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as_o that_o he_o can_v by_o any_o of_o we_o be_v fair_o defend_v or_o excuse_v and_o therefore_o the_o consecration_n of_o archbishop_n parker_n and_o consequent_o of_o all_o the_o english_a bishop_n since_o and_o now_o be_v must_v stand_v sacred_a and_o valide_fw-la notwithstanding_o any_o thing_n produce_v plead_v or_o prove_v by_o r._n b._n to_o the_o contrary_a yet_o nevertheless_o let_v we_o romanist_n cheer_v up_o ourselves_o spare_v our_o labour_n and_o pain_n to_o seek_v the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o episcopacy_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n for_o see_v we_o not_o that_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o the_o member_n of_o their_o own_o church_n yea_o of_o their_o clergy_n too_o do_v loud_o cry_v down_o episcopacy_n not_o only_o quoad_fw-la personas_fw-la for_o exorbitancy_n by_o personal_a misdemeanour_n and_o for_o over_o large_a exercise_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o their_o function_n too_o too_o bad_a as_o be_v allege_v but_o also_o quoad_fw-la officium_fw-la and_o jus_fw-la 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these_o presbyterian_n have_v bring_v a_o ejectione_fw-la firm_a against_o episcopacy_n press_v to_o have_v
episcopacy_n to_o show_v forth_o its_o evidence_n and_o to_o prove_v its_o title_n to_o be_v ex_fw-la iure_fw-la divino_fw-la or_o else_o to_o be_v eject_v out_o of_o the_o church_n i_o causidical_o say_v in_o defence_n of_o it_o that_o episcopacy_n ought_v not_o under_o favour_n by_o leg_n all_o proceed_n to_o be_v compel_v thereto_o because_o episcopacy_n have_v possession_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o so_o have_v have_v many_o hundred_o year_n some_o for_o it_o say_v sixteen_o hundred_o year_n and_o upward_o ever_o since_o christianity_n be_v embrace_v in_o the_o world_n and_o its_o adversary_n do_v either_o acknowledge_v or_o can_v fair_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v so_o for_o the_o space_n of_o thirteen_o or_o fourteen_o hundred_o year_n and_o not_o in_o a_o corner_n of_o the_o church_n but_o universal_o in_o christendom_n and_o in_o such_o a_o case_n possidenti_fw-la conceditur_fw-la without_o prescription_n possession_n be_v a_o good_a right_n and_o title_n a_o against_o 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and_o double_a sense_n or_o several_a signification_n but_o by_o clear_a and_o manifest_a record_n of_o scripture_n which_o i_o believe_v be_v a_o task_n unperformable_a i_o be_o sure_a it_o want_v that_o prosperous_a success_n and_o blessing_n which_o accompany_v divine_a institution_n according_a to_o that_o divine_a axiom_n true_o deliver_v by_o gamaliel_n 39_o act._n 5.38_o 39_o si_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la hominibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la dissolvetur_fw-la sin_n ex_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la what_o be_v of_o human_a invention_n may_v perish_v or_o come_v to_o nothing_o what_o be_v of_o diune_fw-fr ordination_n can_v perish_v though_o at_o some_o time_n and_o in_o some_o place_n be_v resist_v and_o persecute_v and_o so_o become_v cloud_v and_o eclipse_v yet_o it_o will_v be_v resident_a somewhere_o or_o other_o and_o it_o will_v in_o time_n convenient_a be_v discloud_v and_o become_v conspicuous_a and_o transplendent_a again_o apply_v to_o the_o present_a case_n the_o blessing_n have_v ever_o go_v in_o a_o eminent_a and_o conspicuous_a manner_n with_o episcopacy_n but_o presbytery_n consistorial_a be_v at_o the_o best_a suppose_v to_o have_v have_v buta_fw-mi little_a entrance_n in_o some_o narrow_a part_n of_o the_o church_n once_o in_o the_o first_o hundred_o year_n and_o again_o in_o this_o last_o hundred_o year_n but_o have_v be_v at_o a_o inter-regnum_fw-la at_o a_o loss_n and_o vacation_n for_o many_o hundred_o year_n how_o can_v we_o then_o judge_v your_o presbytery_n to_o be_v of_o god_n and_o our_o episcopacy_n to_o be_v of_o antichrist_n surt_v presbytery_n non_fw-la surt_v it_o this_o be_v the_o evidence_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o consistorial_a presbytery_n as_o such_o it_o be_v as_o i_o conceive_v clear_o then_o must_v it_o become_v non_fw-la suit_n and_o episcopacy_n must_v keep_v its_o possession_n still_o amend_v itself_o or_o else_o be_v cause_v to_o amend_v what_o be_v amiss_o in_o it_o by_o personal_a 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apostle_n here_o appoint_v timothy_n that_o what_o he_o have_v hear_v from_o saint_n paul_n he_o shall_v commit_v to_o faithful_a man_n able_a to_o teach_v which_o be_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n of_o ephesus_n 2.2.14_o 2_o tim._n 2.2.14_o which_o minister_n he_o be_v to_o charge_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o strive_v about_o word_n tend_v to_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o auditory_a which_o comprise_v in_o it_o matter_n of_o episcopal_a authority_n and_o as_o for_o titus_n the_o apostle_n tell_v he_o 1.5_o tit._n 1.5_o that_o he_o also_o leave_v he_o in_o crete_n aini_fw-la corrigea_fw-la qua_fw-la desunt_fw-la to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o shall_v set_v in_o order_n thing_n want_v and_o constituat_fw-la per_fw-la civitates_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la and_o ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n which_o plain_o declare_v that_o titus_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o crete_n by_o saint_n paul_n alone_o and_o that_o titus_n have_v power_n delegate_a to_o he_o to_o rule_v and_o govern_v otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o set_v thing_n in_o order_n and_o have_v power_n to_o ordain_v teach_v elder_n to_o wit_v presbyter_n and_o minister_n which_o jurisdiction_n and_o power_n be_v not_o to_o be_v exercise_v in_o one_o parish_n only_o but_o the_o text_n say_v in_o every_o city_n whereby_o titus_n have_v a_o large_a dix_n or_o territory_n and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o these_o epistle_n of_o saint_n paul_n to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n it_o be_v record_v though_o peradventure_o not_o scripture_n yet_o exceed_o ancient_a and_o next_o scripture_n the_o church_n of_o the_o ephesian_n and_o titus_n ordain_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o the_o cretan_n i_o shall_v conclude_v with_o that_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n in_o asia_n 2._o reve._n 2._o these_o be_v not_o indeed_o angel_n or_o spiritual_a essence_n for_o real_a angel_n be_v not_o partly'good_a and_o partly_o evil_a nor_o to_o be_v chargedwith_o good_a