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the_o heart_n and_o life_n but_o in_o some_o sort_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o will_n of_o their_o brethren_n many_o time_n their_o match_n every_o way_n save_v in_o their_o place_n and_o dignity_n and_o for_o that_o honour_n which_o god_n have_v put_v upon_o they_o and_o as_o magistrate_n be_v call_v god_n so_o they_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v god_n and_o that_o for_o two_o weighty_a reason_n first_o for_o the_o preserve_n of_o god_n honour_n among_o man_n of_o wicked_a man_n it_o be_v testify_v that_o god_n be_v not_o in_o all_o their_o thought_n psalm_n 10.4_o and_o that_o because_o he_o be_v not_o in_o their_o sight_n as_o his_o judgement_n be_v not_o verse_n 5._o wherefore_o as_o king_n make_v their_o power_n visible_a to_o all_o their_o subject_n even_o those_o who_o be_v remove_v from_o their_o presence_n in_o the_o person_n of_o their_o deputy_n to_o who_o they_o delegate_v their_o authority_n that_o their_o fear_n may_v be_v preserve_v and_o their_o power_n be_v acknowledge_v 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governor_n and_o magistrate_n must_v needs_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n as_o well_o for_o direction_n as_o correction_n see_v order_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o peace_n must_v needs_o proceed_v ab_fw-la uno_fw-la as_o well_o as_o it_o tend_v ad_fw-la unum_fw-la there_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v one_o like_o the_o head_n in_o the_o body_n to_o command_v all_o the_o member_n and_o direct_v they_o in_o their_o several_a office_n and_o employment_n and_o for_o correction_n the_o necessity_n thereof_o be_v manifest_v by_o daily_a and_o lamentable_a experience_n the_o petulancy_n of_o untamed_a spirit_n impatient_a of_o rule_n and_o order_n which_o know_v no_o law_n but_o their_o own_o lust_n be_v such_o that_o notwithstanding_o law_n and_o magistrate_n prison_n and_o gallows_n judgement_n and_o execution_n vix_fw-la nunc_fw-la obsistitur_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la laniunt_fw-la mundum_fw-la we_o have_v much_o to_o do_v to_o keep_v the_o world_n in_o quiet_a what_o will_v be_v our_o condition_n if_o all_o these_o mean_n of_o restraint_n be_v remove_v solomon_n tell_v we_o that_o defer_v sentence_n against_o a_o evil_a work_n set_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n on_o full_o to_o do_v mischief_n ecclesiaste_v 8.11_o what_o will_v be_v the_o effect_n of_o take_v away_o the_o sentence_n altogether_o and_o the_o authority_n that_o decree_v it_o thus_o it_o be_v not_o only_o true_a but_o every_o way_n necessary_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v god_n upon_o earth_n furnish_v with_o his_o spirit_n arm_v with_o his_o power_n and_o make_v awful_a by_o his_o majesty_n that_o god_n may_v enjoy_v his_o honour_n and_o man_n their_o peace_n and_o safety_n before_o i_o can_v apply_v this_o point_n for_o the_o correct_v of_o this_o general_a evil_a custom_n in_o sermon-hearer_n who_o oftentimes_o make_v use_n of_o the_o direction_n and_o reproof_n receive_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n minister_n to_o prescribe_v unto_o and_o censure_v other_o 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