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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 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