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and_o right_o be_v inconsistent_a i_o be_o so_o direct_o in_o my_o judgement_n against_o it_o that_o i_o think_v there_o be_v no_o right_a to_o any_o thing_n but_o by_o law_n which_o i_o will_v thus_o confirm_v by_o what_o follow_v sect._n 5._o right_o and_o wrong_n or_o injury_n be_v opposite_a term_n so_o that_o right_o be_v the_o convenience_n or_o agreement_n which_o one_o thing_n have_v with_o another_o wrong_v and_o wrong_n be_v the_o disagreement_n as_o it_o be_v a_o right_a line_n which_o agree'_v with_o the_o rule_n of_o straightness_n a_o crooked_a line_n or_o a_o wrong_a one_o which_o deviate_v from_o those_o rule_n a_o right_a shot_n that_o which_o hit'_v the_o white_a and_o a_o wrong_n which_o miss_v so_o it_o be_v a_o right_a action_n which_o be_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o action_n and_o a_o wrong_n which_o differ'_v from_o they_o these_o rule_n be_v that_o we_o call_v law_n which_o regulate_n our_o action_n and_o when_o they_o be_v do_v according_o they_o be_v 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that_o jus_o or_o right_n which_o god_n give_v he_o gen._n 1.28_o 29._o which_o we_o find_v to_o extend_v to_o the_o earth_n the_o fowl_n the_o fish_n god_n the_o live_a thing_n that_o move_v upon_o the_o earth_n the_o herb_n and_o tree_n this_o be_v his_o jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la but_o yet_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v use_v as_o he_o will_v although_o he_o be_v lord_n of_o they_o there_o be_v law_n for_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o servant_n king_n as_o well_o as_o subject_n and_o they_o must_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o king_n of_o heaven_n as_o their_o subject_n to_o they_o yea_o in_o these_o thing_n which_o they_o be_v make_v lord_n over_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o 4._o of_o genesis_n that_o cain_n and_o abel_n bring_v oblation_n to_o god_n of_o those_o thing_n over_o which_o they_o have_v a_o most_o peculiar_a dominion_n they_o pay_v god_n as_o it_o be_v a_o tribute_n out_o of_o those_o thing_n he_o give_v they_o a_o right_a to_o by_o that_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o he_o give_v they_o at_o their_o creation_n from_o whence_o it_o appear_v that_o man_n have_v not_o such_o right_n to_o any_o thing_n much_o less_o to_o all_o thing_n to_o do_v what_o he_o please_v with_o or_o to_o they_o for_o than_o they_o have_v have_v no_o right_a to_o have_v neglect_v that_o duty_n of_o oblation_n and_o then_o they_o can_v have_v do_v nothing_o by_o which_o god_n shall_v have_v put_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o cain_n and_o his_o oblation_n and_o abel_n and_o his_o oblation_n as_o he_o do_v sect._n 2._o man_n then_o second_o let_v we_o consider_v that_o here_o be_v not_o in_o this_o charter_n express_v any_o right_n a_o man_n have_v over_o other_o man_n but_o this_o
prosecution_n of_o it_o and_o to_o none_o other_o sect._n 11._o and_o in_o this_o st._n john_n give_v the_o son_n of_o god_n no_o new_a name_n but_o such_o as_o man_n know_v he_o by_o long_a before_o saint_n john_n time_n the_o philosopher_n in_o all_o age_n word_n when_o their_o soul_n soar_v so_o high_a as_o to_o contemplate_v the_o essence_n of_o god_n his_o creation_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n they_o say_v he_o have_v a_o son_n or_o mind_n which_o proceed_v from_o he_o like_o light_n from_o the_o sun_n that_o be_v a_o simile_n they_o be_v frequent_a in_o and_o they_o term_v that_o son_n his_o word_n and_o they_o say_v that_o that_o word_n make_v the_o world_n and_o give_v life_n and_o be_v to_o all_o thing_n thus_o trismegistus_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o his_o poemander_n and_o section_n 4._o according_a to_o the_o edition_n of_o flussus_fw-la he_o see_v in_o his_o rapture_n a_o indefinite_a light_n then_o in_o the_o five_o section_n he_o inquire_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o