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the_o government_n but_o have_v to_o their_o power_n endeavour_v and_o contrive_v the_o settle_n of_o these_o nation_n on_o their_o ancient_a basis_n section_n xxxvii_o moreover_o this_o dissatisfaction_n in_o the_o old_a frame_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n be_v not_o a_o novelty_n of_o these_o time_n as_o appear_v by_o those_o prudent_a consideration_n touch_v the_o better_a pacification_n and_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n present_v to_o king_n james_n by_o that_o most_o learned_a lord_n verulam_n sometime_o lord_n chancellor_n of_o england_n who_o be_v no_o presbyterian_a nor_o enemy_n to_o episcopacy_n in_o which_o be_v these_o passage_n there_o be_v two_o circumstance_n in_o the_o administration_n of_o bishop_n wherein_o i_o confess_v i_o can_v never_o be_v satisfy_v the_o one_o the_o sole_a exercise_n of_o their_o authority_n the_o other_o the_o deputation_n of_o their_o authority_n for_o the_o first_o the_o bishop_n give_v order_n alone_o excommunicate_v 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