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A52110 Lex Pacifica, or, Gods own law of determining controversies explain'd and asserted in a sermon preached at Dorchester at the Assizes holden there for the county of Dorset, August 5, 1664 / by John Martin ... Martin, John, 1619-1693. 1664 (1664) Wing M843; ESTC R31215 24,813 40

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the_o first_o magnitude_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sin_n of_o presumption_n qui_fw-la autem_fw-la superbierit_fw-la nolens_fw-la obedire_fw-la so_o the_o vulgar_a read_v the_o text_n and_o before_o that_o the_o septuagint_n after_o the_o *_o original_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o 86.9.3_o therefore_o 22._o q._n 86.9.3_o aquinas_n do_v right_o define_v contempt_n to_o be_v nolle_fw-la subjici_fw-la legi_fw-la not_o to_o submit_v one_o self_n to_o just_a law_n and_o so_o 13._o so_o suar_fw-la de_fw-la legib_fw-la c._n 28._o n._n 13._o peccare_fw-la ex_fw-la contemptu_fw-la est_fw-la peccare_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la subjiciendi_fw-la alteri_fw-la to_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o sin_n of_o contempt_n be_v wilful_o to_o refuse_v to_o submit_v ourselves_o to_o they_o that_o have_v a_o just_a and_o lawful_a authority_n over_o we_o this_o sin_n be_v first_o brood_a and_o hatch_v in_o the_o understanding_n when_o that_o person_n or_o his_o 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