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(We cannot be bound beyond our powers.)

We cannot be bound beyond our powers.

(We have no power to effect.)

We have no power to effect.

(There is nothing in our power but will. Man's rules of duty are necessarily founded in our will.)

There is nothing in our power but will. Man's rules of duty are necessarily founded in our will.

(Thus Egmont who tried keeping his will, though the power to carry it out was not in his hands, was absolved.)

Thus Egmont who tried keeping his will, though the power to carry it out was not in his hands, was absolved.

(But the king of England, in intentionally breaking his word, cannot be excused.)

But the king of England, in intentionally breaking his word, cannot be excused.

(I have seen several plan to make restitution after death.)

I have seen several plan to make restitution after death.

(By delaying a thing so urgent with so little sacrifice, they do no good.)

By delaying a thing so urgent with so little sacrifice, they do no good.

(The more onerous and inconvenient their restitution, the more deserving it is.)

The more onerous and inconvenient their restitution, the more deserving it is.

(Penitence demands a burden.)

Penitence demands a burden.