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potestatem_fw-la vel_fw-la elegendi_fw-la dignos_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la indignos_fw-la recusandi_fw-la and_o from_o that_o of_o numb_a 10._o where_o moses_n strip_v aaron_n and_o clothe_v eleazar_n before_o all_o the_o congregation_n he_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v of_o divine_a authority_n that_o the_o sacerdotal_a ordination_n shall_v not_o be_v nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la populi_fw-la assistentis_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la ut_fw-la plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la vel_fw-la detegantur_fw-la malorum_fw-la crimina_fw-la vel_fw-la bonorum_fw-la merita_fw-la praedicentur_fw-la &_o sit_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la justa_fw-la &_o legitima_fw-la quae_fw-la omnium_fw-la judicio_fw-la &_o suffragio_fw-la erit_fw-la examinata_fw-la and_o this_o course_n he_o say_v hold_v in_o the_o ordination_n both_o of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n and_o epist._n 33._o he_o excuse_v himself_o that_o he_o have_v ordain_v one_o a_o lector_fw-la without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o people_n though_o he_o have_v be_v 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