4. That the law of nature is unalterable, is intimated by this, that the priesthood of Melchisedec is everlasting; and by the words of our Saviour, (Matth. v. 18): _Heaven and earth shall pass away, but one jot or tittle of the law shall not pass till all things be fulfilled_. 5. That men ought to stand to their covenants, is taught Psalm xv, where the question being asked (verse 1), _Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle_, &c. It is answered (verse 4), _He that sweareth to his own hindrance, and yet changeth not_. And that men ought to be gratified, where no covenant passeth, Deut. xxv. 4: _Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn_, which St. Paul (1 Cor. ix. 9) interpreteth not of oxen but of men. 6. That men content themselves with equality, as it is the foundation of natural law, so also is it of the second table, of the divine law, Matth. xxii. 39, 40: _Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two laws depend the whole law and the prophets_; which is not so to be understood, as that a man should study so much his neighbour’s profit as his own, or that he should divide his goods amongst his neighbours; but that he should esteem his neighbour worthy all rights and privileges that himself enjoyeth; and attribute unto him, whatsoever he looketh should be attributed unto himself: which is no more, but that he should be humble, meek, and content with equality. 7. And that in distributing of right amongst equals, that distribution is to be made according to the proportions of the numbers, which is the giving of _æqualia æqualibus, et proportionalia proportionalibus_; we have Numb. xxvi. 53, 54, the commandment of God to Moses: _Thou shalt divide the land according to the number of names; to many thou shalt give more, to few thou shalt give less, to every one according to his number_. That decision by lot is a means of peace, Prov. xviii. 18: _The lot causeth contention to cease, and maketh partition among the mighty_. 8. That the accommodation and forgiveness of one another, which have before been put for laws of nature, are also law divine, there is no question. For they are the essence of charity, which is the scope of the whole law. That we ought not to reproach, or reprehend one another, is the doctrine of our Saviour, Matth. vii. 1: _Judge not, that ye be not judged_: (verse 3): _Why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, and seest not the beam that is in thine own eye?_ Also the law that forbiddeth us to press our counsel upon others further than they admit, is a divine law. For after our charity and desire to rectify one another is rejected, to press it further, is to reprehend him, and condemn him, which is forbidden in the text last recited; as also Rom. xiv. 12, 13: _Every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more, but use your judgment rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling block before his brother._