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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09313	The letters patents of the presbyterie vvith the plea and fruits of the prelacie. Manifested out of the scriptures, fathers, ecclesiasticall histories, Papists, and sundrie other authors. By Iames Peregrin.	[Peregin, James].; Partridge, James, attributed name. aut	1632 (1632)	STC 19622B.5; ESTC S103890	43,655	62

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peremptory_a take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o &_o to_o all_o the_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n there_o be_v diverse_a elder_n of_o the_o church_n of_o phesus_fw-la &_o the_o place_n that_o border_v near_o it_o as_o of_o that_o of_o philippi_n or_o jerusalem_n act_n 21.18_o to_o they_o all_o paul_n say_v the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n to_o feed_v the_o church_n so_o phil._n 1._o to_o all_o the_o saint_n which_o be_v at_o philippi_n with_o the_o bishop_n &_o deacon_n that_o be_v with_o the_o elder_n presbyter_n 1.1_o phil._n 1.1_o and_o deacons_n for_o you_o see_v the_o presbyter_n be_v bishop_n or_o otherwise_o you_o must_v grant_v that_o there_o be_v more_o bishop_n than_o one_o in_o 〈◊〉_d city_n therefore_o theodore_n well_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o presbyter_n which_o bellarmine_n observe_v can_v not_o deny_v 1.5.6.7_o bellar._n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la l_o 4_o c._n 14._o tit._n 1.5.6.7_o but_o that_o here_o also_o 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and_o therefore_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n 3._o 1._o tim._n 3._o when_o paul_n say_v if_o any_o man_n desire_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n he_o desire_v a_o good_a work_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o presbyter_n or_o elder_n who_o be_v a_o bishop_n &_o that_o so_o he_o add_v these_o thing_n write_v i_o unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v know_v how_o thou_o a_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n ought_v to_o behave_v thyself_o otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o have_v pass_v as_o he_o do_v from_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o deacon_n but_o rather_o first_o from_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o presbyter_n or_o pastor_n that_o be_v if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v one_o and_o the_o fame_n office_n sometime_o set_v forth_o under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o elder_a or_o presbyter_n 1.5.6.7_o tit._n 1.5.6.7_o &_o sometime_o of_o a_o bishop_n as_o in_o that_o to_o titus_n before_o allege_v which_o show_v we_o that_o when_o it_o be_v 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