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a_o mother-city_n the_o same_o individual_a may_v be_v a_o mother_n in_o one_o respect_n and_o a_o daughter_n in_o another_o the_o province_n themselves_o be_v not_o all_o equal_a and_o by_o consequence_n the_o mother-city_n in_o one_o province_n may_v be_v inferior_a in_o dignity_n and_o dependent_a in_o power_n upon_o the_o metropolis_n of_o another_o we_o need_v go_v no_o further_o for_o a_o instance_n than_o our_o own_o nation_n of_o the_o two_o province_n into_o which_o it_o be_v divide_v one_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o have_v a_o superiority_n and_o some_o power_n over_o the_o other_o all_o this_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o conform_v ecclesisticall_a government_n to_o the_o civil_a be_v no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o divine_a original_n of_o it_o the_o vine_n which_o be_v plant_v by_o a_o divine_a hand_n under_o the_o civil_a power_n as_o a_o wall_n of_o defence_n do_v natural_o according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o he_o who_o plant_v it_o adapt_v itself_o to_o the_o mode_n of_o 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advice_n though_o absolute_o necessary_a that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v permit_v to_o pass_v into_o a_o law_n as_o it_o come_v from_o he_o but_o one_o eminent_o virtuous_a though_o of_o no_o good_a elocution_n be_v desire_v to_o speak_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o such_o word_n as_o he_o can_v and_o then_o unanimous_o as_o from_o he_o the_o stamp_n of_o authority_n be_v impress_v upon_o it_o what_o ignatius_n speak_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o philadelphia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v very_o applicable_a here_o a_o good_a man_n when_o silent_a can_v do_v more_o than_o he_o who_o be_v bad_a although_o he_o speak_v in_o a_o style_n enamel_v with_o the_o rich_a trope_n and_o figure_n in_o rhetoric_n as_o the_o didacticall_a part_n of_o his_o discourse_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v neglect_v so_o the_o elencticall_a will_n in_o all_o probability_n be_v treat_v with_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n to_o reprove_v be_v a_o act_n which_o savour_v of_o authority_n and_o no_o man_n can_v abide_v the_o 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