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then_o may_v also_o my_o covenant_n be_v break_v with_o david_n my_o servant_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v a_o son_n to_o reign_v upon_o his_o throne_n and_o with_o the_o levite_n the_o priest_n my_o minister_n joel_n 1.9_o the_o meat_n offer_v and_o the_o drink_n offering_n be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o priest_n the_o lord_n minister_n mourn_n q._n do_v our_o lord_n jesus_n the_o high_a priest_n of_o our_o profession_n the_o great_a or_o chief_a shepherd_n and_o bishop_n of_o our_o soul_n do_v he_o ordain_v any_o man_n and_o send_v they_o forth_o to_o preach_v a._n yes_o mar._n 3.14_o and_o he_o ordain_v twelve_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v with_o he_o and_o that_o he_o may_v send_v they_o forth_o to_o preach_v q._n do_v he_o call_v these_o 12_o preacher_n apostle_n a._n yea._n luk._n 6.13_o and_o when_o it_o be_v day_n he_o call_v unto_o he_o his_o disciple_n and_o of_o they_o he_o choose_v twelve_o who_o also_o he_o name_v apostle_n math._n 10.2_o 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who_o will_v not_o subject_v their_o neck_n to_o her_o yoke_n and_o government_n or_o who_o think_v her_o fallible_a a._n yes_o before_o luther_n there_o be_v diverse_a eminent_a and_o famous_a witness_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o religion_n and_o doctrine_n for_o the_o main_a which_o the_o protestant_n hold_v diverse_a from_o the_o present_a church_n of_o rome_n see_v for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o in_o scultetus_n his_o medulla_n patrum_fw-la of_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o father_n for_o the_o first_o 300_o year_n dr_n field_n of_o the_o church_n birckbeck_n protestant_a evidence_n mr_n perkin_n his_o demonstration_n of_o the_o problem_n and_o concern_v worship_v of_o image_n see_v dr_n westfield_n sermon_n on_o the_o calf_n q._n do_v the_o pagan_n and_o papist_n agree_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o worship_v image_n a._n see_v b_o p_o westfield_n sermon_n where_o out_o of_o a_o apocrypha_fw-la book_n yet_o such_o as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n account_v canonical_a he_o show_v 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