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re-established the ancient and prime right of the lineal succession in paternal government. This is his business from p. 12.
to 19. And then obviating an objection, and clearing a difficulty or two with one half reason, p. 23. to confirm the natural
right of regal power, he ends the first chapter. I hope it is no injury to call an half quotation an half reason; for God
says, Honour thy father and mother; but our author contents himself with half, leaves out thymother quite, as little
serviceable to his purpose. But of that more in another place. I do not think our author so little skilled in the way of writing
discourses of this nature, nor so careless of the point in hand, that he by over-sight commits the fault, that he himself, in
his Anarchy of a mixed Monarchy, p. 239. objects to Mr. Hunton in these words: Where first I charge the author, that he