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shall_v thou_o set_v king_n over_o thou_o thou_o may_v not_o set_v a_o stranger_n over_o thou_o who_o be_v not_o thy_o brother_n ibid._n 3_o he_o must_v not_o tyrannize_v over_o the_o people_n by_o levy_v force_n and_o by_o strength_n of_o hand_n draw_v they_o into_o egyptian_a slavery_n he_o shall_v not_o multiply_v horse_n to_o himself_o nor_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o return_v to_o egypt_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o shall_v multiply_v horse_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o you_o you_o shall_v henceforth_o return_v no_o more_o that_o way_n ibid._n these_o word_n proper_o and_o in_o their_o emphatic_a sense_n can_v import_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o discharge_n of_o the_o king_n by_o force_n and_o army_n to_o tyrannize_v over_o his_o people_n that_o bring_v they_o into_o bondage_n and_o upon_o their_o ruin_n he_o may_v not_o strengthen_v himself_o and_o multiply_v his_o force_n so_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n do_v with_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n whileas_o 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speak_v that_o they_o have_v this_o privilege_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la but_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la thus_o you_o see_v that_o this_o be_v no_o argument_n for_o royalist_n who_o object_n the_o sanhedrin_n spare_v of_o david_n and_o solomon_n as_o a_o ground_n of_o the_o king_n be_v arbitrary_a power_n and_o in_o this_o none_o be_v more_o ready_a than_o salmasius_n def._n reg._n cap._n 5._o but_o they_o shall_v do_v well_o short_o to_o observe_v these_o thing_n 1._o they_o be_v spare_v because_o of_o their_o personal_a endowment_n they_o be_v extraordinary_a man_n therefore_o they_o be_v extraordinary_o privilege_v they_o get_v a_o inch_n to_o the_o yard_n and_o piece_n beyond_o common_a now_o ab_fw-la extraordinariis_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sequela_fw-la 2._o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o they_o get_v a_o dispensation_n for_o some_o point_n of_o delinquency_n but_o royalist_n have_v to_o prove_v that_o they_o positive_o tyrannize_v over_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o 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