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church_n of_o feodary_n estate_n shall_v be_v enter_v in_o the_o table_n of_o those_o society_n article_n xvi_o correspondence_n betwixt_o the_o province_n as_o also_o in_o like_a manner_n that_o they_o of_o the_o pretend_a reform_a religion_n may_v not_o entertain_v any_o correspondence_n with_o they_o of_o other_o province_n nor_o write_v unto_o they_o under_o pretext_n of_o charity_n or_o other_o affair_n whatsoever_o nor_o receive_v appeal_n from_o other_o synod_n save_v only_o to_o remit_v they_o to_o the_o national_a synod_n the_o artifice_n of_o the_o clergy_n have_v fit_v this_o article_n express_o to_o render_v the_o inviolable_a fidelity_n of_o those_o of_o the_o p._n r._n r._n suspect_v of_o which_o they_o have_v give_v so_o essential_a proof_n to_o the_o king_n that_o this_o great_a prince_n have_v be_v please_v to_o testify_v by_o public_a mark_n how_o well_o he_o be_v satisfy_v therein_o for_o in_o his_o declaration_n may_v 21_o 1652._o he_o use_v these_o term_n and_o 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