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(2) [centered]

II Civil Gov't [Government] is the ordinance
of God ~

1 That is an ordinance of
God wh. [which] is nec. [necessary] to man in
all the approp. [appropriate] circ's [circumstances] of his
Earthly Existence.

2 Civil gov't [government] is thus necessary.

Solitude & gloom are un-
-congenial to him

A state of complete anar-
-chy he can not endure.
Even oppression is better.