have_v the_o same_o which_o be_v call_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o act_n 15.36_o and_o contain_v in_o it_o as_o a_o strengthen_n or_o establish_v that_o which_o be_v already_o well_o act_n 14.22_o and_o 15.41_o revel_v 3._o 2._o so_o a_o rectify_v or_o redress_v if_o ought_v be_v defective_a or_o amiss_o tit_n 1.5_o these_o be_v call_v act_n 20.28_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o in_fw-la the_o syrian_a that_o be_v episcopi_fw-la by_o s._n john_n revel._n 1.20_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n these_o be_v set_v over_o other_o both_o to_o rule_v and_o teach_v 1._o tim:_n 5.17_o 1._o pet_n 5.2_o upon_o these_o be_v transfer_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o apostolic_a function_n the_o oversight_n of_o the_o church_n power_n of_o command_v correct_v ordain_v the_o occasion_n which_o cause_v the_o apostle_n to_o appoint_v bishop_n beside_o the_o pattern_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v schism_n such_o as_o be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n rom._n 16.17_o corinth_n 1._o cor._n 1.11_o and_o 3.3_o 4._o galatia_n gal._n 5.12_o ephesus_n ephes._n 4.2_o 3._o philippi_n phil._n 4.2_o colossi_fw-la coloss._n 3._o 13._o thessalonica_n 2._o thess._n 3.11_o the_o hebrew_n hebr._n 13.9_o iam._n 3.1_o for_o which_o s._n cyprian_n s._n hierome_n and_o all_o the_o father_n take_v the_o respect_n to_o one_o governor_n to_o be_v a_o especial_a remedy_n for_o which_o also_o see_v calvin_n instit._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o 2._o this_o power_n even_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v necessary_a 13._o for_o god_n charge_v not_o his_o church_n with_o superfluous_a burden_n yet_o have_v they_o such_o grace_n as_o power_n of_o heal_v do_v sign_n sundry_a language_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o of_o all_o other_o may_v seem_v best_a able_a to_o want_v it_o for_o by_o these_o grace_n they_o purchase_v both_o admiration_n and_o terror_n sufficient_a for_o credit_v their_o bare_a 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repress_v schism_n and_o to_o remedy_v other_o abuse_n so_o that_o the_o very_a same_o power_n at_o this_o day_n remain_v in_o the_o church_n and_o shall_v to_o the_o world_n end_n of_o the_o person_n that_o execute_v these_o office_n i_o albeit_o the_o commission_n be_v general_a over_o all_o nation_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o xii_o yet_o be_v that_o generality_n only_o by_o permission_n not_o express_v mandatory_a else_o shall_v they_o have_v sin_v that_o go_v not_o through_o all_o nation_n therefore_o howsoever_o the_o commission_n be_v to_o all_o nation_n yet_o be_v it_o leave_v to_o their_o discretion_n how_o and_o in_o what_o sort_n they_o will_v dispose_v themselves_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v direct_v they_o so_o that_o the_o partition_n gal._n 2._o 9_o betwixt_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n be_v lawful_a and_o good_a and_o no_o way_n derogatory_a to_o item_fw-la predicate_v go_v teach_v all_o nation_n further_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n do_v testify_v that_o they_o part_v the_o coast_n and_o country_n of_o the_o world_n among_o they_o by_o common_a advice_n and_o so_o sever_v themselves_o peter_n to_o pontus_n galatia_n cappadocia_n john_n to_o asia_n parthia_n andrew_n to_o scythia_n pontus_n euxinus_n and_o byzantium_n philip_n to_o upper_a asia_n and_o to_o hierapolis_n thomas_n to_o india_n persia_n and_o the_o magi_n bartholomew_n to_o armenia_n lycaonia_n india_n âiterior_a matthew_n to_o aethiopia_n simeon_n to_o mesopotamia_n persia_n egypt_n africa_n britain_n thaddaeus_n to_o arabia_n idumaea_n mesopotamia_n mathias_n to_o aethiopia_n ii_o again_o albeit_o their_o preach_n be_v for_o the_o most_o ambulatory_a yet_o do_v the_o same_o history_n witness_v that_o have_v settle_v religion_n