Excerpt from The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations, &C: Concerning the Rights, Power and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Privileges and Properties of the People Lers, within no other limits, in reference to our civil concerns, fave that they are to govern for the, good of thofe over whom they. Come to be efiab ltfhed; it remains free and entire to the people at their firfi erection of, and fubmifiion to govern ment, to prefcribe and define what (hall be the meafures and boundaries of the public good, and unto what rules and fiandard the magifirate {hall be refirained, in order to his defending and promoting the benefit of the fociety of which he is created the civil and political head. And every one being equally mafler of his own property and liberty, antecedently to their agreement with one another, and to the compae't of the? Univerfality, or at leafi of the majority with him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.