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inconsistent_a with_o monarchy_n 11_o presbytery_n inconsistent_a with_o civil_a magistracy_n 12_o presbytery_n inconsistent_a with_o law_n 13_o the_o inordinate_a violence_n of_o the_o presbytery_n 14_o that_o this_o discipline_n bring_v not_o liberty_n to_o the_o vulgar_a but_o introduce_v a_o mere_a arbitrary_a government_n 15_o that_o the_o presbyterian_a discipline_n be_v confess_v a_o yoke_n 16_o the_o vain_a excuse_n that_o lay-elders_a shall_v moderate_v refute_v 17_o no_o reform_a church_n give_v any_o precedent_n parallel_v with_o we_o 18_o conclusion_n that_o to_o introduce_v a_o new_a form_n be_v dangerous_a the_o table_n to_o the_o review_n of_o episcopacy_n sectio_fw-la prima_fw-la that_o there_o be_v bishop_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n 2_o that_o the_o seven_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n be_v bishop_n 3_o that_o there_o have_v be_v a_o continue_a succession_n of_o bishop_n 4_o that_o they_o be_v diocesan_n bishop_n 5_o that_o the_o clergy_n ought_v to_o be_v superior_a to_o one_o another_o 6_o that_o they_o assume_v no_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n their_o predecessor_n have_v not_o 7_o that_o bishop_n have_v the_o same_o power_n of_o ordination_n in_o former_a time_n 8_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n ancient_o in_o bishop_n 9_o title_n of_o honour_n ancient_o give_v to_o bishop_n 10_o that_o there_o be_v archbishop_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n 11_o that_o late_o great_a writer_n approve_v bishop_n 12_o that_o bishop_n be_v approve_v in_o the_o reform_a church_n 13_o episcopacy_n approve_v by_o the_o ancient_a customary_a law_n 14_o that_o abolition_n of_o episcopacy_n will_v occasion_v great_a distraction_n in_o the_o common_a law_n 15_o that_o it_o will_v destroy_v great_a part_n of_o the_o statute_n law_n 16_o whether_o it_o may_v be_v do_v by_o the_o king_n legal_a prerogative_n 17_o the_o conclusion_n reader_n the_o author_n absence_n have_v occasion_v many_o omission_n have_v not_o opportunity_n to_o peruse_v the_o press_n especial_o 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e_z 2_o p_o 2._o l_o 17_o r_o censurer_n e_z 3_o p_o 2_o l_o 29_o add_v such_o unlimited_a sect._n 9_o l_o 9_o for_o every_o r_o envy_n clamour_n f_o fol._n l_o 13_o a_o full_a point_n at_o possession_n fol_z f_o 2_o p_o 2_o l_o 4_o put_v out_o it_o f_o 3_o l_o 23_o for_o and_o r_o etc._n etc._n ibid._n mark_fw-mi l_o 11_o r_o frenabit_fw-la fol_z g_z 2_o p_o 2_o l_o 25_o r_o observable_a g_o 3_o p_o 2_o mark_fw-mi l_o 2_o r_o dominio_fw-la g_z 4_o mark_fw-mi l_o 2_o r_o 59_o h_n 3_o p_o 2_o l_o 19_o add_v man_n not_o to_o rest_v fol._n i_o l_o 17_o r._n presbytery_n fol_z l_o 2_o l_o 1â—_n after_o repent_v add_v the_o praesbyterians_n affirm_v l_o 3_o p_o 2_o l._n 6_o r_o these_o new_a standerbearer_n k_o 8_o l_o 2_o blot_v out_o that_o l_o 2_o p_o 1_o l_o 7_o for_o those_o r_o these_o l_o 3_o l_o 7_o r_o classical_a in_o the_o review_n of_o episcopacy_n folly_n 9_o mark_fw-mi l_o 11_o r_o heraclam_n &_o fol_z 10_o mark_fw-mi l_o 25_o r_o episcopatum_fw-la fol_z 11_o mark_fw-mi l_o 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