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they_o joint_o shall_v not_o execute_v the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n viz._n excommunication_n and_o other_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n in_o every_o parish_n within_o his_o kingdom_n if_o it_o be_v answer_v that_o in_o this_o case_n the_o presbyter_n alone_o do_v excommunicate_a be_v it_o not_o as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o executioner_n do_v give_v judgement_n when_o at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o judge_n he_o smite_v off_o the_o head_n or_o cast_v down_o the_o ladder_n or_o may_v not_o as_o much_o be_v say_v for_o the_o execution_n whereof_o we_o speak_v that_o the_o pastor_n only_o shall_v excommunicate_v when_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o office_n with_o the_o consent_n and_o not_o by_o the_o prescript_n of_o the_o elder_n associate_v unto_o he_o he_o shall_v declare_v and_o pronounce_v the_o party_n to_o be_v excommunicate_v but_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o rowland_n allen_n denounce_v the_o lesson_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o paper_n for_o he_o to_o 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