obedience_n to_o magistrate_n recommend_v in_o a_o discourse_n upon_o titus_n 3.1_o preach_v september_n the_o nine_o 1683._o put_v they_o in_o mind_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o principality_n and_o power_n and_o to_o obey_v magistrate_n by_o j._n c._n rector_n of_o w._n n._n london_n print_v by_o t._n s._n for_o edward_n giles_n bookseller_n in_o norwich_n near_o the_o marketplace_n 1683._o to_o the_o reader_n reader_n christian_a obedience_n to_o magistrate_n be_v a_o duty_n so_o necessary_a both_o to_o the_o public_a peace_n and_o welfare_n of_o church_n and_o state_n and_o to_o the_o private_a good_a of_o particular_a person_n and_o place_n that_o the_o publisher_n judge_n he_o need_v not_o much_o to_o apologise_v for_o the_o send_v forth_o these_o paper_n that_o persuade_v thereunto_o the_o discourse_n be_v short_a plain_a and_o intelligible_a and_o so_o more_o adapt_v to_o the_o use_n of_o those_o that_o may_v have_v need_n of_o it_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o it_o that_o may_v 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