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as_o have_v be_v mistake_v but_o the_o sense_n be_v to_o be_v direct_v by_o distinguish_v the_o word_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reckon_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o presbyter_n as_o bishop_n neither_o more_o nor_o less_o than_o antistites_fw-la in_o latin_a which_o we_o have_v in_o s._n augustine_n before_o and_o thus_o you_o have_v both_o rank_n comprise_v in_o the_o same_o style_n of_o praepositi_fw-la in_o s._n cyprian_n and_o of_o praesidentes_fw-la in_o tertullian_n the_o first_o epist_n 62._o et_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnino_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la tenere_fw-la oporteat_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la praepositos_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la curare_fw-la hoc_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la the_o other_o de_fw-fr cor._n mil._n c._n 3._o eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la aliorum_fw-la manu_fw-la quà m_fw-la praesidentium_fw-la sumimus_fw-la chap._n viii_o what_o pattern_n this_o government_n may_v have_v in_o the_o synagogue_n aaron_z 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