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the_o supper_n at_o night_n and_o after_o supper_n 1_o câ—r_n 11._o 21._o few_o thousand_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o communicate_v after_o supper_n 2._o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o these_o wise_a master-builder_n shall_v divide_v the_o church_n and_o the_o first_o visible_a church_n in_o so_o many_o part_n and_o this_o successive_a communion_n do_v clear_o prove_v our_o point_n that_o there_o be_v many_o congregation_n for_o every_o successive_a fraction_n be_v a_o competent_a convention_n of_o believer_n have_v the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n and_o so_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n not_o to_o admit_v all_o promiscuous_o to_o the_o lord_n table_n be_v to_o our_o brethren_n a_o complete_a church_n for_o to_o it_o indeed_o agree_v the_o essential_a character_n of_o a_o visible_a institute_v church_n for_o there_o be_v here_o a_o ministry_n the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n and_o some_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n within_o itself_o and_o so_o what_o lack_v this_o successive_a 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these_o do_v conveane_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o act._n 4._o 31._o when_o they_o have_v pray_v the_o place_n be_v shake_v where_o they_o be_v assemble_v together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 2._o 46._o and_o they_o continue_v daily_o with_o one_o accord_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o break_v bread_n from_o house_n to_o house_n do_v eat_v their_o meat_n with_o gladness_n answ._n the_o place_n act._n 4._o 31._o say_v not_o that_o all_o the_o five_o thousand_o believer_n be_v in_o that_o one_o place_n which_o be_v shake_v for_o v_o 21._o that_o when_o the_o apostle_n be_v let_v go_v by_o the_o priest_n and_o captain_n of_o the_o temple_n they_o return_v to_o their_o own_o company_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o their_o own_o but_o no_o circumstance_n in_o the_o text_n do_v infer_v that_o they_o come_v back_o to_o the_o whole_a five_o thousand_o but_o only_o to_o some_o few_o of_o the_o first_o believer_n that_o be_v convert_v before_o the_o first_o sermon_n of_o peter_n be_v make_v cap._n 2_o they_o return_v lyra_n and_o hugo_n cardinalis_fw-la to_o their_o own_o company_n ad_fw-la domesticos_fw-la suos_fw-la and_o so_o say_v lorinus_n who_o cit_v the_o syriack_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hachaiehin_n ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la suos_fw-la salmeron_n ad_fw-la suos_fw-la â—apostolos_fw-la sive_fw-la condiscipulos_fw-la &_o domesticos_fw-la fidei_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v the_o whole_a church_n but_o friend_n and_o domestics_n as_o mark_n 5._o 19_o go_v home_o to_o thy_o own_o house_n and_o show_v thy_o friend_n luke_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d compare_v with_o luk._n 8._o 39_o and_o gal._n 6._o 10_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o therefore_o the_o place_n say_v that_o the_o five_o thousand_o be_v gather_v together_o in_o this_o one_o place_n which_o be_v shake_v 2._o give_v and_o not_o grant_v that_o they_o be_v all_o conveened_a to_o prayer_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o they_o do_v meet_v ordinary_o in_o one_o place_n for_o partake_v of_o word_n and_o sacrament_n as_o one_o congregation_n for_o â—oe_n may_v convene_v to_o prayer_n and_o hear_v the_o word_n then_o can_v meet_v ordinary_o in_o a_o congregationall-way_n neither_o will_v any_o text_n enforce_v we_o to_o expone_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d collective_o but_o distributive_o as_o we_o say_v all_o the_o congregation_n in_o scotland_n meet_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o one_o every_o lord_n day_n that_o be_v every_o one_o of_o the_o congregation_n be_v in_o one_o place_n but_o the_o sense_n be_v not_o that_o all_o the_o congregation_n collective_o be_v in_o one_o place_n and_o we_o may_v just_o ask_v what_o this_o place_n be_v which_o be_v shake_v it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o it_o be_v the_o temple_n that_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v more_o prodigious_a like_a and_o presage_v a_o ruin_n to_o the_o temple_n will_v not_o have_v be_v concealoâ—_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o it_o will_v have_v more_o terrify_v the_o jew_n and_o the_o temple_n be_v never_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sine_fw-la adjecto_fw-la without_o some_o other_o thing_n to_o make_v it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o holy_a place_n if_o it_o be_v a_o private_a house_n give_v we_o leave_v to_o say_v it_o can_v not_o contain_v five_o thousand_o to_o hear_v prayer_n far_o less_o a_o more_o numerous_a multitude_n we_o reâ—it_v it_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o wise_a if_o the_o apostle_n be_v so_o lazy_a to_o propagate_v the_o gospel_n that_o where_o twelve_o of_o they_o be_v present_a undoubted_o act._n 4._o 23_o 31._o act._n 6._o 2._o and_o as_o many_o of_o the_o learned_a think_v the_o seventy_o disciple_n that_o eleven_o apostle_n do_v hear_v the_o word_n only_o and_o one_o do_v speak_v to_o one_o congregation_n only_o which_o consist_v of_o so_o many_o thousand_o for_o to_o the_o five_o thousand_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o c._n 5._o 14._o mere_a believer_n be_v add_v to_o the_o lord_n multitudes_z both_o of_o man_n and_o woman_n who_o can_v not_o convenient_o hear_v this_o i_o think_v not_o imaginable_a for_o 1._o now_o the_o harvest_n be_v large_a thousand_o be_v to_o be_v convert_v 2._o the_o spirit_n be_v now_o pour_v upon_o all_o flesh_n 3._o christ_n when_o he_o send_v the_o twâ—lve_o but_o to_o judeâ—_n he_o send_v they_o two_o and_o two_o and_o will_v have_v every_o man_n at_o work_n and_o the_o apostle_n go_v out_o in_o twoe_n act._n 13._o paul_n and_o bâ—rnaâ—as_n and_o sometime_o but_o one_o peter_n be_v send_v to_o the_o jew_n paul_n to_o the_o gentile_n and_o the_o world_n divide_v among_o they_o 1._o of_o other_o officer_n timothy_n be_v send_v to_o ephesus_n titus_n to_o crete_n that_o so_o they_o may_v the_o more_o swift_o spread_v the_o gospel_n to_o all_o the_o world_n what_o wisdom_n can_v we_o
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o those_o who_o be_v over_o other_o and_o that_o be_v over_o you_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v over_o you_o in_o the_o lord_n not_o over_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o admonish_v you_o not_o other_o and_o 2._o the_o pastor_n be_v to_o feed_v such_o a_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v set_v they_o act_v 20._o 28._o and_o they_o be_v to_o feed_v the_o flock_n among_o they_o 1_o pet._n 5._o 2._o not_o any_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o pastor_n be_v fix_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o a_o fix_a congregation_n 3._o pastor_n be_v not_o rebuke_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o remiss_a exercise_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o church-power_n but_o over_o their_o own_o fix_a congregation_n not_o because_o they_o do_v not_o exercise_v their_o power_n over_o other_o congregation_n over_o which_o they_o be_v not_o and_o for_o who_o soul_n they_o do_v not_o watch_v as_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o several_a 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