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the_o voluptuous_a meat_n which_o nebuchadnezar_n allow_v they_o and_o feed_v upon_o pulse_n and_o water_n but_o the_o fear_n that_o they_o shall_v break_v the_o law_n of_o god_n by_o obey_v the_o king_n i_o mean_v the_o positive_a law_n which_o god_n have_v not_o write_v in_o their_o nature_n but_o in_o table_n so_o that_o this_o conclusion_n of_o his_o be_v most_o heathenish_a chap._n xxii_o sect_n xviii_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o further_a reason_n to_o prove_v the_o former_a assertion_n examine_v and_o censure_v his_o diminution_n of_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o divine_a positive_a law_n and_o constant_a vilify_n of_o scripture_n censure_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n restrain_v by_o the_o divine_a positive_a law_n obedience_n in_o religious_a duty_n not_o found_v in_o the_o command_n of_o the_o sovereign_a but_o of_o god_n the_o persuasion_n of_o the_o turk_n that_o the_o alcoran_n contain_v the_o law_n of_o god_n not_o the_o command_n of_o the_o grand_a signior_n cause_v their_o 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sure_o he_o who_o commit_v that_o sin_n act_n against_o his_o conscience_n and_o so_o as_o far_o as_o any_o man_n can_v go_v with_o right_a argue_v so_o far_o his_o conscience_n oblige_v he_o now_o if_o we_o will_v argue_v from_o strong_a reason_n a_o man_n may_v say_v there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o erroneous_a conscience_n because_o if_o it_o be_v not_o science_n it_o can_v be_v conscience_n which_o uppose_v science_n and_o a_o right_n draw_v out_o the_o conclusion_n which_o proceed_v from_o these_o evident_a principle_n and_o then_o most_o certain_o mr._n hobbs_n must_v be_v in_o the_o wrong_n who_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n to_o act_v against_o his_o conscience_n but_o let_v we_o take_v conscience_n as_o in_o the_o usual_a way_n it_o be_v take_v not_o for_o the_o conclusion_n of_o a_o direct_a and_o certain_a argue_v from_o these_o know_v and_o evident_a principle_n of_o which_o before_o but_o for_o that_o conclusion_n which_o any_o
of_o he_o for_o let_v we_o consider_v to_o what_o this_o therefore_o relate_v can_v it_o look_v forward_o to_o all_o man_n right_n to_o come_v and_o because_o of_o that_o therefore_o propriety_n shall_v be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o sovereign_n these_o have_v no_o conjunction_n one_o with_o another_o no_o nor_o because_o they_o be_v in_o war_n one_o with_o another_o for_o nation_n that_o be_v in_o war_n one_o with_o another_o have_v right_a of_o some_o and_o people_n that_o have_v right_a to_o many_o thing_n may_v have_v right_a likewise_o to_o what_o they_o have_v of_o some_o so_o that_o this_o therefore_o have_v nothing_o before_o to_o build_v itself_o upon_o and_o indeed_o in_o logic_n it_o shall_v have_v be_v deduce_v out_o of_o the_o prâ—mises_n but_o let_v we_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o this_o new_a sentence_n that_o can_v countenance_v this_o proposition_n that_o propriety_n be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o sovereign_n the_o first_o word_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o make_v for_o it_o will_v be_v these_o that_o propriety_n be_v necessary_a to_o peace_n therefore_o propriety_n be_v a_o act_n of_o sovereignty_n this_o follow_v not_o first_o because_o propriety_n may_v be_v where_o there_o be_v war_n therefore_o it_o can_v be_v necessary_a to_o peace_n i_o take_v propriety_n for_o a_o peculiar_a right_n and_o title_n which_o a_o man_n have_v to_o any_o good_n this_o a_o man_n may_v have_v at_o that_o instant_n when_o he_o have_v war_n with_o another_o and_o again_o he_o may_v live_v