Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression…

by a Proprietary or Owner or Lord, as such. 1. The former is either Absolute, as the Collation of some honours may be, and some acts of pardon, and the Divisions of Inheritances, as among the Israelites at their first possessing Canaan: Or they are Conditional; And the Condition is either pure Acceptance (which is so naturally requisite, that it is usually supposed, and not expressed, and such Collations go commonly under the name of Absolute and Pure Donations, though indeed they are not). Or else some requite service or moral action, which may properly make the Benefit to be Praemium, ⟨p. 119⟩a Reward. All these being sealed, the Seal doth oblige the Benefactor or Donor, because the Instrument is obligatory, if it be for future conveyance. If a present Collation, then the Seal doth confirm the Receivers Right, against any that may hereafter question it. The like may be said of Acknowledgements, as of Constitutions: The Subject may acknowledge his subjection and Seal it; the Stipulator may cause the Promisor to acknowledge Duty or Debt, and to Seal it: So for Acknowledgements of Debts discharged, Rewards received, Conditions performed, &c. 3. The like may be said de Debito Panae, when Penal Laws are sealed: and of Commissions and Warrants for execution; but this less concerns our case.

by a Proprietary or Owner or Lord, as such. 1. The former is either Absolute, as the Collation of some honors may be, and some acts of pardon, and the Divisions of Inheritances, as among the Israelites at their first possessing Canaan: Or they are Conditional; And the Condition is either pure Acceptance (which is so naturally requisite, that it is usually supposed, and not expressed, and such Collations go commonly under the name of Absolute and Pure Donations, though indeed they are not). Or else some requite service or moral action, which may properly make the Benefit to be Praemium, ⟨p. 119⟩a Reward. All these being sealed, the Seal doth oblige the Benefactor or Donor, because the Instrument is obligatory, if it be for future conveyance. If a present Collation, then the Seal doth confirm the Receivers Right, against any that may hereafter question it. The like may be said of Acknowledgments, as of Constitutions: The Subject may acknowledge his subjection and Seal it; the Stipulator may cause the Promisor to acknowledge Duty or Debt, and to Seal it: So for Acknowledgments of Debts discharged, Rewards received, Conditions performed, &c. 3. The like may be said de Debito Panae, when Penal Laws are sealed: and of Commissions and Warrants for execution; but this less concerns our case.