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therefore_o unto_o caesar_n say_v he_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v caesar_n and_o unto_o god_n the_o thing_n which_o be_v god_n caesar_n be_v not_o to_o be_v dethrone_v but_o to_o have_v his_o due_n though_o a_o heathen_a and_o the_o apostle_n strict_o enjoin_v and_o command_v obedience_n to_o king_n and_o all_o supreme_a governor_n rom._n 13.1_o say_v st._n paul_n let_v every_o soul_n be_v subject_a unto_o the_o high_a power_n for_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n the_o power_n that_o be_v be_v ordain_v of_o god_n whosoever_o therefore_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n and_o ver_fw-la 5._o wherefore_o you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_n not_o only_o for_o wrath_n but_o also_o for_o conscience_n sake_n here_o be_v a_o positive_a and_o strict_a command_n that_o all_o man_n whatsoever_o shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o supreme_a power_n and_o no_o less_o than_o damnation_n 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