item: #1 of 14 id: A32677 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: The two charters granted by King Charles IId to the proprietors of Carolina with the first and last fundamental constitutions of that colony. date: 1698 words: 24027 flesch: 49 summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. That the due Number of Landgraves and Cassiques may be always kept up , if upon the Devolution of any Landgraveship or Cassiqueship , the Palatine's Court shall not settle the devolved Dignity , with the Baronies thereunto annexed , before the Second biennial Parliament after such Devolution , the next biennial Parliament but one after such Devolution shall have Power to make any one Landgrave or Cassique in the Room of him , who dying without Heirs , his Dignity and Baronies devolved . keywords: anthony lord; carterett; colleton; court; craven; earl; heirs; john lord; lord; lord ashley; lord berkeley; proprietors; province; sir; sir george; sir john; sir william; successors cache: A32677.xml plain text: A32677.txt item: #2 of 14 id: A48871 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: An abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay concerning humane [sic] understanding date: 1696 words: 58805 flesch: 62 summary: Secondly , They are designed for Representations in the mind of Things that do exist , by Ideas discoverable in them : in both which respects they are Inadaequate . This shews us the reason why in defining Words , we make use of the Genus : namely to save the labour of enumerating the several Simple Ideas , which the next general Term stands for : General Terms then belong not to the real Existence of Things ; they are Inventions of the Understanding , and concern only Signs , either Words or Ideas . keywords: bodies; body; chap; complex; existence; ideas; knowledge; man; men; mind; modes; motion; names; parts; perception; power; propositions; qualities; reason; self; senses; stand; substances; things; truth; use; words cache: A48871.xml plain text: A48871.txt item: #3 of 14 id: A48880 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: The fundamental constitutions of Carolina date: 1670 words: 9160 flesch: 52 summary: §. 29 Out of these Colledges shall be chosen at first by the Palatine's Court , six Councellors , to be joyned with each Proprietor in his Court ; of which six one shall be of those who were chosen into any of the Colledges by the Palatine's Court , out of the Landgraves , Cassiques , or eldest Sons of Proprietors , one out of those who were chosen by the Landgraves Chamber , and one out of those who were chosen by the Cassiques Chamber , two out of those who were chosen by the Commons Chamber , and one out of those who were chosen by the Palatine's Court , out of the Proprietors younger Sons , or eldest Sons of Landgraves , Cassiques , or Commons , Qualified as aforesaid . §. 26 Whoever is Lord of Leet-men , shall upon the Marriage of a Leet-man or Leet-woman of his , give them ten Acres of Land for their Lives , they paying to him therefore not more than one eighth part of all the yearly Produce and Growth of the said ten Acres . §. 27 No Landgrave or Cassique shall be Tried for any Criminal Cause , in any but the Chief Iustice's Court , and that by a Jury of his Peers . §. 28 There shall be eight Supreme Courts . keywords: carolina; council; court; landgraves; lords; man; palatine; parliament; power; precinct; proprietors cache: A48880.xml plain text: A48880.txt item: #4 of 14 id: A48882 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: Further considerations concerning raising the value of money wherein Mr. Lowndes's arguments for it in his late Report concerning an essay for the amendment of the silver coins, are particularly examined. date: 1695 words: 29141 flesch: 64 summary: The Coining of Silver , or making Money of it , is the ascertaining of its quantity by a publick mark , the better to fit it for Commerce . Since Silver is the thing sought , and would better serve for the measure of Commerce if it were unmixt , it will possibly be asked why any mixture of baser Metal is allowed in Money , and what use there is of such Allay , which serves to make the quantity of Silver less known in the several Coins of different Countries ? Perhaps it would have been better for Commerce in general , and more convenient for all their Subjects , if the Princes every where , or at least in this part of the World , would at first have agreed on the fineness of the Standard to have been just 1 / 12 Allay , in round numbers ; without those minuter Fractions which are to be found in the Allay of most of the Coin in the several distinct Dominions of this part of the World : Which broken proportion of baser Metal to Silver , in the Standard of the several Mints , seems to have been introduced by the Skill of Men imploy'd in Coining , to keep that Art ( as all Trades are call'd ) a Mystery ; rather than for any use or necessity there was of such broken numbers . keywords: bullion; clip'd money; coin; coin'd; coin'd silver; commodities; half; lowndes; money; ounce; pence; present; quantity; raising; shillings; silver; standard; value; weight cache: A48882.xml plain text: A48882.txt item: #5 of 14 id: A48884 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: A letter concerning toleration humbly submitted, etc. date: 1689 words: 22378 flesch: 61 summary: If any one maintain that Men ought to be compelled by Fire and Sword to profess certain Doctrines , and conform to this or that exteriour Worship , without any regard had unto their Morals ; if any