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apoc._n 2._o 2._o thou_o haste_v examine_v they_o which_o profess_v themselves_o apostle_n and_o be_v not_o there_o be_v their_o preeminence_n for_o jurisdiction_n over_o their_o brethren_n 5_o three_o the_o perpetuity_n of_o their_o place_n during_o life_n else_o what_o need_v that_o threat_n verâe_v 5_o i_o will_v remove_v thy_o candlestick_n for_o have_v he_o but_o stay_v a_o month_n or_o a_o year_n the_o presbytery_n will_v have_v turn_v he_o out_o of_o his_o socket_n when_o his_o turn_n be_v expire_v 1._o but_o as_o with_o m._n beza_n we_o begin_v so_o will_v we_o conclude_v all_o with_o m._n calvin_n who_o dârects_v we_o for_o the_o find_v out_o of_o church_n government_n according_a to_o the_o divine_a institution_n unto_o veteren_n ecclesiam_fw-la the_o ancient_a church_n wherein_o we_o shall_v see_v imaginem_fw-la quanaan_n a_o certain_a representation_n thereof_o for_o howsoever_o say_v he_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o time_n make_v some_o canon_n exorbitant_a from_o 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naz._n ep_n 42._o ad_fw-la procop._n 1._o cor._n 11_o 17._o august_n 2._o tim._n â_o 17._o 2_o tim._n 4_o 3._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 32._o 1._o cor._n 14._o 8._o exo_fw-la 9_o 16._o mat_n 5._o 14._o 1._o tim_n 3._o 5._o philip_n 2._o 4._o ezech._n 31._o 39_o exod._n 19_o 19_o heb._n 5._o 4._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 9_o apoc._n 2._o 7â_n âsay_v 51._o 17._o 1._o sam._n 3._o â_o âct_n 2._o judg._n 12._o 6._o philip._n 3._o 17._o mat._n 28._o 19_o mat._n 15._o 13._o eccle_n 1._o 10._o ezech._n 28._o 3._o dan._n 9_o 2._o the_o prayer_n 1._o cor._n 14._o 4â_n tit._n â_o 15._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 13._o cant._n 6._o 36._o ãâã_d polit_fw-la 1._o cor._n 14._o 33._o zach._n ââ_o 7._o apoc._n 37._o mat._n 16_o 19_o luc._n 11._o 52._o cor._n ãâ¦ã_z ephes._n 4._o 7._o 1._o cor._n 12._o 31._o 1._o cor._n 12._o 28._o 1._o ãâã_d â_o 17._o act._n 6._o 4._o act._n 1._o 2._o cor._n 1â_n 5._o âalâ_n 2._o 9_o mat._n 17._o 1._o mat._n 26._o 37._o nâzâan_n epiphan_n mat._n 3._o 16._o â7_n 1._o cor._n 12._o 12._o â_o tim._n 3._o 13._o âct_n 21._o 35._o ãâã_d sardie_n chal._n nazi_n vit_fw-mi athâ_n vit_fw-mi basil._n hier._n ad_fw-la nepot_n idem_fw-la in_o epit_fw-la nep._n act._n 66._o ibid._n 14._o 27_o 1._o cor._n 16._o 9_o naziââ_n ãâã_d 2._o cor._n 2._o 16._o 1._o tim._n 3._o 6._o jam._n 3._o 1_o â_o lin_v nat_n hist._n hieron_n in_o tit._n cap._n 1._o &_o epist_n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la 1_o cor._n 12._o 8._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 13._o ãâ¦ã_z plut._n in_o philopae_fw-la tit._n 1._o 5._o 1._o thes._n â_o 12._o â_o thes._n 3._o 14._o 1_o cor_n 4_o ult_n act._n 8._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 22._o tit._n 1._o 5._o heb._n 7._o 7._o ambros._n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o athanas._n apol._n 2_o in_o liâââis_n