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political_n and_o despotical_a power_n consider_v together_o 169._o though_o i_o have_v have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o these_o separately_z before_z yet_o the_o great_a mistake_n of_o late_a about_o government_n have_v as_o i_o suppose_v arisen_a from_o confound_v these_o distinct_a power_n one_o with_o another_o it_o may_v not_o perhaps_o be_v amiss_o to_o consider_v they_o here_o together_o 170._o first_o then_o paternal_a or_o parental_a power_n be_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o parent_n have_v over_o their_o child_n to_o govern_v they_o for_o the_o child_n good_a till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n or_o a_o state_n of_o knowledge_n wherein_o they_o may_v be_v suppose_v capable_a to_o understand_v that_o rule_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o the_o municipal_a law_n of_o their_o country_n they_o be_v to_o govern_v themselves_o by_o capable_a i_o
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19_o and_o then_o obviate_a a_o objection_n and_o clear_v a_o difficulty_n or_o two_o with_o one_o half_a reason_n p._n 23._o to_o confirm_v the_o natural_a right_n of_o regal_a power_n he_o end_v the_o first_o chapter_n i_o hope_v it_o be_v no_o injury_n to_o call_v a_o half_a quotation_n a_o half_a reason_n for_o god_n say_v honour_v thy_o father_n and_o mother_n but_o our_o author_n content_v himself_o with_o half_a leave_v out_o thy_o mother_n quite_o as_o little_a serviceable_a to_o his_o purpose_n but_o of_o that_o more_o in_o a_o other_o place_n 7_o i_o do_v not_o think_v our_o author_n so_o little_a skilled_a in_o the_o way_n of_o write_v discourse_n of_o this_o nature_n nor_o so_o careless_a of_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n that_o he_o by_o oversight_n commit_v the_o fault_n that_o he_o himself_o in_o his_o anarchy_n of_o a_o mix_v monarchy_n p._n 239._o object_n to_o mr._n hunton_n in_o these_o word_n where_o first_o i_o charge_v the_o a_o that_o he_o have_v not_o give_v we_o 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conclude_a peace_n p._n 13._o adam_n and_o the_o patriarch_n have_v absolute_a power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n p._n 35._o king_n in_o the_o right_n of_o parent_n succeed_v to_o the_o exercise_n of_o supreme_a jurisdiction_n p._n 19_o as_o kingly_a power_n be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n so_o it_o have_v no_o inferior_a law_n to_o limit_v it_o adam_n be_v lord_n of_o all_o p._n 40._o the_o father_n of_o a_o family_n govern_v by_o no_o other_o law_n then_o by_o his_o own_o will_n p._n 78._o the_o superiority_n of_o prince_n be_v above_o law_n p._n 79._o the_o unlimited_a jurisdiction_n of_o king_n be_v so_o ample_o describe_v by_o samuel_n p._n 80._o king_n be_v above_o the_o law_n p._n 93._o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n see_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o which_o our_o a_o deliver_v in_o bodins_n word_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o law_n privilege_n and_o grant_n of_o prince_n have_v no_o force_n but_o during_o their_o life_n if_o they_o be_v not_o ratify_v by_o the_o express_a consent_n or_o by_o sufferance_n of_o the_o prince_n follow_v especial_o privilege_n o._n p._n 279._o the_o reason_n why_o law_n have_v be_v also_o make_v by_o king_n be_v this_o when_o king_n be_v either_o busy_v with_o war_n or_o distract_v with_o public_a care_n so_o that_o every_o private_a man_n can_v not_o have_v access_n to_o their_o person_n to_o learn_v their_o will_n and_o pleasure_n than_o be_v law_n of_o necessity_n invent_v that_o so_o every_o particular_a subject_n may_v find_v his_o prince_n pleasure_n decipher_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o table_n of_o his_o law_n p._n 92._o in_o a_o monarchy_n the_o king_n must_v by_o necessity_n be_v above_o the_o law_n p._n 100_o a_o perfect_a kingdom_n be_v that_o wherein_o the_o king_n rule_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o own_o will_n p._n 100_o neither_o common_a nor_o statute_n law_n be_v or_o can_v be_v any_o diminution_n of_o that_o general_n power_n which_o king_n have_v over_o their_o people_n by_o right_a of_o fatherhood_n p._n 115._o adam_n be_v the_o father_n king_n and_o lord_n over_o his_o family_n a_o son_n a_o subject_a and_o a_o servant_n or_o slave_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n at_o first_o the_o father_n have_v power_n to_o dispose_v or_o sell_v his_o child_n or_o servant_n whence_o we_o find_v that_o at_o the_o first_o reckon_v up_o of_o good_n in_o scripture_n the_o manservant_n and_o the_o maidservant_n be_v number_v among_o the_o possession_n and_o substance_n of_o the_o owner_n as_o other_o good_n be_v o_o pref_o god_n also_o have_v give_v to_o the_o father_n a_o right_n or_o liberty_n to_o alien_a his_o power_n over_o his_o child_n to_o any_o other_o whence_o we_o find_v the_o sale_n and_o gift_n of_o child_n to_o have_v be_v much_o in_o use_n in_o in_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o world_n when_o man_n have_v their_o servant_n for_o a_o possession_n and_o a_o inheritance_n as_o well_o as_o other_o good_n whereupon_o we_o find_v the_o power_n of_o castrate_v and_o make_v eunâ—chsâ—_n much_o in_o use_n in_o old_a time_n o._n p._n 155._o law_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o have_v the_o power_n of_o the_o supreme_a father_n o._n p._n 223._o it_o be_v god_n ordinance_n that_o supremacy_n shall_v be_v unlimited_a in_o adam_n and_o as_o large_a as_o all_o the_o act_n of_o his_o will_n and_o as_o in_o he_o so_o in_o all_o other_o that_o have_v supreme_a power_n o._n p._n 245._o 9_o i_o have_v be_v fain_o to_o trouble_v by_o reader_n with_o these_o several_a quotation_n in_o our_o a_o s_o own_o word_n that_o in_o they_o may_v be_v see_v his_o own_o description_n of_o his_o fatherly_a authority_n as_o it_o lie_v scatter_v up_o and_o down_o in_o his_o write_n which_o he_o suppose_v be_v first_o vest_v in_o adam_n and_o by_o right_n belong_v to_o all_o prince_n ever_o since_o this_o fatherly_a authority_n then_o or_o right_o of_o fatherhood_n in_o our_o a_o s_o sense_n be_v a_o divine_a unalterable_a right_n of_o sovereignty_n whereby_o a_o father_n or_o a_o prince_n have_v a_o absolute_a arbitrary_a unlimited_a and_o unlimitable_a power_n over_o the_o life_n liberty_n and_o estate_n of_o his_o child_n or_o subject_n so_o that_o he_o may_v take_v or_o alienate_v their_o estate_n sell_v castrate_a or_o use_v their_o person_n as_o he_o please_v they_o be_v all_o his_o slave_n and_o he_o lord_n and_o proprietor_n of_o every_o thing_n and_o his_o unbounded_a will_v their_o law_n 10._o our_o a_o having_z placed_z such_o a_o mighty_a power_n in_o adam_n and_o upon_o that_o supposition_n found_v all_o government_n and_o all_o power_n of_o prince_n it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v prove_v this_o with_o argument_n clear_a and_o evident_a suitable_a to_o the_o weightiness_n of_o