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the_o author_n foresee_v most_o willing_o acknowledge_v but_o withal_o discern_v not_o how_o it_o prove_v that_o a_o man_n have_v power_n over_o his_o own_o life_n it_o will_v be_v sufficient_a if_o god_n by_o any_o other_o mean_n as_o by_o instate_v it_o in_o the_o prince_n etc._n etc._n do_v place_n that_o power_n of_o life_n in_o other_o the_o utmost_a which_o this_o way_n of_o argue_v can_v pretend_v to_o conclude_v be_v 1._o that_o whatsoever_o any_o man_n have_v in_o his_o own_o power_n that_o it_o be_v reasonable_a for_o he_o to_o deliver_v up_o into_o the_o governor_n hand_n thus_o to_o make_v it_o easy_a or_o possible_a to_o discharge_v his_o trust_n and_o by_o these_o advantage_n to_o contribute_v to_o the_o public_a quiet_a and_o weal_n nay_o 2._o that_o god_n that_o have_v the_o power_n of_o life_n and_o see_v how_o useful_a it_o be_v to_o have_v that_o vest_v in_o governor_n shall_v consequent_o be_v suppose_v so_o to_o vest_n it_o and_o that_o he_o do_v so_o be_v the_o clear_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o address_n 50._o but_o sure_o it_o can_v extend_v so_o far_o as_o to_o make_v a_o man_n give_v or_o have_v that_o which_o he_o have_v not_o nor_o to_o restrain_v god_n from_o have_v the_o sole_a original_a power_n of_o that_o which_o otherwise_o may_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v vest_v in_o he_o 51._o as_o for_o the_o supposition_n which_o the_o author_n here_o add_v on_o the_o back_n of_o this_o in_o case_n 10_o man_n in_o the_o community_n of_o nature_n choose_v one_o to_o rule_v over_o they_o and_o one_o of_o they_o thus_o spontaneous_o subject_v shall_v murder_v one_o of_o his_o fellow_n subject_n whereupon_o he_o demand_v whether_o the_o ruler_n so_o set_v up_o may_v not_o by_o his_o own_o consent_n by_o virtue_n of_o that_o power_n he_o receive_v from_o he_o among_o the_o rest_n put_v such_o a_o murderer_n to_o death_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o governor_n may_v in_o this_o case_n put_v the_o murderer_n to_o death_n but_o this_o not_o by_o virtue_n of_o any_o power_n or_o consent_n of_o the_o murderer_n but_o by_o authority_n from_o god_n who_o alone_o have_v the_o power_n of_o life_n in_o relation_n to_o which_o it_o be_v that_o the_o governor_n be_v style_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o a_o minister_n of_o god_n in_o this_o very_a notion_n as_o he_o be_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o a_o avenger_n for_o wrath_n or_o punisher_n of_o offender_n 52._o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o subject_n power_n the_o governor_n may_v have_v by_o the_o subject_n consent_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o power_n which_o he_o receive_v from_o he_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o the_o power_n of_o violent_a resist_a invader_n the_o right_a of_o repel_v force_n by_o force_n which_o god_n and_o nature_n have_v give_v the_o single_a man_n in_o community_n of_o nature_n be_v now_o in_o case_n of_o submission_n to_o the_o governor_n part_v with_o and_o deposit_v by_o he_o so_o far_o as_o refer_v to_o the_o governor_n and_o though_o it_o be_v found_v in_o self-defence_n yet_o he_o that_o thus_o violent_o resist_v the_o power_n shall_v receive_v to_o himself_o damnation_n 53._o but_o still_o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o subject_n power_n be_v not_o nay_o can_v be_v vest_v by_o the_o subject_n in_o the_o governor_n but_o flow_v from_o a_o high_a principle_n from_o he_o that_o real_o have_v the_o power_n and_o come_v from_o the_o subject_n consent_n only_a as_o from_o the_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la or_o by_o way_n of_o resultance_n that_o as_o god_n communicate_v not_o this_o power_n of_o life_n to_o any_o but_o the_o governor_n so_o that_o man_n consent_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v his_o governor_n do_v remote_o and_o by_o way_n of_o condition_n or_o qualify_n of_o the_o subject_n to_o a_o capacity_n of_o receive_v that_o power_n from_o god_n concur_v to_o the_o vest_n of_o that_o power_n in_o that_o person_n thus_o do_v the_o temper_n of_o the_o air_n contribute_v to_o the_o qualify_v the_o slime_n or_o putrid_a matter_n to_o receive_v influence_n from_o the_o sun_n and_o then_o those_o influence_n beget_v life_n in_o it_o and_o endow_v it_o with_o that_o high_a principle_n which_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o air_n that_o contribute_v all_o it_o can_v have_v not_o thus_o much_o in_o its_o power_n can_v not_o be_v affirm_v to_o contribute_v to_o it_o 54._o and_o so_o you_o see_v the_o doctor_n way_n of_o state_v this_o question_n do_v as_o full_o provide_v for_o the_o punish_n of_o malefactor_n and_o preserve_v of_o community_n as_o the_o suppose_v the_o power_n of_o life_n to_o proceed_v original_o from_o the_o people_n will_v be_v able_a to_o do_v as_o he_o that_o affirm_v the_o soul_n in_o every_o birth_n to_o be_v infuse_v by_o god_n make_v as_o sure_a a_o provision_n for_o generation_n and_o consequent_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o human_a species_n as_o they_o that_o 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and_o so_o the_o son_n enter_v upon_o the_o possession_n the_o case_n be_v clear_a that_o it_o be_v not_o from_o the_o subject_a that_o the_o son_n derive_v this_o possession_n though_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o the_o subject_a consent_n to_o deliver_v it_o up_o but_o from_o the_o king_n only_o and_o that_o act_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v no_o expression_n of_o any_o right_n in_o he_o from_o he_o conveyable_a to_o the_o son_n but_o only_o of_o his_o trust_n and_o subordination_n to_o the_o king_n and_o this_o be_v general_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o investiture_n and_o trust_n what_o be_v vest_v in_o i_o i_o may_v give_v or_o derive_v to_o another_o what_o be_v entrust_v only_o i_o can_v the_o servant_n can_v dispose_v of_o his_o master_n good_n yet_o that_o his_o master_n disposal_n may_v stand_v good_a he_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o give_v his_o consent_n this_o be_v so_o gross_o true_a that_o it_o be_v pity_n any_o long_a to_o insist_v on_o it_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o 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and_o virtual_o certain_o in_o he_o and_o in_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n formal_o be_v actual_o inherent_a in_o he_o though_o not_o original_o nor_o in_o so_o eminent_a a_o degree_n as_o in_o god_n it_o be_v but_o can_v it_o thus_o be_v say_v also_o to_o be_v eminent_o etc._o etc._o in_o the_o people_n i_o e._n that_o the_o people_n have_v in_o they_o some_o high_a and_o more_o eminent_a virtue_n or_o faculty_n than_o the_o power_n of_o every_o man_n over_o his_o own_o life_n and_o that_o that_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o that_o formal_a power_n and_o that_o by_o it_o the_o people_n beget_v or_o produce_v the_o power_n of_o life_n in_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n as_o true_o as_o if_o they_o have_v it_o formal_o they_o can_v do_v this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o distinction_n in_o the_o ordinary_a and_o only_a notion_n of_o it_o and_o must_v be_v it_o if_o it_o be_v right_o appliable_a but_o mr._n goodwin_n interpret_v his_o meaning_n of_o it_o so_o far_o from_o this_o so_o 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