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he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n not_o to_o be_v the_o mistress_n which_o as_o it_o may_v be_v construe_v be_v invidious_a though_o she_o challenge_v all_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o mistress_n but_o the_o mother_n of_o other_o church_n and_o if_o he_o can_v do_v it_o it_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o present_a argument_n which_o be_v not_o whether_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o mistress_n or_o mother_n which_o he_o please_v of_o all_o other_o church_n but_o whether_o the_o bare_a note_n of_o a_o true_a church_n can_v prove_v this_o prerogative_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n when_o there_o be_v other_o true_a church_n beside_o herself_o but_o yet_o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v this_o be_v very_o considerable_a one_a because_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v so_o by_o all_o in_o communion_n with_o she_o p._n 37._o which_o be_v indeed_o unanswerable_a the_o church_n of_o rome_n herself_o and_o all_o in_o communion_n with_o she_o say_v she_o be_v the_o mo-mother_n of_o all_o other_o church_n and_o therefore_o she_o be_v so_o two_o the_o learned_a king_n james_n the_o first_o do_v not_o stick_v to_o own_v she_o do_v king_n james_n the_o first_o own_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n 3._o to_o we_o in_o england_n it_o be_v past_a denial_n our_o mother_n and_o nurse_n too_o our_o stepmother_n we_o will_v own_v she_o and_o nothing_o more_o but_o it_o be_v her_o authority_n that_o keep_v up_o in_o england_n above_o all_o other_o reform_a church_n our_o bishop_n our_o liturgy_n our_o cathedral_n by_o her_o record_n her_o evidence_n they_o stand_v the_o shock_n of_o antichristian_a adversary_n this_o be_v strange_a news_n we_o be_v indeed_o then_o more_o beholden_a to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n than_o we_o think_v for_o but_o do_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n allow_v our_o bishop_n or_o our_o liturgy_n how_o then_o do_v her_o authority_n keep_v they_o up_o true_o only_o because_o she_o can_v pull_v they_o down_o and_o i_o 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