Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... Adam was master over them . Authority was founded by God Himself in Fatherhood . Out of Fatherhood came Royalty , the Patriarch was King . Sir Robert Filmer wrote several political pieces that were published in the reign of Charles I ...
... Adam was master over them . Authority was founded by God Himself in Fatherhood . Out of Fatherhood came Royalty , the Patriarch was King . Sir Robert Filmer wrote several political pieces that were published in the reign of Charles I ...
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... Adam . But howsoever this vulgar opinion hath of late obtained a great reputation , yet it is not to be found in the ancient fathers and doctors of the primitive Church . It contradicts the doctrine and history of the Holy Scriptures ...
... Adam . But howsoever this vulgar opinion hath of late obtained a great reputation , yet it is not to be found in the ancient fathers and doctors of the primitive Church . It contradicts the doctrine and history of the Holy Scriptures ...
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... Adam Blackwood , John Barclay , and some others have learnedly confuted both Buchanan and Parsons , and bravely vindicated the right of kings in most points , yet all of them , when they come to the argument drawn from the natural ...
... Adam Blackwood , John Barclay , and some others have learnedly confuted both Buchanan and Parsons , and bravely vindicated the right of kings in most points , yet all of them , when they come to the argument drawn from the natural ...
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... Adam , but the succeeding patriarchs had , by right of fatherhood , royal authority over their children . Nor dares Bellarmine deny this also . That the patriarchs ( saith he ) were endowed with kingly power , their deeds do testify ...
... Adam , but the succeeding patriarchs had , by right of fatherhood , royal authority over their children . Nor dares Bellarmine deny this also . That the patriarchs ( saith he ) were endowed with kingly power , their deeds do testify ...
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... Adam himself were still living , and now ready to die , it is certain that there is one man , and but one in the world , who is next heir , although the knowledge who should be that one man be quite lost . ( 2. ) This ignorance of the ...
... Adam himself were still living , and now ready to die , it is certain that there is one man , and but one in the world , who is next heir , although the knowledge who should be that one man be quite lost . ( 2. ) This ignorance of the ...
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