III. Of Reftitution for False T HE Person so Confined is not only to be Restored to his Liberty; but also Satisfaction is to be made to him, for the Damage and Loss he hath sustained, either in his Reputation or Estate, by fuch Imprifon ment. Of Injuries done to our Neigh- T 1 Hat I may deal faithfully with the Sick Man, and may give him found Direction; I must not limit the word Estate, to his Rents, his Money, and his Goods; but must take the word Estate as the fame with Poffeffion, so as to comprehend his Wife and Children: Who are doubtless as as much his Property, as his Money, and his Lands. Of Injuries done to our Neighbour's Wife. T HE especial and peculiar Right that every Man 'hath in his Wife, is so well 'known, (faith The Author of 'the Whole Duty of Man) that ' it were vain to say any thing in proof of it. The great impa'tience that every Husband hath to have this Right of his invaded, shews that it is sufficiently understood in the World. 'And therefore none that doth 'this Injury to another, can be 'ignorant of the Greatness of it. 'The corrupting of a Man's 'Wife, enticing her to a strange 'Bed, is by all acknowledged to 'be the worst fort of Theft; in"finitely beyond that of the Goods. The : The Greatness of this Sin, and the fad Confequences of it, are so fully explained by the forementioned Author, that I will not pretend to add any thing of my own, fince it will be more for the Reader's Benefit, delibe-4 rately to peruse what is there written. That excellent Book is very easy to be had; (it is, I hope, in most noted Families in England.) And therefore, if the Sick Man is concerned in this Matter; and hath been so unfortunate, and fo wicked, as to corrupt his Neighbour's Wife; Indefire him to Read Sund. XI. SS. 2, 3, 4, 5.0 of that Pious Book. Where he is most pathetically admonished, of the Guilt and Danger of that provoking Sin, Y Of Of Injuries done to our Neighbour's Children Hen a W Man's Children, who are doubtless his Property, shall either by Force or Fraud be taken from him, this is a noted Instance of Theft and Injustice. And by the Laws, both of God and Man, is punishable as fuch. : This fort of Theft, by the Civilians is called Plagium; and those who are guilty of it, Plagiarii: In our Modern Language, Spirits, or Kidnabbers. Such as Train and Decoy Mens Children into Ships, and then fell them for Slaves in Foreign Parts. Another Instance, is the Seizing of a young Heiress; with a Design to Marry her to fome inferior Person; Orelse to Lodge her, in a Popish Prison, called a Nunnery. The The inveigling of a young Man, of pregnant Parts, into a Monastery, is a very great Injury, both to his Parents and the Publick; though they of the Church of Rome have Sanctified it with a better Name. Another Injury to our Neighbour's Children, is the corrupting his Daughter, by violating her Chastity. Of Injuries done to our Neigh- I Here take the Word Estate in the noted Popular Sense, for Riches, or Wealth: Whether in Houses or Land, or Cattle, or Money, or Goods. Now Injury may be done to the Estate (as The Whole Duty of Man directs me) these Three Ways. By Oppression, Theft, and De ceit. |