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of_o the_o people_n if_o our_o saviour_n christ_n math._n 18._o when_o he_o say_v tell_v the_o church_n mean_v not_o one_o bishop_n because_o one_o can_v not_o be_v a_o number_n nor_o one_o alone_o a_o church_n and_o he_o go_v upwarde_o from_o one_o to_o 2._o from_o two_o to_o more_o not_o contrariwise_o from_o two_o to_o one_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v mean_v of_o many_o church_n for_o than_o it_o must_v be_v all_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o the_o phrase_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o it_o be_v a_o confusion_n and_o unpossibility_n for_o many_o church_n or_o the_o whole_a people_n to_o hear_v all_o such_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n but_o do_v mean_a upon_o these_o reason_n a_o particular_a congregation_n than_o our_o assertion_n be_v most_o true_a and_o certain_a the_o first_o we_o have_v prove_v therefore_o the_o second_o be_v