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rightful_a prince_n be_v oblige_v by_o their_o own_o law_n 7._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o to_o be_v wish_v in_o this_o world_n then_o that_o the_o moderate_v that_o supreme_a power_n may_v be_v moderate_v will_n of_o they_o which_o command_n may_v be_v moderate_v and_o restrain_v to_o reason_n as_o that_o king_n father_n and_o master_n shall_v never_o exact_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o subject_n child_n and_o servant_n but_o what_o be_v reasonable_a but_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o supreme_a power_n can_v be_v moderate_v unless_o it_o be_v divide_v or_o subject_n to_o the_o moderator_n it_o be_v therefore_o a_o seditious_a opinion_n that_o supreme_a power_n may_v be_v moderate_v 8._o all_o right_a that_o any_o creature_n have_v to_o any_o thing_n be_v either_o from_o the_o power_n that_o any_o man_n have_v any_o thing_n proper_a against_o the_o supreme_a power_n law_n of_o nature_n or_o from_o some_o humane_a law_n but_o no_o subject_n can_v have_v praedium_fw-la directum_fw-la cujus_fw-la nullus_fw-la author_n est_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la sir_n e._n co._n com._n lit._n pag._n 1._o b._n qui_fw-la dominium_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la and_o he_o that_o hold_v of_o none_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o which_o not_o subject_a can_v be_v it_o be_v therefore_o a_o seditious_a opinion_n that_o any_o subject_n have_v any_o thing_n proper_a against_o his_o sovereign_n 9_o there_o have_v not_o any_o thing_n for_o more_o than_o this_o last_o century_n cause_v so_o not_o that_o the_o people_n may_v reform_v where_o prince_n will_v not_o much_o dissension_n and_o bloodshed_n among_o christian_n to_o the_o shame_n of_o christianity_n as_o the_o specious_a pretence_n of_o reformation_n the_o turk_n either_o restrain_v by_o god_n or_o not_o will_v to_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o mankind_n have_v be_v only_o a_o spectator_n not_o actor_n in_o this_o tragedy_n the_o end_n do_v sanctify_v the_o mean_n be_v a_o doctrine_n general_o receive_v among_o these_o reformer_n if_o the_o end_n be_v reformation_n it_o be_v no_o matter_n by_o what_o mean_v it_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o every_o where_o in_o the_o western_a world_n man_n dispose_v to_o sedition_n make_v reformation_n their_o pretence_n no_o prince_n must_v use_v his_o power_n to_o restrain_v they_o if_o he_o do_v calvin_n give_v they_o a_o lesson_n abdicant_fw-la se_fw-la potestate_fw-la terreni_fw-la 21._o comment_fw-fr on_o dan._n 6._o 21._o principes_fw-la dum_fw-la insurgunt_fw-la contra_fw-la deum_fw-la immo_fw-la indigni_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la censeantur_fw-la in_o hominum_fw-la numero_fw-la potius_fw-la ergo_fw-la oportet_fw-la conspuere_fw-la in_o illorum_fw-la capita_fw-la quam_fw-la illis_fw-la parere_fw-la ubi_fw-la sic_fw-la proterviunt_fw-la ut_fw-la velint_fw-la spoliare_fw-la deum_fw-la jure_fw-la svo_fw-la earthly_a prince_n do_v divest_v themselves_o of_o power_n when_o they_o set_v themselves_o against_o god_n yea_o they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v account_v in_o the_o number_n of_o man_n man_n ought_v therefore_o rather_o to_o spit_v upon_o their_o head_n then_o obey_v they_o where_o they_o deal_v so_o saucy_o as_o if_o they_o will_v spoil_v god_n by_o their_o right_n and_o luther_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la legibus_fw-la exempti_fw-la sumus_fw-la libertate_fw-la nobis_fw-la christiana_n per_fw-la baptismo_fw-la lib._n the_o captiv_n babil_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la baptismum_fw-la donata_fw-la we_o be_v free_v from_o all_o law_n of_o man_n liberty_n be_v give_v we_o by_o baptism_n et_fw-la scio_fw-la nullam_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la feliciter_fw-la legibus_fw-la administrari_fw-la i_o know_v there_o be_v no_o commonwealth_n happy_o govern_v by_o law_n and_o turpe_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la &_o iniquiter_fw-la servile_a christianum_fw-la hominem_fw-la qui_fw-la libre_fw-la est_fw-la aliis_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr matrimonio_fw-la quam_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la &_o divinis_fw-la subjectum_fw-la esse_fw-la legibus_fw-la it_o be_v a_o filthy_a and_o unjust_a servile_a thing_n that_o a_o christian_a man_n which_o be_v free_a shall_v be_v subject_a to_o any_o sacrord_n cap._n the_o sacrord_n but_o heavenly_a and_o divine_a law_n and_o whether_o these_o man_n follower_n have_v not_o well_o practise_v their_o lecture_n wheresoever_o they_o have_v be_v tolerate_v either_o in_o germany_n bohemia_n austria_n upper_a and_o low_a hungaria_n transilvania_n sweden_n france_n england_n scotland_n low-countries_n geneva_n etc._n etc._n let_v any_o man_n who_o have_v read_v the_o combustion_n of_o christendom_n judge_n and_o the_o anabaptist_n and_o all_o other_o sect_n may_v from_o their_o principle_n justify_v all_o their_o action_n 10._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o manifest_o command_v by_o god_n in_o the_o spiritual_a that_o temporal_a good_a follow_v in_o order_n to_o spiritual_a old_a and_o new_a testament_n than_o obedience_n to_o temporal_a prince_n 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