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in_o vitell._n 15._o in_o vespes_n 6._o dio._n xiph._n vespasian_n while_o he_o be_v
subject_n must_v be_v slave_n as_o to_o this_o particular_a they_o must_v trust_v their_o life_n and_o liberty_n with_o their_o sovereign_n and_o therefore_o 6._o therefore_o quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la subjectionem_fw-la dominis_fw-la deberi_fw-la etiam_fw-la duris_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la reges_fw-la quoque_fw-la referendum_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ei_fw-la fundamento_fw-la superstructum_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la subditorum_fw-la quà m_fw-la servorum_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 4_o 6._o grotius_n after_o st._n august_n apply_v that_o place_n in_o 1_o pet._n 2.19_o which_o concern_v the_o passive_a behaviour_n of_o servant_n unto_o their_o master_n under_o the_o roman_a government_n unto_o all_o subject_n servant_n be_v subject_a to_o your_o master_n with_o all_o fear_n not_o only_o to_o the_o good_a and_o gentle_a but_o also_o to_o the_o froward_a 79._o froward_a quod_fw-la autem_fw-la dixi_fw-la de_fw-la domino_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligite_fw-la de_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la &_o regibus_fw-la &_o ominibus_fw-la culminibus_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la aliquando_fw-la enim_fw-la potestates_fw-la bonae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o timent_fw-la deum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la non_fw-la timent_fw-la deum_fw-la julianus_n extitit_fw-la infidelis_fw-la imperator_fw-la nun_n extitit_fw-la apostata_fw-la iniquus_fw-la idololatra_fw-la milites_fw-la christiani_n servierunt_fw-la imperatori_fw-la infideli_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o ps_n 1â—4_n vid._n sam._n bochart_n ep._n ad_fw-la d._n morley_n p._n 77_o 78_o 79._o for_o this_o be_v thankworthy_a or_o acceptable_a to_o god_n if_o a_o man_n for_o couscience-sake_n towards_o god_n endure_v grief_n suffer_v wrongful_o for_o what_o glory_n be_v it_o if_o when_o you_o be_v buffet_v for_o your_o fault_n you_o shall_v take_v it_o patient_o but_o if_o when_o you_o do_v well_o and_o suffer_v for_o it_o this_o be_v acceptable_a with_o god_n for_o even_o hereunto_o be_v you_o call_v because_o 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factum_fw-la suum_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la satis_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ei_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la quod_fw-la dominum_fw-la expectet_fw-la ultorem_fw-la nemo_fw-la quidem_fw-la de_fw-la factis_fw-la suis_fw-la presumat_fw-la disputare_fw-la multo_fw-la fortiùs_fw-la contra_fw-la factum_fw-la suum_fw-la venire_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o if_o the_o reader_n please_v to_o consult_v that_o chapter_n he_o will_v find_v by_o many_o expression_n that_o the_o king_n have_v no_o other_o but_o a_o moral_a obligation_n to_o observe_v the_o law_n sic_fw-la &_o beata_fw-la dei_fw-la genitrix_fw-la virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la quae_fw-la singulari_fw-la privilegio_fw-la supra_fw-la legem_fw-la fuit_fw-la pro_fw-la ostendendo_fw-la tamen_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la exemplo_fw-la legalibus_fw-la subdi_fw-la non_fw-la refugit_fw-la institutis_fw-la but_o then_o if_o he_o will_v be_v a_o tyrant_n and_o act_v illegal_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o his_o punishment_n that_o he_o have_v god_n for_o his_o avenger_n for_o no_o man_n must_v dispute_v against_o what_o he_o do_v much_o less_o oppose_v or_o resist_v it_o the_o king_n be_v bind_v in_o justice_n and_o equity_n and_o for_o example_n sake_n to_o observe_v his_o law_n but_o if_o he_o will_v lay_v aside_o all_o conscience_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n his_o only_a superior_a the_o right_n of_o sovereignty_n secure_v the_o 87._o the_o nec_fw-la praetereundum_fw-la quod_fw-la samuel_n jussus_fw-la israelitis_n jus_o regium_fw-la edisserere_fw-la 1_o sam._n 8_o 9_o hoc_fw-la inquit_fw-la est_fw-la juris_fw-la regii_fw-la qui_fw-la regnabit_fw-la super_fw-la vos_fw-la filios_fw-la vestros_fw-la tollet_fw-la &_o imponet_fw-la curribus_fw-la suis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ait_fw-fr haec_fw-la esse_fw-la juris_fw-la regii_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la justa_fw-la sint_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la david_n uriae_fw-la vxorem_fw-la neâ—_n achab_n nabato_fw-la vineam_fw-la eripere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la scelera_fw-la reges_fw-la tam_fw-la impunè_fw-la perpetrant_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la maximè_fw-la licita_fw-la ideò_fw-la additur_fw-la populum_fw-la ita_fw-la oppressum_fw-la deum_fw-la imploraturum_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la vim_o regis_fw-la nulla_fw-la sunt_fw-la humana_fw-la remedia_fw-la sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 87._o tyrant_n as_o well_o as_o the_o good_a king_n from_o resistance_n si_fw-la autem_fw-la princeps_fw-la vel_fw-la rex_fw-la vel_fw-la alius_fw-la qui_fw-la superiorem_fw-la non_fw-la habueâ—it_fw-la nisi_fw-la dominum_fw-la contra_fw-la ipsum_fw-la non_fw-la habebitur_fw-la remedium_fw-la per_fw-la assisam_fw-la immo_fw-la tantùm_fw-la locus_fw-la â—rit_fw-la supplicationi_fw-la uâ—_n factum_fw-la suum_fw-la corrigat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la sufficiet_fw-la ei_fw-la pro_fw-la paena_fw-la quod_fw-la dominum_fw-la expectet_fw-la ultorem_fw-la if_o it_o be_v the_o king_n or_o any_o other_o duke_n etc._n etc._n who_o have_v no_o superior_a but_o god_n that_o shall_v illegal_o disseise_v there_n shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d remedy_n against_o he_o by_o assize_n only_o there_o shall_v be_v place_n for_o petition_n that_o he_o will_v correct_v or_o amend_v what_o he_o have_v do_v amiss_o which_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o his_o punishment_n that_o he_o may_v expect_v god_n for_o his_o avenger_n this_o moral_a obligation_n which_o the_o king_n have_v to_o observe_v the_o law_n be_v further_a increase_v by_o his_o coronation-oath_n as_o bracton_n observe_v l._n 3_o the_o action_n c._n 9_o but_o then_o as_o in_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n the_o people_n swear_v nothing_o to_o the_o king_n but_o what_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o perform_v unsworn_a so_o the_o king_n in_o his_o coronation-oath_n promise_v nothing_o to_o the_o people_n but_o what_o in_o justice_n and_o 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