BOOK I.

WHETHER A TEMPORAL MONARCHY IS NECESSARY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE WORLD?

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I.--Introduction 177

II.--What is the end of the civil order of mankind? 178

III.--It is to cause the whole power of the human intellect to act in speculation and operation 180

IV.--To attain this end, mankind needs universal peace 184

V.--When several means are ordained to gain an end, one of them must be supreme over the others 185

VI.--The order which is found in the parts of mankind ought to be found in mankind as a whole 188

VII.--Kingdoms and nations ought to stand in the same relation to the monarch as mankind to God 189

VIII.--Men were made in the image of God; but God is one _ib._

IX.--Men are the children of Heaven, and they ought to imitate the footprints of Heaven 190

X.--There is need of a Supreme Judge for the decision of all quarrels 191

XI.--The world is best ordered when justice is strongest therein 192

XII.--Men are at their best in freedom 198

XIII.--He who is best qualified to rule can best order others 201

XIV.--When it is possible, it is better to gain an end by one agent than by many 203

XV.--That which is most one is everywhere best 206

XVI.--Christ willed to be born in the fulness of time, when Augustus was monarch 209