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To be copied Now in such a state as this what occasion opportunities
will men will a man find for of putting our author's
Laws of Nature into practice? They are It is to
"live honestly, & give every man his due."
That is I suppose in the Catechetrial language
"to keep their his hands from picking & stealing,"
before there is any thing to steal, before
property the Child of Society, could can exist: — He is
"to behave themselves that are put into
"authority over them, before any Authority
could be established, any Superior be exerted
honor all those <add>submit himself to all his Governors, teachers, spiritual pastors &
masters, to order himself lowly & reverently to all his betters &
before any Governor, any Superior better can be found: & before any The dispenser
</add> of that strange diet called spiritual food has set up
o Our Author will not allow us the same privilege
to the in interpreting his Laws of Nature, as in interpreting
the Laws of the Land: For speaking
obeyed the former must be obliged,
whether what they command be possible or of not: — whence

Note

"results of course." {Blackstone's Introduction Commentaries Vol. 1.
p.48}
"Avant toutes ces Loix sont celles de la Nature,
"ainsi nominee parcequ'elles derivent unique.
"ment de la constitution de notre etre: Pour
"les connoitre bien il faut confidecer un
"homme avant l'etablissement des societes.
"Les loix de la nature seront celles qu'il
" dans un etat pareil
{Esprit des Loix.L.1.C.2.}

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Image	002	Titles	note / note
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
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Notes public	[[notes_public::"to be copied where no red line drawn through" [note not in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	31014
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