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church_n therefore_o the_o latter_a may_v not_o be_v deny_v all_o which_o notwithstanding_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o where_o the_o government_n by_o bishop_n can_v be_v have_v another_o form_n may_v be_v use_v because_o the_o modus_fw-la or_o form_n of_o be_v in_o the_o b._n alone_o do_v not_o seem_v so_o to_o be_v of_o divine_a ordinance_n but_o that_o it_o may_v upon_o necessity_n be_v alter_v but_o if_o any_o shall_v reply_v that_o howsoever_o in_o civil_a government_n the_o form_n be_v variable_a yet_o for_o church_n government_n we_o be_v to_o keep_v we_o close_o to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o what_o have_v warrant_n there_o we_o be_v to_o hold_v perpetual_a and_o unchangeable_a by_o man_n as_o some_o of_o our_o disciplinarian_o use_v to_o argue_v i_o wish_v they_o to_o look_v to_o this_o inference_n for_o if_o they_o do_v not_o leave_v that_o hold_n they_o must_v needs_o grant_v that_o the_o episcopal_a function_n have_v that_o warrant_n in_o the_o scripture_n which_o i_o have_v show_v be_v to_o be_v hold_v jure_fw-la divine_v and_o whereas_o to_o confute_v i_o or_o rather_o to_o fight_v with_o his_o own_o shadow_n he_o say_v that_o other_o reform_a church_n have_v continue_v many_o year_n and_o may_v do_v more_o without_o bishop_n i_o confess_v they_o have_v and_o i_o wish_v they_o may_v continue_v to_o the_o end_n in_o the_o sincere_a profession_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o where_o he_o say_v that_o they_o have_v continue_v in_o more_o quietness_n then_o we_o have_v do_v or_o be_v like_a to_o do_v for_o that_o we_o may_v thank_v he_o and_o other_o unquiet_a spirit_n who_o have_v trouble_v the_o peace_n of_o israel_n with_o urge_v and_o obtrude_a their_o own_o fancy_n for_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n to_o these_o reason_n i_o add_v the_o testimony_n of_o antiquity_n 146._o which_o with_o a_o general_a consent_n bear_v witness_n to_o this_o truth_n that_o timothy_n be_v b._n of_o ephesus_n and_o titus_n of_o crect_n of_o all_o which_o the_o 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&_o 16._o c._n antioch_n c._n 9_o &_o ex_fw-la ep_n const._n const._n conc._n ephes._n post_v advent_a episcoporum_fw-la cypr._n ad_fw-la page_n 79._o §._o 12._o calvin_n testimony_n consent_v with_o we_o in_o the_o three_o first_o point_n handle_v in_o the_o sermon_n ad_fw-la pag._n 80._o §._o 13._o calu._n in_o tit_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o sect_n 1._o let_v these_o word_n before_o the_o papacy_n be_v observe_v of_o they_o who_o say_v we_o have_v receive_v our_o government_n from_o the_o papist_n §_o 14._o calvin_n testimony_n that_o the_o church_n be_v diocese_n §_o 15._o calum_n testimony_n that_o the_o bishop_n be_v diocesan_n bb._n bez._n de_fw-fr grad_v min._n c._n 24._o ad_fw-la pag_n 81._o see_v calu._n in_o act._n 20.17.28_o &_o in_o act._n 14.23_o §_o 2._o whether_o the_o government_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o of_o the_o part_n must_v be_v of_o one_o form_n §._o 3._o the_o government_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n aristocratical_a aristocratical_a an._n 1609._o 1609._o cypr._n the_o simplic_a praelatorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la erant_fw-la utique_fw-la caeteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la quod_fw-la suit_n petrus_n pari_fw-la consorrio_fw-la praeâ—liti_fw-la &_o honoris_fw-la &_o potâ—statis_fw-la potâ—statis_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la though_o the_o government_n of_o several_a church_n be_v monarchical_a yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o therefore_o the_o government_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n shall_v be_v monarchical_a lib._n 3._o epist._n 13._o ad_fw-la pag._n 82._o wherein_o the_o disciplinarian_o do_v agree_v and_o wherein_o they_o descent_n from_o us._n ad_fw-la pag._n 33._o §._o 6._o they_o