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# Title: A Discourse Concerning the True Notion Of The Lord's Supper (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 2; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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THC CONFCNLS.
in Nen, But au Private and Seltist. That (Lite, as is in Disputation, hen a man DC-
every Man hy Nature, bath a Rish so every nies a Propolicion, he had before Granced;
chine even eo other Mons Bodies and Lives. No RCal Fril in ihCMan, bur oncly a Relacire
Thac an ApPecite 10 KIII and FOrmene, By Na- Incongruies in himas a Cicizen. Acain, TBese
cure eives a RiphC. That Nature harh BronehE Justice. Makers and Auchorier- MakCrS, pre-
men ineo iho Worid, wishont any PCHerS or send 1o derive heir Facticious funtice, Fron
Shackles, os Duer and Obligacion; ihe Hinde. Pacts and COvenanIS. Bus PaelS and Core-
rances of Liberey. Lastly, Thas Nacure abso- nanES, wirhons NacuraII Jullice, (as themselves
Inrely Dissociaces und Segregaces Mem from confess) Norbing hur Wordsand Breach; and
onc onocher, hy reason of ihe Incontiltener of therefore con have no Forcero Oblisc. W Bere-
appecices, and Prirate Good. Lvery Man By fore they mate anoiher Pretence also, From cer-
Nature, in a SCaLCOF War, acainst overy Man. tain Connterscit L aIS OE NacuTC, of their OrN
PagC890, 891 Devisine, thar are Norhine but meer suxeline
Bur inebonent place, Theyadde, Thasthoneb
ehis StaCC DE Nature, which is Belluine LI
berer, and L avlels Frcedom 10 every ibine.
B0 in it self ehc Best; ver by Accident, and
Egulvocation; thcy beine but ihe Larrs os
Fear, or iheir oron Fimorous and Cowardiy
Complexion. JBer Ridientousty Dancc Kound
in a Circle, Wben they Derive the Obligacion
By reason of mens Imbecillisy, does it prove ihe of Ciril LaWS from COrCNANIS; of COVenRNES
WVorI. Wherefore, when Mon had been meary from LaWs OF NacurC; and of L AWS OF Na-
es Dewine and Slahine, ehey ihen hethonehe cure agoin, From Civil LaWs. Their vain A1
themselves at lenerh of Holpine Nature By Art; semps, hy arc 1o Confoctate, whas Nacure hack
BV Submimine to a Lesser Pvil, for ihe a- Dissociaced, lite syine Rnors in ihc Wind or
voidine OE a GreateF Abatine their Intinite Wacer. 2beir arciticisl Obligation, or Liga-
Riehe, and Ticldinero Terms of Rqualier mith mencs, By which ihe Members of their Levia-
obers, and Subjection s0 a COION POIer. chan are held soeether, more stender iben Cob-
801 vebs.
PaBC 893, 895
Wberc ibese AcheiAo First Slander Dumane These Artisioial Justice. Makers and Obli-
Nature; and ihen Debase Justice and Civil sacion. Makers, Sensible of ihe Wcabness ot
Auchorier, matine is ihe Tenoble and Bactardly these ACemPIS, ArciticialIy 10 Contoctace,
BraE of FCaY; or a Lesser Evil Submisred 10, hat Nacure hash Dissociated; ibcresore Av at
out of Necessity. for ibe avoidine os a Greater. last from ATC, 10 FOrCC and POver; matine
Accordine eo which Acheistick Frpochesis, No their Sovereiem, 10 Reien oncly in FCar. IbIs
non is Willinels Just. This no Nem Invenel. the True meanine of ihat Opinion, Zhat ale
On of ihc Writer De Cive, But ihe otd Ache- Obligacion is derived from L aw: ibat is, ibc
istick Generation of Justice, and of a Body
Command oFhim ertio hach POIVeE CO Com-
Polirick, Civit Socleer, and Sorereiener; Dell. I Oblipacion, 1o Obcy Ciril L as, onely
(Before Placo srime:) it beine fully described, srom Fear Ot Punictmene, iBenis no manOB-
in his Second Bookofa Common- Wealch. W hero Liged 10 hazard bis Lile for ihe Saleer of hic
the ebilosopher concludes, Justice, accordine 10
ehese eobe bur aMliddle chins beroixt ihe Best,
and iho WorA; Loved, noc a C00d in it Setf,
but onely by Reason of Mens Imbecillics:
Or, That Justice is indecd, Anocher mans
Cood, and ihe P vil of him ibat is Just. The
Same Eypochesis also, concernine juctice, as a
Factirious chins, ehac spruns onely from Fear
and Imbecillier, and vas ebosen butas a Lester
Evil; Insisted on by EpicuruS.
891, 893
Tbe vain Antemps of our Modern Ache-
IRick Politicians, 10 Make Juctice by ArE,
benthero i None by Nature. Pirst, By RC.
nouncine and Transterrine mens RiphI, by
WiI and Words. For I5 Norhine Nacurally
Prince; and whoever can promise chemselves
impunier, may suntr Ditober. I5 Civit 50-
vereions Reien oncly in Fear, iben is sheir au-
choriey Norbine but ForcC; and Porver vould
Justity Rebeltion. Lastly, IF Civil RiBHE or
Auchorier. Norbine but Force and Violence.
ihen contd it nos tast tons: W hat NacuTaII, pre-
vailine acainst rhat is Violent.
80
W herefore since Ciril Auchorier and Bodies
Policick, can neiher be meerty ArcikcialI, nor
vet Violenerhines, ihere must be some NacuraII
Vinculum, 1o bold them rogether: such as will
both Oblige Subjects 1o Obcy che Commando
et Soverciens, ond Sovereions in Comman-
dins, 10 seckshe 600d of their Subjects: Some-
untartuII, iben can no man, by Will and obine of a Common, Publicke and Conplucina-
Words, mahe any ihine Untawtull e0bimsetf.
et bac Mlade by Will, may Be Dehroyed by
WiII. The Ridiculons Conceit oftheso Ache
cins Nacure: Wbich, no orher then NacUTaII
Justice. Zh0 Auchoriey of G0d bimself,
Founded in justice; of which Ciril Auchorier.
illicke Polisictans, Thas Injustice is noshine bus a Parcicipation. Sovereiener, no Creacure
Daci Repectcio, and sueb on Abturdies in os ibc Pcople, and of Mens WiIIS; bus hach
a Scamp