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accommodation_n for_o peace_n if_o god_n be_v wrong_v in_o his_o anoint_v and_o church_n we_o add_v only_o fuel_n or_o oil_n to_o the_o fire_n almighty_a and_o merciful_a god_n the_o god_n of_o all_o spirit_n put_v it_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o christian_n and_o subject_n to_o honour_v he_o and_o in_o he_o and_o for_o he_o his_o anoint_v and_o church_n render_v to_o god_n what_o be_v god_n and_o to_o the_o king_n what_o be_v the_o king_n that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o blessing_n in_o these_o kingdom_n in_o our_o jerusalem_n there_o may_v be_v peace_n within_o her_o wall_n and_o prosperity_n within_o her_o gate_n that_o the_o crown_n which_o he_o have_v put_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o his_o anoint_v our_o sovereign_n may_v flourish_v with_o he_o and_o his_o seed_n for_o ever_o and_o we_o and_o our_o posterity_n may_v live_v in_o godliness_n and_o honesty_n under_o he_o and_o they_o till_o the_o come_n of_o our_o lord_n when_o he_o they_o and_o we_o shall_v receive_v that_o immortal_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v subject_v himself_o to_o joseph_n his_o putative_a father_n and_o mary_n his_o true_a mother_n the_o word_n in_o the_o original_n be_v the_o same_o which_o the_o apostle_n use_v rom._n 13._o 1._o command_a obedience_n and_o subjection_n to_o high_a power_n it_o be_v very_o fit_a our_o opposite_n will_v consider_v what_o power_n the_o father_n have_v over_o the_o child_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n that_o to_o redeem_v himself_o from_o debt_n from_o any_o distress_a state_n and_o condition_n he_o may_v have_v enslave_v his_o child_n beget_v of_o his_o body_n if_o this_o power_n be_v not_o by_o the_o right_n of_o nature_n by_o the_o warrant_n of_o god_n i_o can_v see_v no_o other_o for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v by_o a_o mutual_a and_o voluntary_a act_n of_o father_n and_o child_n to_o shut_v up_o all_o in_o few_o word_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o put_v you_o in_o mind_n that_o the_o stoic_n observe_v three_o notion_n of_o servitus_fw-la of_o 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