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of_o a_o good_a work_n /_o but_z of_o evyll_n will_v thou_o not_o drede_v power_n do_v well_o &_o thou_o shall_v have_v laud_n of_o it_o he_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n into_o goodness_n to_o the_o /_o and_z if_o thou_o do_v evyll_n /_o drede_fw-la /_o for_z he_o ber_v not_o a_o sword_n without_o cause_n ¶_o subiecti_fw-la estote_fw-la of_o humane_a creature_n propter_fw-la deum_fw-la sine_fw-la regi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la precellenti_fw-la sine_fw-la ducibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la missis_fw-la ad_fw-la vindictam_fw-la malefactorum_fw-la lauden_n vero_fw-la bonorum_fw-la prima_fw-la petri_fw-la ii_o be_v you_o subget_v to_o all_o man_n for_o god_n either_o to_o the_o king_n as_o precelling_n other_o /_o or_z to_o duke_n as_o man_n send_v by_o he_o to_o the_o correction_n of_o evil_a doer_n /_o and_o laud_fw-la of_o well_o doer_n i_o petri._n two_o ¶_o non_fw-la aufert_fw-la deus_fw-la a_o iusto_fw-la oculos_fw-la svos_fw-la et_fw-la reges_fw-la in_o solio_fw-la collocat_fw-la imê‘petuum_fw-la god_n tourn_v not_o his_o eye_n from_o a_o rightwysman_n /_o &_o king_n he_o set_v in_o their_o seat_n for_o ever_o job._n xxxvi_o ¶_o rex_fw-la david_n dixit_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la elegit_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la israel_n i_o de_fw-es universa_fw-la domo_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la /_o ut_fw-la essem_fw-la rex_fw-la super_fw-la israel_n in_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la i_o parale_n xxviii_o king_n davyd_v say_v to_o all_o the_o people_n our_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n /_o chase_v i_o before_o all_o the_o house_n of_o my_o father_n /_o that_z i_o shall_v be_v king_n upon_o israel_n for_o ever_o primo_fw-la parali_fw-la xxviii_o ¶_o certain_a partycule_a auctoritye_n concern_v king_n and_o prince_n the_o second_o chapter_n constituit_fw-la te_fw-la regem_fw-la ut_fw-la faceres_fw-la iudicium_fw-la et_fw-la iusticiam_fw-la iii_o regum_fw-la ten_o he_o have_v ordain_v the_o a_o king_n /_o that_o thou_o shall_v do_v justice_n &_o iugement_n ¶_o regina_fw-la saba_n dixit_fw-la ad_fw-la salomonen_n /_o qr_o quia_fw-la diligit_fw-la deê°_n israel_n et_fw-fr vult_fw-la seruare_fw-la illum_fw-la ineternum_fw-la idcirco_fw-la posuit_fw-la te_fw-la suê‘_n eum_fw-la regem_fw-la ut_fw-la facias_fw-la iuditia_fw-la atque_fw-la iudicium_fw-la ii_o paral._n ix_o the_o queen_n of_o saba_n say_v to_o solomon_n /_o because_o god_n love_v israel_n &_o will_v pnserue_v he_o for_o ever_o /_o therefore_o he_o have_v make_v the_o king_n over_o he_o /_o that_z thou_o shall_v do_v justice_n to_o all_o &_o every_o one_o of_o the_o people_n ii_o paral._n ix_o ¶_o honour_v regis_fw-la iudicium_fw-la diligit_fw-la psa_fw-la 98._o the_o honour_n of_o a_o king_n love_v justice_n ¶_o in_o multitudine_fw-la populi_fw-la dignitas_fw-la regê_n /_o et_fw-fr in_o paucitate_fw-la plebis_fw-la ignominia_fw-la principis_fw-la proverbiorum_fw-la xiiii_o in_o the_o multytude_n of_o people_n be_v the_o dygnyte_n of_o a_o king_n /_o and_z in_o the_o lytelnesse_n of_o people_n be_v the_o want_v of_o glory_n to_o a_o prince_n pro._n xiiii_o ¶_o divinatio_fw-la in_o labiis_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o iuditio_fw-la non_fw-la errabit_fw-la os_fw-la eius_fw-la prover._n xuj_o a_o dyvine_a work_n be_v in_o the_o lip_n of_o a_o king_n /_o &_o his_o mouth_n shall_v not_o err_v in_o iugement_n pro._n xuj_o ¶_o abominable_v kegi_fw-la qui_fw-la agunt_fw-la impie_fw-la /_o quoniam_fw-la iusticia_fw-la firmatur_fw-la solium_fw-la /_o voluntas_fw-la regum_fw-la labia_fw-la iusta_fw-la prover._n xuj_o they_o be_v abominable_a to_o a_o king_n that_o do_v wycked_o /_o for_o a_o kingdom_n be_v