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est_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la primus_fw-la he_o be_v the_o bishop_n who_o be_v the_o first_o among_o the_o presbyter_n be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n confirm_v what_o have_v be_v deliver_v for_o it_o do_v declare_v manifest_o as_o ministriasset_fw-la as_o pau_v tom_fw-mi â—_o l._n 9_o de_fw-la oec_fw-la pont._n c._n 5._o n._n 8._o nihil_fw-la abud_fw-la quam_fw-la inter_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la plures_fw-la annâ—s_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la muncie_n presbyteratus_n ministriasset_fw-la chamier_n have_v well_o observe_v what_o be_v the_o degree_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a time_n of_o the_o church_n that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o he_o be_v account_v the_o bishop_n who_o among_o the_o presbyter_n have_v minister_v long_a in_o the_o office_n of_o a_o presbyter_n hence_o the_o forename_a french_a divine_a do_v conclude_v ibid._n conclude_v ibid._n that_o at_o first_o there_o be_v no_o other_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbyter_n than_o what_o be_v between_o the_o dean_n and_o canon_n in_o a_o cathedral_n in_o reference_n to_o this_o 22._o this_o sum._n contr_n tract_n 2._o q._n 22._o rivetus_n do_v conceive_v that_o tertullian_n speak_v when_o he_o say_v president_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la approved_n elder_n do_v sit_v as_o precedent_n who_o have_v obtain_v that_o honour_n not_o by_o price_n but_o by_o testimony_n in_o testimony_n of_o that_o reverence_n and_o respect_n which_o age_n and_o senioritie_n in_o the_o ministry_n do_v bespeak_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o fellow_n presbyter_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chief_a seat_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n assign_v unto_o he_o to_o who_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n begin_v now_o to_o be_v restrain_v on_o the_o forementioned_a ground_n like_o as_o in_o the_o more_o public_a convention_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n assemble_v in_o a_o council_n the_o chief_a seat_n be_v depute_v for_o he_o that_o be_v the_o ancient_a and_o most_o venerable_a on_o this_o ground_n as_o eusebius_n report_v say_v rivetus_n 22._o rivetus_n hist_o l._n 5._o c_o 22._o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o pontus_n meet_v together_o palmos_fw-la be_v make_v precedent_n because_o he_o be_v antiquissimus_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la the_o elder_a and_o most_o reverend_a among_o they_o hence_o apost_n hence_o hom._n 3._o in_o act._n apost_n chrysostome_n do_v compare_v the_o preeminence_n of_o the_o bishop_n over_o the_o presbyter_n to_o the_o preeminence_n of_o the_o elder_a brother_n or_o first-born_a over_o his_o young_a brethren_n who_o have_v indeed_o a_o certain_a preeminence_n over_o they_o but_o it_o be_v a_o brotherly_a preeminence_n not_o a_o lordly_a or_o jurisdictionall_a prelation_n as_o 13._o as_o fraternam_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la despoticam_fw-la neque_fw-la jurisdâ—ctionatem_fw-la spal_n de_fw-fr rep_n eccl_n l._n 1._o ca._n 5._o n._n 13._o spalatensis_n do_v express_v it_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n be_v by_o ordinary_a right_n his_o equal_n in_o all_o thing_n except_v age_n and_o that_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o in_o respect_n of_o it_o the_o precedency_n of_o primogeniture_n which_o do_v not_o invest_v he_o with_o any_o command_a power_n over_o they_o or_o put_v they_o in_o subjection_n unto_o he_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n be_v thus_o limit_v to_o he_o that_o be_v the_o elder_a presbyter_n occasion_v the_o mention_n of_o one_o alone_a in_o the_o writing_n of_o those_o who_o set_v down_o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n learned_a salmasius_n have_v illustrate_v this_o by_o two_o example_n 274._o example_n dissert_n 1._o the_o presb_n &_o episc_n ca._n â—_o p._n 274._o when_o athens_n be_v govern_v by_o nine_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o rider_n the_o first_o of_o they_o only_o give_v the_o name_n to_o the_o year_n whence_o he_o be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o roman_a emperor_n do_v ofttimes_o make_v many_o 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ut_fw-la christi_fw-la ministrum_fw-la te_fw-la observent_fw-la ap_fw-mi sal._n p._n 275._o let_v the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n observe_v you_o not_o as_o one_o great_a than_o they_o but_o at_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n in_o which_o you_o see_v he_o do_v in_o plain_a term_n deny_v that_o justus_n the_o bishop_n be_v great_a in_o point_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n than_o the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n you_o know_v reverend_a and_o belove_a what_o be_v the_o resolution_n of_o 10._o of_o ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la mibi_fw-la compresbyteri_fw-la nostri_fw-la donatus_n &_o fortunatus_n novatus_n &_o gurdius_n solus_fw-la rescribere_fw-la nibil_n poâ—ui_fw-la quande_fw-fr à _fw-fr primordio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la mei_fw-la staâ—uerim_n nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestâ—o_fw-la &_o fine_a consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la meae_fw-la privata_fw-la sententiagerere_fw-la ep._n â—_o exedit_fw-la gonlart_n aliis_fw-la lib._n 3._o ep_v 10._o cyprian_a bishop_n 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people_n