(mj Ibid. I. 27. Refp. 8. (a) Aug. contra. Crcfcon. Lib. j.cap,-
13. & Lib. 4, cap, 6, (o; Opus, brevic. collar, cuo^ Donat. pr«fit.
t Can. 1,
fix.
The Hiflory of Ordinatioru Oyi
fik, the ProfeCution would be impradicable. But in
the African Provinces, where Biftopricks were fmall
and near one another, the Bifhops might eafily deter-
mine all Caiifes in their Provincial Councils, which
were held twice a Year.
The Vresbpers anciently dwelt in one Houfe with
theBifhop tt,^
They liv*d in common with the Bifhop, were in-
ftruded by him, and when there was need, were em-
ployed by him to inftrud the People, either in the
Epifcopal Church, or in fuch Oratories as depended
upon it |. At other times they fat under his Mini-
dry, and at the Adminiftration of the EuchariR ftood
at his right and left, as Dijctpks affifttng their Mafter^
as the Author of the Conflitution (peaks *
In France, the Archbifliop of Aquitain had 120
Bifhops under him in ancient Times (pj.
In Ireland St. Patrick is faid to have fettled i^d'y Bi-
fhops (q). So that their BifliOps could be of no great
Extent.
Bernardy who judged of the ancient Bifhopricks by
thofe of his Time, complains of the fmallnefs of the
BritiP) Dioceffes, and fays, ' that Bijlops we-re multi -
* plied, and changed, without Order and without
* Reafon, at the meer pleafurc of the Metropolitan,
* fo that one was not contented with one Bifiioprick,
* but almoft every (Parifh) Church had its Bifhop (r).
In Taleftine, which was fcarce as big as one third
of England, there were five and thirty noted Bifho-
pricks, whofe Names may b? feen in GuL lyrius,
and out of him in Alftedua his Chronology of anci-
ent Cities (f).
V. The ancient Diocefan Churches were Parochial,
ft PofTid. in Vit. Auguft. cap. ly. f •'Cor^ft•
Ap.8. IX. (p) Vift, Utic. de Vand. V^x(. Lib. i. (q) Hcnric dc
Erphord. 8c ncm. ia uflcr. Rel. Hih. cap. S. (r; In vit, Malach.
cap. 7.CQI. 1937.
be-
a 7 a TJoe Htfiory of Ordination:
becaufe they were formd in Imitation of the Synagogue $1
This is acknowJedged by the Learned Dr. Lrghtfooty
who obferves that the Apoflle Paul calls ' the Minffier
* Epifco^pti, or Bi/hop, from the common and knowti
' Title, the Chaz,aa> or Overfeer in the Synagogues (t).
' He obferves in another place out of Maimon, that
* Angel of the Churchy nnyn n^by and the (in i7rl
* were one and the fame j-
* The Service and Worfhip of the Temple being
* abolifhed, as being Ceremonial, God tranfplantec!
* the Worfhip arid publick Adoration of God ufed
* in the Synagogues, which was moral, into the Chri-
* ftjan Church : to wit, the publick Miniftry, publick
* Prayers, reading God's Word, and Preaching,' drc.
* Hence the Names of the Minifiers of the Gofpel
' were the very fame, the Angel of the Church, "sind
* the Bijhop, which belonged to the Minifters in the
* Synagogues (u). Certainly, faith the fame learned
« Author, the Signification of the Word Bi/hop, an4-
« Angel of the Church, had been determin'd with jefs
' Noife, if recourfe had been made to the proper
« Fountains, and Men had not vainly difputed a-
^ bout the Signification of Words, taken I know rwjt
^ whence f.
The learned GrotiPi^is of the fame Opinion, Mihi-
* tamen, &c. 'I take the Confiitution of the Chrifti-
* an Church to be form'dnot after the Pattern pf the
^ Temple at Jerufalem, but of the Synagogues. For
* it is certain that in every Synagogue there was one
* whom the Jews called bnpn u;n the head of the Sy-
* nagogue, and the Hellenifts usx^v i^i
* Xi(rvvc(,y»yl^» the Rulct of the Synagogue (\v). /**7
After the Deflrudion of the Temple, the Syna-
gogues were govern'd by Chief Rulers, Friejisy Elders
and Deacons. Thefe were fubjed to. iomc general
(t) Vol. I. p. 30S. t Ibid; p. 61 2,'. (u) Vol. 4. p. X3f«: %}^l^'
(w) Dc Imp. II. 8.
