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434._o observe_v that_o in_o calvin_n case_n it_o be_v determine_v that_o protectio_fw-la trahit_fw-la subjectionem_fw-la &_o subjectio_fw-la protectionem_fw-la protection_n require_v subjection_n and_o subjection_n protection_n quia_fw-la sicut_fw-la subditus_fw-la regi_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la ita_fw-la rex_fw-la subdiot_n tenetur_fw-la ad_fw-la protectionem_fw-la 437._o p._n 436_o 437._o for_o as_o the_o subject_n owe_v to_o the_o king_n his_o true_a and_o faithful_a ligeance_n and_o obedience_n so_o the_o sovereign_n be_v to_o govern_v and_o protect_v his_o subject_n that_o power_n and_o protection_n draw_v ligeance_n and_o that_o the_o ligeance_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v of_o as_o great_a extent_n and_o latitude_n as_o the_o royal_a power_n and_o protection_n of_o the_o king_n that_o though_o the_o king_n in_o his_o natural_a person_n be_v subject_a to_o death_n 438._o p._n 438._o infirmity_n etc._n etc._n yet_o in_o his_o politic_a capacity_n he_o be_v 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bishop_n sanderson_n say_v that_o allegiance_n be_v a_o duty_n that_o every_o subject_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n owe_v to_o his_o country_n and_o consequent_o to_o the_o supreme_a power_n thereof_o for_o the_o same_o law_n which_o we_o may_v call_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n at_o least_o in_o a_o large_a acceptation_n which_o incline_v particular_a man_n to_o grow_v into_o one_o civil_a body_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n must_v necessary_o withal_o imprint_v a_o sense_n and_o tacit_a acknowledgement_n of_o such_o a_o duty_n of_o allegiance_n in_o every_o inferior_a member_n of_o the_o body_n to_o the_o sovereign_a power_n by_o which_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v govern_v as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n it_o therefore_o say_v i_o must_v imprint_v a_o acknowledgement_n of_o such_o a_o duty_n of_o allegiance_n in_o every_o inferior_a member_n of_o the_o body_n to_o the_o king_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la in_o full_a possession_n of_o the_o government_n 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