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well_o this_o word_n devise_v and_o set_v forth_o under_o the_o great_a seal_n shall_v be_v use_v and_o none_o other_o but_o after_o this_o act_n be_v repeal_v 1_o mar._n sess_z 2._o insomuch_o as_o that_o when_o afterward_o an._n 6_o &_o 7_o regin_v eliz._n bishop_n bonner_n be_v indict_v upon_o a_o certificate_n make_v by_o doctor_n horn_n a_o protestant_a bishop_n of_o winchester_n for_o his_o refusal_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o except_v against_o the_o indictment_n because_o dr._n horn_n be_v no_o bishop_n they_o be_v all_o at_o a_o stand_n till_o an._n 8_o eliz._n cap._n 1._o the_o act_n of_o ed._n 6._o be_v renew_v and_o confirm_v with_o a_o particular_a proviso_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v impreach_v or_o molest_v by_o mean_n of_o any_o certificate_n by_o any_o bishop_n or_o archbishop_n make_v before_o this_o last_o act_n whereby_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o they_o make_v some_o doubt_n of_o their_o own_o ordination_n and_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o uncertainty_n in_o the_o whole_a business_n of_o their_o ordination_n which_o forsooth_o must_v depend_v on_o six_o prelate_n the_o great_a seal_n act_n of_o parliament_n be_v contrary_a one_o to_o another_o and_o the_o like_a so_o that_o you_o see_v all_o along_o the_o authority_n and_o interposition_n of_o the_o magistrate_n be_v scoff_v at_o and_o by_o they_o make_v ineffectual_a in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n nay_o the_o church_n must_v be_v no_o church_n if_o not_o whole_o and_o independent_o govern_v by_o the_o clergy_n and_o a_o clergy_n too_o that_o do_v particular_o derive_v their_o ordination_n and_o power_n from_o a_o foreign_a head_n and_o according_a to_o right_n and_o ceremony_n then_o abolish_v if_o none_o but_o true_a priest_n can_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n nor_o none_o but_o true_a bishop_n make_v true_a priest_n nor_o none_o but_o the_o pope_n make_v true_a bishop_n but_o that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o magistrate_n do_v interpose_v why_o then_o no_o true_a sacrament_n nor_o no_o true_a church_n by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n he_o do_v put_v a_o mark_n upon_o the_o word_n devise_v as_o deride_v the_o civil_a power_n therein_o 38._o if_o we_o shall_v add_v to_o this_o what_o be_v before_o he_o observe_v by_o father_n parson_n concern_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o service-book_n and_o object_v against_o the_o validity_n and_o use_n of_o it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o power_n to_o abolish_v their_o mass_n and_o other_o ceremony_n it_o will_v make_v we_o wary_a in_o condemn_v less_o alteration_n now_o make_v by_o a_o great_a power_n while_o yet_o we_o shall_v commend_v conformity_n to_o a_o less_o power_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o great_a alteration_n for_o he_o allege_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o three_o conversion_n of_o england_n par_fw-fr 2._o chap._n 12._o sect_n 25._o that_o the_o reformation_n and_o service-book_n be_v make_v by_o the_o then_o protector_n to_o edward_n the_o