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paul_n but_o separate_v from_o he_o act_v 15._o 39_o beside_o barnabas_n receive_v the_o same_o commission_n that_o st._n paul_n do_v and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n act_v 13._o 1_o 2._o however_o admit_v barnabas_n be_v but_o a_o secondary_a apostle_n which_o i_o rather_o believe_v or_o 〈◊〉_d yet_o mr._n o._n will_v not_o i_o hope_v deny_v he_o be_v more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a elder_n what_o then_o be_v this_o to_o ordinary_a elder_n ordain_v by_o their_o own_o sole_a power_n and_o inherent_a authority_n and_o how_o will_v it_o hence_o 〈◊〉_d that_o because_o paul_n admit_v barnabas_n a_o apostle_n at_o least_o a_o secondary_a apostle_n to_o join_v in_o the_o ordination_n act_n 14._o 23._o that_o therefore_o timothy_n join_v the_o ordinary_a presbyter_n with_o he_o all_o this_o notwithstanding_o i_o give_v mr._n o._n what_o he_o can_v prove_v sc_n
proper_a place_n we_o be_v then_o now_o to_o treat_v of_o titus_n and_o inquire_v whether_o he_o be_v the_o supreme_a ruler_n of_o the_o church_n in_o crete_n by_o the_o appointment_n of_o paul_n i_o have_v affirm_v in_o t._n n._n and_o i_o think_v prove_v it_o but_o mr._n o._n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d no_o where_o say_v that_o paul_n make_v titus_n bishop_n of_o crete_n ans._n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o i_o that_o paul_n commit_v to_o he_o the_o supreme_a govern_v power_n over_o that_o church_n i_o 〈◊〉_d not_o about_o the_o word_n bishop_n on_o the_o other_o side_n i_o retort_v that_o it_o be_v no_o where_o say_v that_o paul_n ordain_v or_o constitute_v any_o one_o presbyter_n in_o crete_n will_v it_o follow_v that_o he_o make_v none_o at_o all_o mr._n o._n titus_n be_v leave_v in_o crete_n but_o for_o a_o season_n perhaps_o not_o above_o half_a a_o year_n paul_n charge_v he_o to_o come_v to_o he_o unto_o nicopolis_n etc._n etc._n tit._n 3._o 12._o ans._n according_a to_o my_o hypothesis_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o place_n signify_v ordain_v then_o here_o be_v not_o one_o word_n of_o choose_v they_o but_o if_o it_o signify_v choose_v then_o be_v the_o two_o apostle_n paul_n and_o barnabas_n the_o elector_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ordainer_n why_o not_o so_o god_n first_o without_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n choose_v the_o twelve_o apostle_n act._n 10._o 41._o where_o the_o same_o word_n be_v use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o ordain_v they_o act._n 2._o by_o anoint_v they_o with_o the_o spirit_n nor_o be_v mr._n o._n mistake_v when_o he_o imagine_v i_o dream_v that_o after_o ordination_n titus_n assign_v those_o elder_n some_o new_a power_n which_o i_o think_v be_v intimate_v in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o do_v not_o proper_o signify_v to_o ordain_v but_o presupposes_a ordination_n and_o import_v the_o place_n of_o those_o elder_n in_o their_o particular_a station_n and_o this_o i_o believe_v be_v distinct_a from_o their_o 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a_o continue_a residence_n 122._o but_o may_v signify_v a_o short_a stay_n act._n 17._o 14_o 15._o by_o consequence_n he_o be_v not_o the_o fix_a bishop_n ruler_n of_o ephesus_n ans._n there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 17._o 14_o 15._o the_o former_a imply_v a_o continue_a stay_n at_o ephesus_n the_o latter_a only_o signify_v silas_n and_o timothy_n halt_n that_o be_v tarry_v behind_o paul_n at_o beraea_n beside_o we_o have_v no_o account_n of_o timothy_n