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 with which it was aumed. But in all that treatie, I could find very little tending that way; the thing is there o taken for granted, without proof, that I could carce believe myelf, when, upon attentive reading that treatie, I found there o mighty a tructure raied upon the bare uppoition of this foundation: for it is carce credible, that in a dicoure, where he pretends to confute the erroneous principle of man's natural freedom, he hould do it by a bare uppoition of Adam's authority, without offering any proof for that authority. Indeed he confidently ays, that Adam had royal authority, p. 12, and 13. Abolute lordhip and dominion of life and death, p. 13. An univeral monarchy, p. 33. Abolute power of life and death, p. 35. He is very frequent in uch aertions; but, what is trange, in all his whole Patriarcha I find not one pretence of a reaon to etablih this his great foundation of government; not any thing that looks like an argument, but thee words: To confirm this natural right of regal power, we find in the Decalogue, that the law which enjoyns obedience to kings, is delivered in the terms, Honour thy father, as if all power were originally in the father. And why may I not add as well, that in the Decalogue, the law that enjoyns obedience to queens, is delivered in the terms of Honour thy mother, as if all power were originally in the mother? The