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rex_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la publica_fw-la regni_fw-la conditio_fw-la posse_fw-la regem_fw-la de_fw-la singulorum_fw-la bonis_fw-la disponere_fw-la p._n 19_o bishop_n montague_z also_o be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n as_o we_o observe_v orig._n p._n 320._o 320._o o._n lg_n p._n 320._o omni_fw-la lege_fw-la divinâ_fw-la naturali_fw-la vel_fw-la politicâ_fw-la licitè_fw-fr semper_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la tributa_fw-la imposuerunt_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la coegerunt_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la patriae_fw-la &_o reipublicae_fw-la defensionem_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la &_o bonestam_fw-la familiae_fw-la prâ—curationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la accurate_a tuetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la anglicana_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o the_o king_n can_v levy_v money_n of_o the_o subject_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o lord_n and_o commons_o and_o authority_n of_o the_o same_o be_v not_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o present_a church_n of_o england_n 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to_o be_v proselyte_v to_o his_o service_n be_v that_o he_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v so_o rather_o of_o fact_n than_o right_a but_o if_o what_o have_v be_v already_o say_v be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o vouch_v the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o people_n in_o preserve_v the_o fundamental_a constitution_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n their_o life_n and_o religion_n when_o they_o be_v in_o eminent_a and_o apparent_a hazard_n i_o shall_v fetch_v a_o argument_n from_o a_o royal_a topick_n which_o i_o think_v may_v serve_v much_o to_o vindicate_v our_o late_a transaction_n have_v queen_n elizabeth_n king_n james_z king_n charles_n judge_v the_o defence_n which_o the_o protestant_n make_v in_o france_n flanders_n germany_n etc._n etc._n of_o their_o life_n religion_n and_o liberty_n against_o the_o king_n of_o france_n spain_n and_o emperor_n a_o unjustifiable_a rebellion_n they_o will_v never_o have_v assist_v they_o with_o man_n and_o money_n arm_n and_o ammunition_n for_o their_o redress_n and_o 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every_o act_n of_o our_o own_o in_o order_n to_o that_o end_n be_v adjudge_v rebellion_n be_v the_o knife_n at_o our_o throat_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o passive-obedience_n we_o must_v not_o put_v it_o by_o if_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n appear_v not_o to_o our_o rescue_n but_o never_o do_v man_n make_v worse_a use_n of_o a_o doctrine_n they_o have_v so_o stiff_o maintain_v when_o it_o come_v to_o their_o own_o turn_n to_o practise_v it_o they_o prove_v indeed_o passive_a in_o their_o obedience_n to_o the_o command_v of_o the_o late_a king_n few_o or_o none_o of_o they_o be_v very_o active_a to_o obey_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o distress_n or_o to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o nonresistance_n but_o with_o respect_n to_o the_o design_n of_o the_o p._n of_o o._n so_o that_o if_o we_o may_v be_v guide_v by_o what_o they_o do_v and_o not_o what_o they_o say_v we_o have_v enough_o to_o justify_v not_o only_o our_o present_a constitution_n but_o late_a revolution_n also_o but_o i_o think_v we_o have_v much_o better_a authority_n than_o this_o to_o allege_v poc_fw-la allege_v quarto_fw-la ait_fw-la idem_fw-la barclaius_n amitti_fw-la regnum_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la verè_fw-la hostili_fw-la animo_fw-la in_o totius_fw-la populi_fw-la exitium_fw-la feratur_fw-la quo_fw-la concedo_fw-la say_v grotius_n lib._n 2._o cass_n 4to_fw-la do_v jure_fw-la belli_fw-la &_o poc_fw-la hear_v what_o barclay_n say_v to_o which_o grotius_n assent_v scharphius_n symph_n prophet_n &_o apâ—â—â—_n tell_v we_o well_fw-mi be_v de_fw-fr quo_fw-la agitur_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la â—â—idem_fw-la supremam_fw-la habet_fw-la sed_fw-la certis_fw-la conditionibus_fw-la limitatam_fw-la in_o quas_fw-la jurârit_fw-la est_fw-la penes_fw-la status_fw-la ordines_fw-la aut_fw-la primores_fw-la regni_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la grassantem_fw-la coercere_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la subditorum_fw-la officia_fw-la duplicia_fw-la alia_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la loci_fw-la temporis_fw-la vocationis_fw-la in_fw-la republ_n alia_fw-la extraordinaria_a secundum_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la varias_fw-la quae_fw-la nullâ_fw-la certá_fw-la lege_fw-la possunt_fw-la definiri_fw-la hâc_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la quod_fw-la saluti_fw-la reipub_fw-la semper_fw-la studendum_fw-la sit_fw-la quaest_n 45._o 1684._o cicero_n say_v it_o
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be_v therefore_o fit_a for_o nothing_o but_o to_o breed_v form_n without_o and_o atheism_n within_o say_v mr._n chill_a he_o that_o bunts_z his_o brother_n with_o a_o net_n as_o the_o prophet_n speak_v may_v catch_v he_o but_o never_o convince_v he_o obj._n what_o reason_n be_v there_o to_o gratify_v factious_a man_n that_o will_v divide_v and_o destroy_v our_o church_n res_fw-la none_o at_o all_o but_o the_o great_a imaginable_a to_o have_v a_o regard_n to_o such_o as_o be_v of_o peaceable_a principle_n and_o tender_a conscience_n and_o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a for_o any_o one_o who_o can_v search_v the_o heart_n to_o convict_v they_o of_o the_o contrary_a which_o charity_n will_v not_o admit_v without_o proof_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d charity_n be_v not_o easy_o provoke_v think_v no_o evil_a bear_v all_o thing_n believe_v all_o thing_n hope_v all_o thing_n endure_v all_o thing_n 1_o cor._n 13.5_o 7._o of_o the_o reformation_n of_o manner_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o 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