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of_o the_o institution_n of_o government_n government_n rom._n xiii_o 1_o 2._o 2._o rom._n xiii_n 1._o c_o vers._n â—_o god_n way_n of_o confer_v sovereign_n power_n power_n immediate_o in_o the_o patriarch_n time_n time_n gen._n x._o 32._o 32._o gen._n x._o 9_o 9_o gen._n xxiâ—i_n 6._o 6._o gen._n xvi_o 5._o 5._o gâ—n_n xxu._n 23._o 23._o exod._n i._n 14._o 14._o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o theocracy_n theocracy_n exod._n xix_o 4_o 5._o 2_o sam._n xii_o 12._o 12._o psal._n cxxiv_o 1_o 2_o 2_o in_o the_o hereditary_a kingdom_n of_o israel_n israel_n 1_o sam._n viii_o 5._o 5._o 1_o sam._n xiii_n 13._o 13._o ver._n 14._o 14._o 1_o chron._n xxviii_n 5._o 5._o mediate_o by_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n and_o that_o that_o on_o account_n of_o merit_n thus_o especial_o on_o founder_n of_o nation_n nation_n exod._n xxxii_o 1._o on_o first_o planter_n on_o restorer_n and_o deliverer_n deliverer_n 1_o macc._n xiu_o 41_o 49._o 49._o on_o account_n of_o favor_n favor_n psal._n lxu._n 7._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o first_o election_n of_o king_n king_n king_n james_n work_n pag._n 612._o what_o god_n do_v direct_o by_o his_o word_n and_o oracle_n among_o his_o own_o people_n in_o the_o election_n of_o king_n he_o do_v it_o only_o by_o his_o secret_a work_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o other_o nation_n though_o themselves_o know_v not_o whence_o those_o motion_n come_v which_o god_n by_o his_o finger_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n in_o hereditary_a succession_n succession_n iren._n adv_o haeres_fw-la v._o 24._o cujus_fw-la jussu_fw-la homines_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la huius_fw-la jussu_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la by_o who_o command_n they_o be_v bear_v man_n by_o his_o command_n they_o be_v also_o make_v king_n tertull._n apologet._n c._n 30._o ind_n est_fw-la imperator_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o illi_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la he_o be_v from_o thence_o make_v emperor_n from_o whence_o he_o have_v also_o his_o breath_n in_o elective_a kingdom_n in_o free_a state_n state_n plato_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la iii._o aristot_n polit_n l._n 3._o polyb._n hist._n vi_fw-la there_o be_v other_o in_o sanderson_n de_fw-fr oblige_n consc._n seven_o 16._o of_o transfer_v the_o power_n from_o one_o to_o another_o that_o this_o be_v the_o act_n of_o god_n god_n this_o be_v protestant_a doctrine_n see_v sanderson_n the_o oblige_n conscient_fw-la vii_n 20._o grot._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n &_o p._n l._n 3._o 8_o pufendorf_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n &_o gent._n vii_n 6._o 1._o popish_a writer_n as_o bellarmin_n becan_n etc._n etc._n teach_v otherwise_o suarez_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la iii_o 4._o 6_o mention_v that_o doctrine_n that_o a_o people_n may_v depose_v their_o king_n
expose_v not_o only_a themselves_o to_o be_v ruin_v but_o also_o their_o friend_n and_o ally_n to_o perish_v with_o they_o in_o that_o case_n saevitia_fw-la est_fw-la voluisse_fw-la mori_fw-la it_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o bloody_a peaceableness_n it_o 40._o be_v cruelty_n to_o mankind_n to_o go_v to_o that_o degree_n of_o suffer_a injury_n §_o 37._o but_o especial_o when_o the_o cause_n of_o concern_v god_n be_v concern_v to_o who_o we_o owe_v all_o thing_n and_o aught_o to_o venture_v all_o for_o his_o sake_n sure_o it_o be_v his_o cause_n when_o it_o touch_v religion_n which_o be_v all_o that_o be_v dear_a to_o he_o in_o this_o world_n and_o though_o religion_n itself_o teach_v we_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v to_o live_v peaceable_o with_o all_o man_n yet_o as_o it_o be_v there_o suppose_v there_o may_v be_v cause_n to_o break_v the_o peace_n so_o it_o subject_n add_v infinite_o to_o that_o cause_n when_o it_o come_v to_o concern_v our_o religion_n 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god_n have_v not_o wonderful_o preserve_v we_o god_n preserve_v we_o still_o from_o king_n that_o have_v that_o way_n of_o propagate_a religion_n §_o 38._o yet_o it_o may_v be_v a_o question_n whether_o kingdom_n such_o tyranny_n be_v use_v on_o the_o account_n of_o religion_n give_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o war_n to_o other_o prince_n of_o the_o same_o religion_n i_o speak_v now_o of_o persecution_n in_o such_o country_n where_o their_o religion_n be_v not_o establish_v by_o law_n it_o be_v certain_o true_a which_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o be_v all_o member_n of_o one_o and_o 26._o the_o same_o body_n and_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o member_n to_o have_v the_o same_o care_n of_o one_o another_o and_o whether_o one_o member_n suffer_v all_o the_o member_n suffer_v with_o it_o or_o one_o member_n be_v honour_v all_o the_o member_n rejoice_v with_o it_o it_o be_v true_a that_o christian_a prince_n especial_o as_o they_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o that_o part_n of_o christ_n body_n 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for_o persecute_v his_o catholic_n though_o she_o never_o touch_v one_o of_o they_o till_o that_o pope_n have_v force_v she_o to_o it_o by_o stir_v they_o up_o to_o rebellion_n against_o she_o with_o his_o famous_a bull_n of_o deprivation_n 1572._o §_o 39_o for_o the_o opinion_n of_o protestant_n in_o time_n this_o matter_n we_o have_v it_o sufficient_o declare_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o that_o excellent_a queen_n who_o make_v war_n first_o or_o last_o against_o dutch._n all_o the_o popish_a prince_n in_o her_o neighbourhood_n for_o persecute_v the_o protestant_n in_o their_o kingdom_n and_o herein_o she_o be_v not_o only_o justify_v by_o the_o pen_n of_o our_o great_a justissime_fw-la lawyer_n and_o supra_fw-la divine_n but_o she_o have_v also_o the_o approbation_n and_o assistance_n of_o chapter_n our_o parliament_n and_o convocation_n it_o appear_v she_o be_v the_o rather_o incline_v to_o do_v this_o by_o a_o jealousy_n of_o state_n for_o which_o there_o be_v a_o evident_a cause_n 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