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the_o patriarch_n david_n act._n 2._o 29._o and_o patriarch_n as_o well_o as_o king_n be_v call_v christi_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o that_o the_o patriarch_n mention_v in_o gen._n 5._o be_v not_o only_a man_n endue_v with_o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o parent_n but_o prince_n in_o their_o generation_n be_v manifest_a otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v a_o vain_a thing_n for_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v mention_v a_o genealogy_n of_o the_o patriarch_n from_o seth_n to_o noah_n if_o every_o father_n have_v have_v the_o same_o power_n with_o they_o beside_o cain_n who_o be_v elder_a than_o seth_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o child_n yet_o be_v none_o of_o 17._o gen._n 4._o 17._o the_o patriarch_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o god_n for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o 12._o gen._n 5._o 12._o brother_n abel_n make_v he_o a_o vagabond_n and_o fugitive_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o as_o this_o patriarchal_a or_o regal_a power_n be_v with_o the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o flood_n so_o be_v it_o 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subjection_n it_o have_v be_v a_o very_a vain_a curse_n in_o noah_n or_o rather_o of_o god_n by_o noah_n to_o have_v curse_a chanaan_n and_o make_v he_o a_o servant_n of_o servant_n to_o his_o brethren_n or_o that_o god_n shall_v bless_v both_o sem_fw-mi and_z japhet_n and_o make_v chanaan_n a_o servant_n to_o they_o both_o and_o let_v a_o man_n see_v the_o generation_n of_o sem_fw-mi ham_n and_o japhet_n where_o the_o grandchild_n of_o japhet_n by_o javan_n divide_v the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n not_o in_o a_o promiscuous_a condition_n but_o 5._o gen._n 10._o 5._o after_o their_o tongue_n kindred_n and_o in_o their_o nation_n and_o so_o nimrod_n the_o grandchild_n of_o ham_n by_o chus_n become_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n in_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o kingdom_n be_v babel_n erech_n acad_n and_o caln_v in_o the_o land_n of_o sinar_fw-la there_o be_v great_a division_n among_o writer_n about_o nimrod_n whether_o he_o be_v the_o same_o with_o belus_n and_o ninus_n or_o not_o and_o as_o the_o posterity_n of_o japhet_n do_v not_o inhabit_v the_o earth_n in_o a_o parity_n and_o equal_a condition_n so_o do_v not_o the_o posterity_n of_o ham_n but_o in_o their_o kindred_n tongue_n country_n and_o nation_n 20._o verse_n 20._o and_o so_o do_v the_o posterity_n of_o sem_fw-mi v._n 31._o and_o gen._n 11._o give_v the_o genealogy_n of_o sem_fw-mi to_o abram_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o less_o than_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o in_o abraham_n time_n pharaoh_n rule_v in_o egypt_n cap._n 12._o and_o amraphel_n be_v king_n of_o sinar_fw-la arioch_n king_n of_o elazar_n chodorlaomer_n king_n of_o elam_n and_o thidal_a king_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o bera_n king_n of_o sodom_n birsa_n 3._o gen._n 14._o 1_o 2_o 3._o king_n of_o gomorrha_n sinab_n king_n of_o adma_n semeber_v king_n of_o seboiim_n and_o the_o king_n of_o bela._n there_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o i_o understand_v why_o man_n shall_v affirm_v nimrod_n to_o be_v annot._n annot._n the_o first_o monarch_n after_o the_o flood_n from_o gen._n 10._o 8._o he_o begin_v to_o be_v a_o mighty_a one_o upon_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o kingdom_n be_v babel_n erech_n accad_n and_o calneth_n which_o prove_v it_o no_o more_o then_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v that_o david_n be_v a_o mighty_a one_o upon_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o kingdom_n be_v judah_n and_o jerusalem_n that_o therefore_o there_o be_v never_o any_o king_n before_o he_o 13._o we_o begin_v with_o diodorus_n siculus_n who_o after_o that_o in_o the_o first_o part_n history_n the_o state_n of_o man_n most_o ancient_o be_v never_o anarchy_n but_o monarchy_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a of_o vulgar_a history_n of_o his_o first_o book_n
from_o long_o receive_v and_o establish_v law_n which_o be_v the_o prince_n great_a security_n and_o therefore_o in_o reason_n ought_v rather_o to_o suffer_v some_o mischief_n from_o they_o then_o venture_v a_o inconvenience_n by_o alter_v they_o whereas_o in_o the_o other_o government_n where_o faction_n and_o man_n interest_n bear_v so_o great_a a_o sway_n they_o be_v daily_a subject_n to_o mutilation_n and_o alteration_n and_o let_v any_o man_n see_v how_o unlike_a all_o the_o parliament_n since_o 1640._o have_v be_v in_o their_o interest_n and_o faction_n and_o all_o of_o they_o will_v have_v innovate_v all_o the_o establish_a law_n of_o this_o nation_n if_o they_o can_v have_v agree_v upon_o any_o thing_n in_o stead_n of_o they_o three_o that_o it_o be_v a_o unreasonable_a thing_n man_n life_n and_o estate_n shall_v terminate_v in_o the_o will_n of_o one_o man_n and_o it_o may_v be_v this_o man_n a_o wicked_a and_o tyrannous_a man._n but_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o these_o thing_n must_v depend_v upon_o some_o humane_a cause_n how_o much_o better_a be_v it_o for_o man_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o one_o man_n then_o many_o nor_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v object_v against_o monarchy_n but_o will_v be_v of_o more_o force_n against_o either_o of_o the_o other_o government_n 15._o those_o man_n who_o imagine_v to_o frame_v a_o democracy_n or_o commonwealth_n athenian_n it_o be_v abhorrent_n and_o impossible_a to_o frame_v a_o commonwealth_n in_o england_n from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o athenian_n here_o in_o england_n from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o roman_n or_o athenian_n etc._n etc._n let_v they_o consider_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o by_o a_o general_a abhorrence_n of_o mankind_n democracy_n have_v be_v explode_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o above_o 1700_o year_n if_o the_o canton_n of_o switzerland_n be_v not_o democratical_a who_o have_v almost_o ever_o since_o their_o rebellion_n against_o wenceslaus_n about_o the_o 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the_o public_a revenue_n both_o of_o church_n and_o crown_n waste_v and_o sell_v all_o veneration_n of_o divine_a and_o humane_a law_n lose_v and_o neglect_v all_o commerce_n with_o foreign_a nation_n interrupt_v and_o the_o nation_n hate_v and_o despise_v by_o foreigner_n the_o most_o renown_a place_n which_o the_o piety_n of_o our_o ancestor_n found_v for_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n profane_v and_o make_v stable_n for_o horse_n the_o governor_n in_o stead_n of_o mind_v the_o public_a good_a intend_v only_o by_o all_o unjust_a mean_n to_o prefer_v themselves_o and_o creature_n and_o at_o this_o day_n a_o great_a debt_n upon_o the_o nation_n than_o our_o parliament_n for_o 400_o year_n have_v give_v our_o king_n except_o the_o sacrilegious_a gift_n of_o church-land_n and_o the_o nation_n still_o degenerate_v into_o worse_a sure_a no_o sober_a man_n will_v be_v in_o love_n with_o commonwealth_n chap._n v._o of_o sedition_n 1._o before_o we_o proceed_v to_o the_o 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