Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty, by the Subjection of Eve
The next place of scripture we find our author builds his monarchy of Adam on, is Gen. 3:26. “And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Here we have (says he) the original grant of government,” from whence he concludes in the following part of the page, O. 244. “That the supreme power is settled in the fatherhood, and limited to one kind of government, that is, to monarchy.” For let his premises be what they will, this is always the conclusion; let rule, in any text, be but once named, and presently absolute monarchy is by divine right established. If anyone will but carefully read our author’s own reasoning from these words, O.