in_o peace_n in_o this_o kingdom_n both_o with_o his_o neighbour_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o have_v propriety_n in_o nothing_o but_o his_o bâ—ing_n in_o the_o world_n so_o that_o if_o peace_n can_v be_v without_o propriety_n and_o propriety_n without_o peace_n it_o can_v true_o be_v say_v that_o propriety_n be_v necessary_a to_o peace_n and_o then_o that_o proposition_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o argument_n fail_v the_o argument_n likewise_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n sect_n iv._o propriety_n not_o depend_v only_o upon_o sovereign_a power_n the_o propriety_n of_o the_o sovereign_n independent_a his_o consequence_n again_o redargue_v propriety_n the_o act_n of_o law_n the_o second_o word_n which_o may_v give_v any_o semblance_n of_o a_o argument_n if_o any_o be_v depend_v upon_o sovereign_a power_n and_o such_o a_o sovereign_a power_n as_o he_o make_v he_o to_o be_v there_o be_v none_o in_o the_o world_n but_o man_n have_v propriety_n without_o it_o therefore_o no_o necessary_a dependence_n upon_o this_o without_o which_o it_o can_v be_v and_o be_v again_o consider_v the_o sovereign_n himself_o have_v a_o propriety_n of_o his_o own_o and_o his_o propriety_n have_v no_o dependence_n upon_o any_o but_o then_o consider_v that_o if_o it_o be_v so_o and_o he_o will_v have_v it_o understand_v of_o subject_n only_o or_o that_o the_o sovereign_n have_v his_o propriety_n by_o right_a of_o his_o sovereignty_n because_o there_o be_v a_o sovereign_n constitute_v and_o that_o the_o propriety_n of_o all_o other_o have_v a_o dependence_n upon_o this_o sovereign_a power_n yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o that_o propriety_n be_v a_o act_n of_o sovereignty_n it_o may_v well_o be_v suppose_v that_o propriety_n may_v be_v settle_v by_o contract_n before_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o then_o the_o sovereign_n only_a look_n and_o take_v care_n for_o the_o right_a observation_n of_o those_o law_n which_o be_v consent_v unto_o concern_v propriety_n and_o propriety_n be_v the_o act_n of_o those_o law_n and_o he_o the_o protector_n and_o preserver_n of_o they_o so_o that_o this_o consequence_n be_v not_o deduce_v out_o of_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v set_v down_o by_o he_o and_o these_o few_o word_n which_o be_v add_v be_v of_o no_o force_n in_o order_n to_o the_o public_a peace_n for_o although_o he_o may_v direct_v yea_o enforce_v they_o to_o the_o public_a peace_n yet_o propriety_n itself_o be_v a_o act_n of_o those_o law_n which_o settle_v it_o not_o of_o he_o which_o govern_v sect_n v._o many_o thing_n good_a or_o evil_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o therefore_o not_o alterable_a by_o humane_a law_n he_o go_v on_o these_o rule_n of_o propriety_n or_o meum_fw-la and_o tuum_fw-la and_o of_o good_a evil_a lawful_a and_o unlawful_a in_o the_o action_n of_o subject_n be_v the_o civil_a law_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o law_n of_o each_o commonwealth_n in_o particular_a the_o rule_n of_o propriety_n that_o be_v of_o the_o particular_a estate_n be_v without_o question_n the_o law_n of_o each_o particular_a commonwealth_n but_o for_o good_a or_o evil_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n so_o frame_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n that_o it_o lie_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o humane_a law_n to_o make_v such_o thing_n good_a or_o evil_n contrary_a to_o their_o being_n as_o to_o love_v fear_v and_o worship_n god_n no_o humane_a law_n can_v make_v it_o evil_n or_o to_o hate_v or_o despise_v he_o no_o humane_a law_n can_v make_v it_o good_a and_o so_o for_o lawful_a and_o unlawful_a thing_n which_o