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6._o 17_o
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particular_a person_n not_o that_o he_o be_v the_o sovereign_n high_a power_n above_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n collective_o consider_v and_o the_o occasion_n of_o these_o word_n will_v discover_v the_o author_n intention_n to_o be_v no_o other_o which_o be_v this_o the_o christian_n in_o that_o age_n be_v persecute_v and_o put_v to_o death_n by_o scapula_n precedent_n of_o carthage_n to_o who_o iâ—â—d_v tertullian_n write_v this_o book_n because_o they_o refuse_v to_o adore_v the_o emperor_n for_o a_o god_n to_o swear_v by_o his_o genius_n and_o to_o observe_v his_o solemnity_n and_o triumph_n in_o a_o ethâ—icall_a manner_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o word_n precede_v this_o passage_n sic_fw-la &_o circa_fw-la majestatem_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la infamamur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o by_o sundry_a notable_a passge_n in_o his_o apologeticus_n in_o answer_n to_o which_o accusation_n tertullian_n reason_n in_o the_o christian_n behalf_n that_o though_o they_o adore_v not_o the_o 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non_fw-la est_fw-la imperator_fw-la hominem_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la etiam_fw-la triumphans_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la sublimissimo_fw-la curru_fw-la admonetur_fw-la suggeritur_fw-la enimei_fw-la a_o tergo_fw-la respice_fw-la post_fw-la te_fw-la hominem_fw-la memento_fw-la tâ—_n etiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la magis_fw-la gaudet_fw-la tanta_fw-la se_fw-la gloria_fw-la coruscare_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la admonitio_fw-la conditionis_fw-la suae_fw-la sit_fw-la necessaria_fw-la major_a est_fw-la qui_fw-la revocatur_fw-la ne_fw-la se_fw-la deum_fw-la existimet_fw-la augustus_n imperii_fw-la formator_fw-la ne_fw-la dominum_fw-la quidem_fw-la dici_fw-la se_fw-la volebat_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la cognomen_fw-la dicam_fw-la plane_n imperatoâ—em_fw-la dominum_fw-la sed_fw-la mâ—re_fw-it communi_fw-la sed_fw-la quando_fw-la non_fw-la cogor_fw-la ut_fw-la dominum_fw-la dâ—i_fw-la vice_fw-la dicam_fw-la conclude_v thus_o nullum_fw-la bonum_fw-la sub_fw-la exâ—eptione_n personarum_fw-la administramus_fw-la etc._n etc._n jidem_fw-la sumus_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o vicinis_fw-la nostris_fw-la male_a enim_fw-la velle_fw-la male_a facete_n male_a dicere_fw-la male_a cogitare_fw-la de_fw-la quoquam_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la vetamur_fw-la quodâ—unque_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o imperatorem_fw-la id_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o quenquam_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o neminem_fw-la eo_fw-la forsitan_fw-la magis_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o ipsum_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la tâ—ntus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n from_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o christian_n do_v not_o deify_v nor_o flatter_v their_o emperor_n more_o than_o be_v meet_v and_o deem_v they_o may_v not_o resist_v they_o only_o in_o such_o case_n where_o they_o may_v resist_v no_o other_o and_o so_o by_o consequence_n lawful_o resist_v they_o where_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o to_o resist_v other_o private_a man_n who_o do_v injurious_o assault_v they_o if_o then_o the_o 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