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benefice_n and_o ordain_v be_v then_o the_o same_o thing_n as_o to_o give_v a_o office_n and_o the_o right_n of_o have_v one_o livelihood_n from_o the_o common_a good_n of_o the_o church_n but_o afterward_o that_o in_o the_o confusion_n which_o war_n have_v cause_v in_o state_n many_o worthy_a and_o good_a clergyman_n be_v drive_v from_o their_o ministry_n they_o recover_v or_o have_v recourse_n to_o some_o other_o church_n where_o they_o be_v receive_v and_o maintain_v as_o their_o own_o clerk_n at_o the_o common_a charge_n 51._o n._n 51._o and_o sometime_o some_o minister_n of_o that_o church_n happen_v to_o fail_v by_o death_n or_o otherwise_o his_o office_n be_v appoint_v he_o to_o be_v minister_n therein_o and_o that_o clerk_n be_v then_o say_v to_o be_v incardinate_v whereas_o he_o who_o have_v first_o be_v exalt_v to_o a_o office_n cardinato_n cardinal_n incardinato_n cardinato_n be_v say_v to_o be_v ordinate_v or_o ordain_v thereunto_o but_o who_o be_v dispossess_v of_o his_o 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