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
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,
its being current only for its weight, is the most effectual way to stop the mischief of clipping,
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,
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
Parents, their power temporary, Property, how men come to have but the honour due to them
the ground and extent of their power over their children,
thority to use force upon
why we have no histori- cal account of their beginning,
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
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
REBELLION, the word some- times used for a lawful war,
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
Power, paternal, political, and Representatives of the people,
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