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israel_n the_o name_n change_v not_o the_o thing_n for_o he_o be_v their_o king_n and_o monarch_n since_o he_o rule_v they_o with_o a_o absolute_a power_n depend_v only_o from_o god_n whether_o i_o say_v he_o enter_v by_o force_n by_o craft_n or_o by_o art_n into_o the_o government_n of_o the_o people_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o god_n himself_o that_o speak_v to_o he_o out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o burn_a bush_n and_o command_v he_o to_o go_v deliver_v his_o people_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o pharaoh_n exod._n 3.2_o if_o saul_n think_v to_o adorn_v his_o head_n with_o a_o crown_n when_o he_o seek_v about_o the_o field_n the_o ass_n of_o kiss_n his_o father_n if_o he_o make_v suit_n to_o samuel_n to_o anoint_v he_o king_n over_o all_o israel_n if_o david_n when_o he_o feed_v his_o flock_n meditate_a how_o he_o may_v change_v his_o shepherd_n crook_n into_o a_o regal_a sceptre_n if_o solomon_n his_o son_n the_o king_n of_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o wise_a of_o king_n have_v 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