_Citt._ Pray'e tell me what it is that you call _Government_, and how far it _extends_? for you were saying even now, that the _Reason_ of _all Governments_ is _alike_. What Government is. Certain Priviledges essential to Government. _True._ _Government is the_ Will, _and_ Power _of a_ Multitude, _United in some One Person, or More, for the Good, and safety of the whole._ You must not take it that _all Governments_ are _alike_; but the _Ratio_ of _all Governments_ is the _same_ in some Cases. As in the Instance of _Self-Preservation_; which is only Pleadable by the _Supream Magistrate_, in Bar to all _General Exceptions_; for he is First, presumed in Reason, to be vested with all _Powers necessary_ for the _Defence_, and _Protection_ of the _Community_: without which his Authority is Vain. He is Secondly, Oblig'd in _Duty_ to exert those _Powers_ for the _Common Good_: and he is Thirdly, entrusted with the Judgment of all _Exigences_ of _State_, be they _Greater_ or _Lesse_; wherein the Publick Good may be concern'd. Now put the Case that a Magistrate should make a wrong _Judgment_ of Matters, and misemploy those _Powers_; it were an Infelicity in the _Administration_; but the _Sacredness_ of _Authority_ is still the same: And he is a Mad man, that plucks down his _House_, because it rains in at the _Window_. And in case of the _Magistrate_, it is not so much _He_, as _They_; for the _King_ is (as I said before) the _United Power_ and _Will_ of the _People_. And so Fare ye well. _The End._ Transcribers Note 1. 'Fraudulant' changed to 'Fraudulent'. (Introdution) 2. 'deux ex machina' changed to 'deus ex machina'. (Introdution) 3. Closing bracket inserted. (The mean ways of promoting their Designs.) 4. Possibly this should be 'Gaols' rather than 'Goals'. (The way of getting hands in and about _London_.) 5. Possibly this should be 'Gaol' rather than 'Goal'. (A Salvo for a Lye.) 6. 'Dop' should read 'Drop'. (Consciences of State or Interest.) 7. 'original' changed to 'Origin'. (PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT 1964-1965- 109.) _Errata._ (From the original, these errors have been corrected) Page 1. line 24. for _his_, reade _this_. p. 3. l. 27. for _Religion_ r. _Religions_; p.11 l. 25. for _Hands_, r. _Heads_. p.22. l. 9. for _on all_ r. _on to all_. THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY _WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY_ University of California, Los Angeles PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT 1948-1949 15. John Oldmixon, _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_ ... (1712) and _A. Mainwaring's The British Academy_ ... (1712). 17. Nicholas Rowe, _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespeare_ (1709). 1949-1950 22. Samuel Johnson, _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and two _Rambler_ papers (1750). 23. John Dryden, _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681). 1950-1951 26. Charles Macklin, _The Man of the World_ (1792). 1951-1952