' ' ^ Officers,
The Hijlory of Ordination. 7y^
Officers, whom they call'd j4poftlesy whofe Work was
to gather the T'tthes and Frrji Fruits among the Pro-
vincial Jewsy and to regulate the Dijcipline of the Sy-
nagogue. Thefe Jpofiles were fiibjedt to a Patriarchy
who was the chief Maglftrate amongft them, and
derived his Office by Inheritance (x). EpiphaniPiA
mentions one Ellel, a. Patriarch of the Jevcs, dcfcend-
ed from Gamaliel ^ who had been a Patriarch alfo,
and was of the Family of that Gamaliel, who dilllia-
ded the Jews from perfecuting the Apoftles (y).
Here is a manifeft Agreement between the Synagogue
and the ChriJUan Church. In every Synagogue there
was one Chief Ruler, and other inferior Minifters,
viz. Pricftsy Vreshyters (or Elden;) and Deacons. There
is no room for Friefls in the Chriftian Church, for
the Legal Priefthood which was appropiated to the
Temple is ceafed.
The Chriflian Church w^s (o far modei'd according
to the Synagogue, that every Congregation fhou'd have
a Chief Ruler, or Bifhop, one or more Presbyters and
Deacons. Not that the Bijhop was of a difhncl Or-
der from the Presbytersy but that he had the Paftoral
Charge of the Congregation, in which he was affift-
ed by the Presbyters and Deacons, as our Pariflii^tHorj
with their Curates and Church Wardens.
Epiphanim calls the Deacons Jz^anita, from the He-
brew DM|n which fignified not only the Bifiop of the
Synagogue, as Dr. Ughtfoot hath obferved, but the
inferior Minifters, or Deacons, unto wiiom it belong'd
to fcourge Perfons in the Synagogue. The Officer
that inflided the Penalty of Whipping is call'd ^in
LitloYy or publick Miniflcr.
Thus the T^almudip ^^pVo-^vO How n Whipping per-
formed ? They tie both his Hands to a Pillar. Then
the Chaz.en, or Minifter takes hold of his Garment,
and whether by loofing or tearing it makes bare his
(x) Epiph ad'/. Hxref. 30. 7— - n- Oj Ibid. Stft. 4.
T Breaft
a 7 4- T^^ Hifiory of Ordination.
Brcaft- A Stone is placed by him, on which the
Chaz^an ^n ftands, holding a Ccrd of twifted Thongs
in his Hand, dXc (z).
See feveral Examples of this Signification of ^in in
C. Vitringa. The fame Officer was called alfo "^^^^ n^'^v
the Meflenger or Angel of the Congregation (b).
The Ebionitesy who under the Chriftian Name Ju-
daiz*d in many Things, call'd their Congregation ^y-
nagogue and not a Churchy and fliled their Teachers
rresbpers and RtileYi of the Synagogue (c).
Jujiinian calls the Rulers of the JewijJj Synagogues
Archipherekitay and diftinguifhes them from the Jewifi
Presbyters. They prefided in the Synagogues, and
direLS:ed the LeBions of the Hebreiv Bible, which the
Jews ca.Wc^'p'^^SeSimis sindthc HelknJjis xt^^oz^f* Thefe
Archipherekita had their Superiors, who were called
Trimates, It appears by the Imperial Conflitutions,
that there- was a Frimate in each of the Taleflinesy and
fo there was in other Provinces (d^-
Vhilo obferVes, that in the Jev)ifi Synagogue one
did read in the Book of the Law, and another who
was one of the moft skilful in the Law, explain'd the
more obfcure Things (e).
He mentions the T^ii^^or, or Prefident in the Affem-
blies of the T'herapema, who preached unto them, by
explaining the Allegories of the Law, and fung a
Hymn, either out of the Writings of the Prophets, or
of his own Compofure (g).
