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that_o the_o convocation_n pronounce_v that_o the_o jew_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v he_o so_o that_o in_o their_o sense_n god_n be_v say_v to_o take_v away_o king_n and_o set_v up_o king_n either_o 1._o by_o express_v nomination_n this_o way_n if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o the_o babylonian_a and_o persian_a monarchy_n may_v be_v defend_v the_o former_a have_v be_v speak_v to_o already_o and_o of_o the_o latter_a it_o be_v foretell_v by_o isaiah_n long_o before_o the_o birth_n of_o cyrus_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o conqueror_n 28._o that_o god_n have_v hold_v his_o right_a hand_n or_o strengthen_v he_o to_o subdue_v nation_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v restore_v the_o jew_n to_o their_o own_o country_n which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o babylonian_a empire_n 2._o god_n be_v say_v to_o take_v away_o and_o set_v up_o king_n when_o he_o suffer_v one_o king_n to_o conquer_v another_o and_o the_o right_a heir_n be_v either_o destroy_v or_o submit_v and_o 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the_o authority_n of_o god_n be_v not_o this_o a_o much_o more_o accountable_a method_n than_o to_o resign_v up_o our_o conscience_n to_o violence_n and_o impetuous_a accident_n and_o to_o make_v treason_n our_o oracle_n now_o set_v aside_o the_o scripture-right_a the_o babylonian_a and_o persian_a monarch_n have_v to_o their_o empire_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o conceive_v that_o these_o victorious_a monarch_n either_o destroy_v those_o king_n they_o dispossess_v or_o make_v they_o submit_v their_o claim_n as_o edgar_n atheline_n do_v to_o william_n the_o conqueror_n that_o this_o practice_n of_o dispatch_v they_o be_v usual_a to_o settle_v the_o new_a conquest_n and_o prevent_v competitor_n be_v very_o probable_a upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v that_o nabuchadnezzar_n slay_v zedekiah_n son_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n of_o judah_n and_o at_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o babylonian_a empire_n belshazzar_n be_v slay_v as_o we_o may_v learn_v from_o daniel_n and_o xenophon_n and_o how_o kind_o the_o roman_n use_v their_o royal_a captive_n may_v be_v guess_v without_o other_o example_n by_o the_o treatment_n of_o perseus_n and_o his_o family_n now_o where_o the_o right_a owner_n of_o the_o government_n be_v destroy_v though_o never_o so_o wicked_o the_o usurper_n become_v a_o lawful_a prince_n for_o possession_n be_v a_o good_a right_n where_o there_o be_v no_o better_o these_o observation_n be_v sufficient_a to_o justify_v submission_n to_o the_o four_o monarchy_n without_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o doctor_n be_v new_a scheme_n i_o be_o now_o to_o attend_v the_o doctor_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a who_o he_o give_v a_o hard_a character_n and_o think_v any_o prince_n who_o get_v the_o throne_n may_v pretend_v as_o much_o right_o as_o he_o whether_o the_o ground_n of_o alexander_n war_n be_v defensible_a or_o not_o be_v not_o material_a to_o the_o pointâ—_n however_o he_o insist_o very_o much_o upon_o the_o justice_n
prince_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o israelite_n their_o word_n be_v as_o follow_v both_o these_o example_n of_o joram_n and_o eglon_n do_v make_v it_o know_v to_o we_o that_o the_o lord_n may_v overthrow_v any_o king_n etc._n etc._n notwithstanding_o any_o claim_n right_o title_n or_o interest_n which_o they_o can_v challenge_v to_o their_o kingdom_n now_o this_o inference_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o premise_n unless_o eglon_n have_v a_o good_a and_o unexceptionable_a right_n to_o the_o government_n of_o israel_n for_o if_o eglon_n title_n be_v defective_a in_o any_o point_n it_o can_v not_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n against_o those_o prince_n who_o have_v a_o better_a but_o the_o convocation_n affirm_v that_o from_o these_o example_n of_o joram_n and_o eglon_n its_o evident_a that_o god_n can_v overthrow_v any_o king_n notwithstanding_o any_o claim_n right_o title_n etc._n etc._n which_o reason_v suppose_n that_o eglon_n have_v all_o the_o right_n and_o claim_v title_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v requisite_a and_o by_o consequence_n be_v a_o legal_a prince_n from_o whence_o it_o appear_v 55._o that_o the_o convocation_n do_v not_o mean_v a_o king_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la in_o opposition_n to_o one_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la for_o the_o example_n before_o they_o give_v they_o no_o occasion_n for_o such_o a_o distinction_n but_o only_o a_o prince_n in_o actual_a administration_n of_o the_o government_n without_o any_o reflection_n upon_o his_o title_n 3._o i_o have_v prove_v above_o that_o the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n be_v legal_o establish_v over_o judea_n the_o jew_n be_v express_o command_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n now_o though_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o allow_v out_o of_o their_o own_o voluntary_a motion_n to_o choose_v a_o foreign_a prince_n 27._o especial_o when_o they_o have_v one_o of_o their_o own_o yet_o without_o question_n they_o may_v accept_v of_o one_o of_o god_n choose_n god_n doubtless_o have_v the_o 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