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Page xv
... likewife , gave birth to that varie- ty of Civil Laws , which have been framed to bind men to the rules of honefty and equity , in the courfe of their focial com- merce with each other . In the forming thefe laws or rules of action ...
... likewife , gave birth to that varie- ty of Civil Laws , which have been framed to bind men to the rules of honefty and equity , in the courfe of their focial com- merce with each other . In the forming thefe laws or rules of action ...
Page xxvii
... likewife endeavoured to fhew , that the apprehenfion of death is not a fufficient motive of terror ; that the strongest objects of dread to men of depraved minds , are poverty , labour and confinement ; that these evils therefore ...
... likewife endeavoured to fhew , that the apprehenfion of death is not a fufficient motive of terror ; that the strongest objects of dread to men of depraved minds , are poverty , labour and confinement ; that these evils therefore ...
Page 18
... like- wife to believe , that the first pair came from the hands of the Great Creator complete and adult ; that is , that from the first mo- ment of their existence , they were endued with all the powers of body and faculties of mind ...
... like- wife to believe , that the first pair came from the hands of the Great Creator complete and adult ; that is , that from the first mo- ment of their existence , they were endued with all the powers of body and faculties of mind ...
Page 41
... likewife has quoted this paffage from St. Paul , to fhew that it is the Law which creates honesty and dishonefty , juf tice and injuftice . As this pernicious doctrine is thus fhel- tered under facred authority , it becomes . neceffary ...
... likewife has quoted this paffage from St. Paul , to fhew that it is the Law which creates honesty and dishonefty , juf tice and injuftice . As this pernicious doctrine is thus fhel- tered under facred authority , it becomes . neceffary ...
Page 66
... likewife by the author of Doc- tor and Student , Finch , and others more modern . Puffendorf makes feveral objections to thefe definitions . To that of Grotius , he objects , That it ftill remains obfcure what those actions are which ...
... likewife by the author of Doc- tor and Student , Finch , and others more modern . Puffendorf makes feveral objections to thefe definitions . To that of Grotius , he objects , That it ftill remains obfcure what those actions are which ...
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abuſe againſt arife becauſe cafes capital Carneades caſe cauſes CHAP circumftances civil civil Laws Common Law confequently confideration confidered conftitution court crime Criminal Laws death delinquent difpofitions diftinction duties eſtabliſhed exerciſe exiftence exiſtence faculty faid fame fays fecurity feems Felonies fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt flain focial fociety fome Forfeiture fovereign fpecies ftate fubfiftence fubject fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport fupreme fyftem Grotius High Treafon himſelf human increaſe inflicted inftance inftitutions injuftice injured intereft judgment juft juftice jurifdiction Jury king Law of Nature lefs likewife magiftrate mankind meaſure ment moft moral moſt muft Murder muſt neceffary neceffity nevertheleſs obferves obligation occafion offence paffion parents party peace perfon perly poffeffion pofition prefent principles Puffendorf puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpect revenge SECT ſeems ſeverity ſhall ſtate ſuch thefe Theft themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion ture unleſs uſe