for the law of nature would, as all other laws that concern men in this world 'be in vain, if there were no body that in the state of nature had a power to execute that law, and thereby preserve the innocent and restrain offenders.
Lege natural hau hutsala izanen bailitzateke, eta honekin batera munduan diren gizonarekiko gainontzeko guztiak, naturazko egoeran inork ez balu edukiko legea gauzatzeko ahalmenik, horrela errugabeak zaindu eta hobenduna zigortzeko.