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jerusalem_n in_o gal._n 1._o so_o also_o peter_n to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n in_o gal._n 2._o and_o
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etc._n etc._n master_n calvin_n also_o himself_o upon_o philipp_n 1._o 1._o fateor_fw-la quidem_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la hominum_fw-la ingenia_fw-la et_fw-la mores_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ordinem_fw-la stare_fw-la inter_fw-la verbi_fw-la ministros_fw-la quin_fw-la reliquis_fw-la praesit_fw-la unus_fw-la so_o that_o we_o can_v apprehend_v the_o abjuration_n of_o episcopacy_n to_o be_v a_o mean_a to_o that_o unity_n in_o this_o article_n mention_v that_o the_o lord_n may_v be_v one_o and_o his_o name_n one_o among_o we_o but_o rather_o the_o continuation_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o holy_a martyr_n s._n cyprian_n unus_fw-la deus_fw-la unus_fw-la dominus_fw-la unus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la and_o that_o of_o ignatius_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la b_o {non-roman}_o subjecti_fw-la estote_fw-la episcope_n and_o vobis_fw-la mutuè_fw-la ut_fw-la christus_fw-la patri_fw-la ut_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la divina_fw-la quaedam_fw-la sit_fw-la unio_fw-la next_o profaneness_n 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