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that_o in_o the_o begin_n all_o power_n do_v flow_v from_o the_o people_n and_o still_o do_v which_o tully_n excellent_o demonstrate_v de_fw-fr lege_fw-la agraria_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la potestates_fw-la imperia_n curationes_fw-la ab_fw-la úniverso_fw-it populo_fw-la proficisci_fw-la convenit_fw-la tum_fw-la eas_fw-la profecto_fw-la maxim_n quae_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la populi_fw-la fructum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la &_o commodum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o universi_fw-la delegant_fw-la quem_fw-la populo_fw-la maxim_n consulturum_fw-la &_o unusquisque_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la study_v &_o suffragio_fw-la svo_fw-la viam_fw-la sibi_fw-la ad_fw-la beneficium_fw-la impetrandum_fw-la munire_fw-la possit_fw-la see_v all_o power_n command_n curation_n i._n e._n potestas_fw-la seu_fw-la munus_fw-la administrandi_fw-la bona_fw-la do_v proceed_v and_o flow_v from_o the_o people_n than_o those_o more_o especial_o which_o be_v constitute_v and_o do_v respect_v the_o good_a and_o benefit_n of_o the_o people_n in_o which_o the_o universality_n do_v choose_v they_o who_o they_o judge_v will_v most_o especial_o study_v and_o procure_v their_o good_a and_o every_o one_o by_o their_o study_n and_o suffrage_n may_v have_v easy_a access_n to_o obtain_v justice_n and_o favour_n and_o all_o lawyer_n do_v agree_v and_o hold_v that_o all_o law_n repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n or_o of_o reason_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v as_o law_n and_o whereas_o the_o power_n of_o judge_v be_v original_o in_o the_o people_n and_o the_o english_a by_o no_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la have_v at_o any_o time_n transfer_v it_o out_o of_o themselves_o no_o king_n of_o england_n have_v be_v wont_a or_o have_v power_n to_o judge_v any_o man_n unless_o by_o the_o know_a and_o approve_a law_n fleta_n lib._n 1._o c._n 17._o what_o power_n king_n have_v be_v give_v to_o they_o by_o the_o people_n that_o they_o may_v know_v by_o the_o authority_n to_o they_o commit_v that_o they_o may_v do_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o keep_v our_o law_n but_o not_o impose_v their_o own_o law_n on_o we_o and_o the_o king_n power_n be_v real_o and_o true_o in_o the_o court_n of_o law_n wherein_o the_o people_n by_o their_o jury_n have_v their_o share_n also_o and_o their_o chief_a power_n be_v in_o their_o senate_n and_o parliament_n who_o have_v a_o right_n and_o authority_n over_o all_o court_n and_o power_n in_o all_o which_o court_v king_n may_v both_o sue_v and_o be_v sue_v and_o the_o reciprocal_a cause_n to_o be_v indifferent_o try_v according_a to_o establish_a law_n if_o at_o any_o time_n king_n act_n any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o law_n they_o act_v then_o as_o private_a man_n or_o as_o tyrant_n and_o not_o by_o any_o authority_n transfer_v on_o they_o by_o god_n or_o man_n so_o to_o do_v hence_o bract._n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr rex_fw-la ubi_fw-la dominatur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la lex_fw-la etc._n etc._n 1._o 3._o c._n 9_o rex_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la bene_fw-la regit_fw-la tyrannus_fw-la dum_fw-la populum_fw-la sibi_fw-la creditum_fw-la violenta_fw-la opprimit_fw-la dominatione_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n exercere_fw-la debet_fw-la rex_fw-la potestatem_fw-la juris_fw-la ut_fw-la vicarius_fw-la &_o minister_v dei_fw-la potestas_fw-la autem_fw-la injuriae_fw-la diaboli_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la dei._n cum_fw-la declinat_fw-la ad_fw-la injuriam_fw-la rex_fw-la diaboli_fw-la minister_n est_fw-la as_o nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o reason_n can_v be_v account_v a_o law_n so_o neither_o can_v a_o tyrant_n be_v a_o king_n nor_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v a_o minister_n of_o god_n see_v therefore_o law_n be_v but_o the_o product_n of_o right_a reason_n and_o obedience_n be_v due_a to_o king_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n so_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n and_o law_n