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But it is Right amongst all, spread out with immense Light by the broad ruling Sky. The like he affirms in his Ethics, lib. 5. cap. 10. defining it to be, that which [Greek or Hebrew]; that which hath always, or every where the same Force or Power, and doth not seem or not seem so to be. This his Expositors affirm to be, [Greek or Hebrew]; amongst the most of men, who live according to the light of Nature, with the Principles of it uncorrupted. This [Greek or Hebrew], is the same with [Greek or Hebrew] according to the Dictates of Reason. So [Greek or Hebrew] Right Reason is the same with many, as jus naturae, or naturale. Tully in his first de Legib. pursues this at large. Est unum jus, saith he, quo devincta est hominum societas; & quod Lex constituit una. Quae Lex est recta Ratio prohibendi & imperandi. There is one Common Right, which is the bond of humane society, and which depends on One Law. And this Law is the Right Reason of forbidding and commanding. This then is generally received; namely that the Law of Nature consists in the Dictates of Reason, which men sober, and otherwise uncorrupted, do assent unto, and agree in. But there are sundry things which will not allow us to acquiesce in this description of it. For,

But it is Right amongst all, spread out with immense Light by the broad ruling Skie. The like he affirms in his Ethicks, lib. 5. cap. 10. defining it to be, that which 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; that which hath alwayes, or every where the same Force or Power, and doth not seem or not seem so to be. This his Expositors affirm to be, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; amongst the most of men, who live according to the light of Nature, with the Principles of it uncorrupted. This 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, is the same with 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 according to the Dictates of Reason. So 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Right Reason is the same with many, as jus naturae, or naturale. Tully in his first de Legib. pursues this at large. Est unum jus, saith he, quo devincta est hominum societas; & quod Lex constituit una. Quae Lex est recta Ratio prohibendi & imperandi. There is one Common Right, which is the bond of humane society, and which depends on One Law. And this Law is the Right Reason of forbidding and commanding. This then is generally received; namely that the Law of Nature consists in the Dictates of Reason, which men sober, and otherwise uncorrupted, do assent unto, and agree in. But there are sundry things which will not allow us to acquiesce in this description of it. For,