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or_o crown_n she_o may_v be_v lady_n or_o sovereign_n of_o any_o land_n territory_n or_o dominion_n &_o so_o the_o supreme_a government_n thereof_o belong_v of_o right_n unto_o she_o or_o to_o her_o husband_n have_v she_o any_o in_o her_o name_n &_o title_n and_o be_v svi_fw-la juris_fw-la her_o own_o woman_n as_o we_o term_v it_o have_v no_o husband_n to_o be_v her_o head_n her_o supreme_a government_n be_v the_o less_o restrain_v deborah_n have_v a_o husband_n to_o who_o no_o doubt_n she_o be_v buxom_a &_o loyal_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o wife_n but_o again_o deborah_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o high_a and_o public_a estate_n that_o god_n other_o wise_a advance_v she_o unto_o she_o govern_v and_o judge_v all_o israel_n and_o so_o her_o own_o husband_n and_o under_o god_n in_o her_o judgement_n and_o commandment_n she_o be_v their_o head_n and_o although_o hester_n be_v not_o a_o monarch_n but_o her_o husband_n ahashuerus_n who_o very_a name_n betoken_v he_o be_v the_o chief_a head_n yet_o notwithstanding_o she_o obtain_v great_a power_n and_o authority_n over_o all_o the_o jew_n her_o countryman_n that_o dwell_v thoughout_n all_o her_o husband_n province_n yea_o and_o her_o husband_n chap._n 5._o ver_fw-la 3._o have_v she_o ask_v what_o she_o will_v and_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v she_o even_o to_o half_a the_o kingdom_n offer_n which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v offer_v she_o if_o she_o have_v not_o be_v capable_a of_o public_a government_n if_o now_o we_o grant_v that_o hester_n may_v have_v such_o authority_n though_o under_o her_o husband_n yet_o over_o her_o own_o people_n &_o over_o half_a these_o province_n whereof_o one_o quarter_n be_v more_o than_o all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n and_o add_v all_o italy_n to_o it_o how_o then_o be_v not_o the_o force_n of_o caenalis_n argument_n overthrow_v for_o we_o stand_v not_o upon_o so_o absolute_a a_o monarchy_n as_o admit_v superior_a power_n at_o all_o for_o such_o a_o monarch_n be_v no_o man_n 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the_o quote_v sentence_n colloss_n 3._o genes_n 3._o 1_o cor._n 11._o or_o any_o other_o sentence_n in_o the_o old_a or_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o we_o have_v already_o see_v so_o that_o whether_o the_o chief_a governor_n be_v man_n or_o woman_n come_v he_o or_o she_o to_o their_o estate_n by_o godly_a mean_n the_o sex_n be_v no_o such_o debar_v at_o all_o but_o that_o without_o any_o prejudice_n of_o their_o kind_n any_o one_o of_o they_o may_v so_o far_o as_o stretch_v to_o this_o public_a pre-eminence_n govern_v and_o direct_v the_o other_o yea_o one_o in_o some_o case_n although_o caenalis_n say_v the_o contrary_a i_o yet_o see_v not_o why_o two_o can_v in_o some_o sort_n be_v equal_o governor_n both_o in_o one_o and_o like_a either_o of_o they_o in_o the_o whole_a even_o of_o one_o state_n yea_o one_o monarchy_n or_o empire_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o geryon_n in_o spain_n of_o who_o the_o poetes_n feign_v that_o he_o have_v 3._o body_n and_o but_o one_o head_n because_o 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act._n 16.3_o so_o he_o travel_v with_o he_o till_o he_o come_v to_o boerea_n acts._n 17._o verse_n 14._o and_o 15_o &_o there_o abide_v when_o paul_n go_v to_o athens_n he_o come_v at_o his_o commandment_n unto_o he_o to_o corinthe_n act._n 18.5_o and_o so_o go_v with_o paul_n &_o abode_n with_o he_o at_o ephesus_n ephesus_n acts._n 19_o until_o verse_n 22._o he_o send_v he_o and_o erastus_n into_o macedonia_n whither_o when_o saint_n paul_n come_v acts._n 20_o and_o travel_v from_o thence_o to_o greece_n he_o send_v again_o timothy_n with_o divers_a other_o to_o troas_n where_o while_n timothy_n abide_v saint_n paul_n as_o it_o be_v likely_a write_v his_o first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n in_o his_o return_n to_o macedonia_n at_o phillippos_n act._n 20_o verse_n 3._o and_o 6._o ephesus_n determine_v to_o send_v timothy_n with_o that_o epistle_n back_o again_o to_o corinthe_n which_o of_o likeliehood_n he_o do_v when_o he_o come_v to_o troas_n where_o timothy_n with_o other_o 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