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and_o all_o you_o be_v brethren_n q._n it_o will_v seem_v that_o jesus_n christ_n look_v on_o st._n peter_n as_o a_o head_n ordinary_o he_o be_v first_o name_v in_o the_o gospel_n and_o matth._n 16.18_o jesus_n christ_n say_v to_o he_o thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o this_o rock_n i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n a._n his_o be_v name_v first_o do_v not_o import_v any_o superiority_n of_o authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n but_o of_o honour_n and_o order_n because_o of_o his_o age_n or_o gift_n and_o when_o jesus_n christ_n say_v upon_o this_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n he_o have_v not_o regard_v to_o the_o person_n of_o st._n peter_n but_o to_o his_o doctrine_n and_o the_o confession_n he_o have_v make_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o other_o apostle_n say_v thou_o be_v christ_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n and_o on_o this_o consideration_n not_o only_a peter_n but_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v call_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n as_o we_o be_v 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he_o reprove_v those_o among_o the_o corinthian_n that_o do_v choose_v to_o themselves_o any_o other_o head_n or_o patron_n but_o jesus_n christ_n every_o one_o of_o you_o say_v i_o be_o of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n and_o i_o of_o cephas_n and_o i_o of_o christ_n be_v christ_n divide_v be_v paul_n crucify_a for_o you_o or_o be_v you_o baptise_a in_o the_o name_n of_o paul_n to_o acknowledge_v then_o another_o head_n than_o christ_n be_v to_o divide_v christ_n neither_o can_v we_o acknowledge_v any_o other_o head_n but_o he_o who_o be_v crucify_a for_o we_o and_o in_o who_o name_n we_o be_v baptise_a st._n peter_n himself_o take_v no_o other_o title_n in_o his_o epistle_n but_o that_o of_o apostle_n and_o elder_a and_o speak_v to_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n not_o as_o have_v authority_n over_o they_o but_o as_o their_o comparison_n in_o service_n 1_o pet._n 5.1_o the_o elder_n that_o be_v among_o you_o i_o exhort_v who_o be_o also_o a_o elder_a sect_n xi_o of_o the_o 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the_o church_n by_o some_o great_a sin_n to_o confess_v and_o testify_v their_o repentance_n before_o the_o assembly_n of_o pastor_n and_o elder_n 2._o that_o a_o sinner_n who_o find_v his_o conscience_n burden_v with_o some_o great_a sin_n shall_v confess_v it_o to_o his_o pastor_n to_o ease_v his_o oppression_n and_o by_o this_o seek_v consolation_n and_o assurance_n of_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o his_o sin_n after_o this_o manner_n they_o come_v to_o john_n baptist_n matt._n 3.6_o confess_v their_o sin_n q._n what_o do_v you_o blame_v then_o in_o the_o private_a confession_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n a._n 1._o that_o it_o be_v tyrannical_a and_o a_o torture_n to_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n oblige_v they_o upon_o pain_n of_o damnation_n to_o pour_v forth_o all_o their_o thought_n in_o the_o ear_n of_o a_o man_n and_o to_o discover_v unto_o he_o not_o only_o all_o their_o sin_n but_o likewise_o all_o the_o circumstance_n which_o vary_v the_o nature_n of_o sin_n of_o 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