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the_o church_n within_o the_o empire_n as_o you_o do_v but_o the_o care_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n baxter_n num._n 69._o yet_o let_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o i_o will_v take_v pope_n leo_n for_o no_o competent_a judge_n or_o witness_v though_o you_o call_v he_o a_o saint_n as_o long_o as_o we_o know_v what_o pass_v between_o he_o and_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n non-prooâ—â—â—â—_a non-prooâ—â—â—â—_a and_o that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o tumify_v bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v judge_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n johnson_n num._n 69._o sir_n i_o be_o real_o move_v to_o compassionate_v you_o when_o i_o see_v you_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n have_v it_o not_o be_v enough_o for_o you_o to_o extenuate_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o holy_a council_n as_o you_o here_o do_v but_o that_o you_o must_v as_o the_o chalcedonian_a council_n say_v of_o dioscorus_n extend_v your_o spite_n against_o he_o that_o be_v s._n leo_n to_o who_o our_o saviour_n have_v commit_v 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