3.9 patmonvof tie íbí1 e 2ittríbtiít , a:xi-IF Judge, nor prejudice his examining of the Caufe ac j cording to his Soveraign Jurifdiéion, and his receiving a Ranfom to preferve the Rights of Juffice inviolable. There is an eminent inffance of this in Zaleucus, the Prince of the Locrians who paft a Law that Adul- terers fhould lofe both their eyes : and when his Son was convictedof that Crime, the peoplewho refpeéfed him for his Excellent Vertues, out ofpity to him, in- a °. If ran terceded for the Offender. Zalencus in a Confliéf be- Var. tweenZeal for Juftice, and Affection to his Son, took but one Eye fromhim,and parted with oneofhisown to fatisfie theLaw. And thus he paid and received the Punifhment: he paid itas a Father, and received it as the Confervator of publick Juftice. Thus when guilty Mankind in its Poverty could not pay the Forfeiture to the Law, God the Father of Mercies was pleafed to .give it from the Treafures of his Love 3 that is, the Blood of his Son for our Ranfom. And thishe receives from the Hand of Chrift, offer'd upon the Crofs, as the SupremeJudge, anddeclares it fully valuable, and theRights of Juftice to be trulyperformed. 2. It is not tnconfiftent with Reafon, that the Sonof God cloathed with our Natur; fhould by his Death make Satisfaétion to the Deity, and therefore to him- fell. In the according of two Parties, a perfon that belongs to one of them, may interpole for Reconcilia- tion, provided that he devefts his own Intereff, and leaves it with the Party from whom he comes. Thus when theSenate of Rome, and the Peoplewere indif- Rfeneniva A. fenfion, one of the Senators trufted his own Concern- grippa, Liv. I. a' ment with the Council, of which he was a Member, and mediated between the Parties to reconcile. them. Thus when the Father and the Son both poffeft ofthe Imperial Power, have been offended by Rebellious Subjeéts, 'tis not inconvenient that the Son interpole as
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