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these to be the two foundations, upon — | these to be the two foundations, upon — | ||
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which all human laws depend. | which all human laws depend. <note>And so we should have been sent to the Old Testament to pick up a Code of Nations. With much the same propriety, I <unclear>know</unclear>, as we might be sent to an act for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, or to a bill of attainder in order to learn the extreme care which our Constitution takes of the Lives, and Liberties of the Subject. <del>This idea I believe scarcely struck our Author, but happily he recollected that, &</del> Happily our Author recollected that</note> <del>He recollected</del> | ||
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<del> | <del>however that</del> the laws of revelation <del>were</del> <add>are</add> differently | ||
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understood by different nations: that | understood by different nations: that | ||
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in England they mean certain Books set forth | in England they mean certain Books set forth | ||
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in the Canons of England | in the Canons of England; that in Popish Countries | ||
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to these are superadded the Books of — | to these are superadded the Books of — | ||
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which a quaint Canonist, once called the <hi rend='underline'>common | which a quaint Canonist, once called the <hi rend='underline'>common | ||
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law, or <foreign>lex non scripta</foreign></hi> of revelation. | law, or <foreign>lex non scripta</foreign></hi> of revelation.</p> | ||
<p>But though he has avoided this <add>one</add> Absurdity, | |||
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<del>he has been far from giving us a clear idea of <add>the</add></del> <add>he has fallen in to others. <add>For</add></add></p> | |||
<del>he has been far from giving us a clear idea of <add>the</add></del> <add>he has fallen in to others. <add>For</add></ | |||
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To be copied perhaps have called the law of Revelation in
aid to the law of nature, (as he had before declared
these to be the two foundations, upon —
which all human laws depend. And so we should have been sent to the Old Testament to pick up a Code of Nations. With much the same propriety, I know, as we might be sent to an act for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, or to a bill of attainder in order to learn the extreme care which our Constitution takes of the Lives, and Liberties of the Subject. This idea I believe scarcely struck our Author, but happily he recollected that, & Happily our Author recollected that He recollected
however that the laws of revelation were are differently
understood by different nations: that
in England they mean certain Books set forth
in the Canons of England; that in Popish Countries
to these are superadded the Books of —
Apochrypha, and moreover, certain traditions,
which a quaint Canonist, once called the common
law, or lex non scripta of revelation.
But though he has avoided this one Absurdity,
he has been far from giving us a clear idea of the he has fallen in to others. <add>For</add>
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section iv / the author's account of the law of nations |
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[[watermarks::gr [quartered royal arms motif]]] |
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