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justice_n now_o to_o assert_v that_o sovereign_a prince_n be_v the_o vicegerent_n and_o image_n of_o god_n be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o holy_a scripture_n thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n nor_o curse_v the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n god_n stand_v in_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o mighty_a he_o judge_v among_o the_o god_n i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n and_o all_o of_o you_o the_o child_n of_o the_o most_o high_a according_o say_v jesus_n joh._n 10.34_o be_v it_o not_o write_v in_o your_o law_n all_o prince_n i_o say_v you_o be_v god_n if_o he_o call_v they_o god_n of_o who_o the_o word_n of_o god_n there_o speak_v say_v you_o of_o he_o who_o the_o father_n have_v sanctify_v thou_o blaspheme_v because_o i_o say_v i_o be_o the_o son_n of_o god_n these_o earthly_a 85._o earthly_a addo_n haud_fw-la dubiè_fw-la regibus_fw-la primariò_fw-la precipuè_fw-fr convenire_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptura_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la indulget_fw-la deorum_fw-la nomen_fw-la ut_fw-la exod._n 2.1.6.22.18_o 1_o sam._n 2.25_o ps_n 82.6_o proinde_fw-la solomon_n ps_n 45._o quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la refert_fw-la apostolus_fw-la solomonis_fw-la typo_fw-la adumbratum_fw-la sed_fw-la sensus_fw-la typicus_fw-la literalem_fw-la non_fw-la excludit_fw-la imo_fw-la supponit_fw-la itaque_fw-la etiam_fw-la solomon_n svo_fw-la modo_fw-la fuit_fw-la deus_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la rectè_fw-la diotogenes_n apud_fw-la stovaeum_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la habeat_fw-la nulli_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la &_o sit_fw-la ipse_fw-la viva_fw-la lex_fw-la dei_fw-la instar_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o eaphantus_n ejusdem_fw-la sectâ—e_fw-la quod_fw-la deo_fw-la quidem_fw-la inest_fw-la inest_fw-la &_o regi_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipse_fw-la imperet_fw-la unde_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nulli_fw-la autem_fw-la subjiciatur_fw-la proinde_fw-la in_o suum_fw-la regem_fw-la quisquis_fw-la insurgit_fw-la est_fw-la gigas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 84_o 85._o god_n these_o vicegerent_n and_o image_n of_o the_o almighty_a sovereign_n these_o anoint_v of_o the_o lord_n must_v not_o be_v resist_v by_o those_o who_o god_n have_v suject_v unto_o they_o if_o they_o do_v wrong_v if_o they_o tyrannize_v it_o over_o their_o subject_n he_o will_v punish_v they_o and_o turn_v their_o heart_n if_o he_o see_v fit_a but_o their_o subject_n must_v not_o defend_v themselves_o by_o violence_n against_o he_o they_o must_v not_o take_v up_o defensive_a arm_n against_o they_o because_o they_o be_v in_o god_n stead_n for_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n in_o that_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v oppose_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v that_o resistance_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o subjection_n or_o to_o show_v that_o a_o subject_a to_o a_o perfect_a sovereign_n ought_v not_o to_o resist_v thus_o have_v i_o branch_v the_o 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