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only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o minister_n 2._o 2._o but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ordinance_n of_o god._n yea_o nimrod_n himself_o who_o be_v make_v a_o instance_n of_o tyranny_n and_o usual_o bring_v in_o as_o a_o argument_n against_o monarchy_n may_v yet_o be_v of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v a_o king_n or_o a_o great_a title_n for_o when_o he_o begin_v to_o be_v mighty_a upon_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o erect_v his_o empire_n or_o enlarge_v it_o for_o who_o can_v prove_v he_o be_v the_o first_o monarch_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v do_v it_o 10.9_o it_o gen._n 10.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o lord_n which_o however_o some_o interpret_v to_o a_o ill_a sense_n as_o if_o he_o set_v up_o his_o government_n against_o the_o lord_n in_o a_o way_n of_o violence_n or_o affront_n to_o heaven_n yet_o it_o be_v as_o capable_a of_o a_o good_a meaning_n and_o may_v signify_v no_o more_o than_o his_o do_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o with_o his_o consent_n or_o approbation_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o context_n that_o bar_v the_o exposition_n as_o evil_a or_o incongruous_a if_o well_o consider_v now_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o that_o king_n be_v of_o god_n and_o ordain_v by_o he_o and_o consequent_o that_o the_o power_n which_o rest_v in_o our_o king_n descend_v direct_o from_o the_o most_o high_a the_o same_o reason_n and_o religion_n that_o teach_v and_o tie_v we_o to_o honour_n god_n must_v lead_v we_o to_o honour_v our_o king_n likewise_o in_o his_o proportion_n who_o be_v deo_fw-la secundus_fw-la scap._n secundus_fw-la ad_fw-la scap._n next_o to_o god_n and_o solo_fw-la deo_fw-la minor_fw-la only_o less_o than_o god_n be_v as_o say_v tertullian_n and_o the_o same_o great_a father_n think_v this_o very_a necessary_a for_o christian_n to_o do_v even_o when_o the_o government_n be_v lodge_v in_o the_o worst_a hand_n yea_o with_o his_o pen_n he_o open_o make_v profession_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o as_o much_o to_o a_o heathen_a precedent_n of_o carthage_n who_o threaten_v the_o church_n with_o bloody_a persecution_n ib._n persecution_n id._n ib._n christianus_n nullius_fw-la est_fw-la hostess_fw-la nedum_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la the_o christian_a be_v enemy_n to_o none_o much_o less_o to_o the_o emperor_n quem_fw-la sciens_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la svo_fw-la constitui_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la diligat_fw-la &_o revereatur_fw-la &_o honoret_fw-la etc._n etc._n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v ordain_v of_o his_o god_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o he_o shall_v both_o love_n and_o revere_a and_o honour_n he_o and_o this_o the_o emperor_n be_v vest_v with_o god_n auhority_n be_v that_o by_o the_o way_n which_o keep_v the_o first_o christian_n in_o quietness_n and_o obedience_n when_o according_a to_o the_o same_o 1._o same_o si_fw-mi enim_fw-la host_n extraneos_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la vindices_fw-la occultos_fw-la agere_fw-la vellemus_fw-la deesset_fw-la nobis_fw-la vis_fw-la numerorum_fw-la &_o copiarum_fw-la plures_fw-la nimirum_fw-la maurus_fw-la &_o marcomanni_n ipsique_fw-la parthi_a vel_fw-la quantaecunque_fw-la unius_fw-la tamen_fw-la loci_fw-la &_o suorum_fw-la finium_fw-la gentes_fw-la quam_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_n hesterni_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o vestra_fw-la omne_fw-la implevimus_fw-la urbes_fw-la insulas_fw-la castella_fw-la municipia_fw-la conciliabula_fw-la castra_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tribus_fw-la decurias_fw-la palatium_fw-la senatum_fw-la forum_n sola_fw-la vobis_fw-la relinquimus_fw-la templa_fw-la cisi_fw-la bello_fw-la non_fw-la idonei_fw-la non_fw-la prompti_fw-la fuissemus_fw-la etiam_fw-la impares_fw-la copiis_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la libenter_fw-la trucidamur_fw-la si_fw-mi non_fw-la apud_fw-la istam_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la magis_fw-la occide_fw-la liceret_fw-la quam_fw-la occidere_fw-la tertul._n apol._n cap._n 37._o civitatem_fw-la obscessam_fw-la vociferantur_fw-la in_o agris_fw-la in_fw-la