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some_o to_o be_v angel_n some_o archangel_n some_o cherubin_n some_o seraphim_n 140._o so_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a here_o on_o earth_n priest_n must_v not_o be_v equal_a with_o bishop_n bishop_n must_v not_o be_v like_a in_o order_n with_o arch-bishop_n with_o patriarch_n or_o primat_n 141._o who_o contain_v under_o they_o three_o arch-bishop_n as_o a_o king_n contain_v three_o duke_n under_o he_o in_o the_o which_o number_n of_o patriarch_n come_v in_o the_o stare_n also_o of_o a_o hundred_o forty_o two_o cardinal_n or_o principal_n foe_n call_v because_o as_o the_o door_n turn_v by_o his_o hinge_n so_o the_o universal_a church_n ought_v to_o be_v rule_v by_o they_o 142._o the_o next_o &_o high_a order_n above_o these_o be_v i_o who_o am_z pope_n differ_v in_o power_n &_o majoritie_n and_o honour_v reverential_a from_o these_o &_o all_o other_o decree_n of_o man_n 144._o for_o the_o better_a declaration_n on_o whereof_o my_o canonist_n 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148._o but_o a_o diversity_n or_o distinction_n of_o authority_n and_o power_n albeit_o they_o be_v all_o apostle_n together_o yet_o it_o be_v grant_v notwithstanding_o to_o peter_n themselves_o also_o agree_v to_o the_o same_o that_o he_o shall_v bear_v dominion_n and_o superiority_n over_o all_o other_o apostle_n 149._o and_o therefore_o have_v his_o name_n give_v he_o cephas_n that_o be_v head_n or_o beginning_n of_o the_o apostlehood_n 150._o whereupon_o the_o order_n of_o the_o priesthood_n first_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n begin_v in_o peter_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o thou_o will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n 151._o and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o the_o key_n of_o heaven_n and_o thou_o be_v convert_v confirm_v thy_o brethren_n 152._o i_o have_v pray_v for_o thou_o that_o thy_o faith_n shall_v not_o fail_v wherefore_o see_v such_o power_n be_v give_v to_o peter_n 153._o and_o to_o i_o in_o peter_n be_v his_o successor_n 154._o who_o be_v he_o then_o in_o all_o the_o world_n that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o my_o decree_n which_o have_v such_o power_n in_o heaven_n in_o hell_n in_o earth_n with_o the_o quick_a and_o also_o the_o dead_a 155._o command_v and_o grant_v in_o my_o bull_n send_v to_o vienna_n unto_o all_o such_o as_o die_v in_o their_o peregrination_n to_o rome_n that_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o touch_v they_o and_o also_o that_o all_o such_o as_o take_v the_o holy_a cross_n upon_o they_o shall_v every_o one_o at_o his_o request_n not_o only_o be_v deliver_v himself_o but_o also_o deliver_v three_o or_o four_o soul_n whomso_o ever_o he_o will_v have_v out_o of_o purgatory_n 156._o again_o have_v such_o promise_n and_o assurance_n that_o my_o faith_n shall_v not_o fail_v who_o then_o will_v