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sueton._n in_o galb_n 1._o finitâ_fw-la juliorum_fw-la claudiorumque_fw-la domo_fw-la galba_n ad_fw-la pison_n tac._n hist_o l._n 16._o last_o man_n and_o emperor_n of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o caesar_n wherein_o it_o be_v plain_a from_o matter_n of_o fact_n that_o the_o emperor_n have_v power_n to_o name_n or_o recommend_v their_o successor_n second_o that_o they_o may_v name_v stranger_n as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o their_o own_o family_n and_o three_o that_o of_o their_o own_o family_n they_o may_v prefer_v their_o adopt_a before_o their_o natural_a son_n and_o the_o remote_a before_o the_o near_a in_o blood_n second_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o nominate_v successor_n be_v choose_v first_o by_o the_o senate_n who_o give_v the_o army_n caesar_n and_o then_o by_o the_o army_n who_o afterward_o give_v caesar_n unto_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n three_o that_o the_o senate_n may_v choose_v a_o person_n who_o be_v not_o nominate_v by_o the_o decease_a emperor_n and_o reject_v another_o who_o be_v nominate_v by_o he_o nay_o four_o that_o as_o yet_o they_o have_v a_o 60._o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dio._n l._n 60._o in_o princ_fw-la â—â—â—atus_fw-la in_o asserendâ_fw-la libetate_fw-la adso_fw-la consenâ—it_fw-la quidam_fw-la vero_fw-la abolendum_fw-la caesarum_fw-la memorian_n censuerum_fw-la sueton._n in_o calig_n 60._o right_a to_o resume_v the_o empire_n have_v they_o not_o be_v overpowr_v by_o the_o army_n and_o upon_o the_o decease_n of_o a_o emperor_n to_o give_v it_o to_o a_o stranger_n as_o well_o as_o to_o one_o of_o caesar_n house_n and_o now_o be_v not_o this_o a_o brave_a hereditary_a empire_n wherein_o the_o succession_n to_o the_o crown_n be_v so_o casual_a irregular_a and_o arbitrary_a and_o may_v not_o a_o man_n with_o as_o much_o reason_n call_v black_a white_a a_o triangle_n square_n or_o any_o one_o species_n by_o the_o name_n of_o another_o as_o to_o call_v this_o a_o hereditary_a which_o be_v a_o irregular_a elective_a empire_n 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somewhat_o like_o a_o inheritance_n though_o it_o be_v perfect_o thâ—â—ive_v but_o still_o at_o best_a it_o be_v but_o quasi_fw-la haereditas_fw-la as_o the_o french_a king_n understand_v very_o well_o but_o it_o may_v be_v though_o it_o be_v elective_a hitherto_o it_o may_v afterward_o come_v to_o be_v hereditary_a it_o may_v so_o for_o any_o thing_n that_o nine_o part_n of_o ten_o who_o cry_v up_o julian_n know_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o therefore_o let_v we_o â—o_o on_o with_o matter_n of_o fact_n to_o see_v if_o it_o be_v so_o or_o no_o nero_n be_v dead_a old_a galba_n be_v choose_v to_o the_o empire_n by_o the_o 7._o the_o eutrop._n l._n 7._o gaul_n and_o spaniard_n and_o then_o by_o the_o whole_a army_n according_a to_o the_o prediction_n of_o 4._o of_o sueton._n in_o galba_n 4._o augustus_n who_o tell_v he_o when_o he_o be_v a_o boy_n that_o he_o shall_v live_v to_o be_v emperor_n xiphil_n emperor_n in_o ep._n xiphil_n dio_fw-mi tell_v we_o that_o tiberius_n also_o foretell_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v live_v to_o taste_v of_o the_o empire_n and_o indeed_o he_o do_v but_o taste_v have_v reign_v but_o 7_o month_n according_a to_o suetonius_n who_o cedrenus_n follow_v or_o according_a to_o dio_fw-mi 9_o before_o he_o be_v murder_v in_o the_o forum_n by_o the_o procurement_n of_o otho_n who_o secret_o hate_v he_o because_o he_o adopt_a piso_n when_o he_o expect_v that_o honour_n himself_o galba_n be_v slay_v his_o murderer_n otho_n succeed_v be_v make_v emperor_n not_o only_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o soldiery_n at_o rome_n but_o by_o the_o 1.47_o the_o dio._n xiphil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la senatum_fw-la praetor_n urbanus_fw-la accurrunt_fw-la patres_fw-la