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or_o discourse_n be_v at_o a_o end_n if_o therefore_o i_o will_v learn_v a_o man_n geometry_n and_o he_o either_o can_v or_o will_v not_o apprehend_v the_o axiom_n or_o common_a notion_n of_o it_o it_o be_v impossible_a i_o shall_v ever_o make_v he_o understand_v the_o constitution_n of_o a_o equilateral_a triangle_n or_o if_o a_o man_n deny_v the_o law_n of_o my_o country_n i_o can_v teach_v he_o whether_o such_o a_o action_n be_v just_a or_o unjust_a or_o if_o a_o man_n deny_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n i_o can_v prove_v that_o he_o ought_v to_o honour_n and_o obey_v his_o superior_a and_o to_o deal_v just_o and_o upright_o with_o all_o man_n or_o if_o a_o man_n deny_v or_o dispute_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n there_o can_v be_v any_o conclusion_n or_o inference_n from_o they_o whether_o as_o christian_n any_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v or_o not_o to_o be_v do_v or_o believe_v
it_o be_v impossible_a they_o shall_v receive_v their_o origination_n and_o first_o power_n from_o the_o pact_n and_o contract_n of_o man_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o precedent_n humane_a law_n oblige_v man_n can_v neither_o make_v pact_n contract_n or_o gift_n nor_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o give_v and_o contract_v for_o and_o to_o suppose_v that_o humane_a law_n must_v precede_v and_o oblige_v man_n to_o they_o contract_n and_o pact_n and_o that_o contract_v and_o pact_n must_v precede_v humane_a law_n and_o give_v they_o their_o power_n be_v most_o manifest_o absurd_a and_o contradictory_n the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o book_n chap._n i._o have_v thus_o far_o treat_v of_o right_n and_o law_n which_o be_v the_o prime_n and_o efficient_a cause_n of_o all_o humane_a christian_a and_o legal_a society_n we_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n proceed_v to_o declare_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o society_n chap._n ii_o this_o chap._n show_v the_o cause_n and_o end_n of_o regal_a power_n chap._n iii_o declare_v the_o attribute_n of_o it_o and_o incident_o the_o cause_n of_o magistrate_n power_n chap._n iu._n compare_v the_o three_o species_n of_o government_n viz._n monarchy_n democracy_n and_o aristocracy_n wherein_o the_o excellency_n of_o monarchy_n appear_v above_o either_o of_o the_o other_o as_o well_o by_o reason_n and_o experience_n as_o by_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o world_n chap._n v._o show_v the_o internal_a cause_n dispose_v man_n to_o sedition_n as_o well_o from_o the_o party_n govern_v as_o from_o the_o subject_n or_o party_n govern_v chap._n vi_o declare_v the_o cause_n and_o attribute_n of_o the_o father_n power_n and_o chap._n vii_o the_o cause_n and_o attribute_n of_o the_o husband_n power_n in_o this_o chap._n be_v demonstrate_v that_o though_o the_o father_n and_o husband_n power_n be_v from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n yet_o may_v the_o exercise_n of_o they_o be_v restrain_v by_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o any_o place_n without_o any_o wrong_n or_o prejudice_n to_o they_o which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o a_o violence_n upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n if_o the_o father_n and_o husband_n power_n be_v a_o institution_n of_o god_n and_o supreme_a power_n a_o institution_n of_o man._n chap._n viii_o contain_v the_o cause_n and_o attribute_n of_o despotical_a or_o the_o master_n power_n wherein_o be_v declare_v that_o if_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o any_o man_n to_o make_v another_o his_o master_n then_o necessary_o be_v it_o impossible_a any_o man_n shall_v make_v another_o his_o prince_n or_o sovereign_a chap._n ix_o treat_v of_o the_o cause_n and_o attribute_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n definition_n 1._o society_n aristotle_n in_o lib._n 1._o pol._n cap._n 5._o true_o define_v to_o be_v make_v up_o of_o many_o society_n what_o be_v society_n divide_a part_n or_o person_n so_o that_o there_o must_v necessary_o be_v unum_n quid_fw-la quod_fw-la imparet_fw-la alterum_fw-la quod_fw-la pareat_fw-la 2._o there_o be_v six_o sort_n of_o society_n first_o of_o supreme_a power_n and_o subject_n men._n how_o manifold_a be_v the_o society_n of_o men._n second_o of_o magistrate_n and_o those_o commit_v to_o their_o care_n or_o government_n and_o this_o be_v most_o proper_o call_v the_o civitas_n especial_o where_o the_o magistrate_n and_o those_o in_o their_o jurisdiction_n have_v a_o privilege_a or_o exempt_v authority_n peculiar_a to_o they_o and_o not_o the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o be_v not_o contain_v in_o their_o jurisdiction_n such_o be_v the_o society_n of_o our_o civitates_fw-la borough_n and_o corporation_n in_o england_n where_o the_o magistrate_n jurisdiction_n be_v