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Show 104 rum; OfCOMMON-WE ALTH. CLJP,2Q ‘ n uiihed to avo d the refent ih‘oke Qfdczttli,.COV€n1¥ltCtlieither iiiiigareife words, (3,11. by otpher fiyffieient iignes of the 'VVIll, that {‘0 long as his life, and the liberty of hisbody lS allowed him, the V relay fliall have the ufe thereof, at his pleaiure. And after fuch Covenant made, the Va-nquiilied is a SERVANT, and not‘bcrore : for by the word S:rwrzt( whether it be deriVed from $2712"th$91'V6301‘_fr0m 5mm?) to Save, which I leave to Grammarians to'dii ute ) is not Difl‘r'fise . Onyirthis it appears, that a great Family if it bCfmSDt pattil‘ogtfom: helmet} a Common-wealth, is ofit felt, as'to the Rights of ov ra 313'}? little Monarchy; , whetherthar Family confiit o a'mzdnh‘n h'l: what to do with him : (for fuch men, (commonly called Slaves,) havc no obligation at all «, but may break their bonds, or the unleife ii be ofthat power by its own number, or y otFe-r oppor- rifon ; and tunities, as not robe iubdued without the hazard of war. a): vy ere ken, hath corporall liberty allowed him -, and upon promiie not to run away, nor to do violence to his Maiter, is truited by him. a number of men are manifeitly too weak _to defend t m eiyes united,evei‘y one may u_fe his own reafoii in time of danger,vtol ilvc It is not therefore the Viétory,that giveth the right of Dominion his own life, either by flioht, or by fubmiflion to the enemy, as 1e? flight3butbecaufe he eommeth in, and Submitteth to the Victor; Nbr is the Victor obliged by an enemies rendring himfelfe, (without promife of life,) to {pare him for this his yeelding t0. difcretion; ihallthink‘bei‘t ,in the lime manner as a very {mall company od fouldiers, furpriied by an army, may cait, dgwn their ratings, a; demand quarter, or run away, rather than 6 put to t _e_ wot p. Andthus much ihall fiifilceflconcerning what I find by {peculatiom and dedut‘tion, of Soveraign Rights, from the nature, needygind which obliges not the Victor longer, than in his own difcre'tion hee defiones of men, in erecting of Common-wealths, and putting ih all think fir. And that which men do, when they demand ( as it is now called) Quarter, ( which the Greeks called Zuyn'a, taking dlive,) is to evade the prefent fury of the Viétora by Submiflion, and to compound for their life, with Ranfome, or Service : and therefore he that hath Qiarter, hath not his life given,but deferred till farther deliberation; For it is not an yeelding on condition of life, but to difcretion. And then onely is his life in fecurity, and his fervice due, when the Viétor hath truited him with his corporall liberty. For Slaves that work in themfelves under Monarchs, or Affemblies, entruited With power Prifons, or Fetters,do it not of duty , but to avoyd the cruelty of their task-mailers. The Mailer of the Servant, is Mailer alfo of all he hath ; and may exact the ufe thereof 5 that is to fay, of his goods,- of his labour, of his fervants, and of his children, as often as he ihall think fit. For he holdeth his life of his Mailer, by the covenant of obedience ; that is, of owning, and authorifing whatfoevet the Mailer ihall do. And in caie the Maiter, if he refute, kill liim,or cait him into bonds,or other" wrle puniih him for his difobedience,‘he is himfelfe the author of thC fame -, and cannot accufe him of injury. In fummetthe Rights and Confequences of both