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for_o public_a good_a i.e._n when_o they_o see_v it_o expedient_a for_o they_o must_v judge_v of_o it_o be_v not_o this_o to_o set_v subject_n loose_v when_o they_o see_v cause_n and_o if_o they_o be_v arbitrary_a governor_n who_o in_o ruling_n be_v leave_v to_o discretion_n be_v not_o they_o also_o as_o arbitrary_a subject_n who_o in_o obey_v be_v leave_v to_o discretion_n now_o to_o cure_v arbitrary_a power_n by_o arbitrary_a obedience_n be_v to_o cure_v tyrannical_a government_n by_o no_o government_n which_o be_v as_o bad_a nay_o abundant_o worse_o the_o very_o worst_a of_o tyrant_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n for_o good_a in_o comparison_n of_o no_o government_n one_o tyrant_n lust_n can_v rifle_v all_o virgin_n nor_o his_o avarice_n devour_v all_o estate_n nor_o his_o revenge_n reach_v all_o person_n nor_o his_o cruelty_n cut_v off_o the_o common_a wealth_n but_o under_o no_o government_n the_o rabble_n will_v govern_v all_o and_o that_o will_v be_v branch_v out_o into_o many_o thousand_o tyrant_n who_o persecute_v without_o pity_n as_o well_o as_o justice_n and_o pull_v down_o and_o spoil_v without_o any_o relent_n and_o have_v no_o generosity_n to_o spare_v or_o greatness_n of_o soul_n to_o neglect_v or_o leave_v any_o thing_n but_o think_v the_o mean_a plunder_n a_o desirable_a prey_n and_o sweep_v all_o before_o they_o a_o poor_a man_n that_o oppress_v the_o poor_a be_v like_o a_o sweep_a rain_n say_v solomon_n prov._n xxviii_o 3_o and_o i_o think_v the_o experience_n we_o have_v have_v of_o late_a in_o these_o three_o realm_n of_o the_o rabble_n rule_v be_v enough_o to_o convince_v all_o considerate_a man_n that_o a_o few_o month_n of_o their_o expedition_n be_v much_o more_o full_a of_o illegal_a violence_n injustice_n and_o inhumanity_n and_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o formidable_a than_o a_o tyrant_n whole_a reign_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la tit._n iii._o 1_o 1_o 1_o pet._n two_o 13_o 13_o rom._n xiii_o 1_o 1_o mat._n x._o 38_o luk._n ix_o 23_o mat._n xuj_o 24_o luk._n fourteen_o 27_o 27_o rom._n xiii_o 2_o 2_o inquiry_n into_o the_o measure_n of_o submission_n to_o the_o supreme_a authority_n art_n 9.12_o discourse_v about_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o gentleman_n undertake_v at_o york_n nou._n 1688._o p._n 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o &_o passim_fw-la julian_n the_o apostate_n c._n 9_o p._n 74.92_o and_o the_o answer_n to_o jovian_a p._n 160._o and_o several_a other_o other_o jo._n iii._o 3_o and_o 2_o cor._n â—_o 17._o 17._o in_o primis_fw-la deo_fw-la digna_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dixerim_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la probationem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la servorum_fw-la ejus_fw-la sive_fw-la reprobationem_fw-la tertull_n de_fw-fr fug_n in_o perfec_n c._n 1._o 1._o pala_n illa_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la dominicam_fw-la aream_fw-la purgat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la confusum_fw-la acervum_fw-la fidelium_fw-la eventilans_fw-la frumentum_fw-la martyrum_fw-la &_o paleas_fw-la negatorum_fw-la ib._n ib._n apol._n â—_o ult_n &_o justin._n mart._n ad_fw-la diognet_fw-la p._n 498_o 499_o &_o dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 337._o &_o lact._n l._n 5._o c._n 13._o 13._o apol._n 1._o p._n 50._o 50._o libel_n precum_fw-la p._n 8._o 8._o quas_fw-la utinam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la possedisset_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la apostolico_fw-la more_fw-it vivens_fw-la fidem_fw-la integram_fw-la inviolabiliter_fw-la possideret_fw-la ib._n p._n 2._o ed._n