There were Synagogues in moft Cities. P0jat are
the Oratories, dizh Philo, built in every City, hut Schools
of Vertue and IVifdom (g) >
This Paflage may help us to underftand St. TauVs
(z) Cod. Maccoth. Cap, 5. Se£t« i». (a) Obfeiv. fac, p. ^-o,
f6, (b) Ibid. p. 59, Co. {c)n^t(rliori^Vi y* hrciltx^o-i ^ '^;c^tvvX'
V*v8? Epiph. ubi Sup. Sc
<€; Qjod omnis prob. liber, p. 877. Edit. Frankt. 1691. (f) Dc
Vit, Contempl p. 901. (g) — xtcrti xUai ^vOriVKT^^tx. - DeVit.
Mofis p. 68j.
xnrtt
The Hijlory oj Ordination. aye
To'Air, when he exhorts ?/>/;i to ordain Elders x*r«(r«';i»,
in every City (f). x«t« toAi» here is the fame with
uttT fUxXnTictt in every Churchy Acts 14. 23. but it does
not follow thence, that Churches and Cities were of
the fame Extent.
At firft the Chriftian Church was but a fmall Part
of the City. When the Chriftians grew too nume-
rous for a iingle Congregation, it became necefl'ary
to multiply Churches, and their Paftors ; as the Jews
did their Synagcguesy which in fome Cities were very
numerous. There were about 480 in Jerujalemy as
fome Je-wijh Dodors affirm (h).
Thilo faith there were many Synagogues in every
Ward of Alexandria (i). Each of thefe Synagogues
had their diftind and proper Ruler or Bifhop, and
fo had every Chriftian Church in fuch Cities as had
need of them. Hence we read of more than one Bi-
fiiop in a City, as at Philippic there were Bilhops
and Deacons (]).
6. The ancient Diocejfes were Parochial, becaufc
they are often called Tarijhes,
The Compiler of the Apoftolical Canons faith, a bad
Bifhop blemifheth the Church in his Parifh fk).
In another Place he calls Aqtii la 2ind Nicetfn Bifhops
of the Parifhes ©f AJta (*), then adds to this Purpofe,
T^he Brfiops mufi do nothing without the Confent of their
Primate^ except in their own Panfi, and the Villages
which depend upon ity and the Primate mufJ do nothing in
their Parijhes without their common Confent-
The Couiieil of Ancjra calls a Diocefs a Parijh two
feveral Times, Can. 13. 'The City Presbyters muU dono^
thing in any Parijh (or Diocefs) without the Bijhofs Let-
ter, Can. 25. The Brjhops and their Miniflers muR en-
(f) Tit. I. f, (h) Lightf. Vol. 1. p. 35. (i) Lcgat. ad Oj. p.
loll, 1012. •-... jf,tc,y iKUfov !(JiKfJUcc T?4 »"«A»ft/«. (i) i hil. I. i. (k)
xfltra Tj|» "nu^txietf uuii' Conft. Ap. 2, lo. {*) ...- r»> xefcT* *A-
r»«» TTMoiKiif* Ibid. 7, 46.
P 2 deaVQur
176 The Htflory of Ordination.
deavour to root out of thetr Parijbes Witchcraft and For-
tune-tellingy ivhich was invented by the Devil, 8cc.
The Council of Jntioch ufes the Word Panjh in the
fame Senfe, Can. p. Let every B/fljop have Power in his
own Panfh. Can. 21. Let not a BiJJjof remove from one
Parijh to another*
Eufehim calls the Bijhoprkks of Jfta, the Varifhes
of Afia (1).
The Church of Alexandria, when Anmanm was
made BiiLop of it, is called the TartPj of Alexandria (m>.
So Jmm fpeaks in hisEpiftle againflt John of Je-
rufalem. Prove, [akh he, that we have a Bfftjop in your
Parifb(n).
Aufiin mentions one .Reflituttis a Presbyter in the
TarifJ) of the Church of Calama (f).
The primitive D^ocf^y^/ were properly call'd 'Tm^tKio^-
Parifhes, becaufe they confided of Perfons living near
one another.
Ux^oikU is accolatus, vicina habitation dwelling in the
fame Neighbourhood, as Emilius Tortus renders it in
Suidas ; or it is the fame with •mt^synhfji^U, a. Pilgrimage
our Life here being a State of Pilgrimage, as Suidas
himfelf explains it *
And in both thefe refpeds Clemens in his excellent
Epifile to the Church of Corinth, ufes the Word
'7rusoi>cS
KS
cf God {-nu^oiKm) parifliing or fojourning at Corinth.
