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act_v wicked_o which_o no_o honest_a man_n can_v consent_v unto_o or_o else_o just_o be_v destroy_v by_o his_o fellow_n subject_n which_o he_o understand_v by_o that_o word_n the_o rest_n destruction_n be_v the_o great_a mischief_n can_v come_v to_o a_o man_n and_o be_v never_o inflict_v but_o for_o some_o mighty_a crime_n which_o i_o do_v not_o find_v this_o man_n charge_v with_o but_o only_o a_o dissent_v or_o protest_v against_o the_o general_a vote_n a_o thing_n often_o do_v in_o parliament_n and_o yet_o no_o such_o sentence_n pass_v upon_o the_o dissenter_n nor_o be_v it_o just_a to_o do_v it_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o be_v all_o of_o one_o mind_n mr._n hobbs_n will_v make_v his_o inquisition_n for_o politic_n more_o severe_a than_o any_o inquisition_n for_o religion_n but_o he_o have_v reason_n for_o what_o he_o write_v for_o say_v he_o if_o he_o voluntary_o enter_v into_o the_o congregation_n of_o they_o that_o be_v assemble_v he_o sufficient_o thereby_o declare_v his_o will_n and_o therefore_o tacit_o covenant_v to_o stand_v to_o what_o the_o major_a part_n shall_v ordain_v i_o think_v by_o what_o go_v before_o he_o must_v have_v declare_v his_o assent_n but_o now_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v enough_o if_o he_o be_v among_o they_o but_o what_o if_o he_o be_v not_o among_o they_o as_o i_o have_v show_v it_o be_v impossible_a all_o shall_v what_o condition_n be_v that_o man_n in_o he_o proceed_v with_o his_o proof_n and_o therefore_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o stand_v thereto_o or_o make_v protestation_n against_o any_o their_o decree_n he_o do_v contrary_a to_o his_o covenant_n and_o therefore_o unjust_o suppose_v all_o this_o shall_v a_o man_n be_v destroy_v for_o every_o breach_n of_o covenant_n or_o every_o unjustice_n certain_o mr._n hobbs_n if_o he_o be_v a_o lawmaker_n will_v outdo_v draco_n or_o the_o bloody_a that_o ever_o act_v in_o that_o kind_n this_o be_v a_o foolish_a consequence_n that_o because_o he_o do_v unjust_o he_o shall_v just_o be_v destroy_v he_o go_v on_o and_o whether_o he_o be_v of_o the_o congregation_n or_o not_o and_o whether_o his_o consent_n be_v ask_v or_o not_o he_o must_v either_o submit_v to_o their_o decree_n or_o he_o leave_v to_o the_o condition_n of_o war_n he_o be_v in_o before_o wherein_o he_o may_v without_o injustice_n be_v destroy_v by_o any_o man_n whatsoever_o the_o madness_n of_o this_o condition_n of_o war_n before_o this_o covenant_n i_o have_v speak_v to_o heretofore_o but_o that_o he_o may_v just_o be_v destroy_v by_o any_o with_o who_o he_o will_v not_o join_v in_o the_o covenant_n be_v wicked_a we_o have_v in_o england_n i_o believe_v abundance_n of_o stranger_n of_o foreign_a nation_n which_o neither_o have_v nor_o will_v enter_v into_o such_o a_o covenant_n may_v they_o be_v just_o kill_v nay_o among_o those_o million_o which_o be_v the_o king_n subject_n there_o be_v never_o man_n enter_v this_o or_o the_o like_a covenant_n may_v we_o just_o kill_v one_o another_o nay_o i_o think_v few_o will_v make_v such_o a_o covenant_n may_v all_o these_o be_v knock_v on_o the_o head_n thus_o this_o have_v such_o a_o force_n of_o injustice_n that_o man_n with_o humanity_n about_o they_o can_v consent_v unto_o i_o leave_v this_o therefore_o and_o come_v to_o his_o four_o inference_n chap._n viii_o sect_n i._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o four_o inference_n censure_v and_o refute_v from_o his_o own_o conclusion_n he_o that_o empower_v another_o to_o do_v just_o though_o he_o make_v he_o pleni-potentiary_a be_v not_o guilty_a