the_o function_n or_o office_n remember_v your_o subordination_n that_o you_o be_v place_v in_o a_o low_a orb_n and_o therefore_o what_o the_o high_a power_n may_v look_v for_o of_o inferior_a subject_n what_o the_o master_n though_o crabbed_a and_o crooked_a may_v expect_v of_o his_o servant_n that_o be_v subjection_n you_o must_v perform_v rom._n 13._o 1._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 13_o 14._o titus_n 2._o 9_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 18_o etc._n etc._n the_o other_o of_o these_o call_v for_o obedience_n to_o their_o law_n and_o command_n and_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o though_o in_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n it_o signify_v to_o obey_v magistrate_n or_o ruler_n and_o be_v so_o turn_v in_o our_o last_o english_a translation_n in_o this_o place_n yet_o be_v apply_v to_o obedience_n to_o god_n act_v 5._o 29_o 32._o or_o unto_o our_o listening_n to_o the_o persuasion_n of_o man_n though_o no_o magistrate_n act_n 27._o 21._o i_o confess_v that_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n in_o common_a intention_n of_o speech_n do_v not_o much_o differ_v when_o the_o word_n subject_n be_v set_v alone_o without_o a_o second_o it_o include_v obedience_n rom._n 13._o 1._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 13._o titus_n 2._o verse_n 5._o &_o 9_o luke_n 2._o 51._o jam._n 4._o 7._o when_o the_o word_n obedient_a be_v set_v alone_o without_o a_o second_o it_o comprehend_v subjection_n act_v 5._o 29_o etc._n etc._n i_o mean_v this_o of_o a_o voluntary_a and_o not_o enforce_v subjection_n luke_n 10._o 17_o but_o when_o both_o these_o word_n be_v use_v together_o in_o the_o same_o place_n as_o they_o be_v in_o this_o text_n they_o may_v be_v more_o accurate_o distinguish_v subjection_n relate_v to_o the_o person_n that_o be_v supreme_a in_o place_n function_n office_n and_o the_o contrary_a or_o opposite_a hereunto_o be_v resistance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v oppose_v rom._n 13._o 2._o that_o be_v subjection_n and_o resistance_n obedience_n proper_o 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to_o he_o in_o his_o command_n i_o may_v say_v honest_a obedience_n but_o that_o i_o look_v not_o to_o be_v carp_v no_o more_o than_o the_o apostle_n do_v that_o give_v this_o command_n to_o servant_n to_o obey_v their_o master_n in_o all_o thing_n col._n 3._o 22._o nor_o yet_o though_o i_o acknowledge_v the_o subject_n or_o the_o servant_n to_o be_v as_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o rational_a instrument_n will_v i_o open_v a_o gap_n for_o every_o unquiet_a &_o unsober_a dispute_n that_o on_o purpose_n to_o shift_v off_o the_o magistrate_n or_o the_o master_n command_n may_v think_v it_o enough_o to_o pretend_v they_o be_v not_o honest_a and_o so_o the_o master_n shall_v indeed_o be_v the_o master_n but_o the_o servant_n be_v the_o judge_n the_o magistrate_n be_v the_o magistrate_n but_o the_o subject_n be_v the_o judge_n which_o indeed_o he_o be_v of_o his_o own_o action_n by_o the_o judgement_n of_o discretion_n but_o not_o of_o the_o command_n by_o the_o judgement_n 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〈◊〉_d king_n so_o the_o greek_a author_n call_v the_o roman_a emperor_n mean_v by_o king_n such_o as_o be_v at_o that_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o soverignty_n and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d governor_n the_o inferior_a officer_n and_o governor_n under_o the_o supreme_a and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n thus_o express_v the_o several_a rank_n of_o magistrate_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 2._o king_n and_o all_o that_o be_v in_o authority_n the_o point_n of_o doctrine_n be_v that_o this_o debt_n of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n be_v due_a to_o all_o that_o have_v share_n in_o the_o civil_a government_n respective_o whether_o they_o be_v in_o the_o supremacy_n or_o in_o subordination_n the_o superscription_n that_o be_v upon_o a_o two_o penny_n own_v the_o same_o authority_n as_o that_o which_o be_v upon_o a_o twelvepence_n that_o word_n rom._n 13._o 4_o 6_o the_o ruler_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n minister_n to_o thou_o for_o good_a god_n public_a officer_n 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