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honourable_a entertainment_n of_o a_o ambassador_n or_o such_o like_a so_o that_o it_o be_v jus_fw-la humanum_fw-la non_fw-la scriptum_fw-la it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o as_o justinian_n tell_v we_o vsu_fw-la exigente_fw-la &_o humanis_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la gentes_fw-la humanae_fw-la quaedam_fw-la sibi_fw-la jura_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la whereas_o other_o humane_a law_n have_v a_o narrow_a sphere_n and_o compass_n and_o be_v limit_v to_o such_o a_o state_n which_o the_o orator_n style_v leges_fw-la populares_fw-la the_o hebrew_n call_v their_o positive_a law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o one_o do_v more_o proper_o point_n at_o ceremonial_n the_o other_o at_o judicial_n the_o septuagint_n render_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o other_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o call_v natural_a law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o hellenist_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o according_a to_o the_o greek_a idiom_n these_o be_v term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o though_o the_o formality_n of_o humane_a law_n do_v flow_v immediate_o from_o the_o power_n of_o some_o particular_a man_n yet_o the_o strength_n and_o sinew_n of_o these_o law_n be_v found_v in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o nature_n do_v permissive_o give_v they_o leave_v to_o make_v such_o law_n as_o be_v for_o their_o great_a convenience_n and_o when_o they_o be_v make_v and_o while_o they_o be_v in_o their_o force_n and_o vigour_n it_o do_v oblige_v and_o command_v they_o not_o to_o break_v or_o violate_v they_o for_o they_o be_v not_o to_o contradict_v their_o own_o act_n nor_o to_o oppose_v such_o command_n as_o ex_fw-la pacto_fw-la be_v frame_v and_o constitute_v by_o themselves_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o general_n we_o must_v look_v in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o that_o lumen_fw-la naturae_fw-la that_o candle_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o which_o this_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v manifest_v and_o discover_v chap._n viii_o how_o
to_o prove_v it_o if_o they_o will_v but_o attend_v to_o pythagoras_n himself_o they_o shall_v hear_v he_o resolve_v these_o first_o notion_n of_o he_o and_o other_o into_o nature_n bounty_n and_o not_o into_o the_o jew_n courtesy_n for_o thus_o he_o sing_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o hierocles_n in_o his_o comment_n which_o be_v as_o golden_a as_o pythagoras_n his_o verse_n do_v thus_o paraphrase_n upon_o his_o meaning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o principle_n which_o he_o do_v call_v here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v not_o long_o after_o stile_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o as_o for_o plato_n to_o be_v sure_a he_o will_v tell_v they_o that_o he_o have_v connate_a species_n of_o his_o own_o for_o which_o he_o be_v never_o behold_v to_o the_o jew_n he_o will_v tell_v they_o that_o he_o have_v many_o spermatical_a notion_n that_o be_v never_o of_o their_o sow_v many_o vigilant_a spark_n that_o be_v never_o of_o their_o strike_n or_o kindle_v he_o will_v but_o set_v his_o reminiscence_n a-work_o and_o will_v visit_v his_o old_a acquaintance_n recall_v many_o ancient_a truth_n that_o be_v now_o slip_v out_o of_o his_o memory_n and_o have_v be_v too_o long_o absent_a and_o sure_o aristotle_n never_o think_v that_o his_o rasa_fw-la tabula_fw-la can_v have_v nothing_o print_v upon_o it_o till_o a_o jew_n give_v it_o a_o imprimatur_fw-la he_o little_o imagine_v that_o the_o motion_n of_o his_o soul_n depend_v upon_o these_o oriental_a intelligence_n therefore_o if_o they_o please_v they_o may_v spare_v that_o pretty_a story_n of_o they_o which_o that_o learned_a author_n who_o i_o have_v so_o often_o commend_v do_v acquaint_v we_o with_o but_o yet_o withal_o esteem_v it_o fabulous_a of_o simeon_n the_o just_a the_o high_a priest_n read_v of_o lecture_n to_o aristotle_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o reward_n and_o punishment_n which_o be_v