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function_n the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v adorn_v with_o this_o title_n and_o the_o minister_n in_o what_o degree_n soever_o call_v passim_fw-la diaconi_fw-la col._n 1.7_o &_o 4.17_o &_o 1.23.25_o 1_o cor._n 3.5_o 2_o cor._n 3.6_o the_o next_o citation_n rom._n 15.4_o pass_v my_o reach_n for_o i_o see_v not_o how_o it_o can_v be_v draw_v to_o say_v any_o thing_n to_o this_o purpose_n therefore_o i_o pass_v it_o by_o you_o urge_v rom._n 16.1_o and_o that_o indeed_o speak_v of_o phoebe_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o servant_n of_o the_o church_n of_o cenchrea_n be_v it_o so_o that_o una_fw-la hirundo_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la ver_fw-la be_v it_o
2._o c._n 8._o marc._n 1.39_o maimonides_n in_o tebilla_n cap._n 11._o sect._n 1_o and_o the_o synagogue_n be_v like_o our_o parish_n church_n of_o which_o there_o be_v in_o jerusalem_n alone_o 480._o and_o out_o of_o jerusalem_n many_o synagogue_n in_o galilee_n matth._n 4.23_o synagogue_n at_o damascus_n act_v 9.2_o synagogue_n at_o salamis_n act_v 13.5_o synagogue_n at_o antioch_n act_v 13.14_o yea_o their_o tradition_n be_v that_o whersoever_o ten_o man_n of_o israel_n be_v there_o ought_v to_o be_v build_v a_o synagogue_n and_o in_o these_o our_o saviour_n preach_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n which_o begin_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o hold_v that_o profession_n which_o have_v not_o the_o countenance_n and_o allowance_n of_o public_a authority_n can_v not_o exercise_v some_o duty_n of_o christian_a religion_n but_o in_o private_a only_o what_o they_o do_v as_o jew_n they_o have_v access_n to_o the_o temple_n and_o synagogue_n what_o as_o christian_n they_o be_v force_v otherwhere_o 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decernebatur_fw-la domus_fw-la orationis_fw-la for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v sometime_o not_o for_o the_o action_n but_o the_o house_n itself_o in_o qua_fw-la te_fw-la quaero_fw-la proseucha_fw-la juvenal_n juvenal_n and_o then_o if_o tremellius_n version_n and_o note_n be_v true_a we_o have_v a_o early_a oratory_n but_o be_v it_o as_o it_o will_v thus_o much_o may_v easy_o be_v grant_v which_o i_o have_v learn_v from_o a_o great_a clerk_n decimis_fw-la selden_n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la yet_o no_o great_a friend_n of_o the_o church_n that_o it_o can_v be_v conceive_v how_o christianity_n shall_v be_v in_o any_o nation_n if_o public_o and_o general_o receive_v much_o ancient_a than_o church_n or_o some_o convenient_a house_n or_o place_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o church_n appoint_v for_o the_o exercise_n of_o devotion_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n place_n they_o have_v to_o meet_v in_o upon_o the_o lord_n day_n perchance_o at_o first_o make_v of_o 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