¶ Not Voluntary and violent, ought to be understood one thing ⟨image 28⟩which as are stotle saith hath th•• beginning extrinsically or outwardly, will may cohibit affections and many hurts purposed, will may prefer one before another for as true virtue is then, when judgement & free will be adhibit, so the chief degree is of delicts or faults when a man doth offend both consultly & with free will. The other degrees be sometime more light, as when either will is impydited or judgment is not given, & from hence doth spring .v. degrees, which in faults & injuries we must consider, the judge, deceit, open, fault light offence, lightest & sudden chance. Dole or 1deceit hath no excuse open, fault or blame is neighbour to deceit as when affecrated ignorance is delicted, for this is not unwilling, but it is very malis, as aristotle saith a ⟨image 28⟩light fault & lightest hath the more excuse, for here will doth not come to do a miss & although diligence is desired, yet there is none affectated negligence in such faults. Sudden 2chance hath an excuse for nether the mind neither the will, doth truly offend, as adrastus going to kill a wild bore, killed cresessone, or if a man casteth down fro the top of an house, a tile into a place where as no body is wont to be occupied or to walk, & by chance hurteth or killeth one. That is therefore to be observed, that all these degrees do spring & come, ether of the error of judgment or by some impediment of the will, voluntaries be properly called those, in the 3which do concur Counsel, and free will / many Questions be her to be started and moved whether ⟨image 29⟩a Christian man may lawfully repel violence be violence, and how he may do it / whether division of things be lawful for Christian men, whether it be lawful to make war or keep battle. The Evangelist do not abolish, economy or policy, but doth greatly approve them, wherefore the use of all things political is granted to Christian men, with the use of division of things, Judgements, battles, and such other.
¶ Not Voluntarye and vyolent, ought to be vnderstond one thyng ⟨image 28⟩which as are stotle saith hath th•• beginnīg extrinsecally or outwardely, wyll may cohybyt affections and many hurtes purposed, wyll may prefar one before another for as true vertue is then, when iudgement & fre wil be adhibit, so the chife degre is of delictes or fautes when a man doth offend both consultly & with fre wyll. Thother degres be somtyme more lyghte, as when eyther wyll is impydited or iugement is not giuen, & frō hence doth spring .v. deg•ꝭ, which ī fautꝭ & iniuries we must cōsyder, the iuge, deceyt, open, faut lyght offence, lyghtest & soden chaunce. Dole or 1deceit hath no excuse open, faut or blame is neibour to deceit as whē affecrated ygnoraunce is delicted, for this is not vnwyllynge, but it is very malis, as aristotle sayth a ⟨image 28⟩light faut & lightest hath the more excuse, for here will doth not come to do a mysse & although deligence is desired, yet ther is none affectated neclygence in such fautes. Soden 2chaunce hath an excuse for nether the mynde neyther the wyll, doth truly offend, as adrastus goyng to kyll a wylde bore, kylled cresessone, or yf a man casteth doune fro the top of an house, a tile into a place where as no body is wont to be ocupied or to walke, & by chaunce hurteth or kylleth one. That is therfore to be obseruyd, yt all these degres do spryng & come, ether of the error of iugement or by some impediment of the wyll, voluntarys be properly called those, in the 3whiche do concure Counseyll, and fre wyll / many Questyons be her to be sturted and moued whether ⟨image 29⟩a Christian mā may laufully repel vyolence be vyolence, and how he maye do it / whether dyuysyon of thynges be laufull for Christian men, whether it be laufull to make warre or kepe battell. The Euangelyst do not abholitte, economyor polacy, but doth greatly approue them, wherfore the vse of al thynges polyticall is graunted to Christian men, with the vse of deuisyon of thynges, Iudgementes, battelles, and suche other.
- 1Dole or deceit.Dole or dec•yte.
- 2Soden chance Adrastus.Soden chaunce Adrastus.
- 3Voluntarys.
