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alm_n &_o offer_v up_o our_o own_o soul_n and_o body_n to_o god_n 17._o now_o this_o title_n in_o this_o spiritual_a sense_n be_v common_a to_o every_o christian_a as_o well_o as_o to_o pope_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n witness_v 1_o pet._n 2._o 9_o but_o you_o be_v a_o choose_a generation_n a_o royal_a priesthood_n a_o holy_a nation_n etc._n etc._n as_o all_o the_o elect_a and_o saint_n of_o god_n be_v there_o style_v rev._n 1._o 4._o 7._o where_o st._n john_n write_v thus_o to_o the_o 7._o church_n in_o asia_n unto_o he_o that_o love_v we_o and_o wash_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n and_o have_v make_v we_o king_n and_o priest_n unto_o god_n his_o father_n rev._n 5._o 9_o 10._o those_o who_o christ_n have_v redeem_v with_o his_o blood_n out_o of_o every_o tongue_n language_n &_o nation_n sing_v this_o new_a song_n unto_o he_o that_o sit_v on_o the_o throne_n thou_o be_v worthy_a etc._n etc._n for_o thou_o have_v make_v we_o unto_o our_o god_n king_n and_o priest_n rev._n 20._o 6._o bless_a and_o
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pietatis_fw-la imperium_fw-la constituit_fw-la ad_fw-la communem_fw-la pacem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la et_fw-la sanae_fw-la fidei_fw-la confirmationem_fw-la agentes_fw-la autem_fw-la deo_fw-la debitas_fw-la gratias_fw-la necessaria_fw-la quoque_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la acta_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-it concilio_n ad_fw-la tuam_fw-la referrimus_fw-la pietatem_fw-la nempe_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la ex_fw-la mandato_fw-la tuus_fw-la pietatis_fw-la constantinopoli_fw-it convenimus_fw-la primum_fw-la quidem_fw-la mutuam_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la concordiam_fw-la renovavimus_fw-la deinde_fw-la vero_fw-la breves_fw-la etiam_fw-la praescripsimus_fw-la ac_fw-la pronunciavimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quasi_fw-la terminos_fw-la regulasve_fw-la quibus_fw-la et_fw-la patrum_fw-la qui_fw-la niceae_n congregati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la filem_fw-la confirmavimus_fw-la comprobavimusque_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la adversus_fw-la eam_fw-la abortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la perversas_fw-la hereses_n ac_fw-la pravas_fw-la opiniones_fw-la extrema_fw-la cum_fw-la execratione_fw-la ac_fw-la detestatione_n reprobavimus_fw-la preterea_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la recte_fw-la constituendum_fw-la et_fw-la ordinandum_fw-la statum_fw-la et_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la certos_fw-la canon_n slatuimus_fw-la ac_fw-la praescripsimus_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la huic_fw-la nostro_fw-la scripto_fw-la subjecimus_fw-la rogamus_fw-la etiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la tuus_fw-la pietatis_fw-la ratum_fw-la esse_fw-la jubeas_fw-la confirmesque_fw-la concilii_fw-la decretum_fw-la et_fw-la sicuti_fw-la literis_fw-la quibus_fw-la nos_fw-la convocasti_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la honore_fw-la prosecutus_fw-la es_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la summam_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la decreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la conclusionum_fw-la sententia_fw-la atque_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la corrobores_fw-la without_o which_o they_o be_v mere_a nullity_n dominus_fw-la autem_fw-la 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