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litt._n 194._o and_o the_o neife_n who_o be_v the_o vilain_n wife_n or_o daughter_n may_v have_v a_o appeal_n of_o rape_n against_o her_o lord_n litt._n 190._o but_o this_o not_o be_v a_o condition_n for_o any_o one_o who_o bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n upon_o he_o god_n do_v restrain_v it_o levit._n 25._o 39_o to_o they_o who_o be_v not_o israelites_n or_o proselyte_n only_o wherefore_o i_o conceive_v that_o neither_o mahometan_n jew_n or_o christian_n all_o acknowledge_v the_o moral_a law_n do_v not_o make_v slave_n of_o any_o who_o be_v of_o their_o faith_n and_o religion_n from_o this_o ground_n neither_o do_v i_o understand_v how_o the_o use_n of_o vilain_n use_v with_o we_o heretofore_o can_v be_v justify_v if_o they_o be_v christian_n for_o no_o question_n christianity_n make_v not_o man_n in_o a_o worse_a condition_n in_o this_o world_n then_o if_o they_o have_v be_v jew_n or_o turk_n what_o difference_n the_o roman_n make_v between_o slave_n and_o libertine_n and_o what_o manumission_n be_v and_o how_o many_o way_n slave_n become_v free_a read_v bodin_n de_fw-fr repub._n cap._n 5._o lib._n 1._o and_o of_o manumission_n or_o enfranchise_n of_o villain_n read_v littleton_n and_o com._n of_o sir_n edward_n coke_n thereon_o cap._n villeinage_n author_n and_o now_o our_o author_n tell_v you_o how_o a_o nation_n may_v enslave_v itself_o by_o its_o too_o much_o wit_n and_o most_o prudent_o and_o wise_o take_v care_n that_o it_o be_v not_o our_o case_n and_o so_o go_v on_o very_o pretty_o in_o question_n and_o answer_n as_o whether_o any_o nation_n be_v by_o nature_n bear_v to_o slavery_n of_o joseph_n and_o the_o nation_n of_o egypt_n of_o a_o nation_n and_o nature_n and_o how_o like_a nation_n sound_v to_o nature_n gens_n to_o natura_n and_o at_o last_o conclude_v out_o of_o this_o conclusion_n it_o be_v be_v easy_o
4._o all_o divine_a law_n be_v create_v and_o derive_v from_o that_o divine_a and_o derive_v from_o whence_o all_o divine_a law_n be_v derive_v eternal_a right_n which_o be_v inseparable_o in_o god_n before_o any_o such_o law_n be_v create_v by_o he_o 5._o humane_a law_n be_v threefold_a viz._n secular_a temporal_a or_o civil_a such_o be_v the_o law_n of_o every_o country_n or_o gamacal_a viz._n the_o law_n of_o the_o law_n how_o manifold_a be_v humane_a law_n husband_n or_o paternal_a viz._n the_o law_n of_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n 6._o all_o humane_a law_n be_v derive_v from_o that_o right_n or_o power_n which_o derive_v from_o whence_o derive_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n create_v in_o supreme_a power_n husband_n and_o parent_n 7._o they_o be_v call_v humane_a law_n because_o they_o be_v make_v by_o man_n law_n why_o call_v humane_a law_n who_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n have_v a_o right_a to_o make_v or_o create_v they_o 8._o all_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v derive_v from_o that_o right_n or_o power_n derive_v from_o whence_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v derive_v which_o by_o divine_a positive_a institution_n our_o saviour_n christ_n leave_v to_o his_o church_n to_o continue_v until_o his_o second_o come_v again_o 9_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v so_o call_v because_o they_o only_o relate_v to_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n and_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n call_v why_o so_o call_v 10._o despotical_a law_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o right_n or_o power_n derive_v despotical_a law_n from_o whence_o derive_v which_o every_o master_n of_o a_o family_n have_v over_o his_o servant_n which_o right_o or_o power_n be_v create_v by_o secular_a or_o temporal_a law_n of_o the_o place_n where_o the_o family_n be_v 11._o two_o thing_n must_v necessary_o precede_v every_o law_n or_o it_o have_v no_o law_n what_o must_v precede_v every_o law_n obligation_n viz._n the_o legislative_a right_n and_o the_o declaration_n of_o it_o so_o that_o jus_fw-la divinum_fw-la be_v one_o thing_n and_o lex_fw-la divina_fw-la another_z and_o jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la be_v one_o thing_n and_o lex_fw-la naturae_fw-la another_o and_o so_o be_v jus_fw-la humanum_fw-la and_o lex_fw-la humana_fw-la and_o jus_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la and_o lex_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la and_o he_o that_o will_v confound_v these_o thing_n can_v possible_o ever_o write_v clear_o upon_o the_o subject_n 12._o humane_a and_o despotical_a law_n be_v vindicative_a or_o oblige_v to_o corporal_a vindicative_a what_o law_n be_v vindicative_a punishment_n in_o this_o world_n 13._o only_o humane_a secular_a temporal_a or_o civil_a law_n be_v distributive_a and_o create_v property_n among_o man_n in_o their_o estate_n distributive_a what_o law_n be_v distributive_a 14._o neither_o divine_a nor_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v vindicative_a but_o oblige_v in_o conscience_n only_o vindicative_a what_o law_n be_v neither_o distributive_a nor_o vindicative_a law_n vindicative_a how_o man_n come_v to_o be_v punish_v temporal_o for_o not_o observe_v ecclesiastical_a law_n 15._o although_o ecclesiastical_a law_n as_o we_o shall_v prove_v in_o the_o next_o chap._n bound_v in_o conscience_n only_o and_o therefore_o can_v impose_v any_o corporal_a mulct_n or_o punishment_n yet_o the_o secular_a law_n do_v as_o if_o a_o man_n be_v excommunicate_v he_o shall_v have_v no_o advantage_n or_o relief_n in_o any_o plea_n by_o the_o common_a law_n 201._o law_n lit._n vil_fw-mi sect_n 201._o and_o by_o the_o common_a statute_n law_n whoso_o be_v adjudge_v a_o heretic_n or_o blasphemer_n shall_v be_v burn_v yet_o neither_o common_a law_n nor_o statute_n law_n take_v cognisance_n of_o either_o excommnication_n heresy_n or_o blasphemy_n before_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 2_o h._n 5._o 7._o in_o curia_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la servantur_fw-la leges_fw-la christi_fw-la cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la regio_fw-la servantur_fw-la leges_fw-la mundi_fw-la say_v linwood_n who_o say_v moreover_o agatis_fw-la moreover_o com._n stat._n the_o circumspect_a agatis_fw-la that_o the_o probate_n of_o will_n and_o testament_n de_fw-fr consuetudine_fw-la angliae_fw-la not_o the_o jure_fw-la communi_fw-la belong_v to_o the_o court-christian_a but_o whether_o linwood_n say_v true_a or_o not_o hen._n 8._o begin_v by_o the_o statute_n law_n to_o encroach_v upon_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n and_o by_o confound_v the_o jurisdiction_n both_o of_o church_n and_o state_n make_v himself_o head_n of_o both_o have_v open_v such_o a_o gap_n to_o let_v in_o all_o schism_n and_o dissension_n that_o the_o common-lawyer_n and_o statute-law_n have_v upon_o the_o matter_n devour_v all_o church-rite_n and_o power_n nor_o be_v either_o the_o common_a or_o statute-law_n now_o in_o much_o more_o esteem_n than_o the_o ecclesiastical_a nor_o be_v it_o less_o than_o a_o divine_a judgement_n upon_o those_o man_n who_o have_v so_o extravagant_o attribute_v both_o power_n to_o be_v in_o the_o king_n between_o supreme_a head_n and_o supreme_a governor_n i_o understand_v no_o difference_n for_o if_o the_o supreme_a governor_n have_v not_o supreme_a power_n or_o right_v of_o command_n then_o necessary_o must_v such_o a_o governor_n be_v a_o usurper_n or_o unjust_a invader_n in_o word_n only_o but_o indeed_o in_o their_o practice_n have_v deny_v he_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o power_n and_o ascribe_v they_o both_o to_o themselves_o and_o court_v subordinate_a to_o the_o king_n that_o these_o man_n i_o say_v shall_v be_v themselves_o and_o all_o the_o court_n in_o as_o little_a esteem_n as_o ecclesiastical_a rite_n and_o constitution_n and_o the_o king_n god_n know_v upon_o what_o account_n for_o no_o colour_n of_o pretence_n be_v ever_o yet_o so_o much_o as_o reasonable_o pretend_v violent_o restrain_v from_o the_o exercise_n of_o any_o either_o ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a power_n among_o we_o here_o do_v not_o i_o admit_v of_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o division_n of_o civil_a law_n into_o sacred_a