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none_o but_o god_n and_o subordinate_a to_o none_o but_o god_n but_o this_o have_v be_v controvert_v by_o other_o and_o no_o little_a debate_n and_o strife_n have_v follow_v hereupon_o but_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o prince_n do_v receive_v from_o god_n a_o spiritual_a unction_n whereby_o not_o only_o their_o person_n be_v dignify_v and_o their_o heart_n prepare_v and_o enlarge_v with_o divine_a grace_n fit_a for_o rule_v but_o their_o function_n also_o ennoble_v and_o sanctify_v above_o any_o other_o whatsoever_o and_o high_o advance_v than_o the_o sense_n of_o laic_a or_o secular_a will_v bear_v to_o prince_n a_o assistance_n of_o counsel_n be_v requisite_a in_o spiritual_a as_o in_o civil_a affair_n but_o that_o that_o counsel_n ought_v to_o be_v compose_v only_o of_o person_n ecclesiastical_a or_o that_o those_o person_n ought_v to_o be_v invest_v with_o all_o those_o ensign_n of_o honour_n and_o authority_n which_o our_o bishop_n now_o claim_v as_o of_o divine_a right_n seem_v not_o necessary_a clergyman_n be_v