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esa_n 45._o 1_o 5._o if_o religion_n make_v king_n than_o shall_v there_o of_o old_a have_v be_v no_o true_a king_n but_o those_o of_o juda_n nor_o any_o now_o but_o those_o of_o christendom_n st._n augustine_n speak_v of_o saul_n say_v 48._o non_fw-la habebat_fw-la innocentiam_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la habebat_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la august_n contra_fw-la lit._n petil._n l._n 2._o c._n 48._o he_o have_v not_o innocence_n but_o he_o have_v holiness_n not_o of_o life_n but_o of_o unction_n this_o make_v david_n so_o revere_v he_o when_o alive_a and_o so_o severe_o punish_v he_o when_o dead_a by_o cause_v the_o amalekite_n to_o be_v slay_v for_o but_o false_o report_v himself_o his_o executioner_n the_o error_n or_o misdemeanour_n of_o king_n can_v no_o more_o disannul_v their_o authority_n than_o man_n unbelief_n can_v make_v void_a the_o faith_n of_o god_n 3_o rom._n 3._o 3_o it_o be_v not_o every_o sail_v of_o the_o husband_n that_o can_v yield_v his_o wife_n a_o just_a cause_n for_o a_o 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