ox._n ox._n adu._n marc._n l._n 4._o c._n 39_o 39_o homil._n 34._o in_o mat._n in_o c._n x.16_n be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n etc._n etc._n etc._n ibid._n ibid._n vid._n edward_n gangraena_fw-la part_n 1._o ep._n dedicat._n dedicat._n see_v the_o author_n cite_v p._n 2._o 2._o geog._n l._n 17._o sub_fw-la fin_n fin_n lib._n 53._o 53._o ib._n l._n 53._o 53._o sed_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la principi_fw-la placuit_fw-la legis_fw-la habet_fw-la vigorem_fw-la quum_fw-la lege_fw-la regius_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la imperio_fw-la lata_fw-la est_fw-la populus_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o in_o eum_fw-la omne_fw-la imperium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la concedat_fw-la instit._fw-la l._n 1._o tit_n 2.6_o 2.6_o faedusve_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la volet_fw-la facere_fw-la liceat_fw-la utique_fw-la ei_fw-la senatum_fw-la habere_fw-la relationem_fw-la facere_fw-la etc._n etc._n utique_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la ex_fw-la usu_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la majestate_fw-la divinarum_fw-la humanarum_fw-la publicarum_fw-la privatarumque_fw-la rerum_fw-la esse_fw-la censebit_fw-la ei_fw-la agere_fw-la facere_fw-la jus_o potestasque_fw-la sit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la divo_fw-la augusto_fw-la tiberio_fw-la etc._n etc._n fuit_fw-la fuit_fw-la apud_fw-la jan._n gruterum_fw-la inscript_n antiqu._n p._n 242._o &_o inscript_n de_fw-fr caesar._n suetonio_n annexis_fw-la ed._n ox._n sub_fw-la vespas_fw-la nu_fw-la 10._o 10._o annal._n l._n 4._o p._n 190_o 191._o ed._n gryphii_n gryphii_n in_o tiber._n c._n 30._o 30._o dio_fw-mi l._n 53._o 53._o c._n 31._o vid._n etc._n etc._n 32._o 32._o principem_fw-la quem_fw-la vos_fw-la tanta_fw-la ac_fw-la tam_fw-la libera_n potestate_fw-la instruxistis_fw-la senatui_fw-la servire_fw-la debere_fw-la c._n 29._o 29._o l._n 66._o 66._o harm_n of_o new_a test._n ad_fw-la an._n ner._n 11._o christi_fw-la 65._o 65._o joseph_n de_fw-fr bell._n l._n 2._o c._n 24._o 24._o p._n ii_o ii_o dec._n 1._o l._n 2._o 2._o vid._n paulum_fw-la manut._n de_fw-fr leg._n ro._n p._n 37_o 38._o 38._o apol._n p._n 6._o c._n 13._o 13._o utique_fw-la quos_fw-la magistratum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la imperium_fw-la curationemve_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la petentes_fw-la senatui_fw-la populoque_fw-la ro._n commendaverit_fw-la quibusque_fw-la suffragationem_fw-la svam_fw-la dederit_fw-la promiserit_fw-la eorum_fw-la commitiis_fw-la quibusque_fw-la extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ratio_fw-la habeatur_fw-la inscript_n tab_n lateran_n lateran_n tum_o primum_fw-la è_fw-it campo_fw-it comitia_fw-la ad_fw-la patres_fw-la translata_fw-la sunt_fw-la nam_fw-la ad_fw-la câ—m_fw-la diem_fw-la etsâ—_n potissima_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la principis_fw-la quaedam_fw-la tamen_fw-la studiis_fw-la tribuum_fw-la fiebant_fw-la tacit._n an._n l._n 1._o p._n 29._o ed._n gryph_n gryph_n in_o calig_n c._n 16._o 16._o lib._n 53._o 53._o suet._n in_o aug._n c._n 53._o 53._o id._n in_o tib._n c._n 27._o 27._o in_o calig_n c._n 22._o 22._o digna_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la majestate_fw-la regnantis_fw-la legibus_fw-la alligatum_fw-la se_fw-la principem_fw-la profiteri_fw-la cod._n l._n 1_o tit._n 14._o de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n 4_o 4_o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la proprium_fw-la imperii_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivere_fw-la cod._n lib._n 6._o tit._n 23._o de_fw-la testam_fw-la l._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soc._n