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to_o meddle_v in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o priest_n his_o office_n 18_o 2._o chro._n 26._o vers_fw-la 18_o howsoever_o in_o other_o thing_n they_o be_v subject_a unto_o they_o even_o unto_o their_o place_n and_o displace_v and_o indeed_o here_o be_v no_o more_o in_o effect_n then_o as_o householder_n rule_v in_o the_o house_n and_o martial_a man_n for_o their_o order_n of_o war_n 35._o 1._o reg._n 2._o v._n 35._o which_o yet_o i_o hope_v no_o way_n withstand_v that_o other_o which_o we_o call_v the_o chief_a power_n to_o which_o purpose_n also_o be_v that_o other_o strain_n and_o further_a extent_n of_o this_o cavil_v that_o any_o such_o power_n shall_v be_v warrant_v by_o god_n and_o so_o allow_v to_o be_v in_o force_n under_o any_o well_o order_a government_n wherein_o the_o civil_a and_o chief_a magistrate_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v for_o the_o discern_a and_o award_v thereof_o much_o less_o to_o have_v power_n and_o authority_n to_o repeal_v or_o reverse_v the_o same_o and_o so_o 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