that_o do_v pass_v over_o this_o right_n to_o peter_n do_v confound_v the_o ordinance_n both_o of_o god_n and_o man_n the_o figure_n metonymya_n in_o the_o word_n circumcision_n be_v mean_v for_o the_o jew_n and_o uncircumcision_n for_o the_o gentile_n be_v sufficient_o know_v and_o therefore_o i_o pass_v it_o over_o 8_o he_o that_o be_v effectuous_a he_o affirm_v the_o charge_n give_v unto_o he_o by_o right_a to_o have_v belong_v unto_o he_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v show_v forth_o his_o power_n in_o his_o ministry_n such_o manifestation_n of_o god_n his_o work_n or_o efficacy_n as_o we_o have_v often_o see_v be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o seal_n to_o seal_v the_o certainty_n of_o doctrine_n and_o to_o confirm_v the_o office_n of_o teach_v but_o it_o be_v doubtful_a whether_o paul_n do_v refer_v the_o efficacy_n of_o god_n to_o the_o success_n of_o his_o preach_n or_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o then_o be_v give_v unto_o the_o believer_n i_o do_v not_o take_v 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be_v idle_a and_o fruitless_a therefore_o the_o grace_n which_o the_o apostle_n do_v see_v to_o be_v give_v to_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n do_v provoke_v and_o move_v they_o to_o establish_v their_o fellowship_n in_o the_o ministry_n james_n &_o cephas_n i_o have_v afore_o show_v that_o this_o james_n be_v the_o son_n of_o alpheus_n neither_o can_v he_o be_v the_o brother_n of_o john_n which_o herode_fw-la have_v a_o little_a afore_o slay_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v one_o of_o the_o disciple_n which_o shall_v so_o much_o excel_v the_o apostle_n in_o my_o judgement_n be_v very_o unlikely_a and_o that_o he_o i_o mean_v james_n be_v a_o principal_a among_o the_o apostle_n luke_n also_o do_v show_v who_o do_v attribute_n unto_o he_o the_o conclusion_n and_o the_o define_n of_o the_o cause_n in_o the_o council_n act._n 15.13_o and_o 21.18_o he_o show_v that_o all_o the_o senior_n of_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v gather_v together_o unto_o he_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v 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appear_v in_o his_o gift_n moreover_o as_o the_o people_n can_v lack_v a_o pastor_n so_o every_o company_n of_o pastor_n do_v require_v some_o moderator_n or_o ruler_n but_o let_v that_o always_o be_v in_o force_n that_o he_o which_o be_v chief_a of_o all_o be_v as_o though_o he_o be_v minister_n mat._n 23.11_o 10_o only_a that_o he_o shall_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o brother_n which_o be_v in_o jury_n be_v very_o poor_a otherwise_o they_o will_v not_o have_v burden_v other_o church_n that_o may_v happen_v part_o for_o because_o of_o the_o sundry_a calamity_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n partly_o for_o that_o they_o be_v spoil_v of_o their_o good_n their_o own_o countryman_n cruel_o rage_v against_o they_o it_o be_v meet_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v aid_v with_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o gentile_n who_o be_v indebt_v to_o they_o for_o the_o gospel_n a_o treasure_n indeed_o incomparable_a paul_n do_v say_v that_o he_o have_v faithful_o perform_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n require_v 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from_o his_o judgement_n but_o now_o paul_n be_v carry_v further_o for_o that_o he_o avouch_v his_o gospel_n against_o the_o simulation_n of_o peter_n in_o the_o beginning_n he_o say_v that_o the_o certainty_n of_o his_o gospel_n do_v not_o hang_v upon_o peter_n and_o the_o apostle_n that_o by_o their_o arbitrement_n it_o shall_v stand_v or_o fall_v secondary_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v approve_v of_o all_o without_o any_o exception_n or_o gaynesay_n special_o of_o they_o which_o by_o all_o man_n consente_n be_v the_o principal_a now_o as_o i_o have_v say_v he_o go_v far_a show_v that_o peter_n be_v reprehend_v by_o he_o because_o he_o incline_v to_o the_o contrary_a part_n by_o which_o occasion_n also_o he_o enter_v in_o to_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o cause_n itself_o and_o hereof_o it_o appear_v how_o sound_o his_o doctrine_n be_v of_o which_o he_o have_v not_o only_o obtain_v a_o