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judgement_n examination_n good_a great_a 87 3 2.0868 3 false
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A61897 Bishop Sanderson's judgment concerning submission to usurpers Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. 1678 (1678) Wing S607; ESTC R8226 14,341 48

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to_o their_o proper_a and_o particular_a inclination_n yet_o upon_o some_o occasion_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o end_n and_o intention_n of_o universal_a nature_n for_o the_o avoid_n of_o some_o thing_n which_o nature_n abhor_v they_o be_v sometime_o carry_v with_o motion_n quite_o contrary_a to_o their_o particular_a nature_n as_o the_o air_n to_o descend_v and_o the_o water_n to_o ascend_v for_o the_o avoid_n of_o vacuity_n etc._n etc._n the_o common_a receive_v maxim_n which_o have_v be_v sufficient_o misapply_v and_o that_o sometime_o to_o very_o ill_a purpose_n since_o the_o begin_n of_o these_o unhappy_a division_n in_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o it_o look_v this_o way_n salus_fw-la populi_fw-la suprema_fw-la lex_fw-la the_o equity_n of_o which_o maxim_n as_o it_o leave_v in_o the_o lawgiver_n a_o power_n of_o dispense_n with_o the_o law_n which_o be_v a_o suspending_a the_o obligation_n thereof_o for_o the_o time_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o proper_a and_o particular_a intention_n 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