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a_o man_n ability_n may_v extend_v to_o govern_v and_o another_o thing_n to_o grasp_v the_o whole_a world_n in_o a_o boundless_a government_n as_o the_o pope_n do_v against_o who_o he_o there_o dispute_v thus_o far_o calvin_n wherein_o we_o see_v he_o will_v not_o dislike_v this_o government_n by_o patriarch_n archbishop_n and_o bishop_n 1551._o epist_n ad_fw-la cranmer_n ann._n 1551._o and_o in_o his_o letter_n to_o archbishop_n cranmer_n he_o say_v reverend_a domine_fw-la uchementer_fw-la laudo_fw-la ut_fw-la mature_a apud_fw-la se_fw-la religionem_fw-la angli_fw-la constituant_fw-la in_o quam_fw-la rem_fw-la praecipuae_fw-la tuus_fw-la sunt_fw-la part_n vides_fw-la quid_fw-la iste_fw-la locus_fw-la postulet_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la quid_fw-la pro_fw-la muneris_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la injunxit_fw-la ratione_fw-la abs_fw-la te_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la exigit_fw-la deus_fw-la summa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o te_fw-la autoritas_fw-la reverend_a lord_n say_v he_o i_o do_v very_o 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