propriated,

why men pay taxes for it,

75

how it came at first to be ap-

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 bound-
ed,
423
Liberty, how men are by nature in
the state of it,
339
wherein it consists, 351
restraint by the law of na-
ture consistent with it, 341
how far it is given up, by
becoming members of a com-
monwealth,
396, &c.
Lineal succession, not restored in
the kings of Israel, 337
none observed among
the rulers of Israel till David's
time,
334
Lowndes (Mr.) propounded to have
our money reduced to one-fifth
less value,
153

his reasons for lessening
the value of money, answered,
ibid.

M.

Monarchy, how government, at
first, generally came to be so,
400. Vid. Absolute Monarchy.

73-75

how the value of it may be
82-86
said to be raised,

it cannot be really raised,
unless in proportion to its plenty

or scarceness,

82

raising in denomination,
tends to impoverish a nation,
86

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,
90

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, 103
the proportion should always
be exactly kept between that of
gold and silver,
97,99
constant equality of its value,
the interest of every country, ib.

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

Money, it is really valuable ac-
cording 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 neighbouring
nations,
148
it will always be of equal
value with the same weight of
standard silver,

158

what causes the exportation
160

of it,

it ought not to be made
lighter, though silver were
164
grown dearer,
lessening it would be a gain
to money-hoarders, but a loss to
others,
166
by making it one-fifth light-
er, creditors and landlords lose
20 per cent.
168
and labourers also lose by
it, unless they have one-fifth
more wages,
170

the change of its name will
not alter its value,
177
the insignificancy of lessen-
ing, explained by familiar simi-
litudes,
ibid.
if a crown of it (e. g.) be
called 75 pence, it will buy no
more goods than if it be called
60 pence,
180
lowering its value will not
render it more generally use-
ful,
ibid.
it cannot be of the full price
of bullion, because of exporting
the latter,
184

the true raising it is by put-
ting more silver in it, 185