OF CIVIL-GOVERNMENT
BOOK II
Chap. I. §. 1. It having been ſhewn in the foregoing diſcourſe,
- That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood, or by poſitive donation from God, any ſuch authority over his children, or dominion over the world, as is pretended:
- That if he had, his heirs, yet, had no right to it:
- That if his heirs had, there being no law of nature nor poſitive law of God that determines which is the right heir in all caſes that may ariſe, the right of ſucceſſion, and conſequently of bearing rule, could not have been certainly determined:
- That if even that had been determined, yet the knowledge of which is the eldeſt line
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