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religionem_fw-la in_o magnam_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la exaltandam_fw-la credidit_fw-la quando_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la magnae_fw-la potentiae_fw-la alijs_fw-la principibus_fw-la intermiscerentur_fw-la a_o mix_a jurisdiction_n thus_o be_v commit_v to_o bishop_n then_o be_v it_o good_a reason_n that_o bishop_n haviâ—…g_v receive_v such_o a_o external_a coactive_a power_n from_o temporal_a prince_n that_o these_o prince_n shall_v be_v well_o secure_v of_o their_o fidelity_n to_o they_o for_o so_o much_o of_o their_o authority_n as_o they_o receive_v from_o such_o prince_n 48._o this_o example_n of_o government_n the_o first_o christian_a prince_n set_v up_o in_o the_o church_n draw_v from_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o jew_n as_o we_o have_v say_v so_o that_o christian_a king_n have_v the_o same_o power_n over_o bishop_n which_o the_o godly_a king_n of_o israel_n have_v over_o the_o priest_n in_o that_o state_n from_o this_o ground_n rise_v ecclesiastical_a 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