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and_o subjection_n unto_o the_o authority_n of_o christ_n and_o put_v in_o immediate_a subjection_n unto_o the_o priest_n see_v he_o neither_o promise_v any_o thing_n unto_o they_o nor_o command_v any_o thing_n but_o by_o the_o church_n 2._o that_o their_o command_n because_o they_o be_v they_o do_v regulate_v their_o conscience_n even_o as_o unto_o moral_a good_a or_o evil._n nor_o be_v it_o safe_a for_o these_o man_n to_o trust_v too_o much_o unto_o the_o goodness_n of_o their_o own_o nature_n nor_o it_o may_v be_v unto_o other_o who_o be_v concern_v in_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v for_o as_o it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o doctrine_n and_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o change_v the_o wolf_n the_o lion_n and_o the_o leopard_n isa._n 11._o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o person_n of_o the_o fierce_a and_o most_o violent_a inclination_n unto_o quiet_a associate_n of_o lamb_n and_o child_n so_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v