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i_o 20._o joan._n 20._o and_o i_o send_v you_o take_v you_o the_o holy_a ghost_n iâ—_n you_o do_v remit_v to_o any_o man_n his_o sin_n they_o shall_v be_v remit_v and_o to_o who_o you_o shall_v retain_v they_o they_o shall_v be_v retain_v yet_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v make_v unity_n manifest_a he_o dispose_v by_o his_o authority_n the_o original_n of_o the_o same_o unity_n begin_v from_o one_o note_v good_a reader_n that_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o one_o both_o that_o it_o may_v be_v one_o by_o the_o institution_n and_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n and_o also_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v â—ne_a that_o it_o may_v be_v one_o ret_fw-la vnitatem_fw-la disposuit_fw-la ut_fw-la unitatem_fw-la manifestae_fw-la ret_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o all_o the_o faithful_a may_v be_v in_o this_o â—ife_n one_o visible_a flock_n because_o they_o have_v â—n_v this_o life_n one_o visible_a chief_a shepherd_n â—o_o who_o if_o all_o obey_v 3._o cyprian_a lib._n 1._o ep_v 3._o no_o schism_n 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