Two Treatises on Civil Government: Preceded by Sir Robert FilmerGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1884 - 318 páginas |
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... positive law be taken away , there is left no reason why amongst a multitude ( who are equal ) one rather than another should bear rule over the rest . Power is given by the multitude to one man , or to more by the same law of nature ...
... positive law be taken away , there is left no reason why amongst a multitude ( who are equal ) one rather than another should bear rule over the rest . Power is given by the multitude to one man , or to more by the same law of nature ...
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... and impositions ; but the King of England is said to be the king of devils , because of his subjects ' often insurrections against and depositions of their princes . CHAPTER III . Positive Laws do not Infringe the Natural PATRIARCHA . 43.
... and impositions ; but the King of England is said to be the king of devils , because of his subjects ' often insurrections against and depositions of their princes . CHAPTER III . Positive Laws do not Infringe the Natural PATRIARCHA . 43.
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... positive laws . But in this also they err ; for as kingly power is by the law of God , so it hath no inferior law to limit it . The father of a family governs by no other law than by his own will ; not by the laws and wills of his sons ...
... positive laws . But in this also they err ; for as kingly power is by the law of God , so it hath no inferior law to limit it . The father of a family governs by no other law than by his own will ; not by the laws and wills of his sons ...
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... positive laws of any nation , since the compulsory power of laws is that which properly makes laws to be laws by bind- ing men by rewards or punishment to obedience ; whereas the direction of the law is but like the advice and direction ...
... positive laws of any nation , since the compulsory power of laws is that which properly makes laws to be laws by bind- ing men by rewards or punishment to obedience ; whereas the direction of the law is but like the advice and direction ...
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... positive laws may be said to bind the king , not by being positive , but as they are naturally the best or only means for the preservation of the commonwealth . By this means are all kings , even tyrants and conquerors , bound to ...
... positive laws may be said to bind the king , not by being positive , but as they are naturally the best or only means for the preservation of the commonwealth . By this means are all kings , even tyrants and conquerors , bound to ...
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Página 38 - And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin ; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life...
Página 93 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 158 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Página 156 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Página 96 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Página 158 - And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Página 204 - labour" being the unquestionable property of the labourer, no man but he can have a right to what that is once joined to, at least where there is enough, and as good left in common for others.
Página 49 - ... for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Página 207 - God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave it them for their benefit, and the greatest conveniences of life they were capable to draw from it, it cannot be supposed he meant it should always remain common and uncultivated. He gave it to the use of the industrious and rational, (and labour was to be his title to it) not to the fancy or covetousness of the quarrelsome and contentious.
Página 17 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations : and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.