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ministry_n to_o be_v steward_n of_o the_o house_n and_o mystery_n of_o god_n and_o to_o give_v the_o child_n their_o meat_n in_o season_n luk._n 12._o 42._o and_o to_o teach_v man_n public_o from_o house_n to_o house_n act._n 20._o and_o be_v it_o not_o a_o calling_n fix_v during_o life_n and_o ability_n not_o to_o be_v cast_v off_o at_o pleasure_n and_o this_o in_o those_o that_o be_v call_v by_o man_n as_o a_o priest_n that_o have_v marry_v person_n can_v unmarry_v they_o and_o the_o archbishop_n who_o may_v anoint_v or_o crown_v a_o king_n may_v not_o depose_v he_o because_o he_o be_v not_o the_o donor_n or_o lord_n but_o a_o ministerial_a invester_n so_o he_o that_o ordain_v a_o minister_n may_v not_o depose_v he_o till_o he_o become_v uncapable_a of_o the_o office_n and_o if_o he_o do_v it_o do_v not_o disoblige_v the_o minister_n q._n 31._o do_v not_o the_o church_n for_o 300_o year_n worship_n god_n against_o the_o will_n of_o prince_n and_o afterward_o when_o arrian_n or_o 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silence_v of_o faithful_a minister_n a_o far_o great_a loss_n &_o hurt_n to_o the_o people_n that_o need_v their_o ministry_n than_o to_o they_o what_o if_o it_o prove_v my_o fault_n that_o all_o my_o most_o impartial_a study_n and_o prayer_n do_v not_o serve_v to_o make_v i_o know_v that_o all_o the_o impose_v subscription_n declaration_n covenant_n oath_n and_o practice_n be_v lawful_a shall_v hundred_o or_o thousand_o of_o innocent_a people_n suffer_v for_o my_o fault_n and_o that_o in_o their_o soul_n shall_v you_o for_o this_o have_v deprive_v all_o person_n of_o any_o help_n which_o they_o have_v have_v by_o all_o my_o preach_a and_o write_n this_o twenty_o or_o forty_o year_n and_o be_v it_o just_a to_o wish_v it_o have_v be_v all_o undo_v and_o the_o like_a of_o many_o hundred_o other_o if_o we_o preach_v false_a doctrine_n accuse_v and_o punish_v we_o if_o the_o physician_n be_v drunkard_n or_o fornicator_n you_o will_v not_o for_o that_o forbid_v they_o to_o help_v to_o 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