Eirenopolis

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.

It must be Good, for none are bound to the obedience of unjust things. If it have an indifferent extent to good or bad, there is easily ⟨p. 10⟩found some colour of evasion.

It must be Good, for none are bound to the obedience of vniust things. If it haue an indifferent extent to good or bad, there is easily ⟨p. 10⟩found some colour of euasion.

It must be Possible; for if things be imposed ultra posse, and so men be made liable to the mulct, when they are not culpable of the guilt; they may object that Naturae dictamen. Nemo tenetur ad impossibile: none are to be tied to the obedience of impossible things. Such are Tyrants Laws; not vincula, sed retia: not limits to confine, but netts to ensnare: not Pales, but Toils.

It must bee Possible; for if things be imposed vltra posse, and so men be made lyable to the mulct, when they are not culpable of the guilt; they may obiect that Naturae dictamen. Nemo tenetur ad impossibile: none are to be tyed to the obedience of impossible things. Such are Tyrants Lawes; not vincula, sed retia: not limits to confine, but netts to ensnare: not Pales, but Toiles.