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the_o first_o of_o these_o oath_n and_o have_v the_o declaration_n which_o be_v annex_v to_o these_o oath_n be_v a_o denial_n of_o the_o pope_n pastoral_a power_n in_o this_o realm_n there_o need_v no_o other_o test_n for_o discovery_n of_o papist_n since_o no_o catholic_n will_v disow_v that_o spiritual_a power_n to_o be_v in_o his_o holiness_n these_o thing_n consider_v i_o must_v own_v that_o i_o know_v no_o reason_n for_o the_o roman_a catholic_n in_o england_n to_o provoke_v the_o government_n johnson_n to_o fall_v under_o the_o reputation_n of_o be_v entire_o in_o the_o french_a interest_n and_o to_o undergo_v severe_a penalty_n for_o refuse_v these_o oath_n finis_fw-la protection_n infer_v public_a obedience_n in_o the_o provincial_a congregation_n at_o ghent_n 5_o july_n 1681._o 3_o jac._n 1._o cap._n 4._o this_o declaration_n be_v assertory_n of_o something_o past_a it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o faith_n depend_v on_o the_o probable_a evidence_n of_o what_o be_v past_a king_n james_n in_o his_o premonition_n p._n 46._o let_v the_o pope_n be_v primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la and_o princeps_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la as_o peter_n be_v princeps_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la 24_o h._n 8._o c._n 12._o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 20._o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 19_o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 21._o 28_o h._n 8._o c._n 16._o 1_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o 5_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o 1_o 2_o p._n m._n c._n 8._o in_o france_n the_o clergy_n publish_v this_o proposition_n that_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o power_n in_o civil_a or_o temporal_a affair_n and_o that_o king_n be_v subject_a to_o no_o ecclesiastical_a power_n 1_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o 5_o eliz._n cap._n 8._o 1_o eliz._n cap._n 1â—_n entitle_v a_o act_n to_o restore_v to_o the_o crown_n the_o ancient_a jurisdiction_n over_o the_o estate_n ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a and_o abolish_n all_o foreign_a power_n repugnant_a to_o the_o same_o 5_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o admonition_n to_o simple_a man_n deceive_v by_o 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