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law_n that_o be_v very_o grievous_a to_o the_o certain_a ruin_n of_o himself_o and_o family_n unless_o some_o great_a necessity_n or_o public_a danger_n do_v appear_v and_o if_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o such_o law_n much_o less_o to_o such_o governor_n as_o be_v high_o injurious_a to_o their_o subject_n against_o law._n and_o thus_o in_o case_n of_o a_o lesser_a abridgement_n of_o the_o subject_n liberty_n while_o it_o be_v tolerable_a and_o tend_v not_o to_o his_o utter_a ruin_n the_o subject_n must_v be_v passive_a but_o when_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o liberty_n tend_v to_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o life_n and_o estate_n and_o so_o the_o common_a ruin_n of_o the_o present_a subject_n and_o their_o posterity_n quin_n &_o resisti_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la dubito_fw-la say_v grotius_n in_o such_o case_n resistance_n may_v be_v make_v and_o yet_o we_o do_v not_o resist_v but_o only_o withhold_v our_o assistance_n and_o only_o do_v not_o do_v what_o in_o truth_n be_v not_o in_o 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