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tit._n 1._o 1._o pet._n 5._o greg._n lib._n 1_o ep_v 55._o &_o 56._o &_o 77._o council_n 8._o c._n 28._o appertain_v only_o to_o ecclesiastical_a person_n as_o who_o duty_n it_o be_v by_o god_n law_n to_o â—lace_n and_o make_v priest_n in_o the_o city_n and_o church_n where_o need_n be_v to_o feed_v to_o rule_v â—o_o confirm_v or_o to_o displace_v or_o transfer_v and_o general_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o flock_n as_o paulus_n barnabas_n titus_n and_o other_o bishop_n have_v dom_o whereas_o the_o right_a of_o choose_v 〈◊〉_d prince_n where_o he_o be_v make_v by_o election_n may_v as_o well_o or_o much_o more_o apperteine_a to_o the_o common_a people_n be_v the_o body_n of_o the_o realm_n then_o to_o the_o clergy_n or_o to_o the_o nobility_n alone_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v thus_o choose_v that_o i_o may_v omit_v his_o temporal_a dominion_n which_o be_v but_o a_o accessory_n to_o his_o bishopric_n doubtless_o in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a government_n he_o use_v not_o that_o 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