tyrant_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o devil_n may_v be_v censure_v and_o resist_v either_o the_o people_n to_o be_v govern_v have_v a_o right_n and_o power_n to_o choose_v their_o own_o governor_n or_o they_o have_v not_o if_o they_o have_v not_o than_o king_n choose_v by_o they_o be_v not_o king_n but_o usurper_n and_o oppressor_n if_o they_o have_v power_n to_o choose_v than_o they_o have_v power_n to_o oblige_v he_o to_o what_o condition_n they_o please_v and_o to_o keep_v they_o and_o if_o they_o fail_v of_o perform_v than_o they_o be_v free_a of_o the_o covenant_n as_o it_o be_v between_o rahab_n and_o the_o spy_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la page_n 6._o line_n 18._o deal_n it_o ibid._n l._n 50._o for_o iliad_n r._n myriad_o p._n 9_o l._n 11._o f._n do_v only_a r._n not_o only_o ib._n l._n 38._o f._n the_o way_n r._n the_o right_a way_n p._n 11._o l._n 15._o f._n our_o r._n your_o ib._n f._n blackguard_n r._n peasant_n p._n 13._o l._n 3._o deal_n and._n p._n 14._o l._n 28._o f._n this_o r._n those_o p._n 17._o l._n 23._o f._n zalencus_fw-la r._n zaleucus_n p._n 16._o l._n 43._o r._n st._n edward_n p._n 22._o l._n 20._o r_o elegerit_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la ib._n l._n 58._o r._n martyr_n p._n 24._o l._n pen._n f._n the_o r._n thy_o p._n 25._o l._n pen._n deal_n to_o p._n 28._o l._n 25._o deal_n in_o the_o posterity_n of_o ibid._n l._n 31._o f._n do_v r._n shall_v p._n 30._o l._n 22._o f._n take_v r._n take_v ibid._n l._n 58._o deal_n hundred_o p._n 31._o l._n 17._o f._n timens_fw-la r_o fabius_n ib._n l._n 32._o r._n fabius_n p._n 33._o l._n 24._o f._n or_o r._n and._n ib._n l._n 46._o f._n never_o r._n ever_o p._n 42._o l._n 12_o r._n commonwealth_n p._n 43._o l._n 38._o deal_n obj._n p._n 44._o l._n 46._o f._n necesset_n r_o recesset_n p._n 46._o l._n 10._o r._n elegerit_fw-la p._n 47._o l._n 16._o r._n perfectiora_fw-la p._n 48._o l._n 35._o r._n differemus_fw-la cui_fw-la quam_fw-la p._n 51._o l_o 43._o deal_n we_o p._n 56._o l._n 41._o f._n magis_fw-la r._n majes_o ib._n l._n 46._o r._n say_v p._n 57_o l._n 57_o f_o him_z r._n they_o ib._n l._n 33._o r._n proscribe_v p._n 60._o l._n 38._o deal_n the_o second_o no._n p._n 61._o l._n pen._n f._n bear_v r._n bear_v p._n 62._o l._n 47._o after_o yet_o r._n god._n p._n 63._o l._n 19_o r._n prepossess_v p._n 69._o l._n 27._o f._n you_o r._n yea_o p._n 75._o l._n 18._o f._n his_o r._n their_o p._n 76._o l._n 5._o in_o the_o content_n f._n return_n r._n return_n ib._n 5._o in_o the_o chapter_n f._n be_v r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 33._o f._n lawful_a r._n unlawful_a p._n 78._o l._n 19_o f._n proplancio_n r._n pro_fw-la plancio_n p._n 82._o l._n 7._o r._n be_v seat_v p._n 87._o l._n 23._o f._n florentio_n dianysio_n and_o coss_n r._n florentio_n &_o dianysio_n coss_n ibid._n l._n 35._o f._n valerius_n r._n valeria_n in_o 4â_n print_v 158â_n arlstotle_n pindarus_n tuâây_n plato_n &_o alias_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la v_o dr._n sherrock_n c._n 4._o n._n 9_o p._n 282_o 283._o lex_fw-la p._n vallerii_n 2._o martii_fw-la fab._n maximi_fw-la scyllae_n c._n gracchi_n plebiscitum_fw-la lex_fw-la annaria_n etc._n etc._n vid._n a._n a._n a._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o p._n 181._o
any_o government_n no_o more_o have_v king_n for_o neither_o god_n nor_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n have_v give_v any_o such_o power_n to_o men._n and_o god_n give_v king_n as_o a_o blessing_n and_o happy_o as_o the_o best_a of_o government_n but_o if_o thereby_o the_o state_n of_o slavery_n must_v uncontrolable_o be_v entail_v upon_o they_o as_o it_o necessary_o must_v be_v if_o they_o renounce_v their_o whole_a liberty_n it_o be_v a_o curse_n rather_o than_o a_o blessing_n but_o they_o can_v no_o more_o give_v it_o away_o than_o they_o can_v give_v away_o their_o rational_a nature_n and_o deny_v themselves_o to_o be_v reasonable_a creature_n for_o it_o be_v a_o power_n natural_a to_o preserve_v themselves_o essential_o adhere_v to_o every_o create_v be_v beside_o they_o can_v resign_v their_o whole_a power_n as_o priest_n will_v have_v they_o without_o manifest_a sin_n god_n have_v make_v a_o express_a covenant_n with_o all_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o