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the_o key_n in_o use_n who_o use_n re_fw-mi dound_v to_o all_o that_o believe_v in_o christ._n now_o that_o we_o must_v have_v governor_n of_o church_n paul_n admonish_v more_o than_o once_o &_o christ_n do_v not_o forbid_v it_o who_o when_o he_o command_v we_o not_o to_o be_v call_v master_n and_o rabbi_n repress_a ambition_n be_v desirous_a that_o none_o of_o we_o shall_v hunt_v after_o these_o thing_n but_o he_o never_o forbid_v we_o to_o reverence_v and_o give_v honourable_a name_n to_o those_o who_o our_o lord_n have_v place_v over_o us._n yea_o paul_n write_v to_o timothy_n that_o himself_o be_v make_v the_o master_n of_o the_o gentile_n master_n musculus_fw-la be_v consonant_a to_o the_o rest_n who_o express_a word_n be_v these_o denique_fw-la curabit_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la viros_fw-la grave_n 204._o timentes_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la testimonij_fw-la deligant_fw-la quorum_fw-la cura_fw-la et_fw-la vigilantia_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 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