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that_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o church_n do_v exercise_n a_o common_a episcopal_a care_n over_o the_o lord_n flock_v and_o the_o same_o function_n of_o teach_v and_o govern_v the_o same_o and_o be_v therein_o subject_a to_o no_o head_n or_o precedent_n like_a unto_o who_o be_v find_v several_a minister_n now_o in_o some_o church_n who_o own_v no_o superior_a in_o either_o office_n or_o authority_n etc._n etc._n afterward_o speak_v of_o the_o exalt_v of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o peculiar_a name_n of_o bishop_n and_o of_o jeroms_n account_n of_o this_o practice_n viz._n for_o evit_v of_o schism_n which_o he_o call_v emphatical_o tentatio_fw-la illa_fw-la that_o tentation_n he_o add_v profuerit_fw-la ne_fw-la consilium_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la melius_fw-la est_fw-la posterioribus_fw-la saeculis_fw-la declaratum_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la baec_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la primum_fw-la introduceretur_fw-la cui_fw-la debemus_fw-la omnem_fw-la illam_fw-la 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