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he_o be_v say_v to_o bear_v the_o sword_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o bear_v the_o sword_n in_o vain_a for_o though_o happy_o or_o rather_o unhappy_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o person_n he_o may_v bear_v the_o sword_n in_o vain_a and_o perish_v under_o it_o yet_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o office_n he_o can_v for_o so_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o consequent_o a_o revenger_n of_o wrath_n that_o can_v fail_v of_o his_o revenge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v epiph._n haer._n 40._o adversus_fw-la archontichos_n he_o have_v from_o god_n the_o right_n of_o the_o sword_n not_o from_o any_o other_o and_o he_o have_v it_o for_o revenge_n will_v to_o god_n those_o man_n who_o follow_v these_o heretic_n in_o multiply_a power_n and_o principality_n though_o not_o in_o heaven_n yet_o in_o earth_n and_o in_o some_o other_o thing_n too_o for_o these_o archontici_n do_v abhor_v baptism_n and_o slight_v the_o communion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n ibid._n i_o say_v will_v those_o man_n who_o follow_v these_o heretic_n in_o this_o gross_a opinion_n will_v likewise_o serious_o go_v along_o with_o this_o learned_a father_n in_o his_o solid_a confutation_n there_o will_v never_o again_o be_v any_o cavil_v dispute_n upon_o the_o 13_o to_o the_o roman_n his_o confutation_n in_o brief_a be_v this_o you_o archontici_n think_v by_o multiply_a power_n in_o heaven_n to_o overthrow_v the_o dominion_n and_o power_n of_o one_o god_n but_o indeed_o you_o rather_o establish_v it_o for_o if_o in_o earth_n there_o may_v be_v so_o many_o principality_n and_o power_n in_o one_o kingdom_n all_o subject_n not_o repugnant_a to_o one_o king_n then_o much_o more_o so_o in_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o every_o kingdom_n upon_o earth_n there_o be_v many_o principality_n but_o they_o be_v all_o under_o one_o king_n nothing_o