Polycayp begins in the fame manner, To the Church of
God [r'ii -mt^^oi^ifT'^) parijhing at Philippi. So that the Bi-
fhop's Diocefs in ancient Times, were the Chriftians
dwelh'ng in the fame Neighbourhood, and affembling
together at one Altar. They were properly Partfb
Btjhops, and fome of our modern Pariflies are larger and
1 (\) rr,^ «Va5. rx
14- (n) In parochia tu3. Ep. ad Pamach. (fl De. C D. 14.14.
♦ Vid. :>uid. in rn^xU.
^ *- - contain
Tloe Hijlory of Ordination. ijj
contain greater Numbers of Souls than the ancient
DiocefTesdid.
Sometimes -mtptuKU CigniRes part of a Dioccfs. In
this Senfe Tertu/iian mentions Porttonales Paracia \ in-
timating that the Bifhop*s Diocefs was the whole Pa-
rifl)^ which, as we obferved above, often met in one
Place ; the lefler Divifions of the Varifiy which he
calls Portional PariJheSy or Parts of a Parifiy might have
occafional fubordinate Aflemblies, as there are ftill in
our larger Parijhes. Such occafional partial Affem-
blies of the Bifiop's Parochial Church became neceflary
in thofe Times o£ Perfecutioriy when the whole Church
could not publickly afl'emblc.
Petavius confefl'es, that in the firft Ages of the
Church, one Church or Oratory within the Walls of
a City was fufficient for Religious Aflemblies (o.)
Tope Innocent calls the Country Churches Parijhesy
and the City Churches T'itles (p).
As Diocejfes grew larger, and the Power of Bifliops
increafed, Parochia or Parijh was thought of to nar-
row a Signification, and A«orW
ftituted in the room of it.
Hence the Bifhop's Charge was called a Diocefs,
Adminifirationy Government or Province f ; in Imitation
of the Roman Empire, which was divided into fo
many Diucejfes, each Diocefs confifting of fo many
Provinces, were fubjefi: to certain Officers, who de-
pended on the PrafeHus Pratorio.
Cicero often mentions the Roman Dioceffes. He fays,
there were three Afiatick Dioceffes under him (q). He
mentions the Diocefs of Hellefpont (r), and his own
Diocefs (s).
Conflantine, in his Letter to Eufehius, fays he had
written to the Governour of the Diocefs, to furnifh
(o) De |Eccl. Hier. 2. i ^. (pj Ep. ad D. cap. 5. f A SiotK^t,
admioiftrare, regcre. (q) Ep. Lib. 15. Ep. 67. P. Scroll, {t) Ibid.
^?'S^' (*) Ep» Lib. 5. ad Attic, i/.
him
a 78 Thii Hiflory of Ordinatimti
him with the neceflary Charges for providing 50 fair
Bibles to be fent to Conflantimple {t). The Word
Diocefs here fignifies, in the civil Senfe, the PrefeBure
of the Eaf^.
As Bifhopricks grew more extenfive, and emulated
the Civil Power^they were called Diocejfes in Confor-
mity to the Empire, and the Subdivifions of the Dio-
cefs were called Parijhesy as they are to this Day.
confefTes that Parochia is often put for a Diocefs.
So the Word is taken in a Conftitution of Richard
Archbifhop of Canterluryy which forbids the Ordaining
of the Farijhoner (Parochianumj of another Eijhop luithout
his Licenfe (u).
The inlarging of Dioceffes beyond their original
Boundaries has proved deflrudive to the ancient
ftrid Difcipline. As the Believers increafed, the £-
fifcofal Parijhes or Dioceffes fhould have been multipli-
ed, and not fuffered to fwell to fuch an extenfive
Bulk, as no one Man could perfonally overfee.
At firft they multiplied Bijhops as the People increa-
fed, as has been proved above. Aufiin mentions Lu-
cillus 2l Bifhop in the Caftle Synica near to Hippo (w).
He fignifies his Defire to have a Bifhop created in the
Caftle Fuffaluy which was in the Diocefs of Hippo^ or
as he expreffes it, which belonged to the Parifh of the
Church of Hippo (x).
