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friend_n pref_o to_o liberty_n and_o necessity_n note_v ibid._n why_o the_o papist_n contrary_a to_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o king_n government_n and_o why_o mr._n hobb_n doctrine_n be_v not_o to_o be_v tolerate_v under_o any_o government_n ibid._n that_o mr._n hobbes_n doctrine_n de_fw-mi cive_z be_v old_a though_o bad_a teach_v by_o euphemus_n in_o a_o oâ—ation_n in_o thucydides_n and_o by_o other_o 162._o of_o tyranny_n 163._o of_o the_o prerogative_n of_o prince_n not_o right_o state_v by_o mr._n hobbes_n 165._o article_n 9_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n and_o its_o obligation_n before_o constantine_n 167._o a_o strange_a say_n of_o dr._n weston_n ibid._n of_o sacred_a book_n not_o write_v by_o those_o who_o name_n they_o bear_v 168._o of_o the_o history_n of_o job_n in_o verse_n ibid._n that_o the_o writing_n the_o canon_n anew_o by_o esdras_n be_v a_o fable_n of_o the_o synagoga_fw-la magna_fw-la bellarmine_n opinion_n of_o esdras_n four_o book_n of_o the_o lxx._n 169_o 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