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to_o the_o
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that_o god_n may_v convert_v other_o from_o their_o evil_a way_n if_o they_o as_o they_o can_v have_v opportunity_n faithful_o admonish_v and_o study_v to_o reclaim_v these_o who_o be_v out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o do_v such_o like_a christian_a duty_n god_n will_v never_o enter_v in_o judgement_n with_o they_o for_o not_o do_v violence_n to_o the_o authority_n that_o be_v above_o they_o or_o for_o not_o waken_n up_o confusion_n in_o the_o society_n they_o live_v in_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o many_o that_o god_n people_n of_o old_a be_v punish_v upon_o occasion_n of_o sin_n of_o their_o magistrate_n jerem._n 15.4_o and_o the_o like_a place_n be_v because_o they_o be_v sharer_n in_o the_o guiltiness_n themselves_o not_o by_o not_o violent_a resist_n which_o they_o be_v never_o exhort_v to_o but_o by_o direct_a or_o indirect_a accession_n otherways_o ephraim_n say_v hosea_n ch_n 5_o 11._o be_v oppress_v and_o break_v in_o judgement_n because_o he_o willing_o walk_v after_o the_o 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time_n and_o they_o be_v punish_v for_o their_o own_o sin_n albeit_o occasion_n be_v take_v to_o remember_v that_o dreadful_a time_n of_o manasseh_n when_o the_o wickedness_n begin_v that_o be_v after_o continue_v in_o with_o obstinacy_n and_o that_o same_o excellent_a divine_a write_v on_o the_o second_o and_o three_o verse_n of_o jerem._n 22._o he_o place_v abuse_v by_o lex_fw-la rex_fw-la and_o other_o to_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n to_o take_v the_o sword_n in_o their_o hand_n to_o relieve_v the_o oppress_a and_o execute_v judgement_n against_o magistrate_n speak_v most_o judicious_o hoc_fw-la maxim_n ad_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la ac_fw-la praefectos_fw-la spectat_fw-la nam_fw-la scimus_fw-la privatos_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la armatos_fw-la ad_fw-la defensionem_fw-la bonorum_fw-la and_o upon_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o verse_n haec_fw-la proprie_fw-la ad_fw-la judices_fw-la spectant_fw-la ejus_fw-la doctrina_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la publicos_fw-la dirigitur_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la vulgus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la aut_fw-la privatos_fw-la homines_fw-la and_o he_o add_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o that_o word_n execute_v judgement_n etc._n etc._n be_v utter_v in_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o people_n be_v not_o that_o the_o execute_v thereof_o belong_v to_o they_o but_o that_o when_o they_o hear_v the_o house_n of_o david_n which_o be_v sacrosancta_fw-la cite_v before_o god_n tribunal_n and_o threaten_v for_o omission_n of_o these_o thing_n the_o king_n be_v quodammodo_fw-la legibus_fw-la soluti_fw-la as_o he_o speak_v people_n may_v be_v move_v to_o examine_v their_o own_o life_n and_o to_o repent_v of_o their_o private_a injustice_n in_o their_o place_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o prophetical_a preach_n reprove_v the_o not_o relieve_v the_o oppress_a and_o not_o execute_v judgement_n and_o exhort_v to_o these_o duty_n omit_v utter_v to_o the_o body_n 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it_o yet_o he_o intimate_v that_o the_o lord_n by_o occasion_n of_o it_o shall_v it_o be_v commit_v will_v bring_v wrath_n even_o upon_o these_o although_o for_o other_o sin_n as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n upon_o their_o part_n and_o the_o judgement_n and_o wrath_n that_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n shall_v come_v upon_o all_o the_o people_n and_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o city_n may_v be_v indeed_o proper_o a_o punishment_n to_o the_o ruler_n for_o that_o particular_a sin_n and_o to_o the_o people_n accessary_a thereto_o in_o any_o way_n but_o can_v not_o be_v a_o punishment_n for_o that_o sin_n particular_o upon_o they_o who_o be_v no_o way_n accessary_a to_o it_o but_o only_o a_o punishment_n for_o their_o own_o demerit_n albeit_o the_o execution_n hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la occasion_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o this_o be_v a_o sure_a truth_n that_o god_n may_v just_o punish_v the_o prince_n or_o father_n in_o the_o punishment_n of_o subject_n or_o child_n castigantur_fw-la parent_n in_fw-la siliis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la carne_fw-la charissima_fw-la zanch._n 4._o pr._n they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v part_n of_o themselves_o may_v i_o say_v punish_v they_o with_o temporal_a judgement_n at_o least_o this_o be_v agreeable_a to_o his_o justice_n who_o visit_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n 2_o command_n but_o yet_o when_o he_o be_v punish_v prince_n or_o parent_n in_o their_o child_n or_o subject_n there_o be_v also_o in_o these_o who_o be_v punish_v a_o internal_a demeriting_a cause_n of_o the_o stroke_n lay_v on_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o reason_n to_o quarrel_v with_o god_n or_o to_o say_v the_o father_n have_v eat_v sour_a grape_n and_o the_o child_n tooth_n be_v set_v on_o edge_n ezek._n 18.2_o sometime_o person_n may_v be_v punish_v in_o the_o affliction_n or_o punishment_n that_o fall_v on_o other_o person_n near_o to_o they_o but_o yet_o the_o affliction_n of_o these_o other_o person_n be_v 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and_o samson_n to_o murder_v himself_o with_o other_o so_o also_o may_v he_o stir_v up_o phineas_n though_o a_o private_a man_n to_o execute_v judgement_n but_o 1._o he_o have_v the_o motion_n and_o direction_n of_o god_n spirit_n set_v he_o on_o to_o that_o work_n such_o motion_n be_v loco_fw-la specialis_fw-la mandati_fw-la as_o divine_n speak_v and_o calvin_n ps_n 106._o speak_v of_o this_o same_o fact_n say_v he_o have_v singularis_fw-la &_o extraordinarius_fw-la motus_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la communem_fw-la regulam_fw-la exigi_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la and_o when_o he_o have_v compare_v moses_n kill_v the_o egyptian_a with_o this_o fact_n of_o phineas_n he_o say_v talis_fw-la fuit_fw-la impulsus_fw-la in_o phinea_fw-la nam_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la nemo_fw-la putabat_fw-la gladio_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la armatum_fw-la ipse_fw-la tamen_fw-la potestatis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la concessae_fw-la probe_n sibi_fw-la conscius_fw-la fuit_fw-la augustin_n speak_v of_o samson_n lib._n 2._o the_o civet_n dei_fw-la c._n 21._o
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