to degrade themſelves, could have to ſubject their Deſcendents to the ſame Ignominy, and renounce, in the Name of their Poſterity, Bleſſings for which it is not indebted to their Liberality, and without which Life itſelf muſt appear a burthen to all thoſe who are worthy to live.
Puffendorf ſays that, as we can tranſfer our Property from one to another by Contracts and Conventions, we may likewiſe diveſt ourſelves of our Liberty in favour of other Men. This, in my Opinion, is a very poor way of arguing; for, in the firſt place, the Property I cede to another becomes by ſuch Ceſſion a thing quite foreign to me, and the Abuſe of which can no way affect me; but it concerns me greatly that my Liberty is not abuſed, and I cannot, without incurring the Guilt of the Crimes I may be forced to commit, expoſe myſelf to become the
