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or_o interest_n they_o will_v break_v the_o king_n law_n as_o well_o as_o god_n but_o show_v i_o a_o good_a christian_a and_o i_o will_v show_v you_o a_o good_a subject_n that_o obey_v for_o conscience_n sake_n he_o that_o true_o fear_v god_n will_v be_v afraid_a to_o break_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man._n and_o now_o there_o be_v a_o inference_n of_o the_o magistrate_n concernment_n depend_v hereupon_o and_o issue_v from_o hence_o if_o true_a religion_n make_v good_a subject_n and_o true_a piety_n be_v the_o sure_a ground_n and_o bond_n of_o loyalty_n than_o it_o great_o concern_v christian_n ruler_n to_o maintain_v and_o keep_v up_o the_o true_a religion_n among_o their_o subject_n and_o to_o promote_v piety_n and_o to_o protect_v countenance_n and_o encourage_v those_o that_o be_v true_o religious_a and_o pious_a this_o will_v prove_v to_o be_v a_o true_a point_n of_o state_n policy_n for_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o life_n or_o death_n political_a to_o any_o kingdom_n as_o it_o 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