and_o bring_v the_o church_n to_o some_o stay_n towards_o their_o end_n they_o betake_v themselves_o to_o residence_n in_o some_o one_o place_n diverse_a of_o they_o as_o s._n james_n at_o jerusalem_n euseb._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o epiphan._n haer._n 66._o hierome_n s._n john_n at_o ephesus_n euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 26._o tertullian_n lib._n 4._o contra_fw-la martion_n hierome_n s._n peter_n first_o at_o antioch_n and_o after_o at_o rome_n which_o place_n be_v more_o especial_o account_v their_o see_n and_o the_o church_n themselves_o after_o a_o more_o especial_a manner_n be_v call_v apostolic_a sedes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la augustin_n epist._n 42._o ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la tertullian_n iii_o three_o it_o be_v also_o plain_a that_o the_o apostle_n choose_v unto_o they_o as_o helper_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o divers_a who_o be_v companion_n with_o they_o in_o their_o journey_n minister_v unto_o they_o and_o supply_v their_o absence_n in_o diverse_a church_n when_o they_o themselves_o be_v occasion_v to_o depart_v such_o be_v apollo_n act._n 19.1_o 1._o cor._n 3.6_o aquila_n rom._n 16.3_o archippus_n philem._n 2._o colos._n 4._o 17._o aristarchus_n act._n 20.4_o clemens_n phil._n 4.3_o crescens_n 2._o tim._n 4.10_o demetrius_n 3._o john_n 12._o epaphras_n colos._n 4.12_o and_o 1.7_o and_o philem._n 24._o epaphroditus_n ph._n 2.23_o epaenetus_n rom._n 16.5_o erastus_n act._n 19.22_o gaius_n act._n 20.4_o jesus_n justus_n col._n 4.11_o john_n mark_n act._n 13.5_o and_o 15.37_o and_o philem._n 24._o lucas_n philem._n 24._o col._n 4.14_o secundus_fw-la act._n 20.4_o silvanus_n 1._o pet._n 5._o 12._o 1._o thess._n 1._o 1._o 2._o thess._n 1.1_o sopater_n act._n 20.4_o sosthenes_n 1._o cor._n 1.1_o stephanas_fw-la 1._o cor._n 16._o 15._o timotheus_n act._n 19.22_o and_o 20.4_o titus_n 2._o cor._n 8.23_o trophimus_n act._n 20.4_o tychicus_n act._n 20.4_o urbanus_n rom._n 16.9_o of_o who_o eusebius_n lib._n 3._o hist._n cap._n 4._o euthymius_n in_fw-la tertium_fw-la iohannis_fw-la isidorus_n de_fw-fr patrib_n and_o dorothei_n synopsis_fw-la to_o two_o of_o these_o timothy_n and_o titus_n the_o one_o at_o ephesus_n the_o other_o at_o crete_n euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o the_o apostle_n impart_v their_o own_o commission_n while_o they_o yet_o live_v even_o the_o chief_a authority_n they_o have_v to_o appoint_v priest_n tit._n 1.5_o and_o hieron._n in_fw-la eum_fw-la locum_fw-la to_o ordain_v they_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n 1._o tim._n 5.22_o 2._o tim._n 2.2_o to_o keep_v safe_a and_o preserve_v the_o depositum_fw-la 1._o tim._n 6.14_o 20.2_o tim._n 1.14_o to_o command_v not_o to_o teach_v other_o thing_n 1._o tim._n 1.3_o tit._n 3.9.2_o tim._n 2.16_o to_o receive_v accusation_n 1._o tim._n 5.19_o 21._o to_o redress_v or_o correct_v thing_n amiss_o tit._n 1.5_o to_o reject_v young_a widow_n 1._o tim._n 5.11_o to_o censure_n heretic_n and_o disorder_a person_n tit_n 1.11_o and_o 3.10.1_o tim:_n 6.5.2_o tim._n 3.5_o and_o these_o after_o the_o apostle_n decease_v succeed_v they_o in_o their_o charge_n of_o government_n which_o be_v ordinary_a successive_a and_o perpetual_a their_o extraordinary_a gift_n of_o miracle_n and_o tongue_n cease_v with_o they_o so_o irenaeus_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o quos_fw-la et_fw-la successores_fw-la relinquebant_fw-la suum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la locum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la tradentes_fw-la of_o the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o their_o name_n these_o be_v they_o who_o posterity_n call_v bishop_n but_o in_o the_o beginning_n regard_n be_v not_o have_v to_o distinction_n of_o name_n the_o authority_n and_o power_n be_v ever_o distinct_a the_o name_n not_o restrain_v either_o in_o this_o or_o other_o the_o apostle_n be_v call_v priest_n or_o senior_n 1._o pet._n 5.1_o deacon_n or_o minister_n 1._o cor._n 3.5_o teacher_n or_o doctor_n 1._o tim._n 2.7_o bishop_n or_o overseer_n act_n 1.20_o prophet_n act_n 13.1_o revel._n 22.9_o evangelist_n 1._o cor._n 9.16_o the_o name_n of_o apostle_n be_v enlarge_v and_o make_v common_a to_o more_o than_o the_o xii_o to_o barnabas_n act._n 14.4_o 14._o andronicus_n rom._n 16.7_o epaphroditus_n phil._n 2._o 25._o titus_n and_o other_o 2._o cor._n 8.23_o timothy_n hieron_n in_o cant._n chr._n euseb._n the_o
