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any_o that_o endeavour_n to_o kill_v imprison_v or_o damnify_v they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o deliver_v they_o when_o in_o danger_n if_o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n to_o do_v it_o they_o be_v then_o guilty_a of_o treason_n see_v therefore_o king_n require_v so_o much_o fidelity_n from_o their_o subject_n for_o defend_v their_o person_n state_n and_o dignity_n who_o be_v but_o man_n on_o both_o part_n in_o how_o much_o great_a obligation_n and_o under_o what_o severe_a penalty_n be_v king_n themselves_o bind_v towards_o the_o giver_n and_o bequeather_n of_o their_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o people_n against_o all_o rebel_n and_o traitor_n to_o he_o and_o their_o law_n but_o ah_o the_o misery_n of_o human_a blindness_n all_o prince_n be_v ready_a to_o cry_v out_o that_o when_o any_o man_n become_v guilty_a of_o such_o breach_n of_o faith_n towards_o they_o it_o
who_o violate_v they_o and_o not_o by_o he_o who_o be_v oblige_v only_o on_o condition_n and_o thereby_o become_v free_a of_o the_o obligation_n not_o by_o his_o own_o act_n but_o by_o he_o who_o first_o break_v the_o condition_n therefore_o supreme_a magistrate_n become_v tyrant_n by_o their_o own_o perjury_n and_o break_v their_o covenant_n do_v free_a their_o subject_n from_o their_o oath_n and_o allegiance_n and_o not_o the_o people_n when_o they_o deserve_o make_v use_v of_o their_o power_n to_o curb_v thâ—m_n and_o to_o right_v themselves_o that_o king_n shall_v not_o be_v oblige_v by_o law_n be_v contrary_a to_o all_o the_o receive_v opinion_n and_o sentence_n take_v from_o the_o right_n of_o nature_n by_o the_o most_o profound_a and_o judicious_a lawyer_n eos_n qui_fw-la leges_fw-la ferunt_fw-la legibus_fw-la quoquâ—â—btemâ—â—rare_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la juris_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la statuerit_fw-la ipse_fw-la ut_fw-la codem_fw-la jure_fw-la utatur_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la â—â—perio_fw-la magis_fw-la conducere_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivatur_fw-la dignam_fw-la denique_fw-la vocem_fw-la esse_fw-la principem_fw-la legâ—â—us_fw-la â—â—se_fw-la â—ubdâ—tum_fw-la prâ—fitert_n itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la alibi_fw-la à _fw-la juris_fw-la consultis_fw-la dici_fw-la videtur_fw-la principem_fw-la esse_fw-la supra_fw-la leges_fw-la aut_fw-la principem_fw-la à _fw-la legibus_fw-la sâ—lutum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la civilibus_fw-la deque_fw-la particulari_fw-la privatorum_fw-la jure_fw-la est_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la verbi_fw-la gratia_fw-la de_fw-la testamentis_fw-la de_fw-fr detractione_n trebellianae_n aut_fw-la falcidianae_n non_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la publicâ—_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la statum_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la solet_fw-la pertinentâ—_n mulcoque_fw-la minus_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la aut_fw-la divino_fw-la cui_fw-la quum_fw-la onâ—â—es_fw-la &_o singuli_fw-la homines_fw-la subjiciantur_fw-la quatenus_fw-la homines_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la efficitur_fw-la aut_fw-la reges_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la aut_fw-la illos_fw-la hoc_fw-la jure_fw-la teneri_fw-la chap._n vi_o principle_n and_o tenet_n of_o some_o divine_n and_o other_o destructive_n to_o all_o human_a society_n king_n make_v and_o choose_v by_o the_o people_n and_o to_o they_o accountable_a his_o great_a authority_n be_v in_o his_o court_n and_o not_o in_o his_o personal_a command_n the_o people_n choose_v their_o king_n and_o oblige_v they_o by_o law_n which_o they_o swear_v to_o keep_v machiavel_n i_o know_v and_o so_o do_v the_o ecclesiastical_a politician_n instruct_v prince_n how_o they_o may_v treat_v subject_n not_o as_o brethren_n but_o as_o â—â—asts_n as_o the_o base_a beast_n of_o drudgery_n teach_v they_o by_o subtlety_n and_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o militia_n to_o support_v their_o own_o will_n and_o to_o make_v mere_a sponge_n of_o the_o public_a coffer_n with_o which_o his_o write_n be_v full_o fraught_v leviathan_n or_o malmsbury_n hobbs_n be_v position_n or_o sentiment_n smell_v rank_n of_o the_o same_o leaven_n or_o more_o abominable_a if_o more_o abominable_a can_v be_v viz._n that_o the_o power_n of_o king_n can_v without_o his_o consent_n be_v transfer_v to_o another_o that_o he_o can_v forfeit_v it_o that_o he_o can_v be_v accuse_v by_o any_o of_o his_o subject_n of_o injury_n that_o he_o can_v be_v censure_v by_o they_o that_o he_o be_v judge_n of_o doctrine_n that_o he_o be_v sole_a legislator_n and_o supreme_a judge_n of_o controversy_n chap._n 20._o p._n 102._o some_o pulpit_n also_o preach_v much_o after_o the_o same_o rate_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v the_o sacred_a privilege_n of_o king_n only_o for_o their_o offence_n to_o be_v exempt_a from_o all_o human_a jurisdiction_n that_o king_n as_o such_o be_v above_o the_o law_n that_o though_o they_o transgress_v yet_o they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o least_o liable_a to_o 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talis_fw-la lex_fw-la p._n 25._o william_n clifford_n be_v sermon_n preach_v at_o wakefield_n octob._n 30._o 1681._o salmasius_n more_o excusable_o as_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o our_o law_n dance_v after_o the_o same_o pipe_n that_o king_n have_v none_o to_o judge_v they_o but_o god_n only_o that_o they_o be_v above_o law_n that_o by_o no_o law_n write_v or_o unwritten_a natural_a or_o divine_a can_v they_o be_v make_v guilty_a of_o any_o ill_n by_o their_o subject_n or_o towards_o they_o in_o which_o position_n there_o be_v a_o woundy_z deal_n of_o wicked_a policy_n but_o not_o one_o jota_n of_o true_a religion_n and_o piety_n high_o injurious_a to_o the_o liberty_n and_o happiness_n of_o the_o whole_a race_n of_o mankind_n for_o who_o happiness_n and_o solace_n the_o whole_a world_n be_v create_v as_o if_o a_o few_o prince_n and_o potentate_n be_v bear_v like_o leviathan_n only_o to_o take_v their_o pastime_n in_o this_o world_n to_o be_v clothe_v in_o purple_a and_o scarlet_a to_o 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