be_v above_o the_o bishop_n pamelius_n and_o his_o scholar_n will_v deny_v the_o consequence_n ordination_n do_v not_o establish_v a_o degree_n or_o preeminence_n but_o only_o show_v and_o commend_v the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n 3._o beside_o protestant_n we_o have_v papist_n assent_v to_o this_o truth_n and_o confess_v 1._o that_o presbyter_n may_v ordain_v porrò_fw-la ordain_v gloss_n in_o do_v 66_o cap._n porrò_fw-la johannes_n semeca_n in_o his_o gloss_n on_o the_o canon_n law_n prove_v it_o by_o this_o the_o apostle_n be_v but_o presbyter_n not_o bishop_n yet_o they_o do_v ordain_v and_o in_o their_o day_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o a_o presbyter_n and_o a_o bishop_n and_o 165._o and_o antis_n san_n ap_fw-mi apol._n episc_n p._n 165._o altissiodorensis_n have_v deliver_v it_o that_o if_o there_o be_v but_o three_o presbyter_n in_o the_o world_n they_o may_v ordain_v one_o the_o other_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o archbishop_n and_o give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n do_v receive_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o their_o ordination_n for_o they_o be_v the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n 2._o that_o titus_n be_v leave_v at_o crete_n to_o ordain_v presbyter_n not_o otherwise_o then_o as_o a_o moderator_n in_o the_o action_n and_o as_o a_o consul_n or_o dictator_n be_v say_v to_o create_v consul_n because_o they_o be_v they_o hold_v the_o comitia_fw-la or_o assembly_n and_o meeting_n in_o which_o they_o be_v create_v thus_o 1._o thus_o in_o tit._n 1._o dâ—sp_n 1._o salmeron_n as_o i_o shall_v afterward_o show_v more_o at_o large_a out_o of_o he_o by_o this_o time_n i_o hope_v it_o do_v appear_v that_o this_o be_v not_o so_o palpable_a a_o elusion_n as_o the_o bishop_n be_v please_v to_o style_v it_o but_o rather_o so_o manifest_a a_o truth_n which_o the_o bishop_n himself_o nor_o all_o the_o mitre_a father_n of_o that_o order_n be_v able_a to_o disprove_v thus_o much_o for_o ordination_n from_o those_o charge_n i_o proceed_v to_o the_o next_o that_o precept_n of_o the_o apostle_n 1â—_n apostle_n 1_o tim._n 5_o 1â—_n against_o a_o elder_a or_o presbyter_n receive_v not_o a_o accusation_n but_o before_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n be_v main_o insist_v on_o by_o dr_n hall_n and_o other_o to_o prove_v that_o timothy_n be_v invest_v with_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n and_o so_o to_o conclude_v the_o jurisdictionall_a preeminence_n of_o a_o bishop_n over_o the_o presbyter_n yet_o the_o weakness_n of_o this_o argument_n have_v be_v already_o sufficient_o discover_v and_o the_o place_n answer_v to_o the_o full_a by_o our_o polemicall_a divine_n which_o have_v dispute_v against_o papist_n from_o who_o our_o hierarchist_n have_v borrow_v most_o of_o their_o weapon_n which_o they_o make_v use_v of_o in_o this_o quarrel_n it_o shall_v be_v therefore_o sufficient_a for_o i_o to_o mention_v the_o answer_n which_o be_v give_v by_o our_o protestant_a divine_n to_o their_o romish_a opposite_n in_o this_o cause_n first_o our_o countryman_n dr_n whitaker_n answer_v bellarmine_n that_o this_o place_n prove_v not_o timothy_n power_n over_o presbyter_n and_o from_o this_o place_n observe_v that_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n be_v not_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o but_o of_o many_o that_o be_v endue_v with_o equal_a authority_n 16._o authority_n quod_fw-la timotheus_n jubetur_fw-la non_fw-la temere_fw-la â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admittere_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la probat_fw-la timotheum_n in_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la potestatem_fw-la aut_fw-la dominatum_fw-la habuisse_fw-la nam_fw-la ex_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ment_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la crimen_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la deserre_fw-la reum_fw-la in_o judicium_fw-la addacere_fw-la palam_fw-la reprehendere_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la superioreâ—_n possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la aequales_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la inferiores_fw-la in_o romana_n repub._n equites_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la &_o patrioiis_fw-la judicabant_fw-la et_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la timotheus_n tale_n consistorium_fw-la aut_fw-la forum_n babuisse_fw-la quale_fw-la post_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la constitutum_fw-la suis_fw-la nam_fw-la hi_o presbyteri_fw-la non_fw-la alii_fw-la quam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolo_n constat_fw-la qualis_fw-la haec_fw-la authoritas_fw-la sucrit_fw-fr ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la intelligi_fw-la potest_fw-la eos_n qui_fw-la peccant_a coram_fw-la omnibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la aequales_fw-la quoque_fw-la possunt_fw-la sic_fw-la elim_fw-la epâ—scopesiquis_fw-la presbyâ—es_fw-la aut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la male_a avauet_fw-la ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la ecclesiasâ—icum_fw-la aut_fw-la synoaum_n reserebant_fw-la â—umque_fw-la si_fw-la dâ—gnus_fw-la videretur_fw-la â—ublico_fw-la judâ—cio_fw-la damnabant_fw-la i._n e._n cut_v suspendebant_fw-la aut_fw-la excommunicabant_fw-la aut_fw-la removebant_fw-la whitak_n co_fw-la t._n â—â—â—_o 1_o c._n 2._o sc_fw-la 16._o according_a to_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o receive_v a_o