...call by the name of Lawes; but improperly: for they are but Conclusions, or Theoremes concerning the defence of themselves; whereas Law, properly is the...word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same Theoremes, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...

...dictates of reason, men use to call by the name of laws, but improperly." L. p. 111. 60. Eg, ibid., "[L]aw. properly is the word of him, that by right hath command over others," and in ch. 26, "And first it is manifest, that law in general, is not counsel, but command." L, p....

...reason, men used to call by the names of laws, but improperly: for they are but conclusions, or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and...word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...

...for they are but conclusions, or theorums concerning what conduced! to the conservation and defense of themselves; whereas law, properly, is the word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commanded!...

...they were 'but Conclusions or Theoremes concerning what conduceth to. . . conservation and defence . . .whereas Law, properly is the word of him, that by right hath command over others'.6 Similarly, he claimed 'Where there is no common Power, there is no Law: where no law, no...

...can give rise to an obligation only because the official is authorized to command. As Hobbes puts it, "law, properly, is the word of him that by right hath command over others" — a view Bentham echoes when he defines law as a command "backed by the authority of the sovereign."'5...

...Conclusions, or Theoremes concerning what conduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves; wheras Law, properly is the word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same Theoremes, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...

...those actions are most Reasonable, that conduce most to their ends" (L 15). 6. Reason, law and God: "These dictates of Reason, men use to call by the...word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same Theoremes, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...

...and adds that men improperly call them by the name of laws: "for they are but conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and...word of him, that by right hath command over others." "But yet", he continues, "if you consider the same Theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that...

...conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves (men); whereas law, properly, is the word of him, that by right hath command over them'.1 Reason sees that the observance of these 'theorems' conduces to man's self-preservation and...