style="font-size:15px;"> Punishments Declared Before The Fact, Excuse From Greater PunishmentsNothing Can Be Made A Crime By A Law Made After The Fact
False Principles Of Right And Wrong Causes Of Crime
False Teachers Misinterpreting 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
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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
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The Representative Of The Commonwealth 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 Commonwealth
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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
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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
