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unto_o the_o king_n and_o the_o king_n have_v bind_v himself_o to_o use_v according_a unto_o law_n that_o power_n it_o so_o fall_v out_o that_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o one_o be_v accomplish_v by_o the_o other_o in_o most_o religious_a and_o peaceable_a sort_n there_o be_v no_o cause_n give_v unto_o any_o to_o make_v supplication_n as_o hilary_n do_v that_o civil_a covernor_n to_o who_o commonwealth_n matter_n only_o belong_v may_v not_o presume_v to_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o judgement_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n if_o the_o cause_n be_v spiritual_a secular_a court_n do_v not_o meddle_v with_o it_o we_o need_v not_o excuse_v ourselves_o with_o ambrose_n but_o bold_o and_o lawful_o we_o may_v refuse_v to_o answer_v before_o any_o civil_a judge_n in_o a_o matter_n which_o be_v not_o civil_a so_o that_o we_o do_v not_o mistake_v the_o nature_n either_o of_o the_o cause_n or_o of_o the_o
themselves_o to_o depart_v such_o be_v *_o androniour_n rom._n 16._o 17._o apollo_n act_n 19_o 1._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 6._o aquila_n rom._n 16._o 3._o archippus_n phil._n 2._o col._n 4._o 17._o aristarchus_n act_n 20._o 4._o clemens_n phil._n 3._o 4._o crescence_n two_o tim._n 4._o 10._o demetrius_n 3_o john_n 12._o epaphras_n col._n 4._o 12._o etc._n etc._n 1._o 7._o &_o philem_n 24._o epaphroditus_n phil._n 2._o 23._o epaenetus_n rom._n 16._o 5._o erastus_n act_n 19_o 22._o gajus_n act_n 20._o 4._o jesus_n justus_n col._n 4._o 11._o john_n mark_v act_n 13._o 5._o &_o 15._o 37._o etc._n etc._n philem_n 24._o lucas_n philem_n 24._o col._n 4._o 14._o secundus_fw-la act._n 20._o 4._o silvanus_n 1_o pet._n 5._o 12._o 1_o thes._n 1._o 2._o 2_o thes._n 11._o sopater_n act_n 20._o 4._o sosttheve_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 1._o *_o stachys_n rom._n 6._o 9_o stephanus_n 1_o cor._n 16_o 15._o tertius_fw-la rom._n 16._o 22._o timotheus_n act_n 19_o 22._o &_o 20._o 4._o titus_n 2_o cor._n 8._o 23._o trophimus_n act_n 20._o 4._o tychicus_n act_n 20._o 4._o *_o col._n 4._o 7._o urbanus_fw-la rom._n 16._o 9_o of_o who_o eusebius_n lib._n 3._o hist._n cap._n 4._o euthymius_n in_o tertium_fw-la johannis_n isydorus_n de_fw-fr patrib_n derothei_n synopsis_fw-la *_o to_o these_o as_o namely_o to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n two_o of_o these_o one_o at_o ephesus_n the_o other_o in_o crete_n euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o the_o apostle_n impart_v their_o own_o commission_n while_o they_o yet_o live_v even_o the_o chief_a authority_n they_o have_v to_o appoint_v priest_n titus_n 1._o 5._o &_o hieron_n in_o eum_fw-la locum_fw-la to_o ordain_v they_o by_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 2._o to_o keep_v safe_a and_o preserve_v the_o depositum_fw-la 1_o tim._n 6._o 14._o 20._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 14._o to_o command_v not_o to_o teach_v other_o thing_n 1._o tim._n 1._o 3_o titus_n 3._o 9_o 2_o tim._n 2._o 16._o to_o receive_v accusation_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 19_o 21._o to_o redress_v or_o correct_v thing_n amiss_o titus_n 1._o 5._o to_o reject_v young_a widow_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 11._o to_o censure_v heretic_n and_o disorder_a person_n titus_n 1._o 11._o and_o 3._o 10._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 5._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 5._o and_o these_o after_o the_o apostle_n decease_v succeed_v they_o in_o their_o charge_n of_o government_n which_o be_v ordinary_a successive_a and_o perpetual_a their_o extraordinary_a gift_n of_o miracle_n and_o tongue_n cease_v with_o they_o so_o irenaeus_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o quos_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la relinquebant_fw-la suum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la locum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la tradentes_fw-la of_o the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o their_o