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472 THE CHRISTIAN CHUECH ANDlong to the same polity. But if such pay obedienceto the same commands and authorities, then arethey even much more obedient to this supernal allotment,this divine mind and all-powerful God. Sothat this universal world is to be considered onecommonwealth of gods and men." u Law is thesupreme reason, implanted in nature, which commandsall things that are to be done, and prohibitstheir contraries." "The radical idea of right I de-rive from nature, under whose guidance we have todraw out the whole of this subject-matter." Thusthe great Roman lawyer and statesman, robing philosophyin his toga, propounded to his countrymen,full of the greed of universal conquest, with 110 lesslucidity than truth and beauty, the result of stoicthought, that human society in general rested onthe similarit of reason in the individual, that wehave no ground for restricting this common possessionto one people, or to consider ourselvesmore nearly related to one than another. Allmen, apart from what they have done for themselves,stand equally near to each other, since allequally partake of reason. All are members ofone body, since the same nature has formed themout of one stuff, for the same destination.56Greek philosophy has undoubtedly the meritof bringing out into clear conception this purelyhuman and natural society. It thus expressed inZeller, iii. 1, p. 278, mhowever, only enlarge on Cicero's idea, or rather Zeno's.