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bellarmine_n do_v before_o he_o and_o and_o put_v we_o in_o mind_n that_o the_o same_o father_n pass_v a_o satis_fw-la imperitè_fw-fr upon_z the_o same_o opinion_n in_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o a_o satis_fw-la imperitè_fw-fr do_v not_o condemn_v the_o opinion_n but_o the_o man_n for_o it_o may_v be_v truth_n which_o a_o man_n speak_v though_o he_o speak_v it_o imperitè_fw-fr yet_o to_o make_v sure_o work_v the_o remonstrant_a will_v set_v hierome_n to_o answer_v himself_o 57_o what_o say_v hierome_n at_o first_o say_v he_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n have_v but_o one_o title_n no_o hierome_n say_v not_o so_o nor_o do_v we_o idem_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la presbyter_n qui_fw-la episcopus_fw-la how_o do_v the_o remonstrant_a construe_v this_o be_v this_o in_o english_a a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n be_v the_o same_o or_o be_v it_o at_o first_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n have_v but_o one_o title_n with_o what_o face_n can_v the_o remonstrant_n charge_v we_o with_o 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abuse_v he_o in_o tell_v he_o that_o clemens_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n tax_v the_o continuance_n of_o the_o distraction_n raise_v in_o the_o apostle_n day_n 58._o when_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o clement_n speak_v of_o a_o new_a schism_n different_a from_o that_o paul_n speak_v of_o raise_v against_o their_o presbyter_n and_o the_o former_a schism_n mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n be_v only_o among_o the_o people_n as_o for_o those_o bishop_n who_o hierome_n name_v as_o make_v by_o the_o apostle_n at_o present_a we_o say_v no_o more_o but_o this_o hierome_n as_o a_o divine_a say_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v the_o same_o and_o to_o prove_v this_o produce_v scripture_n but_o hierome_n speak_v as_o a_o historian_n mention_n bishop_n make_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o bring_v no_o scripture_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o that_o but_o only_o the_o testimony_n of_o eusebius_n his_o history_n who_o alone_o have_v write_v before_o he_o of_o that_o subject_n now_o let_v 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be_v not_o about_o the_o name_n but_o dignity_n of_o episcopacy_n for_o it_o be_v about_o the_o deposition_n of_o their_o godly_a presbyter_n p._n 57_o 58._o and_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v thus_o interpret_v by_o beza_n eph._n 1._o 21._o phil._n 2._o 9_o &_o heb._n 1._o 4._o and_o mead_n in_o apoc._n 11._o p._n 156._o in_o which_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o all_o this_o we_o see_v that_o the_o most_o genuine_a and_o near_a successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n know_v no_o such_o difference_n last_o it_o be_v worth_a our_o observation_n that_o the_o same_o writer_n who_o as_o they_o say_v testify_v that_o these_o 7._o angel_n be_v in_o a_o superior_a degree_n to_o presbyter_n do_v likewise_o affirm_v
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