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his_o super-eminency_n above_o they_o be_v insinuat_fw-la yea_o assert_v the_o dr._n be_v bold_a to_o assert_v that_o when_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n be_v name_v the_o bishop_n with_o regard_n to_o his_o dignity_n be_v alwise_o reckon_v above_o a_o presbyter_n of_o this_o alwise_a we_o demand_v one_o instance_n the_o dr_n extensive_a phraseologie_n boast_v of_o a_o plenty_n of_o instance_n but_o in_o not_o offer_v so_o much_o as_o one_o he_o show_v great_a penury_n especial_o when_o as_o the_o affirmer_n he_o stand_v so_o clear_o oblige_v thereto_o but_o here_o as_o often_o elsewhere_o he_o ply_v we_o with_o general_n alien_a from_o the_o purpose_n he_o tell_v we_o p._n 26._o though_o neither_o aaron_n nor_o eleazar_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o jewish_a oeconomy_n be_v call_v high_a priest_n it_o have_v be_v madness_n from_o this_o confusion_n of_o name_n to_o have_v infer_v a_o equality_n since_o their_o office_n be_v distinguish_v by_o their_o special_a ministry_n and_o jurisdiction_n here_o again_o a_o poor_a repeat_v general_n alien_a from_o the_o point_n if_o this_o dr._n have_v intend_v to_o dispute_v not_o to_o rove_v with_o unprofitable_a talk_n he_o shall_v instead_o of_o beg_v poor_o the_o question_n in_o suppose_v it_o have_v make_v that_o good_a in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n church_n government_n which_o he_o here_o assert_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o jewish_a oeconomy_n viz._n that_o as_o the_o special_a ministry_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o high_a priest_n and_o other_o priest_n be_v distinguish_v and_o what_o be_v appropriate_a to_o the_o one_o deny_v to_o the_o other_o under_o that_o dispensation_n so_o there_o be_v exhibit_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o same_o discriminate_a distinction_n betwixt_o the_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n or_o presbyter_n in_o point_n of_o ministry_n and_o jurisdiction_n it_o be_v pity_n to_o see_v a_o man_n represent_v in_o the_o frontispiece_n of_o his_o book_n in_o the_o character_n of_o a_o d._n d._n proceed_v with_o such_o big_a word_n in_o a_o dispute_n and_o suppose_a confutation_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o yet_o as_o a_o officiperda_n so_o far_o mistake_v his_o mark_n and_o measure_n that_o he_o never_o come_v near_o the_o point_n which_o they_o deny_v and_o he_o undertake_v or_o stand_v oblige_v to_o prove_v he_o add_v ibid._n bishop_n be_v call_v presbyter_n who_o have_v presbyter_n under_o they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n if_o he_o mean_v this_o of_o ordinary_a officer_n distinguish_v as_o bishop_n from_o presbyter_n i_o deny_v it_o and_o that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o ordinary_a officer_n with_o such_o authority_n over_o pastor_n under_o the_o denomination_n of_o either_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o presbyter_n signify_v the_o priest_n who_o assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o his_o ecclesiastic_a administration_n a_o new_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n i_o deny_v either_o that_o priest_n be_v the_o new_a testament_n designation_n of_o minister_n and_o do_v consequent_o hold_v that_o this_o his_o designation_n be_v popish_a and_o anti-scriptural_a or_o that_o the_o term_n presbyter_n or_o pastor_n do_v ever_o signify_v in_o the_o scripture_n such_o a_o officer_n as_o have_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o bishop_n of_o his_o mould_n the_o dr._n be_v bold_a to_o tell_v we_o that_o though_o all_o bishop_n be_v presbyter_n yet_o not_o all_o presbyter_n bishop_n and_o therefore_o to_o infer_v a_o equality_n from_o the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o name_n be_v neither_o good_a logic_n nor_o good_a history_n but_o since_o the_o dr._n exhibit_v no_o scripture_n warrant_v nor_o history_n for_o this_o his_o forge_v distinction_n betwixt_o the_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n wherein_o i_o dare_v appeal_n to_o all_o who_o ponder_v these_o his_o answer_n he_o show_v himself_o no_o good_a historian_n in_o obtrude_a such_o doctrine_n and_o since_o instead_o of_o prove_v he_o still_o beg_v the_o question_n and_o that_o double_o first_o in_o suppose_v that_o we_o ground_n our_o assertion_n of_o the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n upon_o the_o mere_a promiscuous_a use_n of_o the_o name_n without_o respect_n to_o the_o official_a identity_n exhibit_v in_o the_o place_n which_o we_o plead_v next_o in_o suppose_v the_o scriptural_a official_a distinction_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o ground_v all_o his_o answer_n thereupon_o without_o the_o least_o offer_n of_o a_o proof_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o his_o logic_n be_v as_o bad_a as_o his_o history_n and_o divinity_n he_o run_v on_o in_o the_o same_o career_n of_o a_o petitio_fw-la principii_fw-la p._n 27._o he_o will_v not_o be_v think_v to_o conclude_v the_o bishop_n superiority_n to_o presbyter_n from_o the_o high_a priest_n among_o the_o jew_n but_o since_o this_o be_v all_o the_o scripture_n proof_n he_o have_v yet_o offer_v what_o then_o will_v he_o prove_v though_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o same_o 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vidimus_fw-la what_o he_o will_v prove_v from_o this_o at_o least_o what_o the_o series_n of_o his_o reason_v conclude_v even_o a_o stand_a primate_n over_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o therefore_o needs_o stumble_v no_o protestant_n nor_o amuse_v they_o though_o he_o set_v the_o cross_n upon_o the_o frontispiece_n of_o his_o next_o pamphlet_n or_o upon_o his_o breast_n as_o a_o devout_a catholic_n dr._n of_o his_o holy_a mother_n church_n he_o add_v that_o still_o the_o jew_n subdivide_v the_o priest_n into_o high_a and_o subordinat_n as_o be_v clear_a from_o philo_n the_o jew_n he_o tell_v we_o the_o scripture_n distinguish_v they_o pray_v good_a mr._n dr._n what_o need_n be_v there_o of_o proof_n or_o instance_n from_o philo_n since_o the_o presbyterian_o be_v satisfy_v in_o the_o first_o and_o think_v themselves_o not_o concern_v in_o the_o proof_n itself_o but_o to_o proceed_v p._n 28._o he_o be_v still_o upon_o this_o idle_a repeat_v beg_v the_o question_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o the_o jewish_a phrase_n class_v the_o clergy_n into_o a_o bipartit_fw-la or_o tripartit_fw-la division_n as_o reckon_v either_o among_o themselves_o or_o with_o relation_n to_o the_o people_n as_o the_o priest_n be_v by_o a_o tripartit_a while_o reckon_v by_o their_o distinction_n that_o community_n of_o name_n be_v as_o observable_a when_o the_o office_n be_v as_o true_o distinguish_v as_o can_v be_v but_o still_o we_o be_v weary_v call_v upon_o our_o trifle_a dr_n to_o come_v home_o from_o his_o prodigal_a wander_n to_o the_o point_n which_o be_v to_o show_v we_o in_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n such_o a_o true_a distinction_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n office_n as_o be_v exhibit_v in_o the_o office_n of_o the_o jewish_a oeconomy_n in_o the_o old_a the_o dr._n affirm_v that_o the_o proestos_fw-la in_o the_o apostolic_a age_n be_v as_o much_o above_o the_o subordinat_a presbyter_n as_o the_o high_a priest_n among_o the_o jew_n 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