deternitur_fw-la othoni_fw-la tâ—â—bunitia_fw-la potestas_fw-la nomen_fw-la augustiâ—_n &_o omnes_fw-la principum_fw-la honores_fw-la tacit_fw-la hist_o l._n 1.47_o election_n of_o the_o senate_n but_o about_o the_o same_o time_n the_o german_a legion_n set_v up_o vitellius_n for_o emperor_n who_o march_v straight_o into_o italy_n where_o near_o verona_n he_o gain_v a_o small_a victory_n over_o otho_n who_o rather_o than_o try_v the_o fortune_n of_o war_n the_o second_o time_n in_o the_o 95th_o day_n of_o his_o reign_n or_o as_o dio_n say_v in_o the_o 10_o month_n he_o kill_v himself_o to_o prevent_v the_o effusion_n of_o roman_a blood_n otho_n be_v dead_a sabinus_n the_o perfect_a of_o rome_n make_v all_o the_o soldier_n in_o the_o city_n swear_v allegiance_n to_o vitellius_n 2.55_o vitellius_n a_o flavio_n sabim_n praefecto_fw-la vrbis_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la militum_fw-la sacramento_fw-la vitellii_n adactum_fw-la in_o senatu_fw-la cuncta_fw-la longis_fw-la aliorum_fw-la principatibus_fw-la composita_fw-la statim_fw-la decernuntur_fw-la tacit._n hist_o l._n 2.55_o and_o the_o senate_n also_o decree_v he_o all_o the_o power_n and_o honour_n that_o any_o of_o the_o precedent_n emperor_n enjoy_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n xiph._n time_n sueton._n in_o vitell._n 15._o in_o vespes_n 6._o dio._n xiph._n vespasian_n while_o he_o be_v
the_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la the_o people_n have_v surrender_v unto_o he_o all_o their_o authority_n and_o power_n whatsoever_o therefore_o the_o emperor_n appoint_v by_o letter_n or_o know_o decree_v or_o declare_v in_o his_o interlocutories_n or_o command_v by_o a_o edict_n be_v a_o law_n and_o his_o law_n in_o distinction_n to_o the_o senatus_n consulâ—â—_n etc._n etc._n be_v call_v constitution_n and_o they_o be_v either_o general_n or_o only_a theophe_n only_a plane_n ex_fw-la he_o quaedam_fw-la sunt_fw-la personales_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la trahuntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophe_n personal_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v draw_v into_o precedent_n or_o example_n as_o his_o indulgence_n to_o his_o favourite_n his_o act_n of_o grace_n to_o criminal_n or_o his_o theoph_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph_n punish_v as_o he_o please_v those_o that_o be_v in_o his_o displeasure_n all_o these_o be_v personal_a constitution_n for_o the_o theoph._n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n emperor_n be_v absolute_a lord_n of_o his_o subject_n life_n and_o estate_n it_o be_v by_o this_o plenitude_n of_o absolute_a legal_a power_n that_o constantine_n the_o great_a put_v to_o death_n his_o father-in-law_n maximian_n his_o wife_n fausta_n his_o elder_a son_n crispus_n and_o licinius_n after_o he_o become_v his_o subject_n and_o prisonâ—â—_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o power_n it_o be_v that_o constantius_n put_v to_o death_n dalmatius_n caesar_n and_o gallus_n julian_n elder_a brother_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o wonder_n to_o i_o that_o mr._n j._n shall_v lay_v down_o this_o groundless_a assertion_n that_o julian_n the_o emperor_n persecute_v the_o christian_n and_o put_v juventinus_n and_o maximus_n to_o death_n contrary_a to_o law_n he_o may_v have_v be_v better_o instruct_v by_o the_o apostate_n in_o one_o of_o his_o 2._o his_o orat._n 1._o ad_fw-la constant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n l._n 2._o oration_n cite_v by_o himself_o in_o which_o he_o tell_v constantius_n that_o he_o live_v more_o like_o a_o subject_a than_o a_o emperor_n who_o have_v power_n over_o the_o law_n methinks_v also_o his_o superviser_n who_o shall_v be_v well_o verse_v in_o the_o father_n of_o our_o english_a law_n may_v have_v teach_v he_o better_o out_o of_o chancellor_n 9_o chancellor_n de_fw-fr laud._n leg._n angl._n c._n 9_o fortescue_n who_o