Seventhly，isannexedtothesovereigntythewholepowerofprescribingtheruleswherebyeverymanmayknowwhatgoodshemayenjoy，andwhatactionshemaydo，withoutbeingmolestedbyanyofhisfellowsubjects：andthisisitmencallpropriety。Forbeforeconstitutionofsovereignpower，ashathalreadybeenshown，allmenhadrighttoallthings，whichnecessarilycausethwar：andthereforethispropriety，beingnecessarytopeace，anddependingonsovereignpower，istheactofthatpower，inordertothepublicpeace。Theserulesofproprietyormeumandtuumandofgood，evil，lawful，andunlawfulintheactionsofsubjectsarethecivillaws；thatistosay，thelawsofeachCommonwealthinparticular；
thoughthenameofcivillawbenowrestrainedtotheancientcivillawsofthecityofRome；whichbeingtheheadofagreatpartoftheworld，herlawsatthattimewereinthesepartsthecivillaw。
Eighthly，isannexedtothesovereigntytherightofjudicature；
thatistosay，ofhearinganddecidingallcontroversieswhichmayariseconcerninglaw，eithercivilornatural，orconcerningfact。Forwithoutthedecisionofcontroversies，thereisnoprotectionofonesubjectagainsttheinjuriesofanother；thelawsconcerningmeumandtuumareinvain，andtoeverymanremaineth，fromthenaturalandnecessaryappetiteofhisownconservation，therightofprotectinghimselfbyhisprivatestrength，whichistheconditionofwar，andcontrarytotheendforwhicheveryCommonwealthisinstituted。
Ninthly，isannexedtothesovereigntytherightofmakingwarandpeacewithothernationsandCommonwealths；thatistosay，ofjudgingwhenitisforthepublicgood，andhowgreatforcesaretobeassembled，armed，andpaidforthatend，andtolevymoneyuponthesubjectstodefraytheexpensesthereof。Forthepowerbywhichthepeoplearetobedefendedconsistethintheirarmies，andthestrengthofanarmyintheunionoftheirstrengthunderonecommand；whichcommandthesovereigninstituted，thereforehath，becausethecommandofthemilitia，withoutotherinstitution，makethhimthathathitsovereign。Andtherefore，whosoeverismadegeneralofanarmy，hethathaththesovereignpowerisalwaysgeneralissimo。