of_o his_o unjust_a action_n his_o first_o reason_n refute_v fourthly_o because_o every_o subject_a be_v by_o this_o institution_n author_n of_o all_o the_o action_n and_o judgement_n of_o the_o sovereign_n institute_v it_o follow_v that_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v it_o can_v be_v no_o injury_n to_o any_o of_o his_o subject_n nor_o ought_v he_o by_o any_o of_o they_o be_v accuse_v of_o injustice_n accuse_v what_o do_v he_o mean_v by_o that_o to_o be_v convict_v arraign_v condemn_v this_o certain_o he_o can_v because_o the_o power_n of_o judgement_n suppose_v superiority_n which_o can_v be_v over_o the_o sovereign_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n but_o let_v we_o observe_v the_o consequence_n of_o this_o argument_n out_o of_o these_o impossible_a premise_n that_o because_o by_o his_o fancy_n of_o the_o institution_n every_o subject_n be_v author_n of_o all_o his_o action_n he_o can_v do_v no_o injury_n to_o any_o of_o they_o certain_o this_o do_v not_o follow_v by_o his_o own_o doctrine_n for_o put_v the_o case_n that_o the_o supreme_a do_v authorise_v a_o judge_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v such_o cause_n do_v the_o supreme_a only_o do_v injustice_n in_o it_o when_o the_o royal_a authority_n give_v power_n to_o the_o judge_n who_o act_v unjust_o by_o that_o authority_n which_o be_v give_v he_o by_o the_o supreme_a or_o the_o judge_n likewise_o who_o abuse_v that_o authority_n i_o believe_v no_o man_n will_v affirm_v it_o or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o must_v destroy_v mr._n hobbs_n his_o conclusion_n which_o make_v the_o king_n act_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o people_n grant_n not_o to_o offend_v in_o himself_o for_o which_o be_v his_o reason_n before_o speak_v to_o if_o the_o author_n do_v sole_o perform_v not_o the_o actor_n or_o the_o person_n who_o immediate_o operate_v which_o he_o deliver_v before_o the_o king_n not_o the_o judge_n do_v unjust_o when_o by_o his_o authority_n the_o judge_n decree_v wicked_o but_o he_o proceed_v with_o another_o reason_n for_o say_v he_o he_o that_o do_v any_o thing_n by_o authority_n from_o another_o do_v therein_o no_o injury_n to_o he_o by_o who_o authority_n he_o act_v this_o be_v not_o true_a general_o a_o judge_n judge_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o supreme_a but_o if_o he_o judge_v unjust_o yea_o judge_v a_o cause_n against_o the_o king_n perhaps_o unjust_o he_o then_o do_v the_o king_n a_o injury_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n again_o a_o general_n with_o plenipotency_n to_o kill_v slay_v etc._n etc._n from_o the_o king_n he_o turn_v now_o his_o army_n to_o the_o king_n destruction_n perhaps_o do_v not_o he_o then_o do_v the_o king_n a_o injury_n by_o his_o own_o power_n sect_n ii_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o second_o reason_n invalid_a from_o the_o falsity_n of_o his_o supposition_n consent_n or_o dissent_n give_v not_o the_o stamp_n of_o justice_n or_o injustice_n he_o that_o give_v power_n to_o do_v any_o act_n may_v complain_v of_o ill_a execution_n of_o that_o power_n he_o go_v on_o but_o by_o this_o institution_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n every_o particular_a man_n be_v author_n of_o what_o the_o sovereign_n do_v and_o consequent_o he_o that_o complain_v of_o injury_n from_o his_o sovereign_n complain_v of_o that_o whereof_o he_o himself_o be_v author_n and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o accuse_v any_o man_n but_o himself_o nor_o himself_o of_o injury_n because_o to_o do_v a_o injury_n to_o himself_o be_v impossible_a it_o