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which_o be_v high_o than_o itself_o and_o the_o king_n be_v the_o supreme_a person_n under_o god_n have_v therefore_o in_o these_o his_o dominion_n the_o high_a power_n and_o may_v be_v call_v without_o any_o great_a impropriety_n of_o speech_n as_o he_o be_v god_n immediate_a deputy_n on_o earth_n the_o high_a power_n if_o any_o â—_o any_o the_o author_n of_o the_o pamphlet_n call_v the_o glorious_a name_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 122._o 1._o peter_n â—_o enemy_n of_o regal_a authority_n shall_v object_v and_o say_v though_o the_o king_n indeed_o be_v supreme_a the_o apostle_n peter_n speak_v it_o too_o plain_o to_o be_v deny_v yet_o in_o the_o same_o place_n the_o king_n be_v make_v a_o ordinance_n of_o man_n and_o therefore_o to_o be_v limit_v by_o man_n calvin_n on_o the_o place_n answer_v dicitur_fw-la humana_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la non_fw-la quòd_fw-la humanitùs_fw-la inuenta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sed_fw-la quòd_fw-la propria_fw-la hominum_fw-la est_fw-la degesta_fw-la &_o 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