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to_o break_v out_o to_o a_o general_a destruction_n and_o by_o rigour_n of_o law_n compel_v the_o chief_a magistrate_n to_o his_o duty_n when_o he_o exceed_v his_o bound_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n stand_v steadfast_a in_o opinion_n as_o they_o have_v former_o do_v that_o the_o chief_a magistrate_n may_v be_v compel_v even_o by_o forcible_a mean_n to_o live_v according_a to_o law_n but_o the_o noble_a man_n because_o of_o the_o queen_n favour_n hope_v of_o honour_n or_o love_n of_o lucre_n they_o note_v how_o base_o the_o puritan_n esteem_v the_o nobility_n when_o they_o thwart_v they_o do_v a_o little_a waver_v and_o think_v otherwise_o then_o the_o minister_n and_o so_o in_o the_o end_n judgement_n pass_v with_o the_o noble_n because_o they_o be_v more_o in_o number_n and_o of_o better_a esteem_n and_o reputation_n thus_o far_o buchanan_n 1568._o the_o outlandish_a church_n in_o london_n conclude_v this_o canon_n in_o a_o classical_a synod_n 24._o â—ezae_fw-mi epist_n 24._o si_fw-mi quisquam_fw-la repugnantibus_fw-la legibus_fw-la patriae_fw-la if_o any_o man_n usurp_v lordship_n or_o magistracy_n against_o the_o law_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o country_n or_o if_o he_o that_o be_v a_o lawful_a magistrate_n do_v unjust_o bereave_v his_o subject_n of_o the_o privilege_n and_o liberty_n which_o he_o have_v swear_v to_o perform_v unto_o they_o or_o oppress_v they_o by_o manifest_a tyranny_n the_o inferior_a officer_n must_v oppose_v themselves_o against_o he_o for_o they_o be_v in_o duty_n bind_v before_o god_n to_o defend_v their_o people_n as_o well_o from_o a_o domestical_a as_o a_o foreign_a tyrant_n thus_o far_o they_o 1574._o we_o have_v swarm_n of_o caterpillar_n namely_o 145._o fol._n 145._o disciplina_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la from_o rochel_n to_o teach_v we_o that_o the_o senate_n ecclesiastical_a have_v the_o chief_a moderation_n of_o the_o christian_a society_n and_o aught_o to_o provide_v that_o no_o magistrate_n be_v defective_a in_o his_o charge_n and_o by_o common_a care_n counsel_n and_o authority_n to_o oversee_v that_o every_o governor_n our_o carry_v himself_o faithful_o in_o his_o magistracy_n thus_o far_o that_o author_n 48._o pag._n 48._o franco-gallia_n from_o colen_n wherein_o we_o find_v that_o the_o people_n have_v power_n to_o dethrone_v their_o prince_n 300._o pag._n 300._o junius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la as_o some_o think_v from_o geneva_n wherein_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o people_n have_v the_o same_o right_a to_o depose_v king_n that_o be_v tyrant_n which_o a_o general_a counsel_n have_v to_o displace_v a_o pope_n that_o be_v a_o heretic_n eusebius_n phyladelphus_fw-la from_o edenbruge_n wherein_o we_o read_v 57_o dialogo_fw-la 2._o pag._n 57_o that_o it_o be_v as_o lawful_a for_o his_o brethren_n of_o france_n to_o defend_v themselves_o against_o the_o tyranny_n of_o charles_n the_o nine_o king_n of_o that_o name_n in_o france_n as_o for_o wayfair_a man_n to_o resist_v and_o repel_v thief_n cutthroat_n and_o wolf_n nay_o further_o i_o be_o say_v he_o of_o opinion_n