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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.

INDE X

TO THE

FOURTH VOLUME

A.

ABRAHAM (the patriarch), his
war proves not a sovereign
power,
310
had no authority over
Lot,
313
Absolute monarchy, being "jure
divino," a new doctrine, 214
not proved divine from
Adam's sovereignty by crea-
tion, 222—nor from his sove-
reignty by donation,
227

how destructive it is to
mankind among the Turks, 452
-Eve's subjection proves
it not to be "jure divino," 244—
nor Adam's fatherhood, 249, &c.
it is not proved divine
by the command," Honour thy
father"
257, &c.
it flows not from fa-
therhood and property, 267,&c.
supposing jure di-
vino," it is necessary to know
the person invested with it,
275, &c.

-

the absurdity of sup-
posing it to descend from Adam
by heirship,

290

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have no power to expose
their children,

253

some fathers have fatten-
ed and eat their children, 254
have not power to sacri-

fice their offspring,

256
their authority cannot be
transferred more than that of a
husband,
286

their power may be for-
feited, but not alienated, 287
how they in time became
382

princes,
Fatherhood, Moses and Joshua
not made governors by the right
of it,
330
the judges and kings of
Israel ruled not by this title, 331
Filmer, (Sir Robert) a breviate of

his system of government, 215

217

he affirms kings to be

ibid.

223

- his strange interpretation
of scripture,

sufficiently confutes his

own schemes,

270, 271
says, it matters not how
kings come by their power, 274
makes an usurper have

-

right to govern,
ibid.
First born, has no natural right,
by being so, to dominion, 301
Force, when without authority, to
be opposed with force, 443, 444
promises extorted by it, not
binding,
451
Free, men are naturally so, 213
339
Freedom, (natural) men not de-
prived of without their own
consent,
420
how men subject themselves
to any government, 409, 414

G.

GAMESTERS injurious to the
public welfare,
28, 29
God speaks in scripture so as to
be understood, 245, 246
Gold, altering its value by a law
in proportion to silver, tends to
impoverish a nation, 98, &c.

not the measure of com.
merce as silver is,

151

why it should notwithstand-
ing this, be coined, ibid.
the proportion between it
and silver,
193
Government cannot naturally de-
scend by hereditary right, 275,

&c.

how it differs from pro-

perty,
283
that which gives right
to it, in the present possessor,

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