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impli_v that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o pastor_n or_o by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o magistrate_n or_o both_o if_o this_o power_n that_o christ_n have_v give_v his_o servant_n may_v be_v take_v from_o they_o in_o its_o exercise_n it_o be_v very_o fit_a we_o shall_v know_v to_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v leave_n to_o do_v this_o i_o believe_v and_o have_v prove_v that_o no_o man_n may_v do_v it_o but_o if_o it_o may_v be_v do_v sure_o it_o be_v not_o thus_o leave_v at_o random_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v primi_fw-la occupantis_fw-la pastor_n themselves_o can_v do_v it_o for_o they_o have_v get_v the_o charge_n and_o they_o not_o the_o bishop_n who_o they_o entrust_v must_v give_v a_o account_n the_o magistrate_n may_v not_o do_v it_o for_o he_o be_v no_o ruler_n of_o the_o church_n but_o this_o be_v the_o high_a act_n of_o rule_v the_o church_n and_o of_o rule_v and_o dispose_n of_o the_o ruler_n of_o it_o as_o he_o please_v and_o if_o neither_o 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worldly_a to_o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v not_o be_v but_o they_o design_v a_o supremacy_n in_o that_o respect_n also_o not_o main_o both_o because_o they_o can_v not_o but_o know_v that_o their_o main_a work_n both_o in_o teach_v and_o rule_v be_v to_o be_v about_o the_o thing_n of_o eternity_n as_o also_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o luk._n 22.24_o that_o their_o contention_n be_v about_o supremacy_n in_o a_o power_n that_o then_o they_o have_v begin_v to_o be_v partaker_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o they_o know_v very_o well_o that_o yet_o they_o have_v no_o civil_a power_n see_v than_o they_o contend_v about_o eccl_n siastical_a supremacy_n and_o christ_n answer_n be_v suit_v to_o their_o intention_n and_o do_v whole_o discharge_v that_o power_n whereof_o it_o speak_v the_o first_o of_o which_o i_o have_v prove_v the_o two_o latter_a mr._n still_o have_v confess_v it_o follow_v that_o christ_n do_v here_o forbid_v all_o superiority_n of_o the_o apostle_n one_o over_o another_o so_o that_o not_o only_a christ_n have_v not_o set_v one_o over_o the_o rest_n but_o he_o will_v not_o permit_v themselves_o to_o do_v it_o if_o they_o will_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o simple_a forbid_v of_o it_o hence_o i_o infer_v the_o argument_n to_o our_o purpose_n thus_o if_o the_o apostle_n who_o have_v receive_v equal_a power_n from_o christ_n may_v not_o delegate_v that_o power_n to_o one_o who_o they_o may_v set_v up_o as_o chief_a then_o presbyter_n may_v not_o do_v this_o neither_o ergo_fw-la imparity_n of_o presbyter_n be_v unlawful_a the_o consequence_n be_v evident_a the_o antecedent_n i_o prove_v from_o parity_n of_o reason_n it_o be_v not_o immaginable_a that_o presbyter_n may_v set_v one_o of_o themselves_o over_o themselves_o and_o that_o bishop_n may_v not_o do_v the_o like_a and_o apostle_n the_o like_a see_v order_n may_v require_v the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o yea_o second_o if_o there_o be_v a_o disparity_n of_o reason_n it_o make_v much_o for_o we_o for_o sure_a the_o apostle_n have_v more_o liberty_n of_o manage_v that_o power_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o christ_n by_o prudence_n than_o pastor_n now_o have_v wherefore_o they_o may_v far_o rather_o restrain_v the_o exercise_n of_o it_o in_o themselves_o if_o they_o see_v cause_n than_o we_o may_v do_v 3._o i_o hope_v it_o will_v not_o be_v deny_v that_o what_o be_v here_o say_v to_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o say_v to_o they_o as_o apostle_n but_o as_o officer_n of_o the_o church_n who_o have_v receive_v the_o same_o power_n from_o christ_n that_o it_o be_v no_o temporary_a but_o a_o abide_a precept_n and_o therefore_o if_o it_o forbid_v superiority_n among_o the_o apostle_n so_o do_v it_o among_o presbyter_n mr._n still_o p._n 220._o object_v thus_o '_o this_o place_n do_v no_o way_n imply_v a_o prohibition_n of_o all_o inequality_n among_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n for_o then_o the_o apostle_n power_n over_o ordinary_a pastor_n shall_v be_v forbid_v ans_fw-fr concedo_fw-la totum_fw-la we_o also_o grant_v inequality_n among_o pastor_n and_o elder_n but_o that_o which_o we_o plead_v be_v that_o here_o be_v forbid_v a_o inequality_n among_o they_o who_o be_v of_o the_o same_o order_n that_o when_o christ_n have_v give_v man_n the_o same_o power_n and_o office_n as_o he_o do_v to_o the_o apostle_n they_o may_v not_o usurp_v power_n one_o over_o another_o nor_o take_v it_o though_o other_o will_v give_v it_o they_o this_o be_v clear_o prove_v from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v and_o further_o it_o may_v be_v hence_o also_o conclude_v that_o the_o inequality_n which_o be_v among_o