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the_o scripture_n cite_v hold_v forth_o their_o resemblance_n to_o child_n and_o their_o subject_n must_v needs_o be_v in_o a_o woeful_a and_o sad_a condition_n much_o to_o be_v resent_v as_o here_o solomon_n do_v woe_n to_o thou_o o_o land_n when_o thy_o king_n be_v a_o child_n 4._o as_o it_o be_v too_o frequent_o find_v that_o when_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n be_v unfit_a for_o or_o defective_a in_o the_o discharge_v of_o the_o duty_n belong_v to_o his_o place_n the_o inferior_a magistrate_n be_v no_o better_o but_o rather_o worse_a he_o be_v careful_a to_o get_v such_o only_a as_o will_v serve_v he_o in_o his_o sinful_a humour_n prefer_v to_o place_n of_o power_n under_o he_o and_o they_o again_o be_v apt_a to_o abuse_v his_o simplicity_n and_o insufficiency_n by_o make_v his_o power_n and_o mean_v subservient_fw-fr to_o to_o their_o carnal_a end_n so_o when_o the_o inferior_a magistrate_n be_v such_o it_o do_v much_o augment_v the_o woe_n and_o misery_n of_o the_o people_n who_o may_v be_v relieve_v by_o their_o prudence_n and_o fidelity_n supply_v the_o defect_n of_o the_o supreme_a for_o solomon_n speak_v of_o those_o as_o ordinary_o join_v and_o this_o last_o as_o a_o special_a addition_n to_o their_o misery_n who_o case_n it_o be_v woe_n to_o thou_o o_o land_n when_o thy_o king_n be_v a_o child_n and_o thy_o prince_n eat_v in_o the_o morning_n 5._o when_o magistrate_n give_v up_o themselves_o to_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o their_o sensual_a lust_n especial_o their_o intemperancy_n they_o become_v then_o whole_o indispose_v for_o manage_v of_o the_o weighty_a affair_n of_o their_o place_n see_v prov._n 31.4_o and_o can_v but_o prove_v a_o great_a plague_n to_o their_o inferior_n for_o this_o be_v a_o description_n of_o those_o who_o prove_v a_o woe_n to_o the_o land_n they_o be_v prince_n that_o eat_v in_o the_o morning_n 6._o though_o nobility_n of_o blood_n be_v a_o advantage_n to_o supreme_a magistrate_n such_o be_v ordinary_o better_a train_v up_o for_o government_n than_o other_o and_o so_o less_o apt_a to_o be_v ravish_v or_o puff_v up_o with_o the_o honour_n to_o which_o they_o be_v bear_v or_o the_o applause_n of_o the_o people_n with_o which_o from_o their_o birth_n they_o have_v be_v accustom_v and_o less_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o contempt_n of_o many_o than_o those_o who_o rise_v upon_o a_o sudden_a or_o from_o a_o mean_a condition_n to_o such_o dignity_n who_o notwithstanding_o be_v call_v of_o god_n and_o his_o people_n will_v be_v sufficient_o fit_v for_o their_o place_n as_o david_n be_v yet_o the_o nobility_n main_o requisite_a in_o magistrate_n be_v that_o of_o their_o disposition_n and_o carriage_n consist_v in_o the_o eminency_n of_o their_o inward_a qualification_n such_o as_o the_o knowledge_n and_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o make_v they_o true_o excellent_a one_o