knowledging the power of the king_. It is
a relic still remaining of the venom of popish ambition,
lurking in that _seditious distinction and division_ between
the power _spiritual_ and _civil_. The safety of the State
does not depend on the safety of the clergy, but on the
_entireness of the sovereign power_."--_Considerations upon
the Reputation, &c., of Mr. Hobbes_, p. 44.

[359] This royal observation is recorded in the "Sorberiana." Sorbiere
gleaned the anecdote during his residence in England. By the
"Aubrey Papers," which have been published since I composed
this article, I find that Charles II. was greatly delighted by
the wit and repartees of Hobbes, who was at once bold and
happy in making his stand amidst the court wits. The king,
whenever he saw Hobbes, who had the privilege of being
admitted into the royal presence, would exclaim, "Here comes
the bear to be baited." This did not allude to his native
roughness, but the force of his resistance when attacked.

[360] See "Mr. Hobbes's State of Nature considered, in a Dialogue
between Philautus and Timothy." The second dialogue is not
contained in the eleventh edition of Eachard's Works, 1705,
which, however, was long after his death, so careless were the
publishers of those days of their authors' works. The literary
bookseller, Tom Davies, who ruined himself by giving good
editions of our old authors, has preserved it in his own.

[361] "A Discourse Concerning Irony," 1729, p. 13.

[362] Men of very opposite principles, but aiming at the same purpose,
are reduced to a dilemma, by the spirit of party in
controversy. Sir Robert Filmer, who wrote against "The
Anarchy of a Limited Monarchy," and "Patriarcha," to
re-establish _absolute power_, derived it from the scriptural
accounts of the patriarchal state. But Sir Robert and Hobbes,
though alike the advocates for supremacy of power, were as
opposite as possible on theological points. Filmer had the
same work to perform, but he did not like the instruments of
his fellow-labourer. His manner of proceeding with Hobbes
shows his dilemma: he refutes the doctrine of the "Leviathan,"
while he confesses that Hobbes is right in the main. The
philosophe