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that_o which_o chemosh_fw-mi thy_o god_n give_v thou_o to_o possess_v so_o whosoever_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n shall_v drive_v out_o from_o before_o as_o they_o will_v we_o possess_v p._n 51._o it_o be_v by_o way_n of_o conquest_n that_o god_n put_v down_o one_o and_o set_v up_o another_o for_o so_o the_o babylonian_a empire_n be_v put_v down_o by_o cyrus_n who_o set_v up_o the_o persian_a in_o its_o stead_n the_o persian_a empire_n be_v put_v down_o in_o their_o last_o king_n darius_n and_o alexander_n set_v up_o the_o macedon_n in_o its_o stead_n the_o macedon_n kingdom_n be_v put_v down_o in_o their_o last_o king_n perseus_n and_o the_o roman_a be_v fetch_v up_o in_o its_o stead_n all_o these_o kingdom_n be_v change_v by_o conquest_n that_o they_o make_v one_o upon_o another_o and_o so_o it_o be_v by_o those_o conquest_n that_o god_n remove_v king_n and_o set_v up_o king_n p._n 53._o i_o do_v not_o say_v but_o they_o will_v have_v oppose_v the_o make_n of_o one_o of_o those_o 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subject_n to_o stranger_n such_o as_o cushan_n eglon_n and_o jabin_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o zedekiah_n time_n god_n command_v they_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n to_o become_v the_o subject_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o have_v make_v a_o full_a conquest_n over_o they_o and_o hold_v their_o lawful_a king_n jeconiab_n then_o in_o captivity_n this_o be_v plain_o the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o convocation_n which_o sit_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o king_n james_n i._o his_o time_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v but_o be_v very_o unjust_a to_o charge_v any_o man_n with_o singularity_n or_o novelty_n that_o go_v in_o the_o step_n of_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a author_n p._n 53_o 54_o 55._o but_o some_o learned_a and_o judicious_a man_n think_v that_o whereas_o a_o unjust_a conquest_n happen_v through_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n for_o the_o punish_n of_o a_o sinful_a prince_n or_o nation_n it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o he_o that_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o this_o acquire_v any_o right_n 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