annot._n annot._n and_o secular_a do_v ever_o man_n before_o hear_v of_o sacred_a civil_a law_n sacred_a law_n be_v those_o civil_a law_n he_o say_v which_o belong_v to_o religion_n that_o be_v 5._o cap._n 14._o art_n 5._o the_o ceremony_n and_o service_n of_o god_n and_o be_v call_v ecclesiastical_a secular_a law_n be_v those_o he_o say_v which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v call_v civil_a by_o a_o general_a name_n for_o though_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v make_v by_o man_n and_o therefore_o not_o sacred_a as_o he_o say_v yet_o be_v the_o power_n by_o which_o they_o be_v make_v from_o divine_a positive_a institution_n and_o therefore_o can_v have_v any_o right_a or_o power_n from_o civil_a or_o secular_a sanction_n which_o at_o high_a can_v amount_v to_o more_o than_o humane_a 16._o a_o law_n differ_v from_o counsel_n as_o my_o understanding_n differ_v from_o counsel_n how_o a_o law_n differ_v from_o counsel_n my_o will_n my_o will_n be_v that_o which_o imperate_v all_o my_o action_n my_o understanding_n inform_v my_o will_n whether_o the_o do_v or_o not_o not_o do_v such_o a_o act_n be_v good_a or_o bad_a just_a or_o unjust_a reasonable_a or_o unreasonable_a a_o law_n be_v the_o declare_a will_n of_o he_o who_o by_o right_a command_n counsel_n the_o reason_n advice_n or_o discourse_n of_o they_o to_o who_o he_o who_o by_o right_a command_n refer_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v debate_v who_o be_v usual_o call_v the_o council_n whether_o the_o willing_a or_o pass_v such_o a_o thing_n into_o a_o law_n will_v be_v probable_o convenient_a or_o inconvenient_a either_o to_o he_o or_o his_o subject_n chap._n iii_o of_o virtue_n 1._o that_o virtue_n be_v not_o always_o place_v in_o a_o mean_a between_o two_o extreme_n extreme_n introduction_n virtue_n be_v not_o fit_v always_o in_o a_o mean_a between_o two_o extreme_n and_o those_o extreme_n to_o be_v vice_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n i_o do_v subscribe_v to_o mr._n hobbs_n cap._n 3._o art_n 32._o de_fw-fr cive_z and_o that_o from_o the_o reason_n he_o there_o give_v viz._n that_o fortitude_n in_o a_o good_a cause_n be_v a_o virtue_n although_o it_o be_v in_o the_o extreme_a nor_o do_v quantity_n in_o give_v be_v it_o much_o little_a or_o indifferent_a make_v virtue_n but_o the_o cause_n of_o give_v to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v gratitude_n and_o patience_n justice_z and_o obedience_n which_o be_v not_o place_v between_o any_o extreme_n but_o if_o i_o assent_v to_o mr._n hobbs_n in_o this_o i_o can_v less_o dissent_v from_o he_o where_o cap._n 3._o he_o make_v virtue_n to_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o cap._n 2._o art_n 1._o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o be_v the_o dictate_v of_o right_a reason_n for_o 2._o virtue_n be_v the_o do_v or_o forbear_v any_o action_n as_o it_o be_v dictate_v by_o virtue_n what_o be_v virtue_n right_a reason_n from_o the_o law_n of_o a_o superior_a or_o from_o some_o notion_n know_v to_o
from_o long_o receive_v and_o establish_v law_n which_o be_v the_o prince_n great_a security_n and_o therefore_o in_o reason_n ought_v rather_o to_o suffer_v some_o mischief_n from_o they_o then_o venture_v a_o inconvenience_n by_o alter_v they_o whereas_o in_o the_o other_o government_n where_o faction_n and_o man_n interest_n bear_v so_o great_a a_o sway_n they_o be_v daily_a subject_n to_o mutilation_n and_o alteration_n and_o let_v any_o man_n see_v how_o unlike_a all_o the_o parliament_n since_o 1640._o have_v be_v in_o their_o interest_n and_o faction_n and_o all_o of_o they_o will_v have_v innovate_v all_o the_o establish_a law_n of_o this_o nation_n if_o they_o can_v have_v agree_v upon_o any_o thing_n in_o stead_n of_o they_o three_o that_o it_o be_v a_o unreasonable_a thing_n man_n life_n and_o estate_n shall_v terminate_v in_o the_o will_n of_o one_o man_n and_o it_o may_v be_v this_o man_n a_o wicked_a and_o tyrannous_a man._n but_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o these_o thing_n must_v depend_v upon_o some_o humane_a cause_n how_o much_o better_a be_v it_o for_o