stabyle_v in_o justice_n /_o &_o true_a lyppê_n be_v a_o king_n will_n prover._n xuj_o ¶_o in_o hilaritate_fw-la vultus_fw-la regis_fw-la vita_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr clementia_fw-la eiê°_n quasi_fw-la imber_fw-la serotinus_fw-la pro_fw-la xuj_o in_o the_o cheerfulness_n of_o a_o king_n countenance_n be_v life_n and_o his_o mercy_n be_v as_o a_o evening_n dew_n pro._n xuj_o ¶_o sicut_fw-la divisiones_fw-la aquarum_fw-la ita_fw-la cor_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la domini_fw-la /_o quocumque_fw-la voluerit_fw-la inclinabit_fw-la illud_fw-la proverbiorum_fw-la xxi_o as_o divisyon_n of_o water_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o lord_n /_o so_o be_v the_o herte_n of_o a_o king_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o whither_o soever_o he_o will_v he_o shall_v bow_v it_o proverbiorum_fw-la xxi_o ¶_o qui_fw-la diligit_fw-la cordis_fw-la mundiciam_fw-la propter_fw-la gratiam_fw-la labiorum_fw-la svorum_fw-la habebit_fw-la a_o micum_fw-la regem_fw-la proverbiorum_fw-la xxii_o he_o that_o love_v the_o clennes_n of_o herte_n for_o the_o grace_n of_o his_o word_n shall_v have_v the_o king_n favourable_a unto_o he_o ¶_o gloria_fw-la regis_fw-la investigare_fw-la sermonem_fw-la the_o glory_n of_o a_o king_n be_v to_o serche_n the_o truth_n of_o that_o be_v speak_v pro._n twenty-five_o ¶_o rex_fw-la iustus_fw-la erigit_fw-la terram_fw-la pro._n xxix_o a_o rightwyse_a king_n exalt_v his_o realm_n proverbiorum_fw-la xxix_o ♣_o rex_n cue_n iudicat_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la pauê‘e_v /_o thronus_fw-la eius_fw-la ineternum_fw-la firmabitur_fw-la pro._n xxix_o a_o king_n that_o iuge_v poor_a man_n in_o truth_n /_o his_o throne_n shall_v be_v stabyl_v for_o ever_o proverbiorum_fw-la xxix_o ♣_o beata_fw-la terra_fw-la cvius_fw-la rex_fw-la nobilis_fw-la
est_fw-la bless_a be_v that_o country_n that_o have_v a_o noble_a king_n ecclesiastes_n ten_o ♣_o in_o cogitacione_fw-la tua_fw-la regi_fw-la non_fw-la detrabas_fw-la et_fw-la in_o secreto_fw-la cubiculi_fw-la tui_fw-la non_fw-la malediceris_fw-la diviti_fw-la quia_fw-la et_fw-la aves_fw-la celi_fw-la protabunt_fw-la vocem_fw-la tuam_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr qui_fw-la habent_fw-la pennas_fw-la annunciabunt_fw-la sentemciam_fw-la ecclesiastes_n x._o in_o the_o secret_a of_o thy_o heart_n bacbyte_v not_o the_o king_n /_o &_o in_o thy_o secret_a chamber_n /_o speak_v not_o evyll_n of_o a_o scotfree_a man_n for_o the_o bird_n of_o heaven_n shall_v bear_v thy_o voice_n /_o &_o they_o that_o have_v queles_a shall_v show_v thy_o sentence_n ecclesiastes_n x._o ¶_o si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la delectamini_fw-la sedibê°_n et_fw-la sceptris_fw-la o_fw-la reges_fw-la populi_fw-la /_o diligite_fw-la sapienciam_fw-la ut_fw-la ineternum_fw-la vivetis_fw-la sapienci_n vi_fw-la o_o you_o king_n of_o the_o people_n if_o you_o love_v your_o high_a seat_n and_o sceptre_n /_o love_n wysdome_n and_o you_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o sapienci_n vi_fw-la ¶_o rex_fw-la sapiens_fw-la /_o populi_fw-la stabilimentum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o wise_a king_n be_v the_o stableness_n of_o his_o people_n sapi._fw-la vi_fw-la ¶_o dyvers_a autorite_n prove_a that_o king_n and_o prince_n in_o time_n past_a have_v order_v thing_n that_o some_o man_n call_v spunall_n spiritual_a the_o iii_o cha_z exivit_fw-la igitur_fw-la joseph_n omnem_fw-la terram_fw-la egipti_fw-la vendentibus_fw-la singulis_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la pre_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la famis_fw-la /_o subiecitque_fw-la eam_fw-la pharaoni_fw-la et_fw-la cunctos_fw-la populos_fw-la eius_fw-la a_o novissimis_fw-la terminis_fw-la egipti_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la