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etc._n he_o have_v power_n to_o confyne_v imprison_v etc._n etc._n and_o take_v it_o hardly_o when_o he_o be_v not_o prefer_v to_o office_n of_o estate_n as_o to_o be_v chancellor_n precedent_n etc._n etc._n which_o his_o predecessor_n have_v of_o old_a and_o thus_o against_o all_o ground_n of_o good_a policy_n he_o stand_v in_o pomp_n as_o a_o mighty_a giant_n with_o one_o foot_n in_o the_o kirk_n upon_o the_o neck_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o with_o another_o in_o the_o state_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n 4._o the_o pastor_n assist_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n in_o plant_v of_o virtue_n and_o root_a out_o of_o vice_n partly_o by_o powerful_a preach_a home_n to_o the_o conscience_n of_o sinner_n 6._o partly_o by_o censure_v lesser_a offence_n which_o the_o magistrate_n punish_v not_o as_o lie_v uncomelie_o jest_v rash_a and_o common_a swear_n rot_a talk_n brawl_a drunckennesse_n etc._n etc._n wherethrough_a the_o passage_n to_o murder_n adultery_n and_o 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