L I B. V II. Of the Advancement of Learning, 2 ? i 



Soto this kind of knowledgej touching Re/peciive Duties^ do alfb 

 appertain the N.z/7/r.//D«/icj- between Husband and VVife^ Parents and 

 Children, Mafter and Servant: fo likevvife the laws of Friendlliin 

 and Gratitude j as al(b the Civil bonds of Corporations, Compa- 

 nies, Colledgcs, Neighbour-hood and the like. Butitmuftever 

 be prefuppofed, that they are here handled, not as parts o^CivilJo-- 

 <:refj (for that xs refcrr'd to the Politicks) but as to the framing and 

 predifpofing of the minds of Particular perfbnsj to the maintaining 

 of thofe Bt»tds of Society. 



^ But the Knowledge co»cerf2ing the Good of Contmtinioft or of Socie- 

 ty^ even as that of Good Individual^ doth handle Good not^mple a- 

 lone^ but alfo f^wpjr.f/it^e/;' 3" whereunto belongs the weighing of 

 Duties between Perfon and Perfbn j Cafe and Cafe 5 Private and 

 Publick, between time Prefent and Future: aswemay (eein the 

 (evere and cruel proceeding of L.Bruttif againfl: his own Sons, which 

 by the moft was extoU'd to the heavens, yet another (aid 



JnfccUx HtCMnqae ferent ed fata Minores. J:"^ W'^« 



Florus Hift, 



The fame we may fee in that fupper unto which yl/. Brtttus, and C. '•b.t. 

 Cajjiifsv/ete invited, for there, when there was a queftion (hrewdly in'^^i^Bmto; 

 catt forth, IVhetheritwat lavofHlto kjU a. Tyrant^ on purpofe to feel 

 the minds of the company, touching a con(piracy intended againfl: 

 C^efars life j the guefts were divided in opinion , forae faid it was 

 direftly lawful, for that jervitude was the extreme of Evils 5 others 

 were of a contrary mind, for that Tyranny was not fo great a mifery as 

 Civil warj a third fort, as if they had illued out of the School of 

 EpicHrnsy avouched ; That it was an unworthy things that wife men 

 (hould hazard their lives andfiatesfor Fools, But there are many Ca- 

 fes touching comparative Duties^ amongfl: which, that of all other is 

 the moft frequent 3 IFhether a man ought tofvpervefrom the rule ofjii' 

 jiice, for tlie fafcty of his Country^ orfomefnch notable Good to enfitc 

 afterwards Touching which cafe Jafon of Thefuly was wont to (ay, 

 Aliqna fnnt injufte jaciendatit multa jufie fieri pojfint^ but the Reply is Pint. Moral. 

 ready, Autboremprcfentis jufiitia habes^ fponforemfntur£ non habes : ^tsc.gerend. 

 Men muft purfue things which are juft in prelent, and leave the fu« '^' 

 ture to the Divine Providence. And thus touching the Exemplar ^ot 

 of the defcription of Gtfo^. 



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