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prin_fw-mi show_v in_o his_o sovereign_a power_n of_o parliament_n etc._n etc._n part_n 3._o pag_n 109_o 110_o 111_o &_o 112._o 2._o inferior_a judge_n do_v judge_n for_o the_o lord_n &_o be_v depute_v of_o he_o &_o therefore_o they_o be_v endue_v with_o power_n from_o he_o for_o that_o effect_n 2_o chron._n 19_o v._n 6_o 7._o deut._n 1_o 17._o 3._o inferior_a judge_n be_v command_v to_o rule_v well_o &_o they_o be_v threaten_v &_o rebuke_v for_o maladministration_n see_v jer._n 5_o v._n 1._o isa._n 1_o 17_o 21_o &_o 5_o 7._o &_o 10_o 2_o &_o 59_o v._n 14._o jer._n 22_o 3._o ezek_n 18_o 8._o amos_n 5_o 7._o micah_n 3_o 9_o levit._fw-la 19_o v._n 15._o deut._n 17_o 11._o exod._n 32_o 2._o now_o will_v god_n command_v those_o inferior_a magistrate_n to_o relieve_v the_o oppress_v to_o judge_v the_o fatherless_a to_o plead_v for_o the_o widow_n if_o they_o have_v not_o the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n for_o this_o effect_n or_o will_v he_o challenge_v they_o for_o neglect_v this_o duty_n 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jure_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr say_v that_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n have_v no_o power_n of_o peace_n or_o war_n without_o the_o parliament_n consent_n so_o that_o a_o war_n raise_v by_o the_o parliament_n against_o the_o common_a enemy_n in_o defence_n of_o the_o king_n honour_n the_o saifty_a of_o the_o people_n &_o the_o purity_n of_o religion_n can_v be_v condemn_v as_o unjust_a &_o illegal_a 3._o the_o renown_a historian_n buchanan_n show_v also_o that_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n have_v be_v oftintimes_o resist_v by_o arm_n which_o a_o few_o instance_n will_v evidence_n when_o durstus_n the_o 11._o king_n banish_v all_o his_o father_n friend_n &_o become_v loose_a &_o dissolute_a he_o be_v pursue_v by_o the_o noble_n till_o he_o be_v force_v to_o profess_v his_o repentance_n &_o promise_v amendment_n &_o afterward_o when_o he_o have_v cut_v off_o many_o of_o his_o noble_n by_o treachery_n the_o rest_n do_v rise_v up_o in_o arm_n against_o he_o &_o kill_v 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strike_v law_n the_o power_n of_o war_n 5._o the_o practice_n of_o other_o protestant_n prince_n &_o magistrate_n show_v that_o their_o practice_n be_v not_o so_o odd_a nor_o odious_a as_o man_n who_o have_v teach_v their_o tongue_n to_o speak_v lie_n will_v make_v the_o world_n believe_v it_o be_v for_o sleidan_n lib._n 8._o &_o 21._o &_o 22._o &_o bilson_n out_o of_o he_o in_o his_o difference_n etc._n etc._n part_n 3._o pag._n 274._o say_v that_o the_o german_a prince_n levy_v war_n against_o the_o emperor_n viz._n the_o duke_n of_o saxon_n the_o landgrave_n of_o hesse_n &_o the_o magistrate_n of_o magdeburgh_n together_o with_o other_o prince_n &_o city_n join_v in_o the_o war_n who_o have_v have_v the_o advice_n &_o resolution_n of_o lawyer_n after_o mature_a deliberation_n do_v conclude_v that_o the_o law_n of_o the_o empire_n permit_v resistance_n of_o the_o emperor_n in_o some_o case_n that_o the_o time_n be_v then_o so_o dangerous_a that_o the_o very_a force_n of_o 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possible_o shall_v find_v some_o unfair_a deal_n however_o unto_o these_o who_o he_o cirâ—…th_v it_o will_v be_v sufficient_a though_o he_o have_v four_o for_o each_o one_o to_o oppose_v the_o testimony_n of_o church_n which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n &_o who_o testimony_n be_v of_o much_o more_o authority_n than_o the_o testimony_n of_o twenty_o private_a divine_n &_o moreover_o he_o well_o know_v that_o of_o private_a divine_v many_o be_v against_o he_o for_o one_o who_o be_v for_o he_o obs._n 11._o he_o tell_v the_o reader_n in_o his_o preface_n that_o he_o do_v not_o write_v to_o increase_v the_o controversy_n of_o the_o time_n nor_o to_o soment_n difference_n but_o his_o design_n be_v to_o allay_v the_o heat_n &_o abate_v the_o fury_n of_o that_o ignis_fw-la sacâ—…r_n or_o erysipelas_n of_o contention_n &_o so_o all_o along_v in_o his_o preface_n he_o will_v make_v his_o reader_n believe_v that_o he_o design_v nothing_o but_o peace_n &_o according_o 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