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mr._n baxter_n be_v take_v notice_n of_o but_o to_o leave_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o bicker_n about_o a_o word_n though_o i_o hope_v it_o be_v a_o digression_n resist_v not_o altogether_o useless_a and_o impertinent_a by_o resist_v we_o mean_v a_o forcible_a resistance_n or_o take_v up_o of_o arm_n by_o subject_n against_o their_o sovereign_n whether_o offensive_a or_o defensive_a upon_o any_o pretence_n whatsoever_o which_o i_o affirm_v to_o be_v unlawful_a not_o only_o because_o it_o be_v impious_a and_o irreligious_a but_o because_o it_o be_v irrational_a and_o impolitic_a and_o imprudent_a also_o that_o it_o be_v impious_a and_o irreligious_a have_v be_v prove_v already_o first_o because_o it_o be_v not_o only_o not_o allow_v irreligious_a but_o contradict_v and_o forbid_v by_o god_n word_n and_o second_o because_o it_o be_v not_o only_o not_o practise_v but_o disclaim_v and_o declare_v against_o by_o the_o primitive_a and_o best_a christian_n i_o be_o now_o to_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v irrational_a as_o well_o as_o impious_a and_o impolitic_a and_o imprudent_a as_o well_o as_o irreligious_a and_o first_o i_o say_v it_o be_v irrational_a because_o it_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o necessary_a natural_a and_o essential_a politic_a constitution_n of_o all_o government_n in_o all_o national_a society_n of_o any_o kind_n whatsoever_o and_o consequent_o destructive_a to_o the_o very_o be_v itself_o of_o the_o body_n politic_a for_o in_o all_o national_a society_n i_o mean_v such_o as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o independent_a upon_o any_o other_o society_n politic_a there_o be_v and_o of_o necessity_n always_o must_v be_v some_o where_o or_o other_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o supreme_a power_n or_o a_o supremacy_n of_o power_n whereunto_o all_o other_o power_n in_o the_o same_o society_n be_v subordinate_a as_o be_v derive_v from_o it_o and_o subservient_fw-fr and_o accountable_a to_o it_o and_o overrule_v 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