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government_n he_o shall_v neither_o usurp_v nor_o acclaim_v to_o himself_o any_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n further_o than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n excep_v he_o be_v emploje_v by_o his_o brethren_n under_o the_o pain_n of_o deprivation_n and_o if_o he_o usurp_v any_o part_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n and_o the_o presbytery_n synod_n or_o general_n assembly_n oppone_v and_o make_v any_o impediment_n thereunto_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v after_o the_o impediment_n it_o shall_v be_v null_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la without_o any_o declarature_n 7._o in_o presbytery_n provincial_a &_o general_a affembly_n he_o shall_v behave_v himself_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o be_v subject_a to_o their_o censure_n as_o any_o brother_n of_o the_o presbytery_n 8._o at_o his_o admission_n to_o his_o office_n of_o commissionery_n these_o and_o all_o other_o part_n necessary_a he_o shall_v swear_v and_o subscrlbe_n to_o fulfil_v under_o the_o penalty_n aforesaid_a and_o 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