state_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o pure_o regal_a and_o political_a government_n explain_v the_o former_a from_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o say_v the_o prince_n his_o pleasure_n have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n wherefore_o he_o be_v also_o much_o by_o the_o cushion_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n where_o he_o assert_n that_o all_o the_o outrage_n which_o the_o heathen_n commit_v against_o the_o christian_n by_o the_o toleration_n and_o connivance_n of_o julian_n be_v not_o only_o without_o but_o against_o law_n for_o julian_n connivance_n or_o approbation_n of_o thing_n against_o law_n or_o secret_a direction_n to_o do_v they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a declaration_n of_o his_o pleasure_n and_o have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n therefore_o 504._o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 7._o p._n 504._o philostorg_n say_v that_o the_o heathen_n in_o so_o do_v fulfil_v his_o pleasure_n who_o as_o 15._o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 5._o c._n 15._o zos_n observe_v however_o he_o do_v blame_v they_o in_o word_n which_o be_v very_o 9_o very_o once_o the_o alexandrian_n soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o &_o l._n 5._o c._n 9_o seldom_o yet_o underhand_o and_o indeed_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v and_o 6._o and_o theod._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o make_v the_o most_o cruel_a and_o impious_a heathen_n officer_n both_o in_o the_o army_n and_o over_o the_o city_n and_o province_n who_o he_o leave_v to_o their_o own_o discretion_n to_o treat_v the_o christian_n as_o they_o please_v and_o when_o the_o christian_n send_v their_o representative_n to_o complain_v 92._o complain_v soz._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o vid._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o naz._n 1_o invect_n p._n 92._o he_o refuse_v to_o admit_v they_o or_o if_o he_o admit_v they_o he_o be_v only_o to_o tell_v they_o that_o 14._o that_o socr._n l._n 3._o c._n 14._o they_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o religion_n to_o suffer_v injury_n 503._o injury_n l._n 7._o 503._o philostorgius_n say_v he_o exceed_o rejoice_v when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o christian_n suffering_n all_o which_o be_v sufficient_a signification_n of_o his_o pleasure_n in_o this_o particular_a that_o the_o heathen_n shall_v outrage_v the_o christian_n any_o former_a law_n or_o edict_n whatsoever_o notwithstanding_o according_o 74._o according_o invect_n l._n p._n 74._o gregory_n call_v his_o will_n in_o this_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o unwritten_a law_n for_o say_v he_o the_o emperor_n divide_v his_o power_n into_o two_o part_n persuasion_n and_o force_n 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bishop_n bilson_n as_o i_o find_v he_o speak_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o true_a difference_n between_o christian_a subjection_n and_o unchristian_a rebellion_n write_v against_o the_o papist_n in_o queen_n elizabeth_n time_n and_o print_v 1586._o there_o p._n 256._o theoph._n say_v our_o saviour_n foreteach_v his_o disciple_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v before_o king_n and_o ruler_n and_o put_v to_o death_n and_o hate_v of_o all_o man_n for_o his_o name_n sake_n add_v not_o as_o you_o will_v have_v it_o and_o he_o that_o first_o rebell_v but_o he_o that_o endure_v to_o the_o end_n shall_v be_v save_v and_o again_o nor_o with_o violence_n restrain_v they_o but_o in_o patience_n possess_v your_o soul_n p._n 260._o deliverance_n if_o you_o will_v have_v obtain_v it_o by_o prayer_n and_o expect_v it_o in_o peace_n those_o be_v weapon_n for_o christian_n p._n 262._o the_o subject_n have_v no_o refuge_n against_o his_o sovereign_n but_o only_o to_o god_n by_o prayer_n and_o 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not_o