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day_n that_o christ_n continue_v with_o they_o it_o appear_v not_o that_o there_o be_v any_o church-officer_n beside_o they_o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v from_o any_o action_n of_o christ_n be_v collect_v that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o inequality_n among_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n doctor_n hammond_n suppose_v that_o mathias_n be_v one_o of_o the_o seventy_o who_o be_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o disciple_n or_o rather_o by_o god_n himself_o design_v and_o choose_v to_o come_v into_o the_o room_n of_o judas_n and_o this_o he_o call_v exemplum_fw-la presbyterianorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pessiâ—â—â—â—â—â—inans_n page_n 153._o but_o why_o he_o shall_v so_o call_v it_o i_o know_v not_o for_o the_o presbyterian_o do_v not_o say_v that_o there_o be_v not_o divers_a order_n in_o the_o church_n but_o only_o that_o there_o be_v not_o divers_a order_n of_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o that_o mathias_n his_o be_v choose_v from_o a_o private_a disciple_n to_o be_v a_o apostle_n shall_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v divers_a order_n of_o preach_v minister_n will_v be_v strange_a indeed_o shall_v presbyterian_o grant_v the_o bishop_n do_v succeed_v apostle_n and_o presbyter_n do_v succeed_v the_o seventy_o than_o mathias_n his_o be_v choose_v to_o be_v a_o apostle_n suppose_v he_o to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o seventy_o might_n with_o some_o colour_n be_v urge_v but_o many_o presbyterian_o there_o be_v who_o grant_v no_o such_o thing_n nor_o do_v dr._n hammond_n think_v that_o the_o seventy_o be_v presbyter_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o mission_n for_o he_o contend_v for_o the_o opinion_n of_o epiphanius_n who_o make_v seven_o of_o the_o seventy_o to_o be_v the_o man_n that_o be_v choose_v deacon_n and_o further_o add_v that_o the_o rest_n be_v make_v evangelist_n but_o that_o evangelist_n and_o deacon_n be_v much_o the_o same_o in_o idem_fw-la plane_n recidit_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la 70_o discipulos_fw-la attinet_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la evangelistarum_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la diaconatus_fw-la gradum_fw-la ascendisse_fw-la eos_fw-la dicamus_fw-la page_n 159._o yet_o he_o think_v not_o meet_v to_o quit_v christ_n make_v and_o commissionate_v of_o the_o eleven_o apostle_n till_o it_o have_v afford_v he_o a_o argument_n for_o his_o episcopacy_n which_o be_v brief_o propound_v in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o london_n minister_n page_n 4._o the_o power_n derive_v as_o from_o god_n the_o father_n to_o christ_n so_o from_o christ_n to_o the_o apostle_n be_v derive_v to_o they_o not_o as_o to_o a_o common_a council_n of_o social_a ruler_n but_o as_o so_o many_o several_a planter_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n each_o have_v all_o power_n commit_v to_o he_o and_o depend_v on_o no_o conjunction_n of_o any_o one_o or_o more_o apostle_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o it_o this_o be_v more_o large_o deduce_v in_o his_o latin_a book_n against_o blondell_n diss_n 3._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o the_o reverend_a doctor_n 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those_o word_n from_o which_o judas_n fall_v to_o come_v in_o by_o way_n of_o parenthesis_n and_o to_o refer_v the_o last_o word_n that_o he_o may_v go_v to_o his_o own_o place_n not_o to_o judas_n the_o son_n of_o perdition_n but_o to_o mathias_n or_o barsabas_n one_o of_o which_o be_v now_o to_o be_v by_o the_o lot_n fall_v on_o he_o choose_v to_o make_v up_o the_o number_n but_o who_o do_v the_o doctor_n follow_v in_o so_o do_v our_o english_a translation_n no._n his_o friend_n grotius_n neither_o his_o word_n be_v significatur_fw-la eventus_fw-la scelera_fw-la ipsius_fw-la justo_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la consecutus_fw-la proprium_fw-la i.e._n qui_fw-la ipsi_fw-la melius_fw-la conveniebat_fw-la quam_fw-la apostolica_fw-la functio_fw-la and_o both_o he_o and_o pricaeus_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o greek_a manuscript_n a_o very_a ancient_a one_o in_o which_o in_o stead_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o place_n which_o he_o deserve_v 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&_o 70_o senatoribus_fw-la manum_fw-la imposuit_fw-la qua_fw-la solennitate_fw-la peracta_fw-la statim_fw-la delapsus_fw-la aetheriis_fw-la sedibus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la pectora_fw-la eorum_fw-la implevit_fw-la &_o high_a porro_fw-la in_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la initiati_fw-la cum_fw-la essent_fw-la alios_fw-la eadem_fw-la lege_fw-la auctoraverunt_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la potuit_fw-la be_v ritus_fw-la extraterraem_fw-la sanctam_fw-la peragi_fw-la quia_fw-la vis_fw-la ejus_fw-la omnis_fw-la conclusa_fw-la palestinae_fw-la finibus_fw-la erat_fw-la perinsigne_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la r._n maimonides_n tradidit_fw-la in_o halacha_n sanh_o c._n 4._o cum_fw-la enimosim_fw-la solennem_fw-la hunc_fw-la actum_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la svo_fw-la omnes_fw-la celebrarent_fw-la quibus_fw-la imposita_fw-la semel_fw-la manus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la coarctatum_fw-la esse_fw-la id_fw-la jus_o a_o sapientibus_fw-la esse_fw-la ait_fw-la constitutumque_fw-la uti_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nemo_fw-la 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