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no_o &_o laïcis_fw-la sacerdotalia_fw-la munera_fw-la injungunt_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr prescript_n haereticor_n cap._n xli_o pag._n 217._o man_n without_o call_n take_v up_o the_o genser_n and_o usurp_v a_o office_n which_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o they_o and_o as_o the_o work_n into_o which_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v send_v require_v a_o special_a designation_n so_o likewise_o it_o require_v peculiar_a qualification_n and_o endowment_n a_o due_a preparation_n must_v precede_v it_o and_o many_o degree_n of_o probation_n must_v be_v pass_v through_o before_o one_o presume_v to_o enter_v upon_o it_o such_o a_o measure_n of_o knowledge_n in_o divine_a matter_n must_v be_v treasure_v up_o as_o may_v in_o some_o sort_n supply_v the_o defect_n of_o those_o extraordinary_a succour_n which_o be_v now_o withdraw_v and_o be_v never_o confer_v but_o on_o the_o first_o preacher_n of_o christianity_n nor_o be_v that_o to_o be_v attain_v but_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n by_o 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