The Oceana of James Harrington and his other works, som [sic] wherof are now first publish'd from his own manuscripts : the whole collected, methodiz'd, and review'd, with an exact account of his life prefix'd / by John Toland.

The Order of the Work.

The First Book.

• THE Preface, considering the Principles, or Nature of Family Go∣vernments.
• CHAP. I. Considering the Principles, or Balance of National Govern∣ments; with the different kinds of the same.
• CHAP. II. Shewing the variation of the English Balance.
• CHAP. III. Of the fixation of the Balance, or of Agrarian Laws.
• CHAP. IV. Shewing the Superstructures of Governments.
• THE Conclusion, observing that the Principles of Human Prudence being good without proof out of Scripture, are nevertheless such as are provable out of Scripture.

The Second Book.

• THE Preface, shewing that there were Commonwealths before that of Israel.
• CHAP. I. Shewing that Israel was a Commonwealth.
• CHAP. II. Shewing what Commonwealth Israel was.
• CHAP. III. Shewing the Anarchy, or state of the Israelits under their Judges.
• CHAP IV. Shewing the state of the Israelits under their Kings to the Captivity.
• CHAP. V. Shewing the state of the Jews in Captivity, and after their return from Captivity; or the frame of the Jewish Commonwealth: and in that the Original of Ordination.
• CHAP. VI. Shewing how Ordination was brought into the Christian Church, and the divers ways of the same at divers times in use with the Apostles.
• THE Conclusion, Shewing that neither God, nor Christ, or the Apostles ever instituted any Government Ecclesiastical or Civil, upon any other Principles than those only of Human Prudence.

The Third Book.

• THE Preface, Containing a Model of Popular Government, pro∣pos'd notionally.
• CHAP. I. Containing the Civil part of the Model, propos'd practicably.
• CHAP. II. Containing the Religious part of the Model, propos'd practi∣cably.
• CHAP. III. Containing the Military part of the Model, propos'd practi∣cably.
• CHAP. IV. Containing the Provincial part of the Model, propos'd practicably.
• THE Conclusion, Shewing how the Model may be prov'd or examin'd; and giving a brief Answer to Mr. WREN's last Book, intitul'd, Monarchy asserted, &c.