hist._n eccl._n lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o 2._o hoc_fw-la imperium_fw-la cujus_fw-la ministri_fw-la estis_fw-la civilis_fw-la non_fw-la tyrannica_fw-la dominato_fw-la est_fw-la apol_n c._n 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n dio_n l._n 53._o p._n 581_o 582._o 582._o ut_fw-la populo_fw-la praesunt_fw-la magistratus_fw-la ita_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la leges_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr legib._n lib._n 3._o initio_fw-la initio_fw-la ipsi_fw-la legibus_fw-la teneantur_fw-la id_fw-la orat._n 8._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o verrem_fw-la l._n 3._o in_o fine_a fine_a judice_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la lege_fw-la jurati_fw-la judicatis_fw-la legibus_fw-la obcemperare_fw-la debetis_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-fr inventione_n §._o 60._o so_o call_v juratorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la orat._n 5._o because_o jurare_fw-la in_o legem_fw-la judicaturi_fw-la solebant_fw-la gothofred_n not._n in_o loc_n loc_n haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la firmissima_fw-la nostrae_fw-la libertatis_fw-la svi_fw-la quemque_fw-la juris_fw-la &_o retinendi_fw-la &_o dimittendi_fw-la esse_fw-la dominum_fw-la orat._n 35._o pro_fw-la cornel._n balbo_n balbo_n hoc_fw-la nobis_fw-la esse_fw-la à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la traditum_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la denique_fw-la proprium_fw-la liberae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la capite_fw-la civis_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la sine_fw-la judicio_fw-la senatus_fw-la aut_fw-la populi_fw-la aut_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la quaque_fw-la re_fw-la constituti_fw-la judices_fw-la sint_fw-la deâ—rabi_fw-la possit_fw-la id._n orat._n 29._o pro_fw-la domo_fw-la sua_fw-la ad_fw-la pontif._n pontif._n lib._n 53._o p._n 582._o 582._o ibid._n ibid._n dec._n 1._o l._n 2._o 2._o sacrosanctum-sanctione_a poenae_fw-la cum_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la facit_fw-la consecratur_fw-la cicero_n pro_fw-la cornel._n balbo_n orat._n 35._o 35._o ibid._n lib._n 2._o 2._o vid._n macrob._n sat._n l._n 3_o c._n 7._o p._n 319_o 320._o 320._o ib._n p._n 582._o 582._o digest_v lib._n 1._o tit_n 3._o l._n 31._o 31._o utique_fw-la quibus_fw-la legibus_fw-la plebeive_v scitis_fw-la scriptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ne_fw-la divus_o augustus_n etc._n etc._n tenâ—rentur_fw-la iis_fw-la legibus_fw-la plebisque_fw-la scitis_fw-la imp._n caes._n vespasianus_n solutus_fw-la sit_fw-la quaeque_fw-la ex_fw-la quaque_fw-la lege_fw-la rogatione_fw-la divum_fw-la augustum_fw-la etc._n etc._n facere_fw-la oportuit_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la imp._n caes._n vespasiano_n facere_fw-la liceat_fw-la liceat_fw-la princeps_fw-la legibus_fw-la solutus_fw-la est_fw-la augusta_n autem_fw-la licet_fw-la legibus_fw-la soluta_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la principes_fw-la tamen_fw-la eadem_fw-la illi_fw-la privilegia_fw-la tribuâ—nt_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la habent_fw-la lib._n 1._o dig._n tit._n 3._o l._n 31._o 31._o experiar_fw-la quid_fw-la concedatur_fw-la in_o illos_fw-la quorum_fw-la flaminia_n tegieux_fw-fr cinis_fw-la atque_fw-la latina_n juv._n
