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from_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o function_n by_o deprivation_n suspension_n or_o otherwise_o that_o their_o word_n fret_v not_o as_o a_o canker_n 17._o ii_o tim._n ii_o 17._o this_o power_n be_v give_v to_o timothy_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n he_o be_v not_o only_o to_o charge_v the_o clergy_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n that_o they_o do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o tim._n i._o 3._o but_o also_o to_o discharge_v they_o that_o do_v it_o i._o tim._n five_o i._n 3.5_o if_o any_o man_n teach_v otherwise_o from_o such_o separate_a thyself_o he_o must_v stay_v profane_a and_o vain_a babble_n ii_o tim._n ii_o 16._o put_v away_o sâ—â—lish_a question_n which_o engender_v strife_n ii_o tim._n ii_o 23._o he_o have_v authority_n to_o receive_v a_o accusation_n against_o a_o elder_a as_o his_o judge_n to_o rebuke_v open_o to_o put_v he_o in_o fear_n i._o tim._n v._o 19.20_o the_o like_a authority_n be_v commit_v to_o titus_n bishop_n of_o crete_n he_o must_v redress_v thing_n 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thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a man_n and_o a_o publican_n 10._o matth._n ix_o 10._o we_o know_v that_o heathen_n and_o publican_n be_v alien_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n 1._o luke_n xv._o 1._o they_o have_v no_o interest_n in_o god_n no_o fellowship_n with_o the_o church_n in_o the_o gospel_n common_o publican_n and_o sinner_n be_v join_v together_o and_o sometime_o publican_n and_o harlot_n and_o the_o apostle_n oppose_v sinner_n of_o the_o gentile_n to_o iâ—wes_n by_o nature_n 15._o matth._n xxi_o 31._o cal._n ii_o 15._o they_o be_v avoid_v in_o common_a conversation_n in_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o private_a table_n in_o so_o much_o that_o christ_n be_v often_o tax_v by_o the_o pharisee_n for_o eat_v with_o publican_n 19_o matth._n ix_o 11._o xi_o 19_o and_o especial_o they_o be_v seclude_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o in_o that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n put_v between_o the_o heathen_a man_n and_o the_o publican_n the_o heathen_a may_v 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thess_n iii_o 6._o withdraw_v yourselves_o from_o every_o brother_n that_o walkeeh_n inordinate_o and_o vers_fw-la 14._o have_v no_o company_n with_o they_o this_o be_v to_o esteem_v they_o as_o heathen_a man_n and_o publican_n but_o there_o be_v some_o that_o be_v worse_o to_o person_n excommunicate_a then_o either_o to_o heathen_a man_n or_o to_o publican_n who_o hate_v they_o deprive_v they_o of_o the_o society_n of_o those_o who_o be_v tie_v unto_o they_o by_o natural_a and_o civil_a obligation_n make_v a_o prey_n of_o their_o good_n land_n life_n and_o all_o and_o adjudge_v they_o unto_o hell_n yet_o christ_n say_v only_o sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la sicut_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la not_o sit_v tibi_fw-la plut_z aut_fw-la pejore_fw-la in_o loce_fw-la quam_fw-la ethuicus_fw-la let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a not_o let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o worse_o than_o a_o heathen_a whence_o will_v follow_v i._o that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o hate_v such_o man_n as_o we_o shall_v not_o hate_v 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