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one_o diocese_n as_o there_o be_v now_o but_o one_o consistory_n as_o be_v clear_a from_o ignatius_n and_o ʋsher_n and_o to_o be_v in_o one_o altar_n which_o be_v ignatius_n his_o phrase_n be_v only_o to_o be_v in_o communion_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o this_o dr._n maurice_n will_v have_v to_o be_v mede_n meaning_n thereof_o but_o the_o falsehood_n of_o this_o be_v not_o only_o evident_a from_o ignatius_n who_o all_o along_o as_o we_o have_v see_v reciprocat_n his_o bishop_n with_o the_o pastor_n of_o a_o particular_a flock_n but_o also_o from_o mede_n express_a word_n as_o we_o have_v already_o observe_v from_o they_o i_o pass_v as_o scarce_o good_a sense_n dr._n maurice_n his_o say_v that_o altar_n not_o only_o signify_v the_o communion_n table_n but_o the_o whole_a place_n of_o the_o bishop_n chair_n etc._n etc._n the_o dispute_v not_o be_v what_o place_n or_o thing_n in_o a_o church_n altar_n signify_v but_o if_o thereby_o in_o ignatius_n one_o or_o more_o place_n for_o public_a 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