In fine, fince the primitive Bifhops adminiftred to
to their Flock all Ordinances, and took care of the
Poor therein -, fince the whole Diocefan Church met
in one Place, and Dioceffes were ereded in Villages as
well as Cities ,• fince they lay fo near together, were
erefted in Imitation of the jewifh Synagogues, and are
called Parijhes by the Ancients, it follows that they
(t) Vit. Cpnftant. 4. 36. x^U ro> r?5 ^.oty.n(rsaii xcf,B-o}nx,it . (a)
Provinc. Lib. 1. De Temp. Ord. c Quia quidam. (w) Dc C. D.
ax. 8. (X) Ep. 161.
* were
The Hifiory of Ordination. aj^
were Parochial, and not of the Extent of our modern
Dipcefles.
C H
A P
The remaining Heads of the Hiftory^ with which
Mr, Owen intended to have fntjhed the Work.
Conclufion,
#
Prop.XI. A S the Bijhops grew ambitious of Honour and
-^^ FoweTy they were Jo jar from multiplying
Bijhof ricks according to the Exigencies of the Church, that
they rather extended their Empire a6 far as they could*
Naz,ianz^n complains, that many of the Bifhops
and Clergy of his Age, * were no better but rather
* worfe than other Men, that with impure Hand and
* profane Minds they thruft themfelves into the moft
* facred Things ; and before they were fit to ap-
* proach holy Things, poflefs^d the (chief) Seat, and
* throng'd about the holy Table, as if they look'd
* upon this Order to be a Matter of Vrofit, and not
* the Pattern of Virtue, and fancied it to be not a
^ Minifiry, but a fort of abfolutc Dominion. And
* thefe, faith he, are almoll more numerous than fucb
* 2iS fuhjeSi to them (y).
In another Place, ' The moft facred Order amongft
^ us is in danger of becoming ridiculous. Prelacy a-
* rifes not from IVorth but Fice, and the 'Thrones are
* given not to the moft worthy but to the moft potent
* (2). * * * Cat era defiderantur.
XII. The Bifhops referv'd to themfelves the more
honourable Parts of the Miniftry (as Ordination of
Minifters, Confecration of Churches, Confirmation,
<} ) «T«Aoy. p. I J. (z) Orat. in Laud. Bafil. M.
vailing
a8o The Hijlory of Ordination.
vailing of Virgins, Excommunication) and left the
more toilfom and troublefom to the Presbyters^ as the
Tower of Preaching and Admtmflring the Sacraments.
XIII. The City Bifliops fwallow'd up the Power
of the Country Bi/hops, and deprived em of their
pafloral Authority, and inftead of Governing-Paftors
in the Country Parifhes, ordained only Curates, with-
out Power of Difcipline.
XIV. Parijh Miniflers are the proper Succeflbrs of
the ancient Country Bijhops. They are the Paftors of
the Fiock, to be chofen and approved by the Parijhes.
XV. The City Bijhops had no Power to deprive
thofe Parijh Brjhops of the Powers which were inhe-
rent in em ; this Deprivation is a Degree of fpiri-
tual Tyranny.
XVI. The Courts of Judicatory, in which the Bi-
fhops or their Deputies prefided, were improper and
ineffedual Means to preferve the ancient Difcipline.
This is evident from their want of Knowledge of the
Cafe, the falfe Rules they went by, as Canons, De-
cretals, &c. improper Judges as Laymen, whereas the
Power of the Keys was committed to Minijiers. The
Penalty which by the Gofpel was Spiritual, as Ex-
communication, 2 Cor. lo. 4, 5. but in the Epifco-
pal Court, fecular by Commutation and pecuniary
Mulds turn'd againft Godlinefs, under the Notion of
Herefy and Schifm ; thus the IValdenfes, the Lollards,
and fome of the beft Chriftians, were excommunica-
]ted and deflroyed.
XVII. The Ordinations of Minifters greatly cor-
rupted.
1. As appropriated to City Bijhops.
2. Performed without due Examination of the Can-
didates.
3. Without Election of the People, and at a Di-
ftance from 'em.
4. Clogged with unreafonable Terms of Commu-
nion, as the Oath of Canonical Obedience, and to
root out Hereticks.
