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the_o three_o chapter_n on_o phil._n 1._o 1._o tit._n 1._o 5._o 7._o he_o prove_v to_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n so_o that_o by_o his_o resolution_n the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o power_n of_o ordain_v elder_n and_o bishop_n belong_v to_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o to_o bishop_n our_o english_a apostle_n 11._o john_n wickliff_n and_o his_o coaetanean_a 8._o richard_n fitzralphe_n otherwise_o call_v richardus_fw-la armachanus_fw-la archbishop_n and_o primate_n of_o ardmagh_n in_o ireland_n if_o we_o believe_v either_o their_o own_o write_n or_o 57_o thomas_n walden_n who_o recite_v their_o opinion_n argument_n and_o take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n though_o in_o vain_a to_o refute_v they_o affirm_v and_o teach_v first_o that_o in_o the_o defect_n of_o bishop_n any_o one_o that_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a priest_n be_v sufficient_a to_o administer_v any_o sacrament_n or_o sacramental_n whatsoever_o 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