lasts, but will always remain in the community ; because without this there can be no community, no commonwealth, which is contrary to the original agreement: so also when the society hath placed the legislative in any assembly of men, to continue in them and their successors, with direction and authority for providing such successors, the legislative can never revert to the people whilst that government lasts ; because, having provided a legislative with power to continue for ever, they have given up their political power to the legislative, and cannot resume it. But if they have set dimits to the duration of their legislative, and made this supreme power in any person, or assembly, only temporary; or else, when by the miscarriages of those in authority, it is forfeited; upon the forfeiture, or at the determination of the time set, it reverts to the society, and the people have a right to act as supreme, and continue the legislative in themselves; or erect a new form, or under the old form place it in new hands, as they think good, CONTENTS OF THE TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT. BOOK I. Page II. Of paternal and regal power 215 III. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by creation IV. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by donation, Gen. i. 28. 227 V. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by the subjection of Eve VI. Of Adam's title to soyereignty, by fatherhood VII. Of fatherhood and property considered together as foun- VIII. Of the conveyance of Adam's sovereign monarchical power 273 IX. Of monarchy, by inheritance from Adam BOOK II. VII. Of political or civil society VIII. Of the beginning of political societies IX. Of the ends of political society and government X. Of the forms of a commonwealth . XI. Of the extent of the legislative power XII. Of the legislative, executive, and federative power of the XIII. Of the subordination of the powers of the commonwealth · 426 XV. Of paternal, political and despotical power, considered together 440 A. A ) BRAHAM, (the patriarch) his war proves not a sove- 310 313 not proved divine from 227 among the Turks, 452 it is not proved divine it flows not from father. supposing “ jure divi. Absolute monarchy, the absurdity of supposing it to descend from no proof of it from Ja. nor from the dispersion 319 321, 322 324 inconsistent with civil 389 how it came to be re- ibid. had no absolute authority by .222 391, &c. 257, &c. li 4 227, &c. all men, 122 41 come Adam had no absolute authority by Clipped money, the charge of re. God's appointment, coiriing it should not be bome the grant (Gen.i. 28.) gave by the public, 201 him no power over men, 228 Coin. Vid. Money, the same grant was given to Coinage, paid for, by a tax on 2 33 wine, 90. Costs nothing to the --- supposing he was proprietor owner, ibid. 105.-Makes not of all things, this proves not his standard silver worth less than sovereignty, 235 before, his absolute dominion not the charge of it computproved by Eve's subjection, 244 ed, 124 of the conveyance of his sup ascertains the quantity of posed monarchical power, 273 silver, by a public mark, 143the absurdity of supposing and so is a security to the re. anyone heir of his autho- ceiver, 144 rity, 290 the art of it should be - the difficulties of discovering kept secret, 203 the true heir, 292, 302, &c. Commodities, the goodness of them Arbitrary government, worse than does not always increase their none, 420 price no right to it from con the consumption of them quest, 443 enhances their value, ibid, Authority (political) not required how the vending of them in the fifth commandment, 261, is increased, 43 Vid. Political Porver, Commonwealth, how men under the government of it, and B, how far, 409, 414 the end of it is the preVid. servation of property, 412 Trade. the several forms of it, Bills of exchange, the only use of them, how the word is used by Birth-right, dominion does not na. the author, 416 turally belong to it, 302, &c. its highest power cannot Bullion. Vid. Silver. be absolutely arbitrary, 417 Buyers, plenty of them make things most be governed by dear, 39 standing laws, 423 three kinds of power C. therein, 424 the subordination of its HILDREN not born in a full powers, 426 state of equality, 368 Community, how the supreme pow. yet they are born to er is ultimately therein, 426 it, 369 Conjugal society, how made, 383 when they come to be the cause of its long con, free, 371 tinuance in mankind, 384 how they are said to be Conquest gives not right of governborn free, 372 ing to the aggressor, 443 Civil society. Vid. Political society, if anjast, the conquered Clipped money should pass only for may appeal to Heaven for jusits weight, 196m-the great mis- tice, 444 chief ofits passing otherwise, 399 Conquest, &c, made governors by the right of BALANCE of trade. 415-16 22 CHILD over their estates, 170 E le altered by several things, 340, &c. 50 Conquest, when just, it gives an Filmer, (Sir R.) his reasons against absolute power over the lives of native freedom considered, 215 the conquered, 446 his notions of fatherly au. - yet not over thority, 217 and why, 447, 448 he affirms kings to be above Corn, the price of it depends on its law, ibid. plenty, his strange interpretation E. of scripture, 223 sufficiently confutes his own schemes, 270, 271 says, it matters not how kings come by their power, 274 Esay, his forces proved him not an makes an usurper have right heir to Adam's dominions, 314, to govern, ibid. 315 First-born, has no natural right, by Exchange (of money) in several being so, to dominion, 301 places, how regulated, Force, when without authority, to when it is high or low, 149 be opposed with force, 443, 444 &c.--the reasons of both, ibid. - promises extorted by it, not binding, 451 F. Free, men are naturally so, 213, 339 Freedom, (natural) men not de"ATHERS, Filmer's account prived of, without their own conof their authority, 225, 226 sent, 420 have not an absolute power how men subject themselves over their children, 263 to any government, 409, 414 give not life to their chil. dren, 251 G, seldom intend to commu." nicate life, and sometimes wish the contrary, 252 have no power to expose God speaks in scripture so as to be their children, 253 245, 246 some fathers have fattened Gold, altering its value by a law and eat their children, 254 in proportion to silver, tends to have not power to sacrifice impoverish a nation, 98, &c. their offspring, 256 not the measure of commerce their authority cannot be as silver is, 151 transferred more than that of a why it should, notwithstand. husband, 286 ing this, he coined, ibid. their power may be for- the proportion between it and feited, but not alienated, 287 silver, 193 how they in time became Government cannot naturally deprinces, 382 scend by hereditary right, 275, Fatherhood, Moses and Joshua not how it differs from proit, 330 283 the judges and kings of that which gives right to Israel ruled not by this title, 331 it, in the present possessor, must Filmer, (Sir Robert) a breviate of give it to the successor, 284, &c. his system of government, 215 it is absoluteiy necessary asserts that none are born to know who has the right to free, ibid. it, 275 Government, GAMESTERS injurions to the 28, 29 . |
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