( 255 ) Remiffion and Abfolution from the time of Chrifts death, either ipfofado upon his dying or ipfo lore, upon the Promife of the Fa- ther to the Son; yeaor (which is more) ipfo lore upon the Cove- nant made by theFather and Son to mankind : But then we mutt first determine what /us, Right is. It reacheth not our cafe to fay that los eft ,qatodjolittroeft. It may be Juft innatura rei, that filch a man do filch a thing, whenyet no man may be faid to have right to the aftion or its effed, At leaft it is Iti,f as exifient, in fome fub- je&, to whom it is communicated, and inwhom it cloth as it were inhere, that we are to fpeak of. And we take not jufluns in fo large a fenfe, as to comprehend non-inittfions,as it is juft fora man to pardon him that hath wronged him (according to the Law of man ; ) becaufe it is not unjust, there is nothing againft it : But we take it in a !hider fenfe. It is one thing tobe the Objea of that Aet which is right and juft, and another thing to be the fubjeft ofRight. It is one thing to Be Right and Juft; and another thing to Have Right, To be Right,as every thing is that is Juft, is a Relation ofa lower nature then that whichwe treat of ; being fcarce more then nomine aRelation. When you fay, Ins eftquod luftum eft ; You deno- minate a Thing juft : but whenwe fay, 4man bath Right to this or that, we fpeak of the Perfon, as the fubjeet ( of Adhefion or In- hefion ) of that Right. It is only a Perfon, andnot an Inanimate, or a bruit, or a meer Aftionor Quality , &c, that is the fubjeft of the Right that we are to fpeak of. Iu4 of efeElomTituli , vet Relatio a Tirol° refultans : TitolOs eftfundamenturn Innis : He that bath a good Title bathRight. But omne good hewn eft. , is not Relatio refoltans a Tztulo. The meer Object of aJuft act, or the act it felf which is juft is not faid to Have Right to it fell or another thing; as we fay , man hath right to things,li jus eft, good jufturs eft; then to let true Landmarks is los : But who is it , or what, that is the fubject hujus Iuris ? 1 he Land bath no Ri,qht ( civil Right ) to the act : The act hath not Right to it fell The Agent is the fubject of that qualityof Juftice which caufeth him to do Right : but is not faid tohave Right to his own Act. his therefore fome fecond perfon that =bath Right to that juft act of the Agent : In which words it is plain that the juftnefs or right of the Act is one thing, (a refpect by which that act is denomina- ted juft) and the Right which the fecond perfonhath to that act and
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