporal_a pain_n lest_o he_o fall_v into_o eternal_a one_o no_o one_o may_v do_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o another_o sin_n lest_o he_o thereby_o begin_v to_o have_v most_o grievous_a sin_n of_o his_o own_o nor_o because_o of_o any_o of_o his_o own_o past_a sin_n for_o the_o cure_n of_o which_o by_o repentance_n he_o have_v more_o need_n to_o continue_v in_o life_n nor_o through_o desire_n of_o a_o better_a life_n which_o may_v be_v hope_v for_o after_o death_n because_o a_o better_a life_n after_o death_n belong_v not_o to_o he_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o his_o own_o death_n this_o then_o be_v our_o three_o conclusion_n no_o one_o be_v lord_n so_o much_o as_o of_o his_o own_o life_n four_o whosoever_o therefore_o pretend_v or_o exercise_v a_o power_n over_o other_o man_n life_n must_v either_o derive_v that_o power_n from_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n to_o who_o dominion_n he_o belong_v or_o in_o case_n he_o do_v not_o he_o become_v by_o such_o exercise_n or_o attempt_n either_o a_o usurper_n or_o murderer_n or_o both_o if_o he_o pretend_v to_o a_o public_a power_n herein_o not_o derive_v it_o as_o aforesaid_a he_o be_v a_o usurper_n and_o that_o as_o general_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o all_o usurper_n be_v as_o much_o as_o a_o public_a murderer_n if_o he_o exercise_v only_o a_o private_a power_n as_o suppose_v in_o right_v or_o avenge_a himself_n or_o any_o three_o person_n against_o some_o 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