hold_v that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o precedent_n of_o the_o presbytery_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o §_o 16._o &_o 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr grad_v minist_n cap._n 23._o 23._o de_fw-fr grad_v minist_n c._n 24._o p._n 177_o 177_o ibid._n c._n 23._o p._n 144._o 156._o 156._o pag._n 139.140_o 139.140_o pag._n 159.160_o 159.160_o vide_fw-la supr_n l._n 1._o c._n 2_o §._o 16._o they_o deny_v to_o the_o precedent_n maiority_n of_o rule_n rule_n calu._n instit._n l._n 4._o c._n 4_o s._n 2._o 2._o beza_n de_fw-fr grad_v p._n 156_o 157._o 157._o t._n c._n lâ—_n 110._o §._o 7._o beza_n dissent_v from_o we_o in_o this_o four_o point_n but_o with_o more_o moderation_n than_o our_o disciplinarian_n use_v §._o 8._o the_o refuter_fw-la seek_v start_a hole_n ad_fw-la pag._n 84._o he_o will_v restrain_v the_o primitive_a church_n unto_o the_o apostle_n time_n time_n iust._n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o 4._o parag._n 4._o 4._o confess_v c._n 5._o §_o 29._o 29._o de_fw-fr relig_n c._n 25._o §_o 11._o 11._o observ_n in_o cap._n 25._o aphor_n 10.11_o §._o 9_o the_o church_n under_o constantine_n to_o be_v imitate_v of_o us._n the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n and_o the_o like_a authority_n of_o diocesan_n b.b._n throughout_o all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb._n l._n 2._o c._n 24_o §._o 10._o of_o h.i._n pag._n 7._o his_o distinction_n of_o bb._n into_o 6._o sort_n sort_n lib._n 5._o c._n 9_o 9_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 15_o 15_o anno_fw-la 260._o 260._o ad_fw-la euagrium_n euagrium_n vide_fw-la supr_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o §._o 4._o 4._o have_v the_o bishop_n priority_n of_o order_n only_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o parishioner_n §_o 11._o t._n c._n his_o collection_n out_o of_o jeromâ—_n word_n word_n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la euagr._fw-la conf._n p._n 462._o chron._n â—n_n 251._o &_o hist._n l._n 6.35_o etc._n etc._n athanas._n de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr dionysij_fw-la episcopi_fw-la alexandrini_n §_o 12._o h._n i._o diocesan_n bb._n when_o they_o begin_v of_o patriarch_n and_o when_o they_o begin_v conc._n nic._n can_v 6._o ignat._n epist._n ad_fw-la rom._n conc._n nic._n c._n 7._o §_o 13._o the_o refuter_fw-la will_v restrain_v the_o question_n to_o the_o seven_o angel_n only_o his_o second_o start_v hole_n ad_fw-la pag._n 85._o §_o 2._o the_o first_o argument_n prove_v that_o bb._n be_v superior_a in_o degree_n because_o aërius_n be_v count_v a_o hertike_a for_o deny_v it_o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 75._o aug._n haer_fw-mi 53._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haer_fw-mi 75._o aug._n haer_fw-mi 53._o epiph._n epiph._n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la euagr._fw-la 1._o pet_n 5.1_o 2._o john_n 1._o and_o 3._o john_n 1_o 1_o act._n 1.20_o 1.20_o heres_fw-la 75._o §_o 3._o objection_n for_o aërius_n answer_v answer_v epist._n ad_fw-la â—_o k._n k._n phil._n 1.1_o 1.1_o phil._n 2.25_o vide_fw-la theodor._n 〈◊〉_d phil._n 2.25_o 2.25_o chrysost._n hieronym_n ambros._n theodor._n oecum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la quâ—dvulâ—de_fw-mi un_fw-fr un_fw-fr august_n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la in_o fine_a §_o 4._o other_o objection_n answer_v answer_v in_o 1._o tim_n 3._o hom_n 9_o &_o 10._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o phil._n 1._o 1._o socrat._n l._n 6._o c._n 22._o 22._o homil._n 20._o add_v pop_n antioch_n in_o initio_fw-la initio_fw-la theod._n l._n 5._o ca._n 28._o 28._o aug._n quast_o novi_fw-la &_o vet_n test_n 101._o t._n 4._o 4._o ambr._n de_fw-fr dignit_fw-la sacerd._n cap._n 3._o 3._o cap._n 5._o 5._o ambr._n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o 3._o in_o â—â—ph_v 4._o 4._o in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o