they_o be_v not_o so_o natural_a so_o easy_a safe_a and_o convenient_a nor_o be_v all_o monarchy_n equal_o absolute_a for_o though_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o a_o monarch_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v free_a from_o coercion_n and_o punishment_n and_o legibus_fw-la solutus_fw-la subjectus_fw-la grot._n de_fw-fr j._n belli_n l._n 2._o cap._n 4._o se_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la legis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la superioris_fw-la obligare_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o hinc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la legum_n auctores_fw-la habent_fw-la jus_o leges_fw-la svas_fw-la mutandi_fw-la this_o freedom_n from_o the_o coactive_a power_n of_o law_n be_v common_a to_o all_o form_n of_o government_n and_o belong_v to_o the_o person_n or_o person_n in_o who_o the_o supreme_a power_n be_v lodge_v and_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n because_o no_o government_n can_v subsist_v without_o it_o patriarch_n pag._n 99_o vide_fw-la suarez_n de_fw-fr leg_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o sect._n 9_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 35._o sect_n 3._o nullus_fw-la potest_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la praecipere_fw-la inducendo_fw-la obligationem_fw-la quia_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la postulat_fw-la dominum_fw-la nullus_fw-la autem_fw-la potest_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la in_o se_fw-la habere_fw-la nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la esse_fw-la subjectus_fw-la that_o be_v free_a from_o the_o coactive_a power_n of_o law_n as_o sir_n r._n filmer_n have_v it_o p._n 91._o so_o that_o what_o ever_o he_o do_v his_o subject_n can_v call_v he_o to_o a_o account_n or_o punish_v he_o though_o i_o say_v these_o thing_n be_v essential_a to_o all_o monarch_n as_o such_o yet_o it_o will_v not_o present_o follow_v that_o all_o monarch_n have_v equal_a power_n because_o though_o at_o first_o they_o be_v all_o equal_a yet_o since_o some_o of_o they_o have_v grant_v to_o their_o subject_n great_a privilege_n than_o other_o have_v and_o so_o though_o the_o people_n can_v claim_v they_o as_o natural_a liberty_n nor_o 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the_o public_a good_a of_o their_o subject_n ibid._n principem_fw-la non_fw-la ligari_fw-la legibus_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quoad_fw-la vim_o coactivam_fw-la 1._o quia_fw-la coactio_fw-la ex_fw-la intrinseca_fw-la raticne_fw-la sva_fw-la postulat_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la extrinseco_fw-la proveniat_fw-la ergo_fw-la princeps_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la cogere_fw-la seipsum_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la legem_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la cogi_fw-la potest_fw-la a_o subditis_fw-la quia_fw-la nullus_fw-la inferior_n potest_fw-la violentas_fw-la manus_fw-la inficere_fw-la in_o superiorem_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la potest_fw-la cogi_fw-la ab_fw-la aequali_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la not_o denique_fw-la a_o superiore_fw-la quia_fw-la agimus_fw-la de_fw-la principe_fw-la qui_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n suarez_n de_fw-fr leg._n 3._o cap._n 35._o sect._n 15._o paena_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la fertur_fw-la in_o invitum_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la ferri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la habente_fw-la superiorem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sibi_fw-la subditum_fw-la ibid._n these_o be_v the_o very_a word_n of_o that_o author_n and_o much_o more_o there_o be_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o this_o piece_n so_o that_o though_o mr._n sidney_n say_v that_o the_o regal_a power_n can_v be_v restrain_v by_o no_o law_n i._n e._n that_o it_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v tyrannical_a according_a to_o filmer_n description_n of_o it_o yet_o this_o be_v a_o great_a mistake_n for_o a_o man_n may_v be_v as_o firm_o bind_v by_o his_o interest_n by_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n by_o conscience_n etc._n etc._n as_o by_o the_o fear_n of_o punishment_n and_o these_o be_v common_a to_o prince_n with_o their_o subject_n and_o indeed_o even_o among_o subject_n where_o the_o fear_n of_o punishment_n be_v the_o only_a motive_n the_o obedience_n be_v weak_a irregular_a unsteady_a and_o for_o the_o 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