peculiar_a people_n and_o he_o will_v be_v their_o god_n the_o purport_n of_o which_o covenant_n be_v that_o all_o the_o people_n shall_v take_v care_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v pure_o worship_v throughout_o all_o the_o land_n which_o power_n they_o can_v resign_v to_o king_n unaccountable_o and_o absolute_o without_o manifest_a breach_n of_o covenant_n and_o so_o sin_n in_o break_v covevant_n with_o god_n and_o thereby_o provoke_v his_o wrath_n and_o indignation_n will_v pull_v down_o vengeance_n upon_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o which_o more_o full_o hereafter_o o_o sovereignty_n be_v not_o in_o the_o people_n no_o more_o than_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n can_v be_v one_o man_n sovereignty_n be_v the_o abstract_n and_o sovereign_n be_v the_o concrete_a what_o then_o yet_o the_o power_n of_o give_v sovereign_a power_n to_o this_o or_o that_o man_n according_a to_o law_n be_v natural_o and_o radical_o in_o the_o people_n obj_fw-la ãâã_d may_n 4_o car._n 1628._o the_o commons_o have_v frame_v a_o petition_n of_o right_a to_o be_v present_v to_o his_o majesty_n and_o desire_v the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o make_v this_o addition_n viz._n we_o present_v this_o our_o humble_a petition_n to_o your_o majesty_n with_o the_o care_n not_o only_o of_o our_o own_o â_z but_o with_o due_a regard_n to_o leave_v entire_a that_o sovereign_a power_n wherewith_o your_o majesty_n be_v trust_v for_o the_o protection_n safety_n and_o happiness_n of_o the_o people_n which_o term_n of_o sovereign_a power_n be_v so_o distasteful_a and_o chagreen_a to_o the_o commons_o that_o they_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n admit_v of_o they_o allege_v for_o their_o justification_n that_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v another_o distinct_a power_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o law_n they_o be_v never_o use_v in_o any_o parliamentary_a petition_n or_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la or_o in_o any_o confirmation_n thereof_o if_o they_o shall_v grant_v it_o it_o will_v seem_v to_o imply_v a_o sovereign_a 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impower_v by_o law_n of_o common_a consent_n yet_o the_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n be_v eminent_o and_o virtual_o in_o the_o people_n collective_o take_v though_o not_o formal_o yet_o they_o have_v power_n over_o their_o own_o life_n radical_o and_o virtual_o for_o that_o they_o may_v subject_v themselves_o to_o magistracy_n and_o to_o law_n make_v by_o common_a consent_n the_o violation_n of_o which_o may_v be_v capital_a and_o sanguinary_a and_o king_n have_v no_o other_o lawful_a power_n over_o the_o life_n of_o their_o subject_n but_o by_o law_n make_v by_o like_o common_a consent_n that_o under_o the_o law_n and_o since_o there_o have_v be_v mutual_a and_o reciprocal_a covenant_n between_o king_n and_o people_n be_v without_o all_o dispute_n and_o beyond_o all_o contradiction_n 2_o sam._n 5._o 3._o 1_o chron._n 11._o 3._o 2_o chron._n 23._o 2._o 2_o king_n 11._o 17._o and_o that_o they_o be_v as_o equal_o and_o reciprocal_o bind_v be_v as_o true_a else_o why_o shall_v such_o covenant_n be_v make_v public_o before_o the_o people_n if_o king_n do_v not_o in_o the_o covenant_n tie_v and_o oblige_v themselves_o to_o the_o people_n and_o why_o so_o solemn_o to_o be_v make_v before_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n if_o not_o intend_v to_o be_v keep_v or_o may_v uncontrolable_o break_v they_o at_o pleasure_n be_v god_n to_o be_v call_v upon_o and_o to_o be_v a_o witness_n to_o a_o figment_n nay_o to_o a_o cheat_n ab_fw-la sit_fw-la no_o all_o the_o covenant_n mention_v in_o holy_a writ_n whether_o between_o god_n and_o king_n or_o between_o king_n and_o people_n be_v mutual_a i_o will_v be_v your_o god_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v my_o poople_n levit._n 26._o 12._o the_o covenant_n be_v so_o strict_o mutual_a that_o if_o the_o people_n break_v the_o covenant_n god_n be_v free_v from_o his_o part_n of_o the_o covenant_n zach._n 11._o 10._o all_o covenanter_n be_v under_o a_o law_n before_o men._n so_o if_o king_n break_v covenant_n with_o their_o 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