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A letter of a French Protestant to a Scotishman of the Covenant VVherein one of their chiefe pretences is removed, which is their conformitie with the French churches in points of discipline and obedience.
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Du Moulin, Peter, 1601-1684.
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government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v aristocratical_a and_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n take_v not_o so_o much_o upon_o themselves_o as_o he_o ascribe_v unto_o the_o first_o bishop_n aristocratia_fw-la bishop_n ibid._n c._n 5._o art_n 6_o constat_fw-la igitur_fw-la ne_fw-la tum_fw-la quidem_fw-la cum_fw-la high_a episcoporum_fw-la à _fw-la presbyteris_fw-la distinctorum_fw-la ordo_fw-la sive_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la episcopos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la tanquam_fw-la monarchas_n qui_fw-la potestatem_fw-la haberent_fw-la in_o clerun_v sed_fw-la principes_fw-la electos_fw-la qui_fw-la rebus_fw-la deliberandis_fw-la praeessent_fw-la ficut_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la aristocratia_fw-la it_o be_v certain_a say_v he_o that_o even_o when_o the_o order_n or_o degree_n of_o bishop_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o priest_n be_v establish_v the_o bishop_n be_v not_o like_a monarch_n have_v power_n over_o the_o clergy_n but_o elect_v prince_n set_v over_o the_o 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not_o acknowledge_v those_o bishop_n and_o the_o reform_a church_n may_v say_v of_o some_o of_o the_o popish_a bishop_n what_o s._n bernard_n be_v say_v of_o those_o of_o his_o time_n diligere_fw-la time_n bern._n in_o regist._n epist_n ad_fw-la maur._n lib._n 4._o epist_n 32._o heu_fw-la heu_fw-la domine_fw-la deus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o persecutione_n tua_fw-la primi_fw-la qui_fw-la videntur_fw-la in_o ecclesm_n primatum_fw-la diligere_fw-la alas_o alas_o