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neither_o shall_v this_o fond_a opinion_n take_v any_o place_n in_o a_o christian_n man_v head_n i._o that_o any_o office_n appoint_v by_o god_n viij_o shall_v cause_v the_o officer_n to_o be_v evell_a before_o god_n for_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o title_n and_o name_n of_o great_a honour_n and_o love_n as_o god_n and_o such_o as_o serve_v and_o please_v hin_a lxxxii_o also_o the_o nurse_n of_o the_o church_n as_o the_o example_n of_o adam_n xlix_o henoch_n no_o with_o other_o ix_o who_o be_v in_o those_o day_n very_fw-la godly_a ruler_n to_o maintain_v virtue_n and_o punish_v vice_n this_o see_v not_o only_o the_o patriarch_n and_o godly_a man_n of_o the_o scripture_n but_o also_o natural_a wise_a man_n that_o see_v and_o reverence_v order_n and_o policy_n as_o plato_n write_v legivus_fw-la sayinge_v as_o the_o ox_n be_v not_o rule_v by_o y_o e_o ox_n nor_o the_o goat_n by_o the_o goat_n but_o by_o a_o more_o pure_a nature_n to_o say_v by_o man_n so_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v more_o infyrme_v then_o can_v rule_v itself_o therefore_o god_n appoint_v not_o only_o man_n to_o rule_v but_o also_o such_o man_n as_o excel_v in_o wit_n and_o wisdom_n xx_o adjoin_v with_o the_o special_a &_o singular_a grace_n of_o god_n &_o so_o say_v plato_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la mortalis_fw-la aliquis_fw-la dominatur_fw-la ibâ—_n 〈◊〉_d dorum_fw-la vel_fw-la erumnarun_v nullum_fw-la esse_fw-la effugium_fw-la whereas_o any_o mortal_a man_n bear_v dominion_n and_o not_o god_n there_o can_v be_v none_o escape_v of_o calamity_n &_o misery_n of_o the_o same_o opinion_n be_v homer_n the_o poet_n who_o say_v that_o the_o god_n appoint_v their_o shield_n to_o defend_v prince_n as_o pallas_n defend_v achiâ—les_n that_o do_v josophat_n the_o king_n in_o the_o plate_n afore_o rehearse_v wonderful_o declare_v and_o whosoever_o will_v consider_v the_o execution_n &_o dew_n pain_n to_o ward_n evel_a doer_n shall_v rightwel_n perceive_v that_o god_n 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i_o think_v of_o all_o god_n sacrament_n in_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o baptism_n because_o it_o be_v a_o mark_n of_o our_o christian_a church_n iiii_o this_o i_o judge_v after_o the_o doctrine_n of_o saint_n paul_n that_o it_o be_v a_o seal_n and_o confirmation_n of_o justice_n xviii_o either_o of_o our_o acception_n into_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o chryst_n for_o his_o innocencye_n and_o justice_n by_o faith_n be_v we_o and_o our_o sin_n and_o injustice_n by_o his_o obedience_n be_v he_o whereof_o baptism_n be_v the_o sign_n seal_n and_o confirmation_n for_o although_o free_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n our_o sin_n be_v forgeven_v yet_o the_o same_o be_v declare_v by_o the_o gospel_n receive_v by_o faith_n and_o seal_v by_o y_z e_z sacrament_n which_o be_v the_o seal_n of_o god_n promise_n as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o faithful_a abraham_n xxviii_o baptism_n have_v his_o promise_n as_o be_v a_o fore_n say_v his_o element_n 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