I 74 The Living Temple. Part II. Locrika, fhould be punifh'd with tho Lois of both Eyes, and his own Son, afterwards, being found guilty ofthat Crime, was content to lofe one of his own Eyes, that Juflice might be done to thepublick Conflitution, and Mer- cybe (hewn to his Son, in faving one of his. And that of the Pythagoreans, Damon and Pythias, the, one of whom pawned his own Life to the Tyrant, to proetire time for the other (condemned todie) wherein to fettle fame Affairs a- broad, before his Death ; who return- ing within the limited time to fave his Faith, and his Friend's Life, by furren- tiring his own, fo moved the Tyrant, that he fpared both. The Common Cafe of Man, forfaken of the Divine Prefence, and not to be reftored with- out Recompence, was the molt deplo- rable, and the moils important that could be thought. And it may now be compaflionate- ly cared for : This having been ob4 tain'd by this great Sacrifice, that the Divine luf1ice is fo well fatisfied, and his Majefly and Honour fo fully affert- ed and vindicated, as that he nowmay, without wrong to himfelf, his j f ice, and the Dignity ofhis Government, not re..
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