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do_v in_o church_n be_v against_o conscience_n no_o mind_v of_o what_o be_v their_o duty_n all_o their_o talk_n be_v judge_v their_o superior_n and_o this_o buzz_v into_o the_o head_n of_o light_n and_o inconstant_a man_n beget_v all_o the_o talk_n of_o the_o country_n and_o be_v believe_v with_o the_o same_o faith_n they_o believe_v the_o gospel_n or_o their_o creed_n and_o if_o authority_n shall_v endeavour_v to_o suppress_v the_o further_a growth_n of_o such_o seditious_a practice_n by_o punish_v the_o author_n it_o will_v be_v deem_v by_o the_o well-affected_a no_o less_o than_o a_o invasion_n upon_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o persecution_n of_o the_o gospel_n 6._o if_o lex_fw-la lata_fw-la have_v any_o obligation_n upon_o the_o legislator_n than_o be_v the_o creature_n subject_n to_o the_o creator_n and_o the_o father_n oblige_v to_o what_o he_o command_v opinion_n that_o supreme_a prince_n be_v oblige_v by_o their_o own_o law_n be_v a_o seditious_a opinion_n his_o 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rightful_a prince_n be_v oblige_v by_o their_o own_o law_n 7._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o to_o be_v wish_v in_o this_o world_n then_o that_o the_o moderate_v that_o supreme_a power_n may_v be_v moderate_v will_n of_o they_o which_o command_n may_v be_v moderate_v and_o restrain_v to_o reason_n as_o that_o king_n father_n and_o master_n shall_v never_o exact_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o subject_n child_n and_o servant_n but_o what_o be_v reasonable_a but_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o supreme_a power_n can_v be_v moderate_v unless_o it_o be_v divide_v or_o subject_n to_o the_o moderator_n it_o be_v therefore_o a_o seditious_a opinion_n that_o supreme_a power_n may_v be_v moderate_v 8._o all_o right_a that_o any_o creature_n have_v to_o any_o thing_n be_v either_o from_o the_o power_n that_o any_o man_n have_v any_o thing_n proper_a against_o the_o supreme_a power_n law_n of_o nature_n or_o from_o some_o humane_a law_n but_o no_o subject_n can_v have_v praedium_fw-la directum_fw-la cujus_fw-la nullus_fw-la author_n est_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la sir_n e._n co._n com._n lit._n pag._n 1._o b._n qui_fw-la dominium_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la and_o he_o that_o hold_v of_o none_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o which_o not_o subject_a can_v be_v it_o be_v therefore_o a_o seditious_a opinion_n that_o any_o subject_n have_v any_o thing_n proper_a against_o his_o sovereign_n 9_o there_o have_v not_o any_o thing_n for_o more_o than_o this_o last_o century_n cause_v so_o not_o that_o the_o people_n may_v reform_v where_o prince_n will_v not_o much_o dissension_n and_o bloodshed_n among_o christian_n to_o the_o shame_n of_o christianity_n as_o the_o specious_a pretence_n of_o reformation_n the_o turk_n either_o restrain_v by_o god_n or_o not_o will_v to_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o mankind_n have_v be_v only_o a_o spectator_n not_o actor_n in_o this_o tragedy_n the_o end_n do_v sanctify_v the_o mean_n be_v a_o doctrine_n general_o receive_v among_o these_o reformer_n if_o the_o end_n be_v reformation_n it_o be_v no_o matter_n by_o what_o mean_v it_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o every_o where_o in_o the_o western_a world_n man_n dispose_v to_o sedition_n make_v reformation_n their_o pretence_n no_o prince_n must_v use_v his_o power_n to_o restrain_v they_o if_o he_o do_v calvin_n give_v they_o a_o lesson_n abdicant_fw-la se_fw-la potestate_fw-la terreni_fw-la 21._o comment_fw-fr on_o dan._n 6._o 21._o principes_fw-la dum_fw-la insurgunt_fw-la contra_fw-la deum_fw-la immo_fw-la indigni_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la censeantur_fw-la in_o hominum_fw-la numero_fw-la potius_fw-la ergo_fw-la oportet_fw-la