voluntary_a subscription_n or_o consent_n but_o also_o how_o constaunt_o he_o have_v avouch_v it_o 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whether_o they_o be_v all_o equal_a among_o themselves_o if_o all_o must_v decrease_v that_o only_a christ_n may_v increase_v unfruitful_a be_v the_o contention_n about_o the_o dignity_n of_o man_n moreover_o this_o may_v be_v demand_v why_o he_o compare_v himself_o to_o the_o other_o apostle_n for_o what_o controversy_n have_v he_o with_o peter_n and_o james_n and_o john_n to_o what_o purpose_n then_o do_v it_o belong_v that_o those_o who_o be_v of_o one_o mind_n and_o good_a friend_n among_o themselves_o shall_v be_v at_o odds_n against_o themselves_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o false_a apostle_n who_o have_v beguile_v the_o galathian_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v the_o better_o advance_v themselves_o pretend_v the_o name_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o though_o they_o have_v be_v send_v of_o they_o this_o be_v a_o notable_a shoulder_n in_o of_o themselves_o for_o that_o they_o be_v believe_v to_o be_v the_o apostle_n deputy_n and_o speak_v as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o their_o mouth_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o do_v pluck_v away_o from_o paul_n the_o name_n and_o right_n of_o a_o apostle_n for_o they_o do_v object_n that_o he_o be_v not_o choose_v of_o the_o lord_n one_o of_o the_o twelve_o that_o he_o be_v never_o acknowl_v to_o be_v such_o a_o one_o by_o the_o college_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o not_o only_o he_o have_v his_o doctrine_n not_o from_o christ_n but_o not_o so_o much_o as_o from_o the_o apostle_n so_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o not_o only_o the_o authority_n of_o paul_n be_v diminish_v but_o that_o he_o be_v as_o some_o one_o of_o the_o multitude_n much_o base_a than_o themselves_o if_o the_o matter_n have_v be_v concearn_v person_n only_o it_o have_v be_v no_o great_a matter_n for_o paul_n to_o have_v be_v repute_v some_o common_a disciple_n but_o when_o he_o do_v see_v his_o doctrine_n thereby_o begin_v to_o grow_v out_o of_o credit_n and_o to_o be_v set_v less_o by_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o hold_v his_o peace_n but_o stoutlye_o speak_v against_o it_o this_o be_v the_o wiliness_n of_o the_o devil_n when_o he_o dare_v not_o assail_v the_o doctrine_n manifest_o with_o crooked_a mine_n to_o hurl_v down_o the_o majesty_n thereof_o let_v we_o remember_v than_o that_o in_o the_o person_n of_o paul_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v assault_v for_o if_o he_o have_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v spoil_v of_o the_o honour_n of_o apostleship_n it_o follow_v that_o he_o have_v usurp_v more_o hitherto_o than_o be_v his_o right_n and_o this_o false_a boast_n will_v have_v make_v he_o be_v suspect_v in_o other_o thing_n also_o and_o thereupon_o also_o do_v hang_v the_o estimation_n of_o his_o doctrine_n in_o that_o it_o shall_v have_v the_o beginning_n and_o be_v receive_v not_o as_o proceed_n from_o a_o apostle_n of_o christ_n but_o from_o some_o common_a disciple_n on_o the_o otherside_n he_o be_v overwhelm_v with_o the_o majesty_n of_o great_a name_n and_o style_n for_o they_o whereas_o they_o boast_v they_o of_o the_o title_n of_o peter_n and_o james_n and_o john_n do_v challenge_v to_o themselves_o apostolical_a authority_n and_o have_v not_o paul_n manful_o resist_v this_o boast_n he_o shall_v have_v give_v room_n for_o a_o lie_n and_o moreover_o shall_v have_v suffer_v in_o his_o own_o person_n the_o truth_n to_o have_v be_v tread_v down_o therefore_o do_v he_o serious_o contend_v about_o both_o namely_o that_o he_o be_v a_o apostle_n appoint_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o also_o that_o he_o be_v nothing_o inferior_a to_o the_o rest_n but_o that_o he_o be_v of_o like_a right_n and_o dignity_n as_o they_o even_o as_o he_o have_v like_o name_n with_o they_o he_o may_v have_v deny_v either_o that_o they_o be_v send_v by_o peter_n and_o his_o fellow_n apostles_n or_o that_o they_o have_v any_o commandment_n from_o they_o but_o this_o defence_n have_v much_o more_o weight_n that_o he_o geve_v not_o place_n to_o the_o apostel_n themselves_o for_o if_o he_o have_v