Chap. 24. An Expe;Gtion upen the Bookef JOB. Verf. z. 487 them in fome other place for their ownadvantage.This was their firfl fin, the removing ofLand- marks; which was upon the mat- ter to take awaypropriety, and to put all men out ofpofîeffion. There can be no po%ffion without diflinäion ; naturali riches ffira fair in confift in lands and cattle,and both bear their owners mark.The antiquie non it care & induftry ofthe ancients was exceeding great and accurate can¡tirttenir about their land- marks, both in fitting them up,and in obferving mina t1'nzf eb Jai; ehem,that every manmight have his owne; wherefore to remove deJ arq;rttiio. the land - masks, was indeed to take away the land. Hencenote. That, rodbathgiven untomana proper, fpeciall, andperfonall right inhie lands, andgooda. Ifit were not fo,then,firft,it were no fin to remove land - marks, or a. vain thing to pet them up,if there be no diftin&ionof inheri- tances by propriety, what needs there be any dittir,ction, by marks, or limits, to Phew, this is loch a mans land, and that ano- thers. Noman may pet a fpeciall mark, where hehath not a fpe- ciall right.Secondíy,ifthere were no propriety,therecould not be filch a fin as ttealing,and sheeving:that which is every mans, any man may take, and be blameleffe. Thirdly, if there were not propriety, there would be but little industry ; If mens lands and góods were not their owne,, who would be found to takecare of them, or paines about them. Fourthly, to make all thing com- mon, were to run all into confufion. There is nothing more une, quai then this kind ofeq °aalïsy. If all had a Ilke right in the things of the world, all would chink to have a like power in the govern- ment of the world. Propriety and Magi fracy nirsf kind e,fail together., But fomemay ohje& that practice of the primitive Church (Acts 2.144.) who hadall things cornmon.And if all thing; with themwere in community, where was propriety ? I anfwer,Firf,This practice oftheirs was pure iy voiuntary,noa at all imp.3fed ; as appeares plainely from the words ofPeter to Ánani o (Alts g.. 4.) While it remained, was. it net thineowne 5.0r more dole to the Greek Remaining did it 'IAt remainee tee; that is, it was properly thine before thou foldeft it, and. thou mighteft have kept thy intereft in it.Noman cotapeiled thee to lei or give and if thou hatnot fold it,ehou.mighteft Hill have held. commis. Mon,
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