to_o be_v obey_v as_o god_n minister_n although_o they_o be_v evil_a although_o they_o abuse_v their_o power_n although_o they_o be_v wicked_a and_o wrong_a doer_n and_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o inferior_n and_o subject_n in_o any_o case_n to_o resist_v and_o withstand_v they_o whatever_o the_o rightful_a sovereign_n be_v then_o that_o bear_v hard_a upon_o any_o man_n let_v i_o ask_v he_o who_o be_v most_o uneasy_a if_o for_o all_o his_o personal_a unworthiness_n and_o oppressive_a administration_n he_o be_v not_o still_o the_o lord_n anoint_v and_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o so_o long_o if_o he_o will_v be_v a_o follower_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o primitive_a father_n or_o our_o own_o church_n who_o testimony_n have_v be_v allege_v how_o can_v he_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n against_o he_o 2._o a_o second_o ground_n of_o their_o nonresistance_n be_v in_o patience_n and_o submission_n to_o god_n providence_n in_o such_o hard_a case_n they_o be_v like_a to_o ease_v their_o suffer_v by_o patience_n and_o make_v it_o worse_o by_o resistance_n in_o your_o patience_n say_v our_o saviour_n possess_v you_o your_o soul_n luke_n xxi_o 19_o when_o the_o cross_n be_v bring_v upon_o they_o they_o be_v call_v to_o take_v it_o up_o not_o to_o drive_v it_o away_o to_o follow_v christ_n in_o bear_v it_o themselves_o not_o to_o follow_v the_o world_n in_o endeavour_v to_o force_v it_o upon_o other_o according_a to_o those_o precept_n of_o our_o lord_n for_o take_v up_o and_o bear_v his_o cross._n these_o persecution_n they_o look_v on_o as_o send_v by_o god_n for_o trial_n of_o their_o patience_n not_o of_o their_o fight_a valour_n in_o make_v resistance_n and_o be_v careful_a under_o they_o to_o show_v invincible_a stoutness_n in_o suffering_n not_o refuse_v to_o suffer_v and_o rather_o fight_v in_o their_o own_o defence_n the_o cup_n which_o my_o father_n have_v give_v i_o shall_v i_o not_o drink_v it_o therefore_o put_v up_o thy_o sword_n say_v christ._n joh._n xviii_o 11_o lo_o here_o be_v the_o patience_n of_o the_o saint_n say_v s._n john_n note_v what_o in_o their_o persecution_n they_o seek_v to_o signalise_v rev._n fourteen_o 12_o and_o absit_fw-la ut_fw-la divina_fw-la secta_fw-la dolâ—at_fw-la pati_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la probatur_fw-la god_n forbid_v this_o divine_a sect_n shall_v be_v against_o suffer_v which_o be_v only_a god_n way_n of_o trial_n and_o probation_n 37._o say_v tertullian_n of_o their_o patient_a and_o unresisted_a suffering_n when_o they_o have_v strength_n enough_o to_o defend_v themselves_o 3._o in_o faith_n in_o god_n and_o trust_v that_o he_o as_o rightful_a judge_n will_v soon_o or_o late_a as_o he_o see_v best_o right_o their_o cause_n vengeance_n be_v i_o i_o will_v repay_v say_v god_n and_o they_o be_v content_a to_o leave_v it_o to_o he_o 20._o we_o confide_v in_o he_o who_o be_v able_a to_o take_v vengeance_n both_o for_o his_o own_o and_o his_o servant_n injury_n when_o we_o suffer_v such_o unspeakable_a thing_n we_o leave_v it_o to_o god_n to_o right_v we_o say_v lactantius_n ox._n against_o all_o your_o injury_n the_o judgement_n and_o vengeance_n of_o god_n be_v our_o defence_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n it_o be_v that_o none_o of_o we_o make_v any_o resistance_n though_o we_o have_v number_n more_o than_o enough_o say_v saint_n cyprian_n and_o lo_o here_o be_v the_o faith_n and_o patience_n of_o the_o saint_n say_v s._n john_n rev._n xiii_o 10_o they_o commit_v their_o right_n to_o he_o when_o despoil_v of_o they_o by_o unjust_a force_n and_o never_o go_v about_o to_o make_v party_n and_o tumult_n by_o force_n to_o right_n themselves_o to_o show_v the_o faith_n they_o have_v in_o his_o justice_n his_o providence_n and_o promise_n and_o how_o far_o and_o free_o even_o in_o these_o dear_a and_o most_o concern_v interest_n they_o dare_v trust_v he_o now_o both_o these_o also_o be_v reason_n equal_o not_o to_o resist_v under_o any_o rightful_a sovereign_n the_o 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