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of_o which_o god_n have_v make_v we_o overseer_n and_o let_v we_o without_o respect_n of_o person_n endeavour_n to_o subdue_v all_o sin_n let_v we_o not_o fear_v the_o rich_a not_o favour_v our_o benefactor_n let_v we_o not_o desire_v to_o speak_v please_a thing_n but_o profitable_a thing_n let_v we_o cause_n jerusalem_n 2._o to_o know_v all_o her_o abomination_n let_v we_o deliver_v ourselves_o from_o bloud-guiltinesse_n by_o give_v warning_n and_o so_o when_o the_o chief_a shepherd_n shall_v appear_v 4._o we_o shall_v receive_v the_o crown_n of_o glory_n which_o fade_v not_o away_o second_o this_o may_v serve_v for_o the_o instruction_n of_o all_o such_o as_o be_v in_o authority_n either_o in_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n they_o must_v labour_v to_o suppress_v to_o their_o power_n all_o sin_n but_o especial_o such_o sin_n as_o reign_v in_o this_o land_n and_o in_o this_o famous_a city_n of_o london_n let_v ecclesiastical_a power_n suppress_v all_o heresy_n and_o schism_n such_o as_o 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