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jerusalem_n present_o after_o christ_n ascension_n ergo_fw-la they_o ordain_v bishop_n this_o be_v testify_v by_o eusebius_n lib._n 2._o histo_n cap._n 1._o out_o of_o clement_n and_o hegesippus_n yea_o that_o the_o church_n he_o sit_v in_o be_v reserve_v to_o his_o time_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 19_o &_o 32._o this_o our_o own_o author_n jerom_n testify_v catalogue_n script_n epiph._n ad_fw-la haer_fw-mi 66._o chrysost_n in_o act._n 3._o &_o 33._o ambros_n in_o galath_n 1.9_o dorotheus_n in_o synopsis_n aug._n contra_fw-la cris_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 37._o the_o general_a council_n of_o const_n in_o trull_n cap._n 32._o for_o though_o he_o can_v not_o receive_v power_n of_o order_n yet_o they_o may_v give_v he_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o assign_v he_o his_o church_n so_o that_o though_o he_o be_v a_o apostle_n yet_o have_v a_o singular_a assignation_n and_o stay_v here_o till_o death_n he_o may_v just_o be_v call_v the_o bishop_n as_o indeed_o he_o be_v if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o pastor_n who_o have_v they_o for_o their_o pastor_n second_o those_o ordinary_a pastor_n who_o be_v call_v apostle_n of_o church_n in_o comparison_n of_o other_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n they_o be_v in_o order_n and_o maioritie_n of_o power_n before_o other_o but_o epaphroditus_n be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o philippian_n though_o they_o have_v other_o call_v bishop_n chap._n 1.14_o ergo._n the_o assumption_n that_o he_o be_v so_o call_v as_o their_o eminent_a pastor_n be_v manifest_a by_o authority_n jerom._n in_o phil._n 2._o theod._n and_o chrysost_o on_o the_o same_o place_n neither_o be_v it_o like_o this_o sacred_a appropriate_a name_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o any_o in_o regard_n of_o mere_a send_v hither_o or_o thither_o yea_o this_o that_o he_o be_v send_v do_v argue_v he_o there_o bishop_n for_o when_o the_o church_n have_v to_o send_v any_o where_o they_o do_v usual_o entreat_v their_o bishop_n three_o archippus_n they_o institute_v at_o colosse_n ergo._n four_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v institute_v bishop_n the_o one_o of_o ephesus_n the_o other_o of_o crete_n ergo._n the_o antecedent_n be_v prove_v thus_o that_o which_o be_v presuppose_v in_o their_o epistle_n be_v true_a but_o it_o be_v presuppose_v that_o they_o be_v bishop_n in_o these_o church_n ergo_fw-la the_o assumption_n prove_v those_o who_o the_o epistle_n presuppose_v to_o have_v have_v episcopal_a authority_n give_v they_o to_o be_v exercise_v in_o those_o church_n they_o be_v presuppose_v to_o have_v be_v ordain_v bishop_n there_o but_o the_o epistle_n presuppose_v they_o to_o have_v have_v episcopal_a authority_n give_v they_o to_o be_v exercise_v in_o those_o church_n ergo._n the_o assumption_n prove_v 1._o if_o the_o epistle_n write_v to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v the_o pattern_n of_o the_o episcopal_a function_n inform_v they_o and_o in_o they_o all_o bishop_n than_o they_o be_v bishop_n but_o they_o be_v so_o ergo._n 2_o again_o whosoever_o prescribe_v to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n their_o duty_n as_o governor_n in_o these_o church_n do_v prescribe_v the_o very_a duty_n of_o bishop_n he_o do_v presuppose_v they_o bishop_n but_o paul_n do_v so_o for_o what_o be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n beside_o teach_v but_o to_o ordain_v and_o govern_v and_o govern_v with_o singularity_n of_o pre-eminence_n and_o maioritie_n of_o power_n in_o comparison_n of_o other_o now_o these_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v in_o charge_n tit._n 1.5_o 1._o tim._n 5.22_o 1._o tim._n 1.3.11_o 2._o tim._n 2.16_o ergo._n 3_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v write_v to_o inform_v not_o only_a timothy_n and_o titus_n but_o in_o they_o all_o their_o successor_n who_o be_v diocesan_n bishop_n those_o be_v write_v to_o diocesan_n bishop_n but_o these_o be_v so_o ergo_fw-la to_o diocesan_n bishop_n now_o that_o diocesan_n bishop_n be_v their_o successor_n be_v prove_v 1._o either_o they_o or_o presbyter_n or_o congregation_n not_o the_o latter_a 2._o again_o those_o who_o do_v 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