church-officer_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v such_o as_o be_v among_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n where_o a_o single_a person_n may_v have_v his_o under-officer_n at_o his_o command_n but_o that_o inequality_n must_v be_v of_o one_o order_n above_o another_o in_o place_n and_o rank_n both_o which_o do_v concur_v joint_o to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o church_n and_o thus_o also_o episcopacy_n be_v here_o make_v unlawful_a that_o pride_n and_o ambition_n be_v here_o forbid_a i_o ready_o grant_v he_o but_o that_o these_o be_v not_o only_o forbid_v be_v clear_a from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v sect._n 2._o the_o next_o place_n that_o he_o consider_v be_v mat._n 18.15_o 16_o 17._o where_o after_o private_a admonition_n be_v use_v in_o vain_a we_o be_v command_v to_o tell_v the_o church_n and_o they_o who_o do_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v count_v as_o heathen_n and_o publican_n that_o which_o he_o first_o bring_v for_o a_o answer_n to_o this_o place_n be_v that_o because_o man_n of_o all_o opinion_n about_o church-government_n make_v use_v of_o it_o to_o establish_v their_o opinion_n therefore_o no_o argument_n may_v be_v draw_v from_o it_o for_o any_o opinion_n this_o unhappy_a way_n of_o reason_v i_o have_v meet_v with_o before_o and_o insist_v not_o now_o on_o it_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n way_n i_o perceive_v to_o raise_v contention_n about_o truth_n among_o some_o and_o have_v do_v this_o to_o tempt_v other_o by_o these_o contention_n to_o schism_n and_o slight_n of_o truth_n but_o we_o must_v not_o quit_v the_o light_n hold_v forth_o in_o this_o scripture_n because_o man_n have_v darken_v it_o by_o their_o raise_n dust_n about_o it_o let_v we_o search_v the_o more_o sober_o and_o careful_o not_o cast_v away_o the_o truth_n for_o this_o yet_o for_o all_o divers_a opinion_n that_o have_v be_v broach_v about_o this_o place_n mr._n still_v have_v a_o new_a one_o of_o his_o own_o which_o i_o shall_v brief_o examine_v the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o place_n he_o say_v well_o lie_v in_o these_o two_o 1._o what_o be_v the_o offence_n here_o speak_v of_o 2._o what_o be_v the_o church_n mention_v for_o the_o first_o he_o assert_v with_o more_o confidence_n than_o strength_n of_o reason_n when_o he_o say_v it_o be_v evident_a to_o any_o unprejudicate_v mind_n that_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o of_o scandal_n but_o of_o private_a offence_n and_o injury_n this_o he_o prove_v p._n 222._o his_o argument_n we_o shall_v consider_v after_o for_o the_o church_n he_o propose_v at_o length_n the_o erastian_n opinion_n as_o very_o plausible_a yet_o at_o last_o reject_v it_o p._n 224_o 225._o and_o return_n to_o the_o offence_n p._n 226._o which_o though_o he_o make_v to_o be_v private_a difference_n and_o quarrel_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o have_v they_o to_o be_v law-suit_n nor_o civil_a cause_n but_o such_o difference_n as_o respect_v person_n and_o not_o thing_n and_o then_o he_o determine_v p._n 227._o that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o here_o any_o juridical_a court_n act_v by_o authority_n but_o a_o select_a company_n who_o by_o arbitration_n may_v compose_v and_o end_v the_o difference_n and_o so_o conclude_v p._n 228._o that_o here_o be_v nothing_o about_o church-government_n though_o by_o analogy_n some_o thing_n about_o it_o may_v be_v hence_o draw_v this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o this_o opinion_n which_o i_o shall_v first_o refute_v and_o then_o consider_v his_o ground_n for_o it_o sect._n 3_o and_o first_o of_o all_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v that_o this_o learned_a author_n shall_v with_o so_o much_o confidence_n deny_v this_o place_n to_o speak_v of_o church-government_n and_o nor_o say_v something_o in_o answer_n to_o the_o many_o argument_n for_o establish_v a_o form_n of_o government_n which_o be_v draw_v from_o it_o by_o many_o learned_a man_n as_o gillespy_n in_o his_o aaron_n rod._n rutherford_n in_o his_o jus_fw-la divin_n reg._n eccles_n beza_n de_fw-fr excom_n &_o presbyt_fw-la cawdry_n of_o church-reformation_n and_o other_o presbyterian_o beside_o many_o author_n of_o other_o judgement_n what_o be_v all_o their_o argument_n unworthy_a to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o and_o easy_o blow_v away_o with_o mr._n still_o his_o bare_a assertion_n for_o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o matter_n of_o offence_n speak_v of_o in_o this_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o aim_v at_o 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scripture_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n then_o common_a be_v not_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o christ_n have_v make_v this_o sense_n common_a among_o they_o neither_o must_v we_o