out Number, which would be the neceſſary Conſequence of ſo dangerous a Privilege, ſhew more than any thing elſe how much Human Governments ſtood in need of a more ſolid Baſis than that of mere Reaſon, and how neceſſary it was for the public Tranquillity, that the Will of the Almighty ſhould interpoſe to give to ſovereign Authority a ſacred and inviolable Character, which ſhould deprive Subjects of the miſchievous Right to diſpoſe of it to whom they pleaſed. If Mankind had received no other Advantages from Religion, this alone would be ſufficient to make them adopt and cheriſh it, ſince it is the means of ſaving more Blood than Fanaticiſm has been the Cauſe of ſpilling. But to reſume the Thread of our Hypotheſis.
The various Forms of Government owe their Origin to the various Degrees of
