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endeavour_v to_o put_v off_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o extraordinary_a wisdom_n or_o extraordinary_a felicity_n of_o his_o action_n all_o which_o say_v he_o be_v mark_n of_o god_n extraordinary_a favour_n his_o answer_n to_o this_o be_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o that_o page_n thus_o the_o visible_a felicity_n of_o this_o world_n be_v most_o often_o the_o work_n of_o god_n by_o natural_a and_o ordinary_a cause_n and_o therefore_o no_o man_n can_v infallible_o know_v by_o natural_a reason_n that_o another_o have_v have_v a_o supernatural_a revelation_n of_o god_n will_n but_o only_o a_o belief_n everyone_o as_o the_o sign_n thereof_o shall_v appear_v great_a or_o lesser_a a_o firm_a or_o weak_a belief_n thus_o far_o he_o i_o no_o â—answer_n to_o the_o first_o which_o concern_v their_o wisdom_n i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o i_o have_v read_v the_o wisdom_n of_o these_o man_n to_o be_v produce_v for_o proof_n of_o their_o revelation_n yet_o because_o he_o have_v put_v it_o down_o and_o 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nothing_o but_o that_o general_a propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o be_v wrought_v against_o the_o force_n and_o power_n of_o all_o natural_a cause_n all_o the_o emperor_n king_n and_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n fight_v against_o and_o suppress_v it_o with_o all_o the_o force_n and_o tyranny_n which_o they_o be_v able_a to_o use_v so_o that_o their_o strength_n grow_v by_o oppression_n &_o sanguis_fw-la martyrum_fw-la be_v â—emen_n ecclesiae_fw-la and_o m._n hobbs_n can_v think_v that_o that_o be_v a_o natural_a seed_n and_o so_o i_o will_v conclude_v this_o discourse_n for_o this_o time_n hope_v that_o god_n will_v so_o assist_v he_o that_o he_o may_v see_v his_o own_o error_n and_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n blot_v out_o all_o these_o unworthy_a doubt_n which_o he_o have_v cast_v upon_o christianity_n chap._n xxii_o sect_n xii_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o second_o question_n propound_v and_o discuss_v his_o assumption_n not_o clear_a the_o argument_n change_v and_o the_o reader_n elude_v by_o he_o his_o manifest_a declension_n of_o the_o divine_a positive_a law_n and_o imposure_n of_o humane_a law_n in_o opposition_n to_o they_o censure_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n command_v obedience_n to_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n the_o pretension_n of_o all_o nation_n to_o divine_a institution_n observe_v and_o here_o i_o think_v to_o have_v knock_v off_o with_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o first_o quaerie_n but_o as_o i_o say_v before_o he_o make_v two_o inquiry_n the_o first_o concern_v the_o assurance_n of_o these_o revelation_n i_o have_v speak_v to_o that_o the_o second_o be_v how_v a_o man_n can_v be_v bind_v to_o obey_v the_o law_n so_o reveal_v this_o he_o say_v be_v not_o so_o hard_a for_o if_o the_o law_n declare_v be_v not_o against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v undoubted_o god_n law_n and_o he_o undertake_v to_o obey_v it_o he_o be_v bind_v by_o his_o own_o act_n thus_o far_o mr._n hobbs_n but_o indeed_o he_o utter_v in_o my_o judgement_n a_o most_o obscure_a doctrine_n â—r_o if_o clear_a he_o speak_v very_o weak_o it_o be_v obscure_a for_o although_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n do_v oblige_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o apparent_a to_o every_o man_n what_o this_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v no_o not_o to_o learned_a man_n for_o in_o many_o case_n it_o be_v dispute_v whether_o such_o or_o such_o action_n be_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o no_o and_o therefore_o although_o the_o major_a proposition_n be_v unquestionable_o true_a that_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v institute_v by_o god_n yet_o the_o assume_v of_o a_o minor_a to_o it_o this_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n may_v be_v full_a of_o dispute_n and_o from_o thence_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o conclude_v again_o consider_v that_o when_o the_o question_n be_v put_v in_o the_o former_a page_n it_o be_v concern_v the_o obedience_n to_o the_o reveal_v law_n of_o god_n how_o a_o man_n may_v â—e_v bind_v to_o obey_v they_o of_o which_o he_o affirm_v that_o 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before_o he_o and_o accuse_v of_o this_o crime_n the_o legislative_a determin_n and_o judge_v that_o it_o be_v evil_a in_o general_a but_o the_o judge_n upon_o his_o bench_n determine_v that_o this_o person_n be_v guilty_a of_o this_o evil_a in_o neither_o of_o which_o a_o private_a man_n have_v right_a to_o pass_v a_o conclusive_a sentence_n concern_v other_o man_n but_o yet_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o tell_v the_o reader_n that_o in_o both_o these_o he_o have_v judicium_fw-la rationis_fw-la a_o rational_a sentence_n in_o his_o own_o thought_n as_o thus_o before_o a_o law_n be_v make_v he_o judge_v that_o this_o will_v be_v fit_a to_o be_v make_v and_o so_o may_v discrete_o interpose_v with_o the_o legislative_a power_n to_o advise_v they_o to_o act_v according_a to_o those_o reason_n which_o appear_v to_o he_o as_o persuasive_a for_o else_o the_o legislator_n will_v lack_v that_o great_a assistance_n which_o he_o may_v receive_v from_o the_o