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it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o persuade_v any_o consider_a man_n that_o that_o which_o in_o such_o a_o case_n be_v necessary_a to_o preserve_v a_o nation_n be_v a_o sin_n and_o that_o which_o will_v infallible_o destroy_v it_o be_v a_o duty_n and_o virtue_n if_o we_o allow_v the_o safety_n and_o preservation_n of_o humane_a society_n to_o be_v the_o great_a law_n of_o all_o and_o i_o will_v add_v the_o dr_n word_n §_o 1._o p._n 3._o mutatis_fw-la mutandis_fw-la the_o doctrine_n of_o resistance_n in_o some_o case_n may_v startle_v some_o man_n at_o first_o before_o they_o have_v well_o consider_v it_o but_o every_o one_o at_o first_o sight_n must_v acknowledge_v that_o it_o be_v so_o much_o for_o the_o ease_n and_o safety_n of_o subject_n in_o all_o male-administrations_a and_o universal_a oppression_n which_o sometime_o happen_v what_o the_o generality_n of_o mankind_n from_o a_o inward_a principle_n of_o self-preservation_n have_v always_o do_v and_o will_v always_o do_v that_o they_o 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