pres._n marit_n âpiphan_n ãâã_d 69._o chrysost._n theodoret._n oecumen_fw-la ambros._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la fuagr_n aiax_n ââagel_n 1._o tim._n 5._o 21._o tit._n 1._o 5._o act._n 9_o verse_n 12â_n 1._o tim._n 4._o 14_o hierom_n in_o esa._n 3_o 2._o tim._n 1._o 6._o calvin_n justit_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 3._o rod._n 29._o 1._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 22._o ãâã_d act._n and_o monument_n gal._n 2._o 9_o act._n 13._o 2._o tit._n 1._o 4._o 1._o cor._n 4._o ãâã_d gal._n 5._o 12._o 1._o cor._n 5._o â_o tim._n 5._o 29._o epiph._n lib._n â_o haeâ_n 75._o 1._o tim._n 1._o 4._o â_o tim._n 2._o 16._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 21._o tit._n â9_n tit._n 2._o 15._o tit._n 2._o 15._o tit._n 1._o 5._o ibid._n vers_fw-la 10._o tit._n 3._o 10._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 5._o 1._o cor._n 16._o 10._o 1._o tim_n 6._o 14._o ambrose_n in_o ãâ¦ã_z cap._n 6._o mat._n 24._o 45._o 1._o cor._n 4â_n 1._o pet._n 5._o 1._o hierom._n ad_fw-la âiparium_fw-la cyprian_a ad_fw-la rogat_fw-la 1._o tim._n 1._o 18._o oecumen_fw-la ibid._n luc._n 24._o 49._o ad_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la grad_v cap._n 23._o august_n de_fw-mi bapt_v contra_fw-la donat._n ca._n 24._o lib._n 4._o hier._n ad_fw-la euag._n can._n apost_n ubique_fw-la nicen._n con_n 4._o can._n 6._o etc._n etc._n 7._o numb_a 11._o 29_o numb_a 16._o 3._o epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 75._o gesip_n apud_fw-la ãâã_d lib._n 4._o cap._n 22._o euseb._n hist._n eccles._n âparââm_n socrat._n theodoret._n ãâã_d lib._n 4._o ca._n 63._o august_n ep_n 42._o 1._o tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n pag._n 145._o in_o resp_n ad_fw-la sarav_n high_a ad_fw-la evagr_a euseb._n li._n 1._o cap._n 24._o luke_n 24._o euseb._n li._n 4._o ca._n 22._o hieron_n pâoâem_fw-la in_o euang._n matthei_n hieron_n de_fw-fr scriptor_n eccles._n in_o lacobi_fw-la hieron_n in_o âgnatio_fw-la 1._o cor._n 15._o 6._o ignat._n ad_fw-la smyrn_n ignat._n ad_fw-la antioch_n idem_fw-la ad_fw-la trall_n ignat._n ad_fw-la antiochen_n idem_fw-la ad_fw-la sar_n euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 23._o hieron_n advers._n ãâã_d hieron_n in_o tit._n 1._o hieron_n ibidem_fw-la 1._o cor._n 1._o cypr._n ad_fw-la rogat_fw-la act._n 19_o 1._o cor._n 11._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d pâ_n â2_n 1._o cor._n â_o joan._n ãâã_d 1._o cor._n ãâ¦ã_z 1._o cor._n 7._o 6._o psalm_n 12._o verse_n 40._o vers_fw-la 25._o iâenae_fw-la gen._n 2._o exod._n 20._o apoc._n 1_o psalm_n 118._o heron_n ad_fw-la maâ_n aug._n in_o âs_n 44._o âââron_n ibid._n ãâ¦ã_z âoh_o 3._o cypâ_n ad_fw-la rogat_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la âliod_n theodoâ_n in_o âhilip_n 1._o acts._n 1._o 20ââsal_n 109._o hilar._n in_o math._n 24._o apoc._n â_o 1._o 2._o 5_o instit._fw-la lib._n 4._o c_n â_o sect._n 1._o sect._n â_o ãâã_d
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