one endeavour to convert those that are Erroneous unto the Faith , by forcing them to profess things that they do not believe , and allowing them to practise things that the Gospel does not permit ; it cannot be doubted indeed but such a one is desirous to have a numerous Assembly joyned in the same Profession with himself ; but that he principally intends by those means to compose a truly Christian Church , is altogether incredible . Confiscation of Estate , Imprisonment , Torments , nothing of that nature can have any such Efficacy as to make Men change the inward Judgment that they have framed of things . keywords: authority; care; church; civil; commonwealth; faith; god; laws; magistrate; man; manner; men; power; religion; right; salvation; society; souls; things; use; worship cache: A48884.xml plain text: A48884.txt item: #6 of 14 id: A48887 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: Reason and religion in some useful reflections on the most eminent hypotheses concerning the first principles, and nature of things : with advice suitable to the subject, and seasonable for these times. date: 1694 words: 26285 flesch: 61 summary: You , therefore , whom the Supposal of this World's Eternity makes unmindful of God , look unto the Rock from whence it was hewn , and hear what the first of your Race profess concerning the Divine Nature . 5. All the Religious Principles , by natural Light form'd in the Mind , concerning God , are indifferently well consistent with the World's Eternity : Which you cannot but be satisfied in , considering , 1. Many Christian Philosophers , believing the Beginning spoken of by Moses , think it not impossible ( if God had so pleased ) for the World to have been made before , even from Eternity . keywords: beginning; earth; eternity; god; good; hath; hypothesis; infinite; life; man; matter; men; mind; nature; parts; power; principles; reason; religion; successions; sun; thing; thought; time; wisdom; world cache: A48887.xml plain text: A48887.txt item: #7 of 14 id: A48888 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the Scriptures date: 1695 words: 62257 flesch: 74 summary: And then tell me whether he can doubt that Messiah and Son of God were Synonymous terms , at that time , amongst the Jews . There is another Difficulty often to be met with , which seems to have something of more weight in it : And that is , that though the Faith of those before Christ ; ( believing that God would send the Messiah , to be a Prince , and a Saviour to his People , as he had promised ; ) And the Faith of those since his time , ( believing Iesus to be that Messiah , promised and sent by God ) shall be accounted to them for Righteousness , Yet what shall become of all the rest of Mankind ; who having never heard of the Promise or News of a Saviour , not a word of a Messiah to be sent , or that was come , have had no thought or belief concerning him ? keywords: death; faith; father; god; gospel; iesus; iohn; jews; kingdom; law; life; luke; man; men; messiah; miracles; people; reason; saviour; shall; son; things; thou; time; words; world cache: A48888.xml plain text: A48888.txt item: #8 of 14 id: A48891 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: A second letter concerning toleration date: 1690 words: 30968 flesch: 64 summary: You say , If Force be us●…d , not instead of Reason and Arguments , that is , not to convince by its own proper Efficacy , which it cannot do , &c. I think those who make Laws , and use Force , to bring Men to Church-Conformity in Religion , seek only the Compliance , but concern themselves not for the Conviction of those they punish ; and so never use Force to convince . However you tell us , in the same Page , that if Force so applied , as is above mentioned , may in such sort as has been said , i. e. Indirectly , and at a distance , be serviceable to bring Men to receive and imbrace Truth , you think it sufficient to sh●…w the usefulness of it in Religion . keywords: author; church; consider; force; good; magistrate; man; means; men; pag; power; punishments; reason; religion; right; salvation; souls; truth; use; way cache: A48891.xml plain text: A48891.txt item: #9 of 14 id: A48893 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: Short observations on a printed paper, intituled, For encouraging the coining silver money in England, and after for keeping it here date: 1695 words: 6485 flesch: 63 summary: This is certain , no body will pay away Mill'd or weighty Money for Debts or Commodities , when it wi●● yield him 4 or 5 per Cent. more ; so that which is now left of weighty Money being scatter'd up and down the Kingdom into private hands , which cann●● tell how to melt it down , will be kep● up and lost to our Trade . Nor will the propos'd raising of our Money , as 't is call'd , whether we Coin our Money for the ●…uture 1 / 30 , or 1 / 20 , or ½ lighter than now 〈◊〉 is , bring one Ounce more to the Mint ●…an now , whil'st our Affairs in this respect remain in the same posture . And challenge the Author to shew that it ●…ill , for saying is but saying ; Bullion ●…an never come to the Mint to be Coin'd , whil'st the over-balance of Trade ●…nd Foreign Expences are so great , that 〈◊〉 satisfy them , not only the Bullion ●…our Trade in some parts now yearly ●…ings in , but also some of your former●… Coin'd Money is requisite , and must be sent out ; but when a change in th●… brings in and lodges Bullion here , ( fo●… now it seems it only passes throug●… England ) the increase of Silver and Gold staying in England , will again bring it t●… the