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writ_n yet_o be_v it_o first_o in_o intention_n and_o what_o be_v first_o in_o intention_n be_v chief_o aim_v at_o all_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v handle_v be_v but_o as_o mean_n to_o effect_v that_o it_o be_v not_o then_o incongruous_a but_o most_o consonant_a to_o the_o call_n of_o bishop_n to_o sit_v and_o vote_n in_o parliament_n 12._o beside_o ib._n if_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o of_o holy_a church_n be_v first_o in_o intention_n how_o shall_v the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o church_n be_v provide_v for_o how_o defend_v when_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n be_v discard_v who_o know_v best_a what_o belong_v to_o god_n honour_n who_o be_v most_o able_a to_o speak_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o church_n &_o to_o show_v how_o she_o ought_v to_o be_v
and_o these_o disaster_n shall_v end_v in_o a_o crown_n of_o glory_n his_o memory_n shall_v be_v honour_v in_o our_o annal_n and_o his_o posterity_n flourish_v in_o these_o throne_n amen_n amen_n chap._n xvi_o how_o far_o forth_o the_o king_n ought_v to_o protect_v the_o church_n and_o bishop_n 1._o it_o be_v confess_v to_o my_o hand_n that_o 8_o the_o king_n be_v engage_v to_o his_o power_n to_o protect_v the_o bishop_n and_o their_o privilege_n as_o every_o good_a king_n ought_v in_o right_a to_o protect_v &_o defend_v the_o bishop_n &_o church_n under_o their_o government_n reason_n require_v no_o more_o and_o religion_n require_v so_o much_o for_o by_o that_o god_n who_o we_o serve_v king_n be_v make_v guardian_n and_o 22_o nurse_v father_n to_o the_o church_n and_o by_o the_o same_o god_n this_o engagement_n be_v put_v upon_o they_o not_o by_o man_n not_o 8._o by_o the_o author_n as_o you_o seem_v to_o intimate_v nor_o yet_o by_o the_o bishop_n one_o of_o the_o bishop_n indeed_o 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