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verbi_fw-la divini_fw-la regula_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la instaurent_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christianâ—_n fidos_fw-la pastor_n cur_n non_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la obseruemus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la reverentia_fw-la prosequamur_fw-la nedum_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la falsissime_fw-la &_o impudentissime_fw-la nobis_fw-la obijciunt_fw-la â—uiquam_fw-la uspiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequendum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la peculiare_a exemplum_fw-la praescribamus_fw-la imperiti_fw-la ssimorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la simile_n qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsiagunt_fw-la rectum_fw-la putant_fw-la ber._n de_fw-fr grad_v minist_n cap._n 21._o sect._n 2._o we_o accuse_v not_o all_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n so_o call_v this_o day_n of_o this_o tyranny_n for_o what_o arrogancy_n be_v this_o yea_o those_o who_o be_v so_o call_v provide_v they_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o former_a holy_a bishop_n to_o reform_v the_o deform_a house_n of_o god_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n 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factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nomen_fw-la ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la prestota_fw-la proprie_fw-la significandum_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la suorum_fw-la compresbyterorum_fw-la respectu_fw-la sit_fw-la translatâ—m_fw-la cap._n 23._o sect._n 9_o and_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o name_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v translate_v proper_o to_o signify_v this_o precedent_n of_o the_o presbytery_n not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o superiority_n over_o the_o people_n but_o over_o his_o compresbyter_n also_o postremum_fw-la hunc_fw-la ordinem_fw-la vel_fw-la modum_fw-la ordinis_fw-la humanum_fw-la non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la tamen_fw-la sed_fw-la comparate_v nulla_fw-la cum_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o tot_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la iniuria_fw-la appellavero_fw-la sect._n 10._o and_o this_o last_o order_n or_o manner_n of_o order_n without_o any_o offence_n of_o the_o father_n or_o of_o so_o many_o church_n i_o call_v humane_a yet_o not_o simple_o but_o in_o comparison_n absit_fw-la 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