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and_o his_o heir_n in_o the_o throne_n which_o may_v be_v impossible_a for_o we_o to_o do_v against_o a_o prosperous_a rebellion_n and_o who_o be_v ever_o so_o senseless_a as_o to_o imagine_v that_o we_o swear_v to_o keep_v they_o in_o the_o throne_n when_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o keep_v they_o but_o i_o presume_v we_o swear_v that_o in_o case_n our_o king_n shall_v be_v throw_v out_o by_o a_o prosperous_a rebellion_n we_o will_v not_o bind_v ourselves_o to_o oppose_v his_o restitution_n by_o transfer_v our_o allegiance_n to_o his_o rebel_n yet_o he_o argue_v that_o we_o do_v not_o because_o such_o a_o oath_n will_v be_v unlawful_a as_o contrary_a to_o that_o duty_n we_o owe_v so_o the_o divine_a providence_n which_o convey_v god_n authority_n to_o the_o usurper_n thus_o the_o same_o precarious_a assertion_n be_v everlasting_o inculcate_v but_o a_o million_o of_o repetition_n will_v never_o amount_v to_o one_o argument_n for_o they_o and_o now_o have_v rout_v the_o objection_n he_o 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any_o other_o title_n case_n allegiance_n be_v not_o due_a to_o the_o crown_n but_o to_o the_o natural_a person_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v ever_o accompany_v with_o the_o politic_a capacity_n 22._o it_o be_v due_a to_o the_o natural_a body_n by_o nature_n god_n law_n and_o man_n law_n can_v be_v forfeit_v nor_o renounce_v by_o any_o mean_n it_o be_v inseparable_a from_o the_o person_n and_o it_o have_v be_v say_v to_o be_v due_a to_o he_o 104._o even_o when_o he_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o last_o we_o have_v the_o resolution_n of_o all_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o claim_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o york_n against_o henry_n the_o six_o that_o a_o illegal_a settlement_n of_o the_o crown_n by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o the_o settlement_n of_o 60_o year_n possession_n without_o interruption_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o defeat_v the_o legal_a title_n nor_o to_o settle_v the_o usurper_n against_o it_o further_o it_o appear_v from_o 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interest_n of_o mankind_n do_v conspire_v for_o right_a and_o justice_n against_o injury_n and_o oppression_n and_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a they_o shall_v be_v establish_v in_o spite_n of_o so_o powerful_a a_o combination_n last_o it_o be_v never_o yet_o know_v in_o this_o nation_n that_o a_o legal_a right_n to_o the_o crown_n when_o prosecute_v be_v total_o desert_v or_o a_o through_o settlement_n acquire_v without_o it_o and_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v that_o reason_n and_o experience_n do_v assure_v we_o that_o right_o be_v necessary_a to_o a_o through_o settlement_n the_o result_n be_v this_o that_o see_v the_o civil_a law_n the_o law_n of_o nation_n the_o law_n of_o england_n the_o practice_n of_o usurper_n the_o constant_a sense_n of_o the_o people_n and_o even_o reason_n itself_o do_v unanimous_o agree_v in_o prove_v the_o necessity_n of_o right_n to_o settlement_n it_o be_v very_o unreasonable_a to_o consider_v settlement_n without_o it_o or_o when_o we_o meet_v with_o it_o 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