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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o he_o propound_v to_o they_o as_o a_o pattern_n may_v and_o shall_v call_v their_o husband_n though_o mean_a mechanic_n lord_n or_o else_o he_o propose_v this_o example_n to_o no_o purpose_n and_o therefore_o i_o think_v they_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a to_o think_v this_o honour_n may_v be_v afford_v to_o poor_a tradesman_n and_o to_o deny_v it_o to_o those_o eminent_a pillar_n and_o chief_a governor_n of_o god_n church_n and_o as_o the_o script_n gives_z not_o only_o other_o the_o like_a eminent_a and_o more_o significant_a title_n of_o honour_n unto_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n as_o when_o it_o say_v they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d precedent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prince_n as_o where_o the_o psalmist_n say_v in_o steed_n of_o thy_o father_n thou_o shall_v have_v child_n who_o thou_o may_v make_v prince_n in_o all_o land_n 45.16_o origen_n ho._n 19_o in_o math_n hier._n in_o psal_n 45.16_o which_o the_o best_a interpreter_n do_v expound_v of_o the_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n that_o be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o god_n church_n but_o also_o give_v and_o allow_v this_o very_a title_n of_o lord_n unto_o they_o as_o i_o show_v before_o so_o the_o father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n do_v usual_o ascribe_v the_o same_o one_o to_o another_o as_o s._n hierome_n write_v to_o s._n aug._n say_v domine_fw-la verè_fw-la sancte_fw-la 23._o sozom._n lib._n 3._o c._n 23._o and_o the_o letter_n send_v to_o julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v their_o superscription_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o our_o most_o bless_a lord_n and_o nazian_n say_v nyssen_n nazian_n in_o ep_v ad_fw-la gr_n nyssen_n let_v no_o man_n speak_v any_o untruth_n of_o i_o nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o lord_n the_o bishop_n and_o in_o all_o antiquity_n as_o theodoret_n show_v 9_o theodor._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o &_o 5._o l._n c._n 9_o this_o title_n of_o 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change_v the_o orderly_a course_n of_o right_n belong_v unto_o the_o firstborn_a which_o their_o rude_a and_o savage_a course_n of_o life_n have_v obliterated_a from_o their_o mind_n unto_o the_o election_n and_o choice_n of_o who_o they_o think_v the_o better_a and_o the_o able_a man_n to_o expel_v their_o enemy_n and_o to_o maintain_v justice_n among_o themselves_o so_o the_o mede_n be_v oppress_v with_o the_o insolence_n and_o rapine_n of_o enemy_n and_o the_o great_a man_n say_v it_o can_v be_v that_o in_o this_o corruption_n and_o lewdness_n of_o manner_n we_o shall_v long_o enjoy_v our_o country_n and_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o appoint_v over_o we_o a_o king_n 1._o herodot_n lib._n 1._o that_o our_o land_n may_v be_v govern_v by_o good_a law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o we_o turn_v ourselves_o to_o our_o own_o affair_n need_v not_o be_v oppress_v by_o the_o rage_n and_o violence_n of_o the_o lawless_a and_o find_v by_o their_o former_a experience_n of_o he_o that_o deioces_n be_v the_o just_a man_n among_o they_o they_o choose_v he_o for_o his_o equity_n to_o be_v their_o king_n which_o be_v the_o first_o elective_a king_n that_o i_o do_v read_v of_o 322._o cicero_n in_o offic._n pag_n 322._o and_o cicero_n say_v mihi_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la apud_fw-la medos_fw-mi solùm_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la majores_fw-la nostros_fw-la justitiae_fw-la fruenda_fw-la causâ_fw-la videntur_fw-la olim_fw-la benè_fw-la morati_fw-la reges_fw-la constituti_fw-la even_o as_o justin_n say_v before_o and_o when_o the_o people_n do_v thus_o make_v choice_n of_o their_o king_n it_o be_v most_o true_a which_o roffensis_n and_o our_o most_o learned_a divine_n do_v say_v 283._o roffensis_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la fol._n 283._o that_o licet_fw-la communicatio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la quandoque_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la consensum_fw-la hominum_fw-la potestas_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsa_fw-la immediatè_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la though_o the_o power_n be_v sometime_o confer_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o man_n yet_o it_o be_v immediate_o giâ—en_v from_o god_n 529._o spalet_fw-la tem_fw-la 2._o 529._o who_o power_n it_o be_v et_fw-la communitas_fw-la nihil_fw-la svi_fw-la confert_fw-la regibus_fw-la say_v spalet_n nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la summum_fw-la personam_fw-la determinet_fw-la &_o potiùs_fw-la personam_fw-la applicat_fw-la divina_fw-la potestati_fw-la quà m_fw-la divinam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la persona_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la winton_n resp._n ad_fw-la matth._n tort._n fol._n 384._o say_v christi_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la populi_fw-la sunt_fw-la people_n why_o king_n be_v reject_v by_o the_o people_n but_o as_o their_o justice_n and_o goodness_n move_v the_o people_n to_o exalt_v they_o to_o this_o height_n of_o dignity_n so_o either_o their_o own_o tyranny_n when_o change_n of_o place_n do_v change_v their_o manner_n or_o their_o people_n inconstancy_n that_o be_v never_o long_o please_v with_o their_o governor_n cause_v they_o to_o be_v depose_v again_o and_o many_o time_n to_o be_v murder_v by_o those_o hand_n that_o exalt_v they_o then_o the_o people_n perceive_v the_o manifold_a evil_n that_o flow_v from_o the_o want_n of_o government_n monarchy_n how_o the_o aristocracy_n and_o democracy_n issue_v out_o of_o monarchy_n do_v erect_v other_o government_n unto_o themselves_o and_o rather_o than_o they_o will_v endure_v the_o miserable_a effect_n of_o a_o anarchy_n they_o resign_v their_o hurtful_a liberty_n and_o their_o total_a power_n sometime_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o few_o of_o the_o best_a of_o the_o flock_n which_o we_o call_v aristocracy_n or_o optimacy_n and_o sometime_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o many_o which_o we_o call_v democracie_n or_o a_o popular_a state_n in_o all_o which_o election_n of_o magistrate_n and_o resignation_n of_o the_o people_n power_n voluntary_o to_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o governor_n 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