Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... earth , to exercise the same of himself , and not either by express commission imme- diately and personally received from God , or else by authority derived at the first from their consent upon whose persons they impose the laws , it is ...
... earth , to exercise the same of himself , and not either by express commission imme- diately and personally received from God , or else by authority derived at the first from their consent upon whose persons they impose the laws , it is ...
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... earth , they all ought to have been princes over their posterity . " In these words we have an evident confession , that creation made man prince of his posterity . And indeed not only Adam , but the succeeding patriarchs had , by right ...
... earth , they all ought to have been princes over their posterity . " In these words we have an evident confession , that creation made man prince of his posterity . And indeed not only Adam , but the succeeding patriarchs had , by right ...
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... earth . " Most of the civilest nations of the earth labour to fetch their original from some one of the sons or nephews of Noah , which were scattered abroad after the confusion of Babel . In this dispersion we must certainly find the ...
... earth . " Most of the civilest nations of the earth labour to fetch their original from some one of the sons or nephews of Noah , which were scattered abroad after the confusion of Babel . In this dispersion we must certainly find the ...
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... earth after the Flood . " In this division of the world , some are of opinion that Noah used lots for the distribution of it ; others affirm he sailed about the Mediterranean Sea in ten years , and as he went about , appointed to each ...
... earth after the Flood . " In this division of the world , some are of opinion that Noah used lots for the distribution of it ; others affirm he sailed about the Mediterranean Sea in ten years , and as he went about , appointed to each ...
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... earth meet and agree to choose a governor . An answer is here given by Suarez , that it is scarce possible nor yet expedient that all men in the world should be gathered together into one community . It is likelier that either never ...
... earth meet and agree to choose a governor . An answer is here given by Suarez , that it is scarce possible nor yet expedient that all men in the world should be gathered together into one community . It is likelier that either never ...
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absolute monarch absolute power Adam's heir amongst argument Aristotle begetting birthright brethren children of men civil command common common law commonwealth consent creatures death distinct doth earth eldest Esau fatherly authority force form of government gave give God's governors grant hath heir to Adam Henry VI inheritance Jacob Jephtha judge king king's kingdom labour land law of Nature legislative liberty lineal succession living lord magistrate mankind ment monarchical power mother multitude natural right never Noah obedience ordinance parents parliament paternal power patriarchs person plain political society positive laws possession posterity preservation princes private dominion prove punish reason regal power right descending right of fatherhood royal authority rule ruler saith Scripture Sir Robert sons sons of Noah sovereignty standing laws statute subjects supposed supreme power tells thereby things tion TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT unto usurpation wherein whole words