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though_o it_o can_v be_v without_o all_o ruler_n yet_o it_o may_v well_o be_v without_o this_o or_o that_o prince_n and_o ruler_n and_o therefore_o may_v resume_v its_o power_n which_o it_o give_v conditional_o to_o the_o ruler_n for_o its_o own_o safety_n and_o good_a and_o in_o so_o far_o as_o this_o condition_n be_v violate_v and_o power_n turn_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n it_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v as_o not_o give_v and_o though_o the_o people_n be_v not_o a_o politic_a judge_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n yet_o in_o case_n of_o manifest_a oppression_n nature_n can_v teach_v they_o to_o oppose_v defensive_a violence_n against_o offensive_a a_o community_n in_o its_o politic_a body_n be_v also_o above_o any_o ruler_n and_o may_v judge_v what_o be_v manifest_o destructive_a to_o itself_o obj._n the_o pupil_n have_v not_o power_n to_o appoint_v his_o own_o tutor_n nor_o do_v he_o give_v power_n to_o he_o so_o neither_o do_v the_o people_n give_v it_o to_o the_o 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natural_a though_o it_o be_v not_o natural_a but_o from_o free_a election_n that_o peter_n be_v ana_n husband_n and_o shall_v have_v be_v though_o man_n have_v never_o sin_v but_o royal_a power_n be_v a_o politic_a constitution_n and_o the_o world_n may_v have_v subsist_v though_o aristocracy_n or_o democracy_n have_v be_v the_o only_a and_o perpetual_a government_n so_o let_v the_o prelate_n glory_n in_o his_o borrow_a logic_n he_o have_v it_o from_o barclay_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o wife_n to_o repudiat_fw-la her_o husband_n though_o never_o so_o wicked_a she_o be_v tie_v to_o he_o for_o ever_o and_o may_v not_o give_v to_o he_o a_o bill_n of_o divorcement_n as_o by_o law_n the_o husband_n may_v give_v to_o she_o if_o therefore_o the_o people_n swear_v loyalty_n to_o he_o they_o must_v keep_v though_o to_o their_o hurt_n ps._n 15._o ans._n there_o be_v nothing_o here_o say_v except_o barclay_n and_o the_o plagiary_n prove_v that_o the_o king_n power_n be_v proper_o a_o husband_n power_n which_o they_o can_v prove_v but_o from_o a_o simile_n that_o crook_v but_o a_o king_n elect_v upon_o condition_n that_o if_o he_o sell_v his_o people_n he_o shall_v lose_v his_o crown_n be_v as_o essential_o a_o king_n as_o adam_n be_v evahs_n husband_n and_o yet_o by_o grant_n of_o party_n the_o people_n may_v devorce_v from_o such_o a_o king_n and_o dethrone_v he_o if_o he_o sell_v his_o people_n but_o a_o wife_n may_v never_o devorce_v from_o her_o husband_n as_o the_o argument_n say_v and_o this_o poor_a argument_n the_o prelate_n steal_v from_o dr._n ferne_n part_v 2._o sec._n 3._o pag._n 10_o 11._o 2._o the_o keep_n of_o covenant_n though_o to_o our_o huâ—t_n be_v a_o penal_a hurt_n and_o loss_n of_o good_n not_o a_o
above_o the_o master_n but_o by_o this_o reason_n the_o shepherd_n shall_v be_v inferior_a to_o bruit_v beast_n to_o sheep_n and_o the_o master_n of_o the_o family_n be_v for_o the_o family_n and_o refer_v all_o that_o he_o have_v for_o the_o entertain_n of_o the_o family_n but_o it_o follow_v not_o therefore_o the_o family_n be_v above_o he_o the_o form_n be_v for_o the_o action_n therefore_o the_o action_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o form_n and_o a_o accident_n than_o the_o subject_n or_o substance_n and_o grotius_n say_v every_o government_n be_v not_o for_o the_o good_a of_o another_o but_o some_o for_o its_o own_o good_a as_o the_o government_n of_o a_o master_n over_o the_o servant_n and_o the_o husband_n over_o the_o wife_n ans._n i_o take_v the_o answer_n thus_o those_o who_o be_v mere_a mean_n and_o only_o mean_v refer_v to_o the_o end_n they_o be_v inferior_a to_o the_o end_n but_o the_o king_n as_o king_n people_n have_v all_o his_o official_a and_o relative_a 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be_v his_o due_n be_v a_o great_a sin_n but_o when_o he_o abuse_v his_o power_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o subject_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o throw_v a_o sword_n out_o of_o a_o madman_n hand_n though_o it_o be_v his_o own_o proper_a sword_n and_o though_o he_o have_v due_a right_n to_o it_o and_o a_o just_a power_n to_o use_v it_o for_o good_a for_o all_o fiduciary_a power_n abuse_v may_v be_v repeal_v power_n and_o if_o the_o knight_n and_o burgess_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o abuse_v their_o fiduciary_a power_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o these_o shire_n and_o corporation_n who_o put_v the_o trust_n on_o they_o the_o observator_fw-la do_v never_o say_v that_o parliamentary_a power_n be_v so_o entire_a and_o irrevocable_o in_o they_o as_o that_o the_o people_n may_v not_o resist_v they_o annul_v their_o commission_n and_o rescind_v their_o act_n and_o denude_v they_o of_o fiduciary_a power_n even_o as_o the_o king_n may_v be_v denude_v of_o that_o same_o power_n by_o 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they_o more_o whereas_o prelate_n by_o the_o rebellion_n in_o ireland_n to_o which_o they_o assent_v when_o they_o counsel_v his_o majesty_n to_o sell_v the_o blood_n of_o some_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o innocent_n kill_v in_o ireland_n be_v bring_v from_o thousand_o a_o year_n to_o beg_v a_o morsel_n of_o bread_n the_o prelate_n answer_v that_o maxim_n quod_fw-la efâ—icit_fw-la tale_n id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la tale_n 131._o that_o which_o make_v another_o such_o it_o be_v itself_o more_o such_o it_o be_v true_a de_fw-fr principio_fw-la formali_fw-la effectivo_fw-la as_o i_o learn_v in_o the_o university_n of_o such_o a_o agent_n as_o be_v formal_o such_o in_o itself_o as_o be_v the_o effect_n produce_v next_o it_o be_v such_o as_o be_v effective_a and_o productive_a of_o itself_o as_o when_o fire_n heat_v cold_a water_n so_o the_o quality_n must_v be_v formal_o inherent_a in_o the_o agent_n as_o wine_n make_v drink_v it_o follow_v not_o wine_n be_v more_o drink_v 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