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moses_n etc._n etc._n but_o covaruvias_n with_o many_o catholic_a doctor_n do_v avouch_v that_o doubtless_o it_o be_v a_o evident_a sign_n and_o strong_a presumption_n that_o in_o temporal_a matter_n and_o in_o civil_a judgement_n the_o levite_n be_v not_o subject_a unto_o the_o high_a priest_n but_o unto_o the_o temporal_a prince_n or_o judge_n because_o when_o moses_n by_o a_o kind_n of_o mean_a conveyance_n and_o resignation_n as_o catholic_n will_v have_v it_o transmit_v or_o transfer_v his_o whole_a authority_n of_o high_a priest_n and_o his_o attendance_n upon_o the_o sacred_a service_n unto_o aaron_n yet_o by_o no_o mean_n do_v he_o then_o deprive_v or_o divest_v himself_o of_o authority_n to_o judge_v the_o priest_n and_o levit_n in_o their_o temporal_n and_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v evict_v that_o such_o authority_n be_v not_o knit_v by_o any_o essential_a connexion_n to_o the_o office_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n for_o have_v it_o be_v connex_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n no_o 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a_o few_o shall_v suffice_v the_o council_n of_o agatha_n in_o provence_n thus_o 32._o conc._n canon_n 32._o clericus_fw-la nè_fw-la quenquam_fw-la praesumat_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o cleric_a shall_v not_o presume_v to_o sue_v any_o man_n before_o a_o secular_a judge_n and_o in_o case_n a_o cleric_a be_v sue_v in_o any_o such_o court_n of_o record_n he_o shall_v not_o put_v in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o declaration_n in_o any_o criminal_a cause_n before_o a_o secular_a judge_n 9_o conc._n 1._o canon_n 9_o the_o general_a council_n hold_v and_o celebrate_v at_o chalcedon_n in_o bethinia_n before_o justinian_n be_v hatch_v have_v decree_v in_o these_o express_a word_n si_fw-la clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o one_o cleric_a shall_v have_v a_o action_n against_o another_o the_o plaintiff_n shall_v enter_v his_o action_n and_o prosecute_v the_o suit_n before_o his_o own_o ordinary_a and_o not_o before_o any_o secular_a judge_n the_o three_o council_n at_o 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