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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o the_o church_n to_o who_o this_o honour_n or_o worship_n be_v give_v but_o unto_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n in_o vain_a therefore_o do_v the_o parasite_n of_o rome_n go_v about_o to_o draw_v this_o text_n to_o the_o maintenance_n or_o countenance_n either_o of_o the_o papal_a chair_n or_o of_o the_o 3._o the_o vide_fw-la librum_fw-la caeremoniarum_fw-la sect._n 3_o c._n 3._o honour_n and_o subjection_n claim_v as_o due_a thereunto_o for_o beside_o the_o falseness_n of_o the_o hypothesis_n the_o thing_n itself_o be_v very_o wide_a from_o the_o purpose_n of_o the_o text._n the_o honour_n here_o speak_v of_o as_o to_o be_v do_v by_o king_n and_o queen_n be_v not_o that_o of_o external_a subjection_n whether_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a but_o that_o of_o religious_a adoration_n it_o be_v no_o other_o than_o subjection_n unto_o christ_n himself_o to_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o christianity_n 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