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Sect. Interpretation. 32
fro the Canon law, then to consider what the
Canon Law, so far as it is thought proper to admitt
it makes Simony, is what "affords not to the sub"—
jet" not "great light" merely; all the light
it can receive.
This brings to our Authors 3rd sign, whereby to
find out the meaning of a set of words by that make
a law: and that is the subject—matter. And
by this one should be glad to know what is meant
and by the and be our Author gives as he marks means of learning what is meant,
any other than an example: which example
is such as would exactly ☞: this second
of the first groupe of rubs given as under
the hassle of the his first sign: I mean that con—
cerning technical words as also, the second rule.
namely that concerning his second sign, the context.
3. "As to the subject—matter, [continues he,] words are
always to be understood as having a regard thereto;
for that is always supposed to be in the eye of the
NOTE continued.
—land being that he to instance, meaning
the body of these the laws of England, of England, containing some
such individual law as was to be compared
to others, as well as these others it was to be con—
pared with. Had this been all, it might have
passed: the term law tho' would not learn
been ambiguous: because the context would have
served with tolerable readiness to distinguish it two
senses. But the word [same] be professed to it, in
of your showd as if not put in opposite to
the word. [their] , ["other laws"] in that proceeding:
in what case the meaning would be, that as in the
rule we were to compare on individual laws with others,
Third Sion
the subject — mat—
ter.
☞ two of those the rules don con—
cerning the two first signs
from which this sign
is meant to be distinguished
: namely
☞ individual: we
are now to resort,
for example, to the
same; that is the
same individual
laws. Thus is a harm—
less to
informed by an useless ad—
dvlancial into such
and expression, as but
than sentence "for it's remem—
her to
a proceeding one would
appear ambiguous
: he saves himself from
obscurity by shambling
☞ on contradiction
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