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hen._n 8._o advance_v under_o king_n edward_n perfect_v under_o queen_n elizabeth_n and_o of_o the_o warrantableness_n thereof_o pag._n 62._o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o lawful_a call_n of_o our_o english_a protestant_n bishop_n against_o doctor_n champny_n sorbonist_n and_o of_o the_o first_o prejudice_n from_o other_o reform_a church_n that_o have_v not_o ordination_n by_o bishop_n pag._n 89._o chap._n iu._n of_o the_o second_o prejudice_n against_o the_o ordination_n from_o the_o protestant_a opinion_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v antichrist_n and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n heretical_a pag._n 131._o chap._n v._o of_o the_o three_o prejudice_n from_o the_o protestant_a opinion_n of_o the_o romish_a order_n that_o they_o be_v sacrilegious_a and_o do_v not_o give_v a_o indelible_a character_n pag._n 156._o chap._n vi_o of_o archhishop_n cranmers_n ordination_n and_o the_o pretend_a defect_n of_o it_o bigamy_n and_o heresy_n pag._n 177._o chap._n vii_o of_o bishop_n ordain_v in_o king_n edward_n time_n and_o the_o essential_a defect_n pretend_v to_o be_v in_o the_o form_n of_o their_o ordination_n and_o of_o other_o presumption_n against_o it_o pag._n 210._o chap._n viii_o of_o archbishop_n parker_n ordination_n and_o the_o pretend_a defect_n of_o it_o from_o the_o new_a form_n and_o the_o incapacity_n of_o his_o ordainer_n pag._n 246._o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o other_o bishop_n ordain_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n reign_n and_o pretence_n of_o special_a defect_n in_o it_o by_o reason_n of_o intrusion_n where_o also_o of_o the_o deprivation_n of_o the_o former_a bishop_n and_o of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n as_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o it_o pag._n 264._o chap._n x._o the_o exception_n against_o our_o bishop_n that_o they_o be_v not_o priest_n of_o the_o evangelical_n priesthood_n or_o ministry_n commit_v to_o we_o man_n and_o of_o the_o romish_a presumption_n in_o assume_v more_o pag._n 319._o errata_fw-la pag._n 15._o l._n 6._o for_o that_o be_v 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