conspuere_fw-la in_o illorum_fw-la capita_fw-la quam_fw-la illis_fw-la parere_fw-la ubi_fw-la sic_fw-la proterviunt_fw-la ut_fw-la velint_fw-la spoliare_fw-la deum_fw-la jure_fw-la svo_fw-la earthly_a prince_n do_v divest_v themselves_o of_o power_n when_o they_o set_v themselves_o against_o god_n yea_o they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v account_v in_o the_o number_n of_o man_n man_n ought_v therefore_o rather_o to_o spit_v upon_o their_o head_n then_o obey_v they_o where_o they_o deal_v so_o saucy_o as_o if_o they_o will_v spoil_v god_n by_o their_o right_n and_o luther_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la legibus_fw-la exempti_fw-la sumus_fw-la libertate_fw-la nobis_fw-la christiana_n per_fw-la baptismo_fw-la lib._n the_o captiv_n babil_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la baptismum_fw-la donata_fw-la we_o be_v free_v from_o all_o law_n of_o man_n liberty_n be_v give_v we_o by_o baptism_n et_fw-la scio_fw-la nullam_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la feliciter_fw-la legibus_fw-la administrari_fw-la i_o know_v there_o be_v no_o commonwealth_n happy_o govern_v by_o law_n and_o turpe_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la &_o iniquiter_fw-la servile_a christianum_fw-la hominem_fw-la qui_fw-la libre_fw-la est_fw-la aliis_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr matrimonio_fw-la quam_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la &_o divinis_fw-la subjectum_fw-la esse_fw-la legibus_fw-la it_o be_v a_o filthy_a and_o unjust_a servile_a thing_n that_o a_o christian_a man_n which_o be_v free_a shall_v be_v subject_a to_o any_o sacrord_n cap._n the_o sacrord_n but_o heavenly_a and_o divine_a law_n and_o whether_o these_o man_n follower_n have_v not_o well_o practise_v their_o lecture_n wheresoever_o they_o have_v be_v tolerate_v either_o in_o germany_n bohemia_n austria_n upper_a and_o low_a hungaria_n transilvania_n sweden_n france_n england_n scotland_n low-countries_n geneva_n etc._n etc._n let_v any_o man_n who_o have_v read_v the_o combustion_n of_o christendom_n judge_n and_o the_o anabaptist_n and_o all_o other_o sect_n may_v from_o their_o principle_n justify_v all_o their_o action_n 10._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o manifest_o command_v by_o god_n in_o the_o spiritual_a that_o temporal_a good_a follow_v in_o order_n to_o spiritual_a old_a and_o new_a testament_n than_o obedience_n to_o temporal_a prince_n yet_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o endeavour_v to_o the_o shame_n of_o christian_n then_o by_o pretence_n of_o religion_n to_o usher_v in_o rebellion_n by_o
this_o opinion_n be_v all_o christian_a prince_n make_v in_o a_o worse_a condition_n than_o infidel_n or_o mahometan_a and_o subject_a to_o the_o spiritual_a power_n in_o their_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n but_o mutato_fw-la nomine_fw-la a_o new_a generation_n of_o man_n have_v spring_v up_o and_o change_v bonum_fw-la temporale_fw-la sequitur_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la spiritual_fw-la into_o the_o wicked_a have_v no_o right_n to_o their_o good_n and_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n to_o rob_v the_o egyptian_n 11._o the_o king_n be_v great_a than_o the_o singular_n and_o less_o than_o all_o his_o subject_n opinion_n rex_fw-la major_n singulis_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v a_o seditious_a opinion_n be_v a_o fool_n bolt_n shoot_v at_o such_o random_n that_o it_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o measure_n whether_o it_o be_v near_o the_o mark_n or_o not_o for_o not_o only_o all_o subject_n owe_v their_o obedience_n as_o much_o as_o every_o one_o but_o never_o be_v any_o prince_n universal_o reject_v or_o disobey_v by_o his_o subject_n 12._o see_v sir_n ed._n coke_n 3._o par_fw-fr inst_z pag._n 9_o on_o si_fw-fr homme_fw-fr leva_fw-la guerre_fw-fr encontre_fw-fr 