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make_v bishop_n by_o authority_n from_o god_n and_o leave_v their_o successor_n power_n to_o do_v the_o like_a and_o to_o this_o they_o all_o subscribe_v in_o the_o necessary_a erudition_n much_o more_o may_v be_v add_v from_o some_o public_a write_n of_o that_o age_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v name_v but_o one_o or_o two_o as_o first_o the_o book_n call_v reformatio_fw-la legum_n ecclesiasticarum_fw-la a_o design_n first_o begin_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o prosecute_v by_o edward_n the_o six_o as_o by_o their_o two_o order_n prefix_v to_o that_o book_n do_v appear_v and_o commit_v to_o the_o care_n of_o thirty_o two_o divine_n and_o civilian_n the_o archbishop_n be_v the_o chief_a wherein_o it_o be_v order_v that_o to_o the_o bishop_n all_o be_v to_o give_v obedience_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n p._n 98._o episcope_n qui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeficitur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la decanus_n archidiaconus_fw-la archipresbyter_n &_o reliqui_fw-la ministri_fw-la parebunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o cap._n 10._o episcopi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la inter_fw-la caeteros_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ministros_fw-la locum_fw-la principem_fw-la tenent_fw-la ideo_fw-la sana_fw-la doctriná_fw-la gravi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la atque_fw-la provido_fw-la consilio_fw-la debent_fw-la inferiores_fw-la ordines_fw-la cleri_fw-la regere_fw-la ac_fw-la pascere_fw-la dr._n burnet_n p._n 71._o of_o the_o second_o part_n say_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o cranmer_n have_v quite_o lay_v aside_o those_o singular_a opinion_n which_o he_o former_o hold_v of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a function_n for_o now_o in_o a_o work_n of_o his_o own_o without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o any_o other_o speak_v of_o his_o catechism_n he_o full_o set_v forth_o their_o divine_a institution_n and_o now_o i_o shall_v consider_v how_o agreeable_a their_o design_n be_v to_o the_o ancient_a constitution_n of_o our_o government_n about_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a which_o as_o they_o say_v be_v very_o excellent_o 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