1。OfconsequencesfromtheinstitutionofCOMMONWEALTHS,totherights,anddutiesofthebodypolitic,orsovereign2。Ofconsequencesfromthesame,tothedutyandrightofthesubjectsCHAPTERX
OFPOWER,WORTH,DIGNITY,HONOURANDWORTHINESS
THEPOWERofaman,totakeituniversally,ishispresentmeanstoobtainsomefutureapparentgood,andiseitheroriginalorinstrumental。
Naturalpoweristheeminenceofthefacultiesofbody,ormind;
asextraordinarystrength,form,prudence,arts,eloquence,liberality,nobility。Instrumentalarethosepowerswhich,acquiredbythese,orbyfortune,aremeansandinstrumentstoacquiremore;asriches,reputation,friends,andthesecretworkingofGod,whichmencallgoodluck。Forthenatureofpoweris,inthispoint,liketofame,increasingasitproceeds;orlikethemotionofheavybodies,which,thefurthertheygo,makestillthemorehaste。