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of_o babylon_n my_o servant_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o process_n a_o universal_a obedience_n be_v peremtory_o command_v and_o disobedience_n threaten_v with_o severe_a chastisement_n from_o all_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n himself_o express_o both_o own_v the_o give_v of_o power_n to_o those_o who_o have_v no_o title_n in_o point_n of_o right_n and_o both_o command_v obedience_n and_o for_o bid_v disobedience_n to_o those_o who_o though_o god_n have_v always_o a_o design_n above_o they_o possess_v themselves_o of_o power_n by_o force_n and_o usurpation_n and_o to_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o particular_a and_o the_o deduction_n of_o this_o truth_n from_o the_o ground_n before_o we_o we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o mr._n calvin_n with_o that_o fullness_n as_o more_o can_v be_v say_v speak_v of_o nabuchadnezzar_n hesay_n now_o what_o manner_n of_o king_n nebuchadnezzer_n be_v he_o that_o seekt_v jerusalem_n velit_fw-la jam_fw-la qualis_fw-la ren_fw-it faerit_fw-la nebu_n chadnezar_n be_v qui_fw-la jerusalem_n expugnavit_fw-la satis_fw-la scitur_fw-la nempe_fw-la strenuns_fw-la aliorum_fw-la invasor_n ac_fw-la populator_fw-la cal._n inst_z lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o §_o 26._o videmus_fw-la quantâ_fw-la obedientia_fw-la dominus_fw-la tetrum_fw-la illum_fw-la ferocemque_fw-la tyrannum_fw-la coli_fw-la woluit_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la ratione_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la regnum_fw-la obtainebat_fw-la ibid._n §_o 27_o erustra_fw-la objiciar_fw-la quis_fw-la mandatum_fw-la illud_fw-la fuisse_fw-la israelitis_n peeuliare_a observandum_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la quâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la ipsum_fw-la dominus_fw-la stabiliat_fw-la deiuli_fw-la inquit_fw-la nebuchadnezari_fw-la regnum_fw-la quare_fw-la servite_fw-la ill_n &_o vivite_fw-la cuicuno_n erge_fw-la delatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la regnum_fw-la constalit_fw-la ei_fw-la serviendum_fw-la esse_fw-la ne_fw-la dubitemas_fw-la atque_fw-la semnlac_fw-la in_o regium_fw-la fastigium_fw-la quempiam_fw-la 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jeroboam_n aut_fw-la alij_fw-la regra_fw-la sibi_fw-la pa-averint_a nam_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la que_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la acquisitio_fw-la &_o usus_a potestaus_n que_fw-fr indisserens_fw-la alias_o legitima_fw-la alias_o illegitina_fw-la parae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d rom._n 13._o we_o shall_v take_v his_o own_o whole_a quotation_n of_o paraeus_n and_o then_o let_v the_o most_o partial_a judge_n whether_o he_o have_v not_o do_v paraeus_n and_o the_o author_n quote_v he_o and_o herein_o the_o reader_n and_o himself_n worng_z in_o force_v a_o sense_n upon_o paraeus_n so_o much_o at_o enmity_n with_o his_o word_n paraeus_n say_v it_o matter_n not_o by_o what_o mean_v nimrod_n jeroboam_n or_o other_o get_v kingdom_n to_o themselves_o for_o the_o power_n which_o be_v of_o god_n be_v one_o thing_n the_o get_n and_o use_n of_o the_o power_n be_v another_o which_o be_v indifferent_a sometime_o lawful_a sometime_o unlawful_a and_o again_o dubijs_fw-la whether_o 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