be_v first_o observable_a here_o which_o run_v throughout_o the_o whole_a politic_n that_o it_o be_v build_v total_o upon_o that_o foundation_n which_o neither_o be_v nor_o be_v probable_a to_o be_v in_o any_o but_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v in_o a_o great_a commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o fall_v of_o itself_o but_o suppose_v that_o impossibility_n let_v we_o consider_v his_o inference_n every_o man_n be_v author_n of_o what_o the_o sovereign_n do_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o be_v before_o express_v because_o he_o covenant_n to_o avow_v his_o action_n now_o if_o he_o do_v avow_v they_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o therefore_o they_o shall_v be_v just_a many_o a_o man_n own_v that_o act_n which_o be_v unjust_a his_o own_n of_o it_o make_v it_o neither_o just_a nor_o unjust_a these_o be_v quality_n inherent_a in_o the_o act_n not_o adherent_a to_o other_o opinion_n or_o acceptance_n or_o disacceptance_n of_o they_o i_o but_o say_v he_o consequent_o he_o that_o complain_v of_o injury_n from_o his_o sovereign_n complain_v of_o that_o whereof_o he_o himself_o be_v author_n i_o return_v that_o he_o may_v do_v that_o and_o complain_v that_o he_o himself_o have_v do_v amiss_o man_n do_v and_o it_o be_v virtuous_o do_v of_o he_o who_o do_v it_o but_o much_o rather_o of_o that_o which_o he_o act_v by_o another_o hand_n that_o which_o may_v be_v good_a in_o the_o institution_n may_v be_v spoil_v and_o hurt_v in_o the_o execution_n and_o although_o they_o do_v institute_v he_o with_o such_o a_o power_n yet_o his_o mannagement_n of_o it_o may_v be_v ill_a and_o unjust_a and_o that_o they_o may_v complain_v of_o sect_n iii_o a_o man_n may_v do_v a_o injury_n to_o himself_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o distinction_n between_o iniquity_n and_o injustice_n or_o injury_n disprove_v and_o censure_v upon_o this_o ground_n will_v appear_v the_o
he_o but_o if_o not_o he_o be_v filius_fw-la populi_n unless_o the_o woman_n produce_v the_o father_n and_o the_o people_n must_v father_n it_o and_o provide_v for_o it_o but_o he_o will_v answer_v in_o the_o mere_a state_n of_o nature_n without_o politic_a sanction_n there_o be_v no_o marriage_n i_o reply_v there_o be_v never_o such_o a_o state_n but_o there_o be_v some_o form_n by_o which_o man_n accept_v their_o wife_n into_o that_o union_n or_o if_o no_o law_n yet_o custom_n and_o constant_a usage_n grow_v into_o a_o law_n and_o they_o be_v thus_o appropriate_v one_o to_o the_o other_o but_o suppose_v the_o infant_n he_o speak_v of_o be_v bear_v without_o any_o such_o conjunction_n the_o woman_n either_o live_v in_o her_o father_n house_n or_o be_v herself_o alone_a mistress_n of_o a_o family_n if_o the_o first_o she_o and_o the_o child_n be_v at_o the_o father_n dispose_n if_o the_o second_o and_o the_o father_n unknown_a he_o be_v she_o only_o but_o he_o and_o i_o may_v have_v spare_v the_o trouble_v a_o reader_n with_o this_o discourse_n in_o this_o question_n for_o the_o question_n be_v raise_v about_o man_n and_o wife_n in_o the_o same_o family_n who_o shall_v govern_v the_o child_n not_o about_o such_o spurious_a generation_n where_o the_o man_n and_o woman_n live_v in_o distinct_a family_n he_o urge_v further_a again_o say_v he_o see_v the_o infant_n be_v first_o in_o the_o mother_n power_n so_o as_o she_o may_v either_o nourish_v or_o expose_v it_o if_o she_o nourish_v it_o it_o owe_v its_o life_n to_o the_o mother_n and_o be_v therefore_o oblige_v to_o obey_v she_o rather_o than_o any_o other_o and_o by_o consequence_n the_o dominion_n over_o it_o be_v she_o let_v