require_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v violent_o resist_v yet_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n who_o image_n and_o substitute_n he_o be_v will_v require_v the_o subject_n not_o to_o do_v so_o lest_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o resist_v god_n the_o king_n say_v 21._o say_v c._n 21._o agapetus_n to_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o body_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mould_n with_o every_o man_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o eminency_n of_o his_o dignity_n he_o be_v like_a unto_o god_n who_o be_v lord_n over_o all_o who_o image_n he_o bear_v and_o by_o who_o he_o hold_v that_o power_n which_o he_o have_v over_o men._n and_o 5._o and_o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi mil._n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o vegetius_n say_v that_o next_o after_o god_n the_o emperor_n be_v to_o be_v honour_v and_o love_v because_o he_o be_v a_o corporeal_a god_n i_o have_v make_v a_o small_a collection_n of_o testimony_n to_o this_o purpose_n out_o christian_a writer_n to_o show_v how_o the_o 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justice_n now_o to_o assert_v that_o sovereign_a prince_n be_v the_o vicegerent_n and_o image_n of_o god_n be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o holy_a scripture_n thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n nor_o curse_v the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n god_n stand_v in_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o mighty_a he_o judge_v among_o the_o god_n i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n and_o all_o of_o you_o the_o child_n of_o the_o most_o high_a according_o say_v jesus_n joh._n 10.34_o be_v it_o not_o write_v in_o your_o law_n all_o prince_n i_o say_v you_o be_v god_n if_o he_o call_v they_o god_n of_o who_o the_o word_n of_o god_n there_o speak_v say_v you_o of_o he_o who_o the_o father_n have_v sanctify_v thou_o blaspheme_v because_o i_o say_v i_o be_o the_o son_n of_o god_n these_o earthly_a 85._o earthly_a addo_n haud_fw-la dubiè_fw-la regibus_fw-la primariò_fw-la precipuè_fw-fr convenire_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptura_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la indulget_fw-la deorum_fw-la nomen_fw-la ut_fw-la exod._n 2.1.6.22.18_o 1_o sam._n 2.25_o ps_n 82.6_o proinde_fw-la solomon_n ps_n 45._o quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la refert_fw-la apostolus_fw-la solomonis_fw-la typo_fw-la adumbratum_fw-la sed_fw-la sensus_fw-la typicus_fw-la literalem_fw-la non_fw-la excludit_fw-la imo_fw-la supponit_fw-la itaque_fw-la etiam_fw-la solomon_n svo_fw-la modo_fw-la fuit_fw-la deus_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la rectè_fw-la diotogenes_n apud_fw-la stovaeum_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la habeat_fw-la nulli_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la &_o sit_fw-la ipse_fw-la viva_fw-la lex_fw-la dei_fw-la instar_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o eaphantus_n ejusdem_fw-la sectâ—e_fw-la quod_fw-la deo_fw-la quidem_fw-la inest_fw-la inest_fw-la &_o regi_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipse_fw-la imperet_fw-la unde_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nulli_fw-la autem_fw-la subjiciatur_fw-la proinde_fw-la in_o suum_fw-la regem_fw-la quisquis_fw-la insurgit_fw-la est_fw-la gigas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sam._n bochart_n ep._n p._n 84_o 85._o god_n these_o vicegerent_n and_o image_n of_o the_o almighty_a sovereign_n these_o anoint_v of_o the_o lord_n must_v not_o be_v resist_v by_o those_o who_o god_n have_v suject_v unto_o they_o if_o they_o do_v wrong_v if_o they_o tyrannize_v it_o over_o their_o subject_n he_o will_v punish_v they_o and_o turn_v their_o heart_n if_o he_o see_v fit_a but_o their_o subject_n must_v not_o defend_v themselves_o by_o violence_n