False Teachers Mis-interpreting The Law Of Nature Secondly, by false And False Inferences From True Principles, By Teachers By Their Passions; Presumption Of Riches And Friends Wisedome Hatred, Lust, Ambition, Covetousnesse, Causes Of Crime Fear Sometimes Cause Of Crime, As When The Danger Is Neither Present, Crimes Not Equall Totall Excuses Excuses Against The Author Presumption Of Power, Aggravateth Evill Teachers, Extenuate Examples Of Impunity, Extenuate Praemeditation, Aggravateth Tacite Approbation Of The Soveraign, Extenuates Comparison Of Crimes From Their Effects Laesae Majestas Bribery And False Testimony Depeculation Counterfeiting Authority Crimes Against Private Men Compared Publique Crimes What CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS The Definition Of Punishment Right To Punish Whence Derived Private Injuries, And Revenges No Punishments Nor Denyall Of Preferment Nor Pain Inflicted Without Publique Hearing Nor Pain Inflicted By Usurped Power Nor Pain Inflicted Without Respect To The Future Good Naturall Evill Consequences, No Punishments Hurt Inflicted, If Lesse Than The Benefit Of Transgressing, Where The Punishment Is Annexed To The Law, A Greater Hurt Is Not Hurt Inflicted For A Fact Done Before The Law, No Punishment The Representative Of The Common-wealth Unpunishable Hurt To Revolted Subjects Is Done By Right Of War, Not Punishments Corporall Capitall Ignominy Imprisonment Exile The Punishment Of Innocent Subjects Is Contrary To The Law Of Nature But The Harme Done To Innocents In War, Not So Reward, Is Either Salary, Or Grace Benefits Bestowed For Fear, Are Not Rewards Salaries Certain And Casuall CHAPTER XXIX. OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF Want Of Absolute Power Private Judgement Of Good and Evill Erroneous Conscience Pretence Of Inspiration Subjecting The Soveraign Power To Civill Lawes Attributing Of Absolute Propriety To The Subjects Dividing Of The Soveraign Power Imitation Of Neighbour Nations Imitation Of The Greeks, And Romans Mixt Government Want Of Mony Monopolies And Abuses Of Publicans Popular Men Excessive Greatnesse Of A Town, Multitude Of Corporations Liberty Of Disputing Against Soveraign Power Dissolution Of The Common-wealth CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE The Procuration Of The Good Of The People By Instruction & Lawes Against The Duty Of A Soveraign To Relinquish Any Essentiall Right Objection Of Those That Say There Are No Principles Of Reason For Objection From The Incapacity Of The Vulgar Subjects Are To Be Taught, Not To Affect Change Of Government Nor Adhere (Against The Soveraign) To Popular Men And To Have Dayes Set Apart To Learn Their Duty And To Honour Their Parents And To Avoyd Doing Of Injury: And To Do All This Sincerely From The Heart The Use Of Universities Equall Taxes Publique Charity Prevention Of Idlenesse Good Lawes What Such As Are Necessary Such As Are Perspicuous Punishments Rewards Counsellours Commanders CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE The Scope Of The Following Chapters Who Are Subjects In The Kingdome Of God A Threefold Word Of God, Reason, Revelation, Prophecy Sinne Not The Cause Of All Affliction Divine Lawes Honour And Worship What Severall Signes Of Honour Worship Naturall And Arbitrary Worship Commanded And Free Worship Publique And Private The End Of Worship Attributes Of Divine Honour Actions That Are Signes Of Divine Honour Publique Worship Consisteth In Uniformity All Attributes Depend On The Lawes Civill Not All Actions Naturall Punishments The Conclusion Of The Second Part PART III. OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES What It Is To Captivate The Understanding How God Speaketh To Men By What Marks Prophets Are Known The Marks Of A Prophet In The Old Law, Miracles, And Doctrine Miracles Ceasing, Prophets Cease, The Scripture Supplies Their Place CHAPTER XXXIII. OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY, Of The Books Of Holy Scripture Their Antiquity The Pentateuch Not Written By Moses The Book of Joshua Written After His Time The Booke Of Judges And Ruth Written Long After The Captivity The Like Of The Bookes Of Samuel The Books Of The Kings, And The Chronicles Ezra And Nehemiah Esther Job The Psalter The Proverbs Ecclesiastes And The Canticles The Prophets The New Testament Their Scope