we_o first_o examine_v this_o little_a particle_n first_o that_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o first_o instant_n of_o the_o child_n birth_n because_o that_o give_v he_o his_o first_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o than_o be_v not_o the_o same_o power_n in_o the_o midwife_n who_o may_v either_o stifle_v the_o child_n or_o preserve_v it_o and_o then_o a_o equal_a share_n of_o duty_n from_o this_o reason_n will_v be_v owe_v to_o she_o as_o well_o as_o the_o mother_n then_o consider_v that_o phrase_n if_o she_o nourish_v it_o what_o be_v that_o give_v it_o suck_v but_o suppose_v she_o do_v neither_o expose_v it_o nor_o give_v it_o suck_v by_o reason_n of_o some_o infirmity_n or_o weakness_n which_o she_o have_v but_o put_v it_o out_o to_o nurse_n shall_v the_o nurse_n have_v any_o interest_n in_o the_o dominion_n over_o the_o child_n ay_o but_o he_o may_v answer_v that_o this_o must_v be_v by_o the_o mother_n providence_n and_o then_o she_o be_v author_n of_o that_o child_n preservation_n no_o say_v i_o but_o the_o father_n who_o must_v either_o direct_v or_o at_o the_o least_o willing_o permit_v the_o mother_n to_o do_v it_o for_o the_o mother_n be_v under_o the_o father_n dominion_n she_o can_v act_v any_o considerable_a matter_n either_o to_o herself_o or_o for_o her_o child_n without_o the_o father_n leave_n sect_n ix_o no_o law_n impowr_v the_o woman_n to_o expose_v her_o child_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n favourable_a to_o infant_n power_n or_o ability_n can_v give_v the_o character_n of_o justice_n to_o unjust_a action_n the_o consequence_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o conclusion_n discover_v and_o the_o contrary_n assert_v the_o mother_n get_v no_o dominion_n over_o the_o child_n by_o not_o expose_v it_o next_o let_v we_o consider_v what_o power_n the_o mother_n have_v to_o expose_v her_o child_n id_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la jure_fw-la potest_fw-la she_o have_v no_o power_n but_o by_o some_o law_n which_o give_v she_o that_o power_n i_o be_o confident_a he_o can_v find_v any_o national_a law_n which_o give_v the_o woman_n authority_n to_o act_v any_o such_o thing_n or_o if_o he_o can_v what_o will_v it_o avail_v he_o because_o he_o dispute_v of_o such_o who_o be_v not_o embody_a into_o a_o commonwealth_n much_o less_o can_v he_o pretend_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o dictate_v nothing_o more_o clear_o than_o the_o love_n of_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n i_o but_o he_o will_v say_v she_o have_v power_n that_o be_v she_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o if_o such_o a_o malicious_a disposition_n be_v discover_v the_o husband_n have_v power_n to_o restrain_v it_o but_o suppose_v such_o a_o horrid_a wickedness_n may_v be_v in_o the_o woman_n and_o a_o power_n yea_o a_o opportunity_n of_o act_v it_o do_v she_o gain_v dominion_n because_o she_o do_v it_o not_o by_o that_o reason_n wife_n may_v have_v dominion_n over_o their_o husband_n child_n over_o their_o parent_n servant_n over_o their_o master_n subject_n over_o their_o king_n for_o all_o these_o have_v or_o may_v have_v power_n though_o no_o right_a to_o murder_v or_o slay_v the_o other_o which_o be_v very_o odious_a to_o the_o consideration_n of_o any_o man_n who_o think_v upon_o either_o economic_n or_o politic_n nay_o there_o be_v none_o of_o those_o more_o abhor_v to_o nature_n than_o the_o mother_n expose_v her_o child_n i_o therefore_o conclude_v against_o that_o member_n of_o his_o distinction_n that_o although_o a_o mother_n may_v be_v so_o impious_a as_o to_o expose_v