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brother_n most_o obedient_a son_n and_o most_o humble_a servant_n colchester_n decemb._n 4._o 1681._o postscript_n the_o say_a bishop_n st._n ambrose_n be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o his_o spiritual_a kindred_n to_o his_o flock_n vos_fw-fr mihi_fw-la est_fw-la be_v parent_n qui_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la tulistis_fw-la vos_fw-la inquam_fw-la silij_fw-la vel_fw-la parent_n silij_fw-la singuli_fw-la universi_fw-la parent_n ambrose_n tom._n 3._o p._n 89._o in_o luk._n 18._o no_o no_o bishop_n ambrose_n be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o his_o poor_a kinsman_n and_o relation_n spiritual_a as_o high_a and_o stout_a as_o he_o be_v and_o scorn_v to_o try_v they_o judge_v they_o much_o less_o curse_v they_o silence_z they_o stop_v their_o mouth_n and_o excommunicate_v they_o by_o proxy_n or_o by_o his_o under-officer_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v a_o great_a ecclesiastical_a judge_n as_o well_o as_o your_o lordship_n not_o a_o judge_n at_o or_o of_o common-law_n statute-law_n the_o municipal-law_n but_o a_o judge_n 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