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The King of the Faith obligeth his subjects to follow their faith, and it behoveth he be the most faithful,261 for it is by him that they take pattern in the things of the Faith; and it becometh the folk to obey him in whatso he commandeth according to Divine Ordinance; but he shall hold the discontented in the same esteem as the contented, because of submission to the decrees of Destiny.
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Also, there be implanted in my breast a store of love to thee, which biddeth me speak thee fair and obligeth me to solicit thy brothership.
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Then he read it and understanding its contents said, O my daughter, verily, the ordinance of the monarch of mankind obligeth us and his commandments are effectual over us, nor can we disobey him: so go thou and release the two men forth-with and say to them, ‘Ye are freed by the intercession of the monarch of mankind.’
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And for a memorial and a token of this covenant, he ordaineth the sacrament of circumcision. 89 This is it which is called the Old Covenant, or Testament, and containeth a contract between God and Abraham, by which Abraham obligeth himself and his posterity in a peculiar manner to be subject to God's positive law; for to the law moral he was obliged before, as by an oath of allegiance.
Leviathan 2007
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For he obligeth his children, and servants, as far as the law permitteth, though not further, because none of them are bound to obedience in those actions which the law hath forbidden to be done.
Leviathan 2007
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And therefore, as when the authority is evident, the covenant obligeth the author, not the actor; so when the authority is feigned, it obligeth the actor only, there being no author but himself.
Leviathan 2007
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Also he obligeth himself to assist him that hath the sovereignty in the punishing of another, but of himself not.
Leviathan 2007
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Our duty obligeth us to every thing which the law commands; but we cannot perform the least tittle of it.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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According to the nature of a sacrament, it obligeth the receivers to the terms of the covenant: for as the covenant itself is of mutual obligation between God and man; so the sacraments, the seals of the covenant, are of like obligation.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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For whosoever assents to him, that asketh, obligeth himself to him.
The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius
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