224 Wherein lyes that Exac`i Righteou[rcJ, which T ; I°, there is nothing true before it toprove it by, therefore whoever (hall deny it, mull be convinced of the truth ofit, by (hawing die abfurdiìies of the contrary. In like manner this being one of the haft Principles of humane fociery, that we fhould ufe no more lib;,rcy cowards ocher men,than we would allow them to ufe cowards us ; the belt w iy tocon- vince any man of the reafon.ablenefs and equity of it, will be co (hew hirn the inconveniences of the contrary. Wnere-ever this Principle is violated, men will think themCelves injured ; where men are injured, they will be apt to vindicate themfelves ; hence comes contention and wars, which loofe the bands of humane fociety ; or if a m an cm pardon an injury, that hach received one, yet he that hach done it can- not believe fo, but he will fear revenge, and fear ofbeing opprc(l,makes a man Peek to anticipare and prevent another, fo that every injury en- dangers thepeace and fecurityof mankind, and laies the foundation of perperual mifchief ; for by the fame reafon that I injure any man, I am obliged to ruine him. He that breaks this Rule,do:h what hecan to break humane fociety; that is, to fpoil himfelf of all common protecîion, and to leave himfelf to [land upon his guard againfl all the world ; in which fiate no man can hope co continue, that is not wirer andllronger than all the world. avpiw» 31Ls. ArifJotle tells us, He that defres to be alone, mull either be a God, Politic.c.Z. or a wildbrag ; that is, he mull either be felf-fuflìcienc, and Rand in need of nothing, or elfe be wild and favage, and delight in cruelcy,and inifchief. 3. The lnfaxces wherein we ought chiefly to pra6life this Rule, are thefe. t. In matters of civil refpeît andconverfation, I muff treat every man with that fair refpe& which I would have another to Phew to me. Wemull accommodate our felves to mens particular tempers, and not be froward or inrraaable, or tenacious of our own humour, efpe:ially when it lyes in another mans way, but we mull be apt to recede and give way, that there may be room for other mens tempers and humours, as well as ours ; our humour mull not take up all the world. Thofe who want this compleafaKce, are in fociery ( as one in- genioufly compares them ) like irregular flones in a building, which are full of roughners and corners; they take up more room than they fill, tail they be polifht and madeeven, others cannot lye near them : fo men of iii irp and perverfe humours are unfociable, till the rugged- nefs and afperities of their nature be taken off. We muff nor carry our felves iníolen-1y, or fupe;cilioufl. , or contempcuouíly towards others ;
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