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disposal_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nyss_n that_o the_o grace_n of_o priesthood_n be_v not_o of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n ideo_fw-la &_o aaron_n sacerdotem_fw-la ipse_fw-la elegit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la humana_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la praeponderaret_fw-la sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la 82._o ep._n l._n 10._o ep._n 82._o voluntaria_fw-la oblatio_fw-la nec_fw-la propria_fw-la assumptio_fw-la sed_fw-la caelestis_fw-la vocatio_fw-la ambros_n and_o now_o this_o emblematical_a grand_a jury_n will_v afford_v we_o a_o excellent_a definition_n of_o a_o priest_n or_o bishop_n he_o be_v a_o person_n slip_v off_o the_o common_a stock_n of_o mankind_n by_o a_o special_a act_n of_o separation_n not_o root_v in_o the_o earth_n not_o feed_v with_o the_o crude_a juice_n of_o nature_n to_o soften_v and_o enfeeble_v he_o to_o make_v he_o pliant_a to_o the_o bent_n of_o evil_a inclination_n but_o mortify_v to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o flesh_n 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chap._n 16._o 38._o the_o use_n of_o edify_v
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