her_o child_n yet_o because_o she_o have_v no_o right_a to_o do_v it_o she_o gain_v no_o right_a of_o dominion_n by_o not_o do_v it_o sect_n x._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o deviation_n from_o the_o matter_n propose_v child_n expose_v and_o nourish_v by_o other_o owe_v not_o filial_a duty_n to_o they_o that_o nourish_v they_o preservation_n not_o so_o great_a a_o benefit_n as_o be_v romulus_n his_o respect_n to_o they_o that_o nourish_v he_o not_o filial_a duty_n but_o gratitude_n and_o kindness_n he_o proceed_v upon_o that_o supposal_n but_o if_o she_o expose_v it_o and_o another_o find_v and_o nourish_v it_o the_o dominion_n be_v in_o he_o that_o nourish_v it_o first_o good_a reader_n consider_v with_o i_o what_o this_o be_v to_o his_o purpose_n the_o question_n raise_v be_v 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discourse_n be_v true_a subject_n have_v as_o great_a liberty_n as_o king_n for_o all_o their_o action_n be_v alike_o necessitate_v by_o this_o chain_n here_o reader_n i_o think_v to_o have_v end_v with_o his_o politic_n have_v as_o i_o think_v dig_v up_o his_o foundation_n and_o then_o the_o building_n must_v fall_v but_o meet_v so_o many_o wicked_a interpretation_n of_o scripture_n and_o so_o many_o abominable_a conclusion_n in_o divinity_n intermix_v with_o his_o political_a discourse_n i_o be_o force_v to_o proceed_v with_o some_o of_o they_o lest_o the_o reader_n shall_v be_v unhappy_o seduce_v but_o not_o prosecute_v they_o word_n by_o word_n as_o i_o have_v do_v but_o skip_v from_o one_o hill_n to_o another_o leave_v the_o lesser_a work_n and_o molehill_n to_o be_v censure_v by_o any_o man_n who_o have_v more_o leisure_n and_o spare_a time_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n remove_v with_o i_o to_o the_o next_o page_n 109._o about_o the_o middle_n where_o he_o begin_v thus_o chap._n xx._n sect_n i._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o impious_a proposition_n in_o this_o paragraph_n discover_v and_o censure_v injustice_n and_o iniquity_n the_o same_o the_o subject_a not_o author_n of_o the_o action_n of_o his_o sovereign_n the_o sovereign_n grant_v the_o former_a proposition_n can_v kill_v a_o innocent_a just_o no_o man_n have_v power_n to_o take_v away_o his_o own_o life_n just_o neither_o subject_n nor_o king_n have_v right_a to_o any_o thing_n but_o from_o god_n who_o give_v not_o power_n to_o either_o to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n desert_v by_o mr._n hobbs_n to_o the_o murder_n of_o a_o innocent_a his_o disapprobation_n of_o scripture_n censure_v nevertheless_o we_o be_v not_o to_o understand_v that_o by_o such_o liberty_n the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n be_v either_o abolish_v or_o limit_v i_o conceive_v by_o sovereign_a power_n he_o mean_v the_o power_n of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o that_o authority_n not_o limit_v by_o any_o law_n which_o be_v violate_v he_o shall_v do_v unjust_o for_o this_o sense_n the_o sequel_n of_o this_o discourse_n will_v apparent_o justify_v and_o then_o i_o say_v it_o be_v a_o wicked_a proposition_n as_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o examination_n of_o his_o reason_n which_o he_o enter_v upon_o in_o the_o follow_a word_n for_o it_o have_v be_v already_o show_v that_o nothing_o the_o sovereign_n representative_a can_v do_v to_o a_o subject_a on_o what_o pretence_n soever_o can_v proper_o be_v call_v injustice_n or_o injury_n yes_o he_o have_v show_v it_o with_o a_o nice_a and_o learned_a distinction_n betwixt_o injustice_n and_o iniquity_n concern_v which_o i_o may_v just_o say_v they_o be_v hardly_o