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sovereignty_n who_o first_o teach_v the_o depose_n of_o king_n the_o puritan_n tenet_n worse_o than_o the_o jesuit_n king_n authority_n immediate_o from_o god_n the_o twofold_a royalty_n in_o a_o king_n the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n vindicate_v from_o false_a gloss_n etc._n etc._n 64_o chap._n xii_o show_v the_o assistant_n of_o king_n in_o their_o government_n to_o who_o the_o choice_n of_o inferior_a magistrate_n belong_v the_o power_n of_o the_o subordinate_a officer_n neither_o peer_n nor_o parliament_n can_v have_v supremacy_n the_o sectary_n chief_a argument_n out_o of_o bracton_n answer_v our_o law_n prove_v all_o sovereignty_n to_o be_v in_o the_o king_n 70_o §_o the_o two_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o regal_a government_n the_o four_o property_n of_o â—_o just_a war_n and_o how_o the_o parliamentary_a faction_n transgress_v in_o every_o property_n 74_o chap._n xiii_o show_n how_o the_o first_o government_n of_o king_n be_v arbitrary_a the_o place_n of_o moses_n deut._n 17._o and_o of_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n 8._o discuss_v whether_o ahab_n offend_v in_o desire_v naboth_n vineyard_n and_o wherein_o why_o absolute_a power_n be_v grant_v unto_o king_n and_o how_o the_o diversity_n of_o government_n come_v up_o 78_o §_o the_o extent_n of_o the_o grant_v of_o king_n what_o they_o may_v and_o what_o they_o may_v not_o grant_v what_o our_o king_n have_v not_o grant_v in_o seven_o special_a prerogative_n and_o what_o they_o have_v grant_v unto_o their_o people_n 83_o chap._n fourteen_o show_v the_o king_n grant_n unto_o his_o people_n to_o be_v of_o three_o sort_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v the_o act_n of_o exclude_v the_o bishop_n out_o of_o parliament_n discuss_v the_o king_n oath_n at_o his_o coronation_n how_o it_o oblige_v he_o and_o how_o statute_n have_v be_v procure_v and_o repeal_v 88_o §_o certain_a query_n discuss_v but_o not_o resolve_v the_o end_n for_o which_o god_n ordain_v king_n the_o praise_n of_o a_o just_a rule_n king_n ought_v to_o be_v 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it_o and_o both_o priest_n and_o bishop_n ought_v like_o aaron_n and_o abiathar_n to_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o their_o censure_n chap._n vii_o the_o objection_n of_o the_o divine_n of_o louvain_n and_o other_o jesuit_n against_o the_o former_a doctrine_n of_o the_o prince_n his_o authority_n over_o the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a answer_v and_o the_o foresay_a truth_n sufficient_o prove_v by_o the_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o father_n and_o council_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o pope_n and_o papist_n themselves_o but_o against_o this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o prince_n his_o authority_n to_o rectify_v the_o obj._n thing_n that_o be_v amiss_o and_o out_o of_o order_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o jesuit_n and_o their_o follower_n tell_v we_o spirituales_fw-la dignitâ—tes_fw-la praestantiores_fw-la â—sse_fw-la secularibus_fw-la seu_fw-la mundanis_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la that_o the_o spiritual_a dignity_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o those_o that_o 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the_o number_n of_o their_o professor_n and_o the_o devotion_n of_o these_o christian_n be_v so_o large_a and_o do_v so_o liberal_o contribute_v towards_o the_o erect_n of_o their_o church_n as_o the_o israelite_n in_o the_o day_n of_o bezaliel_n do_v cheerful_o present_v their_o gift_n and_o free-will-offering_n towards_o the_o set_n up_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n no_o man_n be_v backward_o and_o no_o man_n a_o niggard_n in_o this_o work_n which_o they_o conceive_v to_o be_v so_o profitable_a and_o so_o necessary_a for_o they_o to_o do_v and_o that_o in_o two_o special_a respect_n 1._o the_o good_a that_o be_v effect_v 2._o the_o evil_n that_o be_v prevent_v by_o the_o public_a meeting_n of_o the_o people_n in_o these_o church_n 1._o the_o meeting_n of_o the_o congregation_n public_o in_o a_o lawful_a place_n and_o a_o benefit_n the_o double_a benefit_n that_o we_o reap_v by_o our_o come_n to_o the_o public_a meeting_n in_o the_o church_n 1._o benefit_n consecrate_a church_n assure_v they_o they_o offend_v not_o the_o law_n either_o of_o god_n or_o man_n and_o so_o secure_v they_o from_o all_o blame_n and_o prevent_v the_o occasion_n to_o traduce_v and_o to_o suspect_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o holy_a duty_n that_o we_o perform_v when_o as_o veritas_fw-la non_fw-la quaerit_fw-la angulos_fw-la truth_n and_o the_o performance_n of_o just_a thing_n and_o holy_a action_n need_v not_o run_v and_o hide_v themselves_o in_o private_a hide_a and_o unlawful_a place_n but_o may_v show_v themselves_o and_o appear_v so_o public_o as_o they_o may_v not_o be_v subject_a to_o any_o the_o least_o unjust_a imputation_n 2._o the_o meeting_n in_o a_o public_a consecrate_a church_n and_o not_o in_o a_o private_a benefit_n 2._o benefit_n conventicle_n escape_v those_o dangerous_a plot_n and_o machination_n that_o be_v very_o often_o invent_v and_o contrive_v in_o those_o conventicle_n that_o be_v veil_v for_o that_o purpose_n under_o the_o mantle_n and_o pretence_n of_o religion_n 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