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be_v settle_v in_o the_o throne_n have_v god_n authority_n and_o must_v not_o be_v resist_v but_o p._n 25_o 26._o in_o answer_v a_o objection_n that_o this_o make_v the_o prince_n lose_v his_o right_n by_o be_v notorious_o injure_v etc._n etc._n he_o tell_v we_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n remove_v king_n and_o set_v up_o king_n but_o alter_v no_o legal_a right_n nor_o forbid_v those_o who_o be_v dispossess_v of_o they_o to_o recover_v their_o right_a when_o they_o can_v etc._n etc._n and_o do_v not_o divest_v the_o dispossess_v prince_n of_o his_o legal_a right_n and_o claim_n nor_o forbid_v he_o to_o endeavour_v to_o recover_v his_o throne_n nor_o forbid_v those_o who_o be_v under_o no_o obligation_n to_o the_o prince_n in_o possession_n to_o assist_v the_o dispossess_v prince_n to_o recover_v his_o