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unless_o they_o have_v have_v a_o special_a command_n or_o commission_n from_o god_n for_o it_o which_o it_o suppose_v do_v not_o appear_v they_o have_v either_o by_o any_o express_a word_n of_o the_o text_n or_o by_o any_o necessary_a consequence_n that_o can_v be_v infer_v from_o it_o either_o in_o relation_n to_o what_o be_v do_v by_o jeroboam_n or_o what_o be_v do_v by_o the_o ten_o tribe_n chap._n viii_o jeroboam_n be_v case_n state_v and_o his_o pretence_n inquire_v into_o the_o revolt_n call_v rebellion_n by_o god_n himself_o and_o first_o as_o to_o what_o be_v do_v by_o jeroboam_n though_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v justifiable_a as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v do_v by_o a_o special_a commission_n from_o god_n state_v because_o god_n have_v tell_v he_o by_o the_o prophet_n ahijah_n that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v king_n over_o the_o ten_o tribe_n after_o they_o be_v rend_v off_o from_o the_o other_o two_o tribe_n yet_o do_v he_o not_o thereby_o give_v jeroboam_n either_o commission_n or_o permission_n to_o rend_v they_o off_o or_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n towards_o the_o rend_a they_o off_o himself_o for_o the_o word_n which_o god_n speak_v by_o ahijah_n the_o prophet_n to_o jeroboam_n be_v not_o thou_o shall_v rend_v but_o i_o will_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o solomon_n and_o i_o 31._o will_v give_v ten_o tribe_n to_o thou_o and_o not_o thou_o shall_v take_v ten_o tribe_n unto_o thyself_o by_o use_v either_o force_n or_o fraud_n or_o any_o other_o sinister_a seditious_a or_o unlawful_a mean_n either_o for_o the_o get_n or_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o kingdom_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v to_o give_v he_o but_o jeroboam_n do_v both_o for_o first_o whether_o out_o of_o a_o distrust_n of_o god_n performance_n of_o his_o promise_n or_o impatience_n out_o of_o a_o impatience_n to_o stay_v god_n own_o time_n for_o it_o no_o soon_o be_v solomon_n dead_a but_o home_n come_v jeroboam_n out_o of_o egypt_n not_o call_v by_o god_n but_o by_o a_o 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than_o that_o of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n and_o that_o of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n be_v great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o which_o i_o be_o afraid_a mr._n baxter_n will_v hardly_o allow_v then_o if_o majesty_n be_v the_o proper_a attribute_n of_o sovereignty_n and_o excellent_a a_o proper_a epithet_n to_o majesty_n than_o according_a to_o mr._n baxter_n distinctness_n of_o notion_n and_o expression_n the_o style_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o shall_v be_v their_o excellent_a majesty_n and_o the_o style_n of_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n their_o more_o excellent_a majesty_n as_o well_o as_o the_o king_n style_n be_v his_o most_o excellent_a majesty_n and_o then_o there_o may_v be_v treason_n against_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n or_o against_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o as_o well_o as_o against_o the_o king_n if_o laesa_fw-la majestas_fw-la the_o offend_a or_o injure_v of_o majesty_n be_v treason_n nay_o then_o we_o have_v three_o sovereign_n and_o not_o one_o only_o for_o whosoever_o have_v any_o share_n in_o the_o sovereignty_n be_v a_o sovereign_n and_o then_o i_o wonder_v why_o we_o do_v not_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o the_o two_o house_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o king_n nay_o i_o wonder_v much_o more_o why_o they_o of_o both_o house_n do_v all_o of_o they_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o the_o king_n and_o can_v sit_v in_o either_o house_n till_o they_o do_v so_o sure_o one_o sovereign_a do_v not_o owe_v allegiance_n to_o another_o no_o not_o the_o least_o of_o sovereign_n to_o the_o great_a for_o as_o all_o sovereign_n the_o great_a as_o well_o as_o the_o least_o be_v equal_o under_o god_n so_o the_o least_o as_o well_o as_o the_o great_a be_v equal_o under_o none_o but_o god_n at_o lest_o quatenùs_fw-la so_o far_o forth_o as_o they_o be_v sovereign_n or_o in_o those_o thing_n and_o place_n where_o and_o when_o they_o have_v a_o right_a to_o sovereignty_n or_o to_o any_o part_n thereof_o chap._n x._o 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at_o large_a numb_a 27._o from_o verse_n the_o 8_o to_o the_o 12_o compare_v with_o deuteronomy_n the_o 21._o v_o 16._o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o young_a son_n by_o a_o wife_n that_o he_o love_v better_a than_o he_o love_v she_o by_o who_o he_o have_v his_o elder_a son_n he_o shall_v not_o make_v the_o son_n of_o his_o belove_a wife_n the_o first-born_a that_o be_v his_o heir_n before_o the_o son_n of_o the_o wife_n who_o he_o hate_v who_o be_v indeed_o the_o first-born_a or_o indeed_o his_o elder_a and_o therefore_o indeed_o and_o in_o right_a his_o heir_n which_o right_a it_o seem_v by_o the_o text_n his_o father_n can_v not_o deprive_v he_o of_o or_o take_v from_o he_o unless_o he_o be_v so_o rebellious_a and_o incorrigible_a as_o that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v stone_v by_o the_o people_n and_o put_v to_o death_n for_o it_o as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o verse_n immediate_o follow_v in_o the_o aforesaid_a chapter_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v 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to_o do_v so_o in_o all_o hereditary_a kingdom_n from_o which_o right_o ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n attest_v by_o the_o general_a practice_n of_o all_o mankind_n in_o all_o place_n and_o in_o all_o age_n and_o ratify_v by_o god_n positive_a law_n to_o his_o own_o people_n i_o see_v not_o how_o any_o man_n can_v be_v exclude_v without_o some_o kind_n of_o violation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o without_o some_o kind_n of_o unbecoming_a reflection_n upon_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n itself_o as_o if_o god_n have_v not_o make_v as_o good_a and_o as_o wise_a a_o law_n to_o obviate_v all_o inconvenience_n for_o his_o own_o people_n as_o any_o people_n can_v make_v for_o themselves_o chap._n vi_o such_o exclusion_n