Of Natural Laws (1651) [ Concepts ]
… in buying, and selling, and other acts of Contract, A Promise is equivalent to a Covenant; and therefore obligatory. Merit What He that performeth first in the case of a Contract, is said to MERIT that which he is to receive by the performance of the other; and he hath it as Due. Also when a Prize is propounded … amongst many, to be enjoyed by them that catch it; though this be a Free Gift; yet so to Win, or so to Catch, is to Merit, and to have it as DUE. For the Right is transferred in the Propounding of the Prize, and in throwing down the …
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