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the_o justify_v assertion_n at_o burial_n as_o common_o as_o i_o must_v do_v if_o i_o conform_v p._n 525._o pastor_n have_v their_o kind_n of_o correction_n even_o over_o prince_n but_o such_o as_o by_o god_n law_n may_v stand_v with_o the_o pastor_n vocation_n and_o tend_v to_o the_o prince_n salvation_n and_o that_o exceed_v not_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n other_o correction_n over_o any_o private_a man_n pastor_n have_v none_o much_o less_o over_o prince_n prince_n may_v force_v their_o subject_n by_o the_o temporal_a sword_n bishop_n may_v not_o force_v their_o flock_n with_o any_o corporal_a or_o external_a violence_n pag._n 526._o chrysostom_n say_v for_o of_o all_o man_n christian_a bishop_n may_v least_o correct_v the_o fault_n of_o man_n by_o force_n judge_n that_o be_v without_o the_o church_n may_v compel_v but_o here_o in_o the_o church_n we_o may_v not_o offer_v any_o violence_n but_o only_o persuade_v we_o have_v not_o so_o great_a authority_n give_v we_o by_o the_o 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