man_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o one_o man_n then_o many_o nor_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v object_v against_o monarchy_n but_o will_v be_v of_o more_o force_n against_o either_o of_o the_o other_o government_n 15._o those_o man_n who_o imagine_v to_o frame_v a_o democracy_n or_o commonwealth_n athenian_n it_o be_v abhorrent_n and_o impossible_a to_o frame_v a_o commonwealth_n in_o england_n from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o athenian_n here_o in_o england_n from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o roman_n or_o athenian_n etc._n etc._n let_v they_o consider_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o by_o a_o general_a abhorrence_n of_o mankind_n democracy_n have_v be_v explode_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o above_o 1700_o year_n if_o the_o canton_n of_o switzerland_n be_v not_o democratical_a who_o have_v almost_o ever_o since_o their_o rebellion_n against_o wenceslaus_n about_o the_o year_n 1400._o when_o they_o first_o form_v themselves_o into_o a_o democracy_n continue_v mercenary_a mankiller_n to_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n and_o spain_n second_o the_o state_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o rome_n and_o athens_n be_v the_o people_n who_o be_v civitate_fw-la donati_fw-la libertine_n or_o absolute_a slave_n but_o with_o we_o the_o case_n be_v quite_o another_o thing_n for_o every_o man_n have_v as_o much_o right_n to_o his_o freedom_n as_o another_o by_o birth_n it_o be_v therefore_o mere_a folly_n from_o cause_n so_o unlike_a to_o produce_v like_o thing_n beside_o if_o a_o man_n consider_v the_o condition_n of_o this_o nation_n ever_o since_o monarchy_n be_v reject_v that_o in_o less_o than_o the_o revolution_n of_o twenty_o year_n the_o public_a charge_n have_v be_v twenty_o time_n more_o than_o in_o five_o hundred_o year_n before_o not_o only_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n in_o general_a sequester_a and_o undo_v but_o the_o public_a revenue_n both_o of_o church_n and_o crown_n waste_v and_o sell_v all_o veneration_n of_o divine_a and_o humane_a law_n lose_v and_o neglect_v all_o commerce_n with_o foreign_a nation_n interrupt_v and_o the_o nation_n hate_v and_o despise_v by_o foreigner_n the_o most_o renown_a place_n which_o the_o piety_n of_o our_o ancestor_n found_v for_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n profane_v and_o make_v stable_n for_o horse_n the_o governor_n in_o stead_n of_o mind_v the_o public_a good_a intend_v only_o by_o all_o unjust_a mean_n to_o prefer_v themselves_o and_o creature_n and_o at_o this_o day_n a_o great_a debt_n upon_o the_o nation_n than_o our_o parliament_n for_o 400_o year_n have_v give_v our_o king_n except_o the_o sacrilegious_a gift_n of_o church-land_n and_o the_o nation_n still_o degenerate_v into_o worse_a sure_a no_o sober_a man_n will_v be_v in_o love_n with_o commonwealth_n chap._n v._o of_o sedition_n 1._o before_o we_o proceed_v to_o the_o 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the_o desire_n sedition_n the_o desire_n of_o judgement_n dispose_v man_n to_o sedition_n of_o be_v like_a to_o god_n judge_v good_a and_o evil_n therefore_o god_n send_v he_o out_o of_o the_o garden_n to_o till_o the_o ground_n gen._n 3._o 22_o 23._o absoloms_n ambition_n be_v that_o he_o may_v judge_v the_o land_n 2_o sam._n 15._o 4._o which_o only_o do_v belong_v to_o his_o father_n and_o by_o the_o first_o proposition_n of_o cap._n 3._o lib._n 2._o all_o judgement_n belong_v to_o he_o who_o be_v supreme_a the_o opinion_n therefore_o that_o judgement_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a belong_v to_o the_o subject_n in_o general_a or_o to_o any_o in_o particular_a be_v a_o seditious_a opinion_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o judgement_n remove_v from_o the_o head_n shall_v abide_v any_o where_n for_o the_o unreasonable_a appetite_n of_o man_n do_v deem_v thing_n good_a or_o bad_a not_o as_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o but_o as_o they_o appear_v profitable_a or_o not_o to_o they_o from_o 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