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Show 130 m2: ofCOMMON-WEALTH. Clmpfziti gum: OfCOMMON-WE/ILTII. ~ Chapes. 13; h tis to fa ' to the Soveraign ) to appointlin what manner, all itiniis of coiiirac‘t between Subjitéts, (as buying, felling, exchangin§,borrowing,lendin , lettin ,and taking to hire,) are to bee - andb whatwor s and lonesthey iall be underflood for $iid.7And orthe Maui, and biaribution of the Nourilhment, to the {everall Members ofthe Common-wealth, thus much ("mi w Cammo n. malt/7. 7:.flfi-Ni has; '» 3I014d ofa ' u Man] the fidering the modell of the whole Worke) is fufiicrent. _' By Concoétion, I underfland the reducmg of all commodities, which are not prel‘ently confumed, but referved for Nouriihment intime to come, to fome thing of equall value, and wrthall fo portable, as not to hinder the motion of men from place to place; to the end a man may have in what place. foever, _fuch Nouriihment as the place affordeth. And this is nothing elfe but Gold, and Silver, and Mony. For Gold and Silver ,being (as it happens) almoit in all Countries of the world high- ly valued, isacommodious meal'ure of the value of all things elfe "a A .595, ‘1‘» ."1 we m 'c-« between Nations; and Mony (of what matter foever coyned by the Soverai n of a Common-wealth,) is a fuificient meafure of the value 0% all things elfe, between the Subjects of that Commonwealth. By the means ofwhich meafures, all commodities, Moveable, and Immoveable, are made to accompany a- man, to all pla- ces ofhis refort, within and without the place of his ordinary refidence -, and the fame paffeth from Man to Man, within the Common-wealth ~, and goes round about, Nouriihing (as it paireth) every part thereof; In f0 much as this Concoétion, is as it were the Sanguification of the Common-wealth: For naturall Bloud is A, l", é l Parts of of the Body, carry it to the Heart-7 where being made Vitall, the Heart bythc Arteries fends‘it out again, to enliven, and enable for motion all the Members of the fame. . . r The Procreation, or Children of a Common-wealtn, are thofe 7, (7le we call Plimmtiom, or Colonies -,tvhich are numbers of men fent out "if", of a from the Common-wealth, under a Condufi or, or Governour, to ( wiry/m- ,1 inhabit a Forraign Country, either formerly voyd of Inhabitants, or :72» 2 [has made voyd then, bywarre. And when a Colony is fetled, they are either aCommon-wealth of themfelves, difcharged of their fubjc. ction to their Soveraign that [cut them, _( as hath been done by many Common-wealths of antient time,) in' which cafe the Common- wealth-from which they wentwas called their Me_tropolis,or Mother) and requires no more of them, then Fathers require of the Children, whom thev emancipate, and make free from their domefiiq‘ue g9- vernme nt,l\vhich is Honour, and Friendihip ; or elfe they remain uni- ted to their Metropolis, as were the Colonies of the people of Rome; and then they are no Common-wealths themfelves, but Provinces, and parts ofthe Common-wealth that fent them. So that the Right of Colonies ( faving Honour, and League WM, their MCtropoli5,) dependeth wholly on their LicenceJ or Letters, by which their Soveraign authorifed them to Plant. CHAR XXV. 0f) CoriNsELt... in like manner made of the fruits of the Earth, and circulating, noui'iflieth by the way, every Member ofthe Body of Man. And becaufe Silver and Gold, have their value from the mat- ter it {elf; they have firft this priviledge , that the value of them cannotbe altered by the power of one, nor of a few Commonwealths; as being a common meafure of the commodities of all places. But bafe Mony, may eafily be enlianfed, or abafed. Se- condly, they have the priviledge to make Common-wealths mow, and firetch out their armes, when need is, into forraign Countries; and fupply, not only private Subjects that travel], but alfo WilOlC Armies with Provifion. But that COyne, which is not confidentbit for the Matter, but for the Stamp ofthe place, being unable to endure change of ayr, hath its effect at home only; where alfo fubjeét to the change of Laws, and thereby to have the valueit is di~ miniflied, to the prejudice many times ofthofe that have it. l 7'1» Can- The Conduits, and Wayes by which it is conveyed to the Pub- lique ufe, dam and are of two forts ~,One,that Conveyeth "41"};"4'9 Cofirs , The other, that Iflheth the fame out it to the Publique againe for publique 2:32;!" payments. Ofthe firfi fort, are Collectors, Receivers, and 7 ' iurerswfthe fecond are the Treafurers againe, and the Trea2 pointed for pa ment of feverall publique or private Officers Minifiers. nd in this alfo,the Artificiall Man maintains his refemblance with the Natural; whoie yeins receiving the Blond from the feverall parts , 0w Eillicious it is to judge ofthe nature of things, by the or-= Campy P dinarr- and inconftant Life of‘wordsglppeareth in nothing more, when than in the confulion of Counfelsjand Commands, arifing from :hc Imperative manner of {peaking in them both, and in many tithe-r occalions belides. For the words Duet/111:, are the words no: onelt' of him that Commandeth -, but alfo ofhim that giveth Coun- lL i1 {and of him that Exhortcth -, and yet there are but few, that fee not, tlthtliClt'm‘e very difl'erent things, or that cannor diflinguiih httwtenihtm, whenthey perceive who it is that l‘peaketh, and to it hom the Speech is directed, and upon what occcafion. But finding thoil phmiis in turns writings, and being notable, or not willing to inter intoatoniideritionot the circumflances, they mif‘take {ometiintsthe l'i'eceptsot‘ CZi>iinle11011rs, for the Precept s of them that Command 2 and ibmetimes the contrary -, according as it belt agreeth with the tuncliiiions they would inferre, or the actions they approve. To avoyd which niiitulxs, and render to thole termes oFCommand:ng, (Louni‘tlling, and Exhorting, their proper and dii'tinct lignifica- nuns, I define them thus. (j o :i \1 Ar: 1) is, where a man faith, Doc [1155, or Doe not this, with- "We Hi2: t-xptéting OtiiCi' reaiim thanthe Willofhim that [21st it. From 1""! t! mt tolloweth manifefilv, that he that Commzmdeth, pretendeth'é 7171530? ha own Benefit: '130rthereafiin of his C0inn13nrij§hi5 om»1"""‘ Q will |