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do_v with_o those_o affair_n that_o be_v proper_a and_o intrinsical_v to_o themselves_o 31._o multi_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la calamitates_fw-la accersunt_fw-la qui_fw-la primas_fw-la occasiones_fw-la lapsuum_fw-la non_fw-la vitant_fw-la lop._n pag._n 377._o vide_fw-la ruther_n lexet_n rex_fw-la quest_n 31._o and_o peculiar_o concern_v its_o own_o preservation_n we_o be_v not_o only_o less_o than_o man_n but_o worse_a than_o beast_n if_o we_o shall_v not_o do_v it_o for_o what_o offence_n can_v this_o be_v to_o they_o to_o hear_v that_o we_o engage_v ourselves_o to_o preserve_v our_o own_o commonwealth_n so_o long_o as_o our_o engagement_n bind_v we_o not_o to_o act_v any_o thing_n prejudicial_a to_o they_o unless_o they_o have_v some_o envious_a affection_n to_o we_o hope_v by_o our_o division_n to_o make_v we_o a_o prey_n unto_o they_o otherwise_o it_o may_v be_v a_o offence_n take_v but_o not_o give_v 2._o there_o be_v no_o such_o great_a difference_n between_o the_o 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