Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... appeal to the people . 5. The reason why laws have been also made by kings was this : When kings were either busied with wars , or dis- tracted with public cares , so that every private man could not have access to their persons to ...
... appeal to the people . 5. The reason why laws have been also made by kings was this : When kings were either busied with wars , or dis- tracted with public cares , so that every private man could not have access to their persons to ...
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... appeal to the king unless he may not get right at home ; but if the right be too heavy for him , then let him go to the king to have it eased . As the judicial power of kings was exercised before the Conquest , so in those settled times ...
... appeal to the king unless he may not get right at home ; but if the right be too heavy for him , then let him go to the king to have it eased . As the judicial power of kings was exercised before the Conquest , so in those settled times ...
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... in the mother . I appeal whether the argument be not as good on one side as the other- " father " and " mother " being joined all along in the Old 6 and New Testament , where honour or obedience is TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT . [ 21.
... in the mother . I appeal whether the argument be not as good on one side as the other- " father " and " mother " being joined all along in the Old 6 and New Testament , where honour or obedience is TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT . [ 21.
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... appeal to . 132. The actual making of war or peace is no proof of any other power , but only of disposing those to exercise or cease acts of enmity for whom he makes it ; and this power in many cases any one may have without any politic ...
... appeal to . 132. The actual making of war or peace is no proof of any other power , but only of disposing those to exercise or cease acts of enmity for whom he makes it ; and this power in many cases any one may have without any politic ...
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... appeals to the people for justice , that it was the tribes and the congregation that debated , resolved , and directed all that was done on that occasion , he must conclude either that God was not " careful to preserve the fatherly ...
... appeals to the people for justice , that it was the tribes and the congregation that debated , resolved , and directed all that was done on that occasion , he must conclude either that God was not " careful to preserve the fatherly ...
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absolute monarchical absolute power Adam's heir amongst argument Aristotle begetting birthright brethren children of men civil command common common law commonwealth conqueror consent creatures distinct doth earth eldest Esau exercise father fatherly authority force form of government gave give God's governors grant hath heir to Adam honour inheritance Israelites Jacob Jephtha judge king king's kingdom labour land law of Nature legislative liberty lineal succession living lord lordship magistrate man's mankind ment mother multitude natural right Noah obedience ordinance parents parliament paternal power patriarchs person plain positive laws possession posterity preservation princes private dominion prove punish reason regal authority regal power right descending right of fatherhood right of lineal rule rulers saith Scripture Sir Robert sons sons of Noah sovereignty standing laws subjects supposed supreme power tells thereby things THOMAS ELLWOOD tion unto usurpation wherein words
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Page 180 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Page 252 - This power to act according to discretion for the public good, without the prescription of the law and sometimes even against it...
Page 180 - For this labour being the unquestionable property of the labourer, no man but he can have a right to what that is once joined to, at least where there is enough, and as good left in common for others.
Page 146 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Page 86 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 148 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 148 - And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Page 39 - ... for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 240 - The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent. For the preservation of property being the end of government, and that for which men enter into society, it necessarily supposes and requires that the people should have property...
Page 179 - I will not content myself to answer, that, if it be difficult to make out " property" upon a supposition that God gave the world to Adam and his posterity in common, it is impossible that any man but one universal monarch should have any