The Nature and Institution of Government: Containing an Account of the Feudal and English Policy, Volume 1author; and sold, 1771 |
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Page lxxii
... about them . This is called the Civil Law . But as civil right comprehends fometimes many other rights , rights , as public right , ecclefiaftic right , the Ixxii INTRODUCTION . The firft is, thofe which regulate the ...
... about them . This is called the Civil Law . But as civil right comprehends fometimes many other rights , rights , as public right , ecclefiaftic right , the Ixxii INTRODUCTION . The firft is, thofe which regulate the ...
Page 146
... ; and fuch things as feemed well and wifely defigned for our fafety , become fometimes hurtful , and fortune has fmiled upon very impious facts . facts . The Turks have taken great king- doms and 146 The Nature and Inflitution.
... ; and fuch things as feemed well and wifely defigned for our fafety , become fometimes hurtful , and fortune has fmiled upon very impious facts . facts . The Turks have taken great king- doms and 146 The Nature and Inflitution.
Page 180
... fometimes appointed to punish the fins of the people ; at other times God fends pef- tilence , famine , and the fword , to chastise and refrain people when they come to be wanton . We are not , I confefs , to feek the cross , yet we are ...
... fometimes appointed to punish the fins of the people ; at other times God fends pef- tilence , famine , and the fword , to chastise and refrain people when they come to be wanton . We are not , I confefs , to feek the cross , yet we are ...
Page 194
... of him- felf , without the confent of his fubjects . By the fufferance of the kings of England controverfies between him and his people are i are fometimes determined by parliament , and fometimes by 194 The Nature and Inftitution.
... of him- felf , without the confent of his fubjects . By the fufferance of the kings of England controverfies between him and his people are i are fometimes determined by parliament , and fometimes by 194 The Nature and Inftitution.
Page 195
... fometimes determined by parliament , and fometimes by the lord chief juftice of England ; yet all the eftates remain in full fubjection to the king , who is no way bound to follow their advice , nor confent to their requests . The king ...
... fometimes determined by parliament , and fometimes by the lord chief juftice of England ; yet all the eftates remain in full fubjection to the king , who is no way bound to follow their advice , nor confent to their requests . The king ...
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Page 456 - ... assisted by the advice of the other members, it is not to be imagined that a decision could easily be obtained, contrary to his inclination or opinion. In his absence the chief justiciary presided, who was the first magistrate in the state, and a kind of viceroy, on whom depended all the civil affairs of the kingdom...
Page 98 - If we compare the natural duties of a father with those of a king, we find them to be all one, without any difference at all but only in the latitude or extent of them...
Page 119 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 140 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page xliii - Government is instituted in order to restrain the fury and injustice of the people ; and being always founded on opinion, not on force, it is dangerous to weaken, by these speculations, the reverence which the multitude owe to authority, and to instruct them beforehand, that the case can ever happen, when they may be freed from their duty of allegiance. Or...
Page 97 - But howsoever this opinion hath of late obtained great reputation, yet it is not to be found in the ancient fathers and doctors of the primitive church; it contradicts the doctrine and history of the Holy Scriptures, the constant practice of all ancient monarchies, and the very principles of the law of nature. It is hard to say whether it be more erroneous in divinity or dangerous in policy.
Page 101 - If God created only Adam, and of a piece of him made the woman, and if by generation from them two, as parts of them, all mankind be propagated ; if also God gave to Adam, not only the dominion over the woman and the children that should issue from them, but also over the whole earth to subdue it, and over all the creatures on it, so that, as long as Adam lived, no man could claim or enjoy...
Page 151 - ... and, if the robbers of countries be God's vicegerents, there is no doubt but the thieves and banditos, and murderers, are his underofficers.
Page 136 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Page 119 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations : and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.