exempt_a and_o privilege_v from_o the_o ordinary_a jurisdiction_n of_o magistrate_n where_o these_o privilege_n and_o immunity_n be_v not_o three_o of_o husband_n and_o wife_n and_o this_o society_n the_o greek_n call_v gamaca_n four_o of_o father_n and_o child_n which_o be_v call_v patrica_n five_o of_o master_n and_o servant_n which_o be_v call_v despotica_n beside_o these_o there_o be_v a_o six_o society_n which_o be_v proper_a only_o to_o christian_n viz._n of_o bishop_n curate_n and_o congregation_n commit_v to_o their_o charge_n 3._o potestas_fw-la est_fw-la jus_o imperiale_a in_o aliqua_fw-la persona_fw-la cujus_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la continet_fw-la power_n what_o be_v power_n rationem_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la 4._o there_o be_v four_o kind_n of_o power_n viz._n divine_a humane_a or_o natural_a legal_a power_n how_o many_o kind_n of_o power_n be_v there_o what_o be_v divine_a power_n and_o ecclesiastical_a 5._o divine_a power_n or_o right_a of_o command_n be_v that_o power_n which_o be_v by_o high_a right_n sole_o and_o original_o in_o god_n and_o incommunicable_a to_o any_o creature_n from_o whence_o all_o other_o power_n be_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o derive_v 6._o humane_a power_n be_v a_o right_a of_o command_n create_v immediate_o by_o god_n or_o power_n what_o be_v humane_a power_n immediate_o derive_v from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 7._o legal_a power_n be_v a_o right_a of_o command_n which_o be_v not_o immediate_o derive_v power_n what_o be_v legal_a power_n from_o any_o positive_a or_o natural_a law_n of_o god_n but_o from_o some_o humane_a law_n 8._o ecclesiastical_a power_n be_v a_o institution_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o left_a to_o continue_v tyranny_n what_o be_v ecclesiastical_a power_n what_o be_v force_n or_o tyranny_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n until_o his_o second_o come_v to_o judgement_n 9_o force_n or_o tyranny_n be_v a_o usurpation_n of_o command_n of_o any_o creature_n or_o company_n of_o creature_n not_o create_v by_o any_o law_n of_o god_n or_o man._n nor_o be_v it_o the_o command_a of_o one_o alone_a which_o make_v tyranny_n the_o very_a grecian_n can_v account_v the_o athenian_a thirty_o to_o be_v tyrant_n and_o so_o can_v the_o roman_n the_o decemviri_fw-la and_o triumvir_n and_o no_o question_n but_o it_o be_v malice_n and_o spite_n which_o make_v the_o grecian_n call_v all_o king_n tyrant_n and_o both_o roman_n and_o grecian_n to_o make_v all_o king_n to_o be_v ravenous_a creature_n and_o all_o those_o king_n who_o abuse_v their_o power_n be_v by_o man_n usual_o call_v tyrant_n not_o just_o i_o find_v no_o such_o title_n give_v to_o saul_n ahab_n ahaz_n nabuchadnezzar_n but_o wicked_a and_o idolatrous_a often_o nor_o be_v a_o father_n or_o husband_n less_o a_o father_n or_o husband_n if_o they_o abuse_v their_o power_n because_o they_o have_v a_o right_n of_o command_n 10._o dominion_n or_o government_n be_v the_o exercise_n of_o command_n by_o any_o creature_n government_n what_o be_v dominion_n or_o government_n or_o company_n of_o creature_n who_o have_v a_o right_n or_o no_o right_a of_o command_n so_o that_o though_o all_o government_n or_o dominion_n be_v the_o exercise_n of_o command_n yet_o be_v not_o all_o government_n the_o exercise_n of_o power_n as_o the_o dominion_n or_o government_n of_o thief_n robber_n and_o pirate_n etc._n etc._n be_v the_o exercise_n of_o command_n who_o yet_o have_v no_o right_n of_o command_n 11._o all_o power_n be_v right_o but_o all_o right_n be_v not_o power_n as_o jus_fw-la proprietatis_fw-la jus._n how_o potestas_fw-la differ_v from_o jus._n &_o usufructuarium_fw-la be_v right_o not_o power_n common_a notion_n all_o create_v power_n be_v from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o divine_a posisive_a institution_n or_o humane_a law_n the_o second_o book_n chap._n i._o of_o society_n or_o the_o mutual_a office_n of_o command_v and_o obey_v 1._o if_o all_o command_v and_o obey_v have_v invention_n to_o command_v and_o to_o obey_v be_v no_o humane_a artifice_n or_o invention_n be_v a_o humane_a artifice_n or_o invention_n than_o be_v there_o a_o time_n when_o man_n live_v out_o of_o society_n and_o in_o a_o parity_n or_o equal_a condition_n without_o command_v and_o obey_v but_o there_o be_v no_o such_o time_n record_v in_o sacred_a or_o profane_a history_n wherein_o man_n live_v so_o or_o when_o or_o who_o first_o invent_v or_o introduce_v these_o office_n of_o command_v and_o obey_v beside_o we_o see_v that_o art_n and_o science_n be_v receive_v in_o one_o place_n and_o not_o in_o another_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n and_o by_o the_o same_o man_n at_o one_o time_n and_o neglect_v at_o another_o but_o at_o no_o time_n or_o place_n do_v ever_o man_n live_v out_o of_o society_n or_o command_v and_o obey_v all_o command_a therefore_o and_o obey_v be_v no_o humane_a artifice_n or_o invention_n 2._o if_o then_o there_o be_v never_o any_o man_n bear_v but_o be_v bear_v in_o subjection_n natural_a to_o command_v and_o to_o obey_v be_v natural_a and_o all_o subjection_n be_v in_o the_o predicament_n of_o relation_n which_o must_v suppose_v something_o command_v and_o if_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o artificial_a or_o invent_v be_v natural_a then_o be_v it_o as_o evident_a as_o that_o homo_fw-la
