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the_o messenger_n which_o be_v send_v from_o this_o assembly_n go_v only_o to_o antioch_n ver._n 30._o 31._o as_o those_o who_o be_v chief_o trouble_v only_o the_o benefit_n redound_v to_o all_o they_o write_v to_o yea_o although_o paul_n come_v through_o phenice_n and_o samaria_n ver._n 3._o yet_o we_o read_v not_o a_o word_n of_o any_o of_o the_o church_n of_o those_o part_n their_o send_n of_o any_o commissioner_n unto_o this_o synod_n as_o have_v it_o be_v intend_v such_o certain_o they_o will_v and_o there_o be_v this_o special_a reason_n why_o those_o of_o this_o church_n be_v thus_o elective_o send_v unto_o because_o they_o be_v the_o mother_n church_n from_o who_o the_o word_n of_o god_n come_v and_o from_o who_o those_o man_n that_o trouble_v they_o have_v go_v forth_o and_o have_v pretend_v to_o teach_v what_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o they_o and_o beside_o they_o be_v in_o a_o especial_a manner_n verse_v in_o this_o question_n it_o be_v about_o the_o observation_n of_o their_o law_n and_o there_o also_o some_o of_o the_o apostle_n be_v present_a how_o many_o we_o know_v not_o for_o disperse_v they_o have_v be_v long_o before_o and_o if_o any_o number_n of_o other_o out_o of_o those_o other_o part_n of_o judea_n have_v come_v up_o hither_o it_o will_v have_v be_v say_v as_o act._n 11._o ult._n the_o elder_n of_o judea_n not_o only_o of_o jerusalem_n yea_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o say_v that_o they_o that_o be_v send_v from_o antioch_n be_v of_o the_o elder_n of_o that_o church_n but_o that_o they_o send_v paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o certain_a other_o of_o they_o and_o second_o the_o contrary_a seem_v clear_a namely_o that_o those_o letter_n and_o decree_n be_v write_v and_o send_v only_o from_o the_o elder_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o not_o from_o all_o those_o church_n for_o first_o the_o decree_n be_v everywhere_o attribute_v to_o the_o elder_n in_o jerusalem_n so_o chap._n 16._o 4._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n in_o 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again_o second_o in_o the_o four_o verse_n paul_n and_o barnabas_n be_v say_v to_o be_v receive_v of_o the_o church_n and_o apostle_n and_o elder_n namely_o of_o jerusalem_n as_o in_o particular_a relation_n to_o it_o yea_o three_o the_o stand_a elder_n of_o that_o place_n assume_v to_o themselves_o to_o have_v write_v the_o decree_n chap._n 21._o 25._o as_o touch_v the_o gentile_n we_o have_v write_v and_o conclude_v four_o and_o according_o the_o conclusion_n of_o their_o letter_n be_v make_v the_o special_a act_n of_o that_o church_n and_o the_o elder_n thereof_o ver._n 22._o it_o please_v the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n with_o the_o whole_a church_n that_o be_v of_o jerusalem_n as_o verse_n 4._o to_o send_v choose_v man_n and_o the_o letter_n run_v thus_o the_o apostle_n elder_n and_o brethren_n five_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o letter_n argue_v it_o ver._n 24._o forasmuch_o as_o certain_a that_o go_v out_o from_o we_o have_v trouble_v you_o with_o word_n to_o who_o we_o give_v no_o 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of_o jerusalem_n to_o have_v send_v choose_v man_n to_o carry_v the_o letter_n and_o withal_o to_o show_v the_o ground_n of_o those_o their_o judgement_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n ver._n 23._o 27._o 31._o this_o need_v not_o if_o their_o own_o elder_n have_v be_v present_a and_o so_o have_v be_v to_o have_v return_v and_o if_o they_o be_v send_v as_o messenger_n from_o the_o synod_n then_o to_o all_o the_o church_n as_o well_o as_o to_o antioch_n and_o why_o do_v they_o then_o go_v no_o further_o than_o unto_o antioch_n ver._n 33._o yea_o and_o although_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n deliver_v those_o result_v to_o all_o the_o city_n yet_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v accidental_o and_o not_o principal_o intend_v they_o go_v not_o on_o purpose_n chief_o to_o deliver_v those_o decree_n but_o ver._n 36._o of_o chap._n 15._o it_o be_v paul_n motion_n upon_o other_o ground_n to_o go_v visit_v the_o church_n in_o every_o city_n where_o they_o have_v preach_v and_o so_o but_o occasional_o deliver_v 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