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turn_v into_o blessing_n a_o 15._o how_o 〈◊〉_d against_o jerâ—boam_n a_o how_o asa_n a_o jehâ—sâ—phat_fw-la a_o hâ—â—â—kiah_n a_o and_o josiah_n a_o upon_o the_o ground_n prosper_v divine_a history_n manifest_a 24._o in_o the_o advance_n of_o reformation_n christian_a magistrate_n shall_v be_v the_o chief_a instrument_n be_v furnish_v with_o power_n from_o heaven_n with_o a_o foursold_a authority_n to_o that_o end_n 1._o a_o restrictive_a authority_n a_o power_n of_o restraint_n in_o thing_n 7._o pertain_v to_o the_o outward_a man_n a_o the_o word_n signify_v a_o possession_n of_o restraint_n all_o great_a and_o gross_a sin_n against_o nature_n 13._o against_o god_n law_n the_o magistrate_n must_v restrain_v what_o the_o sin_n and_o punishment_n of_o elie_n be_v be_v not_o unknown_a a_o whatsoever_o be_v apparent_o sinful_a in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n to_o provoke_v the_o eye_n 15._o of_o his_o glory_n a_o be_v prejudicial_a unto_o the_o external_a communion_n to_o the_o civil_a 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in_o oppose_v or_o neglect_v the_o same_o he_o may_v pressâ—_z they_o 29._o to_o the_o frequent_a use_n of_o these_o mean_n without_o which_o they_o perish_v and_o therein_o he_o may_v urge_v they_o to_o the_o external_a act_n of_o humiliation_n and_o reformation_n which_o act_v material_o be_v grateful_a to_o god_n successful_a to_o man_n and_o powerful_a instrumental_a mean_n not_o only_o to_o remove_v a_o judgement_n from_o such_o person_n but_o also_o from_o a_o nation_n and_o if_o magistrate_n shall_v want_v such_o power_n in_o these_o case_n and_o at_o time_n of_o divine_a judgement_n imminent_a or_o incumbent_n 27._o they_o shall_v want_v instrumental_a and_o physical_a mean_n to_o remove_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o their_o dominion_n natural_a worship_n be_v due_a to_o god_n from_o all_o man_n natural_o as_o their_o 25._o creator_n and_o that_o neglect_v or_o deny_v procure_v both_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n inevitable_o irrecoverable_o upon_o state_n or_o kingdom_n 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our_o distemper_n plutarch_n report_v of_o lysâ—nder_n that_o he_o care_v neither_o for_o promise_n or_o oath_n long_o than_o they_o will_v serve_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o own_o end_n do_v not_o cbarles_n the_o nine_o of_o france_n the_o same_o and_o what_o history_n can_v parallel_v the_o act_n of_o the_o late_a king_n herein_o better_o one_o shall_v perish_v then_o a_o nation_n maâ—asses_v blood-guiltiness_n 15._o reflect_v upon_o all_o israel_n indulgence_n to_o any_o deserve_a death_n lay_v a_o foundation_n of_o future_a misery_n and_o embolden_v that_o delinquent_n in_o his_o impiety_n no_o politic_a law_n in_o a_o kingdom_n must_v dispense_v with_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n that_o law_n enact_v by_o himself_o for_o the_o preservation_n â—1_n of_o human_a society_n from_o violence_n he_o that_o shed_v blood_n by_o man_n shall_v his_o blood_n be_v shed_v by_o man_n not_o by_o a_o private_a person_n but_o
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