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Yea not only are we to take heed of rising against ⟨p. 32⟩them, and laying of violent hands on them. For ^rWho can lay his hand on the Lords anointed, and be guiltless? ^sWho so riseth against the Lords anointed, ariseth against the Lord himself by whom he is anointed. ^tWho so resisteth the higher power, resisteth Gods own Ordinance: and those that so do, procure destruction to themselves: Or of offering the least outward disgrace unto them. ^uIt stuck shrewdly in Davids stomach, and troubled his tender conscience not a little, that he had snipped away but a little shred of the skirt of Sauls coat: But also ^xhow we do even but in secret speak evil of them, or in heart only wish evil to them: Sithence God, ^ywhose person they represent, and ^zwhose place they here supply, hath threatened both to disclose it, and to be avenged on us for it. He hath given them his own name, and ^*he will severely revenge whatsoever injury or indignity is done unto them, even as done unto himself.

Yea not onely are we to take heede of rising against ⟨p. 32⟩them, and laying of violent hands on them. For ^rWho can lay his hand on the Lords annointed, and be guiltlesse? ^s