Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . regard thefame End, are Independent. 4. If Equal Powers are added to thofePowers that were before Equal, they arcftill Equal and Independent. 5. If to two Equal Powers which re-gard the fame End, a Power be ^ ^ .added to one, which the other ^^^^^^ ^^has not, that Power is fuperiour to the other. 6. If a Man has a Right to exercife aPower over a Body of a thoufand Men,the fame Power may extend over each In-dividual. 7. If one Power can do all that anotherPower can do, thofe Powers arc Equal inthat refpcift. 8. If one Powe

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Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . regard thefame End, are Independent. 4. If Equal Powers are added to thofePowers that were before Equal, they arcftill Equal and Independent. 5. If to two Equal Powers which re-gard the fame End, a Power be ^ ^ .added to one, which the other ^^^^^^ ^^has not, that Power is fuperiour to the other. 6. If a Man has a Right to exercife aPower over a Body of a thoufand Men,the fame Power may extend over each In-dividual. 7. If one Power can do all that anotherPower can do, thofe Powers arc Equal inthat refpcift. 8. If one Power can be reflraind byanother, the latter is the Superiour. B 2 9- If [4] g. If they can mutually reftrain eachother, they are Equal, and confequently In-dependent. Vire! enim contraria fe miituodejlrtmnt, 10. Two Powers are Independent,when one has no Coercive Power, towhich the other is fubjedt. 11. Two Supreme Powers cannot bein one Society. 12. When the Supreme Power ccafesto be, there can be no Power in thatSociety. 13. All Governments have a SupremePower in

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