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〈◊〉_d stabiliat_fw-la vale_fw-la vir_fw-la praestantissime_fw-la data_fw-la tiguri_fw-la 18_o jul._n 1644._o tuus_fw-la omni_fw-la obsequio_fw-la &_o cultu_fw-la joh._n rodolphus_n stuckius_n to_o my_o much_o honour_a virtuous_a and_o learned_a friend_n master_n buchanan_n sir_n the_o reverend_a pastor_n of_o our_o church_n mr._n breittinger_n after_o the_o receipt_n of_o your_o letter_n be_v himself_o much_o indispose_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a age_n have_v charge_v i_o to_o return_v you_o answer_v in_o his_o name_n that_o that_o independency_n of_o consistory_n whereof_o you_o write_v be_v not_o approve_v by_o our_o church_n and_o that_o the_o synod_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o order_n and_o discipline_n of_o our_o church_n yet_o nevertheless_o that_o these_o church_n will_v not_o be_v want_v to_o the_o discharge_n of_o their_o duty_n if_o it_o be_v require_v of_o they_o to_o declare_v their_o opinion_n hereabout_o it_o be_v very_o much_o to_o be_v lament_v that_o 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