Paternal! and DelPalqu/{Dommlo‘n' are the very fame withthofe of a Soveraign by tIlnitituuon , and iorthe fame reafons : which reafons are fet it precedent chapter. Sothat tora manthat is Monarch down in of divers ~auons, whereot he hath , in one the Soveraigniy by Inilitution (gt? 1t)lie%eople ailembled, and in another by Conqueit, that is by the Family and 4 K1'71gdom‘, SOVCl'aigll' But yet a Family is n0t'prop611y pa Cgmmp‘n-we t, .; kill, or carry away captive their Mafier,jufily:) but one,t rat being ta- V15hr], [mt over the Vanquiihed, but his own Covenant. Nor is he obliged beéy Ila: Con- caufe he is Conquered 5 that is to fay, beaten, and taken, or put to fwt of the Vunqui/Zved, ‘."".'.‘l . .' children‘goy ot'a man and his fervants; orof a man, Silfie'ls' c h islthe dren, and fer-mints together: tVliCi‘ClnptllC father or a r a meant aCaptive, which is kept in prifon, or bonds,till t e owner of him that took him, or bought him of one that did, ihall ConildCr flvflt 5} the Chupao; OJLCO-MMON-WE AL TH.‘ ‘ ‘ is' abfolutt4 over both a-like‘w, or elfe~.-' i -ig-n . imit ' . For the Sovera . lly pro 1: tsliis‘iglifls iio goveraignty at all -, and fo every man may isLawful ; dition thecon which fword, own his . i tea himfeite ifhe can, with TR"? 2; (7 1 or their roteétion. _ ; v . Rig/2t: milkingnow coniiider what the Scri' ture teacheth-in the fame pomt. The ofMomrc/ay we fool w, to More Speak * l ius. t fay en oflfloe To Moles, the childr from Scrip- will More the; out let not God [peak to us, lejl we dye. _ This rurc. is abfolute obedience to Mojer . Concerning the .Right of * Exool. Kinos , God himfelf by the mouth of Samuel, faith, T21." I 9. 20. (lull be tlie Rig/u of lllr 'Klflg you wtllbarve to reigns over you . * I Saw. 3. He (hill "kayo/tr {ou.r,oml/ct them to o'rzrue his Chariots, and to lie Im- liorjcmm, nod to run before Ill: chariots; uuu'gtzllzer 177 .lm bdrm/f; I t,1 z, Sect, and to males Ill! euginc; of Vl'izrmuu' Iujlru'memrlof 1m clJizrzotgzmd ml! Like your daughter: lo make perfume;,‘to be I»; Cooker, and Ba era. Hellmlltizl'c yourfleldr, your ruine-yurdr, and your olz've-yzzm's, and give l/Ir‘m td/Ila'fi'?‘1‘.l/Jlf. He [lull trike t/JL' tytb ofyour come :1in H‘lfll‘, null/{lie il lo [/16 "woof/125‘ chamber, and to but other fer- mainly. Ile [bull tal'eyour mau-jcrvonlr, uudyour mizzol-fer'vuutr, um! the choice ofyouryoull}, and employ lbemln lm éufim'fle._ fly/ball take 1/" tyrliolyourfloolnv-7 andyouflmll be bis/er‘vizulr. [his is abfolutc power, and fummed up inthe lait words, you j_/mllle lit; ferry/mu, Againe, when the people heard what power their King was to have, yet they confented thereto, and fay thus, " We Will be [or all other no- * Vet‘fi; I a, iiour, .iua' our Ix'iug/liiillyud/Ie our mules, and goo oefore ur, to condufz‘ our mm. Here is confirmed the Right that Soveraigns have, bothtotheMz‘liliiz, and to all fudmzmrc; in which is conteined as, abfolute power, as one man can poifibly transferre to. another. (2;: ill" ion of each particularao avoyd death or bonds, to demand of _, mm more than of the other,trom the title of inga CoanCrcd Nation, is an at} of ignorance Conqueit, as 1):" of the Rights of latent/it Wider/limlllflg, to judge My people, flfld to a'tfrerne between Sovereignty. - u 36, Again, the prayer ofKing Solomon to God, was this. . "' Give to tlly * I King: 3; (1er and Emil. It belongeth therefore to the Soveraigne 3?;66 9- |