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 of Adam's poterity, being o long ince utterly lot, that in the races of mankind and families of the world, there remains not to one above another, the leat pretence to be the eldet houe, and to have the right of inheritance:

All thee premies having, as I think, been clearly made out, it is impoible that the rulers now on earth hould make any benefit, or derive any the leat hadow of authority from that, which is held to be the fountain of all power, Adam's private dominion and paternal juridicition; o that he that will not give jut occaion to think that all government in the world is the product only of force and violence, and that men live together by no other rules but that of beats, where the tronget carries it, and o lay a foundation for perpetual diorder and michief, tumult, edition and rebellion, (things that the followers of that hypotheis o loudly cry out againt) mut of neceity find out another rie of governwent, another original of political power, and another way of deigning and knowing the perons that have it, than what Sir Robert Filmer hath taught us.

§. 2. To this purpoe, I think it may not be amis, to et down what I take to be political power; that the power of a magitrate over a ubject may be ditinguihed from that of a father over his children, a mater over his ervant, a huband over his wife, and a