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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o those_o that_o be_v great_a in_o dignity_n which_o be_v but_o few_o viz._n the_o church-officer_n that_o rule_v the_o church_n as_o beza_n observe_v upon_o this_o place_n a._n 3._o that_o howbeit_o this_o be_v say_v and_o write_v to_o they_o all_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o say_v to_o they_o all_o always_o but_o according_a as_o they_o be_v capable_a to_o obey_v now_o some_o be_v capable_a to_o obey_v by_o judicial_a power_n as_o the_o representative_a church_n in_o excommunicate_v he_o and_o so_o bind_v themselves_o and_o other_o by_o authority_n to_o quit_v his_o company_n other_o only_o as_o private_a person_n or_o christian_n in_o obey_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o representative_a church_n and_o so_o this_o be_v say_v and_o command_v to_o private_a christian_n but_o they_o reply_v as_o it_o be_v not_o enjoin_v the_o levite_n and_o elder_n alone_o in_o israel_n to_o purge_v out_o of_o their_o house_n the_o material_a leaven_n but_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o 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