12._o that_o subject_n may_v upon_o any_o prerence_n levy_v war_n without_o consent_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n a_o seditious_a opinion_n see_v calv._n case_n 11_o 12._o nostre_fw-fr seignieur_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr this_o be_v high_a treason_n by_o the_o common_a law_n for_o no_o subject_n can_v levy_v war_n within_o the_o realm_n without_o authority_n from_o the_o king_n for_o to_o he_o it_o only_o belong_v and_o a_o little_a after_o if_o any_o levy_n war_n to_o expulse_v stranger_n to_o deliver_v man_n out_o of_o prison_n to_o remove_v councillor_n or_o any_o other_o end_n pretend_v reformation_n of_o their_o own_o head_n without_o warrant_n this_o be_v a_o levy_n of_o war_n against_o the_o king_n because_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o royal_a authority_n which_o be_v against_o the_o king_n 13._o let_v no_o prince_n ever_o hope_v for_o obedience_n from_o his_o subject_n who_o god_n negligence_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n take_v no_o care_n that_o god_n be_v due_o serve_v by_o they_o for_o where_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n be_v not_o man_n will_v not_o honour_v their_o king_n but_o be_v dispose_v to_o sedition_n 14._o honour_n be_v nothing_o else_o than_o the_o estimation_n of_o another_o power_n sedition_n contempt_n of_o the_o regal_a power_n dispose_v man_n to_o sedition_n viz._n that_o a_o man_n have_v power_n to_o protect_v reward_n and_o punish_v another_o and_o prudent_a prince_n ought_v so_o to_o maintain_v the_o reputation_n of_o this_o in_o their_o subject_n that_o it_o may_v be_v receive_v and_o believe_v of_o all_o for_o beside_o that_o ill_a man_n will_v where_o there_o be_v no_o fear_n of_o punishment_n become_v more_o licentious_a general_o all_o man_n ambitious_o where_o they_o be_v not_o restrain_v by_o fear_n desire_v to_o insult_v over_o their_o superior_n aesop_n give_v a_o item_n of_o this_o last_o in_o the_o fable_n of_o the_o log_n which_o jupiter_n give_v the_o frog_n for_o their_o king_n when_o they_o become_v fearless_a of_o it_o every_o one_o jump_v insult_o upon_o it_o and_o example_n of_o the_o former_a be_v clear_o see_v in_o man_n who_o condemn_v for_o offence_n to_o death_n they_o penitent_o acknowledge_v their_o fault_n and_o desire_v forgiveness_n of_o that_o power_n that_o put_v they_o to_o death_n whereas_o scarce_o any_o offender_n fearless_a of_o punishment_n do_v ever_o submit_v and_o ask_v forgiveness_n for_o it_o prince_n therefore_o ought_v principal_o to_o take_v care_n how_o either_o by_o their_o vice_n remiss_a government_n or_o otherwise_o they_o make_v their_o person_n or_o power_n contemptible_a for_o when_o power_n be_v contemptible_a the_o exercise_n of_o it_o be_v never_o permanent_a 15._o if_o the_o age_n tend_v to_o worse_a and_o man_n of_o this_o latter_a age_n have_v be_v sedition_n concession_n of_o prince_n to_o their_o subject_n dispose_v they_o to_o sedition_n worse_o then_o in_o the_o precedent_n as_o man_n general_o hold_v and_o if_o prince_n power_n in_o age_n when_o mankind_n do_v not_o so_o fast_o degenerate_a into_o all_o forbid_a wickedness_n be_v not_o sufficient_a at_o all_o time_n to_o restrain_v the_o sedition_n and_o disorder_n of_o their_o subject_n then_o be_v it_o a_o most_o unreasonable_a thing_n in_o prince_n to_o indulge_v this_o ambitious_a desire_n of_o their_o subject_n by_o grant_v they_o liberty_n and_o privilege_n which_o they_o have_v not_o before_o and_o if_o any_o man_n can_v show_v that_o ever_o any_o where_n in_o the_o world_n prince_n do_v make_v their_o subject_n better_a by_o grant_v they_o a_o more_o than_o usual_a liberty_n but_o only_o make_v they_o more_o arrogant_a to_o demand_v more_o until_o their_o majesty_n and_o authority_n become_v so_o contemptible_a that_o in_o stead_n of_o govern_v their_o subject_n they_o must_v 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