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teach_v shall_v be_v make_v the_o subject_n of_o a_o law_n be_v no_o superfluous_a but_o a_o profitable_a thing_n p._n 22_o chap._n iii_o what_o be_v here_o mean_v and_o intend_v by_o reason_n p._n 24_o chap._n iu_o that_o reason_n be_v not_o so_o strict_o require_v in_o the_o law_n that_o order_v the_o affair_n of_o state_n as_o in_o that_o that_o settle_v the_o difference_n that_o arise_v between_o man_n and_o man_n p._n 33_o chap._n v._o that_o the_o custom_n of_o a_o nation_n ought_v in_o like_a manner_n to_o agree_v with_o reason_n p._n 36_o chap._n vi_o where_o law_n or_o custom_n be_v want_v to_o judge_v by_o precedent_n or_o example_n have_v no_o defence_n in_o reason_n p._n 38_o chap._n vii_o that_o they_o be_v great_a advantage_n which_o a_o nation_n have_v by_o rule_v by_o a_o such_o a_o law_n as_o be_v rational_a p._n 46_o chap._n viii_o that_o christian_a nation_n have_v entertain_v the_o civil_a law_n into_o their_o territory_n have_v thereby_o acquire_v to_o themselves_o 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the_o same_o for_o indeed_o so_o ought_v inquisition_n as_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n that_o the_o manifest_a loss_n of_o soul_n may_v be_v avoid_v when_o as_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o great_a liar_n that_o most_o true_a sentence_n proceed_v skin_n after_o skin_n and_o all_o that_o a_o man_n have_v will_v he_o give_v for_o his_o life_n job_n 2.4_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v that_o that_o whatsoever_o or_o all_o that_o a_o man_n have_v will_v comprehend_v as_o well_o the_o conscience_n of_o a_o oath_n as_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o what_o else_o soever_o come_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o religion_n as_o man_n be_v and_o as_o they_o be_v dispose_v wherefore_o though_o i_o define_v nothing_o i_o know_v not_o how_o in_o such_o cause_n as_o these_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o present_a danger_n of_o perjury_n yet_o i_o think_v it_o be_v best_a to_o forbear_v the_o impose_v of_o a_o oath_n and_o the_o law_n which_o we_o use_v at_o least_o according_a to_o leave_v or_o permission_n judge_v the_o same_o but_o in_o other_o case_n be_v of_o lesser_a offence_n and_o so_o punish_v more_o easy_o i_o think_v otherwise_o except_o perhaps_o we_o take_v that_o sentence_n out_o of_o the_o comic_a poet_n and_o place_n it_o in_o divinity_n a_o oath_n be_v for_o the_o keep_n of_o a_o thing_n not_o for_o the_o lose_n of_o it_o for_o by_o that_o general_a law_n it_o be_v provide_v leu._n 5.4_o if_o a_o soul_n swear_v pronounce_v with_o his_o lip_n to_o do_v evil_a or_o to_o do_v good_a whatsoever_o it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v pronounce_v with_o a_o oath_n and_o it_o be_v hide_v from_o he_o when_o he_o know_v of_o it_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v guilty_a in_o one_o of_o these_o and_o whereas_o this_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o evil_a of_o guilt_n or_o of_o a_o crime_n as_o we_o speak_v in_o the_o school_n lest_o a_o oath_n which_o be_v a_o bond_n of_o piety_n shall_v become_v a_o bond_n of_o iniquity_n it_o follow_v it_o must_v hold_v in_o a_o evil_n of_o punishment_n in_o which_o kind_n it_o be_v neither_o lawful_a to_o refuse_v a_o oath_n nor_o after_o it_o be_v take_v to_o break_v it_o 1._o not_o to_o refuse_v it_o solomon_n witting_o and_o prudent_o lay_v a_o oath_n upon_o shimei_n to_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o liberty_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o go_v beyond_o cedron_n and_o he_o lawful_o lay_v this_o oath_n on_o he_o and_o when_o afterward_o shimei_n have_v swear_v not_o to_o pass_v these_o bound_n yet_o do_v it_o he_o lose_v his_o life_n for_o it_o and_o just_o not_o only_o for_o pass_v beyond_o cedron_n but_o for_o the_o violation_n of_o his_o oath_n 1_o king_n 2.43_o what_o will_v you_o have_v even_o profane_a shimei_n refuse_v not_o a_o oath_n though_o to_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o liberty_n nor_o micheas_n who_o by_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v up_o under_o the_o religion_n of_o a_o oath_n neither_o be_v that_o once_o only_o or_o that_o the_o first_o time_n but_o it_o have_v be_v do_v sometime_o 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