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for_o aught_o we_o know_v design_v the_o same_o again_o and_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v with_o the_o advocate_n p._n 55._o that_o where_o every_o one_o have_v liberty_n to_o hold_v what_o he_o please_v which_o by_o this_o profession_n can_v be_v deny_v he_o so_o soon_o as_o he_o believe_v his_o party_n strong_a enough_o to_o grapple_v with_o authority_n he_o will_v publish_v and_o preach_v what_o he_o hold_v confine_v to_o no_o rule_n or_o order_n but_o contemn_v law_n will_v rule_v as_o a_o transcendent_a and_o as_o he_o quote_v the_o most_o incomparable_a hooker_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 107._o let_v they_o tell_v we_o of_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o god_n as_o long_o as_o they_o please_v we_o dare_v not_o believe_v they_o who_o break_v the_o law_n of_o those_o appoint_v by_o god_n to_o rule_v over_o they_o for_o it_o be_v a_o distinction_n without_o a_o difference_n to_o separate_v and_o divide_v the_o law_n of_o god_n from_o the_o law_n of_o man_n and_o unless_o we_o observe_v both_o we_o 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