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his_o helpâ—rs_n be_v resister_n of_o king_n saul_n 3._o the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n 1_o pet._n 2._o be_v not_o to_o forbid_v all_o violent_a resist_n as_o be_v clear_a recommend_v he_o speak_v nothing_o of_o violent_a resist_v either_o one_o way_n or_o other_o but_o only_o he_o forbid_v revengeful_a resist_n of_o repay_v one_o wrong_a with_o another_o from_o the_o example_n of_o christ_n who_o when_o he_o be_v revile_v revile_v not_o again_o when_o he_o suffer_v he_o threaten_v not_o therefore_o the_o argument_n be_v a_o fallacy_n ab_fw-la â—o_o quod_fw-la docitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o therefore_o the_o master_n shall_v attempt_v to_o kill_v a_o innocent_a servant_n and_o invade_v he_o with_o a_o weapon_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 1._o sudden_o 2._o without_o all_o reason_n or_o cause_n 3._o vnavoidable_o doctor_n ferne_n in_o that_o case_n do_v free_a a_o subject_a from_o guiltiness_n 1â—_n if_o he_o violent_o resist_v his_o prince_n ergo_fw-la the_o servant_n who_o shall_v violent_o resist_v his_o master_n in_o the_o aforesaid_a case_n shall_v and_o may_v patient_o suffer_v and_o violent_o resist_v notwithstanding_o any_o thing_n that_o royalist_n can_v conclude_v on_o the_o contrary_n 4._o no_o prince_n have_v a_o masterly_a or_o herile_a dominion_n over_o his_o subject_n but_o only_o a_o free_a ingenious_a paternal_a and_o tutorly_a oversight_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o people_n rom._n 13.4_o the_o master_n especial_o in_o the_o apostle_n peter_n time_n have_v a_o dominion_n over_o servant_n as_o over_o their_o proper_a good_n 2._o assertion_n neither_o suffer_v formal_o as_o suffer_v and_o so_o neither_o can_v non-resisting_a passive_a fall_n under_o any_o moral_a law_n of_o god_n except_o in_o two_o condition_n law_n 1._o in_o the_o point_n of_o christ_n passive_a obedience_n he_o be_v the_o eternal_a god_n as_o well_o as_o man_n and_o so_o lord_n of_o his_o own_o 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not_o lawful_a for_o the_o parliament_n to_o resist_v a_o judas_n who_o have_v â—led_v as_o a_o traitorous_a apostate_n from_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o temple_n of_o christ._n 5._o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o innocent_n to_o defend_v themselves_o by_o any_o violence_n against_o the_o invasion_n of_o superior_n in_o d._n fernes_n three_o case_n in_o which_o he_o allow_v resistance_n 1._o when_o the_o invasion_n be_v sudden_a 2._o vnavoidable_a 3._o without_o all_o colour_n of_o law_n and_o reason_n in_o the_o two_o last_o case_n 10._o royalist_n defend_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o self-defence_n 6._o if_o the_o example_n be_v press_v christ_n do_v not_o this_o and_o this_o he_o resist_v not_o with_o violence_n to_o save_v his_o own_o life_n therefore_o we_o be_v to_o abstain_v from_o resistance_n and_o such_o and_o such_o mean_n of_o self-preservation_n then_o because_o christ_n appeal_v not_o from_o inferior_a judge_n to_o the_o emperor_n caesar_n who_o no_o doubt_n will_v have_v 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festinatò_fw-la expulerunt_fw-la eum_fw-la the_o lxx_o say_v the_o priest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o vatablus_n they_o cast_v he_o out_o and_o 4._o it_o be_v say_v ver_n 21._o he_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n doctor_n ferne_n say_v sect_n 4._o pag._n 50._o they_o be_v valiant_a man_n who_o dare_v withstand_v a_o king_n in_o a_o evil_a way_n by_o a_o home_n reproof_n and_o by_o withdraw_v the_o holy_a thing_n from_o he_o especial_o since_o by_o the_o law_n the_o leper_n be_v to_o be_v put_v out_o of_o the_o congregation_n ans._n 1._o he_o contradict_v the_o text_n it_o be_v not_o a_o resistance_n by_o word_n for_o the_o text_n say_v they_o withstand_v he_o and_o they_o thrust_v he_o out_o violent_o 2._o he_o yield_v the_o cause_n for_o to_o withdraw_v the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n by_o corporal_a violence_n and_o violent_o to_o pull_v the_o censer_n out_o of_o his_o hand_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o provoke_v god_n wrath_n by_o offer_v incense_n 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