certain_o the_o magistrate_n personal_o consider_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o roll_a power_n of_o pastor_n in_o spiritual_a thing_n as_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o he_o in_o civil_a thing_n and_o to_o deny_v this_o what_o be_v it_o but_o to_o make_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n head_n of_o the_o church_n and_o not_o a_o member_n of_o it_o much_o more_o worthy_a to_o be_v receive_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o crysostome_n who_o speak_v thus_o to_o ecclesiastical_a person_n in_o reference_n to_o abstention_n from_o the_o lord_n supper_n si_fw-la dux_fw-la igitur_fw-la quispiam_fw-la si_fw-la consul_n ipse_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-fr diademate_n ornatur_fw-la indignus_fw-fr adeat_fw-la cohibe_fw-la ac_fw-la coerce_fw-la majorem_fw-la tu_fw-la illo_fw-la habès_fw-fr authoritatem_fw-la §_o 6._o he_o come_v afterward_o p._n 43._o to_o ascribe_v to_o the_o magistrate_n not_o only_o a_o political_a power_n which_o he_o make_v to_o lie_v in_o the_o execution_n and_o administration_n of_o law_n for_o 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one_o personal_a capacity_n both_o in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la and_o actu_fw-la secundo_fw-la and_o a_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o visit_v church_n overseeing_a particular_a pastor_n ordination_n church_n censure_n make_v rule_n for_o decency_n this_o he_o make_v to_o be_v in_o every_o presbyter_n quoad_fw-la aptitudinem_fw-la and_o habitual_o so_o as_o he_o have_v a_o jus_o to_o it_o in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la but_o the_o exercise_n and_o limitation_n of_o it_o and_o some_o further_a power_n of_o choice_n and_o delegation_n to_o it_o and_o some_o further_a authority_n beside_o the_o power_n of_o order_n and_o when_o this_o power_n either_o by_o consent_n of_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n or_o by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n or_o both_o be_v devolve_v to_o some_o particular_a person_n though_o quoad_fw-la aptitudinem_fw-la
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