shun_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v think_v to_o have_v disinherit_v his_o own_o cause_n jerusalem_n in_o those_o day_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o church_n for_o that_o the_o gospel_n do_v flow_v from_o thence_o into_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o it_o be_v as_o it_o wear_v the_o principal_a seat_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n whosoever_o come_v from_o thence_o into_o other_o church_n he_o be_v reverent_o receive_v and_o not_o without_o good_a cause_n but_o many_o be_v swell_v with_o a_o foolish_a glory_n because_o they_o be_v familiar_a with_o the_o apostle_n or_o at_o the_o leastwise_o instruct_v by_o their_o teach_n therefore_o nothing_o like_v they_o but_o that_o which_o they_o see_v do_v at_o jerusalem_n all_o other_o rite_n or_o usage_n not_o there_o use_v they_o not_o only_o reject_v but_o hardy_o also_o condemn_v such_o waywardnesse_n be_v a_o plague_n very_o evil_a when_o we_o will_v have_v the_o fashion_n or_o custom_n of_o one_o church_n to_o stand_v as_o a_o general_a law_n and_o it_o rise_v of_o a_o preposterous_a zeal_n when_o we_o be_v so_o wed_v to_o some_o teacher_n or_o place_n that_o without_o weigh_v the_o matter_n we_o will_v bind_v all_o place_n and_o all_o person_n to_o the_o sense_n and_o will_n of_o one_o man_n and_o to_o the_o order_n of_o one_o place_n as_o to_o a_o general_a or_o common_a rule_n although_o ambition_n be_v always_o mingle_v to_o it_o yea_o rather_o overmuch_o waywardnesse_n be_v full_a of_o ambition_n but_o to_o return_v to_o these_o false_a apostle_n if_o only_o upon_o a_o ill_a emulation_n they_o have_v assay_v in_o every_o place_n to_o thrust_v in_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o ceremony_n which_o they_o see_v keep_v at_o jerusalem_n in_o so_o do_v they_o have_v do_v no_o small_a offence_n for_o it_o be_v injurious_a of_o a_o custom_n straight_o way_n to_o make_v a_o rule_n but_o there_o be_v more_o evil_a in_o their_o doctrine_n be_v ungodly_a and_o pernicious_a for_o that_o they_o will_v hold_v the_o conscience_n bind_v by_o a_o religion_n for_o that_o they_o place_v righteousness_n in_o the_o observation_n thereof_o now_o we_o perceive_v why_o paul_n be_v so_o stout_a in_o the_o avouch_v his_o apostleship_n and_o why_o he_o do_v set_v himself_o by_o way_n of_o compare_v against_o the_o other_o apostle_n and_o that_o do_v he_o till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o chapter_n where_o he_o make_v away_o over_o unto_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o matter_n namely_o that_o we_o be_v justify_v free_o before_o god_n not_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n for_o he_o use_v this_o argument_n if_o ceremony_n have_v not_o power_n to_o justify_v than_o the_o observe_n of_o they_o be_v not_o necessary_a although_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o ceremony_n alone_o but_o reason_v general_o of_o work_n or_o else_o all_o his_o argument_n be_v caycolde_v if_o this_o seem_v unto_o any_o to_o be_v far_o fetch_v he_o must_v consider_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o he_o can_v not_o otherwise_o dispatch_v the_o question_n but_o by_o take_v the_o general_a principle_n which_o be_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o mere_a grace_n of_o god_n which_o exclude_v not_o ceremony_n only_o but_o also_o other_o work_n second_o that_o paul_n make_v not_o so_o much_o ado_n concern_v ceremony_n as_o about_o the_o wicked_a opinion_n of_o get_v salvation_n by_o work_n let_v we_o mark_v then_o that_o paul_n begin_v not_o at_o the_o egg_n as_o they_o say_v but_o he_o show_v of_o necessity_n the_o very_a spring_n head_n that_o the_o reader_n may_v know_v that_o contention_n be_v not_o move_v here_o about_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o ass_n but_o about_o the_o great_a matter_n of_o all_o name_o by_o what_o way_n we_o shall_v get_v salvation_n they_o be_v beguile_v than_o who_o think_v that_o the_o apostle_n keep_v himself_o in_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o particular_a question_n concearn_v ceremony_n for_o he_o can_v not_o wind_v he_o out_o of_o it_o by_o itself_o we_o have_v the_o like_a example_n act._n 15.2_o strife_n and_o contention_n be_v move_v about_o 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