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the_o presbytery_n lay_v on_o hand_n but_o at_o the_o utmost_a that_o can_v only_o prove_v a_o enlargement_n of_o the_o power_n or_o that_o more_o person_n may_v do_v it_o it_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o the_o person_n who_o former_o do_v it_o now_o may_v not_o do_v it_o it_o can_v only_o show_v that_o some_o officer_n may_v lay_v on_o hand_n it_o do_v not_o show_v that_o the_o people_n who_o former_o might_n now_o may_v not_o lay_v on_o hand_n object_n 3._o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n lay_v on_o hand_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a that_o all_o the_o israelite_n do_v put_v on_o hand_n but_o it_o be_v do_v by_o some_o chief_n of_o they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o rest_n etc._n etc._n answ_n