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eph._n 4_o 24._o rom._n 1._o 7._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 2._o luke_n 10._o 29._o apoc._n 20._o 12._o have_v put_v on_o the_o new_a man_n which_o after_o god_n be_v create_v in_o righteousness_n and_o true_a holiness_n and_o be_v call_v by_o the_o very_a name_n of_o saint_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o name_n and_o deed_n also_o be_v write_v in_o heaven_n and_o in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n therefore_o all_o the_o faithful_a be_v to_o be_v take_v for_o saint_n by_o all_o the_o faithful_a whatsoever_o mean_a reckon_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n make_v of_o they_o qvest._n lxxiiii_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o the_o universal_a pastor_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n some_o pope_n do_v not_o at_o all_o by_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n seed_n so_o much_o as_o the_o people_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n itself_o and_o none_o of_o they_o all_o have_v such_o gift_n as_o whereby_o they_o be_v enable_v to_o feed_v the_o universal_a church_n therefore_o some_o of_o they_o be_v 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