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expression_n and_o phrase_n nothing_o pertain_v to_o the_o substance_n and_o design_n of_o the_o oath_n it_o will_v free_o and_o general_o be_v admit_v and_o take_v notwithstanding_o the_o foresay_a party_n condemn_v it_o who_o take_v that_o advantage_n to_o decry_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o oath_n from_o which_o they_o have_v a_o aversion_n in_o as_o much_o as_o fidelity_n be_v promise_v thereby_o sect_n v._o that_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n as_o it_o lie_v and_o according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o first_o law_n giver_n can_v lawful_o and_o sincere_o be_v take_v by_o any_o christian._n 28._o it_o be_v a_o truth_n from_o the_o beginning_n acknowledge_v by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n that_o all_o king_n be_v true_o supreme_a governor_n over_o the_o person_n of_o all_o their_o subject_n and_o in_o all_o cause_n even_o ecclesiastical_a wherein_o their_o civil_a authority_n be_v mix_v constitution_n of_o synod_n however_o they_o may_v oblige_v in_o conscience_n and_o 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