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every_o worthy_a man_n in_o parliament_n may_v for_o the_o public_a good_a be_v think_v 1649._o a_o fit_a peer_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o king_n p._n 24._o where_o there_o be_v no_o opportunity_n for_o the_o interposure_n of_o other_o judge_n the_o law_n of_o sentence_n nature_n and_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n allow_v every_o man_n to_o judge_n in_o his_o own_o gaze_v p._n 34._o if_o a_o prince_n want_v such_o understanding_n commonwealth_n goodness_n or_o power_n as_o the_o people_n judge_v necessary_a to_o the_o end_n of_o government_n in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o name_n but_o not_o of_o the_o government_n in_o the_o second_o he_o depose_v himself_o in_o the_o three_o the_o want_n of_o power_n depose_v he_o thesis_n 135_o 136_o 137._o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o who_o have_v the_o power_n 1649._o to_o call_v to_o account_n a_o tyrant_n or_o wicked_a king_n and_o after_o due_a conviction_n to_o depose_v and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n if_o the_o 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these_o to_o have_v those_o soul-burdening_a antichristian_a yoke_n re-imposed_n upon_o us._n and_o if_o any_o such_o there_o be_v i_o be_o sure_a that_o dâ—…sire_n be_v no_o part_n of_o their_o godliness_n and_o i_o profess_v myself_o in_o that_o to_o be_v none_o of_o the_o number_n p._n 23._o v._o the_o person_n of_o prince_n may_v be_v resist_v though_o not_o their_o authority_n the_o man_n who_o be_v king_n may_v be_v resist_v rex_fw-la but_o not_o the_o royal_a office_n the_o king_n in_o concreto_fw-la but_o not_o the_o king_n in_o abstracto_fw-la p._n 265._o he_o may_v be_v resist_v in_o a_o pitched_a battle_n and_o with_o sword_n and_o gun_n 324._o that_o be_v his_o private_a will_n may_v be_v resist_v not_o his_o legal_a will._n 269._o neither_o be_v he_o in_o the_o field_n as_o a_o king_n but_o as_o â—…n_v unjust_a invader_n and_o grassator_fw-la 334._o if_o he_o chance_v to_o be_v slay_v it_o be_v but_o a_o accident_n and_o who_o can_v help_v it_o 324._o he_o be_v guilty_a 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