"For it proceeds from the Light of Nature in my Breast, which tells me that my Life is not my own, but God's, who gave it, and that I am answerable for any Neglect of mine in not preserving the same."
— Earbery, Matthias (1690-1740)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
[s.n.]
Date
1717
Metaphor
"For it proceeds from the Light of Nature in my Breast, which tells me that my Life is not my own, but God's, who gave it, and that I am answerable for any Neglect of mine in not preserving the same."
Metaphor in Context
But this Right of destroying my Adversary, to preserve my own Life, proceeds from a Divine Law which intirely overturns my Adversaries Hypotheses. For it proceeds from the Light of Nature in my Breast, which tells me that my Life is not my own, but God's, who gave it, and that I am answerable for any Neglect of mine in not preserving the same. My killing him is Accidental in the discharge of my Duty. [...]
(pp. 6-)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Earbery, Matthias. The Old English Constitution Vindicated, and Set in a True Light. Offer'd to the Consideration of the Bishop of Bangor: With an Appendix, Containing Some Reflections Upon His Lordship's Candor, ... In His Preservative: or, Appeal to the Christian Laity. by M. E. (London: [s.n.], 1717). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
10/06/2013
