Excerpt from The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations: Concerning the Rights, Power, and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Priviledges, and Properties of the People Deluge, there was no Magifiracy or civil Con. Fiitution, but that the Government was lodg'd only in each Father of his Family: For it'is fcarce to be. Imagined, that fuch abominable Diforders fhould have been introduc'd, where the Power of Magifiracy and Laws was exer cis'd; and it is obfervable, that after. Once the Rules of Government were confiituted, we do not find Mankind in general, run into fuch E normities, of which God Almighty was oblig'd to purge the World by an univerfal Punifhment. Pufendorf's Introduetion to the Hifiory of Eu rope, p. 1. 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.