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doubt_n not_o to_o approve_v my_o loyalty_n to_o my_o prince_n and_o my_o good_a affection_n towards_o magistrate_n well_o enough_o howsoever_o you_o dare_v so_o malicious_o 〈◊〉_d port_n it_o in_o that_o place_n and_o not_o long_a time_n before_o i_o prove_v 1579._o that_o neither_o city_n nor_o kingdom_n nor_o socictye_n of_o man_n be_v able_a to_o endure_v but_o by_o the_o benefit_n of_o good_a and_o wholesome_a law_n and_o that_o law_n be_v nothing_o worth_a 〈◊〉_d there_o shall_v be_v magistrate_n to_o execute_v the_o same_o for_o lex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d autem_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n be_v a_o dumb_a magistrate_n but_o the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o speak_v law_n i_o declare_v open_o that_o by_o they_o we_o enjoy_v our_o land_n live_n good_n and_o possession_n in_o safety_n that_o by_o they_o our_o controversy_n be_v decide_v &_o the_o weak_a which_o else_o be_v like_a to_o go_v to_o the_o wall_n by_o this_o mean_n godly_a defend_v and_o therefore_o the_o 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say_n of_o the_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d meos_fw-la touche_n not_o i_o anoint_v do_v wrest_v this_o and_o such_o like_a place_n &_o retche_v they_o as_o shoemaker_n do_v their_o leather_n to_o serve_v your_o purpose_n for_o the_o pope_n shaveling_n a_o learned_a father_n confute_v your_o vanity_n say_v you_o may_v aswell_o make_v a_o habit_n syllogism_n of_o quem_fw-la terra_fw-la pontus_fw-la to_o prove_v of_o nothing_o something_o stamford_n where_o you_o be_v press_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o s._n paul_n rom._n 13._o let_v every_o soul_n submit_v himself_o to_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o high_a power_n you_o know_v who_o shift_n of_o the_o matter_n with_o this_o gloze_n onnis_n anima_fw-la secularis_fw-la non_fw-la item_n 〈◊〉_d every_o secular_a soul_n and_o not_o every_o spiritual_a soul_n but_o chrysostome_n confute_v your_o say_n omnis_fw-la