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every_o worthy_a man_n in_o parliament_n may_v for_o the_o public_a good_a be_v think_v 1649._o a_o fit_a peer_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o king_n p._n 24._o where_o there_o be_v no_o opportunity_n for_o the_o interposure_n of_o other_o judge_n the_o law_n of_o sentence_n nature_n and_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n allow_v every_o man_n to_o judge_n in_o his_o own_o gaze_v p._n 34._o if_o a_o prince_n want_v such_o understanding_n commonwealth_n goodness_n or_o power_n as_o the_o people_n judge_v necessary_a to_o the_o end_n of_o government_n in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o name_n but_o not_o of_o the_o government_n in_o the_o second_o he_o depose_v himself_o in_o the_o three_o the_o want_n of_o power_n depose_v he_o thesis_n 135_o 136_o 137._o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o who_o have_v the_o power_n 1649._o to_o call_v to_o account_n a_o tyrant_n or_o wicked_a king_n and_o after_o due_a conviction_n to_o depose_v and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n if_o the_o 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