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may_v answer_v unto_o prince_n that_o they_o must_v rather_o obey_v god_n than_o man_n act_n 5._o 29._o and_o yet_o in_o no_o wise_a to_o resist_v the_o prince_n but_o to_o take_v up_o the_o cross_n and_o follow_v christ_n finis_fw-la