sudden_a remove_n from_o ephesus_n but_o we_o have_v of_o timothy_n leave_v beraea_n soon_o after_o act._n 18._o 5._o 1_o thes._n 3._o 2._o last_o the_o order_n give_v unto_o timothy_n at_o ephesus_n be_v many_o and_o important_a which_o also_o require_v time_n to_o be_v execute_v which_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o case_n of_o timothy_n at_o beraea_n mr._n o._n timothy_n stay_n there_o at_z ephesus_z be_v but_o short_a that_o 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less_o than_o between_o three_o and_o four_o year_n after_o the_o write_n of_o the_o first_o epistle_n that_o paul_n send_v for_o 〈◊〉_d unto_o rome_n and_o according_a unto_o i_o about_o six_o year_n which_o be_v a_o considerable_a stay_n or_o residence_n in_o one_o place_n i_o say_v further_o that_o paul_n send_v for_o timothy_n to_o rome_n be_v no_o argument_n that_o timothy_n for_o ever_o quit_v that_o post_n that_o he_o return_v back_o to_o ephesus_n must_v be_v make_v appear_v from_o ecclefiastical_a history_n the_o scripture_n go_v no_o further_o in_o the_o account_n of_o paul_n and_o timothy_n than_o that_o in_o the_o second_o epistle_n sophronlus_fw-la or_o jerom_n scr_n witness_v that_o he_o be_v martyr_a at_o ephesus_n and_o photius_n 254._o acquaint_v we_o with_o the_o time_n and_o occasion_n viz._n at_o the_o detestable_a festival_n call_v 1041._o the_o catagogium_fw-la which_o timothy_n will_v have_v have_v abrogate_a bur._n last_o suppose_v timothy_n never_o return_v 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i_o contend_v that_o he_o omit_v none_o of_o paul_n from_o the_o 13_o the_o chapter_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o any_o impartial_a man_n will_v believe_v if_o he_o careful_o read_v that_o part_n of_o the_o history_n and_o for_o proof_n of_o this_o i_o shall_v at_o present_a content_n myself_o with_o the_o acknowledgement_n and._n testimony_n of_o beza_n himself_o who_o thus_o write_v particular_o as_o to_o paul_n journey_n into_o macedonia_n ter_n omnino_fw-la vidit_fw-la macedoniam_fw-la paulus_n ut_fw-la ex_fw-la historiae_fw-la filo_fw-la apparet_fw-la quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la perscripserit_fw-la lucas_n ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la contextam_fw-la historiam_fw-la esse_fw-la apparet_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la plures_fw-la profectiones_fw-la in_o macedoniam_fw-la possint_fw-la 75._o constitui_fw-la paul_n see_v macedonia_n but_o thrice_o as_o
timothy_n to_o come_v to_o he_o before_o winter_n 21._o ans._n this_o be_v true_o observe_v and_o very_o obvious_a and_o therefore_o we_o do_v not_o affirm_v that_o paul_n certain_o expect_v to_o die_v so_o very_o sudden_o but_o that_o he_o may_v send_v for_o 〈◊〉_d it_o suffice_v to_o say_v that_o he_o expect_v not_o to_o be_v loose_v from_o these_o bond_n but_o by_o martyrdom_n at_o last_o that_o he_o judge_v at_o the_o write_n of_o this_o epistle_n his_o death_n may_v be_v defer_v for_o some_o time_n haply_o till_o timothy_n come_v still_o death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hover_v over_o he_o and_o he_o plain_o see_v his_o enemy_n will_v first_o or_o last_o by_o one_o mean_n or_o other_o take_v away_o his_o life_n nor_o do_v we_o 〈◊〉_d that_o paul_n be_v now_o already_o under_o a_o sentence_n of_o death_n and_o that_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n because_o he_o have_v send_v for_o timothy_n we_o rather_o affirm_v that_o his_o deliverance_n out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o 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