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that_o manner_n or_o way_n of_o king_n with_o which_o samuel_n regis_fw-la the_o hebrew_n import_v no_o more_o than_o ratio_fw-la or_o mos_fw-la the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n statutum_n regis_fw-la either_o will_v deter_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n from_o choose_v one_o or_o at_o least_o foretell_v what_o they_o will_v lose_v by_o quit_v the_o theocracy_n administer_v by_o person_n more_o immediate_o commission_v by_o god_n himself_o mr._n falkner_n no_o less_o full_o come_v up_o to_o the_o case_n of_o put_v the_o kingdom_n under_o any_o other_o head_n than_o that_o which_o the_o law_n allow_v and_o say_v the_o constitution_n of_o this_o realm_n oblige_v all_o the_o subject_n thereof_o to_o maintain_v the_o the_o royalty_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o further_o that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a and_o special_a privilege_n of_o a_o freeborn_a people_n that_o they_o can_v 234._o falk_n p._n 234._o according_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o slave_n have_v the_o chief_a and_o principal_a dominion_n 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that_o in_o those_o state_n or_o relation_n which_o be_v fix_v by_o divine_a institution_n 422._o page_n 422._o there_o be_v some_o thing_n so_o necessary_a and_o essential_a that_o they_o can_v be_v separate_v from_o they_o 423._o page_n 423._o he_o make_v irresistibleness_n to_o be_v one_o of_o those_o essential_o nor_o can_v he_o do_v less_o 1640._o vid._n stat._n 13._o car._n 2._o cap._n 12._o which_o provide_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v think_v to_o extend_v to_o confirm_v the_o canon_n make_v in_o the_o year_n 1640._o page_n 419._o can._n 1._o 1640._o see_v though_o all_o the_o canon_n of_o 1640_o lie_v under_o a_o censure_n of_o much_o great_a authority_n in_o our_o church_n than_o that_o with_o which_o they_o be_v make_v he_o cite_v the_o first_o canon_n as_o the_o sense_n of_o our_o church_n that_o the_o most_o high_a and_o sacred_a order_n of_o king_n be_v of_o divine_a right_n be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n himself_o found_v in_o the_o prime_a law_n of_o nature_n 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bracton_n time_n who_o as_o mr._n selden_n inform_v we_o write_v according_a to_o what_o they_o find_v in_o the_o government_n establish_v throughout_o europe_n the_o principi_fw-la placuit_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr le_fw-fr veut_fw-fr with_o we_o the_o civil_a law_n show_v that_o whatever_o authority_n the_o emperor_n have_v the_o ground_n of_o it_o be_v 469._o selden_n ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la f._n 469._o that_o the_o people_n in_o eum_fw-la imperium_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la conferret_fw-la confer_v empire_n and_o power_n upon_o he_o as_o odofr_v a_o civilian_n coeval_fw-fr with_o bracton_n have_v it_o though_o the_o follow_a copy_n have_v it_o omne_fw-la suum_fw-la as_o if_o the_o people_n confer_v all_o their_o power_n this_o may_v signify_v no_o more_o than_o all_o that_o power_n which_o the_o emperor_n have_v yet_o perhaps_o the_o other_o sense_n be_v intend_v and_o may_v well_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o servility_n of_o late_a time_n 278._o saravia_n 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use_v they_o according_a to_o demosthenes_n the_o law_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o common_a engagement_n of_o a_o city_n if_o peradventure_o his_o authority_n be_v of_o less_o value_n because_o he_o live_v in_o the_o popular_a commonwealth_n of_o the_o athenian_n will_v you_o be_v please_v to_o hear_v the_o great_a lawyer_n julius_n who_o live_v when_o the_o roman_a emperor_n have_v the_o fullness_n of_o command_n his_o word_n in_o his_o 32_o do_v book_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la be_v these_o ipsae_fw-la leges_fw-la nullâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la ex_fw-la causâ_fw-la nos_fw-la tenent_fw-la quà m_fw-la quod_fw-la judicio_fw-la populi_n receptae_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o law_n do_v oblige_v for_o no_o other_o cause_n than_o that_o they_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o people_n but_o if_o we_o observe_v how_o the_o roman_a emperor_n come_v by_o their_o trust_n from_o the_o people_n and_o of_o what_o nature_n it_o be_v this_o i_o take_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o 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