in his
defence,
and
espouses
his
quarrel;
it being
reasonable
and just,
I should
have a
right to
destroy
that which
threatens
me with
destruction:
for, by
the
fundamental
law of
nature,
man being
to be
preserved
as much as
possible,
when all
cannot be
preserved,
the safety
of the
innocent
is to be
preferred:
and one
may
destroy a
man who
makes war
upon him,
or has
discovered
an enmity
to his
being, for
the same
reason
that he
may kill a
