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ver_fw-la 5._o will_v not_o have_v a_o evil_a prince_n so_o much_o as_o curse_v id._n ibid._n answ_n then_o no_o magistrate_n no_o not_o a_o inferior_a shall_v be_v resist_v for_o such_o may_v not_o be_v curse_v do_v their_o duty_n 2._o we_o may_v not_o curse_v nor_o revile_v any_o of_o out_o equal_n or_o inferior_n mat._n 5_o v._n 44._o rom._n 12_o v._n 14._o livit._fw-la 19_o ver_fw-la 14._o and_o 20_o v._n 9_o 1_o cor._n 6_o ver_fw-la 10._o and_o yet_o such_o use_v violence_n against_o we_o may_v be_v resist_v we_o may_v not_o curse_v the_o rich_a eccles_n 10_o 20._o and_o yet_o they_o may_v be_v resist_v when_o violent_o and_o injurious_o they_o assault_v we_o obj._n 14._o war_n be_v not_o lawful_o undertake_v without_o the_o warrant_n of_o the_o superior_a but_o subject_n have_v no_o superiority_n of_o authority_n over_o the_o magistrate_n gerhard_n de_fw-fr magist_n pol._n §_o 483._o answ_n 1._o a_o war_n defensive_a may_v be_v undertake_v without_o the_o express_a warrant_n of_o 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