THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS.
Reading edition
THE FIRST PART.--OF MAN.
CHAP. PAGE.
Introduction ix
1. Of Sense 1
2. Of Imagination 3
3. Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations 11
4. Of Speech 18
5. Of Reason and Science 29
6. Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, commonly called the Passions; and the Speeches by which they are expressed 38
7. Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse 51
8. Of the Virtues, commonly called Intellectual; and their contrary Defects 56
9. Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge 71
10. Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthiness 74
11. Of the Difference of Manners 85
12. Of Religion 94
13. Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as concerning their Felicity and Misery 110
14. Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contract 116
15. Of other Laws of Nature 130
16. Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated 147
THE SECOND PART.--OF COMMONWEALTH.
17. Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Commonwealth 153
18. Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution 159
19. Of the several kinds of Commonwealth by Institution; and of Succession to the Sovereign Power 171
20. Of Dominion Paternal, and Despotical 185
21. Of the Liberty of Subjects 196
22. Of Systems Subject, Political, and Private 210
23. Of the Public Ministers of Sovereign Power 226
24. Of the Nutrition, and Procreation of a Commonwealth 232
viii25. Of Counsel 240
26. Of Civil Laws 250
27. Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations 277
28. Of Punishments, and Rewards 297
29. Of those things that weaken, or tend to the Dissolution of a Commonwealth 308
30. Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative 322
31. Of the Kingdom of God by Nature 343
THE THIRD PART.--OF A CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH.
32. Of the Principles of Christian Politics 359
33. Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture 366
34. Of the Signification of Spirit, Angel, and Inspiration, in the Books of Holy Scripture 380
35. Of the Signification in Scripture of the Kingdom of God, of Holy, Sacred, and Sacrament 396
36. Of the Word of God, and of Prophets 407
37. Of Miracles, and their Use 427
38. Of the Signification in Scripture of Eternal Life, Hell, Salvation, the World to Come, and Redemption 437
39. Of the Signification in Scripture of the word Church 458
40. Of the Rights of the Kingdom of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High-Priests, and the Kings of Judah 461
41. Of the Office of Our Blessed Saviour 475
42. Of Power Ecclesiastical 485
43. Of what is Necessary for a Man’s Reception into the Kingdom of Heaven 584
THE FOURTH PART.--OF THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS.
44. Of Spiritual Darkness, from Misinterpretation of Scripture 603
45. Of Demonology, and other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles 637
46. Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy, and Fabulous Traditions 664
47. Of the Benefit proceeding from such Darkness; and to whom it accrueth 688
A Review and Conclusion 701
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