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that_o the_o prince_n power_n be_v potestas_fw-la vicaria_fw-la or_o delegata_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o power_n delegate_v or_o by_o commission_n give_v by_o the_o commonwealth_n with_o such_o restriction_n cautel_n and_o condition_n as_o if_o the_o same_o be_v not_o keep_v but_o wilful_o break_v on_o either_o part_n then_o be_v the_o other_o not_o bind_v etc._n etc._n doleman_n part_n 1._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 59_o and_o from_o this_o principle_n he_o conclude_v that_o even_o a_o true_a king_n may_v be_v depose_v when_o he_o answer_v not_o that_o trust_n which_o the_o people_n have_v repose_v in_o he_o id._n part_n 2._o pag._n 48._o cap._n 4._o this_o jesuitical_a doctrine_n do_v not_o long_o ago_o cost_v one_o of_o our_o king_n his_o throne_n and_o his_o life_n too_o i_o pray_v god_n it_o may_v not_o be_v so_o chargeable_a to_o another_o but_o it_o be_v ominous_a when_o pretend_v protestant_n will_v be_v nibble_v at_o such_o jesuitical_a principle_n which_o under_o colour_n of_o 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title_n of_o succession_n as_o public_a necessity_n or_o utility_n shall_v require_v do_v both_o of_o they_o show_v what_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n have_v do_v and_o what_o alteration_n they_o have_v make_v former_o and_o their_o instance_n be_v alike_o as_o you_o may_v see_v by_o cast_v your_o eye_n upon_o the_o two_o follow_a column_n for_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o set_v the_o thief_n just_o over_o against_o the_o knave_n thus_o say_v doleman_n the_o jesuit_n and_o thus_o say_v the_o collector_n of_o the_o history_n of_o succession_n the_o protestant_n king_n egbert_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o election_n though_o he_o be_v not_o next_o by_o propinquity_n of_o blood_n doleman_n pag._n 144._o egbert_n himself_o the_o first_o english_a monarch_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n not_o by_o succession_n but_o election_n be_v no_o way_n relate_v to_o bithricus_n hist._n of_o succession_n pag._n 1._o athelstan_n illegitimate_a son_n to_o to_o king_n edward_n be_v prefer_v to_o 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may_v vindicate_v the_o integrity_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o assertor_n of_o it_o but_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a that_o this_o letter_n shall_v swell_v into_o a_o large_a discourse_n however_o if_o it_o may_v be_v a_o acceptable_a thing_n to_o you_o to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o my_o thought_n on_o that_o subject_a you_o know_v you_o may_v command_v i_o as_o my_o business_n shall_v give_v i_o leave_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o own_v myself_o sir_n july_n the_o 6._o 1682._o your_o faithful_a servant_n etc._n etc._n finis_fw-la fa._n watson_n quodlibet_n pag._n 236._o id._n p._n 109._o id._n p._n 217._o id._n p._n 30â—_n id._n p._n 305._o id._n p._n 265._o id._n p._n 236._o quodlibet_n p._n 286._o 286._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la magistrate_n in_o subdit_fw-la subdit_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la cont_n tyrant_n though_o it_o be_v hard_a that_o the_o same_o man_n shall_v be_v party_n and_o judge_n too_o too_o for_o without_o order_n there_o be_v nothing_o else_o to_o be_v hope_v but_o horror_n and_o 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quamvis_fw-la nimius_fw-la &_o copiosus_fw-la noster_fw-la sit_fw-la populus_fw-la ulciscitur_fw-la sy_n cypriar_n ad_fw-la demetâ—ian_n p._n 257._o edit_n pamel_n quodlibet_n p._n 27_o serm._n 12._o ad_fw-la aulam_fw-la p._n 166._o