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example_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o the_o good_a king_n who_o in_o old_a do_v reign_v over_o the_o jew_n do_v set-up_a most_o glorious_a and_o eminent_a reformation_n among_o the_o people_n they_o most_o noble_o reform_v both_o church_n and_o state_n 2_o sam._n 6_o and_o 7._o 1_o king_n 8_o 1_o chron._n 13.15.16.17.22_o &_o 28._o psa_fw-la 101._o so_o much_o of_o david_n of_o solomon_n 1_o kin._n 1.2.5.6_o 7._o &_o 8._o 1_o chr._n 5.6.7.24.28_o &_o 29._o 2_o chr._n 2.3_o 4._o &_o 8._o of_o asa_n 1_o kin._n 15._o 2_o chr._n 14._o &_o 15._o of_o jehoshaphat_n 2._o chron._n 17._o &_o 19_o of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 18._o 2_o chr._n 29.30_o &_o 31._o there_o be_v much_o also_o speak_v of_o josiah_n in_o act_v for_o reformation_n 2_o king_n 23._o 2_o chron._n 34_o &_o 35._o see_v also_o joseph_n ant._n lib._n 7.8_o &_o 9_o concern_v the_o act_n of_o these_o king_n they_o be_v so_o instrumental_a in_o setting-up_a the_o work_n of_o god_n among_o the_o people_n that_o therein_o they_o do_v far_o exceed_v the_o judge_n hence_o be_v it_o we_o do_v not_o read_v the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n at_o any_o time_n so_o cheerful_o so_o full_o so_o speedy_o and_o with_o such_o a_o plenary_a consent_n to_o have_v go_v about_o duty_n as_o under_o the_o reign_n of_o these_o king_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o best_a judge_n we_o read_v of_o great_a grudge_n altercation_n and_o slip_n among_o the_o people_n notwithstanding_o the_o non-consent_n of_o the_o ruler_n thereto_o exod._n 32._o numb_a 11.12.13.14.16.20_o &_o 25._o josh_n 7._o jud._n 2._o but_o we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o such_o slip_n among_o the_o people_n under_o these_o reform_a king_n second_o monarchy_n be_v attend_v with_o many_o noble_a propriety_n wherein_o it_o exceed_v any_o other_o kind_n of_o government_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o now_o and_o then_o here_o and_o there_o it_o produce_v more_o noble_a and_o eminent_a effect_n than_o any_o other_o government_n in_o reckoning-up_a these_o propriety_n we_o 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the_o best_a ad_fw-la nic._n so_o do_v seneca_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 20._o athanasius_n orat._n adv_o idol_n hieronymus_n par_fw-fr 3._o tract_n 9_o epist_n 39_o and_o plutarch_n in_o num._n &_o sol._n but_o they_o be_v far_o mistake_v for_o this_o only_o conclude_v monarchy_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la to_o be_v the_o choice_a of_o government_n yea_o plato_n in_o polit._n aristotle_n eth._n 8._o cap._n 10._o justine_n in_o or._n exhort_v cyprian_a tract_n de_fw-fr idol_n van_fw-mi in_o this_o respect_n call_v monarchy_n the_o chief_a of_o government_n yet_o not_o simple_o and_o absolute_o as_o do_v isocrates_n darius_n and_o other_o 3._o power_n and_o strength_n for_o in_o so_o far_o as_o monarchick_a government_n be_v less_o obnoxious_a to_o division_n and_o more_o attend_v with_o union_n than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n in_o as_o far_o it_o secure_v and_o strengthen_v the_o commonwealth_n more_o than_o any_o of_o they_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o kingdom_n depend_v from_o union_n 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