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2._o archbishop_z cranmer_n au_o 〈…〉_z 〈◊〉_d these_o matter_n noâ—_n at_o all_o vol._n i._o book_n iii_o p._n 267._o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o church_n or_o the_o reformation_n that_o his_o authority_n iâ—_n these_o thing_n shall_v be_v regard_v part._n i._o b._n iii_o p._n 204._o part._n ii_o b._n ii_o p._n 243._o his_o opinion_n in_o this_o matter_n no_o more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o our_o present_a adversary_n than_o to_o we_o p._n i._o b._n iii_o p._n 267._o the_o supremacy_n and_o title_n of_o head_n when_o first_o assume_v by_o henry_n the_o viii_o consistent_a with_o our_o doctrine_n 24_o hen._n viii_o 12._o when_o the_o king_n give_v the_o encroach_a commission_n to_o cr_n 〈…〉_z it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d agreeable_a to_o the_o true_a 〈…〉_z of_o the_o legis_fw-la 〈…〉_z vol._n i._o b._n iii_o r._n 278._o the_o appeal_v allow_v from_o the_o archbishop_n to_o the_o king_n commissioner_n in_o chancery_n no_o argument_n of_o any_o spiritual_a power_n 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of_o order_v presbyter_n and_o of_o ecclesiastical_a coercion_n mean_v no_o doubt_n that_o of_o excommunication_n nay_o further_o the_o same_o patent_n give_v he_o a_o power_n of_o execute_v by_o the_o king_n authority_n those_o very_a thing_n which_o be_v know_v to_o have_v be_v commit_v to_o he_o by_o god_n himself_o in_o the_o scripture_n per_fw-la &_o ultra_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la tibi_fw-la ex_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la commissa_fw-la esse_fw-la dignoscuntur_fw-la by_o which_o we_o understand_v that_o no_o branch_n of_o spiritual_a power_n whatsoever_o be_v except_v yet_o all_o this_o grant_n be_v to_o last_v no_o long_o than_o the_o king_n pleasure_n i_o know_v not_o what_o the_o lay_v encroacher_n themselves_o can_v desire_v more_o here_o be_v so_o little_a security_n for_o the_o church_n subsist_v when_o the_o secular_a law_n discountenance_v she_o as_o that_o she_o be_v not_o allow_v the_o same_o liberty_n that_o other_o subject_n have_v of_o plead_v 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