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according_a to_o god_n order_n ezek._n 37.24_o 25._o david_n my_o servant_n shall_v be_v king_n over_o they_o and_o my_o servant_n david_n shall_v be_v their_o prince_n for_o ever_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o prince_n over_o they_o but_o my_o servant_n in_o that_o principality_n in_o the_o exercise_n and_o duration_n of_o it_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o god_n be_v paramount_n in_o all_o that_o christ_n have_v do_v as_o a_o priest_n or_o shall_v do_v as_o a_o king_n the_o use_n 1._o for_o instruction_n 1._o how_o great_a be_v the_o contempt_n of_o this_o sovereignty_n of_o god_n man_n natural_o will_v be_v free_a from_o god_n empire_n to_o be_v a_o slave_n under_o the_o dominion_n of_o his_o own_o lust_n the_o sovereignty_n of_o god_n as_o a_o lawgiver_n be_v most_o abhor_a by_o man_n levit._n 26.43_o the_o israelite_n the_o best_a people_n in_o the_o world_n be_v apt_a by_o nature_n not_o only_o to_o despise_v but_o abhor_v his_o statute_n there_o be_v not_o a_o law_n of_o god_n but_o the_o corrupt_a heart_n of_o man_n have_v a_o abhorrency_n of_o how_o often_o do_v man_n wish_v that_o god_n have_v not_o enact_v this_o or_o that_o law_n that_o go_v against_o the_o grain_n and_o in_o wish_v so_o wish_v that_o he_o be_v no_o sovereign_a or_o not_o such_o a_o sovereign_a as_o he_o be_v in_o his_o own_o â—â—ture_n but_o one_o according_a to_o their_o corrupt_a model_n this_o be_v the_o great_a quarrel_n between_o god_n and_o man_n whither_o he_o or_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o sovereign_a ruler_n he_o shall_v not_o by_o the_o will_n of_o man_n rule_v in_o any_o one_o village_n in_o the_o world_n god_n vote_v shall_v not_o be_v predominant_a in_o any_o one_o thing_n there_o be_v not_o a_o law_n of_o he_o but_o be_v expose_v to_o contempt_n by_o the_o perverseness_n of_o man._n prov._n 1.21_o you_o have_v set_v at_o nought_o all_o my_o counsel_n and_o will_v have_v none_o of_o my_o reproof_n septuag_n you_o have_v make_v all_o my_o counsel_n without_o authority_n the_o nature_n 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than_o of_o the_o yoke_n of_o man._n there_o be_v not_o so_o many_o rebellion_n commit_v by_o inferior_n against_o their_o superior_n and_o fellow_n creature_n as_o be_v commit_v against_o god_n a_o willing_a and_o easy_a sin_v be_v a_o equal_v the_o authority_n of_o god_n to_o that_o of_o man._n hos_n 6.7_o they_o like_v man_n have_v transgress_v my_o covenant_n munster_n covenant_n munster_n they_o have_v make_v no_o more_o account_n of_o break_v my_o covenant_n than_o if_o they_o have_v break_v some_o league_n or_o compact_n make_v with_o a_o mere_a man_n so_o slight_o do_v they_o esteem_v the_o authority_n of_o god_n such_o a_o disesteem_a of_o the_o divine_a authority_n be_v a_o virtual_a undeify_n of_o he_o to_o slight_v his_o sovereignty_n be_v to_o stab_v his_o deity_n since_o the_o one_o can_v be_v preserve_v without_o the_o support_n of_o the_o other_o his_o life_n will_v expire_v with_o his_o authority_n how_o base_a and_o brutish_a be_v it_o for_o vile_a dust_n and_o moulder_a clay_n to_o lift_v up_o itself_o against_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n who_o throne_n be_v in_o the_o heaven_n who_o sway_v his_o sceptre_n over_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n a_o majesty_n before_o who_o the_o devil_n shake_v and_o the_o high_a cherubim_n tremble_v it_o be_v as_o if_o the_o thistle_n that_o can_v present_o be_v tread_v down_o by_o the_o foot_n of_o a_o wild_a beast_n shall_v think_v itself_o a_o match_n for_o the_o cedar_n of_o lebanon_n as_o the_o phrase_n be_v 2_o king_n 14.9_o let_v we_o consider_v this_o in_o general_a and_o also_o in_o the_o ordinary_a practice_n of_o man_n first_o in_o general_n 1._o all_o sin_n in_o its_o nature_n be_v a_o contempt_n of_o the_o divine_a dominion_n as_o every_o act_n of_o obedience_n be_v a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o law_n and_o consequent_o a_o subscription_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n deut_n 27.26_o so_o every_o breach_n to_o it_o be_v a_o conspiracy_n against_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o 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a_o man_n of_o large_a capacity_n and_o strong_a virtue_n be_v fit_a to_o serve_v his_o country_n in_o parliament_n but_o the_o election_n of_o the_o people_n convey_v a_o title_n to_o he_o yet_o a_o strain_n of_o intellectual_a and_o moral_a ability_n beyond_o other_o be_v a_o foundation_n for_o dominion_n and_o it_o be_v common_o see_v that_o such_o eminence_n in_o man_n though_o they_o do_v not_o invest_v they_o with_o a_o civil_a authority_n or_o a_o authority_n of_o jurisdiction_n yet_o they_o create_v a_o veneration_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n their_o virtue_n attract_v reverence_n and_o their_o advice_n be_v regard_v as_o a_o oracle_n old_a man_n by_o their_o age_n when_o store_v with_o more_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o long_a experience_n acquire_v a_o kind_n of_o power_n over_o the_o young_a in_o their_o dictate_v and_o counsel_n so_o that_o they_o gain_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o that_o excellency_n a_o real_a authority_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o 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