Justice vindicated from the false fucus [i.e. focus] put upon it, by [brace] Thomas White gent., Mr. Thomas Hobbs, and Hugo Grotius as also elements of power & subjection, wherein is demonstrated the cause of all humane, Christian, and legal society : and as a previous introduction to these, is shewed, the method by which men must necessarily attain arts & sciences / by Roger Coke.

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Justice vindicated from the false fucus [i.e. focus] put upon it, by [brace] Thomas White gent., Mr. Thomas Hobbs, and Hugo Grotius as also elements of power & subjection, wherein is demonstrated the cause of all humane, Christian, and legal society : and as a previous introduction to these, is shewed, the method by which men must necessarily attain arts & sciences / by Roger Coke.

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Coke, Roger, fl. 1696.

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London :: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for G. Bedell and T. Collins ...,

1660.

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Subject terms

White, Thomas, 1593-1676. -- Grounds of obedience and government.

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. -- De cive.

Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645. -- De jure belli et pacis.

Political science -- Early works to 1800.

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"Justice vindicated from the false fucus [i.e. focus] put upon it, by [brace] Thomas White gent., Mr. Thomas Hobbs, and Hugo Grotius as also elements of power & subjection, wherein is demonstrated the cause of all humane, Christian, and legal society : and as a previous introduction to these, is shewed, the method by which men must necessarily attain arts & sciences / by Roger Coke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B20451.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the Kings most Excellent Majesty, CHARLES II.
• title page
• TO THE READER.
  • Postscript to the Reader.
• By what means Men attain Arts and Sciences.
• OBSERVATIONS UPON Mr. Tho. White Gent. his Grounds of Obedience and Government, Dedicated to his best Friend Sir Kenelme Digby.
  • The First GROUND.
  • The Second GROUND.
  • The Third GROUND.
  • The Fourth GROUND.
  • The Fifth GROUND.
  • The Sixth GROUND.
  • The Seventh GROUND.
  • The Eighth GROUND.
  • The Ninth GROUND.
  • The Tenth GROUND.
  • The Twelfth GROUND.
  • The Thirteenth GROUND.
  • The Fourteenth GROUND.
• OBSERVATIONS ON Mr. HOBBS De Cive.
• OBSERVATIONS ON HƲGO GROTIƲS De Jure Belli & Pacis.
• POSTSCRIPT.
• A Premonition to the Reader.
• title page
• TO THE READER.
• THE APPARATUS: OR, The different Nature of Man from other Creatures: And why only Government is necessary to Man∣kinde.
• The Method observed in the subsequent TREA∣TISE, and the Reason of it.
• book - 1
  • A more particular Survey of the Contents of the First Book.
  • DEFINITIONS.
  • Common Notions or Axioms.
  • THE FIRST BOOK.
    • CHAP. I. De Juribus.
    • CHAP. II. Of Laws.
    • CHAP. III. Of Virtue.
    • CHAP. IV. Of Particular Moral Virtues.
    • CHAP. V. Moral Virtues are commanded by God in the holy Scripture.
    • CHAP. VI. The Obligation of Divine and Humane Laws upon the Consciences and Persons of Men.
    • CHAP. VII. Of Promises, Contracts, &c.
• book - 2
  • THE CONTENTS of the Second Book.
  • DEFINITIONS.
  • Common Notion.
  • THE SECOND BOOK.
    • CHAP. I. Of Society, or the mutual offices of Commanding and Obeying.
    • CHAP. II. Of Regal and Magistrates power.
    • CHAP. III. Of the Attributes of Regal power, and incidently of the Power of Magistrates.
    • CHAP. IV. Of the three Species of Government, viz. Monar∣chy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.
    • CHAP. V. Of Sedition.
    • CHAP. VI. Of the Fathers power.
    • CHAP. VII. The Husbands Power.
    • CHAP. VIII. Of Domestical power.
    • CHAP. IX. Of Ecclesiastical power.
• book - 3
  • The Contents of the Third Book.
  • THE THIRD BOOK.
    • CHAP. I. Of Subjection.
    • CHAP. II. Of Inheritance and Succession.
    • CHAP. III. Of the Municipal Laws of England, before 1640.
• book - 4
  • The Contents of the Fourth Book.
  • THE FOURTH BOOK.
    • CHAP. I. Of Justice.
    • CHAP. II. Of Obedience.
    • CHAP. III. Of Judgment.
    • CHAP. IV. Of Equity.
• book - 5
  • The Contents of the Fifth Book.
  • THE FIFTH BOOK.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • Epilogue.
• errata