priest_n be_v call_v prophet_n 1._o cor._n 14.32_o bishop_n philip_n 1.1_o tit._n 1.7_o so_o chrysostom_n in_o philip_n 1._o quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la a_o unius_fw-la civitatis_fw-la multi_fw-la erant_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nequaquà m_fw-la sed_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la isto_fw-la nomine_fw-la appellavit_fw-la tune_n enim_fw-la nomina_fw-la adhuc_fw-la erant_fw-la communia_fw-la hierome_n hîc_fw-la episcopos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la in_fw-la unâ_fw-la urbe_fw-la plures_fw-la episcopi_fw-la esse_fw-la potuissent_fw-la theodoret_n non_fw-la fieri_fw-la quidem_fw-la poterat_fw-la ut_fw-la multi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la essent_fw-la unius_fw-la civitatis_fw-la pastor_fw-la quo_fw-la fit_fw-la ut_fw-la essent_fw-la soli_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la quos_fw-la vocavit_fw-la episcopos_fw-la and_o in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o eosdem_fw-la olim_fw-la vocabant_fw-la episcopos_fw-la et_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la eos_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la vocantur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nominabant_fw-la apostolos_fw-la oecumânius_n non_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_fw-la unâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la multi_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o in_o the_o apostle_n absence_n in_o church_n new_a plant_v the_o oversight_n be_v in_o they_o till_o the_o apostle_n ordain_v and_o send_v they_o a_o bishop_n either_o by_o reason_n of_o some_o schism_n or_o for_o other_o cause_n the_o bishop_n as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n recount_v they_o be_v call_v apostle_n philip_n 2.25_o evangelist_n 2._o tim._n 4.5_o diaconi_fw-la 1._o tim._n 4.6_o priest_n 1._o tim._n 5.17_o for_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o epistle_n of_o irenaeus_n to_o victor_n in_o eusebius_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 26._o that_o they_o at_o the_o beginning_n be_v call_v priest_n that_o in_o very_a truth_n and_o propriety_n of_o speech_n be_v bishop_n and_o by_o theodoret_n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o that_o they_o which_o be_v bishop_n be_v at_o the_o first_o call_v apostle_n the_o name_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o say_v suidas_n be_v give_v by_o the_o athenian_n to_o they_o which_o be_v send_v to_o oversee_v the_o city_n that_o be_v under_o their_o jurisdiction_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o suid._n in_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o the_o name_n episcopus_fw-la be_v give_v among_o the_o roman_n to_o he_o qui_fw-la praeerat_fw-la pani_fw-la et_fw-la vaenalibus_fw-la ad_fw-la victum_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la ff._n de_fw-fr munerib_o and_o honorib_o cicero_n ad_fw-la atticum_fw-la lib._n 7._o epist._n 10._o vult_fw-la i_o pompeius_n esse_fw-la quem_fw-la tota_fw-la haec_fw-la campania_n and_o maritima_fw-la ora_fw-la habeat_fw-la episcopum_fw-la the_o name_n in_o hebrew_a {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o gen._n 41.34_o seem_v to_o have_v relation_n to_o the_o second_o use_n for_o they_o be_v such_o as_o have_v charge_n of_o the_o