BOOK III PART II
and believe the one to add more force to the
other, than in a repetition of the same promise.
Where no promise is given, a man looks not on
his faith as broken in private matters, upon ac-
count of rebellion; but keeps those two duties
of honour and allegiance perfectly distinct and
separate. As the uniting of them was thought
by these philosophers a very subtile invention,
this is a convincing proof, that it is not a true
one; since no man can either give a promise, or
be restrained by its sanction and obligation un-
known to himself.