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quidem_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o provincia_n episcopis_fw-la ordinari_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la difficile_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la instantem_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la itineris_fw-la longitudinem_fw-la tribus_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnimodis_fw-la in_o idipsum_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la &_o absentibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la pari_fw-la modo_fw-la decernentibus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la scripta_fw-la consentientibus_fw-la tunc_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la celebretur_fw-la firmitas_fw-la autem_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la geruntur_fw-la per_fw-la unamquamque_fw-la provinciam_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it tribuatur_fw-la episcopo_fw-la can._n 5._o de_fw-fr his_o qui._n communione_fw-la privantur_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la clero_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la laico_fw-la ordine_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la per_fw-la unamquamque_fw-la provinciam_fw-la sententia_fw-la regularis_fw-la obtineat_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la abjiciuntur_fw-la 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decernit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la conservari_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la earum_fw-la praesules_fw-la universorum_fw-la metrapolitanorum_n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la promoventur_fw-la &_o sive_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la pallii_fw-la dationem_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la accipiant_fw-la habeant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la convocandum_fw-la eos_fw-la urgente_fw-la necessitate_v ad_fw-la synodalem_fw-la conventum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendunt_fw-la illos_fw-la &_o corrigendum_fw-la cum_fw-la fama_fw-la eos_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la delictis-forsitan_a
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priest_n and_o the_o levite_n viz._n who_o ahaz_n have_v exclude_v not_o long_o before_o afterward_o these_o priest_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v exclude_v again_o from_o officiate_a in_o a_o great_a persecution_n of_o manasses_n yet_o by_o he_o at_o last_o repent_v we_o find_v they_o also_o restore_v and_o officiate_a in_o the_o temple_n before_o josiah_n time_n 2._o chron._n 33.16_o and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n 2._o chron._n 34._o josiah_n perfect_v the_o reformation_n which_o his_o grandfather_n have_v begin_v by_o their_o assistance_n and_o particular_o by_o that_o of_o the_o highpriest_n hilkiah_n who_o also_o find_v in_o the_o temple_n the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n this_o in_o those_o time_n at_o least_o entire_a be_v very_o rare_a and_o communicate_v it_o to_o the_o pious_a prince_n who_o have_v neither_o see_v it_o nor_o hear_v it_o read_v before_o this_o eighteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o therefore_o must_v former_o have_v learn_v god_n service_n and_o the_o true_a 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