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to_o themselves_o their_o government_n &_o people_n to_o conclude_v it_o be_v meet_v they_o shall_v practice_v the_o counsel_n of_o demetrius_n phalerius_n 7_o eras_n apot._n l._n 7_o who_o exhort_v king_n ptolemy_n diligent_o to_o read_v all_o that_o be_v write_v concern_v the_o manner_n of_o good_a government_n to_o the_o end_n there_o to_o find_v such_o instruction_n as_o his_o friend_n dare_v not_o declare_v or_o make_v show_n of_o and_o to_o this_o duty_n let_v they_o also_o adjoine_v the_o prayer_n of_o solomon_n that_o god_n will_v give_v they_o wisdom_n whereby_o they_o may_v happy_o govern_v their_o subject_n 3.2_o 1._o king_n 3.2_o 24_o the_o second_o principal_a point_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o magistrate_n to_o their_o subject_n consist_v in_o the_o maintain_n of_o they_o in_o a_o peaceable_a and_o quiet_a life_n 18.14_o rom._n 3.14_o 1._o chro._n 18.14_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o none_o may_v sustain_v injury_n in_o his_o person_n name_n or_o good_n and_o because_o that_o want_n of_o love_n and_o charity_n &_o contrariwise_o abundance_n of_o malice_n and_o frowardness_n among_o man_n make_v they_o to_o be_v wolf_n &_o fox_n each_o to_o other_o whereby_o as_o their_o mouth_n be_v full_a of_o curse_n and_o bitterness_n so_o destruction_n and_o misery_n so_o cross_v their_o path_n that_o they_o know_v not_o the_o way_n of_o peace_n magistrate_n be_v ordain_v after_o the_o example_n of_o david_n to_o minister_v justice_n in_o maintain_v the_o good_a &_o punish_v the_o wicked_a now_o that_o they_o may_v well_o execute_v this_o part_n of_o their_o charge_n it_o behove_v they_o to_o have_v fit_a and_o convenient_a law_n whereby_o to_o maintain_v their_o subject_n in_o peace_n and_o tranquillity_n with_o right_n and_o equity_n and_o this_o do_v god_n manifest_o declare_v in_o deliver_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n those_o law_n whereby_o he_o will_v that_o his_o people_n israel_n shall_v be_v direct_v &_o govern_v the_o heathen_a also_o have_v evermore_o 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