the value of it decreases
with the decay of trade, ibid.

too much advance of its
price an injury to the public, 62
why men pay taxes for it,
though mortgaged,
75
-how it came at first to be
appropriated,
360
Landholders, want of trade a
great loss to them, 25, 54, 56
Laws (human) must not be con-
trary to the law of nature or
scripture,
419, note
Legislative power, how it is
bounded,

423
Liberty, how men are by nature
in the state of it,
339

wherein it consists, 351
restraint by the law of

nature consistent with it, 341
how far it is given up, by
becoming members of a com-
monwealth,
396, &c.

Lineal succession, not restored

is valued according to the
quantity of silver contained in
it, 89-How it comes to be
otherwise when clipped, 94

90

the advantage of it in com-
merce above uncoined silver,
88
the cause of melting it
down,
it is better for the public to
be milled than hammered, 91
raising the denomination
will not hinder the exportation
of it,
91, 93
the value of it should be
kept as steady as possible, 108
-the proportion should al-
ways be exactly kept between
that of gold and silver, 97, 99

constant equality of its
value, the interest of every
country,
ibid.

Money, making it lighter than it
should be is unjust, 109, &c.
-lowering it, no advantage
in selling and letting of land,
112, &c.
why so little is sometimes
coined,
119

it is really valuable accord-
ing to its weight, 139.-This
must be understood of silver
without the alloy,
140
why so much was coined
in queen Elizabeth's time, and
after,
130
how it answers all things,
139

- the denomination alters not
the intrinsic value,
ibid.
lessening its real value is
worse than clipping,

146

its being current only for
its weight, is the most effectual
way to stop the mischief of
clipping,

147

it is necessary in proportion
to the plenty of it in neigh-
bouring nations,
148

--it will always be of equal
value with the same weight of
standard silver,

158

the inconveniences of
it not greater than of absolute
monarchy,

345
independent princes

are still in the state of it, 346
Noah had authority given him,
in common with his sons, 235
--was not the sole heir of the
world,
238
had a greater dominion
over the creatures than Adam,
239

none of his sons heir to
Adam, more than the rest, 316

perpetual,

it,

375

the ground and extent of
their power over their children,

370, &c.

may give masters

au-

thority to use force upon

their children,

377

why we have no histori-
cal account of their beginning,

397, &c.

361, 367
how it is naturally

bounded,
368, &c.
in land and other things,

at first required by labour, ibid.
how this is a common ad-
364

vantage,

sent,

it was at length settled

371

by law,
cannot be rightly taken
from any, without their con-
422
Providence, the bounty of it, in
making the most useful things
commonly the cheapest, 41

R.

REBELLION, the word some-
times used for a lawful war,

474

the best means to pre-
vent it, is good government,
ibid.

governors may be

guilty of it as well as the
governed,
ibid.
Rents, the advantage of paying
them quarterly, or weekly, 27
the causes of their falling,
69, 70