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they_o their_o petty_a king_n or_o viceroy_n praefecti_fw-la etc._n etc._n create_v out_o of_o their_o own_o favourite_n and_o soldier_n for_o the_o most_o part_n 3_o for_o their_o religion_n they_o be_v hethens_n and_o idolater_n cruel_a persecutor_n sometime_o of_o jew_n and_o christian_n together_o sometime_o of_o one_o alone_a some_o full_a of_o covetousness_n luxury_n cruelty_n satisfy_v themselves_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o their_o own_o kindred_n and_o near_a relation_n these_o thing_n be_v apparent_a partly_o by_o scripture_n and_o to_o any_o ordinary_a reader_n of_o ecclesiastical_a and_o praphane_a history_n and_o yet_o even_o these_o must_v poor_a christian_n suffer_v under_o they_o pray_v for_o second_o why_o king_n specify_v by_o name_n 1_o because_o at_o that_o time_n it_o be_v the_o most_o general_a government_n in_o the_o world_n though_o in_o some_o place_n otherwise_o and_o not_o only_o then_o but_o even_o from_o the_o beginning_n monarchy_n have_v be_v the_o 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sake_n his_o safety_n honour_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o but_o then_o to_o the_o oblige_a the_o one_o party_n may_v part_v with_o his_o own_o right_n to_o ease_v another_o juramentum_fw-la promâ—ssorum_fw-la quo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la promittitur_fw-la homini_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la desinit_fw-la obligare_fw-la si_fw-la ille_fw-la cut_v factum_fw-la est_fw-la promissum_fw-la vel_fw-la remittat_fw-la vel_fw-la tallat_n fundamentum_fw-la illud_fw-la quo_fw-la nitebatur_fw-la ames_n med._n l._n 2._o c._n 10._o the_o stance_n of_o a_o oath_n must_v be_v just_a and_o possible_a it_o be_v a_o sin_n to_o promise_v what_o be_v not_o good_a to_o be_v do_v or_o be_v promise_v can_v be_v do_v to_o promise_v any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n be_v absolute_o sinful_a &_o from_o that_o god_n do_v immediate_o disengage_v thou_o to_o promise_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o do_v be_v by_o consequence_n a_o sin_n because_o thou_o do_v it_o not_o sometime_o god_n 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