Thesamemaybesaidofwounds，andchains，andimprisonment，bothbecausethereisnobenefitconsequenttosuchpatience，asthereistothepatienceofsufferinganothertobewoundedorimprisoned，asalsobecauseamancannottellwhenheseethmenproceedagainsthimbyviolencewhethertheyintendhisdeathornot。Andlastlythemotiveandendforwhichthisrenouncingandtransferringofrightisintroducedisnothingelsebutthesecurityofaman’sperson，inhislife，andinthemeansofsopreservinglifeasnottobewearyofit。Andthereforeifamanbywords，orothersigns，seemtodespoilhimselfoftheendforwhichthosesignswereintended，heisnottobeunderstoodasifhemeantit，orthatitwashiswill，butthathewasignorantofhowsuchwordsandactionsweretobeinterpreted。
Themutualtransferringofrightisthatwhichmencallcontract。
Thereisdifferencebetweentransferringofrighttothething，thething，andtransferringortradition，thatis，deliveryofthethingitself。Forthethingmaybedeliveredtogetherwiththetranslationoftheright，asinbuyingandsellingwithreadymoney，orexchangeofgoodsorlands，anditmaybedeliveredsometimeafter。
Again，oneofthecontractorsmaydeliverthethingcontractedforonhispart，andleavetheothertoperformhispartatsomedeterminatetimeafter，andinthemeantimebetrusted；andthenthecontractonhispartiscalledpact，orcovenant：orbothpartsmaycontractnowtoperformhereafter，inwhichcaseshethatistoperformintimetocome，beingtrusted，hisperformanceiscalledkeepingofpromise，orfaith，andthefailingofperformance，ifitbevoluntary，violationoffaith。
Whenthetransferringofrightisnotmutual，butoneofthepartiestransferrethinhopetogaintherebyfriendshiporservicefromanother，orfromhisfriends；orinhopetogainthereputationofcharity，ormagnanimity；ortodeliverhismindfromthepainofcompassion；orinhopeofrewardinheaven；thisisnotcontract，butgift，freegift，grace：whichwordssignifyoneandthesamething。