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these_o to_o have_v those_o soul-burdening_a antichristian_a yoke_n re-imposed_n upon_o us._n and_o if_o any_o such_o there_o be_v i_o be_o sure_a that_o dâ—…sire_n be_v no_o part_n of_o their_o godliness_n and_o i_o profess_v myself_o in_o that_o to_o be_v none_o of_o the_o number_n p._n 23._o v._o the_o person_n of_o prince_n may_v be_v resist_v though_o not_o their_o authority_n the_o man_n who_o be_v king_n may_v be_v resist_v rex_fw-la but_o not_o the_o royal_a office_n the_o king_n in_o concreto_fw-la but_o not_o the_o king_n in_o abstracto_fw-la p._n 265._o he_o may_v be_v resist_v in_o a_o pitched_a battle_n and_o with_o sword_n and_o gun_n 324._o that_o be_v his_o private_a will_n may_v be_v resist_v not_o his_o legal_a will._n 269._o neither_o be_v he_o in_o the_o field_n as_o a_o king_n but_o as_o â—…n_v unjust_a invader_n and_o grassator_fw-la 334._o if_o he_o chance_v to_o be_v slay_v it_o be_v but_o a_o accident_n and_o who_o can_v help_v it_o 324._o he_o be_v guilty_a 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