either_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n in_o our_o heart_n or_o that_o communicate_v to_o we_o in_o his_o holy_a book_n these_o be_v law_n beside_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o the_o civil_a law_n can_v alter_v or_o make_v good_a or_o evil_n otherwise_o then_o that_o goodness_n or_o illness_n which_o they_o receive_v from_o the_o law_n divine_a that_o which_o follow_v in_o that_o paragraph_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o exposition_n of_o civil_a law_n how_o it_o be_v understand_v by_o he_o which_o i_o conceive_v not_o to_o be_v material_a to_o his_o design_n or_o i_o and_o therefore_o i_o let_v it_o alone_o and_o come_v to_o a_o new_a inference_n chap._n xii_o sect_n 1._o the_o sovereign_n oblige_v to_o take_v care_n for_o the_o decision_n of_o controversy_n and_o accountable_a to_o god_n as_o for_o his_o own_o so_o also_o for_o his_o officer_n neglect_v eight_o say_v he_o â—s_v annex_v to_o the_o sovereign_a the_o right_n of_o controversy_n which_o may_v arise_v â—â—â—erning_v law_n either_o civil_a or_o natural_a or_o concern_v fact_n for_o without_o the_o decision_n of_o controversy_n there_o be_v no_o protection_n of_o one_o subject_a from_o the_o injury_n of_o another_o that_o be_v true_a which_o he_o speak_v so_o that_o he_o understand_v by_o it_o not_o a_o natural_a immediate_a agent_n but_o a_o moral_a political_a act_n by_o his_o deputy_n and_o inferior_a officer_n as_o judges_z and_o than_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o right_n which_o he_o may_v but_o a_o duty_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v and_o i_o may_v go_v further_o than_o mr._n hâ—bbs_n here_o and_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v responsible_a to_o the_o great_a king_n of_o king_n for_o not_o take_v care_n that_o those_o his_o officer_n do_v his_o duty_n of_o justice_n in_o decide_v cause_n jethro_n mâ—ses_v father-in-law_n give_v he_o good_a counsel_n not_o to_o take_v that_o burden_n impossible_a for_o his_o shoulder_n to_o bear_v upon_o himself_o alone_o but_o divide_v it_o to_o other_o and_o keep_v weighty_a cause_n only_o to_o himself_o sect_n ii_o mr._n hobbs_n nine_o inference_n affirm_v sovereign_n in_o ordinary_a emergency_n to_o use_v ordinary_a mean_n salus_fw-la populi_n suprema_fw-la lex_fw-la ninthly_o etc._n etc._n say_v he_o true_o reader_n i_o be_o tire_v with_o transcribe_v his_o word_n distinct_o the_o drift_n of_o this_o nine_o inference_n be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o sovereign_n have_v right_a to_o the_o militia_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o so_o of_o all_o mean_n to_o maintain_v his_o army_n and_o he_o say_v right_a without_o this_o all_o other_o be_v nothing_o the_o subject_n can_v be_v protect_v either_o from_o foreign_a or_o domestic_a injury_n this_o be_v true_a but_o yet_o he_o have_v right_o only_a to_o use_v right_a mean_n for_o this_o i_o speak_v not_o of_o case_n of_o necessity_n salus_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la est_fw-la summa_fw-la lex_fw-la but_o in_o the_o ordinary_a manage_n of_o affair_n he_o must_v reserve_v himself_o questionless_a to_o the_o ordinary_a way_n sect_n iii_o the_o choice_n of_o councillor_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o sovereign_n mr._n hobbs_n his_o reason_n of_o this_o conclusion_n refute_v for_o his_o ten_o inference_n which_o be_v his_o right_n of_o choose_v councillor_n officer_n of_o his_o army_n and_o the_o like_a i_o agree_v with_o he_o but_o not_o for_o his_o oft_o confute_v reason_n because_o he_o have_v right_a to_o the_o end_n he_o must_v have_v right_a to_o the_o mean_n for_o he_o can_v have_v right_a to_o get_v his_o right_a end_n by_o crooked_a mean_n but_o because_o he_o be_v supreme_a and_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o power_n in_o his_o realm_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v in_o many_o kingdom_n great_a office_n belong_v to_o family_n as_o
