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confine_v providence_n with_o a_o witness_n i_o be_o much_o mistake_v and_o though_o the_o dr._n seem_v to_o lament_v the_o subject_n misfortune_n because_o the_o old_a principle_n deny_v they_o the_o liberty_n to_o own_o a_o illegal_a prince_n though_o he_o will_v be_v never_o so_o kind_a to_o they_o 38._o yet_o i_o conceive_v he_o will_v have_v no_o reason_n upon_o second_o thought_n to_o be_v deject_v at_o this_o consideration_n for_o people_n be_v sometime_o very_o liberal_a in_o dispose_v that_o which_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o they_o and_o bribe_v high_a at_o least_o in_o promise_n to_o gain_v their_o design_n but_o if_o every_o one_o may_v engage_v with_o those_o who_o will_v be_v kind_a to_o they_o without_o any_o regard_n to_o virtue_n and_o honour_n private_a family_n will_v be_v very_o much_o disorder_v and_o the_o dr._n may_v possible_o be_v a_o sufferer_n by_o this_o latitude_n himself_o and_o why_o must_v that_o usage_n be_v put_v upon_o prince_n which_o if_o it_o be_v 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sure_a will_v never_o authorise_v and_o encourage_v it_o the_o righteous_a god_n of_o peace_n always_o speak_v in_o the_o still_a voice_n of_o law_n and_o justice_n and_o be_v never_o to_o be_v find_v in_o popular_a commotion_n nor_o in_o the_o tempest_n of_o rebellion_n but_o if_o this_o argument_n fail_v he_o have_v another_o which_o be_v more_o considerable_a at_o hand_n 44._o viz._n the_o necessity_n of_o government_n to_o preserve_v human_a society_n for_o human_a society_n must_v not_o dissolve_v into_o a_o mobb_n or_o mr._n hobbs_n state_n of_o nature_n because_o the_o legal_a prince_n have_v lose_v his_o throne_n and_o can_v no_o long_o govern_v the_o preservation_n of_o human_a society_n do_v of_o necessity_n force_v we_o to_o own_o the_o authority_n even_o of_o usurp_v power_n i_o believe_v it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o persuade_v any_o consider_a man_n that_o that_o which_o in_o such_o case_n in_o revolution_n be_v necessary_a to_o preserve_v a_o nation_n be_v a_o sin_n for_o 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change_v its_o nature_n and_o correct_v its_o malignity_n do_v god_n hate_v injustice_n in_o private_a person_n and_o permit_v it_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o whole_a community_n it_o be_v somewhat_o strange_a a_o multitude_n shall_v not_o be_v bind_v to_o the_o common_a law_n of_o justice_n and_o humanity_n and_o that_o sinner_n shall_v grow_v saint_n mere_o by_o crowd_v together_o and_o if_o this_o supposition_n be_v absurd_a then_o certain_o justice_n and_o moral_a honesty_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o concern_v of_o society_n now_o to_o deny_v any_o person_n his_o right_n much_o more_o to_o break_v the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o a_o kingdom_n be_v certain_o injustice_n and_o therefore_o the_o number_n of_o adherent_n can_v alter_v the_o quality_n of_o the_o action_n though_o they_o may_v aggravate_v the_o crime_n it_o be_v true_a self-preservation_n be_v a_o good_a thing_n but_o as_o some_o people_n order_n the_o matter_n we_o shall_v have_v little_o leave_v worth_n 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