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and_o can_v mr._n whitby_n judge_v their_o authority_n competent_a to_o decide_v a_o controversy_n betwixt_o christian_n &_o condemn_v the_o public_a practice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n have_v we_o not_o reason_n to_o except_v against_o their_o being_n vmpieres_fw-fr in_o this_o dispute_n yet_o to_o do_v mr._n whitby_n a_o pleasure_n we_o will_v admit_v they_o as_o judges_z arbitrator_n what_o say_v they_o dio_fw-mi say_v caligula_n be_v a_o god_n when_o pray_v to_o and_o martial_n say_v those_z who_o pray_v to_o idol_n make_v they_o go_n suppose_v all_o this_o true_a what_o be_v it_o to_o visibility_n or_o corpore_fw-la all_o present_n of_o which_o they_o make_v no_o mention_n &_o yet_o be_v bring_v to_o prove_v they_o how_o wretched_o do_v he_o plead_v against_o we_o who_o first_o appeal_v to_o incompetent_a judge_n &_o second_o to_o such_o as_o pronounce_v nothing_o in_o his_o favour_n in_o malâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la aliter_fw-la aug._n chapter_n xi_o 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