Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... doubt ( as Sir Walter Raleigh affirms ) was by good right lord or king over his family ; yet against right did he enlarge his empire by seizing violently on the rights of other lords of families ; and in this sense he may be said to be ...
... doubt ( as Sir Walter Raleigh affirms ) was by good right lord or king over his family ; yet against right did he enlarge his empire by seizing violently on the rights of other lords of families ; and in this sense he may be said to be ...
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... doubt but Moses's history of the creation guided these two philosophers in finding out of this lineal subjection deduced from the laws of the first parents , according to that rule of St. Chrysostom , " God made all mankind of one man ...
... doubt but Moses's history of the creation guided these two philosophers in finding out of this lineal subjection deduced from the laws of the first parents , according to that rule of St. Chrysostom , " God made all mankind of one man ...
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... doubt how this distinct power comes to each particular community when God gave it to the whole multitude only , and not to any particular assembly of men . Can they show or prove that ever the whole mul- titude met and divided this ...
... doubt how this distinct power comes to each particular community when God gave it to the whole multitude only , and not to any particular assembly of men . Can they show or prove that ever the whole mul- titude met and divided this ...
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... doubt but if the people of Israel had had power to choose their king , they would never have made choice of Joas , a child but of seven years old , nor of Manasses , a boy of twelve ; since ( as Solomon saith ) " Woe to the land whose ...
... doubt but if the people of Israel had had power to choose their king , they would never have made choice of Joas , a child but of seven years old , nor of Manasses , a boy of twelve ; since ( as Solomon saith ) " Woe to the land whose ...
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... doubt but that it is natural ? Do we not find that in every family the government of one alone is most natural ? God did always govern His own people by monarchy only . The patriarchs , dukes , judges , and kings were all monarchs ...
... doubt but that it is natural ? Do we not find that in every family the government of one alone is most natural ? God did always govern His own people by monarchy only . The patriarchs , dukes , judges , and kings were all monarchs ...
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