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be_v send_v out_o by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n more_o eminent_o &_o peculiarly_a then_o former_o for_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n act_n 13._o 1_o 2_o 3_o in_o this_o undertake_n in_o the_o space_n of_o a_o year_n or_o two_o he_o preach_v &_o gather_a church_n whereof_o express_a mention_n be_v make_v at_o salamis_n act_n 13._o 5_o in_o the_o isle_n of_o paphosv_n 6_o at_o perga_n in_o pamphilia_n 13_o at_o antioch_n in_o pisidia_n 14_o at_o iconium_n chap_n 14._o 1_o at_o lystra_n and_o derbe_n v_o 6_o and_o at_o perga_n 26_o in_o all_o these_o place_n gather_v some_o believer_n to_o christ_n who_o before_o they_o return_v to_o antioch_n he_o visit_v all_o over_o the_o second_o time_n and_o settle_a elder_n in_o the_o several_a congregation_n chap_n 14._o 21_o 22_o 23_o in_o this_o journey_n and_o travel_v for_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o seem_v in_o all_o place_n to_o have_v be_v follow_v almost_o at_o the_o heel_n by_o the_o profess_v pharisee_n who_o impose_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o observation_n of_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n upon_o his_o new_a convert_v for_o instant_o upon_o his_o return_n to_o antioch_n where_o during_o his_o absence_n probable_o they_o have_v much_o prevail_v he_o fall_v into_o dispute_n with_o they_o cap_n 15._o v._n 1_o and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o concern_v in_o this_o controversy_n only_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n himself_o inform_v we_o gal_n 2._o 4_o affirm_v that_o the_o false_a brethren_n which_o cause_v those_o dispute_n &_o dissension_n creep_v in_o to_o spy_v out_o his_o liberty_n in_o his_o preach_v the_o gospel_n among_o the_o gentile_n 2._o five_o that_o be_v in_o the_o place_n before_o mention_v throughout_o a_o great_a part_n of_o asia_n for_o the_o appease_n of_o this_o difference_n and_o the_o establish_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o disciple_n which_o be_v grievious_o perplex_v with_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o moysaicall_a yoke_n it_o be_v determine_v that_o the_o case_n shall_v be_v resolve_v by_o the_o apostle_n act_n 15._o 2_o partly_o because_o of_o their_o authority_n in_o all_o the_o church_n wherein_o those_o who_o contend_v with_o paul_n will_v be_v compel_v to_o acquiesce_v &_o partly_o because_o those_o judaize_v teacher_n pretend_v the_o commission_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o the_o doctrine_n they_o preach_v as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o disclaimure_n make_v by_o they_o of_o any_o such_o commission_n or_o command_n shall_fw-mi 24._o upon_o paul_n return_n from_o the_o assembly_n at_o jerusalem_n wherein_o the_o great_a controversy_n about_o jewish_a ceremony_n be_v state_v and_o determine_v after_o he_o have_v in_o the_o first_o place_n deliver_v the_o decree_n and_o apostolical_a salutation_n by_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n at_o antioch_n he_o go_v with_o they_o also_o to_o the_o church_n in_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n express_v in_o the_o letter_n by_o name_n as_o also_o to_o those_o in_o pamphilia_n pisidia_n derbe_n lystra_n iconium_n etc._n etc._n chap_n 16._o five_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o and_o all_o the_o church_n which_o he_o have_v gather_v and_o plant_v in_o his_o travel_n through_o asia_n whereunto_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n act_n 13._o 1._o 2._o thing_n be_v thus_o state_v it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v institute_v diocesan_n and_o metropolitan_a bishop_n for_o though_o the_o church_n be_v so_o small_a and_o thin_a and_o few_o in_o number_n that_o 7_o year_n after_o this_o may_v we_o believe_v our_o doctor_n the_o apostle_n have_v not_o institute_v or_o appoint_v any_o elder_n or_o presbyter_n in_o they_o viz_o when_o paul_n write_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o philippian_n which_o be_v when_o he_o be_v prisoner_n in_o rome_n as_o appear_v cap_n 1_o 7_o 13_o 14_o chap_n 4_o 22_o about_o the_o three_o year_n of_o nero_n yet_o that_o he_o have_v full_o build_v and_o settle_v the_o hierarchical_a fabric_n contend_v for_o who_o once_o dare_v question_n audacia_fw-la creditur_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la fiducia_fw-la but_o if_o this_o will_v not_o do_v yet_o ignatius_n hit_v the_o nail_n on_o the_o head_n and_o be_v ready_a at_o hand_n to_o make_v good_a whatsoever_o the_o doctor_n will_v have_v he_o say_v and_o his_o testimony_n take_v up_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o 2_o next_o follow_v section_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v as_o follow_v hinc_fw-la dicti_fw-la ignatianiratio_fw-la constat_fw-la in_o epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la ubi_fw-la ille_fw-la antiochiae_fw-la episcopus_fw-la