| THE FIRST PART.--OF MAN. | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE. | |
| Introduction | ix | |
| 1. | Of Sense | 1 |
| 2. | Of Imagination | 3 |
| 3. | Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations | 11 |
| 4. | Of Speech | 18 |
| 5. | Of Reason and Science | 29 |
| 6. | Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, commonly called the Passions; and the Speeches by which they are expressed | 38 |
| 7. | Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse | 51 |
| 8. | Of the Virtues, commonly called Intellectual; and their contrary Defects | 56 |
| 9. | Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge | 71 |
| 10. | Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthiness | 74 |
| 11. | Of the Difference of Manners | 85 |
| 12. | Of Religion | 94 |
| 13. | Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as concerning their Felicity and Misery | 110 |
| 14. | Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contract | 116 |
| 15. | Of other Laws of Nature | 130 |
| 16. | Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated | 147 |
| THE SECOND PART.--OF COMMONWEALTH. | ||
| 17. | Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Commonwealth | 153 |
| 18. | Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution | 159 |
| 19. | Of the several kinds of Commonwealth by Institution; and of Succession to the Sovereign Power | 171 |
| 20. | Of Dominion Paternal, and Despotical | 185 |
| 21. | Of the Liberty of Subjects | 196 |
| 22. | Of Systems Subject, Political, and Private | 210 |
| 23. | Of the Public Ministers of Sovereign Power | 226 |
| 24. | Of the Nutrition, and Procreation of a Commonwealth | 232 |
| 25. | Of Counsel | 240 |
| 26. | Of Civil Laws | 250 |
| 27. | Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations | 277 |
| 28. | Of Punishments, and Rewards | 297 |
| 29. | Of those things that weaken, or tend to the Dissolution of a Commonwealth | 308 |
| 30. | Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative | 322 |
| 31. | Of the Kingdom of God by Nature | 343 |
| THE THIRD PART.--OF A CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH. | ||
| 32. | Of the Principles of Christian Politics | 359 |
| 33. | Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture | 366 |
| 34. | Of the Signification of Spirit, Angel, and Inspiration, in the Books of Holy Scripture | 380 |
| 35. | Of the Signification in Scripture of the Kingdom of God, of Holy, Sacred, and Sacrament | 396 |
| 36. | Of the Word of God, and of Prophets | 407 |
| 37. | Of Miracles, and their Use | 427 |
| 38. | Of the Signification in Scripture of Eternal Life, Hell, Salvation, the World to Come, and Redemption | 437 |
| 39. | Of the Signification in Scripture of the word Church | 458 |
| 40. | Of the Rights of the Kingdom of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High-Priests, and the Kings of Judah | 461 |
| 41. | Of the Office of Our Blessed Saviour | 475 |
| 42. | Of Power Ecclesiastical | 485 |
| 43. | Of what is Necessary for a Man’s Reception into the Kingdom of Heaven | 584 |
| THE FOURTH PART.--OF THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. | ||
| 44. | Of Spiritual Darkness, from Misinterpretation of Scripture | 603 |
| 45. | Of Demonology, and other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles | 637 |
| 46. | Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy, and Fabulous Traditions | 664 |
| 47. | Of the Benefit proceeding from such Darkness; and to whom it accrueth | 688 |
| A Review and Conclusion | 701 | |