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every_o man_n may_v err_v but_o none_o but_o a_o pious_a man_n can_v repent_v i_o will_v to_o god_n you_o will_v do_v it_o and_o do_v but_o consider_v how_o you_o oppose_v in_o your_o opinion_n the_o whole_a catholic_a church_n in_o many_o thing_n which_o never_o christian_a man_n do_v before_o you_o you_o write_v as_o if_o your_o leviathan_n be_v the_o bâ—ok_n in_o which_o the_o rosiecrusians_n in_o their_o fama_fw-la speak_v of_o which_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o instruct_v man_n sufficient_o in_o all_o thing_n both_o theological_a and_o philosophical_a be_v all_o the_o book_n in_o the_o world_n lose_v beside_o and_o a_o pythagorean_n ipse_fw-la dixit_fw-la may_v suffice_v for_o your_o scholar_n but_o good_a sir_n think_v that_o there_o have_v be_v wise_a man_n in_o philosophy_n in_o policy_n in_o divinity_n before_o your_o book_n be_v write_v yea_o before_o you_o be_v bear_v or_o think_v of_o do_v this_o great_a work_n yourself_o and_o save_v i_o the_o labour_n of_o tire_v my_o old_a 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confutation_n of_o divers_a error_n in_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o leviathan_n begin_v at_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n chap._n 1._o the_o introduction_n to_o the_o whole_a discourse_n i_o have_v brief_o touch_v the_o chief_a head_n of_o his_o first_o part._n and_o be_o now_o arrive_v at_o his_o second_o part_n which_o be_v entitle_v of_o commonwealth_n and_o this_o part_n begin_v at_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n superscribe_v of_o the_o cause_n generation_n and_o definition_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n he_o begin_v with_o the_o final_a cause_n most_o right_o which_o be_v causa_fw-la causarum_fw-la and_o set_v the_o whole_a at_o work_n and_o i_o find_v no_o fault_n with_o what_o he_o write_v concern_v that_o second_o i_o approve_v what_o he_o say_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o 85._o page_n that_o small_a number_n join_v together_o can_v give_v they_o security_n to_o live_v peaceable_o small_a be_v a_o relative_n small_a in_o respect_n of_o their_o 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the_o exaltation_n of_o the_o same_o person_n or_o person_n to_o who_o they_o will_v submit_v themselves_o and_o their_o condition_n by_o a_o total_a desertion_n of_o they_o both_o nay_o indeed_o a_o man_n can_v do_v it_o for_o it_o be_v jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la a_o natural_a right_n as_o he_o himself_o have_v express_v before_o chap._n 14._o pag._n 65_o and_o 66_o to_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v already_o something_o he_o can_v lay_v down_o his_o natural_a right_n until_o he_o lay_v down_o his_o nature_n and_o therefore_o indeed_o he_o can_v by_o this_o doctrine_n give_v away_o his_o right_n to_o be_v king_n to_o any_o other_o but_o if_o he_o can_v divest_v himself_o of_o his_o nature_n yet_o he_o in_o express_a term_n say_v that_o a_o man_n can_v give_v over_o his_o right_n to_o resist_v by_o force_n wound_n and_o imprisonment_n with_o which_o he_o can_v live_v content_o and_o may_v not_o the_o same_o be_v say_v of_o a_o kingdom_n perhaps_o that_o man_n can_v live_v content_o 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polity_n chap._n xxiii_o sect_n xvii_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o subject_n again_o assert_v against_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o objection_n of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o raise_v money_n answer_v the_o inconvenience_n of_o invest_v all_o propriety_n in_o the_o crown_n the_o convenience_n and_o decorum_n of_o raise_v money_n in_o a_o parliamentary_a way_n his_o late_a majesty_n charles_n the_o first_o his_o incomparable_a essay_n to_o this_o purpose_n recommend_v to_o the_o author_n of_o the_o leviathan_n mr._n hobbs_n his_o disaffection_n to_o the_o government_n of_o this_o kingdom_n censure_v i_o be_o now_o in_o p._n the_o 137._o where_o after_o he_o have_v confess_v that_o these_o disease_n which_o have_v be_v hitherto_o name_v be_v of_o the_o great_a and_o most_o present_a danger_n that_o be_v his_o phrase_n although_o a_o man_n will_v think_v that_o this_o form_n of_o government_n that_o have_v last_v so_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n can_v not_o be_v in_o so_o sudden_a or_o present_a danger_n however_o he_o now_o enter_v upon_o other_o which_o though_o less_o be_v not_o unfit_a to_o be_v look_v into_o he_o begin_v as_o first_o the_o difficulty_n of_o raise_v of_o money_n for_o the_o necessary_a use_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n especial_o in_o the_o approach_n of_o war_n i_o must_v confess_v this_o be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n this_o difficulty_n arise_v from_o the_o opinion_n that_o every_o subject_n have_v of_o a_o propriety_n in_o his_o land_n and_o good_n exclusive_a of_o the_o sovereign_n right_a to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o same_o i_o have_v heretofore_o teach_v that_o man_n have_v propriety_n in_o their_o estate_n yet_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o in_o war_n any_o man_n house_n may_v be_v make_v a_o fort_n any_o man_n land_n dig_v to_o make_v a_o trench_n with_o multitude_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n according_a to_o the_o necessity_n and_o exigency_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n therefore_o this_o propriety_n without_o necessity_n can_v be_v dangerous_a nay_o a_o man_n may_v say_v that_o without_o this_o propriety_n we_o shall_v not_o have_v a_o legal_a but_o arbitrary_a government_n and_o that_o which_o he_o himself_o have_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v institute_v will_v be_v frustrate_v which_o be_v that_o man_n may_v peaceable_o sow_v and_o reap_v and_o enjoy_v the_o profit_n of_o their_o industry_n which_o if_o the_o supreme_a may_v lawful_o take_v away_o together_o with_o their_o estate_n for_o the_o support_n of_o his_o condition_n it_o will_v quick_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o a_o estate_n invest_v in_o the_o crown_n may_v be_v the_o prey_n of_o other_o subject_n as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o church_n revenue_n which_o although_o in_o queen_n elizabeth_n time_n it_o be_v alienable_a to_o none_o but_o the_o crown_n yet_o we_o know_v that_o from_o thence_o it_o pass_v to_o mean_a tenant_n until_o king_n james_n most_o happy_o give_v a_o stop_n unto_o it_o by_o enact_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v none_o afterward_o pass_v to_o the_o crown_n so_o that_o this_o can_v fit_o be_v term_v a_o hindrance_n without_o which_o a_o commonwealth_n lose_v the_o end_n for_o which_o it_o be_v institute_v but_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o speak_v to_o the_o main_a proposition_n itself_o why_o shall_v it_o be_v difficult_a to_o raise_v just_a sum_n for_o the_o defence_n or_o good_a of_o the_o public_a every_o man_n have_v a_o interest_n in_o it_o and_o they_o be_v reasonable_a creature_n which_o will_v consider_v both_o their_o own_o and_o the_o public_a benefit_n ay_o but_o he_o will_v say_v it_o have_v be_v so_o let_v this_o be_v grant_v it_o be_v true_a that_o all_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n have_v be_v too_o and_o certain_o this_o be_v a_o mighty_a great_a one_o but_o let_v he_o consider_v whether_o this_o way_n of_o their_o consent_n to_o the_o performance_n of_o