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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o clem._n alexan._n in_o lib._n 1._o stro_fw-la the_o apostle_n themselves_o do_v not_o preach_v altogether_o by_o sermon_n by_o write_v of_o the_o gospel_n they_o be_v evangelist_n and_o do_v preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o unbielever_n by_o write_v of_o their_o epistle_n they_o do_v teach_v the_o church_n and_o therefore_o saint_n paul_n do_v call_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n his_o gospel_n rom._n 2.16_o solomon_n be_v a_o famous_a preacher_n yet_o we_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o he_o preach_v otherwise_o then_o by_o write_v the_o prophet_n be_v preacher_n too_o but_o they_o do_v not_o preach_v altogether_o by_o sermon_n the_o prophet_n jeremy_n be_v command_v to_o write_v his_o vision_n and_o revelation_n impart_v to_o he_o chap._n 30.2_o mr._n calvin_n say_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o isaiah_n prophet_n be_v mos_fw-la fuit_fw-la postquam_fw-la justi_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliquid_fw-la populo_fw-la nunciare_fw-la paucis_fw-la summam_fw-la rerum_fw-la 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consentiunt_fw-la deponantur_fw-la laici_fw-la verò_fw-la segregentur_fw-la can._n 32._o if_o any_o presbyter_n despise_v his_o bishop_n shall_v hold_v a_o meeting_n by_o himself_o and_o erect_v another_o altar_n have_v nothing_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n to_o accuse_v the_o bishop_n of_o in_o matter_n of_o piety_n and_o justice_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v as_o one_o that_o love_v preeminence_n for_o he_o be_v a_o tyrant_n and_o other_o clergyman_n that_o join_v with_o he_o be_v to_o be_v depose_v and_o the_o laic_n excommunicate_v to_o this_o agree_v a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la correptus_fw-la tumore_fw-la vel_fw-la superbia_fw-la inflatus_fw-la putaverit_fw-la separatim_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la deo_fw-la offerenda_fw-la vel_fw-la aliud_fw-la erigendum_fw-la altar_n centra_fw-la eccle_fw-la siasbicam_fw-la fidem_fw-la vel_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la crediderit_fw-la non_fw-la exeat_fw-la impunitùs_fw-la 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