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whereunto_o to_o wit_n to_o a_o certain_a office_n chap._n 2._o execute_v his_o office_n faithful_o chap._n 3._o how_o it_o must_v be_v by_o election_n which_o must_v be_v do_v by_o the_o people_n chap._n 4._o examination_n chap._n 5._o consent_v only_o to_o a_o man_n fit_a for_o the_o place_n chap._n 6._o ordination_n by_o who_o it_o must_v be_v by_o the_o eldership_n chap._n 7._o the_o manner_n how_o by_o public_a prayer_n with_o the_o people_n chap._n 8._o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n cap._n 9_o particular_a the_o officer_n and_o office_n simple_a by_o themselves_o bishop_n pastor_n chap._n 10._o doctor_n chap_n 11._o deacon_n or_o church_n servant_n ouerseâ—â—â—_n chap._n 1â—_n distributer_n chap._n 13._o compound_v the_o synod_n ecclesiastical_a what_o be_v the_o party_n pastor_n doctor_n and_o elder_n chap._n 14._o be_v the_o authority_n thereof_o chap._n 15._o wherein_o it_o consist_v in_o place_v and_o displace_v chap._n 16._o censure_n by_o word_n chap._n 17._o deed_n suspension_n cap._n 1â—_n excommunication_n chap._n 19_o a_o demonstration_n of_o discipline_n chap._n 1._o the_o definition_n of_o discipline_n contain_v this_o proposition_n hold_v by_o us._n the_o word_n of_o god_n describe_v perfect_o unto_o we_o that_o form_n of_o govern_v the_o church_n which_o be_v jawfull_a and_o the_o officer_n that_o be_v to_o execute_v the_o same_o from_o the_o which_o not_o christian_a church_n ought_v to_o swerve_v admonition_n in_o the_o praeface_n ecclesiastical_a discip._n fol._n 5._o t._n c._n first_o book_n page_n 26._o counterpoison_v page_n 8._o discourse_v of_o government_n page_n 1._o etc._n etc._n the_o assertion_n of_o the_o bb._n and_o their_o adherent_n the_o word_n of_o god_n describe_v not_o any_o exact_v form_n of_o discipline_n neither_o be_v the_o office_n and_o officer_n namely_o and_o particular_o express_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o in_o some_o point_n leave_v to_o the_o discretion_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n whitgift_n in_o praeface_n 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