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other_o kingdom_n a_o through_o settlement_n be_v necessary_a only_o for_o usurper_n for_o when_o there_o be_v a_o right_n p._n 28._o nothing_o more_o be_v necessary_a to_o give_v possession_n but_o that_o subject_n actual_o own_v and_o recognize_v that_o right_n and_o accept_v he_o for_o their_o king_n in_o who_o the_o right_n be_v for_o his_o right_n make_v their_o obedience_n a_o duty_n when_o he_o be_v in_o possession_n how_o weak_a and_o unsettled_a soever_o his_o government_n be_v but_o when_o a_o prince_n have_v no_o legal_a right_n to_o the_o crown_n nor_o consequent_o to_o the_o obedience_n of_o his_o subject_n it_o be_v only_o a_o thorough_a settlement_n which_o make_v obedience_n a_o necessary_a duty_n but_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n for_o this_o distinction_n because_o if_o god_n have_v dispose_v of_o a_o crown_n all_o human_a claim_n can_v be_v of_o no_o validity_n against_o his_o disposal_n and_o that_o prince_n must_v be_v a_o usurper_n upon_o god_n authority_n who_o 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say_v to_o have_v rebel_v against_o the_o house_n of_o david_n unto_o this_o day_n that_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o jeroboam_n reign_n to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o write_n of_o that_o book_n 1_o king_n 12.19_o as_o to_o the_o argument_n which_o prove_v that_o fraud_n and_o violence_n may_v give_v a_o right_n to_o a_o estate_n as_o well_o as_o usurpation_n to_o a_o crown_n the_o doctor_n say_v p._n 46._o that_o all_o private_a injury_n be_v reserve_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o the_o correction_n and_o redress_n of_o public_a government_n and_o human_a court_n of_o justice_n and_o therefore_o his_o providence_n have_v no_o effect_n as_o all_o on_o such_o personal_a right_n but_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n prove_v that_o such_o dispute_n which_o be_v too_o big_a for_o a_o legal_a decision_n or_o any_o human_a court_n for_o the_o decision_n whereof_o god_n have_v erect_v no_o universal_a tribunal_n on_o earth_n he_o have_v reserve_v to_o his_o own_o judgement_n such_o as_o the_o correction_n of_o sovereign_a prince_n and_o the_o transfer_v kingdom_n and_o empire_n etc._n etc._n but_o he_o say_v in_o his_o case_n of_o allegiance_n that_o the_o scripture_n never_o speak_v of_o god_n bare_a permission_n of_o any_o event_n p._n 12._o but_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o all_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a which_o happen_v either_o to_o private_a person_n or_o public_a society_n and_o that_o all_o event_n which_o be_v for_o the_o good_a or_o evil_n of_o private_a man_n or_o public_a society_n be_v order_v by_o he_o here_o he_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o all_o event_n alike_o whether_o they_o befall_v private_a man_n or_o public_a society_n and_o if_o he_o will_v now_o argue_v that_o god_n dispose_v of_o kingdom_n otherwise_o than_o of_o private_a estate_n first_o this_o must_v be_v prove_v and_o if_o it_o be_v prove_v yet_o he_o must_v maintain_v the_o consequence_n of_o his_o own_o principle_n about_o event_n or_o else_o renounce_v they_o for_o when_o 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