Mint to be Coin'd . keywords: author; bullion; coin'd; mint; money; ounce; silver; value cache: A48893.xml plain text: A48893.txt item: #10 of 14 id: A48895 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: Some considerations of the consequences of the lowering of interest, and raising the value of money in a letter to a member of Parliament. date: 1692 words: 45711 flesch: 59 summary: So that whatever this Author , or any one else may say , Money is brought into England by nothing but spending here less of Foreign Commodities , than what we carry to Market can pay for ; Nor can Debts we owe to Foreigners be paid by Bills of Exchange , till our Commodities Exported , and Sold beyond Sea , have produced Money or Debts due there , to some of our Merchants ; for nothing will pay Debts but Money or Moneys worth , which three or four Lines writ in Paper cannot be ; for if they have an intrinsick value , and can serve instead of Money , why do we not send them to Market instead of our Cloth , Lead and Tin ? and at an easier rate purchase the Commodities we want . Si●v●r th●t is worth but 5 s. 2 d. per Ounce at the 〈◊〉 is w●●th 5 s. 4 d. elsewhere . keywords: cent; coin; commodities; commodity; country; england; exchange; interest; land; law; men; money; ounce; pay; price; proportion; quantity; rate; rent; silver; things; time; trade; use; value; worth; ● ● cache: A48895.xml plain text: A48895.txt item: #11 of 14 id: A48896 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: Some thoughts concerning education date: 1693 words: 52830 flesch: 67 summary: I will not say the good Temper of the Child did not very much contribute to it , but this I think you and the Parents are satisfied of , that a contrary usage according to the ordinary disciplining of Children , would not have mended that Temper , nor have brought him to be in love with his Book , to take a pleasure in Learning , and to desire as he does to be taught more than those about him think fit always to teach him . 2. Timagine the minds of Children as easily turned this or that way , as Water it self ; and though this be the principal part , and our main care should be about the inside , yet the clay Cottage is not to be neglected . keywords: age; body; business; care; children; education; father; gentleman; good; having; knowledge; latin; learning; life; love; man; men; mind; nature; parents; people; play; reason; right; self; set; thing; thoughts; time; use; way; world cache: A48896.xml plain text: A48896.txt item: #12 of 14 id: A48904 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: A vindication of The reasonableness of Christianity, &c. from Mr. Edwards's reflections date: 1695 words: 9404 flesch: 69 summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: apostles; articles; book; christianity; epistles; faith; god; man; men; religion; saviour; words cache: A48904.xml plain text: A48904.txt item: #13 of 14 id: A49895 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: Five letters concerning the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures translated out of French. date: 1690 words: 48189 flesch: 65 summary: But are there not , in your Opinion , some even among the Christians , who believe things absurd , and against all sort of appearance ? A Man may then not only defend an ill Opinion that he believes , but also believe things absurd , and even contrary to one another , without being aware . keywords: answer; apostles; author; authority; books; christ; christian; contrary; divers; divines; doctrine; god; good; gospel; greek; history; holy; inspir'd; inspiration; jesus; man; manner; matter; men; mind; non; opinion; paul; people; persons; place; prophets; read; reason; religion; scripture; self; sense; simon; spirit; testament; things; time; truth; use; words cache: A49895.xml plain text: A49895.txt item: #14 of 14 id: A59475 author: Locke, John, 1632-1704. title: A letter from a person of quality to his friend in the country date: 1675 words: 16485 flesch: 24 summary: He humbly conceived the Liturgie was not so sacred , being made by Men the other day ; and thought to be more differing from the dissenting Protestants , and less easy to be complyd with , upon the advantage of a pretense well known unto us all , of making alterations as might the better unite us ; in stead whereof , there is scarce one altera●ion , but widens the breach , and no ordination allow●d by it here , ( as it now stands last reformed in the Act of Vniformity ) but what is Episcopall ; in so much that a Popish Priest is capable , when converted , of any Church preferment without Reordination ; but no Protestant Minister not Episcopally ordain'd , but is required to be reordain'd , as much as in us lies unchurching all the forreign Protestants , that have not Bishops , though the contrary was both allow●d , and practis'd from the beginning of the Reformation till the time of that Act , and several Bishops made of such , as were never ordain'd Priests by Bishops . It was first hatch't ( as almost all the Mischiefs of the World have hitherto been ) amongst the Great Church Men , and is a Project of several Years standing , but found not Ministers bold enough to go through with it , un●il these new ones , who wanting a better Bottom to support them , be●ook themselves wholly to this , which is no small Undertaking if you consider it in its whole Extent . keywords: act; bill; bishops; church; debate; earl; england; government; house; king; law; lord; man; oath; parliament; power; protestant; religion; vote cache: A59475.xml plain text: A59475.txt