against_o he_o they_o must_v not_o take_v up_o defensive_a arm_n against_o they_o because_o they_o be_v in_o god_n stead_n for_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n in_o that_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v oppose_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v that_o resistance_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o subjection_n or_o to_o show_v that_o a_o subject_a to_o a_o perfect_a sovereign_n ought_v not_o to_o resist_v thus_o have_v i_o branch_v the_o general_n reason_n for_o nonresistance_n into_o three_o and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v common_a to_o the_o regulate_v or_o limit_v as_o well_o as_o the_o arbitrary_a sovereign_n and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o can_v be_v reply_v to_o they_o but_o either_o to_o deny_v that_o the_o sovereign_n be_v god_n vicegerent_n and_o do_v 〈◊〉_d derive_v his_o authority_n from_o he_o or_o else_o to_o assert_v that_o self-defence_n be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n but_o to_o deny_v the_o former_a will_v be_v to_o deny_v the_o bible_n and_o contradict_v the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n the_o act_n or_o parliament_n book_n of_o homily_n and_o the_o liturgy_n especial_o in_o the_o have_v the_o thy_o choose_a servant_n our_o king_n and_o governor_n that_o he_o know_v who_o minister_n he_o be_v and_o that_o we_o and_o all_o his_o subject_n due_o consider_v who_o authority_n he_o have_v collect_n of_o the_o communion-service_n for_o the_o king_n and_o 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c._n 3._o chancellor_n fortescue_n in_o these_o word_n all_o law_n publish_v by_o man_n have_v also_o their_o authority_n from_o god_n for_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v all_o power_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n god_n wherefore_o the_o law_n that_o be_v make_v by_o man_n which_o thereunto_o have_v receive_v power_n from_o the_o lord_n be_v also_o ordain_v of_o god_n and_o if_o all_o law_n of_o man_n be_v the_o law_n and_o ordinance_n of_o god_n than_o i_o suppose_v the_o common_a and_o statute-law_n of_o every_o empire_n which_o absolute_o forbid_v the_o subject_a to_o resist_v the_o sovereign_n be_v so_o too_o and_o i_o desire_v to_o know_v whether_o it_o can_v be_v safe_a for_o a_o christian_n to_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o breach_n of_o those_o law_n but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o homily_n it_o further_o teach_v we_o that_o the_o high_a power_n be_v set_v in_o authority_n by_o god_n that_o they_o be_v god_n lieutenant_n god_n precedent_n god_n judge_n ordain_v of_o god_n himself_o and_o 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pagan_a prince_n as_o in_o tiberius_n the_o emperor_n who_o be_v so_o torment_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n that_o he_o can_v not_o but_o discover_v his_o own_o confusion_n unto_o the_o senate_n in_o a_o remarkable_a letter_n which_o begin_v thus_o 6._o thus_o quid_fw-la scribam_fw-la vobis_fw-la p._n c._n aut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la scribam_fw-la aut_fw-la quid_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la scribam_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la dii_o i_o déaeque_fw-la pejus_fw-la perdant_fw-la quam_fw-la perire_fw-la quotidie_fw-la sentio_fw-la si_fw-la scio_fw-la adeo_fw-la facinora_fw-la atque_fw-la flagitia_fw-la sva_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o supplicium_fw-la verterant_fw-la neque_fw-la frustra_fw-la praestantissimus_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la affirmari_fw-la solitus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la recludantur_fw-la tyrannorum_fw-la mentes_fw-la posse_fw-la aspici_fw-la laniatus_fw-la et_fw-la ictus_fw-la quando_fw-la ut_fw-la corpora_fw-la verberibus_fw-la ita_fw-la savitiâ_fw-la 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