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what_o the_o king_n command_v have_v not_o the_o force_n of_o a_o law_n 189._o pag._n 189._o that_o be_v do_v not_o oblige_v without_o some_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n and_o whereas_o he_o place_n in_o the_o king_n the_o sanction_n of_o law_n in_o general_a as_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n that_o introduce_v the_o form_n and_o this_o he_o call_v jus_o condendarum_fw-la legum_n this_o right_a or_o power_n he_o place_n in_o the_o clergy_n for_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a and_o so_o whole_o shut_v out_o the_o king_n and_o laity_n who_o have_v according_a to_o he_o neither_o the_o propose_v nor_o the_o sanction_n and_o therefore_o that_o restraint_n of_o the_o exercise_n which_o he_o yield_v to_o the_o civil_a power_n amount_v to_o no_o more_o than_o a_o natural_a not_o moral_a power_n efficientis_fw-la praelectio_fw-la 7_o ma_fw-fr de_fw-fr obligatione_fw-la legum_fw-la humanarum_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la causae_fw-la efficientis_fw-la and_o this_o appear_v far_a in_o that_o this_o 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