the_o 2._o argument_n antiquity_n acknowledge_v 3._o degree_n of_o minister_n minister_n epist._n 1._o 1._o epist._n 3._o 3._o eccl._n hierarch_n c._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr fuge_fw-la in_o persecut_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la baptismo_fw-la homil._n 7._o in_o jerem_n §._o 6._o adpag_v b6_n b7_n b8_n b8_n epist._n 2._o vivisuque_fw-la vivisuque_fw-la ad_fw-la phil._n &_o trall_n trall_n epist._n 3._o sacerdotum_fw-la fratres_fw-la ordo_fw-la bipartitus_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la cyprian_a ambrose_n jerome_n augustine_n augustine_n epist._n 4._o 4._o ignat._n ad_fw-la trall_n trall_n ign._n ad_fw-la philipp_n philipp_n ign._n ad_fw-la philadelph_n §._o 7._o the_o three_o order_n of_o minister_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d degree_n 1._o tim._n 3.13_o 3.13_o li._n 4._o epist._n 2._o ad_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la sublime_a fastigium_fw-la cunctis_fw-la religionis_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la ascendit_fw-la sard._n c._n 10._o lat_fw-la 13._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rhetoricae_n vacans_fw-la balsan_n balsan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodor._n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conc._n ephes._n c._n 1.2.6_o 1.2.6_o chalâ—_n c._n 2_o &_o 12._o 12._o conâ—_n carth._n graâ—_n c._n 3._o sive_fw-la carthag_n 2._o c._n 2._o 2._o conâ—_n carth._n grae._n 〈◊〉_d carth._n 6._o c._n â—_o â—_o in_o encomio_fw-la athanasâ—â—_n athanasâ—â—_n l._n 1._o c._n 26._o 26._o admirable_a admirable_a in_o vita_fw-la basil._n basil._n l._n 7._o c._n 41._o 41._o contr._n parmeâ—_n lib._n 1._o 1._o decret_n l._n â—_o c._n â—5_n â—5_n ad_fw-la eâ—agr_n in_o fine_a ad_fw-la nepoti_fw-la epist._n 2._o quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o falios_fw-la eius_fw-la hoc_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la esse_fw-la novimus_fw-la §_o 8._o bb._n presbyter_n deacon_n answerable_a to_o the_o high_a priest_n priests_z and_o levite_n levite_n inst._n l._n 4_o c._n 6._o s._n 2._o §_o 9_o the_o testimony_n of_o ignatius_n ignatius_n pag._n 51._o 51._o ad_fw-la smyrn_n that_o deacon_n be_v in_o a_o degree_n of_o the_o ministry_n ministry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conc._n const._n in_o trullo_n ca._n 16._o 16._o conc._n neocaes_n cap._n 15._o 15._o act._n 6._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v s._n 20._o miss_v etiam_fw-la alios_fw-la 72._o ad_fw-la praedicandâ—m_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 8.5_o &_o 21.8_o 21.8_o cap._n 15._o §._o 10._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o duty_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n ad_fw-la trall_n can._n apost_n 15._o conc._n anâ—yr_n cap._n 2._o 2._o cap._n 18._o 18._o apol._n 2._o 2._o tertull._n de_fw-fr bapt._n bapt._n cypr._n passim_fw-la passim_fw-la conc._n elib_n ca._n 77._o 77._o carth._n grâ—c_n ca._n 25._o sive_fw-la carth_n 5._o ca._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adverse_a lucifer_n lucifer_n conc._n carth._n 4._o ca._n 36._o 36._o conc._n carth._n 4._o c._n 2.3.4_o 2.3.4_o ca._n 37._o 37._o ca._n 38._o 38._o ca._n 41._o §._o 11._o the_o refuter_fw-la deny_v presbyter_n to_o have_v be_v minister_n of_o the_o word_n word_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la §._o 12._o 12._o â—lioquin_n etiam_fw-la laicis_fw-la ius_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la philadelph_n of_o the_o word_n clerus_fw-la or_o clergy_n clergy_n cypr._n passim_fw-la passim_fw-la in_o jerem._n hom_n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la in_o persecut_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la authores_fw-la i._o ipsi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la fugiunt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la laicus_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la deuce_n fugiunt_fw-la quis_fw-la de_fw-la