Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... never was a time , said Filmer , when men were equal . When there were only two in the world , one was the master . When children were born , Adam was master over them . Authority was founded by God Himself in Fatherhood . Out of ...
... never was a time , said Filmer , when men were equal . When there were only two in the world , one was the master . When children were born , Adam was master over them . Authority was founded by God Himself in Fatherhood . Out of ...
Page 11
... never remembering that the desire of liberty was the first cause of the fall of 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 ...
... never remembering that the desire of liberty was the first cause of the fall of 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 ...
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... never , or for a very short time , that this power was in this manner in the whole multitude of men collected , but a little after the creation men began to be divided into several commonwealths , and this distinct power was in each of ...
... never , or for a very short time , that this power was in this manner in the whole multitude of men collected , but a little after the creation men began to be divided into several commonwealths , and this distinct power was in each of ...
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... never tarried for this pretended order by proceeding of the whole multitude . Lastly , if the silent acceptation of a governor by part of the people be an argument of their concurring in the election of him , by the same reason the ...
... never tarried for this pretended order by proceeding of the whole multitude . Lastly , if the silent acceptation of a governor by part of the people be an argument of their concurring in the election of him , by the same reason the ...
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... 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 king is a child . " Nor is it probable they would have elected Josias , but a very ...
... 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 king is a child . " Nor is it probable they would have elected Josias , but a very ...
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