§. 130. Secondly, the power of punishing he wholly gives up, and engages his
natural force, which he might before employ in the execution of the law of
Nature, by his own single authority, as he thought fit, to assist the executive
power of the society as the law thereof shall require. For being now in a new
state, wherein he is to enjoy many conveniencies from the labour, assistance,
and society of others in the same community, as well as protection from its
whole strength, he is to part also with as much of his natural liberty, in
providing for himself, as the good, prosperity, and safety of the society shall
require, which is not only necessary but just, since the other members of the
society do the like.