5. The
The Hijlory oj Ordination. 075
r. The Miniflry changed into a Vriefihood,
6. Licenfcs to empower them to preach.
7. Mcer Readers ordained.
XVIII. The fubjeaing all Bijbg^s and Churches to
the Pope of Rome^ fpread the Romijh Corruptions
thro' all the IVeftern Churches-
XIX. Thefe Corrifptions occafioned the Separa-
tion oF the beft Chriftians from the Church of Rome,
as IVcildenfes
XX. Thefe VVicneffes againft Antichrift reaffum'd
the Original Power of ?arijh Bijhops, and ordained
their own Minifiers.
XXI. Likcwife in the beginning of the Reformat
ticHy our Reformers reftored the Ordaining Power of
the Country Bijhops or Parijb Minifters * * * *
To conclude, I am fenfible that a great many of
our Adverfaries are fo far prejudiced, as not to be
convinced by Reafon itfelf, fpeaking in behalf of any
that differ from em, and therefore doubt not but
this Treatife will be attacked by fome one or other,
as Intereft, Honour, or Party-Zeal may dired.
So that I think it neceflary to inform the Antago-
nifls of fome Things that will be expeded of them
to deferve the Name of an Anfwer, vi^.
i. That they anfwer all the Arguments without
making the Excufe of their being not worth it, or
anfwered already ; otherwife we fhall take for grant-
ed, whatever is omitted.
2. That they attack the Bulk of the Arguments,
and don't play only on the Outworks.
3. That they palm not upon us the fcurrilous
Banter of the Party, inftead of Reafon and fair Ar-
guing.
4. That they don't charge upon the Editor the
Miftakes of the Prefs and Amanuenfisy as ufually pract:-
hi^ for want of better Argument.
Â¥ I U I s.
Si. M. &â– ^ Si- ^^ Ml . Si- ^ S^ M & & ^,
W 'x^ '*■'i? -^>? * ^ • ^ # -^ '# -4- W *
^ /^or^ Account of the Additmtds to
the WORK.
I. T N abridging the Vleuy I afTum'd rhe Liberty
J- not only to pretermit large Quotations, and
other Matters that to me fcem'd fnpervacaneous,
but thro' the whole, to add feveral Things that are
corroborative of the Argument, and fubveriive of the
Advcrfaries Objedions.
More efpecially, the Cafe of Timothy and T'itusy
and the pretended Prefidency in their Ordination,
is, further iliuftrated and confuted. From the A-
poftolick Cemmiflion I prove the Right of Pref-
byters to ordain, and then (hew how the Supe-
riority of Englijh Bijhops above Presbyters is founded
upon the Laws of England.
Ordination by Presbyters, and the deftrufiiion of
Prelacy in the foreign Reformed Churches (as in
Swedland and Denmark) is particularly confidered
out of Abbot Vertot and prefent State of Denmark :
The Church o^ England's Approbation of Ordination
by Presbyters made out more fully : The Prefatory
Argument before the Book of Ordination explained,
and fhew'd not to be inconfiftent therewith. The
Reformation of the Scots Church by Presbyters fur-
ther vindicated.
IL As to the Defence^ I had reduced it to a nar-
rower Compafs, but for the Animadversions I make
all along on the ReEior of Burys Anfwer to it and
the Vlea ; however have endeavour 'd to make 'em as
brief, and concife as poflible. I account for the pre-
tended Inftances of Ordination without Presbyters,
prove "Timothy and Titus to be no Diocefans but Evan-
gelijlsy the Original of which Order I confider, and
* /hew
Additionals to this WORK.
{hew at large how Presbytery was divinely and unalte-
rably fettled in the Ephejian Church.
III. The Third Part, which gives the Preference
to Presbyterial Ordination, is from an Original im-
perfed Manufcript of Mr. Owens ; defign'd in Twelve
Arguments ; finifh'd by the Publifher.
IV. The Ht/lory of Ordination was Mr. Owens laft-
Work, but it was the Will of our Almighty Sovereign-
that he fhould finifh his Courfe before he had finifh'd
that ufeful Dellgn ; it was to be deliver'd in Twenty
one PropofitijOQS, Ten of which are only perfected :
No Materials being left for the remaining Heads,
I only mention em, which may ferve to give an
Idea of the whole.
Had he liv'd to have given the finifhing Stroke
to thefe Works, they had fufficiently recommended
themfelves, having, I think, few Equals in the Con-
troverfy.
I have prefix'd Contents to each Chapter thro'
the whole Performance, and done every thing elfe
that I thought neceilary, to prove the Validity of our
Dijfenting Minijiry.
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