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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o both_o place_n thereby_o mean_v the_o great_a council_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n a_o college_n or_o company_n of_o officer_n to_o who_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v commit_v here_o be_v the_o original_a both_o of_o the_o name_n and_o thing_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v derive_v as_o most_o other_o thing_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a government_n be_v unto_o the_o christian_a church_n which_o in_o like_a manner_n have_v its_o presbytery_n society_n and_o company_n of_o church_n officer_n to_o who_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v in_o like_a manner_n commit_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n without_o question_n be_v we_o to_o look_v upon_o the_o word_n here_o in_o the_o text_n as_o denote_v caetum_fw-la seu_fw-la collegium_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la a_o company_n of_o presbyter_n herein_o the_o generality_n of_o expositor_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a text._n presbyterium_fw-la qui_fw-la hic_fw-la collectivum_fw-la nomen_fw-la esse_fw-la putant_fw-la 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cap._n 3._o sect._n 16._o and_o that_o ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la so_o as_o the_o person_n be_v
indubiè_fw-la text._n indubiâ—_n si_fw-la idem_fw-la symbelum_fw-la rire_fw-fr administraretur_fw-la adhuc_fw-la hodie_fw-la in_o electionibus_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la oliâ—n_fw-la effet_fw-fr efficax_n si_fw-la max_fw-la i_o externa_fw-la &_o insolita_fw-la ratione_fw-la seize_v non_fw-la execeret_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n art_n com._n ad_fw-la text._n and_o without_o doubt_n say_v he_o if_o the_o sâ—â—e_z rite_n be_v in_o a_o due_a manner_n still_o abserve_v in_o the_o blection_n of_o minister_n it_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v no_o less_o effectual_a than_o heretofore_o however_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v not_o show_v himself_o in_o such_o external_a operation_n as_o then_o here_o be_v another_o use_n of_o this_o rite_n this_o ceremony_n and_o that_o a_o principal_a one_o 4._o hereby_o a_o charge_n be_v impose_v thus_o moses_n lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o joshua_n 137._o hillo_o ipso_fw-la etiam_fw-la ritu_fw-la tanquamm_n solemni_fw-la voto_fw-la &_o 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