be_v often_o violate_v by_o man_n and_o that_o god_n create_v adam_n a_o universal_a monarch_n or_o king_n over_o all_o his_o other_o creature_n be_v clear_o say_v gen._n 1._o 27_o 28._o and_o god_n create_v man_n in_o his_o own_o image_n in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n create_v he_o he_o male_a and_o female_a create_v he_o they_o and_o god_n bless_v they_o and_o god_n say_v unto_o they_o be_v fruitful_a and_o multiply_v and_o replenish_v the_o earth_n and_o subdue_v it_o and_o have_v dominion_n over_o the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o over_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n and_o over_o every_o live_a thing_n that_o move_v upon_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o this_o supreme_a power_n be_v give_v to_o adam_n not_o as_o father_n husband_n or_o master_n of_o a_o family_n be_v manifest_a for_o he_o be_v neither_o father_n husband_n nor_o master_n of_o a_o family_n there_o be_v no_o man_n or_o woman_n in_o the_o world_n at_o that_o time_n 9_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o only_o command_v wife_n to_o be_v subject_a only_o adam_n have_v dominion_n over_o eve_n and_o not_o as_o husband_n only_o to_o their_o husband_n but_o the_o apostle_n give_v reason_n wherefore_o viz._n that_o the_o man_n be_v not_o of_o the_o woman_n but_o the_o woman_n of_o the_o man_n neither_o be_v the_o man_n create_v for_o the_o woman_n but_o the_o woman_n for_o the_o man_n 1._o cor._n 11_o 8_o 9_o nor_o do_v he_o prove_v this_o subjection_n to_o be_v only_o due_a from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o woman_n creation_n and_o her_o be_v a_o part_n of_o man_n but_o from_o man_n being_n first_o create_v and_o to_o who_o god_n have_v first_o give_v dominion_n over_o all_o creature_n before_o the_o woman_n be_v make_v 1_o tim._n 2._o 13._o 10._o although_o god_n give_v to_o adam_n only_o of_o dominion_n over_o all_o creature_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o intend_v that_o he_o alone_o shall_v so_o enjoy_v that_o his_o dominion_n only_o adam_n have_v dominion_n over_o his_o child_n and_o not_o as_o father_n only_o that_o 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and_o after_o adam_n death_n be_v not_o anarchy_n but_o in_o society_n and_o under_o monarchy_n hereditary_n gen._n 23._o 6._o thing_n equivocal_o by_o one_o word_n but_o also_o the_o same_o thing_n equivocal_o in_o different_a word_n as_o a_o chief_a governor_n be_v often_o call_v not_o only_a king_n but_o prince_n duke_z sultan_n pharaoh_n ptolemy_n cham_n etc._n etc._n paterfamilias_fw-la signify_v the_o master_n of_o a_o family_n whether_o he_o have_v a_o son_n or_o daughter_n in_o it_o or_o not_o our_o saviour_n as_o the_o high_a attribute_n of_o power_n begins_z the_o lord_n prayer_n with_o our_o father_n so_o the_o scripture_n by_o patriarch_n prince_n and_o king_n understand_v the_o same_o thing_n the_o patriarch_n abraham_n be_v call_v a_o prince_n of_o god_n or_o a_o mighty_a prince_n a_o prince_n sure_o he_o be_v that_o can_v give_v battle_n and_o overthrow_v four_o king_n at_o once_o gen._n 26._o 16._o and_o the_o king_n and_o prince_n david_n be_v call_v by_o s._n peter_n the_o patriarch_n david_n act._n 2._o 29._o and_o patriarch_n as_o well_o as_o king_n be_v call_v christi_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o that_o the_o patriarch_n mention_v in_o gen._n 5._o be_v not_o only_a man_n endue_v with_o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o parent_n but_o prince_n in_o their_o generation_n be_v manifest_a otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v a_o vain_a thing_n for_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v mention_v a_o genealogy_n of_o the_o patriarch_n from_o seth_n to_o noah_n if_o every_o father_n have_v have_v the_o same_o power_n with_o they_o beside_o cain_n who_o be_v elder_a than_o seth_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o child_n yet_o be_v none_o of_o 17._o gen._n 4._o 17._o the_o patriarch_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o god_n for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o 12._o gen._n 5._o 12._o brother_n abel_n make_v he_o a_o vagabond_n and_o fugitive_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o as_o this_o patriarchal_a or_o regal_a power_n be_v with_o the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o flood_n so_o be_v it_o 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