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first_o father_n in_o paradise_n and_o such_o a_o command_n as_o we_o read_v he_o do_v to_o wit_n to_o put_v in_o ure_n his_o just_a and_o lawful_a authority_n over_o he_o &_o over_o we_o all_o who_o be_v then_o contain_v in_o his_o loin_n 2._o for_o say_v he_o if_o adam_n shall_v have_v reason_v thus_o with_o himself_o if_o this_o tree_n be_v good_a why_o may_v i_o not_o touch_v it_o if_o it_o be_v naught_o what_o do_v it_o in_o paradise_n god_n will_v have_v answer_v the_o tree_n be_v good_a i_o will_v not_o have_v thou_o touch_v it_o why_o because_o i_o be_o lord_n thou_o be_v a_o servant_n this_o be_v all_o the_o reason_n 6._o if_o it_o seem_v little_a reason_n to_o thou_o thou_o scorn_v to_o be_v a_o servant_n and_o enlarge_a himself_n elsewhere_o upon_o the_o same_o subject_n he_o say_v it_o be_v necessary_a that_o man_n be_v under_o god_n shall_v in_o some_o thing_n be_v restrain_v that_o his_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n may_v be_v the_o virtue_n by_o which_o he_o shall_v 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handmaid_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o her_o mistress_n as_o the_o psalmist_n speak_v which_o be_v the_o same_o which_o s._n gregory_n say_v in_o his_o moral_n 16._o as_o dutiful_a servant_n have_v their_o eye_n always_o upon_o their_o master_n countenance_n to_o understand_v ready_o and_o perform_v that_o which_o be_v command_v so_o do_v the_o thought_n of_o the_o just_a wait_n diligent_o upon_o allmightie_a god_n neither_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o s._n gregory_n and_o other_o of_o the_o holy_a father_n shall_v speak_v in_o this_o manner_n phaeâ—â—_fw-la see_v plato_n a_o heathen_a philosopher_n write_v that_o man_n be_v one_o of_o the_o freehold_v of_o god_n whence_o he_o conclude_v that_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v kill_v himself_o he_o shall_v wrong_v god_n for_o thou_o also_o say_v he_o if_o one_o of_o thy_o bondslave_n shall_v make_v away_o himself_o without_o thy_o privity_n and_o consent_n will_v thou_o not_o be_v angry_a at_o it_o wherefore_o see_n it_o do_v so_o high_o import_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o god_n be_v true_o our_o lord_n 9.6_o of_o who_o the_o prophet_n say_v our_o lord_n be_v his_o name_n and_o that_o we_o be_v his_o servant_n it_o will_v be_v necessâ—â—ie_n for_o we_o to_o consider_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o subjection_n which_o do_v lay_v we_o and_o all_o that_o we_o have_v so_o low_a at_o his_o foot_n and_o of_o many_o cause_n which_o may_v perhaps_o be_v â—ound_v out_o we_o will_v brief_o touch_v seven_o which_o at_o this_o present_a do_v occur_v nature_n 2._o the_o first_o cause_n be_v the_o nobleness_n and_o excellency_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n special_o compare_v wiâ—h_v we_o which_o be_v so_o infirm_a abject_a and_o almost_o nothing_o the_o strength_n of_o which_o reason_n i_o will_v show_v out_o of_o aristotle_n because_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n will_v give_v the_o more_o light_n unto_o it_o he_o therefore_o prove_v that_o one_o man_n may_v be_v just_o subject_a to_o a_o other_o man_n by_o nature_n because_o in_o all_o 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