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entrust_v with_o it_o become_v his_o vicegerent_n and_o bear_v his_o name_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n psal._n 82.6_o my_o design_n in_o this_o treatise_n be_v not_o to_o deliver_v a_o exact_a systeme_n of_o politic_n yet_o i_o will_v make_v use_n of_o those_o rule_n i_o find_v in_o political_a writer_n of_o better_a rank_n but_o with_o a_o reservation_n of_o a_o liberty_n to_o myself_o to_o vary_v from_o they_o as_o i_o shall_v see_v just_a cause_n to_o pass_v by_o the_o distinction_n of_o government_n monastical_a and_o oeconomical_a i_o will_v pitch_v upon_o that_o which_o be_v political_n the_o subject_n whereof_o be_v a_o community_n and_o society_n large_a than_o that_o of_o a_o family_n and_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o receive_v the_o form_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n section_n 2_o to_o this_o end_n we_o must_v observe_v what_o politica_fw-la which_o some_o call_v the_o rule_n of_o government_n of_o a_o polity_n be_v 2._o 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and_o church_n now_o according_a to_o order_n come_v in_o pars_fw-la subdita_fw-la to_o be_v consider_v both_o in_o a_o civil_a and_o a_o ecclesiastical_a notion_n what_o a_o subject_a in_o a_o civil_a state_n be_v can_v be_v know_v in_o particular_a except_o we_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o subjection_n in_o general_n the_o word_n in_o greek_a which_o signify_v to_o be_v subject_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v subordinate_a for_o subjection_n presuppose_v order_n not_o physical_a and_o local_a but_o moral_a of_o superior_a and_o inferior_a that_o which_o make_v a_o superior_a be_v power_n and_o power_n over_o another_o which_o be_v not_o invest_v with_o it_o in_o which_o respect_n he_o be_v inferior_a in_o relation_n to_o he_o that_o have_v power_n over_o he_o and_o so_o soon_o as_o god_n have_v make_v one_o superior_a to_o another_o instant_o the_o party_n inferior_a be_v bind_v to_o subjection_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n due_a unto_o this_o superior_a god_n have_v set_v 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five_o commandment_n and_o the_o apostle_n from_o god_n when_o he_o say_v let_v every_o soul_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n this_o submission_n be_v 1._o a_o resign_v up_o of_o their_o own_o understanding_n will_n and_o power_n unto_o the_o understand_a will_n and_o power_n of_o his_o superior_a so_o far_o as_o god_n have_v make_v he_o superior_a by_o this_o submission_n he_o become_v his_o vassal_n and_o servant_n and_o renounce_v other_o lord_n and_o master_n in_o that_o kind_n upon_o this_o submission_n follow_v either_o a_o obligation_n to_o obey_v just_a command_n or_o to_o suffer_v upon_o disobedience_n there_o be_v several_a kind_n and_o also_o degree_n of_o this_o objection_n there_o be_v a_o subjection_n of_o child_n to_o parent_n servant_n to_o master_n wife_n to_o husband_n scholar_n to_o their_o teacher_n soldier_n to_o their_o commander_n people_n unto_o their_o sovereign_n and_o of_o all_o unto_o god._n and_o because_o he_o be_v supreme_a and_o we_o be_v 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be_v not_o bind_v to_o obey_v because_o he_o subject_v himself_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o wisdom_n and_o justice_n yet_o in_o such_o case_n he_o be_v a_o subject_n as_o a_o subject_a must_v be_v willing_a to_o suffer_v and_o not_o resist_v the_o power_n for_o though_o the_o power_n be_v just_a and_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o submit_v yet_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o obey_v the_o unjust_a law_n of_o a_o just_a power_n the_o apostle_n will_v not_o obey_v the_o unjust_a command_n of_o their_o ruler_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o resist_v their_o power_n but_o rather_o suffer_v though_o unjust_o persecute_v by_o this_o subjection_n the_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o maintain_v their_o high_a power_n for_o the_o public_a good_a and_o safety_n for_o this_o cause_n therefore_o say_v the_o apostle_n pay_v you_o tribute_n also_o for_o they_o be_v god_n minister_n attend_v continual_o upon_o this_o thing_n rom._n 13.6_o by_o this_o subjection_n he_o be_v further_a bind_v to_o hazard_n not_o 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