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 having more than another; there being nothing more evident, than that creatures of the ame pecies and rank, promicuouly born to all the ame advantages of nature, and the ue of the ame faculties, hould alo be equal one amongt another without ubordination or ubjection, unles the lord and mater of them all hould, by any manifet declaration of his will, et one above another, and confer on him, by an evident and clear appointment, an undoubted right to dominion and overeignty.

§. 5. This equality of men by nature, the judicious Hooker looks upon as o evident in itelf, and beyond all quetion, that he makes it the foundation of that obligation to mutual love amongt men, on which he builds the duties they owe one another, and from whence he derives the great maxims of jutice and charity. His words are,

''The like natural inducement hath brought men to know that it is no les their duty, to love others than themelves; for eeing thoe things which are equal, mut needs all have one meaure; if I cannot but wih to receive good, even as much at every man's hands, as any man can wih unto his own oul, how hould I look to have any part of my deire herein atisfied, unles myelf be careful to atisfy the like deire, which is undoubtedly in other men, being of one and the ame nature? To have any thing offered them repugnant to this deire, mut needs in all'' repects