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part_n pag._n 149._o a_o preamble_n a_o ingenuous_a confession_n of_o our_o just_a provocation_n of_o god_n anger_n and_o a_o justification_n of_o his_o proceed_n against_o we_o but_o that_o papist_n and_o sectary_n allege_v non_fw-la causam_fw-la pro_fw-la causâ_fw-la and_o the_o author_n hope_n that_o upon_o our_o repentance_n and_o amendment_n god_n may_v return_v and_o have_v mercy_n on_o we_o 150._o ad_fw-la 153._o sect._n 1_o of_o the_o vile_a and_o virulent_a head_n the_o pope_n ibid._n sect._n 2._o of_o the_o british_a king_n call_v in_o the_o admonitory_a the_o violent_a head_n of_o this_o national_a church_n 155_o 156._o that_o this_o national_a church_n be_v not_o next_o in_o naughtiness_n to_o the_o roman_a ibid._n that_o the_o british_a king_n be_v no_o violent_a head_n since_o in_o his_o dominion_n he_o be_v the_o supreme_a governor_n and_o every_o superior_a be_v in_o church-matter_n supreme_a by_o occasion_n of_o which_o the_o supremacy_n of_o all_o superior_n be_v 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