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if_o christ_n paul_n and_o peter_n so_o earnest_o command_v obedience_n when_o prince_n and_o magistrate_n be_v as_o yet_o infidel_n and_o enemy_n to_o christ_n be_v it_o not_o now_o much_o more_o to_o be_v brge_v when_o they_o be_v christian_n the_o people_n of_o god_n be_v command_v to_o obey_v nabuchadonozer_n a_o heathen_a prince_n who_o have_v they_o in_o captivity_n paul_n and_o peter_n teach_v obedience_n when_o nero_n live_v a_o cruel_a tyrant_n and_o rather_o a_o monster_n then_o a_o man_n and_o shall_v not_o we_o obey_v command_n and_o teach_v obedience_n to_o her_o majesty_n our_o natural_a prince_n a_o defender_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n of_o christ_n by_o who_o also_o we_o enjoy_v so_o great_a liberty_n peace_n and_o abundance_n of_o all_o thing_n god_n forbid_v that_o any_o man_n shall_v once_o think_v much_o less_o teach_v or_o do_v contrary_a the_o second_o reason_n be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o 2._o god_n for_o magistrate_n be_v appoint_v of_o god_n and_o therefore_o 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the_o world_n he_o say_v unto_o christ_n all_o these_o be_v i_o and_o i_o give_v they_o to_o who_o i_o will_v nam_fw-la cvius_fw-la iussu_fw-la homines_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la huius_fw-la iussu_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la by_o who_o commandment_n man_n be_v bear_v even_o by_o his_o also_o king_n be_v appoint_v saint_n paul_n say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o do_v resist_v resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n therefore_o whatsoever_o the_o man_n be_v good_a or_o bad_a their_o power_n and_o authority_n be_v of_o god_n nocendi_fw-la voluntas_fw-la say_v augustine_n potest_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la hominis_fw-la animo_fw-la sed_fw-la potestas_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la a_o will_v to_o do_v harm_n may_v proceed_v from_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o all_o power_n whatsoever_o be_v only_o from_o god_n god_n sometime_o suffer_v a_o hypocrite_n to_o reign_v for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o 28._o people_n and_o for_o the_o 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