Excerpt from Bibliotheca Politica, or an Enquiry Into the Ancient Constitution of the English Government: With Respect to the Just Extent of the Regal Power, and the Rights and Liberties of the Subject I hope no candid Reader will {light thofe Dialogues, which treat of Opinions that at prefent ma feem to be of faihion, fviz. Tire Divine Right of Mondrcbj, and Succe ion from the Patriarchal Power given by God to Adam; for every one remembers the time when our Pul pits and Prefl'es' would Icarce fulfer any Other Dottrine to be preach'd or pub'lifh'd on thofe subjeeis. It fares with fome Political Opinions as witlrfalhions, which'are never fo generally receiv'd and worn, as iwhen they have been in vogue at court. Thofe Divines and Law. Iyers, who were the Inventors or new 'vam'pers of them, commonly receiy'd Rewards and Preferments To that as the Court itaylors' did-with Fafhions, they invented fuch Doetrines and Opi thiou's as were molt burdenfom and uneafy roall forts of People, ex cept a few'great ones, who wereto be Gainers by them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.