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this_o for_o themselves_o then_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v it_o much_o the_o rather_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o their_o oppress_a brethren_n no_o sufficient_a cause_n it_o seem_v be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o that_o common_a relation_n between_o mankind_n sufficit_fw-la grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la lib._n 2_o c_o 25._o sect._n 6._o postrema_fw-la latissimeque_fw-la paten_n est_fw-la hominum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la conjunctio_fw-la que_fw-la vel_fw-la sola_fw-la ad_fw-la opem_fw-la ferendam_fw-la sufficit_fw-la upon_o which_o alone_a grotius_n and_o other_o will_v justify_v the_o hero_n of_o past_a age_n who_o have_v undertake_v the_o deliverance_n of_o oppress_a nation_n mere_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o common_a humanity_n and_o as_o they_o be_v fit_a object_n of_o their_o compassion_n they_o who_o confine_v deliverer_n to_o selfish_a end_n seem_v to_o envy_v they_o their_o great_a glory_n or_o to_o have_v be_v so_o sordiâ—_n themselves_o as_o to_o have_v have_v no_o idea_n of_o this_o virtue_n and_o like_o mr._n hobbs_n to_o draw_v a_o scheme_n of_o humane_a nature_n from_o too_o solitary_a a_o dwelling_n at_o home_n whatever_o latitude_n be_v give_v to_o warrant_v the_o expedition_n of_o sovereign_n here_o they_o be_v confine_v because_o per_n hap_v some_o can_v not_o imagine_v that_o they_o shall_v take_v pleasure_n in_o what_o be_v so_o disintere_v but_o for_o subject_n 32._o p._n 32._o how_o much_o soever_o oppress_v they_o have_v no_o right_a to_o make_v war_n without_o leave_n of_o their_o prince_n ibid._n ibid._n none_o have_v right_o of_o make_v war_n but_o they_o that_o be_v in_o sovereign_a power_n whoever_o it_o seem_v be_v in_o sovereign_a power_n though_o he_o be_v not_o the_o supreme_a or_o chief_a in_o power_n he_o be_v no_o subject_a and_o you_o may_v be_v sure_a the_o prince_n will_v never_o give_v his_o subject_n leave_v to_o make_v war_n against_o himself_o it_o must_v therefore_o be_v some_o foreign_a sovereign_a prince_n who_o make_v war_n against_o the_o oppress_a prince_n otherwise_o the_o war_n be_v not_o only_o unjust_a 32._o p._n 32._o but_o no_o right_a can_v be_v accquire_v by_o success_n there_o be_v a_o original_a nullity_n in_o all_o the_o proceed_n very_o good_a but_o let_v we_o now_o apply_v this_o to_o our_o present_a case_n that_o we_o may_v come_v out_o of_o the_o cloud_n to_o make_v the_o discourse_n pertinent_a it_o must_v be_v admit_v that_o a_o war_n be_v make_v upon_o the_o late_a king_n while_o he_o continue_v king_n and_o that_o he_o be_v dispossess_v against_o his_o will._n here_o i_o will_v ask_v this_o serious_a question_n be_v not_o our_o deliverance_n and_o the_o settlement_n of_o the_o crown_n occasion_v thereby_o reformation_n vid._n pref._n no_o other_o doctrine_n than_o that_o which_o have_v be_v receive_v and_o pass_v for_o cur_n rend_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n ever_o since_o the_o reformation_n not_o only_o condemn_v but_o render_v a_o mere_a nullity_n by_o 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be_v so_o glorious_o instrumental_a be_v according_a to_o this_o discourse_n by_o a_o sovereign_a prince_n that_o our_o king_n be_v not_o a_o sovereign_a prince_n bare_o as_o stadholder_n of_o holland_n must_v be_v grant_v and_o then_o as_o to_o the_o principallity_n of_o orange_n even_o according_a to_o this_o book_n though_o the_o cause_n of_o war_n between_o the_o french_a king_n and_o the_o state_n or_o their_o stadholder_n be_v unjust_a on_o that_o king_n side_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o only_o lawful_a but_o a_o duty_n for_o the_o subject_n of_o that_o principality_n 57_o p._n 57_o to_o obey_v the_o french_a king_n nay_o the_o government_n be_v so_o far_o settle_v in_o that_o king_n that_o we_o be_v to_o presume_v a_o right_n for_o say_v he_o wheresoever_o this_o be_v once_o settle_a 51._o p._n 51._o whether_o by_o length_n of_o time_n or_o even_o soon_o by_o general_a consent_n