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spirit_n of_o god_n condemn_v this_o as_o tyranny_n in_o nabuchadnezzar_n that_o he_o slay_v who_o he_o will_v he_o keep_v alive_a who_o he_o will_v he_o set_v up_o who_o he_o will_v he_o put_v down_o this_o be_v too_o godlike_a deut._n 32.39_o so_o polanus_fw-la rollocus_n on_o the_o place_n say_v he_o do_v these_o thing_n vers._n 19_o exit_fw-la abusu_fw-la legitimae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la for_o nebuchadnezar_n will_v in_o matter_n of_o death_n and_o life_n be_v his_o law_n and_o he_o do_v what_o please_v himself_o above_o all_o law_n beside_o and_o contrary_a to_o it_o and_o our_o flatterer_n of_o king_n draw_v the_o king_n prerogative_n out_o of_o vlpian_o word_n who_o say_v â—hat_n be_v a_o law_n which_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o prince_n but_o ulpian_n be_v far_o from_o make_v the_o prince_n will_v a_o rule_n of_o good_a and_o ill_a for_o he_o say_v the_o contrary_a that_o the_o law_n rule_v the_o just_a prince_n 1._o 5._o it_o be_v considerable_a here_o that_o sanches_n define_v 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a_o prerogative_n above_o a_o law_n it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o do_v evil_a as_o well_o as_o good_a but_o there_o be_v no_o lawful_a power_n to_o do_v evil_a and_o doct._n ferne_n be_v plunge_v in_o a_o contradiction_n by_o this_o for_o he_o say_v sect._n 9_o pag._n 58._o ferne._n i_o ask_v when_o these_o emperor_n take_v away_o life_n and_o good_n at_o pleasure_n be_v that_o power_n ordain_v by_o god_n no._n but_o a_o illegal_a will_n and_o tyranny_n but_o pag._n 61._o the_o power_n though_o abuse_a to_o execute_v such_o a_o wicked_a commandment_n be_v a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n it_o be_v object_v 1._o for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o a_o absolute_a monarchy_n 7._o the_o eastern_a persian_a and_o turk_n monarchy_n make_v absolute_a monarchy_n lawful_a for_o it_o be_v a_o oath_n to_o a_o lawful_a obligatory_a thing_n and_o judgement_n ezech._n 17.16_o 18._o be_v denounce_v against_o judah_n for_o break_v the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o it_o be_v call_v the_o oath_n of_o god_n and_o doubtless_o be_v a_o oath_n of_o absolute_a subjection_n and_o the_o power_n rom._n 13._o be_v absolute_a and_o yet_o the_o apostle_n call_v it_o a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n the_o sovereignty_n of_o master_n over_o servane_n be_v absolute_a and_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v not_o to_o renounce_v that_o title_n as_o to_o ridge_v but_o exhort_v to_o moderation_n in_o the_o use_n of_o it_o ans._n that_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n be_v absolute_a be_v but_o a_o facto_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o and_o no_o rule_n of_o a_o lawful_a monarchy_n but_o that_o it_o be_v absolute_a i_o believe_v not_o darius_n who_o be_v a_o absolute_a prince_n as_o many_o think_v but_o i_o think_v not_o will_v glad_o have_v deliver_v daniel_n from_o the_o power_n of_o a_o law_n and_o dan._n 6.14_o absolute_a and_o he_o set_v his_o heart_n on_o daniel_n to_o deliver_v he_o and_o he_o labour_v till_o the_o go_n down_o of_o the_o sun_n to_o deliver_v he_o and_o be_v so_o sorrowful_a that_o he_o can_v not_o break_v through_o a_o law_n that_o he_o interdict_v himself_o of_o all_o pleasure_n of_o musician_n and_o if_o ever_o he_o have_v use_v the_o absoluteness_n of_o a_o prerogative_n royal_a i_o conceive_v he_o will_v have_v do_v it_o in_o this_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v but_o in_o thing_n not_o establish_v by_o law_n i_o conceive_v darius_n be_v absolute_a as_o to_o i_o be_v clear_a daniel_n 6._o v_o 24._o but_o absolute_a not_o by_o a_o divine_a law_n but_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la quod_fw-la transierat_fw-la in_o jus_o humanum_fw-la