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new_a proconsular_a asia_n and_o withal_o retain_v the_o pre-eminence_n which_o former_o it_o have_v above_o all_o the_o city_n of_o the_o old_a whereof_o we_o may_v see_v the_o testimony_n aswell_o of_o b_o ephâ—s_v chrysostom_n and_o other_o of_o the_o ancient_a who_o write_v upon_o the_o epistle_n of_o s_o paul_n to_o the_o ephesian_n as_o of_o the_o emperor_n c_o chalcedon_n theodosius_n in_o the_o letter_n whereby_o he_o summon_v dioscorus_n and_o other_o bishop_n to_o appear_v at_o the_o second_o council_n at_o ephesus_n assemble_v by_o he_o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n ccccxlix_o whence_o he_o that_o write_v the_o book_n of_o the_o place_n mention_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n false_o father_v upon_o s._n hierom_n say_v that_o d_o oâ—era_fw-la where_o the_o city_n of_o ephesus_n be_v there_o be_v the_o asia_n special_o so_o call_v may_v seem_v to_o have_v mean_v no_o other_o thing_n thereby_o but_o that_o the_o province_n which_o have_v ephesus_n for_o its_o 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part_n of_o asia_n minor_fw-la in_o which_o ephesus_n stand_v it_o be_v here_o also_o further_o to_o be_v note_v that_o as_o in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o annual_a precedent_n by_o aristides_n style_v h_o 13._o bishop_n be_v extend_v unto_o all_o the_o city_n that_o be_v contain_v within_o the_o limit_n of_o their_o several_a province_n and_o when_o but_o one_o metropolis_n be_v appoint_v unto_o every_o province_n wherein_o the_o governor_n be_v to_o keep_v his_o ordinary_a residence_n the_o provincial_n precedent_n have_v from_o thence_o the_o appellation_n of_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o or_o mâ—tropolitan_a judge_n as_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o novel_a of_o justinian_n the_o *_o 69._o old_a latin_a interpreter_n render_v it_o so_o in_o the_o eastern_a empire_n especial_o the_o ecclesiastical_a râ—giment_n be_v herein_o conform_v unto_o the_o civil_a there_o be_v but_o one_o 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as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o greek_a subscription_n of_o the_o first_o epistle_n unto_o timothy_n the_o §._o 41.49.53_o lateness_n whereof_o be_v thence_o right_o collect_v by_o the_o learned_a k_o 145._o cujaicus_n for_o as_o the_o distinction_n of_o phâ—ygia_n pacatiana_n and_o salutaris_fw-la be_v nowhere_o to_o be_v find_v before_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o province_n make_v by_o constantine_n so_o at_o that_o time_n also_o when_o but_o one_o metropolis_n be_v allot_v unto_o every_o province_n it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o of_o those_o two_o *_o 21._o prime_a city_n that_o be_v so_o neaâ—e_n together_o hierapolis_n which_o without_o all_o controversy_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o belong_v unto_o phrygia_n be_v not_o rather_o choose_v to_o be_v the_o mother_n city_n therein_o than_o laodicea_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o doubtful_a situation_n thereof_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v be_v indifferent_o challenge_v to_o appertain_v unto_o phrygia_n caria_n and_o lydia_n in_o 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laodicean_n and_o sisinnius_n of_o the_o hierapolitan_o either_o of_o