name_n hese_fw-mi be_v they_o who_o posterity_n call_v bishop_n but_o in_o the_o beginning_n regard_n be_v not_o have_v to_o distinction_n of_o name_n the_o authority_n and_o power_n be_v ever_o distinct_a the_o name_v not_o restrain_v either_o in_o this_o or_o other_o the_o apostle_n call_v priest_n or_o senior_n 1_o pet._n 5._o 1._o deacon_n or_o minister_n 1_o cor._n 3._o 5._o teacher_n or_o doctor_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 7._o bishop_n or_o overseer_n act_v 1._o 20._o prophet_n act_n 13._o 1_o rev._n 22._o 9_o evangelist_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 16._o 9_o the_o name_n of_o apostle_n be_v enlarge_v and_o make_v common_a to_o more_o than_o the_o xii_o to_o barnabas_n act._n 14._o 4._o 14._o andronicus_n rom._n 16._o 7._o epaphroditus_n phil._n 2._o 25._o titus_n and_o other_o 2_o cor._n 8._o 23._o timothy_n hierom._n in_o cantic_a chro._n euseb._n the_o priest_n be_v call_v prophet_n 1_o cor._n 14._o 32._o bishop_n phil._n 1._o 4._o titus_n 1._o 7._o so_o chrysost._n in_o phil._n 1._o quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la a_o unius_fw-la eivitatis_fw-la multi_fw-la erant_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la sed_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la isto_fw-la nomine_fw-la appellavit_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la nomina_fw-la adhuc_fw-la erant_fw-la communia_fw-la hierom._n hic_fw-la episcopos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o una_fw-la urbe_fw-la plures_fw-la episcopi_fw-la esse_fw-la potuissent_fw-la theodoret._n *_o ne_fw-la fieri_fw-la quidem_fw-la poterat_fw-la ut_fw-la multi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la essent_fw-la unius_fw-la civitatis_fw-la pastor_n quo_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la essent_fw-la presbyteriquos_fw-la vocavit_fw-la episcopos_fw-la et_fw-la in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o eosdem_fw-la olim_fw-la vocabant_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la eos_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la vocantur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nominabant_fw-la apostolos_fw-la oecumenius_n non_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o una_fw-la eivitate_fw-la multi_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sed_fw-la episcopos_fw-la vocat_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la nominibus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la communicabant_fw-la for_o in_o the_o apostle_n absence_n in_o church_n new_a plant_v the_o oversight_n be_v in_o they_o till_o the_o apostle_n ordain_v and_o send_v they_o a_o bishop_n either_o by_o reason_n of_o some_o schism_n or_o for_o other_o cause_n the_o bishop_n as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n recount_v they_o be_v call_v apostles_n phil._n 2._o 25._o evangelist_n 2_o tim._n 4._o 5._o deacon_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 6._o priest_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 17._o for_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o epistle_n of_o irenaeus_n to_o victor_n in_o eusebius_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 25._o that_o they_o at_o the_o beginning_n be_v call_v priest_n that_o in_o very_a truth_n and_o propriety_n of_o speech_n be_v indeed_o bishop_n and_o by_o theodoret_n phil._n 2._o 25._o that_o they_o that_o be_v bishop_n be_v at_o first_o call_v apostle_n the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v suidas_n be_v give_v by_o the_o athenian_n to_o they_o which_o be_v send_v to_o oversee_v the_o city_n that_o be_v under_o their_o jurisdiction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suid._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rodigin_n 18._o 3_o the_o name_n episcopus_fw-la be_v give_v among_o the_o roman_n to_o he_o qui_fw-la praeerat_fw-la pansi_fw-la &_o voenalibus_fw-la ad_fw-la victum_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la f._n de_fw-fr muneribus_fw-la &_o honoribus_fw-la cicero_n ad_fw-la atticum_fw-la lib._n 7._o epist._n 10._o vult_fw-la me_fw-it