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man_n because_o they_o receive_v their_o power_n and_o authority_n from_o man_n be_v a_o irreconcilable_a contradiction_n to_o st._n paul_n who_o affirm_v that_o they_o receive_v their_o power_n from_o god_n that_o they_o be_v god_n and_o not_o the_o people_n minister_n now_o though_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n do_v once_o differ_v upon_o a_o matter_n of_o prudence_n it_o will_v be_v of_o ill_a consequence_n to_o religion_n to_o make_v they_o differ_v in_o so_o material_a a_o doctrine_n as_o this_o be_v and_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o reconcile_v they_o but_o by_o expound_v st._n peter_n word_n so_o as_o to_o agree_v with_o st._n paul_n for_o st._n paul_n word_n can_v never_o be_v reconcile_v with_o that_o sense_n which_o these_o man_n give_v of_o st._n peter_n