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27._o and_o fides_n
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you_o let_v he_o he_o accurse_v as_o we_o say_v before_o so_o say_v i_o now_o again_o if_o any_o man_n preach_v any_o other_o gospel_n unto_o you_o then_o that_o you_o have_v receive_v let_v he_o be_v accurse_v gal._n 1.8_o 9_o where_o you_o have_v the_o divine_a inviolable_a authority_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n assert_v and_o a_o very_a dreadful_a sentence_n thunder_v against_o any_o person_n of_o what_o rank_n or_o quality_n soever_o that_o shall_v presume_v to_o innovate_v or_o introduce_v any_o doctrine_n contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o those_o holy_a man_n who_o speak_v as_o they_o be_v inspire_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n though_o we_o i._n e._n paul_n himself_o and_o the_o brethren_n that_o be_v with_o he_o in_o who_o name_n he_o salute_v the_o church_n of_o galatia_n ver_fw-la 2._o or_o though_o we_o i._n e._n as_o vincent_n lirinens_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la petrus_n etiamsi_fw-la andreas_n etiamsi_fw-la joannes_n etiamsi_fw-la omnis_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la chorus_n 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person_n not_o the_o office_n and_o that_o by_o no_o less_o authority_n then_o st._n paul_n who_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o high_a power_n rom._n 13.1_o at_o the_o 3d._a verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n now_o this_o high_a or_o high_a power_n be_v a_o single_a person_n or_o company_n of_o man_n entrust_v with_o sovereign_a power_n over_o the_o people_n he_o or_o they_o be_v subject_a only_o to_o the_o empire_n or_o power_n of_o god_n himself_o i_o say_v a_o single_a person_n or_o company_n of_o man_n for_o though_o that_o which_o command_v in_o chief_a or_o in_o who_o the_o high_a power_n be_v invest_v must_v necessary_o be_v one_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o of_o necessity_n that_o it_o be_v one_o in_o or_o by_o nature_n but_o it_o suffice_v if_o it_o be_v one_o by_o institution_n so_o that_o the_o high_a power_n be_v not_o appropriate_v to_o king_n or_o absolute_a monarch_n only_o but_o in_o a_o right_o constitute_v aristocracy_n or_o commonwealth_n the_o 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