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the_o presbytery_n do_v not_o draw_v from_o the_o magistrate_n any_o part_n of_o his_o power_n by_o the_o cheat_n of_o any_o relation_n in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n with_o the_o presbytery_n cognosce_v only_o upon_o scandal_n and_o that_o in_o few_o civil_a thing_n than_o bishop_n court_n be_v wont_a to_o meddle_v with_o the_o warner_n will_v cause_v man_n believe_v many_o more_o of_o the_o presbytery_n usurpation_n upon_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n the_o first_o be_v that_o all_o offence_n whatsoever_o be_v cognoscible_a in_o the_o consistory_n upon_o the_o case_n of_o scandal_n ans_fw-fr first_o the_o presbytery_n make_v no_o offence_n at_o all_o to_o come_v before_o the_o consistory_n but_o scandal_n alone_o second_o these_o civil_a offence_n the_o scandal_n whereof_o come_v before_o the_o presbytery_n be_v but_o very_o few_o and_o a_o great_a deal_n few_o than_o the_o bishop_n official_a take_v notice_n of_o in_o his_o consistorial_n court_n that_o capital_a crime_n pass_v over_o 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