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their_o endeavour_n will_v be_v void_a and_o ineffectual_a but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o by_o the_o same_o principle_n but_o in_o a_o infinite_o more_o transcendent_a way_n all_o king_n and_o parliament_n be_v subordinate_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o therefore_o no_o act_n of_o parliament_n can_v be_v bind_v to_o overturn_v what_o these_o have_v establish_v this_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v clear_a not_o only_o from_o the_o general_n dictate_v of_o religion_n but_o 28_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 7._o the_o parliament_n use_v these_o word_n for_o no_o man_n can_v dispense_v with_o god_n law_n which_o we_o also_o affirm_v and_o think_v and_o as_o to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n they_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v immutable_a from_o the_o principle_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o law_n itself_o confess_v that_o naturalia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la jura_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la peraeque_fw-la observantur_fw-la divina_fw-la quadam_fw-la providentia_fw-la constituta_fw-la semper_fw-la firma_fw-la atque_fw-la immutabilia_fw-la permanent_a §_o sed_fw-la naturalia_fw-la