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john_n be_v send_v to_o samaria_n by_o the_o other_o apostle_n 8._o and_o in_o that_o which_o be_v say_v and_o do_v in_o the_o counsel_n of_o jerusalem_n 15._o â–ª_o and_o in_o antioch_n 14._o and_o by_o saint_n paul_n in_o many_o place_n titus_n 54_o the_o second_o degree_n of_o ecclesiastical_a office_n which_o be_v the_o office_n of_o deacons_n &_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n the_o second_o place_n of_o ecclesiastical_a office_n lie_v in_o the_o ministration_n &_o the_o distribution_n of_o ecclesiastical_a good_n whereof_o the_o apostle_n dyscharge_v themselves_o with_o their_o good_a wylle_n for_o that_o they_o can_v not_o bear_v so_o great_a a_o burden_n farneze_n â–ª_o unlike_o weâ—_n they_o to_o those_o which_o at_o this_o day_n call_v themselves_o man_n of_o the_o church_n a._n first_o in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v elect_v 7._o person_n full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n &_o of_o wisdom_n â–ª_o &_o of_o life_n approve_v by_o sufficient_a 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