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in_o the_o emperor_n the_o consular_a proconsular_fw-la censorian_a tribunitian_n and_o pontifical_a and_o that_o he_o have_v all_o this_o power_n and_o authority_n not_o by_o force_n and_o usurpation_n but_o by_o law_n the_o senate_n and_o people_n consent_v thereunto_o that_o therefore_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o emperor_n as_o in_o kingdom_n and_o that_o though_o they_o be_v not_o call_v king_n and_o dictator_n yet_o they_o have_v the_o regal_a dictatorian_a power_n that_o by_o virtue_n of_o these_o office_n they_o have_v power_n of_o raise_v army_n and_o money_n of_o make_v war_n and_o peace_n of_o make_v depose_v and_o kill_a senator_n and_o in_o a_o word_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n as_o a_o expiratory_n sacrifice_n without_o trial_n who_o they_o think_v injure_v they_o never_o so_o little_a in_o word_n or_o deed._n furthermore_o he_o say_v that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o the_o law_n and_o free_a from_o all_o legal_a necessity_n and_o may_v do_v any_o thing_n have_v all_o thing_n belong_v to_o absolute_a regal_a authority_n but_o only_o the_o name_n of_o king_n this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o what_o dio_n say_v of_o the_o imperial_a leviathan_n to_o which_o the_o civil_a law_n agree_v which_o tell_v we_o that_o 2._o that_o l._n 1._o t._n 3._o 31._o &_o t._n 4._o princeps_fw-la legibus_fw-la solutus_fw-la 4_o quod_fw-la principi_fw-la placuit_fw-la legis_fw-la habet_fw-la vigorem_fw-la utpâ—te_fw-la cum_fw-la lege_fw-la regiâ_fw-la populus_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o in_fw-la eum_fw-la omne_fw-la suum_fw-la imperium_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la consâ—rat_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la igitur_fw-la imperator_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n i._o l._n 1_o 2._o the_o emperor_n be_v above_o law_n that_o whatsoever_o please_v he_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o law_n because_o by_o
the_o lex_fw-la regius_fw-la the_o people_n have_v surrender_v unto_o he_o all_o their_o authority_n and_o power_n whatsoever_o therefore_o the_o emperor_n appoint_v by_o letter_n or_o know_o decree_v or_o declare_v in_o his_o interlocutories_n or_o command_v by_o a_o edict_n be_v a_o law_n and_o his_o law_n in_o distinction_n to_o the_o senatus_n consulâ—â—_n etc._n etc._n be_v call_v constitution_n and_o they_o be_v either_o general_n or_o only_a theophe_n only_a plane_n ex_fw-la he_o quaedam_fw-la sunt_fw-la personales_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la trahuntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophe_n personal_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v draw_v into_o precedent_n or_o example_n as_o his_o indulgence_n to_o his_o favourite_n his_o act_n of_o grace_n to_o criminal_n or_o his_o theoph_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph_n punish_v as_o he_o please_v those_o that_o be_v in_o his_o displeasure_n all_o these_o be_v personal_a constitution_n for_o the_o theoph._n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n emperor_n be_v absolute_a lord_n of_o his_o subject_n life_n and_o estate_n it_o be_v by_o this_o plenitude_n of_o absolute_a legal_a power_n that_o constantine_n the_o great_a put_v to_o death_n his_o father-in-law_n maximian_n his_o wife_n fausta_n his_o elder_a son_n crispus_n and_o licinius_n after_o he_o become_v his_o subject_n and_o prisonâ—â—_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o power_n it_o be_v that_o constantius_n put_v to_o death_n dalmatius_n caesar_n and_o gallus_n julian_n elder_a brother_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o wonder_n to_o i_o that_o mr._n j._n shall_v lay_v down_o this_o groundless_a assertion_n that_o julian_n the_o emperor_n persecute_v the_o christian_n and_o put_v juventinus_n and_o maximus_n to_o death_n contrary_a to_o law_n he_o may_v have_v be_v better_o instruct_v by_o the_o apostate_n in_o one_o of_o his_o 2._o his_o orat._n 1._o ad_fw-la constant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n l._n 2._o oration_n cite_v by_o himself_o in_o which_o he_o tell_v constantius_n that_o he_o live_v more_o like_o a_o subject_a than_o a_o emperor_n who_o have_v power_n over_o the_o law_n methinks_v also_o his_o superviser_n who_o shall_v be_v well_o verse_v in_o the_o father_n of_o our_o english_a law_n may_v have_v teach_v he_o better_o out_o of_o chancellor_n 9_o chancellor_n de_fw-fr laud._n leg._n angl._n c._n 9_o fortescue_n who_o state_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o pure_o regal_a and_o political_a government_n explain_v the_o former_a from_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o say_v the_o prince_n his_o pleasure_n have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n wherefore_o he_o be_v also_o much_o by_o the_o cushion_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n where_o he_o assert_n that_o all_o the_o outrage_n which_o the_o heathen_n commit_v against_o the_o christian_n by_o the_o toleration_n and_o connivance_n of_o julian_n be_v not_o only_o without_o but_o against_o law_n for_o julian_n connivance_n or_o approbation_n of_o thing_n against_o law_n or_o secret_a direction_n to_o do_v they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a declaration_n of_o his_o pleasure_n and_o have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n therefore_o 504._o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 7._o p._n 504._o philostorg_n say_v that_o the_o heathen_n in_o so_o do_v fulfil_v his_o pleasure_n who_o as_o 15._o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 5._o c._n 15._o zos_n observe_v however_o he_o do_v blame_v they_o in_o word_n which_o be_v very_o 9_o very_o once_o the_o alexandrian_n soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o &_o l._n 5._o c._n 9_o seldom_o yet_o underhand_o and_o indeed_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v and_o 6._o and_o theod._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o make_v the_o most_o cruel_a and_o impious_a heathen_n officer_n both_o in_o the_o army_n and_o over_o the_o city_n and_o province_n who_o he_o leave_v to_o their_o own_o discretion_n to_o treat_v the_o christian_n as_o they_o please_v and_o when_o the_o christian_n send_v their_o representative_n to_o complain_v 92._o complain_v soz._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o vid._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o naz._n 1_o invect_n p._n 92._o he_o refuse_v to_o admit_v they_o or_o if_o he_o admit_v they_o he_o be_v only_o to_o tell_v they_o that_o 14._o that_o socr._n l._n 3._o c._n 14._o they_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o religion_n to_o suffer_v injury_n 503._o injury_n l._n 7._o 503._o philostorgius_n say_v he_o exceed_o rejoice_v when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o christian_n suffering_n all_o which_o be_v sufficient_a signification_n of_o his_o pleasure_n in_o this_o particular_a that_o the_o heathen_n shall_v outrage_v the_o christian_n any_o former_a law_n or_o edict_n whatsoever_o notwithstanding_o according_o 74._o according_o invect_n l._n p._n 74._o gregory_n call_v his_o will_n in_o this_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o unwritten_a law_n for_o say_v he_o the_o emperor_n divide_v his_o power_n into_o two_o part_n persuasion_n and_o force_n 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