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special_a commandment_n impose_v on_o he_o by_o his_o father_n be_v command_v to_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n yea_o and_o to_o be_v a_o agent_n as_o well_o as_o a_o patient_n in_o die_v joh._n 10._o 18._o yea_o and_o active_o he_o be_v to_o contribute_v something_o for_o his_o own_o death_n and_o offer_v himself_o willing_o to_o death_n mat._n 28._o 20._o and_o know_v the_o hour_n that_o he_o be_v to_o depart_v out_o of_o this_o world_n unto_o the_o father_n john_n violence_n 13._o 1._o will_v not_o only_o not_o flee_v which_o be_v to_o royalist_n lawful_a to_o we_o a_o special_a point_n of_o resistance_n joh._n 14._o 31._o joh._n 18._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o and_o but_o upbraid_v peter_n as_o the_o agent_n of_o satan_n who_o will_v dissuade_v he_o to_o die_v mat._n 16._o 22_o 23._o and_o will_v fight_v for_o he_o and_o he_o do_v not_o fetch_v any_o argument_n against_o peter_n draw_v of_o his_o sword_n from_o the_o unlawfulnesse_n of_o self-defence_n and_o innocent_a resistance_n which_o 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