Arabian Proverb.
Aliæ sunt leges Cæsarum, aliæ Christi: aliud Papinianus, aliud Paulus noster præcipit.
St. Jerome, Epistola ad Oceanum de Morte Fabiolæ.
If the marshal of the host bids us do anything, shall we do it, if it be against the great captain? Again, if the great captain bid us do anything, and the king or the emperor commandeth us to do another, dost thou doubt that we must obey the commandment of the king or emperor, and contemn the commandment of the great captain? Therefore, if the king or the emperor bid one thing, and God another, we must obey God, and contemn and not regard neither king nor emperor.
Henry VIII., Glasse of Truth.
Si la peste avoit des charges, des dignités, des honneurs, des bénéfices et des pensions à distribuer, elle auroit bientôt des théologiens et des juris-consultes qui soutiendroient qu'elle est de droit divin, et que c'est un péché de s'opposer à ses ravages.
Abbé de Mably, Droits et Devoirs du Citoyen, Lettre II.
Cleanthes. What, to kill innocents, Sir? It cannot be.
It is no rule in justice there to punish.
Lawyer. Oh, Sir,