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the_o church_n be_v the_o pastor_n and_o these_o be_v the_o short_a plain_a and_o least_o ambiguous_a term_n and_o more_o clear_a than_o internal_a ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a which_o have_v all_o much_o obscurity_n and_o ambiguity_n pag._n 238._o prince_n only_o be_v governor_n in_o thing_n and_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a that_o be_v with_o the_o sword_n bishop_n be_v no_o governor_n in_o those_o thing_n with_o the_o sword_n pag._n 240._o we_o confess_v prince_n to_o be_v supreme_a governor_n supreme_a bearer_n of_o the_o sword_n we_o give_v prince_n no_o power_n to_o devise_v or_o invent_v new_a religion_n to_o alter_v or_o change_v sacrament_n to_o decide_v or_o debate_v doubt_n of_o faith_n to_o disturb_v or_o infringe_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n but_o of_o these_o two_o last_o i_o must_v tell_v you_o what_o we_o puritan_n as_o they_o call_v we_o hold_v 1._o that_o the_o king_n may_v and_o must_v decide_v doubt_n of_o faith_n in_o order_n to_o execution_n by_o the_o 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must_v be_v discerner_n and_o judge_n of_o that_o which_o be_v teach_v page_z 271._o ph._n if_o general_n council_n may_v err_v the_o church_n may_v err_v th._n as_o though_o none_o be_v of_o or_o in_o the_o church_n but_o only_a bishop_n or_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o christendom_n without_o exception_n be_v ever_o present_a at_o any_o council_n or_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o that_o be_v present_a may_v not_o strike_v the_o stroke_n without_o the_o rest_n see_v pag._n 350_o 351_o 352._o et_fw-fr seq_fw-fr that_o only_a magistrate_n may_v touch_v body_n or_o good_n page_n 358._o the_o watchman_n and_o shepherd_n that_o serve_v christ_n in_o his_o church_n have_v their_o kind_n of_o regiment_n distinct_a from_o the_o temporal_a power_n and_o state_n but_o that_o regiment_n of_o they_o be_v by_o counsel_n and_o persuasion_n not_o by_o terror_n or_o compulsion_n and_o reach_v neither_o to_o the_o good_n nor_o to_o the_o body_n of_o any_o man_n page_n 366._o as_o for_o your_o 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