come_v out_o of_o the_o light_n the_o answer_n be_v make_v the_o holy_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o holy_a word_n then_o in_o the_o six_o section_n when_o trismegistus_n have_v beg_v a_o expression_n of_o this_o vision_n i_o say_v poemander_n i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intellectus_fw-la mens_fw-la i_o a_o spirit_n i_o translate_v it_o or_o as_o be_v common_o among_o those_o philosopher_n the_o supreme_a spirit_n of_o god_n i_o that_o spirit_n thy_o god_n be_o that_o light_n and_o present_o after_o that_o bright_a or_o resplendent_a word_n which_o thou_o do_v see_v come_v out_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n i_o can_v show_v much_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n out_o of_o he_o but_o this_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o this_o which_o st._n john_n deliver_n here_o when_o he_o calle's_n the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o word_n internal_a be_v according_a to_o the_o language_n of_o this_o philosopher_n if_o there_o can_v be_v any_o far_a doubt_n let_v any_o man_n read_v that_o whole_a chapter_n he_o shall_v find_v his_o expression_n extreme_o full_a the_o same_o may_v be_v find_v up_o and_o down_o in_o plato_n the_o sibylls_n zoroaster_n and_o many_o more_o which_o i_o need_v not_o name_n because_o the_o observation_n out_o of_o they_o be_v make_v by_o many_o and_o as_o well_o as_o this_o acknowledge_v by_o socinus_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v present_o sect._n 12._o john_n but_o this_o one_o thing_n more_o may_v be_v worth_a the_o mark_v that_o not_o only_o those_o philosopher_n which_o write_v before_o st._n john_n have_v these_o expression_n but_o those_o who_o live_v after_o he_o as_o plotinus_n porphyrius_n jamblicus_n proclus_n but_o amelius_n who_o live_v after_o he_o about_o two_o hundred_o year_n more_o or_o less_o observe'_v this_o concordance_n of_o st._n john_n with_o they_o it_o be_v true_a he_o call_v he_o a_o barbarian_a as_o the_o pride_n of_o the_o grecian_n do_v all_o that_o be_v not_o grecian_n but_o that_o by_o the_o barbarian_a he_o mean_v st._n john_n be_v evident_a because_o he_o set_z down_o the_o word_n of_o this_o text_n i_o treat_v of_o and_o some_o follow_a verse_n and_o approve'_v the_o consent_n of_o that_o barbarian_a well_o then_o this_o be_v a_o language_n of_o learned_a man_n before_o st._n john_n to_o call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o divine_a nature_n and_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o philosopher_n who_o have_v no_o by-end_n but_o only_o the_o apprehension_n of_o this_o evangelist_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o give_v it_o a_o violent_a sense_n not_o use_v by_o any_o and_o most_o unconsi_v as_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o examination_n of_o every_o word_n with_o the_o rest_n sect._n 13._o this_o consent_n of_o these_o philosopher_n socinus_n foresee_v and_o therefore_o socinus_n pag._n 37._o of_o this_o treatise_n he_o handle_n this_o sentence_n the_o word_n be_v make_v flâ—sh_a he_o say_v si_fw-la ea_fw-la non_fw-la addâ—dâ—sset_fw-la if_o he_o have_v not_o add_v these_o word_n the_o word_n be_v make_v flâ—sh_a some_o man_n may_v and_o that_o by_o right_n have_v fall_v into_o that_o error_n etc._n etc._n that_o he_o shall_v think_v that_o word_n of_o which_o john_n write_v to_o be_v another_o thing_n or_o sometime_o to_o have_v be_v another_o thing_n from_o the_o man_n jesus_n and_o perhaps_o endow_v with_o platonical_a philosophy_n when_o he_o shall_v see_v he_o here_o call_v god_n and_o in_o the_o beginning_n to_o be_v wiâ—h_n god_n this_o be_v pag._n 38._o to_o make_v the_o world_n etc._n etc._n he_o shall_v present_o believe_v that_o our_o evangelist_n be_v conformable_a to_o plato_n who_o have_v write_v of_o god_n some_o thing_n out_o of_o which_o this_o opinion_n of_o the_o trinity_n do_v flow_v and_o present_o after_o he_o say_v that_o other_o