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that_o which_o follow_v about_o the_o certainty_n of_o linus_n his_o succeed_a peter_n of_o a_o uninterrupted_a succession_n of_o the_o concession_n of_o papist_n etc._n vid._n review_n p._n 44._o irenaeus_n l._n 2._o c._n 39_o sub_fw-la finem_fw-la aetatem_fw-la seniorem_fw-la quadragessimi_fw-la aut_fw-la quinquagessimi_fw-la anni_fw-la habens_fw-la dom._n noster_fw-la etc._n etc._n have_v already_o be_v large_o discuss_v in_o these_o paper_n it_o be_v possible_a irenaeus_n may_v name_v all_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o yet_o be_v mistake_v in_o their_o order_n of_o succession_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a all_o be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v for_o gospel_n that_o irenaeus_n report_v even_o in_o matter_n of_o fact_n for_o he_o tell_v we_o our_o saviour_n live_v to_o the_o age_n of_o above_o forty_o or_o fifty_o year_n and_o say_v he_o have_v this_o from_o all_o the_o elder_n of_o asia_n who_o receive_v it_o from_o st._n john_n himself_n how_o well_o be_v it_o that_o we_o have_v a_o more_o sure_a word_n of_o prophecy_n and_o history_n too_o than_o the_o testimony_n of_o irenaeus_n as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o this_o father_n birth_n and_o death_n account_n be_v so_o various_a and_o the_o probability_n on_o each_o hand_n so_o fair_a that_o no_o modest_a man_n will_v be_v positive_a in_o it_o but_o mr._n dodwel_n have_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o fix_v it_o and_o his_o disciple_n make_v no_o question_n but_o he_o have_v do_v it_o infallible_o the_o vindicator_n have_v some_o reason_n to_o put_v that_o question_n concern_v the_o apostolical_a succession_n in_o the_o patriarchal_a church_n which_o this_o gentleman_n quarrel_n with_o because_o he_o observe_v t._n w._n make_v linus_n succeed_v peter_n in_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n simeon_n james_n in_o the_o chair_n of_o jerusalem_n ananias_n i_o suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v ananias_n the_o cobbler_n of_o who_o before_o st._n mark_v in_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n and_o the_o account_n run_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o the_o apostle_n divide_v the_o world_n into_o several_a province_n and_o each_o of_o they_o be_v bishop_n of_o his_o proper_a district_n and_o those_o be_v call_v the_o apostle_n successor_n that_o come_v into_o their_o several_a see_v after_o their_o death_n and_o these_o be_v but_o such_o a_o number_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o succession_n must_v be_v only_o propagate_v in_o these_o patriarchate_n this_o the_o vindicator_n mention_v as_o what_o will_v be_v the_o consequence_n of_o t._n w._n his_o scheme_n of_o succession_n which_o he_o only_o erect_v in_o those_o church_n where_o he_o have_v a_o apostle_n at_o the_o head_n of_o the_o roll_n he_o never_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o t._n w._n or_o any_o other_o that_o none_o but_o the_o patriarch_n be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n but_o intimate_v that_o such_o a_o succession_n as_o t._n w._n describe_v will_v only_o be_v find_v in_o those_o