Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... they pleased , but they were distinct families , which had fathers for rulers over them , whereby it appears that even in the confusion God was careful to preserve the fatherly authority by distributing the 16 PATRIARCHA .
... they pleased , but they were distinct families , which had fathers for rulers over them , whereby it appears that even in the confusion God was careful to preserve the fatherly authority by distributing the 16 PATRIARCHA .
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John Locke. was careful to preserve the fatherly authority by distributing the diversity of languages according to the diversity of families , for so plainly it appears by the text . First , after the enumeration of the sons of Japhet ...
John Locke. was careful to preserve the fatherly authority by distributing the diversity of languages according to the diversity of families , for so plainly it appears by the text . First , after the enumeration of the sons of Japhet ...
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... preserve , feed , clothe , instruct , and defend the whole commonwealth . His war , his peace , his courts of justice , and all his acts of sovereignty , tend only to preserve and distribute to every subordinate and inferior father ...
... preserve , feed , clothe , instruct , and defend the whole commonwealth . His war , his peace , his courts of justice , and all his acts of sovereignty , tend only to preserve and distribute to every subordinate and inferior father ...
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... preservation differ about the individuum , yet they agree in the general , and serve both for the conservation of man- kind ; even as several servants differ in the particular ends or offices , as one to brew and another to bake , yet ...
... preservation differ about the individuum , yet they agree in the general , and serve both for the conservation of man- kind ; even as several servants differ in the particular ends or offices , as one to brew and another to bake , yet ...
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... preserve it is to have some powerful enemies near , who may serve instead of a king to govern it , that so , though they have not a king amongst them , yet they may have as good as a king over them ; for the common danger of an enemy ...
... preserve it is to have some powerful enemies near , who may serve instead of a king to govern it , that so , though they have not a king amongst them , yet they may have as good as a king over them ; for the common danger of an enemy ...
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absolute monarch absolute power Adam's heir amongst arbitrary power argument Aristotle begetting birthright brethren children of men civil command common common law commonwealth conqueror consent contrary creatures death distinct donation doth earth eldest Esau exercise father fatherly authority fatherly power force form of government gave give God's governors grant hath honour inheritance Jephtha judge king king's kingdom labour land lative law of Nature legislative liberty lineal succession living lord magistrate man's mankind ment mother multitude natural right never Noah obedience ordinance parents parliament paternal power patriarchs person plain positive laws possession posterity preservation primogeniture princes private dominion prove punish reason regal authority regal power right descending right of fatherhood rule rulers saith Scripture Sir Robert sons sons of Noah sovereignty standing laws subjects supposed supreme power tells thereby things tion unto usurpation wherein words
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Page 159 - The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions...
Page 81 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 128 - 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 126 - 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 84 - 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 41 - ... 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 242 - This power to act according to discretion for the public good, without the prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it, is that which is called prerogative. For since in some governments the law-making power is not always in being, and is usually too numerous, and so too slow for the dispatch requisite to execution; and because also it is impossible to foresee, and so by laws to provide for all accidents and necessities that may concern the public, or...
Page 170 - The labour of his body and the work of his hands we may say are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that Nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 140 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Page 169 - Whether we consider natural reason, which tells us, that men, being once born, have a right to their preservation, and consequently to meat and drink, and such other things as nature affords for their subsistence...