read_v such_o paradox_n as_o this_o gentleman_n write_v but_o mark_v this_o although_o this_o be_v introduce_v with_o a_o for_o yet_o it_o prove_v nothing_o his_o proposition_n he_o be_v to_o prove_v be_v that_o the_o captive_n be_v a_o servant_n or_o slave_n when_o he_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n and_o not_o before_o how_o be_v that_o enforce_v from_o this_o discourse_n he_o may_v say_v that_o clause_n be_v not_o before_o no_o say_v i_o for_o whether_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o servire_fw-la or_o seruare_fw-la he_o be_v more_o a_o slave_n to_o his_o owner_n when_o he_o be_v compel_v to_o work_v in_o fetter_n or_o bond_n then_o when_o he_o be_v leave_v to_o his_o parol_n for_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o serve_v more_o slavish_o and_o be_v save_v more_o secure_o in_o that_o condition_n than_o the_o other_o he_o proceed_v for_o such_o man_n common_o call_v slave_n have_v no_o obligation_n at_o all_o i_o believe_v they_o be_v slave_n not_o bind_v with_o any_o thing_n but_o fetter_n and_o may_v break_v their_o bond_n or_o prison_n and_o kill_v or_o carry_v away_o captive_a their_o master_n just_o it_o be_v true_a because_o he_o be_v trust_v with_o nothing_o by_o he_o not_o with_o himself_o but_o one_o say_v he_o that_o be_v take_v have_v corporal_a liberty_n allow_v he_o and_o upon_o promise_n not_o to_o run_v away_o nor_o to_o do_v violence_n to_o his_o master_n be_v trust_v by_o he_o this_o man_n if_o secure_a be_v a_o captive_n by_o mr._n hobbs_n and_o a_o servant_n but_o not_o the_o other_o i_o be_o opposite_a to_o he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n how_o little_a this_o agree_v with_o his_o former_a discourse_n about_o the_o covenant_n of_o he_o who_o be_v vanquish_v in_o this_o last_o it_o be_v one_o that_o covenant_n not_o to_o run_v away_o and_o to_o do_v no_o violence_n but_o in_o the_o first_o it_o be_v to_o resign_v his_o whole_a body_n and_o be_v to_o his_o pleasure_n these_o be_v very_a thwart_a discourse_n to_o happen_v in_o so_o little_a distance_n and_o this_o last_o have_v much_o more_o easy_a term_n then_o the_o other_o he_o next_o enter_v into_o another_o paragraph_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o victory_n that_o give_v the_o right_a of_o dominion_n over_o the_o vanquish_a but_o his_o own_o covenant_n that_o covenant_n give_v no_o right_a when_o the_o justness_n of_o the_o cause_n do_v not_o warrant_v the_o war_n for_o as_o he_o elsewhere_o no_o man_n when_o he_o have_v covenant_v to_o one_o before_o have_v right_a to_o make_v the_o same_o covenant_n to_o another_o no_o man_n can_v give_v that_o again_o which_o he_o have_v first_o give_v to_o another_o covenant_n upon_o conquest_n may_v gain_v possession_n but_o not_o right_o when_o the_o cause_n of_o war_n be_v not_o just_a reader_n you_o and_o i_o may_v think_v ourselves_o tire_v with_o these_o dull_a discourse_n and_o therefore_o i_o let_v pass_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o paragraph_n and_o that_o which_o follow_v and_o will_v only_o drive_v at_o the_o fundamental_a which_o be_v shake_v the_o building_n will_v fall_v of_o its_o self_n at_o the_o bottom_n of_o this_o page_n he_o begin_v a_o new_a old_a business_n in_o sum_n the_o right_n and_o consequence_n to_o both_o paternal_a and_o despotical_a dominion_n be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o those_o of_o a_o sovereign_n by_o institution_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n which_o reason_n over_o set_v down_o in_o