grain_n lay_v up_o and_o sell_v under_o joseph_n the_o necessary_a use_n of_o the_o bishop_n office_n and_o the_o charge_n commit_v to_o he_o the_o party_n who_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v call_v episcopus_fw-la be_v in_o the_o old_a call_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o psal._n 109.8_o with_o act._n 1.20_o in_o a_o house_n or_o family_n it_o be_v first_o affirm_v of_o joseph_n gen._n 39.4_o who_o have_v the_o oversight_n and_o government_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o servant_n in_o a_o house_n there_o may_v be_v many_o servant_n which_o have_v place_n of_o charge_n but_o there_o be_v one_o that_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o all_o that_o be_v oeconomus_fw-la the_o steward_n so_o do_v the_o apostle_n term_v themselves_o 1._o cor._n 4.1_o and_o their_o office_n 1._o cor._n 9.17_o and_o their_o successor_n the_o bishop_n tit._n 1.7_o vid._n hilar._n in_fw-la matth._n 24.45_o in_o a_o flock_n the_o pastor_n ioh._n 21.15_o act._n 20.28_o mat._n euagrium_fw-la 25.32.1_o pet._n 5.2_o ephes._n 4.11_o in_o a_o camp_n the_o captain_n matth._n 2.6_o hebr._n 13.7_o 17_o 24._o in_o a_o ship_n the_o governor_n 1._o cor._n 12.28_o under_o who_o other_o act._n 13.5_o in_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v set_v over_o officer_n to_o hasten_v they_o forward_o and_o see_v they_o do_v their_o duty_n as_o in_o 2._o chron._n 34.12_o and_o 31._o 13._o nehem._n 11.22_o and_o 12.42_o so_o that_o what_o a_o steward_n be_v in_o a_o house_n a_o pastor_n in_o a_o flock_n a_o captain_n in_o a_o camp_n a_o master_n in_o a_o ship_n a_o surveyor_n in_o a_o office_n that_o be_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o ministry_n upon_o he_o lie_v to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n under_o he_o 2._o cor._n 11.28_o philip_n 2.20.1_o pet._n 5.2_o concil._n antiochen_v can._n 9_o and_o for_o that_o end_n to_o visit_v they_o act._n 9.32_o and_o 15.36_o and_o to_o be_v observant_a of_o that_o which_o be_v well_o and_o orderly_a to_o confirm_v it_o act._n 15.41_o revel._n 3.2_o otherwise_o to_o redress_v it_o tit._n 1.5_o to_o he_o be_v commit_v 1._o authority_n of_o ordain_v tit._n 1.5_o and_o so_o of_o beget_v father_n epiph._n haeres_fw-la 75._o see_v ambrose_n theodoret_n and_o oecumenius_n in_o 1._o timoth._n 3._o damasus_n epist._n 3._o hierome_n epist._n 85._o ad_fw-la evagr._n leo_n epist._n 88_o concil._n ancyran_a can._n 12._o al._n 13._o for_o though_o s._n paul_n shall_v mention_v a_o companic_n with_o he_o at_o the_o ordain_n of_o timothy_n 1._o tim._n 4.14_o yet_o it_o follow_v not_o but_o that_o he_o only_o be_v the_o ordeyner_n no_o more_o then_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o only_a judge_n although_o the_o xii_o shall_v sit_v with_o he_o on_o throne_n luc._n 22.30_o ii_o authority_n of_o enjoin_v or_o forbid_v 1._o tim._n 1.3_o ignat._n ad_fw-la magnesian_n cyprian_a epist._n 39_o iii_o authority_n of_o hold_v court_n and_o receive_v accusation_n 1._o tim._n 5.19.1_o cor._n 5.12_o revel._n 2.2_o augustin_n de_fw-fr opere_fw-la monachor_n cap._n 29._o iv._o authority_n of_o correct_v 1._o tim._n 1.3_o tit._n 1.5_o hieron._n contra_fw-la lucifer_n cap._n 4._o and_o epist._n 53._o ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la cyprian_a ep._n 38._o ad_fw-la rogatianum_fw-la v._n authority_n of_o appoint_v faââs_n tertullian_n advers._n psychicos_fw-la finis_fw-la prov._n 32._o 15._o 2._o cor._n 8.18_o dan._n 12.3_o iob._n 13_o 7._o rom_n 3.17_o iob._n 40.4_o 5._o psal._n 72.3_o 6._o psal._n 122.6_o *_o antiquit._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o *_o ix._o *_o exod._n 15.27_o num._n 33.9_o act._n 5.5_o 15._o 13._o 11._o 2._o 11._o 10._o 46._o 14._o 11._o 8._o 13._o 5.11_o 13._o vid._n âieronym_n epist._n 4._o ad_fw-la rusticum_n cap._n 6._o and_o epist._n 8â_z ad_fw-la euagrium_fw-la
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