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from_o presbyter_n pag._n 21._o arrogate_v unto_o themselves_o the_o sole_a power_n of_o ordain_v minister_n and_o to_o be_v the_o chief_a conservator_n cistern_n and_o conduit_n of_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n and_o ministerial_a power_n page_n 12._o who_o have_v not_o only_a precedency_n and_o order_n but_o paternal_a authority_n page_n 18._o and_o that_o not_o only_o over_o people_n but_o their_o pastor_n who_o be_v by_o this_o antithesis_fw-la fraternal_a with_o they_o and_o so_o filial_a to_o the_o paternal_a power_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o make_v up_o the_o paternal_a fraternal_a and_o filial_a unity_n of_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o people_n pa._n 5._o nay_o in_o opposition_n to_o who_o the_o ordinary_a minister_n or_o presbyter_n be_v divest_v of_o all_o power_n and_o degrade_v of_o all_o dignity_n among_o the_o people_n and_o the_o bishop_n as_o dignify_v above_o he_o so_o distinguish_v from_o he_o by_o his_o lawn_n sleeve_n which_o be_v plain_o suggest_v when_o he_o 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arch-deacon_n and_o all_o other_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n depend_v on_o that_o hierarchy_n so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o thing_n not_o its_o abuse_n the_o subject_n not_o its_o adjunct_n the_o fabric_n not_o its_o defect_n and_o excess_n be_v covenant_v against_o nor_o will_v the_o covenant_n be_v accomplish_v or_o the_o conscience_n be_v satisfy_v by_o the_o removal_n of_o the_o pride_n presumption_n dulness_n covetousness_n and_o tyranny_n of_o bishop_n whilst_o the_o pre-eminence_n prerogative_n paternal_a power_n and_o juridical_a authority_n assume_v by_o they_o as_o distinct_a from_o and_o above_o all_o other_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o the_o only_a immediate_a successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o enforce_v by_o their_o high_a commission_n and_o starchamher_n with_o other_o imperial_a court_n officer_n and_o proceed_n be_v continue_v and_o establish_v nor_o must_v he_o think_v by_o his_o sophistical_a comparison_n to_o deceive_v and_o delude_v the_o conscience_n tell_v we_o page_n 17_o 18._o that_o they_o that_o covenant_v against_o popery_n can_v think_v they_o do_v abjure_v or_o must_v abhor_v all_o those_o save_a truth_n and_o duty_n of_o christianity_n which_o be_v mix_v with_o popery_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v formal_a popery_n though_o it_o be_v a_o english_a mass_n or_o altar_n that_o all_o that_o though_o only_o that_o must_v be_v abhor_v and_o i_o conceive_v it_o yet_o remain_v to_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o paternal_a authority_n of_o episcopacy_n be_v a_o save_a truth_n or_o christian_a duty_n or_o not_o of_o the_o formality_n of_o prelacy_n and_o that_o government_n covenant_v against_o it_o be_v no_o hard_a case_n of_o conscience_n to_o resolve_v whether_o a_o man_n may_v use_v the_o good_a and_o substantial_a material_n of_o a_o destroy_a fabric_n but_o i_o conceive_v it_o a_o high_a fallacy_n from_o thence_o to_o impose_v the_o very_a form_n resolve_v against_o you_o see_v sir_n at_o what_o uncertainty_n we_o be_v leave_v 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lie_v the_o sad_a difference_n in_o the_o church_n shall_v i_o entreat_v you_o will_v please_v to_o provoke_v the_o dr._n and_o his_o anti-covenant_n brethren_n such_o as_o seem_v to_o advance_v and_o promote_v a_o episcopacy_n scruple_v by_o covenanter_n to_o speak_v out_o and_o clear_o to_o declare_v whether_o they_o will_v admit_v the_o removal_n of_o the_o government_n by_o arch-bishop_n and_o that_o late_a hierarchy_n which_o he_o conclude_v page_n 18_o be_v dead_a and_o must_v rise_v in_o another_o quality_n and_o according_a to_o what_o be_v suggest_v in_o the_o reduction_n by_o he_o urge_v consent_n to_o the_o establishment_n of_o congregational_a classical_a provincial_a and_o national_a assembly_n oâ—_n synod_n of_o church-officer_n admit_v presbytarial_a episcopacy_n admit_v communi_fw-la concilio_fw-la presbyterorâ—m_fw-la to_o debate_v and_o determine_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o exercise_v all_o act_n of_o discipline_n and_o ecclesiastic_a power_n in_o 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