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Eirenopolis
Eirenopolis: = the city of peace Surveyed and commended to all Christians. By Tho. Adams.Eirenopolis: = the citie of peace Surueyed and commended to all Christians. By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes for John Grismand, 1622London: printed by Aug. Matthewes for Iohn Grismand, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That we may not cherish too weak an opinion of this duty, we must know, that this Apostolical counsel is an Evangelical law;1 and binds us all to the peace. Live in Peace: there are in it all the concurring qualities, that define a ⟨p. 9⟩good law; as Lycurgus taught: Generalitas, Bonitas, Possibilitas. It must be General, Good, Possible.
That wee may not cherish too weake an opinion of this duty, wee must know, that this Apostolicall counsel is an Euangelicall law;1 and binds vs all to the peace. Liue in Peace: there are in it all the concurring qualities, that define a ⟨p. 9⟩good law; as Lycurgus taught: Generalitas, Bonitas, Possibilitas. It must be Generall, Good, Possible.
- 1The form of a right Law.The forme of a right Lavv.
General, so that all be tied to the obedience of it. Else it were like Anacharsis law, a cobweb to catch flies: or those tyrannous censures, which are made to vex Doves, while they are indulgent to Buzzards.
Generall, so that all be tied to the obedience of it. Else it were like Anacharsis law, a cobweb to catch flies: or those tyranous cēsures, which are made to vex Doues, while they are indulgent to Buzzards.