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writer_n of_o the_o most_o clear_a and_o lightsome_a age_n of_o the_o gospel_n because_o there_o be_v so_o many_o just_a and_o full_a treatise_n hereanent_a joh._n calvinus_n in_o epist_n 2_o ad_fw-la timoth._n 2._o semper_fw-la pistorem_fw-la meminisse_fw-la oportet_fw-la veteris_fw-la proverbii_fw-la hoc_fw-la age_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la serio_fw-la incumbendum_fw-la esse_fw-la peragendis_fw-la sacris_fw-la ut_fw-la studium_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o intentionem_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la impediat_fw-la pet._n martyr_n in_o loc._n come_v class_n 4_o c._n 13._o distingui_fw-la oportet_fw-la have_v functiones_fw-la civilem_fw-la &_o ecclesiastics_n quia_fw-la utraque_fw-la earum_fw-la seorsum_fw-la totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la requirit_fw-la immo_fw-la vix_fw-la ullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la repertus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la alterutram_fw-la recte_fw-la obire_fw-la posset_n adeo_fw-la est_fw-la difficilis_fw-la utraque_fw-la provincia_fw-la theod._n bez._n ep._n 79._o sed_fw-la &_o 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in_o mat._n 18._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr autem_fw-la regni_fw-la christi_fw-la politia_fw-la sicut_fw-la regnum_fw-la mundanum_fw-la quod_fw-la constituitur_fw-la &_o sustinetur_fw-la gradibus_fw-la personarum_fw-la potentia_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ferendarum_fw-la legum_fw-la armis_fw-la &_o praesidijs_fw-la distinctis_fw-la poenis_fw-la corperalibus_fw-la iudiciâ—s_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la successione_n etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la est_fw-la spiritual_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la visibile_fw-la caput_fw-la uni_fw-la loco_fw-la alligatum_fw-la &_o ordinaria_fw-la successione_n constitutum_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la alligata_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la uâ—um_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caput_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la deinde_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sunt_fw-la gradus_fw-la personarum_fw-la &_o donorum_fw-la &c._n &c._n tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la potentiam_fw-la politicam_fw-la imperandi_fw-la ferendi_fw-la leges_fw-la cogendi_fw-la etc._n etc._n attinet_fw-la omnes_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la sunt_fw-la aequales_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la arithmetica_fw-la aequalitate_fw-la nec_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la attinet_fw-la quisquam_fw-la alio_fw-la maior_fw-la est_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la ut_fw-la luc._n 22._o reges_fw-la gentium_fw-la dominanturijs_fw-la vos_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la verus_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la gubernator_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la sive_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la verbo_fw-la regit_fw-la christus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la gradibus_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la personarum_fw-la exit_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la math._n 18._o intelligi_fw-la potest_fw-la quomodo_fw-la regii_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o episcoporum_fw-la dominatio_fw-la cum_fw-la evangelio_n congruat_fw-la chap._n four_o that_o such_o a_o bishoprie_fw-la be_v against_o the_o doctrine_n 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like_o so_o to_o proceed_v that_o the_o part_n of_o demas_n will_v plaiâ—â—_n kythe_n in_o the_o kirk_n chap._n v._o