philosopher_n have_v it_o from_o trismegistus_n and_o acknowledge_v jamblichus_n so_o that_o he_o yield_n that_o some_o before_o and_o some_o after_o st._n john_n understand_v this_o phrase_n of_o st._n john_n according_a to_o our_o exposition_n but_o i_o think_v that_o he_o can_v show_v i_o no_o writer_n before_o or_o after_o unless_o photinian_o and_o themselves_o which_o be_v the_o same_o that_o expound_v this_o text_n of_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n what_o concern_v that_o verse_n which_o socinus_n apply'_v that_o discourse_n to_o i_o shall_v meet_v with_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n but_o what_o concern_v i_o now_o i_o can_v but_o think_v it_o reasonable_a that_o when_o so_o many_o learned_a author_n have_v philosophize_v with_o such_o learned_a discourse_n concern_v god_n his_o word_n and_o spirit_n under_o that_o language_n and_o notion_n i_o can_v but_o imagine_v it_o most_o congruous_a to_o reason_n that_o those_o divine_a speculation_n of_o they_o so_o far_o as_o true_a shall_v be_v countenance_v by_o one_o evangelist_n one_o infallible_a writer_n of_o divine_a truth_n that_o every_o man_n may_v hear_v god_n speak_v to_o he_o in_o his_o own_o language_n sect._n 14._o i_o be_o sure_a the_o first_o father_n almost_o all_o paul_n because_o they_o have_v to_o do_v with_o philosophical_a man_n make_v use_v of_o those_o conveniency_n they_o have_v with_o scripture_n and_o so_o do_v saint_n paul_n and_o i_o may_v say_v of_o our_o evangelist_n that_o he_o do_v frequent_o make_v use_n of_o their_o language_n and_o expression_n never_o baulk_v they_o but_o choose_v they_o before_o other_o where_o they_o be_v fit_a for_o his_o purpose_n and_o especial_o plato_n i_o can_v instance_n in_o very_a many_o of_o this_o kind_n which_o any_o man_n who_o be_v acquaint_v with_o these_o author_n know_v but_o i_o will_v select_v two_o or_o three_o which_o have_v not_o as_o i_o know_v of_o be_v use_v to_o such_o purpose_n and_o the_o first_o shall_v be_v out_o of_o plato_n epistle_n to_o hermias_n john_n erastus_n and_o coriscus_n these_o three_o in_o that_o epistle_n he_o invite'_v to_o have_v a_o kindness_n and_o friendship_n one_o with_o another_o and_o to_o avoid_v all_o difference_n he_o advise_v to_o establish_v a_o kind_n of_o covenant_n and_o law_n one_o with_o another_o and_o confirm_v that_o even_o by_o a_o oath_n in_o which_o oath_n they_o shall_v call_v god_n to_o witness_v who_o be_v the_o captain_n of_o all_o thing_n present_a and_o future_a and_o the_o lord_n who_o be_v father_n of_o that_o captain_n and_o cause_n who_o say_v he_o if_o we_o true_o philosophise_v we_o shall_v know_v clear_o all_o of_o we_o so_o far_o as_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o happy_a soul_n can_v attain_v unto_o in_o this_o speech_n we_o see_v he_o clear_o set_z down_o the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o governor_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o in_o a_o hundred_o well-nigh_o other_o place_n then_o he_o say_v such_o as_o be_v virtuous_a shall_v see_v he_o clear_o as_o a_o happy_a soul_n can_v do_v what_o be_v this_o but_z which_o holy_a job_n who_o be_v before_o he_o too_o say_v i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v and_o that_o in_o my_o flâ—sh_n i_o shall_v see_v god_n job_n 19.25_o 26._o and_o the_o same_o that_o st._n john_n relate_n our_o saviour_n to_o express_v in_o his_o prayer_n this_o be_v life_n eternal_a that_o they_o may_v know_v thou_o the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n who_o thou_o have_v send_v john_n 17.3_o life_n eternal_a that_o be_v the_o felicity_n plato_n speak_v of_o it_o be_v true_a plato_n can_v not_o say_v jesus_n christ_n who_o thou_o have_v send_v because_o in_o his_o humanity_n our_o saviour_n be_v not_o yet_o see_v in_o the_o world_n but_o plato_n speak_v of_o he_o according_a to_o his_o divinity_n that_o felicity_n consist_v in_o the_o clear_a vision_n of_o he_o and_o i_o may_v true_o say_v i_o be_v extreme_o