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against_o god_n or_o the_o purity_n of_o our_o conscience_n which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o keep_v altogether_o to_o god_n the_o gréeke_n proverb_n be_v the_o we_o ought_v to_o love_v one_o a_o other_o even_o to_o the_o altar_n the_o be_v so_o far_o forth_o as_o god_n be_v not_o offend_v either_o by_o oath_n or_o other_o vice_n no_o who_o make_v a_o lie_n to_o further_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o friend_n yea_o or_o to_o favour_v his_o own_o life_n offend_v god_n what_o interest_n soever_o it_o bear_v to_o father_n or_o mother_n magistrate_n king_n or_o emperor_n ¶_o how_o a_o common_a weal_n be_v governen_v and_o wherein_o it_o err_v chapter_n iiij_o in_o all_o estate_n in_o their_o particular_a function_n discharge_v
follow_v all_o which_o happen_v by_o the_o default_n of_o the_o head_n in_o who_o be_v understanding_n both_o to_o keep_v himself_o and_o the_o body_n from_o evil_a and_o also_o to_o provide_v remedy_n if_o it_o do_v happen_v even_o so_o when_o there_o be_v either_o ill_a providence_n to_o prevent_v a_o evil_a or_o worse_a negligence_n to_o purge_v and_o cure_v it_o nor_o seek_v out_o the_o cause_n till_o the_o effect_n be_v express_v it_o be_v then_o we_o see_v plague_n &_o famine_n with_o other_o rodd_n of_o god_n wherewith_o yet_o as_o he_o do_v not_o scourge_v special_o a_o country_n or_o common_a weal_n without_o great_a offence_n as_o one_o that_o will_v not_o strike_v with_o his_o staff_n but_o where_o he_o find_v obstinacy_n and_o resistance_n 3_n so_o let_v we_o then_o do_v as_o child_n to_o their_o father_n who_o they_o have_v offend_v for_o he_o strike_v as_o a_o father_n and_o see_v he_o stand_v with_o rod_n in_o his_o hand_n ready_a to_o discipline_n 12._o fall_v upon_o 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