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excommunicate_a etc._n etc._n can._n 12._o whosoever_o shall_v hereafter_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o sort_n of_o minister_n or_o lay-person_n or_o either_o of_o they_o to_o join_v together_o and_o make_v rule_n order_n or_o constitution_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a without_o the_o king_n authority_n and_o shall_v submit_v themselves_o to_o be_v rule_v and_o govern_v by_o they_o let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v can._n 139._o whosoever_o shall_v hereafter_o affirm_v that_o the_o sacred_a synod_n of_o this_o nation_n in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n and_o by_o the_o king_n authority_n assemble_v be_v not_o the_o true_a church_n of_o england_n by_o representation_n let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_a etc._n etc._n can._n 140._o whosoever_o shall_v hereafter_o affirm_v that_o no_o manner_n of_o person_n either_o of_o the_o clergy_n or_o laity_n not_o be_v themselves_o particular_o assemble_v in_o the_o say_v sacred_a 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