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Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred rest wherein the original of the Sabbath from the foundation of the world, the morality of the Fourth commandment with the change of the Seventh day are enquired into : together with an assertion of the divine institution of the Lord's Day, and practical directions for its due observation / by John Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1671
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They devour one another, because they have no Right or Law amongst them. Hence the Prophet complaining of force and violence amongst men, with a neglect of Right, Justice and Equity, says, men ⟨p. 136⟩are as the Fishes of the Sea; as creeping things that have no Ruler over them, Habbuk. 1. 14. They devour one another without regard to Rule or Right. As he in Varro.
They devour one another, because they have no Right or Law amongst them. Hence the Prophet complaining of force and violence amongst men, with a neglect of Right, Justice and Equity, sayes, men ⟨p. 136⟩are as the Fishes of the Sea; as creeping things that have no Ruler over them, Habbuk. 1. 14. They devour one another without regard to Rule or Right. As he in Varro.
Natura humanis omnia sunt paria. Qui pote plus, urget; pisces ut saepe minutos Magnu' comest, ut aves enecat accipiter.
Most learned men therefore conclude, that there is no such thing as Jus, or Lex Naturae among irrational creatures; and consequently, nothing of Good or Evil in their Actions. But the consent of men in the Dictates of Reason, is esteemed the Law of Nature. So Cicero Tuse. 1. Omni in re consensio omuium Gentium Lex Naturae putanda est. The common consent of all Nations in any thing, is to be thought the Law of Nature. And Aristotle also, Rhetoric. lib. 1. cap. 14. calls it, [Greek or Hebrew]; a common Law, unwritten, pertaining unto all, whose Description he adds; [Greek or Hebrew]. That which is common, is according to Nature; For there is somewhat which all men think, and this is common Right or injustice by Nature, although there should be neither society nor compact between them. And this he confirms out of Empedocles; that it is that [Greek or Hebrew], not which is just to some, and unjust to others.