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recipere_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o minús_fw-la nor_o be_v there_o any_o need_n of_o it_o for_o in_o this_o law_n there_o be_v no_o rigour_n at_o all_o it_o be_v pure_a equity_n and_o so_o nothing_o be_v to_o be_v abate_v of_o it_o neither_o do_v it_o depend_v only_o à _fw-la ment_fw-la legislatoris_a which_o be_v the_o usual_a rise_n of_o mitigation_n but_o it_o be_v conversant_a about_o such_o act_n as_o be_v per_n see_v tale_n most_o intrinsical_o and_o inseparable_o yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o law_n do_v not_o refuse_v a_o interpretation_n but_o nature_n herself_o do_v gloss_n upon_o her_o own_o law_n as_o in_o what_o circumstance_n such_o a_o act_n be_v to_o be_v esteem_v murder_n and_o when_o not_o and_o so_o in_o many_o other_o branch_n of_o nature_n law_n if_o there_o be_v any_o appearance_n of_o intricacy_n any_o seem_a knot_n and_o difficulty_n nature_n have_v give_v edge_n enough_o to_o cut_v it_o asunder_o there_o be_v another_o law_n border_v upon_o this_o law_n of_o 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〈◊〉_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
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o goodness_n or_o happiness_n the_o soul_n here_o have_v not_o a_o perfect_a enjoyment_n of_o inferior_a object_n much_o less_o of_o god_n himself_o it_o have_v but_o a_o shadowy_a sight_n of_o angel_n propter_fw-la connaturalitatem_fw-la intellectûs_fw-la nostri_fw-la ad_fw-la phantasmata_fw-la and_o if_o nature_n eye_n can_v look_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o a_o twinkle_a star_n how_o will_v it_o behold_v the_o brightness_n of_o a_o dazzle_a sun_n that_o general_a knowledge_n which_o it_o have_v of_o god_n here_o be_v mix_v with_o much_o error_n and_o deceit_n nor_o can_v faith_n look_v upon_o the_o divine_a essence_n it_o be_v a_o lovely_a grace_n indeed_o yet_o it_o must_v die_v in_o the_o mount_n like_o moses_n it_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n it_o be_v auditui_fw-la magis_fw-la similis_fw-la quam_fw-la visioni_fw-la it_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o its_o god_n it_o do_v not_o see_v his_o face_n it_o inflame_v the_o desire_n of_o the_o 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