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A11308
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The fyrst dialogue in Englisshe with newe additions.; Dyaloge in Englysshe.
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Saint German, Christopher, 1460?-1540.; Saint German, Christopher, 1460?-1540. Dialogus de fundamentis legum Anglie et de conscientia. aut
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1532
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STC 21568; ESTC S116337
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¶ The fyrst dialogue in Englisshe / with newe additions ✚ Here after foloweth the fyrste Dyaloge in Englysshe / betwyxte a Doctour of Diuinite / and a StudeÌ„t in the lawes of EnglaÌ„de of the groundes of the sayde Lawes / of conseyence / newly corrected eft sones Enprynted with new additions ☞ The Introduccion A Doctoure of diuinitie that was of greate acquayntaunce / familiaritie with a Student in the lawes of Englande sayde thus vnto hym / I haue had great desyre of longe tyme to knowe where vpoÌ„ the law of Englande is grounded / but bycause moche parte of the lawe of EnglaÌ„de is written in the frenche tonge Therfore I can nat through myne owne studye atteygne to the knowlege therof for in that tonge I am nothynge experte And bycause I haue always founde the a faythfull freÌ„de to me in all my busynes Therfore I am bolde to come to the before any other to knowe thy mynde what be the very grouÌ„des of the lawe of Englande as thou thynkest ¶ Student that wolde aske a great leasure / it is also aboue my connynge to do it Neuerthelesse that thou shalt nat thynke that I wolde wilfully refuse to fulfyll thy desire I shall with good wyll do that in me is to satisfie thy mynde / but I pray the that thou wylte fyrste shewe me somwhat of other lawes that pertayne moste to this matter that Doctoures treate of howe lawes haue begonne And then I wyll gladly shewe the as me tynketh what be the grouÌ„des of the lawe of EnglaÌ„de ¶ Doctoure I wyll with good wyl do as thou sayste wherfore thou shalt vnderstaÌ„de that Doctours treate of foure lawes / the whiche as me semeth pertayne moste to this mater The fyrste is the law eternall The secoÌ„de is the lawe of nature of reasonable creature / the whiche as I haue harde saye is called by them that be lerned in the lawe of EnglaÌ„de the law of reason The thyrde is the law of god The fourth is the lawe of man And therfore I wyll fyrste treate of the law eternall ☞ Of the lawe eternall The fyrste Chapitre DOctoure lyke as there is in euery artificer a reason of suche thynges as are to be made by his crafte / so lyke â—â—se it behoueth that in euery gouernour there be a reason afore syght in the gouernour of suche thynges as shal be ordered done by hym to theÌ„ that he hath the gouernauÌ„ce of And for as moche as almightye god is the creatour maker of all creatures / to the which he is compared as a workemaÌ„ to his workes And is also the gouernour of all dedes and mouynges that be founde in any creature Therfore as the reason of the wysdome of god in asmoche as creatures be creat by hym hath the reason foresight of all craftes warkes that haue ben or shal be / so the reason of the wysdome of god mouynge all thynges by hym made to a good ende / opteyneth the name reason of a law / that is called the lawe eternal And this law eternall is called the fyrste lawe / it is well called the fyrste / for it was before all other lawes And all other lawes be deriuied of it / whervpon saynt Augustin sayth in his fyrste boke of fre arbytrement that in temporall lawes nothynge is rightwyse ne lawfull / but that the people haue deriuied to them out of the lawe eternall wherfore euery man hath right tytle to haue that he hath rightwysely of the rightwyse Iugement of the fyrste reason / whiche is the lawe eternall ¶ Student but howe may this lawe eternall be knowen / for as the Apostle writtet in the .v. chapitre of his fyrste Epistle to the Corynthies QuesuÌ„t dernemo scit nisi spiritus dei That is to say no man knoweth what is in god / but the spirite of god / wherfore it semeth that he openeth his mouth in to heueÌ„ that attempteth to know it ¶ Doctoure this lawe eternall no man may knowe as it is in it selfe / but onely blessed soules that se god face to face / but almyghty god of his goodnes sheweth of it as moche to hê creatures as is necessary for them / for els god shulde bynde his creatures to a thyng inpossible whiche may in no wyse be thoughte in hym Therfore it is to vnderstaÌ„de that thre maner of wayes almightye god maketh this lawe eternall knowen to his creatures reasonable Fyrste by the light of naturall reason Seconde by heueÌ„ly reuelacion Thyrdly by the ordre of a prince or of any other secoÌ„darie gouernour that hath power to bynde his subgectes to a lawe And whan the lawe eternall or the wyll of god is knowen to his creatures resonable by the lighte of natural vnderstandynge / or by the light of naturall reason / then it is called the lawe of reason And when it is shewed by heuenly reuelacion in suche maner as hereafter shall appere / then it is called the lawe of god And when it is shewed vnto hym by the ordre of a prynce / or of any other secundarye gouernoure that hathe power to set a lawe vpon his subgectes / then it is called the lawe of maÌ„ though originallie it be made of god / for lawes made by man / that hath receyued therto power of god be made by god Therfore the sayd thre lawes that is to saye / the lawe of reason / the lawe of god / the lawe of man the whiche haue seuerall names after the maner as they be shewed to man / be called in god one lawe eternall And this is the lawe of whome it is written ProuerbioruÌ„ octauo / where it is sayd ♣ Perme reges regnant et leguÌ„ conditores iusta descernuÌ„t that is to saye by me kynges reygne / makers of lawes descerne the trouth And this sufficeth for this tyme of the lawe eternall ☞ Of the lawe of reason / the whiche by Doctoures / is called the law of nature of reasonable creature ⸫ The .ii. Chapitre DOctoure Fyrste it is to be vnderstaÌ„de / that the lawe of nature maye be considered in two maners / that is to say generally specially / when it is coÌ„sidered generally / then it is referred to al creatures / aswel resonable as vnresonable / for all vnresonable creatures lyue vnder a certayne reule to them gyuen by nature / necessarie for them to the conseruacion of theyr beyng / but of this lawe it is nat our intent to treate at this tyme. The lawe of nature specially considered whiche is also called the lawe of reason pertaineth onely to creatures resonable that is maÌ„ / which is create to the ymage of god And this lawe ought to be kept aswell amonge Iewes gentels / as among cristen meÌ„ And this lawe is alway good rightwyse styryng enclynyng a man to good / abhorrynge euyll as to the orderynge of the dedes of maÌ„ it is preferred