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clergy_n have_v possess_v the_o outward_a and_o visible_a church_n and_o ib._n p._n 43._o the_o pope_n kingdom_n say_v he_o have_v have_v power_n over_o all_o christian_n from_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n sylvester_n and_o â—he_n emperor_n constantine_n for_o these_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n and_o ib._n p._n 145._o from_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n until_o these_o our_o day_n even_o one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n the_o pope_n and_o his_o clergy_n have_v possess_v the_o outward_a visible_a church_n of_o christian_n again_o ib._n p._n 68_o between_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n three_o hundred_o and_o three_o hundred_o and_o sixteen_o the_o antichristian_a and_o papistical_a râ—â—gn_n begin_v reign_v universal_o and_o without_o any_o debatable_a contradiction_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n god_n true_a church_n most_o certain_o abide_v so_o long_a latent_fw-la and_o invisible_a nay_o he_o go_v yet_o further_o ib._n 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