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you_o say_v well_o for_o i_o be_o so_o 23._o and_o again_o in_o a_o other_o place_n your_o only_a master_n be_v christ_n etc._n etc._n this_o superiority_n therefore_o and_o tribunal_n over_o soul_n for_o instruct_v direct_v chastise_v bind_n and_o lose_v of_o sin_n and_o the_o like_a christ_n do_v peculiar_o erect_v and_o settle_v at_o his_o be_v here_o make_v himself_o the_o head_n and_o leave_v his_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n for_o his_o substitute_n to_o guyd_v the_o same_o under_o he_o unto_o the_o world_n end_n neither_o do_v christe_o at_o his_o departure_n commit_v this_o authority_n or_o any_o part_n thereof_o unto_o caesar_n or_o unto_o any_o other_o temporal_a prince_n but_o to_o his_o apostle_n geve_v they_o that_o supreme_a dignity_n in_o joint_a commission_n with_o his_o own_o person_n when_o he_o say_v who_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o and_o who_o contemn_v you_o contemn_v i_o 10._o nor_o do_v saint_n paul_n when_o he_o talk_v of_o matter_n of_o the_o soul_n 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