the_o precedent_n cap._n which_o chapter_n and_o reason_n have_v be_v examine_v heretofore_o and_o therefore_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o unnecessary_a repetition_n chap_n xviii_o sect_n i._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o harsh_a condition_n impose_v on_o the_o conqueror_n subject_n assistant_n in_o the_o war_n subject_n new_o conquer_v to_o be_v restrain_v with_o more_o severity_n than_o those_o to_o who_o custom_n have_v make_v their_o yoke_n more_o pleasant_a and_o easy_a a_o difference_n to_o be_v make_v between_o those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o doubtful_a and_o other_o who_o be_v of_o a_o know_a and_o certain_a obedience_n the_o difference_n between_o civil_a and_o despotical_a government_n he_o proceed_v so_o that_o for_o a_o man_n that_o be_v a_o monarch_n of_o divers_a nation_n whereof_o he_o have_v in_o one_o the_o sovereignty_n by_o institution_n of_o the_o people_n assemble_v and_o in_o another_o by_o conquest_n that_o be_v by_o the_o submission_n of_o each_o particular_a to_o avoid_v death_n or_o bond_n i_o be_o confident_a as_o i_o have_v former_o write_v there_o be_v never_o such_o a_o sovereign_n either_o by_o institution_n or_o conquest_n as_o he_o set_v down_o he_o have_v show_v none_o nor_o i_o believe_v can_v show_v any_o example_n of_o either_o or_o a_o possibility_n how_o either_o shall_v be_v compose_v but_o suppose_v those_o now_o as_o in_o his_o utopia_n be_v imagine_v why_o then_o say_v he_o for_o such_o a_o monarch_n who_o be_v monarch_n of_o these_o two_o nation_n to_o demand_v of_o one_o more_o than_o of_o another_o by_o the_o title_n of_o conquest_n as_o be_v a_o conquer_a nation_n be_v a_o act_n of_o ignorance_n in_o the_o right_n of_o sovereignty_n now_o i_o be_o at_o the_o 105_o page_n he_o have_v pass_v a_o free_a and_o liberal_a censure_n upon_o such_o sovereign_n but_o let_v he_o know_v that_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o there_o be_v two_o such_o kingdom_n it_o be_v very_o hard_o if_o such_o as_o adventure_v their_o life_n and_o fortune_n with_o their_o king_n and_o have_v a_o subordinate_a share_n in_o the_o conquest_n shall_v after_o the_o conquest_n be_v no_o better_o but_o in_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o those_o who_o they_o conquer_v and_o by_o they_o be_v conquer_v it_o be_v true_a a_o easy_a yoke_n and_o time_n the_o mother_n of_o experience_n may_v reduce_v they_o into_o one_o condition_n when_o it_o shall_v be_v observe_v that_o they_o who_o be_v conquer_v be_v gain_v to_o a_o like_n of_o the_o custom_n and_o manner_n of_o their_o conqueror_n and_o that_o mutual_o their_o good_a be_v beneficial_a one_o to_o the_o other_o than_o it_o be_v wisdom_n in_o a_o conqueror_n to_o put_v they_o in_o a_o parity_n of_o condition_n but_o at_o the_o first_o subdue_a any_o nation_n regni_fw-la novitas_fw-la will_v enforce_v some_o severity_n though_o perhaps_o afterwards-tros_n tyâ—iusque_fw-la mihi_fw-la nullo_n discrimine_fw-la agetur_fw-la they_o be_v grow_v one_o and_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o govern_v i_o but_o say_v he_o that_o be_v ignorance_n of_o government_n i_o say_v no_o but_o great_a wisdom_n to_o put_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o force_a obedience_n and_o that_o out_o of_o duty_n betwixt_o they_o who_o be_v of_o a_o know_v and_o other_o of_o a_o doubtful_a fidelity_n but_o he_o give_v a_o reason_n for_o what_o he_o write_v for_o say_v he_o he_o be_v absolute_o over_o both_o alike_o let_v that_o be_v grant_v yet_o among_o his_o true_a and_o natural_a subject_n he_o may_v just_o and_o prudent_o dispense_v his_o favour_n and_o displeasure_n various_o according_a to_o 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