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reformation_n beza_n his_o successor_n be_v not_o for_o the_o divine_a right_n of_o bishop_n in_o express_a term_n by_o the_o evangelical_n law_n but_o he_o be_v for_o the_o precedency_n of_o one_o clergy_n man_n above_o the_o rest_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n from_o geneva_n let_v we_o pass_v over_o into_o france_n where_o we_o find_v mounseur_fw-fr mouline_a as_o high_a or_o high_a than_o any_o of_o they_o in_o his_o three_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n i_o be_o not_o so_o brazen-faced_a as_o to_o give_v sentence_n against_o those_o light_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n ignatius_n polycarpus_n cyprian_n augustine_n chrysostom_n basil_n the_o two_o gregory_n nissene_n nazianzen_n bishop_n as_o against_o man_n wrongful_o create_v or_o as_o usurper_n of_o a_o unlawful_a office_n the_o venerable_a antiquity_n of_o those_o primitive_a age_n shall_v always_o weigh_v more_o with_o i_o than_o any_o man_n new-fangled_a institution_n and_o a_o little_a after_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n i_o