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no_o right_n and_o therefore_o be_v more_o powerful_a than_o he_o for_o quicquid_fw-la efficit_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la magis_fw-la tale_n the_o people_n may_v be_v without_o the_o emperor_n the_o emperor_n can_v be_v without_o the_o people_n it_o be_v not_o probable_a the_o safety_n of_o mankind_n shall_v depend_v upon_o the_o lust_n of_o one_o man_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v answer_v with_o the_o civilian_n who_o teach_v we_o to_o obey_v and_o not_o dispute_v even_o humane_a constitution_n quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la perquà m_fw-la durum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la lex_fw-la scripta_fw-la est_fw-la l._n prospexit_fw-la d._n qui_fw-la &_o à _fw-la quib_n it_o be_v god_n pleasure_n so_o to_o order_v humane_a affair_n such_o christian_a submission_n do_v most_o common_o produce_v peace_n and_o plenty_n in_o our_o street_n and_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o many_o good_n but_o if_o the_o abuse_n of_o power_n shall_v bring_v
as_o unto_o they_o that_o be_v send_v by_o he_o deodate_v express_v it_o very_o full_o in_o his_o italian_a translation_n siate_n adunque_fw-la suggetti_n ad_fw-la ogni_fw-la podestà _fw-la criata_fw-la dagli_fw-la huomini_fw-la per_fw-la l'amor_n del_fw-it signore_fw-la all_o rè_n come_v all_o sourano_fw-mi ed_z a_o governadori_fw-es come_v a_o person_n mandate_n da_fw-mi lui_fw-fr that_o we_o may_v not_o mistake_v he_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o power_n or_o ordinance_n be_v mean_v person_n endue_v with_o power_n ad_fw-la ogni_fw-la podestà _fw-la be_v say_v he_o in_o his_o gloss_n upon_o the_o place_n a_o principi_fw-la magistrati_fw-la rettori_n create_v by_o or_o among_o man_n dagli_fw-la huomini_fw-la o_o from_o gli_fw-la huomini_fw-la per_fw-la la_fw-fr conservatione_fw-la e_fw-it condotta_fw-it della_fw-it società _fw-la humana_fw-la judas_n when_o he_o condemn_v despiser_n of_o dominion_n and_o such_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v evil_a of_o dignity_n v._o 8._o mean_n to_o commend_v to_o we_o the_o same_o duty_n which_o paul_n teach_v we_o out_o of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v free_a from_o all_o ambiguity_n and_o conclude_v for_o the_o person_n when_o ananias_n the_o high_a priest_n who_o duty_n be_v to_o judge_v after_o the_o law_n command_v he_o to_o be_v smite_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n he_o as_o be_v suppose_v by_o they_o in_o passion_n return_v ill_a language_n and_o be_v just_o rebuke_v by_o the_o bystander_n he_o confess_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o revile_v the_o priest_n though_o he_o do_v evident_o abuse_v his_o authority_n much_o less_o ought_v he_o to_o strike_v again_o with_o pretence_n of_o honour_v his_o authority_n but_o not_o be_v bind_v to_o submit_v to_o his_o personal_a command_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n i_o wist_v not_o brethren_n that_o he_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n for_o it_o be_v write_v thou_o shall_v not_o speak_v evil_a of_o the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n act._n 23._o 5._o st_n paul_n be_v unacquainted_a with_o this_o subtlety_n which_o allow_v to_o speak_v evil_a nay_o to_o make_v hostile_a resistance_n against_o man_n in_o authority_n so_o they_o profess_v to_o honour_v the_o authority_n of_o those_o man_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o master_n burrough_n his_o personal_a strength_n not_o any_o legal_a power_n which_o be_v resist_v if_o he_o do_v any_o thing_n against_o law_n and_o this_o say_v he_o be_v not_o forbid_v we_o may_v resist_v man_n though_o not_o power_n we_o must_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o will_n but_o to_o law_n p._n 113._o his_o mistake_n lie_v in_o this_o that_o he_o think_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d power_n signify_v the_o right_a and_o honest_a use_n of_o authority_n whereas_o it_o signify_v the_o right_a to_o use_v his_o authority_n whether_o well_o or_o ill_o it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o we_o for_o matter_n of_o submission_n to_o it_o either_o by_o obedience_n or_o patience_n because_o no_o resistance_n can_v be_v lawful_a for_o want_v of_o a_o superior_a jurisdiction_n by_o which_o only_o we_o can_v be_v enable_v to_o call_v he_o to_o a_o account_n for_o his_o action_n the_o truth_n of_o this_o be_v make_v evident_a in_o joh._n 19_o 10_o 11._o pilate_n faith_n unto_o he_o know_v thou_o not_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v power_n to_o crucify_v thou_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v power_n to_o release_v thou_o jesus_n grant_v it_o and_o answer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thou_o can_v have_v no_o power_n at_o all_o against_o i_o except_o it_o be_v give_v thou_o from_o above_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o be_v mean_v person_n invest_v with_o authority_n the_o reason_n which_o make_v paul_n call_v magistrate_n by_o the_o abstract_n power_n be_v this_o he_o write_v to_o christian_n live_v in_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o latin_a language_n to_o call_v person_n endue_v with_o power_n potestates_fw-la by_o the_o name_n of_o power_n you_o may_v observe_v it_o in_o ulpian_n l._n quid_fw-la sit_fw-la d._n de_fw-fr aedil_n edict_n §_o 19_o and_o in_o augustine_n epist_n 48._o who_o say_v sive_fw-la potestas_fw-la veritati_fw-la favens_fw-la aliquem_fw-la corrigat_fw-la laudem_fw-la habet_fw-la ex_fw-la illa_fw-la qui_fw-la fuerit_fw-la emendatus_fw-la sive_fw-la inimica_fw-la veritati_fw-la in_o aliquem_fw-la saeviat_fw-la laudem_fw-la habet_fw-la ex_fw-la illà _fw-fr qui_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coronatus_fw-la mark_v that_o potestas_fw-la inimica_fw-la veritati_fw-la this_o must_v needs_o signify_v a_o man_n abuse_v his_o authority_n and_o in_o juvenal_n a_o fidenarum_n gabiorumque_fw-la esse_fw-la potestas_fw-la and_o in_o suetonius_n jurisdictionem_fw-la de_fw-la fidei_fw-la commissis_fw-la quotannis_fw-la &_o tantum_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la delegari_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la solitam_fw-la in_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la provincias_fw-la 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