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as_o
enemy_n eight_o dispensation_n and_o though_o the_o pope_n challenge_v to_o be_v able_a to_o give_v that_o dispensation_n which_o jehu_n have_v give_v he_o of_o god_n yet_o be_v that_o only_a presumption_n in_o the_o pope_n for_o neither_o be_v he_o god_n to_o give_v any_o such_o warrant_n neither_o be_v he_o god_n prophet_n who_o authority_n we_o may_v trust_v neither_o do_v god_n reveal_v his_o will_n immediate_o to_o the_o pope_n as_o he_o do_v to_o his_o prophet_n elisha_n neither_o have_v his_o jehues_n ever_o have_v that_o fortune_n and_o prosperous_a success_n as_o have_v this_o god_n confound_v many_o thousand_o of_o their_o damn_a and_o rebellious_a practice_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o name_n and_o to_o the_o shame_n of_o all_o such_o evil_a minister_n for_o this_o be_v a_o unanswerable_a argument_n that_o the_o pope_n power_n to_o dispense_v in_o this_o kind_n be_v not_o from_o god_n because_o many_o of_o their_o practice_n succeed_v not_o which_o if_o they_o be_v from_o 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