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that_o he_o be_v depute_v by_o god_n 30._o and_o have_v his_o power_n from_o the_o same_o from_o who_o he_o have_v his_o spirit_n that_o he_o be_v one_o 33._o quem_fw-la deus_fw-la eligit_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la nostro_fw-la deo_fw-la constitutus_fw-la i.e._n who_o god_n have_v appoint_v 34._o à _fw-la dominus_fw-la dei_fw-la vice_fw-la god_n vicegerent_n or_o a_o lord_n over_o we_o in_o god_n place_n and_o stead_n who_o 2._o know_v à _fw-la deo_fw-la constitui_fw-la to_o be_v god_n ordinance_n every_o christian_n ought_v of_o necessity_n to_o love_n reverence_n and_o wish_v safe_a this_o make_v the_o sacredness_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n in_o their_o eye_n because_o as_o athenagoras_n 17._o tell_v marcus_n and_o his_o son_n commodus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o empire_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o god_n the_o same_o which_o dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n 11._o say_v afterward_o of_o valerianus_n and_o gallienus_n to_o aemilian_a the_o praesect_v and_o 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