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slighter_n thereof_o 26._o even_o pagan_a monarch_n can_v easy_o discern_v it_o 35._o observe_v the_o special_a work_n of_o god_n spirit_n 47._o direct_v ezra_n to_o request_v and_o the_o king_n to_o grant_v that_o magistratical_a power_n of_o corporal_a punishment_n against_o offender_n of_o his_o worship_n 8._o by_o compare_v ezra_n 7._o 6._o with_o ezra_n 7._o 11_o 27._o how_o little_o behold_v be_v the_o lord_n to_o those_o ruler_n that_o care_v more_o for_o their_o honour_n than_o for_o his_o that_o defend_v their_o word_n more_o than_o he_o that_o will_v not_o suffer_v personal_a injury_n but_o regard_v not_o what_o affront_n be_v put_v on_o christ_n they_o that_o tender_v not_o his_o name_n and_o truth_n his_o worship_n and_o ordinance_n be_v like_a to_o smart_v dear_o for_o it_o at_o last_o can_v you_o think_v that_o those_o person_n will_v spare_v you_o that_o spare_v not_o what_o be_v dear_a to_o god_n will_v they_o honour_v you_o that_o vilify_v god_n remember_v eli_n case_n 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societatis_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la religio_fw-la cicer._n heu_fw-la primae_fw-la scelerum_fw-la causae_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la a_fw-la gris_fw-la naturam_fw-la nescire_fw-la dei_fw-la silius_n italic_a clem._n alexand._n stromat_n *_o j._n parision_n victoria_n widrington_n judg._n 17._o 6._o judg._n 21._o 25._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 21._o hi_fw-la dà _fw-la libertà _fw-la à _fw-la mala_fw-la conscientia_fw-la da_fw-la licentia_fw-la a_fw-la l'humo_fw-la furioso_fw-la è_fw-la pestilent_a axiom_n italic_a mark_n 10._o 5._o when_o david_n be_v force_v to_o suspend_v the_o punishment_n of_o joab_n and_o abishai_n murder_n all_o his_o life_n it_o be_v because_o the_o son_n of_o serviah_n be_v too_o strong_a for_o he_o as_o they_o often_o prove_v too_o hard_o for_o good_a man_n and_o good_a law_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o 1_o king_n 11._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 9_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o veritas_fw-la index_fw-la ac_fw-la judex_fw-la sui_fw-la et_fw-la obliqui_fw-la act._n 17._o 11._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o isa._n 8._o 20._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 18._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 3_o 4._o rom._n 14._o 19_o 20_o 21_o â—2_a 1_o pet._n 2._o 13_o 14._o rom._n 13._o 5_o 6._o rom._n 13._o circa_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o euseb._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o rom._n 13._o 1_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o gal._n 5._o 20._o 2_o joh._n 11._o tit._n 3._o 10._o rom_n 13._o 4._o anno_fw-la 330._o anno_fw-la 383._o anno_fw-la 440._o anno_fw-la 454._o concil._n tom._n euseb._n chron._n socrat._n zonar_n myster._n iniquit_fw-la morn_n isa._n 60._o 3_o 10_o 11._o isa._n 62._o 2._o rev._n 11._o 15._o dan._n 3._o 29._o dan._n 4._o 36._o ezra_n 6._o 7._o ezra_n 7._o nehem._n 1._o jer._n 29._o 21._o socrat._n lib._n 2._o c._n 22._o joseph_n de_fw-fr bell_n judaic._n eresbach_n hist._n annal._n sleidan_n bullinger_n melancthon_n luther_n bledisk_n etc._n etc._n calvin_n contr._n libert._n beza_n de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la pun_v junius_n etc._n etc._n sleidan_n comm._n hornebeck_n de_fw-fr heretic_n guy_n de_fw-fr bres_fw-fr contre_fw-fr les_fw-fr anab._n cloppenburg_n gan._n anabapt._n spanhem_fw-mi disput._n contr._n anabapt._n bull_n adv._n anab._n bledskin_n hist._n david_n georg._n apocalypse_n haeref_n arch._n etc._n etc._n fiat_fw-la justitia_fw-la et_fw-la ruat_fw-la caelum_fw-la aut_fw-la pereat_fw-la mundus_fw-la ferdinan_n see_v engl._n hist._n camden_n elizab._n see_v their_o letter_n courtier_n and_o council_n in_o several_a book_n abroad_o picture_v out_o to_o the_o life_n out_o of_o their_o own_o paper_n and_o bosom_n favourite_n parliament_n remonstr._n roâ—…es_n masterpiece_n popish_a favourite_n cabala_n scrinia_fw-la sacra_fw-la motus_fw-la britaun_n engl._n histor._n the_o romish_a superstition_n stir_v then_o apace_o as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o clav._n apocalypse_n by_o a_o germ_n author_n rev._n 12._o 14._o med._n clav._n apocalypt._n brightman_n etc._n etc._n myster._n iniquit_fw-la morn_n carion_n chron._n then_o be_v rome_n take_v many_o