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themselves_o to_o this_o course_n for_o he_o though_o he_o censure_v cato_n so_o severe_o for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o same_o circumstance_n he_o follow_v cato_n example_n and_o choose_v rather_o to_o die_v by_o the_o same_o fatal_a hand_n that_o be_v yet_o reek_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o caesar_n than_o submit_v to_o all_o the_o affront_n and_o indignity_n of_o those_o who_o have_v vow_v to_o revenge_v that_o ungrateful_a parricide_n upon_o he_o and_o fight_v for_o nothing_o more_o than_o to_o appease_v the_o angry_a ghost_n of_o the_o perpetual_a dictatour_n with_o the_o blood_n of_o those_o bold_a conspirator_n that_o have_v rob_v he_o of_o his_o empire_n and_o his_o life_n together_o i_o conclude_v therefore_o what_o can_v be_v deny_v whatever_o become_v of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o such_o a_o course_n which_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o concern_v myself_o about_o utpote_fw-la quo_fw-la nemo_fw-la fortasse_fw-la penitius_fw-la 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life_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v expose_v to_o it_o be_v upon_o this_o occasion_n likewise_o further_o to_o be_v observe_v that_o though_o the_o regicide_n of_o elah_n by_o zimri_n be_v as_o it_o be_v express_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v v._o 13._o a_o calamity_n which_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o a_o divine_a judgement_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o baasha_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o elah_n his_o son_n and_o the_o same_o be_v the_o case_n of_o jeroboam_n who_o line_n and_o kingdom_n be_v destroy_v in_o the_o person_n of_o his_o immediate_a son_n and_o successor_n nadab_n yet_o zimri_n who_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n be_v by_o no_o mean_n excuse_v or_o justify_v for_o what_o he_o do_v but_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o people_n disow_v and_o disavow_v the_o fact_n v._o 16._o and_o god_n himself_o brand_v it_o with_o the_o name_n of_o treason_n v._o 20._o now_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o act_n of_o zimri_n and_o his_o treason_n that_o he_o wrought_v be_v they_o not_o write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o how_o extreme_o displease_v that_o treachery_n and_o perfidiousness_n of_o his_o be_v to_o almighty_a god_n may_v be_v see_v in_o part_n by_o the_o shortness_n of_o his_o reign_n which_o be_v but_o of_o seven_o day_n continuance_n v._o 15._o and_o last_o his_o memory_n be_v so_o odious_a to_o after_o age_n that_o his_o name_n be_v make_v use_n of_o to_o a_o proverb_n as_o the_o great_a example_n of_o treachery_n and_o the_o warn_a piece_n to_o other_o to_o beware_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n which_o overtake_v he_o for_o it_o as_o jezebel_n say_v to_o jehu_n when_o he_o enter_v in_o at_o the_o gate_n have_v zimri_n peace_n who_o slay_v his_o master_n 2_o king_n 9_o 31._o but_o of_o this_o and_o other_o matter_n of_o a_o resemble_v nature_n i_o have_v discourse_v more_o large_o in_o what_o i_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o concern_v the_o revolt_n of_o jeroboam_n from_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o concern_v the_o instance_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n who_o be_v forsake_v and_o abandon_v though_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o utmost_a cruelty_n and_o provocation_n never_o actual_o resist_v and_o much_o less_o slay_v by_o his_o subject_n in_o which_o place_n i_o have_v likewise_o explain_v that_o whole_a chapter_n of_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n with_o all_o the_o certainty_n and_o unquestionable_a evidence_n even_o of_o direct_a and_o strict_o mathematical_a demonstration_n and_o to_o what_o i_o have_v say_v there_o i_o shall_v here_o only_o add_v that_o nothing_o can_v justify_v rebellion_n against_o a_o lawful_a prince_n but_o such_o a_o express_a warrant_n and_o commission_n as_o jehu_n have_v 2_o king_n 9_o v._o 6_o 7._o where_o the_o prophet_n pour_v oil_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n i_o have_v anoint_v thou_o king_n over_o the_o people_n of_o the_o lord_n even_o over_o israel_n and_o thou_o shall_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o as_o fire_n so_o also_o water_n be_v use_v in_o lustration_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o cleanse_n and_o purify_n nature_n but_o ovid_n be_v very_o much_o mistake_v when_o he_o refer_v the_o original_a of_o these_o thing_n to_o greece_n for_o they_o all_o of_o they_o without_o question_n come_v out_o of_o the_o east_n but_o so_o he_o tell_v we_o omne_fw-la nefas_fw-la omnemque_fw-la mali_fw-la purgamina_fw-la causam_fw-la credebant_fw-la nostri_fw-la tellere_fw-la posse_fw-la senes_fw-la graecia_n principium_fw-la moris_fw-la fuit_fw-la illa_fw-la nocentes_fw-la impia_fw-la lustratos_fw-la ponere_fw-la facta_fw-la putat_fw-la actoriden_n peleus_n ipsum_fw-la quoque_fw-la pelea_n phoci_fw-la caede_fw-la per_fw-la hemonias_fw-la solvit_fw-la acastus_n aquas_fw-la vectam_fw-la frenatâ—_n per_fw-la inane_fw-la draconibus_fw-la aegeus_n credulus_fw-la immeritâ_fw-la phasida_n fovit_fw-la open_a 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