The Works of John Locke

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fanti, made his Obeifahce to the Arcana Imperil, p. f. . Made Jiis Compliment to the Right sand Liberties of this, or any other Nation, p 6. which he is going pre- fently to null and deftroy j And, 3. Made his Leg to thole learned Men, who did not fee fo far into the Matter as himfclf, p. 7. He comes to fall on Bellar- mine, p.%. and by a Victory over him, eftablifh.cs his Fatherly Authority beyond any Queftion. Bellarmine being routed by his own Confeflion, p. 11. the Day is clear got, and there is no more need of any Forces: For having done that, I ob- ferve not that he flates the Queftion, or rallies up any Arguments to make good his Opinion, but rather tells us the Story, as he thinks fit, of this ftrange kind of domineering Phantom, called the Fatherhood, which whoever could catch, prei fently got Empire and unlimited abiblute Power. He allures us how this Fatherhood began in Adam, continued its Courfe, and kept the World in order all the time of the Patriarchs till the Flood, got out of the Ark with Noah and his Sons, made and fupported all the Kings of the Earth till the Captivity of the Ifradites in Egypt, and then the poor Fatherhood was under Hatches, till God by giving the Ifnclites Kings, re-eftab liftedthe ancient and prime Right of the lineal Suecef- fion in Paternal Government. This is his Bufincfs from p. n, to ip. And then obviating an Objection, and clearing a Difficulty or two with one half Rcolon, .p. 13. to confirm the Natural Right of Regal Power, he ends the firft Chapter: I hope 'tis no Injury to call an half Quotation an half Reafonj for God lays, Honour thy Father and Mother; but our Author contents himfelf with half, leaves out lljy Mother quite, as little ferviceable to his Purpofe. But of that more in another Place. 7. I do not think our Author fo li..