reserve_v for_o another_o life_n and_o that_o so_o powerful_o as_o that_o he_o convince_v he_o and_o convert_v he_o but_o certain_o that_o brave_a philosopher_n can_v easy_o spy_v out_o immortality_n stamp_v upon_o his_o own_o soul_n though_o such_o a_o monitor_n have_v be_v absent_a and_o do_v know_v long_o before_o that_o time_n by_o the_o improvement_n of_o his_o own_o intellectual_n that_o he_o must_v give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o be_v and_o operation_n to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o mean_v then_o that_o voice_n of_o the_o oracle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d true_o the_o oracle_n here_o be_v not_o so_o obscure_a but_o that_o you_o may_v easy_o perceive_v that_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o do_v not_o mean_a intelligentia_fw-la which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o only_o sapientia_fw-la which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o why_o they_o have_v more_o of_o this_o the_o apostle_n will_v give_v you_o the_o best_a account_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o have_v a_o better_a oracle_n to_o consult_v withal_o than_o this_o be_v yet_o sure_o neither_o jew_n nor_o gentile_a need_n go_v to_o a_o oracle_n to_o inquire_v of_o common_a notion_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o these_o that_o anonymous_n author_n of_o the_o life_n of_o pythagoras_n speak_v a_o unquestionable_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o athenian_n have_v not_o a_o adventitious_a and_o precarious_a kind_n of_o knowledge_n but_o that_o nature_n which_o give_v they_o a_o be_v give_v they_o education_n also_o as_o her_o womb_n bear_v they_o so_o her_o breast_n give_v they_o suck_v as_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o likewise_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o you_o shall_v hear_v a_o brag_a and_o dote_v egyptian_n tell_v you_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o greek_n be_v always_o boy_n in_o knowledge_n grant_v that_o they_o be_v child_n yet_o can_v they_o suck_v at_o nature_n dug_n can_v they_o read_v nature_n alphabet_n unless_o a_o jew_n come_v with_o his_o fescue_n and_o teach_v they_o however_o the_o egyptian_a have_v little_a reason_n to_o triumph_v for_o to_o be_v sure_a if_o there_o be_v any_o light_n in_o egypt_n more_o than_o this_o of_o nature_n they_o may_v thank_v israelites_n for_o it_o if_o there_o be_v any_o corn_n in_o egypt_n they_o may_v thank_v a_o joseph_n for_o provide_v of_o it_o these_o if_o any_o light_v their_o candle_n at_o the_o israelite_n and_o receive_v more_o precious_a jewel_n from_o they_o than_o ever_o they_o be_v rob_v of_o by_o they_o this_o indeed_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o the_o whole_a generality_n of_o the_o heathen_a go_v a_o glean_v in_o the_o jewish_a field_n they_o have_v some_o of_o their_o grape_n some_o ear_n of_o corn_n that_o drop_v from_o they_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n especial_o be_v such_o notable_a gleaner_n as_o that_o they_o steal_v out_o of_o the_o very_a sheaf_n out_o of_o those_o truth_n that_o be_v bind_v up_o in_o the_o sacred_a volume_n yet_o all_o this_o while_n they_o never_o steal_v first_o principles_n nor_o demonstration_n but_o they_o have_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o need_v not_o to_o take_v such_o a_o long_a journey_n for_o they_o give_v then_o unto_o the_o jew_n the_o thing_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o the_o gentile_a the_o thing_n that_o be_v the_o gentile_n and_o that_o which_o god_n have_v make_v common_a call_v not_o thou_o peculiar_a the_o apostle_n paul_n question_n be_v here_o very_o seasonable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v never_o any_o partition-wall_n between_o the_o essence_n of_o jew_n and_o gentile_n now_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o be_v found_v in_o essential_o and_o that_o which_o be_v disconvenient_a to_o that_o rational_a nature_n which_o be_v in_o a_o jew_n be_v as_o opposite_a and_o disagreeable_a to_o the_o same_o nature_n in_o a_o gentile_a as_o that_o good_a which_o be_v suitable_a and_o proportionable_a to_o 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