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their_o governor_n i_o mean_v not_o here_o in_o case_n the_o people_n shall_v give_v their_o consent_n thereunto_o or_o act_v any_o thing_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o fault_n of_o their_o prince_n which_o be_v in_o itself_o punishable_a but_o we_o treat_v of_o that_o contract_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o body_n whereof_o the_o king_n be_v the_o head_n and_o the_o subject_n the_o member_n for_o as_o to_o those_o that_o give_v their_o consent_n and_o assistance_n to_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o prince_n it_o be_v true_a what_o philo_n observe_v of_o pharaoh_n in_o abraham_n time_n that_o the_o whole_a family_n feel_v the_o smart_n of_o pharaoh_n sin_n because_o no_o man_n have_v indignation_n against_o so_o unjust_a a_o fact_n but_o all_o of_o they_o by_o commend_v it_o be_v as_o guilty_a almost_o as_o himself_o so_o josephus_n discourse_v of_o the_o judgement_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o people_n say_v â—e_n do_v likewise_o partake_v of_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o king_n sin_n for_o they_o also_o be_v to_o be_v expel_v that_o good_a land_n and_o to_o be_v scatter_v into_o foreign_a nation_n because_o they_o be_v his_o companion_n in_o the_o act_n of_o his_o sin_n but_o in_o case_n the_o people_n yield_v not_o their_o consent_n yet_o may_v they_o partake_v of_o the_o punishment_n by_o reason_n as_o i_o say_v of_o the_o connection_n that_o there_o be_v between_o they_o and_o their_o prince_n david_n number_v the_o people_n and_o his_o subject_n be_v consume_v by_o the_o pestilence_n david_n think_v this_o to_o be_v hard_a deal_n because_o he_o think_v the_o people_n innocent_a but_o god_n say_v the_o text_n be_v angry_a with_o the_o people_n and_o therefore_o move_v he_o against_o they_o to_o say_v go_v number_v the_o people_n 2_o sam._n 24.1_o and_o then_o take_v occasion_n by_o this_o sin_n of_o david_n to_o punish_v the_o sin_n
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their_o own_o as_o do_v not_o consent_v unto_o those_o injury_n that_o be_v commit_v by_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o people_n xix_o the_o heir_n not_o oblige_v to_o his_o father_n punishment_n as_o such_o and_o why_o but_o why_o the_o heir_n that_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o other_o debt_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o this_o of_o punishment_n the_o true_a cause_n be_v because_o the_o heir_n represent_v the_o person_n of_o the_o decease_a not_o in_o merit_n which_o be_v mere_o personal_a but_o in_o his_o good_n whereunto_o that_o those_o also_o that_o be_v owe_v unto_o any_o man_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o very_a inequality_n of_o thing_n shall_v cohere_v be_v at_o the_o first_o by_o a_o general_a consent_n introduce_v with_o dominion_n itself_o rhodiana_n orat._n rhodiana_n for_o as_o dion_n prusiensis_fw-la observe_v whatsoever_o be_v owe_v by_o the_o father_n be_v no_o less_o due_a from_o his_o posterity_n neither_o can_v you_o just_o charge_v it_o upon_o we_o that_o we_o have_v renounce_v our_o inheritance_n so_o likewise_o cicero_n there_o be_v no_o person_n so_o fit_a to_o succeed_v in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o decease_a as_o the_o right_a heir_n xx._n yet_o he_o be_v if_o that_o punishment_n be_v change_v into_o some_o other_o kind_n of_o debt_n hence_o it_o follow_v that_o if_o beyond_o the_o merit_n there_o appear_v any_o new_a cause_n of_o obligation_n than_o even_o that_o contain_v in_o the_o punishment_n may_v be_v just_o due_a though_o not_o proper_o as_o a_o punishment_n so_o we_o have_v see_v that_o sometime_o after_o the_o sentence_n be_v past_a and_o sometime_o after_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o such_o thing_n as_o will_v admit_v of_o a_o composition_n the_o mulct_n or_o pecuniary_a punishment_n shall_v be_v recover_v from_o the_o heir_n as_o even_o that_o also_o which_o be_v draw_v into_o that_o agreement_n because_o there_o now_o appear_v a_o new_a cause_n of_o obligation_n chap._n xxii_o of_o cause_n of_o war_n that_o be_v 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the_o emperor_n which_o be_v refute_v fourteen_o which_o other_o give_v to_o the_o church_n which_o be_v also_o refute_v xv._o as_o also_o a_o pretence_n to_o fulfil_v some_o prophecy_n without_o a_o special_a command_n from_o god_n xvi_o as_o also_o a_o pretence_n of_o some_o due_a debt_n though_o not_o in_o strictness_n of_o right_n but_o some_o other_o way_n vii_o the_o difference_n between_o a_o war_n who_o cause_n be_v unjust_a and_o that_o which_o be_v some_o other_o way_n unjust_a and_o the_o divers_a effect_n of_o both_o i._o the_o difference_n between_o the_o true_a and_o the_o pretend_a cause_n of_o war._n of_o the_o cause_n of_o war_n some_o be_v as_o i_o have_v say_v above_o 1._o above_o lib._n 2._o c._n 1._o justify_v some_o suasory_n only_o those_o that_o be_v unjust_a have_v notwithstanding_o always_o some_o specious_a pretence_n or_o other_o to_o make_v the_o war_n to_o appear_v just_a which_o polybius_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o other_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o true_a cause_n which_o ofttimes_o lie_v couchant_a whilst_o something_o that_o be_v more_o plausible_a be_v expose_v to_o the_o public_a view_n as_o in_o the_o war_n which_o alexander_n make_v against_o darius_n the_o preface_n or_o pretence_n be_v to_o revenge_v some_o wrong_n which_o the_o persian_n have_v long_o before_o do_v unto_o the_o grecian_n but_o the_o true_a cause_n be_v ambition_n and_o a_o vehement_a thirst_n after_o sovereignty_n and_o riches_n which_o also_o be_v very_o much_o heighten_v by_o the_o facility_n of_o the_o enterprise_n which_o he_o collect_v from_o the_o success_n which_o both_o xenophon_n and_o agesilaus_n have_v before_o in_o their_o several_a expedition_n thucydides_n distinguish_v they_o into_o the_o outward_a show_n and_o the_o inward_a truth_n as_o when_o the_o athenian_n make_v war_n against_o sicily_n they_o open_o declare_v that_o it_o be_v only_o to_o aid_v the_o aegestan_n but_o the_o naked_a truth_n be_v 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