by_o fact_n which_o be_v now_o become_v a_o lrw_n 2._o it_o be_v god_n oath_n and_o god_n tie_v judah_n to_o absolute_a subjection_n ergo_fw-la people_n may_v tie_v themselves_o it_o follow_v not_o preservation_n exeept_v you_o can_v make_v good_a this_o inference_n god_n be_v absolute_a ergo_fw-la the_o king_n of_o babylon_n may_v lawful_o be_v absolute_a this_o be_v a_o blasphemous_a consequence_n 2._o that_o judah_n be_v to_o swear_v the_o oath_n of_o 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disobedience_n to_o a_o law_n see_v all_o law-direction_n be_v in_o â—rdine_n ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la in_o order_n to_o obey_v except_o thus_o far_o that_o the_o light_n that_o be_v in_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v a_o moral_a or_o natural_a guide_n to_o conduct_v a_o king_n in_o his_o walk_n but_o this_o be_v the_o morality_n of_o the_o law_n which_o inlightn_v and_o inform_v not_o any_o obligation_n that_o aw_v the_o king_n and_o so_o the_o king_n be_v under_o god_n and_o nature_n law_n this_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n 3._o assert_v the_o king_n be_v under_o the_o law_n in_o regard_n of_o some_o coercive_a limitation_n 1._o because_o there_o be_v no_o absolute_a power_n give_v to_o he_o to_o do_v what_o he_o list_v as_o a_o man_n and_o because_o 2._o god_n in_o make_v saul_n a_o king_n do_v not_o by_o any_o royal_a stamp_n give_v he_o a_o power_n to_o sin_n or_o to_o play_v the_o tyrant_n for_o which_o cause_n i_o expone_fw-la these_o of_o the_o law_n omnia_fw-la sunt_fw-la possibilia_fw-la regi_fw-la thing_n imperator_fw-la omne_fw-la potest_fw-la baldus_n in_o §_o f._n de_fw-fr no._n for_o fidel_n in_o f._n &_o in_o prima_fw-la constitut_o c._n col_fw-fr 2._o chassanaeus_n in_o catalogue_n gloriae_fw-la mundi_fw-la par_fw-fr 5._o considerate_a 24._o &_o tanta_fw-la est_fw-la ejus_fw-la celsitudo_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n ei_fw-la imponi_fw-la lex_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la curt._n in_o consol_n 65._o col_fw-fr 6._o ad_fw-la f._n petrus_n rebuff_n notab_v 3._o repet_n l._n unicae_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr quae_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la nu_fw-la 17._o pag._n 363._o all_o these_o go_v no_o otherwise_o but_o thus_o the_o king_n can_v do_v all_o thing_n which_o by_o law_n he_o can_v do_v and_o that_o hold_v he_o id_fw-la possumus_fw-la quod_fw-la jure_fw-la possumus_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o king_n can_v be_v above_o the_o covenant_n and_o law_n make_v betwixt_o he_o and_o his_o people_n at_o his_o coronation-oath_n for_o 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grant_v on_o all_o hand_n deut._n 17.20_o josh._n 1.8_o 1_o sam._n 12.15_o that_o the_o king_n bind_v himself_o to_o the_o same_o law_n that_o he_o do_v bind_v other_o be_v decent_a and_o oblige_v the_o king_n as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n 1._o because_o matth._n 7.12_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n all_o thing_n whatsoever_o you_o will_v man_n shall_v do_v unto_o you_o do_v you_o even_o so_o to_o they_o 2._o it_o be_v the_o law_n jmperator_fw-la l._n 4._o digna_fw-la uâ—x_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr lege_fw-la &_o tit_n quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la juris_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la statuit_fw-la eodem_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la utatur_fw-la julius_n caesar_n command_v the_o youth_n who_o have_v deflower_v the_o emperor_n daughter_n to_o be_v scourge_v above_o that_o which_o the_o law_n allow_v the_o youth_n say_v to_o the_o emperor_n 4._o dixisti_fw-la legem_fw-la caesar_n you_o appoint_v the_o law_n caesar._n the_o emperor_n be_v so_o offend_v with_o himself_o that_o he_o have_v 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