Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . c©;s© :0?;5Q^/tSQ^ Prop. IX. Tbe Supreme Power is irre--Jijlible. THAT the Supreme Power cannotbe in the People^ is evident fromwhat has been faid before. Where-evertistherefore lodgd, whether in one or morePerfons, ie muft be irrefiftible, by Defim-ition IT. Supreme Power is a fole Abilityof obtaining fome End, which End in So-ciety is Government : Confequently noother Power in the fame Society can in-terfere with that Supi eniw Prop. Prop. X. T/:^e Supreme PoToer being inone or many, is the Diffe-rence between a
Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . c©;s© :0?;5Q^/tSQ^ Prop. IX. Tbe Supreme Power is irre--Jijlible. THAT the Supreme Power cannotbe in the People^ is evident fromwhat has been faid before. Where-evertistherefore lodgd, whether in one or morePerfons, ie muft be irrefiftible, by Defim-ition IT. Supreme Power is a fole Abilityof obtaining fome End, which End in So-ciety is Government : Confequently noother Power in the fame Society can in-terfere with that Supi eniw Prop. Prop. X. T/:^e Supreme PoToer being inone or many, is the Diffe-rence between a Republickand a Monarchy. A King muft be either the SupremeJ^\ Power, or fubjed to the Supremepower, or (which is the fame) Part of theSupreme Power; ( for the Part is fubjedto the Whole.) The Definition of a Re-publick, as allowd by all Men, is, thatthe Current of the Supreme Power isdivided into more Channels than if the King be only Part of the Su-preme Power, he cannot be the Whole,which deftroys the Difference between aRepublick and a Monarchy ,• which is a-;gainft the Hypothefes. Cor, I. Hence thofe numerous Declarati-ons in Parliament, that the King is fubjct^to God alone, that the Crown of EnglaJtdis an Imperial Crown, are fo many Proofs,fhat l£Lngland is no Republick : Confe- cjucntly, c ^o qucntly, the Supreme Power is in the it not be abfurd, to fay, that Ve^nice or Holland are Imperial Crowns, orthat Sparta was not a Republick, whofeCaptains were calld King^^ yet weref
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