understand_v the_o word_n as_o it_o be_v then_o common_o apprehend_v among_o the_o jew_n but_o as_o it_o be_v apprehend_v among_o christ_n ordinary_a hearer_n who_o be_v in_o expectation_n of_o another_o church_n and_o another_o way_n of_o government_n in_o it_o to_o be_v set_v up_o than_o be_v then_o among_o the_o jew_n i_o find_v no_o more_o in_o the_o author_n that_o be_v argumentative_a either_o against_o our_o opinion_n of_o this_o text_n or_o for_o his_o own_o he_o conclude_v p._n 228._o that_o this_o place_n though_o it_o speak_v not_o of_o church-government_n yet_o it_o may_v have_v some_o influence_n on_o it_o by_o way_n of_o analogy_n viz._n in_o prove_v 1._o gradual_a appeal_n 2._o church-censure_n 3._o the_o lawfulness_n of_o excommunication_n this_o he_o yield_v at_o least_o that_o 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signify_v nothing_o or_o that_o they_o mean_v somewhat_o but_o no_o man_n can_v know_v what_o it_o be_v or_o that_o we_o may_v come_v to_o know_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o they_o the_o former_a two_o be_v foul_a reflection_n on_o the_o author_n of_o holy_a scripture_n yea_o it_o be_v a_o reflection_n on_o a_o man_n to_o speak_v or_o write_v in_o a_o book_n design_v for_o instruction_n that_o which_o either_o have_v no_o meaning_n or_o such_o as_o can_v be_v know_v the_o 3d_o contradict_v our_o author_n assertion_n his_o proof_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o signification_n of_o these_o name_n we_o have_v meet_v with_o before_o in_o the_o like_a case_n it_o be_v a_o most_o unhappy_a and_o inconsequential_a reason_n man_n have_v divers_a way_n understand_v these_o word_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ergo_fw-la they_o can_v be_v understand_v at_o all_o they_o must_v have_v a_o meaning_n and_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o search_v it_o out_o however_o man_n differ_v about_o it_o there_o be_v better_a reason_n bring_v by_o presbyterian_o to_o prove_v that_o these_o two_o name_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o be_v incumbent_a on_o this_o author_n to_o answer_v and_o not_o to_o shift_v the_o matter_n with_o say_v that_o other_o man_n think_v otherwise_o i_o shall_v give_v but_o this_o instance_n or_o hint_n which_o may_v satisfy_v any_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n in_o scripture_n tit._n 2._o the_o apostle_n leave_v in_o crete_n titus_n to_o ordain_v elder_n or_o presbyter_n verse_n 5._o and_o tell_v he_o how_o they_o must_v be_v qualify_v verse_n 6_o and_o give_v this_o reason_n why_o they_o must_v have_v such_o qualification_n verse_n 7._o for_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a if_o a_o bishop_n be_v another_o thing_n than_o a_o presbyter_n to_o what_o purpose_n be_v this_o reason_n here_o bring_v ergo_fw-la they_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o if_o any_o affirm_v that_o these_o word_n signify_v different_a thing_n in_o any_o place_n of_o scripture_n let_v he_o prove_v it_o and_o we_o shall_v yield_v the_o cause_n i_o may_v also_o show_v that_o the_o same_o office_n and_o work_n be_v every_o where_o in_o scripture_n lay_v on_o both_o these_o and_o that_o never_o any_o thing_n be_v give_v to_o the_o one_o but_o what_o be_v give_v to_o the_o other_o but_o this_o have_v be_v do_v and_o other_o argument_n manage_v full_o by_o our_o writer_n against_o episcopacy_n neither_o have_v mr._n still_v have_v the_o confidence_n to_o answer_v they_o though_o destroy_v this_o his_o assertion_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v supersede_n this_o labour_n for_o the_o name_n of_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n the_o argument_n bring_v from_o it_o be_v not_o we_o but_o our_o opposite_n sect._n 12._o his_o 2d_o argument_n for_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o apostolical_a practice_n p._n 290._o
of_o presbyter_n act_v in_o a_o society_n where_o they_o can_v be_v have_v and_o single_o where_o more_o can_v not_o be_v and_o that_o they_o never_o settle_v it_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o bishop_n rule_v over_o presbyter_n all_o this_o be_v evident_a from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v he_o take_v occasion_n p._n 336_o etc._n etc._n to_o speak_v against_o the_o office_n of_o ruling-elders_a in_o the_o church_n in_o which_o dispute_n he_o touch_v not_o any_o except_o one_o scripture_n of_o those_o argument_n which_o be_v bring_v by_o the_o defender_n of_o that_o office_n which_o be_v but_o a_o slight_a way_n of_o dispute_v against_o any_o opinion_n it_o be_v not_o needful_a to_o our_o design_n to_o handle_v this_o debate_n full_o till_o that_o be_v answer_v which_o be_v write_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o assertion_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o ruling-elders_a and_o deacon_n by_o the_o london_n minister_n 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