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Page 18
... there being nothing more evident , than that creatures of the fame species and
rank , promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature , and the use of
the same faculties , should be equal one amongst another , without subordination
...
... there being nothing more evident , than that creatures of the fame species and
rank , promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature , and the use of
the same faculties , should be equal one amongst another , without subordination
...
Page 29
The use of words and terms can only be , to convey to others the real meaning
and purport of what we think ourselves . Thus if I happen , by an unufual and
awkward combination of words and phrases , to express my meaning and
sentiments ...
The use of words and terms can only be , to convey to others the real meaning
and purport of what we think ourselves . Thus if I happen , by an unufual and
awkward combination of words and phrases , to express my meaning and
sentiments ...
Page 47
... guarding our persons , our property , and our name , against invasion ; and for
securing to the members of a community that liberty , to which all have an equal
right , as far as they do not by any overt act , use it to injure the liberty of others .
... guarding our persons , our property , and our name , against invasion ; and for
securing to the members of a community that liberty , to which all have an equal
right , as far as they do not by any overt act , use it to injure the liberty of others .
Page 96
But it is no consequence from these premises , that men should be debarred
liberty of conscience , and the free use of reason and enquiry ; much less can any
argument be drawn from them in favour of persecution . Freedom of thought is the
...
But it is no consequence from these premises , that men should be debarred
liberty of conscience , and the free use of reason and enquiry ; much less can any
argument be drawn from them in favour of persecution . Freedom of thought is the
...
Page 98
For this purpose , it is evidently requisite , that I diligently use my reason , in order
to make myself acquainted with the will of God ; and also , that I have liberty to do
whatever I believe he requires , provided I do not moleft my fellow creatures by ...
For this purpose , it is evidently requisite , that I diligently use my reason , in order
to make myself acquainted with the will of God ; and also , that I have liberty to do
whatever I believe he requires , provided I do not moleft my fellow creatures by ...
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adoption againſt alſo alter anceſtors ancient appears attempt authority becauſe binding biſhops body called caſe cauſe Chriſtian church civil clergy conſent conſequently conſider conſtitution continue courts crown doctrine duty effects England equally eſtabliſhment executive exerciſe exiſtence firſt force give given hands hath head himſelf houſe human individual itſelf judge judgment juriſdiction juſtice king king's kingdom land legiſlative liberty lords magiſtrate majority manner matter means ment moſt muſt nature never obligation obſerve opinion original parliament particular party peers perſon political prerogative preſent preſerve prince principles privileges prove queſtion realm reaſon reign religion religious repreſentatives reſpect Roman Rome ſaid ſame ſays ſhall ſhould ſociety ſome ſovereign ſpeak ſpiritual ſtate ſtatute ſubject ſubmit ſuch ſupreme taken temporal themſelves theſe thing thoſe tion true truth uſe whole
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Page 486 - ... an infringement or privation of the civil rights which belong to individuals, considered merely as individuals; public wrongs, or crimes and misdemeanors, are a breach and violation of the public rights and duties due to the whole community, considered as a community, in its social aggregate capacity.
Page 34 - MEN being, as has been said, by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, -without his own consent.
Page 504 - Mr. Burke talks about what he calls an hereditary crown, as if it were some production of Nature ; or as if, like Time, it had a power to operate, not only independently, but in spite of man ; or as if it were a thing or a subject universally consented to. Alas ! it has none of those properties, but is the reverse of them all.
Page 18 - To understand political power right and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man.
Page 60 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same.
Page 57 - Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others. The rules that they make for other men's actions must, as well as their own, and other men's actions be conformable to the law of nature...
Page 165 - I hope are sufficient to establish the throne of our great restorer, our present king William; to make good his title in the consent of the people ; which being the only one of all lawful governments, he has more fully and clearly than any prince in Christendom ; and to justify to the world the people of England, whose love of their just and natural rights, with their resolution to preserve them, saved the nation when it was on the very brink of slavery and ruin.
Page 26 - Every history of the Creation, and every traditionary account. whether from the lettered or unlettered world. however they may vary in their opinion or belief of certain particulars. all agree in establishing one point. the unity of man: by which I mean that men are all of one degree. and consequently that all men are born equal. and with equal natural rights.
Page 35 - For, when any number of men have, by the consent of every individual, made a community, they have thereby made that community one body, with a power to act as one body, which is only by the will and determination of the majority.
Page 35 - ... by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their properties, and a greater security against any that are not of it. This any number of men may do, because it injures not the freedom of the rest; they are left as they were in the liberty of the state of nature.
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| Title | Jura Anglorum: The Rights of Englishmen, Page 732 Eighteenth century collections online HeinOnline: World constitutions illustrated Jura Anglorum: The Rights of Englishmen, Francis Plowden |
| Author | Francis Plowden |
| Publisher | E. and R. Brooke, 1792 |
| Length | 620 pages |
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