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heereuppon_o i_o will_v be_v resolve_v by_o the_o author_n or_o some_o other_o whether_o he_o think_v this_o endowment_n of_o everye_o minister_n with_o the_o execution_n of_o all_o dicsipline_n admit_v but_o not_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v so_o by_o law_n to_o be_v a_o convenient_a policy_n for_o the_o unity_n &_o quiet_a of_o the_o church_n and_o whether_o he_o himself_o have_v not_o rather_o be_v under_o the_o form_n now_o in_o practice_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o own_o contentment_n then_o under_o the_o infinite_a dictatorship_n of_o his_o own_o minister_n or_o else_o whether_o shall_v appellation_n from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o this_o respect_n be_v allow_v of_o and_o whether_o to_o the_o bishop_n or_o to_o who_o and_o whether_o the_o bishop_n by_o this_o interpretation_n of_o law_n shall_v not_o retain_v his_o authority_n of_o execute_v the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o every_o particular_a minister_n and_o in_o every_o several_a parish_n as_o 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