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in_o the_o assembly_n we_o can_v wish_v also_o that_o the_o power_n of_o their_o consistory_n and_o synod_n be_v a_o little_a more_o limit_v for_o these_o assembly_n be_v court_n of_o conscience_n which_o take_v cognisance_n of_o all_o the_o offence_n of_o the_o church_n they_o may_v enclose_v in_o their_o jurisdiction_n all_o criminal_a and_o civil_a cause_n of_o the_o kingdom_n there_o be_v no_o cause_n which_o have_v not_o in_o it_o a_o point_n of_o conscience_n and_o so_o hereby_o it_o may_v come_v that_o the_o sentence_n of_o judge_n may_v be_v control_v in_o the_o consistory_n and_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o crown_n question_v about_o their_o manage_n of_o public_a affair_n and_o so_o the_o government_n of_o the_o state_n become_v pure_o arbitrary_a and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a council_n be_v such_o the_o most_o unquiet_a and_o ambitious_a will_v be_v ever_o press_v to_o be_v of_o it_o whereupon_o siding_n and_o faction_n will_v abound_v revenge_n and_o 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for_o point_n of_o discipline_n which_o be_v to_o lose_v the_o end_n for_o the_o accessary_n yea_o although_o these_o accessary_n be_v not_o good_a in_o this_o regard_n there_o be_v but_o two_o thing_n to_o reprove_v in_o the_o covenanter_n their_o end_n and_o the_o meanâ—_n which_o they_o employ_v to_o attain_v that_o end_n chap._n xix_o that_o the_o covenanter_n ruin_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n under_o colour_n of_o reformation_n one_o of_o the_o point_n of_o reformation_n for_o which_o they_o labour_v so_o much_o with_o cannon_n shoot_v be_v to_o abase_v and_o pull_v down_o the_o clergy_n which_o be_v a_o work_n already_o do_v without_o proceed_v further_o as_o for_o their_o greatness_n the_o only_a thing_n wherein_o it_o consist_v be_v take_v from_o they_o in_o the_o year_n 1645._o which_o be_v the_o bishop_n sit_v and_o have_v power_n to_o vote_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n the_o rest_n be_v a_o small_a thing_n as_o for_o their_o revenue_n they_o be_v confiscate_v and_o 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