pompeius_n esse_fw-la quem_fw-la tota_fw-la haec_fw-la campania_n &_o maritima_fw-la or_o a_o habeat_fw-la episcopum_fw-la the_o name_n in_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gen._n 41._o 34._o seem_v to_o have_v relation_n to_o the_o second_o use_n for_o they_o be_v such_o as_o have_v charge_n of_o the_o grain_n lay_v up_o and_o sell_v under_o joseph_n the_o use_n of_o the_o bishop_n office_n and_o the_o charge_v commit_v to_o he_o the_o party_n who_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v call_v episcopus_fw-la be_v in_o the_o old_a call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o office_n in_o the_o new_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o tim._n 3._o 1._o in_o the_o old_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psalm_n 109._o 8._o with_o act_n 1._o 20._o in_o a_o house_n or_o family_n it_o be_v affirm_v of_o joseph_n gen._n 39_o 4._o who_o have_v the_o oversight_n and_o government_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o servant_n in_o a_o house_n there_o be_v many_o servant_n which_o have_v place_n of_o charge_n *_o matt._n 25._o 14._o but_o there_o be_v one_o that_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o all_o *_o luk._n 12._o 42._o that_o be_v occonomus_fw-la the_o steward_n so_o do_v the_o apostle_n term_v themselves_o 1_o cor._n 4._o 1._o and_o their_o office_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 9_o 17._o and_o their_o successor_n the_o bishop_n tit._n 1._o 7._o 9_o vide_fw-la hilar._n in_o matt._n 24._o 45._o in_o a_o flock_n the_o pastor_n john_n 21._o 15._o act_n 20._o 28._o matt._n 25._o 32._o 1._o pet._n 3._o 2._o eph._n 4._o 11._o in_o a_o camp_n *_o the_o captain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matt._n 2._o 6._o heb._n ium_o 13._o 7._o 17._o 24._o in_o a_o ship_n the_o governor_n *_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o under_o who_o there_o be_v *_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_v 13._o 5._o in_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v set_v over_o officer_n to_o hasten_v they_o forward_o and_o so_o they_o do_v their_o duty_n as_o in_o 2_o chron._n 34._o 13._o &_o 31._o 13._o nehemiah_n 11._o 22._o &_o 12._o 42._o so_o that_o what_o a_o steward_n be_v in_o a_o house_n a_o pastor_n in_o a_o flock_n a_o captain_n in_o a_o camp_n a_o master_n in_o a_o ship_n a_o surveyor_n in_o a_o office_n that_o be_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o ministry_n upon_o he_o lie_v first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ear_n of_o the_o church_n under_o he_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 28._o phil._n 2._o theodorat_n council_n antiochen_n can_v 9_o *_o act._n 9_o 32._o &_o 15._o 36._o and_o to_o be_v observant_a *_o ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o visit_n of_o they_o act_v 9_o 32._o &_o 15_o 16._o *_o and_o in_o both_o these_o i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tikkun_n *_o the_o confirm_v of_o
in_o regard_n their_o ignorance_n of_o thus_o much_o may_v still_o occasion_v it_o be_v one_o cause_n of_o my_o enlargement_n upon_o it_o but_o so_o much_o in_o relation_n to_o his_o loyalty_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o eminent_a pattern_n his_o judgement_n and_o practice_n in_o point_n of_o episcopacy_n for_o episcopacy_n first_o in_o his_o judgement_n he_o be_v a_o full_a assertor_n judgement_n of_o it_o which_o appear_v in_o those_o learned_a tractate_v of_o the_o original_a of_o bishop_n and_o that_o of_o the_o lydian_a asia_n where_o he_o do_v not_o only_o deduce_v episcopacy_n from_o the_o apostolic_a time_n but_o also_o the_o metropolitan_o or_o arch-bishop_n to_o have_v be_v according_o from_o the_o superscription_n of_o st._n john_n to_o the_o seven_o church_n each_o of_o which_o city_n be_v metropolitical_a and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n of_o asia_n as_o daughter_n under_o they_o for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o which_o he_o have_v give_v such_o strong_a probability_n 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