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pagan_n as_o rebel_n against_o the_o emperor_n but_o no_o christian_n every_o yet_o think_v their_o case_n to_o have_v be_v doubtful_a but_o all_o this_o difficulty_n arise_v from_o the_o make_n of_o two_o god_n where_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v but_o one_o and_o this_o render_v the_o case_n so_o perplex_v that_o for_o my_o part_n i_o can_v see_v direct_o how_o it_o be_v determine_v by_o our_o author_n sometime_o he_o speak_v as_o though_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o subject_n to_o comply_v with_o the_o establishment_n of_o idolatry_n suppose_v as_o pag._n 214_o 215._o for_o with_o respect_n as_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v to_o the_o case_n as_o by_o he_o state_v that_o he_o say_v man_n must_v not_o withdraw_v their_o obedience_n and_o better_o submit_v unto_o the_o unreasonable_a imposition_n of_o nero_n or_o caligula_n than_o to_o hazard_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o state_n sometime_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o oblige_v they_o