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authority_n over_o we_o and_o rule_v well_o our_o due_a subjection_n yet_o i_o see_v not_o that_o they_o be_v so_o barricade_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n against_o all_o opposition_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v unlawful_a upon_o any_o occasion_n whatsoever_o to_o resist_v or_o to_o question_v they_o chap._n 14._o a_o argument_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v draw_v from_o 1._o sam._n 24.6_o and_o c._n 26.9_o 10_o 11._o be_v propound_v the_o main_a pillar_n by_o which_o tyranny_n be_v support_v remain_v still_o unshaken_a viz._n david_n authority_n or_o testimony_n for_o the_o unlawfullness_n of_o kill_a saul_n when_o god_n have_v deliver_v he_o up_o into_o his_o hand_n which_o be_v express_v 1_o sam._n 24.6_o c._n 26.9_o 10_o 11._o and_o he_o say_v unto_o his_o man_n in_o the_o former_a of_o these_o scripture_n the_o lord_n forbid_v that_o i_o shall_v do_v this_o thing_n unto_o my_o master_n the_o lord_n anoint_v to_o stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n against_o he_o see_v he_o be_v the_o 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that_o i_o have_v now_o quote_v whereas_o god_n require_v that_o those_o who_o have_v commit_v murder_n it_o murder_n gen._n 9.6_o compare_v also_o the_o 6_o commandment_n with_o the_o scope_n of_o it_o be_v put_v to_o death_n 13._o death_n rom._n 13._o by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o have_v make_v it_o it_o it_o compare_v the_o 6._o commandment_n with_o the_o scope_n of_o it_o a_o man_n duty_n to_o kill_v another_o if_o he_o can_v rather_o than_o to_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v murder_v david_n seem_v to_o except_v all_o violence_n which_o be_v offer_v by_o tyrant_n even_o that_o which_o amount_v to_o the_o endanger_n of_o other_o man_n life_n from_o such_o rough_a and_o austere_a reply_n and_o to_o leave_v unto_o their_o subject_n or_o rather_o their_o vassal_n no_o weapon_n but_o prayer_n and_o tear_n flight_n and_o lurk_a hole_n wherewith_o to_o defend_v themselves_o this_o argument_n though_o nothing_o shall_v be_v add_v to_o its_o stature_n will_v prove_v the_o goliath_n of_o those_o who_o love_v to_o dispute_v themselves_o into_o slavery_n or_o else_o to_o share_v with_o tyrant_n in_o their_o authority_n but_o be_v somewhat_o heighten_v and_o strengthen_v by_o some_o circumstance_n in_o which_o david_n stand_v viz._n his_o frequent_a danger_n in_o regard_n of_o saul_n by_o who_o he_o be_v restles_o pursue_v and_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o own_o person_n david_n lest_o abishai_n shall_v have_v conceive_v that_o although_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o a_o private_a man_n to_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_v yet_o one_o anointed_n may_v stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n against_o another_o after_o he_o have_v say_v 26.9_o say_v 1_o sam._n 26.9_o who_o can_v stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_v and_o be_v gniltless_a add_v the_o lord_n forbid_v that_o i_o shall_v stretch_v forth_o my_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_v say_v abarbinel_n upon_o the_o place_n he_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o think_v that_o although_o it_o be_v a_o fault_n in_o some_o one_o to_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_v yet_o not_o in_o david_n who_o be_v himself_o also_o the_o anoint_a of_o the_o lord_n that_o david_n shall_v cause_v the_o amalekite_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n who_o witness_v against_o himself_o that_o he_o have_v slay_v saul_n contribute_v no_o more_o to_o the_o preserve_n of_o the_o life_n of_o king_n then_o of_o other_o man_n in_o that_o the_o party_n who_o accuse_v himself_o can_v not_o pretend_v to_o any_o authority_n by_o which_o he_o may_v adjudge_v saul_n to_o death_n nor_o yet_o plead_v that_o he_o slay_v he_o in_o his_o own_o defence_n chap._n 15._o one_o of_o the_o premise_n from_o which_o some_o conclude_v that_o all_o king_n be_v by_o divine_a right_n
shall_v his_o blood_n be_v shed_v be_v not_o then_o first_o give_v but_o only_o repeat_v and_o enforce_v by_o a_o vocal_a promulgation_n god_n permit_v the_o isralite_n to_o spoil_v the_o egyptian_n exod._n 11.2_o and_o some_o of_o those_o of_o who_o they_o borrow_v jewel_n perhaps_o have_v no_o influence_n into_o their_o pressure_n if_o all_o god_n providential_a dispensation_n shall_v have_v be_v write_v i_o suppose_v that_o even_o the_o world_n itself_o can_v not_o contain_v the_o book_n that_o shall_v be_v write_v i_o can_v conceive_v that_o it_o will_v seem_v strange_a to_o any_o who_o be_v not_o swear_v to_o hold_v their_o conclusion_n that_o saul_n shall_v by_o some_o un-written_a dispensation_n be_v exempt_v from_o some_o penalty_n to_o which_o otherwise_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v liable_a or_o that_o david_n by_o some_o countermand_n which_o be_v not_o commit_v to_o writing_n shall_v be_v inhibit_v from_o kill_a saul_n which_o otherwise_o he_o may_v have_v do_v in_o his_o 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without_o his_o help_n will_v shorten_v saul_n day_n and_o admonish_v he_o express_o or_o by_o consequence_n not_o to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o his_o master_n the_o lord_n anoint_v i_o be_o confident_a that_o the_o history_n of_o some_o privilege_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o saul_n and_o those_o who_o by_o god_n appointment_n succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n perish_v with_o that_o book_n which_o samuel_n write_v concern_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o lay_v up_o before_o the_o lord_n 1_o sam._n 10.25_o that_o book_n be_v of_o divine_a authority_n but_o not_o join_v to_o the_o other_o scripture_n in_o that_o it_o will_v be_v of_o little_a use_n after_o the_o kingdom_n expire_v and_o god_n providence_n order_v that_o those_o divine_a write_n which_o shall_v be_v transmit_v to_o all_o posterity_n shall_v be_v comprehend_v in_o such_o a_o volume_n as_o will_v be_v portable_a and_o may_v be_v easy_o purchase_v when_o i_o before_o speak_v of_o unwritten_a dispensation_n 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warrant_v by_o some_o divine_a precept_n or_o permission_n which_o be_v not_o now_o extant_a no_o divine_a command_n or_o permission_n from_o which_o there_o result_v any_o privilege_n to_o saul_n alone_o or_o to_o he_o and_o those_o who_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n 14._o kingdom_n deut._n 30.11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o can_v be_v long_o in_o force_n than_o it_o be_v transmit_v to_o posterity_n by_o undoubted_a authority_n and_o indeed_o all_o of_o the_o reform_a religion_n acknowledge_v the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n now_o extant_a to_o be_v a_o sufficient_a rule_n of_o our_o religious_a action_n and_o omission_n chap._n 18._o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o premise_n in_o that_o syllogism_n which_o be_v build_v upon_o david_n carriage_n towards_o saul_n by_o those_o who_o have_v endeavour_v to_o support_v tyranny_n be_v examine_v the_o other_o proposition_n to_o be_v examine_v be_v that_o saul_n be_v free_a from_o humane_a censure_n and_o violent_a resistance_n for_o so_o much_o be_v 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