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off_o the_o crown_n etc._n etc._n exod._n 21._o 25_o 26._o amos_n tell_v jeroboam_n he_o shall_v die_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o israel_n shall_v be_v carry_v captive_a out_o of_o their_o land_n amos_n 7._o 11._o micah_n charge_v the_o prince_n of_o israel_n to_o hate_v the_o good_a and_o love_v the_o evil_a to_o pluck_v off_o the_o skin_n from_o the_o flesh_n and_o break_v their_o bone_n and_o chap_v they_o as_o for_o the_o pot_n mich._n 3._o 2_o 3._o zephany_n who_o live_v in_o josiahs_n time_n charge_v the_o prince_n to_o be_v like_o roar_a lion_n and_o her_o judge_n wolf_n of_o the_o evening_n that_o gnaw_v not_o the_o bone_n till_o the_o morning_n zeph._n 3._o 3_o jonah_n preach_v against_o nineveh_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v in_o forty_o day_n yet_o none_o of_o these_o be_v arrest_v as_o disturber_n of_o the_o state_n and_o cast_v into_o prison_n for_o all_o their_o plainness_n and_o what_o can_v any_o of_o the_o saint_n say_v more_o then_o have_v be_v speak_v by_o 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6._o 1._o nehemiah_n under_o artaxerxes_n neh._n 2._o 1._o mordecai_n under_o ahasuerus_n esth_n 8._o 2_o 9_o 15._o cornelius_n under_o the_o roman_a emperor_n act._n 10._o 1._o yea_o there_o be_v saint_n in_o caesar_n house_n phil._n 4._o 22._o all_o which_o place_n do_v evident_o show_v that_o saint_n may_v officiate_v under_o wicked_a and_o profane_a prince_n and_o ruler_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v clear_a for_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n rom._n 13._o 1._o and_o god_n will_v not_o have_v his_o servant_n so_o straighten_a in_o their_o spirit_n as_o not_o to_o act_n righteous_o under_o a_o unrighteous_a ruler_n so_o long_o as_o they_o may_v act_n for_o he_o and_o for_o his_o people_n or_o not_o against_o they_o beside_o it_o may_v be_v great_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o for_o the_o good_a and_o comfort_n of_o his_o people_n that_o such_o be_v advance_v as_o we_o see_v in_o those_o example_n of_o obadiah_n daniel_n nehemiah_n and_o joseph_n who_o honour_v 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the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v but_o the_o word_n ought_v thus_o to_o be_v render_v the_o tribe_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n nor_o the_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n till_o shilo_n come_v i_o confess_v the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d word_n do_v sometime_o signify_v the_o royal_a sceptre_n or_o power_n of_o government_n but_o i_o do_v not_o find_v it_o use_v in_o all_o scripture_n above_o five_o or_o six_o time_n in_o that_o sense_n and_o it_o be_v but_o a_o borrow_a speech_n allude_v to_o the_o custom_n of_o prince_n who_o bear_v a_o rod_n in_o their_o hand_n as_o a_o emblem_n of_o their_o power_n and_o authority_n which_o we_o call_v a_o sceptre_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o other_o rods._n but_o common_o that_o word_n be_v render_v a_o tribe_n and_o in_o the_o plural_a number_n it_o be_v never_o use_v otherwise_o now_o jacob_n mean_v in_o this_o prophecy_n be_v not_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o royal_a sceptre_n and_o power_n of_o government_n as_o appear_v from_o hence_o for_o 1._o he_o say_v it_o shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n which_o imply_v that_o the_o thing_n of_o which_o he_o prophesy_v have_v a_o be_v at_o that_o time_n when_o he_o speak_v those_o word_n but_o we_o find_v no_o such_o roll_a power_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o that_o tribe_n when_o jacob_n speak_v the_o word_n of_o this_o prophecy_n but_o rather_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o joseph_n who_o be_v ruler_n over_o they_o all_o nor_o do_v judah_n obtain_v this_o roll_a power_n for_o many_o hundred_o year_n after_o whilst_o they_o continue_v in_o egypt_n they_o be_v all_o servant_n afterward_o moses_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n rule_v and_o joshua_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n gideon_n and_o abimelech_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n tola_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n jephte_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n ibzan_n and_o elon_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulon_n samson_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan._n eli_n and_o samuel_n 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