two_o word_n but_o not_o two_o thing_n as_o i_o have_v show_v but_o what_o do_v he_o mean_v by_o a_o sovereign_n representative_a here_o i_o think_v he_o have_v deliver_v that_o all_o sovereign_n be_v representative_n of_o the_o people_n what_o he_o can_v mean_v by_o this_o addition_n 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away_o a_o innocent_a man_n life_n therefore_o they_o can_v authorise_v he_o the_o major_n be_v ground_v upon_o that_o invincible_a axiom_n no_o man_n give_v what_o he_o have_v not_o therefore_o if_o they_o have_v not_o that_o power_n they_o can_v give_v it_o the_o minor_a will_v be_v prove_v thus_o before_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v institute_v no_o man_n have_v just_a power_n to_o take_v away_o another_o life_n as_o be_v most_o evident_a ay_o but_o they_o may_v answer_v every_o man_n have_v power_n over_o his_o own_o which_o every_o man_n may_v yield_v to_o the_o sovereign_n i_o rejoin_v no_o man_n have_v just_a power_n to_o take_v away_o his_o own_o life_n he_o may_v give_v his_o good_n but_o not_o his_o life_n god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o life_n and_o have_v give_v no_o private_a man_n authority_n to_o cut_v off_o his_o own_o life_n and_o therefore_o undoubted_o he_o can_v give_v power_n to_o another_o which_o he_o have_v not_o himself_o and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o argument_n 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peaceable_o not_o only_o plough_v and_o sow_v peaceable_o but_o reap_v the_o fruit_n of_o that_o pain_n they_o take_v and_o call_v it_o there_o own_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o that_o just_o can_v be_v deny_v they_o and_o if_o it_o be_v they_o be_v in_o such_o a_o state_n as_o they_o be_v without_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o virtuous_a labour_n it_o be_v true_a in_o the_o eastern_a monarchy_n i_o read_v they_o have_v not_o inheritance_n as_o they_o have_v here_o but_o pro_fw-la termino_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la and_o then_o all_o return_n to_o that_o sea_n out_o of_o which_o they_o come_v but_o it_o be_v otherwise_o in_o our_o european_a country_n bring_v and_o the_o law_n of_o every_o nation_n be_v just_o to_o be_v observe_v but_o still_o according_a to_o that_o right_n which_o each_o person_n have_v and_o this_o propriety_n be_v so_o natural_o dear_a unto_o every_o man_n as_o there_o can_v be_v no_o wise_a law_n make_v for_o the_o public_a than_o such_o as_o private_a man_n shall_v 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they_o etc._n etc._n sure_o many_o sovereign_n have_v defend_v and_o do_v defend_v their_o subject_n and_o yet_o have_v not_o propriety_n to_o their_o estate_n he_o who_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o a_o estate_n may_v use_v it_o how_o he_o will_v to_o his_o own_o advantage_n or_o content_v but_o this_o supremes_n can_v do_v with_o their_o subject_n just_o there_o may_v be_v a_o case_n of_o extremity_n where_o salus_n reipublicae_fw-la must_v be_v suprema_fw-la lex_fw-la put_v the_o case_n a_o enemy_n invade_v the_o kingdom_n the_o land_n of_o some_o particular_a subject_n lie_v fit_a to_o make_v a_o fort_n of_o the_o king_n by_o force_n take_v it_o for_o the_o public_a benefit_n not_o out_o of_o propriety_n that_o it_o belong_v to_o himself_o but_o that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o who_o public_a benefit_n all_o private_a interest_n and_o propriety_n must_v submit_v but_o i_o may_v term_v the_o right_n of_o such_o accident_n to_o be_v a_o universality_n rather_o 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