premonition_n of_o prudent_a man_n who_o 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natural_a and_o political_a affair_n he_o shall_v desert_v humanity_n who_o shall_v deny_v himself_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o ability_n nay_o he_o may_v endeavour_v if_o he_o can_v to_o avert_v that_o execution_n of_o that_o sentence_n when_o it_o be_v wicked_o pronounce_v as_o be_v the_o case_n of_o daniel_n in_o the_o unrighteous_a sentence_n decree_v upon_o susanna_n but_o still_o not_o to_o usurp_v a_o judicatory_a power_n without_o lawful_a authority_n but_o even_o in_o these_o case_n there_o must_v be_v leave_v judicium_fw-la rationis_fw-la and_o discretionis_fw-la a_o power_n of_o reason_n and_o judicial_a discretion_n to_o think_v upon_o and_o consider_v what_o be_v right_a but_o he_o seem_v to_o deny_v that_o truth_n concern_v the_o private_a action_n of_o that_o particular_a man_n whether_o it_o shall_v be_v good_a to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o for_o so_o he_o proceed_v chap._n xxiii_o sect_n ii_o the_o former_a assertion_n of_o private_a ratiocination_n further_o clear_v in_o act_n command_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n mr._n hobbs_n his_o argument_n retort_v against_o himself_o this_o be_v true_a say_v he_o in_o the_o condition_n of_o mere_a nature_n where_o there_o be_v no_o civil_a law_n and_o also_o under_o civil_a government_n in_o such_o case_n as_o be_v not_o determine_v by_o the_o law_n consider_v now_o reader_n that_o by_o the_o law_n he_o understand_v here_o the_o civil_a law_n consider_v then_o that_o the_o law_n of_o any_o nation_n may_v be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o which_o case_n he_o himself_o have_v limit_v the_o power_n of_o civil_a law_n a_o man_n be_v command_v by_o the_o national_a law_n to_o act_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n shall_v not_o this_o private_a man_n judge_v it_o unfit_a for_o he_o to_o do_v that_o and_o without_o question_n in_o many_o particular_n the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n be_v as_o clear_v to_o many_o man_n as_o that_o law_n write_v in_o man_n heart_n and_o therefore_o in_o such_o case_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o as_o god_n have_v impart_v to_o man_n the_o power_n of_o reason_v so_o he_o have_v give_v man_n law_n by_o which_o they_o shall_v regulate_v themselves_o according_a to_o his_o direction_n &_o they_o must_v and_o aught_o to_o use_v that_o reason_n in_o the_o guidance_n of_o their_o action_n by_o his_o rule_n but_o then_o concern_v the_o civil_a law_n themselves_o a_o man_n may_v judge_v in_o private_a of_o they_o whether_o they_o be_v prudential_a or_o no_o yea_o every_o man_n who_o be_v verse_v in_o politic_n will_v judge_n and_o think_v so_o of_o they_o and_o sometime_o judge_v they_o be_v not_o prudent_a and_o yet_o give_v no_o disturbance_n to_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o think_v it_o more_o prudent_a to_o be_v subject_a to_o a_o imprudent_a law_n than_o for_o it_o to_o hinder_v the_o end_n of_o all_o law_n which_o be_v the_o peace_n and_o quiet_a of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o now_o consider_v further_o turpe_fw-la est_fw-la doctori_fw-la cum_fw-la culpa_fw-la redarguit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la he_o have_v write_v a_o book_n of_o polity_n he_o have_v censure_v all_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o world_n he_o be_v a_o private_a man_n and_o have_v i_o believe_v no_o legislative_a power_n why_o shall_v he_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o forbid_v other_o to_o act_n that_o which_o he_o himself_o do_v in_o that_o very_a place_n where_o he_o forbid_v they_o and_o yet_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o add_v one_o note_n more_o this_o judge_v he_o speak_v of_o must_v be_v about_o his_o action_n in_o the_o future_a whether_o what_o he_o be_v about_o to_o do_v will_v be_v a_o good_a or_o a_o evil_a action_n be_v it_o possible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o live_v honest_o and_o not_o to_o judge_v of_o such_o action_n wherein_o there_o be_v any_o scruple_n whether_o they_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n suppose_v the_o civil_a law_n as_o he_o will_v have_v it_o be_v the_o only_a rule_n to_o walk_v by_o yet_o every_o private_a man_n must_v judge_v whether_o this_o or_o that_o act_n which_o he_o be_v about_o to_o undertake_v be_v according_a to_o that_o rule_n or_o no._n and_o perhaps_o he_o may_v in_o many_o case_n find_v work_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o wit_n he_o have_v to_o regulate_v himself_o according_a to_o that_o rule_n and_o although_o he_o call_v this_o the_o poison_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n yet_o i_o dare_v bold_o say_v it_o be_v that_o bread_n which_o do_v most_o wholesom_o nourish_v support_v and_o maintain_v a_o commonwealth_n viz._n that_o every_o man_n shall_v consider_v and_o judge_v what_o be_v legal_a and_o fit_a for_o he_o to_o do_v let_v we_o go_v on_o with_o he_o chap._n xxiii_o sect_n iii_o of_o the_o rule_n of_o action_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n the_o measure_n of_o humane_a action_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o civil_a law_n where_o the_o case_n be_v contradistinct_a instance_n of_o civil_a law_n command_v unjust_a thing_n if_o the_o civil_a law_n command_v 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