do_v for_o the_o first_o notwithstanding_o what_o 1589._o erastus_n with_o his_o 2._o follower_n and_o judaeorum_fw-la selden_n of_o late_o have_v say_v i_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v a_o manifest_a truth_n that_o in_o every_o christian_a nation_n there_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v two_o divine_a distinct_a power_n 1._o sacred_a or_o spiritual_a 2._o civil_a or_o temporal_a in_o both_o which_o power_n we_o may_v consider_v 1._o principium_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la the_o principle_n and_o immediate_a cause_n from_o whence_o they_o flow_v and_o from_o whence_o they_o be_v derive_v to_o man_n and_o thus_o the_o temporal_a power_n be_v immediate_o from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o great_a maker_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o world_n by_o who_o king_n reign_n who_o communicate_v his_o power_n and_o name_n to_o magistrate_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o rom._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o delegate_n and_o substitute_n but_o 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n too_o psal._n 82._o 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place_n and_o that_o sacred_a call_n he_o carry_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o a_o revenger_n of_o such_o sin_n and_o a_o punisher_n of_o malefactor_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o we_o may_v apply_v this_o in_o hypothesi_fw-la to_o our_o particular_a case_n of_o the_o readmission_n of_o the_o jew_n i_o say_v 1._o that_o in_o the_o 17._o law_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o whole_a old_a testament_n there_o be_v nothing_o contain_v to_o the_o contrary_a or_o repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 2._o that_o this_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v or_o at_o least_o shall_v be_v the_o adequate_a rule_n of_o the_o jew_n religion_n and_o therefore_o so_o long_o as_o they_o keep_v to_o this_o there_o be_v no_o thing_n in_o their_o religion_n which_o be_v intolerable_a on_o this_o account_n as_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 3._o but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o their_o religion_n as_o now_o they_o profess_v it_o 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