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earth_n the_o spouse_n of_o the_o church_n and_o a_o divine_a majesty_n cause_v king_n to_o kiss_v his_o foot_n and_o make_v himself_o a_o religious_a worship_n term_v himself_o god_n vicar_n for_o this_o cause_n i_o have_v read_v very_o careful_o saint_n peter_n epistle_n and_o have_v compare_v they_o with_o the_o pope_n bull_n whereby_o he_o thunder_v down_o king_n and_o degrade_n they_o publish_v grand_a pardon_n but_o i_o can_v find_v no_o concordance_n at_o all_o the_o one_o with_o the_o other_o for_o saint_n peter_n in_o his_o epistle_n speak_v not_o any_o wise_a of_o his_o superiority_n not_o of_o his_o power_n neither_o be_v there_o one_o word_n speak_v of_o his_o sovereignty_n or_o as_o be_v head_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v a_o very_a strange_a thing_n that_o a_o sovereign_n shall_v write_v unto_o his_o subject_n without_o mention_v one_o word_n that_o may_v intimate_v his_o sovereignty_n i_o find_v also_o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v contest_v among_o themselves_o 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of_o the_o lord_n and_o cephas_n and_o in_o the_o 8._o of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o apostle_n send_v peter_n and_o john_n to_o preach_v in_o samaria_n oh_o what_o a_o brave_a thing_n it_o be_v now_o a_o day_n to_o see_v many_o bishop_n assemble_v together_o and_o send_v the_o pope_n to_o preach_v in_o england_n or_o elsewhere_o they_o object_n that_o our_o saviour_n say_v to_o st._n peter_n three_o time_n feed_v my_o sheep_n true_a but_o they_o can_v infer_v from_o thence_o that_o he_o make_v he_o the_o head_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n for_o our_o saviour_n say_v not_o to_o s._n peter_n feed_v thou_o my_o sheep_n alone_o or_o as_o a_o sovereign_n and_o indeed_o the_o same_o commission_n be_v give_v to_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n word_n in_o the_o 20._o of_o the_o act_n take_v heed_n therefore_o say_v s._n paul_n unto_o yourselves_o and_o to_o all_o the_o flock_n over_o the_o which_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v you_o overseer_n to_o feed_v the_o church_n of_o 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table_n may_v we_o conclude_v from_o thence_o that_o he_o never_o drink_v because_o it_o be_v not_o express_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v from_o our_o saviour_n first_o express_v institution_n and_o formal_a commandment_n the_o original_a spring_n of_o this_o gross_a abuse_n proceed_v from_o pride_n and_o ambition_n for_o by_o this_o mean_v those_o of_o the_o clergy_n raise_v their_o dignity_n far_o above_o the_o people_n who_o they_o exclude_v from_o one_o half_a of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o do_v hereby_o make_v themselves_o in_o this_o respect_n equal_a unto_o king_n who_o together_o with_o they_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n under_o both_o sign_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v a_o prerogative_n above_o all_o man_n else_o in_o that_o he_o do_v suck_v the_o wine_n out_o of_o the_o calais_n with_o a_o quill_n thus_o have_v we_o brief_o discover_v the_o manifold_a and_o great_a abuse_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o how_o 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