extremos_fw-la fine_n eius_fw-la /_o preter_fw-la terram_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la que_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la tradita_fw-la fuit_fw-la eye_v /_o qui_fw-fr bus_fw-la &_o statuta_fw-la cibaria_fw-la ex_fw-la horteis_fw-la publiris_n prebebantur_fw-la et_fw-la id_fw-la circo_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la compulsi_fw-la vendere_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la gene._n xlvii_o joseph_n go_v thorugh_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypte_n every_o man_n selling_n his_o possessyon_n for_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o hungre_n /_o &_o he_o subdue_v it_o to_o pharaoh_n /_o and_o all_o the_o people_n thereof_o /_o from_o the_o far_a end_n of_o egypte_n to_o the_o extreme_a part_n thereof_o except_o the_o land_n of_o the_o preste_n that_o be_v give_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o king_n /_o to_o who_o also_o suffycient_a meat_n be_v give_v of_o the_o come_fw-mi barn_n /_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o compel_v to_o sell_v their_o possessyon_n ¶_o et_fw-la constituit_fw-la solomon_n iuxta_fw-la constitucionem_fw-la david_n patris_fw-la svi_fw-la officia_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la in_o ministeriis_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la levitas_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la laudarent_fw-la et_fw-la ministrarent_fw-la coram_fw-la sacerdotibê°_n iuxta_fw-la ritum_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la dici_fw-la et_fw-la iavitores_fw-la in_o divisionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la ê‘_n portam_fw-la et_fw-la portam_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la precepit_fw-la david_n homo_fw-la dei_fw-la nec_fw-la pretergressi_fw-it sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr mandatis_fw-la regis_fw-la tam_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la quam_fw-la levite_fw-la ex_fw-la oimbus_fw-la cue_n precoperat_fw-la ii_o parali_fw-la viij_o solomon_n accord_v to_o the_o constitutyon_n of_o david_n his_o father_n ordain_v the_o office_n of_o preste_n in_o their_o ministration_n &_o levyte_n in_o their_o order_n that_o they_o shall_v laud_v and_o minister_v before_o the_o preste_n after_o the_o custom_n of_o every_o day_n /_o and_o porter_n in_o their_o divisyon_n by_o gate_n and_o gate_n so_o command_v david_n the_o man_n of_o god_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v /_o and_z they_o break_v nothing_o of_o the_o king_n commandment_n neither_o the_o preeste_n nor_o the_o levyte_n in_o all_o thing_n that_o the_o king_n command_v ¶_o rex_fw-la josaphat_n constituit_fw-la iudices_fw-la in_o cunctê_n civitatibê°_n juda_n /_o &_o in_o hierl'm_n constituit_fw-la levitas_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la et_fw-la principes_fw-la familiarum_fw-la ut_fw-la iudicium_fw-la et_fw-la causam_fw-la domini_fw-la inditarent_fw-la habitatoribus_fw-la eius_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr ulterius_fw-la addidit_fw-la dicens_fw-la /_o amarias_n auten_a sacerdos_fw-la et_fw-la pontifex_fw-la vester_fw-ge in_fw-ge hijs_fw-la cue_n ad_fw-la deum_fw-la pertinent_a presidebit_fw-la ii_o parali_fw-la ix_o multa_fw-la eciam_fw-la fecit_fw-la ezechias_n rex_fw-la in_o hijs_fw-la que_fw-la videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la spunalia_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la ii_o paralip_n xxix_o &_o thirty_o &_o xxxi_o reges_fw-la etiam_fw-la diversi_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la summum_fw-la sacerdocium_fw-la inter_fw-la iudeos_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la i_o machab._n seven_o et_fw-fr ten_o &_o xiiii_o the_o king_n josaphat_n 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