term_n honour_v thy_o mother_n as_o if_o all_o power_n be_v original_o in_o the_o mother_n i_o appeal_v whether_o the_o argument_n be_v not_o as_o good_a on_o one_o side_n as_o the_o other_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v join_v all_o along_o in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n where_o honour_n or_o obedience_n be_v enjoin_v child_n again_o our_o a_o tell_v we_o o._n 254._o that_o this_o command_n honour_n thy_o father_n give_v the_o right_a to_o govern_v and_o make_v the_o form_n of_o government_n monarchical_a to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o if_o by_o honour_n thy_o father_n be_v mean_v obedience_n to_o the_o political_a power_n of_o the_o magistrate_n it_o concern_v not_o any_o duty_n we_o owe_v to_o our_o natural_a father_n who_o be_v subject_n because_o they_o by_o our_o a_o s_o doctrine_n be_v divest_v of_o all_o that_o power_n it_o be_v place_v whole_o in_o the_o prince_n and_o so_o be_v equal_o subject_n and_o slave_n with_o their_o child_n can_v have_v no_o right_n by_o 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the_o same_o common_a right_n and_o privilege_n till_o the_o manifest_a appointment_n of_o god_n who_o be_v lord_n over_o all_o bless_a for_o ever_o can_v be_v produce_v to_o show_v any_o particular_a person_n supremacy_n or_o a_o man_n be_v own_o consent_n subject_n he_o to_o a_o superior_a this_o be_v so_o plain_a that_o our_o a_o confess_v that_o sr._n john_n heyward_n blacwood_n and_o barclay_n the_o great_a vindicator_n of_o the_o right_n of_o king_n can_v not_o deny_v it_o but_o admit_v with_o one_o consent_n the_o natural_a liberty_n and_o equality_n of_o mankind_n for_o a_o truth_n unquestionable_a and_o our_o a_o have_v be_v so_o far_o from_o produce_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v make_v good_a his_o great_a position_n that_o adam_n be_v absolute_a monarch_n and_o so_o man_n be_v not_o natural_o free_a that_o even_o his_o own_o proof_n make_v against_o he_o so_o that_o to_o use_n be_v own_o way_n of_o argue_v this_o first_o erroneous_a principle_n fail_v the_o whole_a fabric_n of_o this_o vast_a engine_n of_o absolute_a power_n and_o tyranny_n drop_v down_o of_o itself_o and_o there_o need_v no_o more_o to_o be_v say_v in_o answer_n to_o all_o that_o he_o build_v upon_o so_o false_a and_o frail_a a_o foundation_n 68_o but_o to_o save_v other_o the_o pain_n be_v there_o any_o need_n he_o be_v not_o spare_v himself_o to_o show_v by_o his_o own_o contradiction_n the_o weakness_n of_o his_o own_o doctrine_n adam_n absolute_a and_o sole_a dominion_n be_v that_o which_o he_o be_v every_o where_o full_a of_o and_o all_o along_o build_v on_o and_o yet_o he_o tell_v we_o p._n 12._o that_o as_o adam_n be_v lord_n of_o his_o child_n so_o his_o child_n under_o he_o have_v a_o command_n and_o power_n over_o their_o own_o child_n the_o unlimited_a and_o undivided_a sovereginty_n of_o adam_n fatherhood_n by_o our_o a_o s_o computation_n stand_v but_o a_o little_a while_n only_o during_o the_o first_o generation_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v grandchild_n sr._n rob._n 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title_n to_o it_o so_o may_v the_o young_a as_o well_o as_o he_o and_o a_o stranger_n as_o well_o as_o either_o for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n for_o any_o one_o as_o there_o be_v not_o but_o for_o he_o that_o beget_v all_o have_v a_o equal_a title_n be_o sure_a our_o a_o offers_z no_o reason_n and_o when_o any_o body_n do_v we_o shall_v see_v whether_o it_o will_v hold_v or_o no._n 102._o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v as_o good_a sense_n to_o say_v that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o man_n have_v right_o to_o inherit_v the_o property_n of_o another_o because_o he_o be_v of_o kin_n to_o he_o and_o be_v know_v to_o be_v of_o his_o blood_n and_o therefore_o by_o the_o same_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o utter_a stranger_n to_o his_o blood_n have_v right_o to_o inherit_v his_o estate_n as_o to_o say_v that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n he_o that_o beget_v they_o have_v paternal_a power_n over_o his_o child_n and_o therefore_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n the_o hâ—â—r_a that_o beget_v they_o not_o have_v this_o paternal_a power_n over_o they_o or_o suppose_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n give_v absolute_a power_n over_o their_o child_n to_o such_o only_a who_o nurse_v they_o and_o feed_v their_o child_n themselves_o can_v any_o body_n pretend_v that_o this_o law_n give_v any_o one_o who_o do_v no_o such_o thing_n absolute_a power_n over_o those_o who_o be_v not_o his_o child_n 103._o when_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v show_v that_o conjugal_a power_n can_v belong_v to_o he_o that_o be_v not_o a_o husband_n it_o will_v also_o i_o believe_v be_v prove_v that_o our_o a_o s_o paternal_a power_n acquire_v by_o beget_v may_v be_v inherit_v by_o a_o son_n and_o that_o a_o brother_n as_o heir_n to_o his_o father_n power_n may_v have_v paternal_a power_n over_o his_o brethren_n and_o by_o the_o same_o rule_n conjugal_a power_n to_o but_o till_o then_o i_o think_v we_o may_v rest_v satisfy_v that_o the_o paternal_a power_n of_o adam_n this_o sovereign_a 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multitude_n consider_v by_o its_o self_n there_o be_v one_o man_n among_o they_o that_o in_o nature_n have_v a_o right_a to_o be_v king_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o be_v the_o next_o heir_n to_o adam_n and_o all_o the_o other_o subject_a to_o he_o every_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v a_o king_n or_o a_o subject_a and_o again_o p._n 20._o if_o adam_n himself_o be_v still_o live_v and_o now_o ready_a to_o die_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v one_o man_n and_o but_o one_o in_o the_o world_n who_o be_v next_o heir_n let_v this_o multitude_n of_o man_n be_v if_o our_o a_o please_v all_o the_o prince_n upon_o the_o earth_n there_o will_v then_o be_v by_o our_o a_o s_o rule_n one_o among_o they_o that_o in_o nature_n have_v a_o right_a to_o be_v king_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o be_v the_o right_a heir_n to_o adam_n a_o excellent_a way_n to_o establish_v the_o title_n of_o prince_n and_o settle_v the_o obedience_n of_o their_o subject_n by_o set_v up_o a_o hundred_o or_o perhaps_o 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