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modo_fw-la non_fw-la negetur_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la praeterca_fw-la justitiam_fw-la inhaerentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n again_o ibid._n 7._o c._n si_fw-mi solum_fw-la vellent_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputari_fw-la christi_fw-la merita_fw-la or_o justitiam_fw-la quia_fw-la nobis_fw-la donata_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o possumus_fw-la ea_fw-la deo_fw-la patri_fw-la offer_n pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la etc._n etc._n recta_fw-la esset_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la cap._n 11._o potest_fw-la sano_fw-la modo_fw-la accommodari_fw-la exemplum_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la jacob_n justitiae_fw-la imputativae_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la dicat_fw-la oportere_fw-la ut_fw-la induamus_fw-la merita_fw-la christi_fw-la i_o add_v or_o justitiam_fw-la sive_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la activam_fw-la christi_fw-la for_o this_o also_o be_v part_n of_o his_o merit_n see_v bellarm._n de_fw-fr christo_n 5._o l._n 9_o c_o initio_fw-la and_o illis_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la tecti_fw-la petamus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la 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that_o shall_v the_o prince_n forbid_v it_o yet_o the_o church_n still_o ought_v to_o use_v that_o ecclesiastical_a power_n therein_o that_o shall_v be_v necessary_a to_o preserve_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o which_o necessity_n also_o they_o not_o the_o prince_n be_v by_o our_o lord_n constitute_v the_o judge_n the_o like_a say_v dr._n taylor_n of_o the_o subordination_n of_o inferior_a clergy_n to_o their_o superior_n and_o bishop_n bishop_n carleton_n before_o §_o 14._o of_o the_o ordination_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o institution_n and_o collation_n of_o benefice_n and_o spiritual_a cure_n that_o they_o be_v proper_a law_n and_o right_n of_o the_o church_n not_o to_o be_v change_v or_o take_v away_o by_o prince_n §_o 30_o it_o seem_v too_o late_o therefore_o now_o or_o in_o henry_n the_o eighth_n day_n to_o project_v a_o repeal_n of_o any_o of_o those_o forementioned_a ancient_a ecclesiastical_a custom_n and_o canon_n which_o we_o find_v make_v or_o practise_v by_o the_o church_n under_o the_o