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this_o recognition_n declare_v so_o often_o as_o he_o do_v particular_o in_o p._n 198._o that_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o crown_n be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o whole_a community_n their_o appointment_n their_o constitution_n and_o creature_n in_o parliament_n do_v he_o never_o read_v what_o be_v say_v by_o grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la he_o say_v if_o a_o kingdom_n descend_v by_o succession_n a_o act_n of_o alienation_n be_v in_o itself_o null_a l._n 1._o c._n 4._o s_o 9_o which_o agree_v with_o what_o bishop_n sanderson_n deliver_v before_o and_o mr._n hunt_v himself_o say_v grotius_n be_v more_o than_o ten_o witness_n and_o if_o you_o add_v the_o bishop_n i_o think_v they_o of_o more_o value_n than_o a_o hundred_o in_o quâ_fw-la tandem_fw-la civitate_fw-la catilina_n arbitraris_fw-la te_fw-la vivere_fw-la say_v cicero_n you_o that_o make_v hue_n and_o cry_n after_o such_o as_o write_v for_o religion_n and_o loyalty_n as_o if_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o banish_v 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it_o be_v severe_a shall_v be_v observe_v this_o respect_n inseriour_a magistrate_n not_o the_o emperor_n to_o who_o the_o power_n of_o moderate_v the_o law_n be_v so_o connex_v that_o by_o no_o decree_n of_o man_n it_o can_v be_v pull_v from_o he_o bishop_n sanderson_n give_v a_o pertinent_a instance_n to_o this_o purpose_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr oblige_v conscience_n p._n 384._o that_o when_o upon_o discovery_n of_o the_o gunpowder-plot_n the_o traitor_n flee_v some_o of_o they_o be_v pursue_v by_o the_o high_a sheriff_n of_o worcester-shire_n who_o have_v hunt_v they_o from_o place_n to_o place_n come_v to_o the_o confine_n of_o his_o county_n beyond_o which_o he_o be_v not_o to_o pass_v with_o his_o soldier_n by_o the_o law_n yet_o fear_v that_o they_o may_v otherwise_o escape_v he_o pursue_v they_o into_o another_o county_n take_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o prisoner_n yet_o know_v he_o have_v transgress_v the_o law_n and_o lest_o other_o in_o matter_n of_o less_o moment_n 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