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ordination_n of_o the_o 6._o the_o chap._n 6._o deacon_n they_o carry_v themselves_o as_o presbyter_n not_o as_o apostle_n in_o the_o action_n permit_v the_o election_n to_o the_o disciple_n concur_v with_o the_o presbyter_n in_o the_o ordination_n of_o they_o add_v hereunto_o one_o instance_n more_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o god_n the_o command_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n concern_v barnabas_n and_o saul_n â—_o saul_n chap._n 13._o â—_o separate_a i_n barnabas_n and_o saul_n for_o the_o work_n whereunto_o i_o have_v appoint_v they_o paul_n have_v his_o call_n to_o the_o apostleship_n immediate_o from_o the_o lord_n some_o year_n before_o this_o and_o barnabas_n his_o call_n to_o the_o ministry_n for_o both_o of_o they_o have_v join_v together_o in_o the_o work_n of_o 11.26_o of_o chap._n 11.26_o antioch_n but_o be_v now_o by_o the_o lord_n appointment_n to_o go_v to_o the_o gentile_n and_o preach_v the_o gospel_n unto_o they_o for_o that_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o great_a work_n 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for_o it_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n do_v receive_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o their_o ordination_n for_o they_o be_v the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n 2._o that_o titus_n be_v leave_v at_o crete_n to_o ordain_v presbyter_n not_o otherwise_o then_o as_o a_o moderator_n in_o the_o action_n and_o as_o a_o consul_n or_o dictator_n be_v say_v to_o create_v consul_n because_o they_o be_v they_o hold_v the_o comitia_fw-la or_o assembly_n and_o meeting_n in_o which_o they_o be_v create_v thus_o 1._o thus_o in_o tit._n 1._o dâ—sp_n 1._o salmeron_n as_o i_o shall_v afterward_o show_v more_o at_o large_a out_o of_o he_o by_o this_o time_n i_o hope_v it_o do_v appear_v that_o this_o be_v not_o so_o palpable_a a_o elusion_n as_o the_o bishop_n be_v please_v to_o style_v it_o but_o rather_o so_o manifest_a a_o truth_n which_o the_o bishop_n himself_o nor_o all_o the_o mitre_a father_n of_o that_o order_n be_v able_a to_o disprove_v thus_o much_o for_o ordination_n from_o those_o charge_n i_o proceed_v to_o the_o next_o that_o precept_n of_o the_o apostle_n 1â—_n apostle_n 1_o tim._n 5_o 1â—_n against_o a_o elder_a or_o presbyter_n receive_v not_o a_o accusation_n but_o before_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n be_v main_o insist_v on_o by_o dr_n hall_n and_o other_o to_o prove_v that_o timothy_n be_v invest_v with_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n and_o so_o to_o conclude_v the_o jurisdictionall_a preeminence_n of_o a_o bishop_n over_o the_o presbyter_n yet_o the_o weakness_n of_o this_o argument_n have_v be_v already_o sufficient_o discover_v and_o the_o place_n answer_v to_o the_o full_a by_o our_o polemicall_a divine_n which_o have_v dispute_v against_o papist_n from_o who_o our_o hierarchist_n have_v borrow_v most_o of_o their_o weapon_n which_o they_o make_v use_v of_o in_o this_o quarrel_n it_o shall_v be_v therefore_o sufficient_a for_o i_o to_o mention_v the_o answer_n which_o be_v give_v by_o our_o protestant_a divine_n to_o their_o romish_a opposite_n in_o this_o cause_n first_o our_o countryman_n dr_n whitaker_n answer_v bellarmine_n that_o this_o place_n prove_v not_o timothy_n power_n over_o presbyter_n and_o from_o this_o place_n observe_v that_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n be_v not_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o but_o of_o many_o that_o be_v endue_v with_o equal_a authority_n 16._o authority_n quod_fw-la timotheus_n jubetur_fw-la non_fw-la temere_fw-la â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admittere_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la probat_fw-la timotheum_n in_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la potestatem_fw-la aut_fw-la dominatum_fw-la habuisse_fw-la nam_fw-la ex_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ment_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la crimen_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la deserre_fw-la reum_fw-la in_o judicium_fw-la addacere_fw-la palam_fw-la reprehendere_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la superioreâ—_n possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la aequales_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la inferiores_fw-la in_o romana_n repub._n equites_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la &_o patrioiis_fw-la judicabant_fw-la et_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la timotheus_n tale_n consistorium_fw-la aut_fw-la forum_n babuisse_fw-la quale_fw-la post_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la constitutum_fw-la suis_fw-la nam_fw-la hi_o presbyteri_fw-la non_fw-la alii_fw-la quam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolo_n constat_fw-la qualis_fw-la haec_fw-la authoritas_fw-la sucrit_fw-fr ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la intelligi_fw-la potest_fw-la eos_n qui_fw-la peccant_a coram_fw-la omnibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la aequales_fw-la quoque_fw-la possunt_fw-la sic_fw-la elim_fw-la epâ—scopesiquis_fw-la presbyâ—es_fw-la aut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la male_a avauet_fw-la ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la ecclesiasâ—icum_fw-la aut_fw-la synoaum_n reserebant_fw-la â—umque_fw-la si_fw-la dâ—gnus_fw-la videretur_fw-la â—ublico_fw-la judâ—cio_fw-la damnabant_fw-la i._n e._n cut_v suspendebant_fw-la aut_fw-la excommunicabant_fw-la aut_fw-la removebant_fw-la whitak_n co_fw-la t._n â—â—â—_o 1_o c._n 2._o sc_fw-la 16._o according_a to_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o receive_v a_o