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SECT. VI. Municipal Law.

have done upon that is, to do as he did once before, and put it
into Latin: people would have been the less
surprized it finding to find they could make out understand nothing
about the matter. But this is a discovery that
few are qualified able to make. They think they think The greater part of
understand the sense where they see the words readers like our Author, never think of setting about it.⊞ ⊞ like our Author ⊞ Seeing nothing but no other words than what they are used to, they take it for granted they understance the sense.

They

Once more One effort more – "In compacts we ourselves" (who are
we?) "determine and promise what shall be done
"before we are obliged to do it; in Laws we are obliged to act,
"without ourselves determining or promising any thing
"at all."

This as far as it goes comes nearest to the purpose of any thing we
have yet seen: and after a little clarifying may stand thus.‡ ‡ pass.
⊞ ⊞ What they agree in is this. Both Law and Compact describe an act as a an act that is to be done. [or abstained from as the case is.] What they differ in is this. A company is the expression of the will of the
person† † party himself who is to do the act in question.
A Law is the expression of the Will of another
person who⊞ ⊞ is not (unless by accident) to do the act, but is to create the motive to it.

Where he the paragraph
is for the sake of those who might not understand
better ever
⊞ ⊞ Thus much might suffice to shew the complexion of this paragraph. But the reader who sees that all is darkness might not be satisfied without something were done for a little light: A few words shall therefore it will bestow be employ'd to shew, how the matter how the matter stands between
a Law and compact with respect to
conscience and obligation and to [might
then been dissipated] of the they do
put on the of
For the purpose
here however we might unavoidably enter into some detail.

A Compact Promise for we will consider the half
of a Compact will be enough for us to consider at a

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