sect. 10.
where he
says, The
laws which
have been
hitherto
mentioned,
i. e. the
laws of
nature, do
bind men
absolutely,
even as
they are
men,
although
they have
never any
settled
fellowship,
never any
solemn
agreement
amongst
themselves
what to
do, or not
to do: but
forasmuch
as we are
not by
ourselves
sufficient
to furnish
ourselves
with
competent
store of
things,
needful
for such a
life as
our nature
doth
desire, a
life fit
for the
dignity of
man;
therefore
