lasts, but will always remain in the community; because without this there can be no community, no commonwealth, which is contrary to the original agreement: so also when the society hath placed the legislative in any assembly of men, to continue in them and their successors, with direction and authority for providing such successors, the legislative can never revert to the people whilst that government lasts; because, having provided a legislative with power to continue for ever, they have given up their political power to the legislative, and cannot resume it. But if they have set limits to the duration of their legislative, and made this supreme power in any person, or assembly, only temporary; or else, when by the miscarriages of those in authority, it is forfeited; upon the forfeiture, or at the determination of the time set, it reverts to the society, and the people have a right to act as supreme, and continue the legislative in themselves; or erect a new form, or under the old form place it in new hands, as they think good. IV. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by donation, Gen. i. 28... 227 V. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by the subjection of Eve.. 244 VI. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by fatherhood..... VII. Of fatherhood and property considered together as VIII. Of the conveyance of Adam's sovereign monarchical IX. Of monarchy, by inheritance from Adam BOOK II. XI. Of the extent of the legislative power XII. Of the legislative, executive, and federative power of } INDE X TO THE FOURTH VOLUME A. ABRAHAM (the patriarch), his how destructive it is to - the absurdity of sup- 290 have no power to expose 253 some fathers have fatten- fice their offspring, 256 their power may be for- princes, his system of government, 215 217 he affirms kings to be ibid. 223 - his strange interpretation sufficiently confutes his own schemes, 270, 271 - right to govern, G. GAMESTERS injurious to the not the measure of com. 151 why it should notwithstand- &c. how it differs from pro- perty, |