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insurrection_n all_o sort_n of_o which_o he_o hold_v out_o as_o unlawful_a give_v even_o where_o obedience_n can_v be_v give_v and_o page_z 319._o persona_fw-la invadens_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la talis_fw-la &_o aliae_fw-la etiam_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la ut_fw-la magis_fw-la invasum_fw-la deceat_fw-la mortem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la pati_fw-la quam_fw-la tali_fw-la desensione_n propulsare_fw-la to_o these_o may_v be_v join_v moderate_a papist_n aestius_n lib._n 2._o in_o sententias_fw-la cap._n ult_n privato_fw-la nâ—mini_fw-la licet_fw-la superiori_fw-la etiam_fw-la tyrannice_n imperanti_fw-la resistere_fw-la multo_fw-la minus_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la tollere_fw-la tollet_fw-la lib._n 5._o the_o instruct_v sacerdotis_fw-la cap._n 6._o non_fw-la licet_fw-la cviquam_fw-la se_fw-la defendere_fw-la a_o judice_fw-la vulnere_fw-la vel_fw-la pugna_fw-la licet_fw-la sit_fw-la innocens_fw-la many_o more_o may_v be_v cite_v but_o it_o may_v be_v evident_a that_o this_o libeler_n doctrine_n of_o 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