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argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la homines_fw-la and_o i_o will_v not_o willing_o misrepresent_v he_o as_o for_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n which_o i_o find_v p._n 26._o i_o know_v not_o what_o to_o make_v of_o it_o it_o be_v pure_a enthusiasm_n i_o think_v i_o can_v measure_v it_o by_o any_o rule_n of_o reason_n 3._o he_o grant_v very_o honest_o p._n 27._o that_o when_o ever_o a_o people_n have_v a_o good_a king_n as_o sure_o say_v i_o king_n william_n and_o queen_n mary_n be_v a_o good_a king_n and_o queen_n it_o be_v both_o their_o duty_n and_o interest_n to_o defend_v he_o and_o if_o they_o be_v not_o mislead_v by_o the_o cunning_a and_o artifice_n of_o ill_a man_n they_o will_v certain_o do_v so_o but_o if_o they_o have_v a_o very_a bad_a one_o that_o notorious_o violate_v their_o right_n and_o break_v the_o constitution_n upon_o which_o himself_o stand_v and_o strike_v at_o the_o dear_a thing_n they_o have_v their_o religion_n establish_v by_o law_n and_o their_o property_n i_o 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a_o oath_n or_o promise_v or_o declaration_n can_v not_o intend_v to_o dedestroy_v self-preservation_n liberty_n and_o property_n 6._o the_o dr._n grant_v p._n 30._o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o defend_v the_o king_n against_o law_n or_o when_o he_o subvert_v the_o law_n und_fw-ge liberty_n and_o the_o legal_a establish_v religion_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o illegal_a method_n or_o as_o he_o say_v present_o after_o by_o the_o exercise_n of_o a_o illegal_a and_o arbitrary_a power_n 7._o he_o say_v p._n 32._o certain_o this_o be_v not_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o oath_n to_o fight_v for_o their_o king_n against_o their_o country_n for_o a_o oath_n to_o fight_v for_o the_o king_n do_v not_o oblige_v we_o to_o fight_v against_o our_o country_n which_o be_v as_o unnatural_a as_o to_o fight_v against_o our_o king_n 8._o he_o own_v the_o preservation_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v before_o the_o prince_n p._n 33._o in_o these_o word_n though_o i_o have_v as_o great_a a_o reverence_n for_o prince_n as_o any_o man_n i_o do_v not_o think_v the_o right_n and_o interest_n of_o any_o prince_n so_o considerable_a as_o the_o safety_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o the_o life_n and_o fortune_n of_o all_o his_o subject_n i_o be_o sure_a we_o who_o be_v for_o defensive_a arm_n can_v say_v more_o than_o this_o 9_o i_o leave_v the_o teacher_n of_o passive_a obedience_n and_o nonresistance_n to_o answer_v his_o argument_n p._n 36._o or_o else_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v take_v the_o oath_n i_o have_v speak_v my_o thought_n of_o this_o matter_n as_o for_o bishop_n overal_o convocation-book_n i_o do_v not_o love_v many_o word_n i_o have_v speak_v my_o mind_n 10._o this_o seem_v very_o hard_a that_o when_o god_n have_v actual_o deliver_v we_o we_o must_v refuse_v our_o deliverance_n p._n 38._o and_o i_o add_v it_o seem_v very_o hard_o that_o the_o clergy_n who_o receive_v most_o benefit_n by_o this_o deliverance_n if_o in_o heart_n they_o love_v the_o protestant_a 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