Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... hath over others was at first bestowed according to the discretion of the multitude . " This tenet was first hatched in the schools , and hath been fostered by all succeeding Papists for good divinity . The divines , also , of the ...
... hath over others was at first bestowed according to the discretion of the multitude . " This tenet was first hatched in the schools , and hath been fostered by all succeeding Papists for good divinity . The divines , also , of the ...
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... hath been said , and by many , for the affirmative ; equity requires that an ear be reserved a little for the negative . In this discourse I shall give myself these cautions : First , I have nothing to do to meddle with mysteries of ...
... hath been said , and by many , for the affirmative ; equity requires that an ear be reserved a little for the negative . In this discourse I shall give myself these cautions : First , I have nothing to do to meddle with mysteries of ...
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... hath not been able to search out every truth that is discoverable ; neither Aristotle in philosophy , nor Hooker in divinity . They are but men , yet I reverence their judgments in most points , and confess myself beholding to their ...
... hath not been able to search out every truth that is discoverable ; neither Aristotle in philosophy , nor Hooker in divinity . They are but men , yet I reverence their judgments in most points , and confess myself beholding to their ...
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... hath been fooled into this faith , that a man may become a martyr for his country by being a traitor to his prince ; whereas the new coined distinction of subjects into royalists and patriots is most unnatural , since the relation ...
... hath been fooled into this faith , that a man may become a martyr for his country by being a traitor to his prince ; whereas the new coined distinction of subjects into royalists and patriots is most unnatural , since the relation ...
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... hath given them , but only power to give away their power ; whereby it followeth , that there can be no democratical ... hath given or ordained power , is evident by Scripture ; but God hath given it to no particular person , because by ...
... hath given them , but only power to give away their power ; whereby it followeth , that there can be no democratical ... hath given or ordained power , is evident by Scripture ; but God hath given it to no particular person , because by ...
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