se_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pastorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o syriâ_fw-la appellet_fw-la cùm_fw-la ad_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la sci_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la metropolin_n svam_fw-la tota_fw-la syria_n pertineret_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o author_n epistolae_fw-la ad_fw-la antiochenos_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eam_fw-la inseribens_fw-la totam_fw-la syriam_fw-la ejus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la concludit_fw-la but_o yet_o i_o fear_v the_o doctor_n will_v find_v he_o have_v need_n of_o other_o weapon_n and_o other_o manner_n of_o assistance_n to_o make_v good_a the_o cause_n he_o have_v undertake_v the_o word_n of_o ignatius_n in_o that_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o recommend_v to_o they_o that_o particular_a church_n in_o syria_n which_o by_o his_o imprisonment_n be_v deprive_v of_o its_o pastor_n therefore_o without_o doubt_n he_o be_v a_o metropolitical_a archbishop_n tytere_o tu_fw-la patulae_fw-la &c_n &c_n but_o the_o doctor_n be_v resolve_v to_o carry_v his_o cause_n and_o therefore_o be_v forsake_v of_o all_o fair_a and_o honest_a mean_n from_o whence_o he_o may_v hope_v for_o assistance_n or_o success_n he_o try_v as_o saul_n the_o witch_n of_o endor_n the_o counterfeit_a spurious_a title_n of_o a_o counterfeit_a epistle_n to_o the_o antiochian_o to_o see_v if_o that_o will_v speak_v any_o comfortable_a word_n for_o his_o relief_n or_o no._n and_o to_o make_v sure_a work_n he_o cause_v this_o gentleman_n so_o to_o speak_v as_o if_o he_o intend_v to_o make_v we_o believe_v that_o syria_n be_v in_o antioch_n not_o antioch_n in_o syria_n as_o in_o some_o remote_a part_n of_o the_o world_n they_o say_v they_o inquire_v whether_o london_n be_v in_o england_n or_o england_n in_o londan_n what_o other_o sense_n can_v be_v make_v of_o the_o word_n as_o by_o the_o doctor_n transcribe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o syria_n which_o be_v in_o antioch_n now_o if_o this_o be_v so_o i_o shall_v confess_v it_o be_v possible_a we_o may_v be_v in_o more_o error_n than_o one_o and_o that_o we_o much_o want_v the_o learned_a doctour_n assistance_n for_o our_o information_n the_o word_n themselves_o as_o they_o be_v use_v by_o the_o worshipful_a writer_n of_o that_o epistle_n will_v scarce_o furnish_v we_o with_o this_o learned_a and_o rare_a notion_n they_o be_v at_o length_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o he_o first_o open_v his_o mouth_n with_o a_o lie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v here_o more_o express_v then_o that_o the_o latter_a passage_n in_o antioch_n be_v restrictive_a of_o what_o go_v &_o before_o be_v speak_v of_o its_o residence_n in_o syria_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o name_n of_o christian_a first_o give_v to_o the_o disciple_n in_o that_o place_n i_o know_v not_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o the_o apostle_n institute_v metropolitan_a arch-bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o to_o make_v all_o sure_a the_o learned_a doctor_n will_v not_o so_o give_v over_o but_o sect_n 11_o he_o add_v that_o the_o epigraphe_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n grant_v he_o the_o whole_a case_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la quâ_fw-la say_v he_o ecclesiae_fw-la romanoe_n eiusque_fw-la episcopo_fw-la super_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o urbicariâ_fw-la region_fw-la aut_fw-la provinciae_fw-la romana_fw-la contentis_fw-la praefecturam_fw-la competiisse_fw-la videmus_fw-la although_o i_o have_v spend_v some_o time_n in_o the_o consideration_n of_o man_n conjecture_n of_o those_o suburbicarian_a church_n that_o as_o be_v pretend_v be_v here_o point_v to_o and_o the_o rise_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rom_n jurisdiction_n over_o those_o church_n in_o a_o correspondency_n to_o the_o civil_a government_n of_o the_o perfect_a of_o the_o city_n yet_o so_o great_a a_o critic_n in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n as_o casaubon_n exerc_n 16._o ad_fw-la a_o 150_o have_v profess_v that_o expression_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v barbarous_a and_o unintelligible_a i_o shall_v not_o contend_v about_o it_o for_o the_o presidency_n mention_v of_o the_o church_n in_o or_o at_o rome_n that_o it_o be_v a_o presidency_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o not_o only_o a_o eminency_n of_o faith_n and_o holiness_n that_o be_v intend_v the_o doctor_n think_v it_o
long_o ago_o complain_v that_o they_o be_v still_o open_v their_o mouth_n against_o calvin_n who_o hope_v they_o to_o mouth_n to_o speak_v with_o abbot_n ad_fw-la thom_n he_o will_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o some_o be_v so_o far_o account_v somebody_o as_o to_o take_v off_o from_o they_o the_o confident_a assertion_n that_o salmasius_n and_o blondellus_n be_v mortalium_fw-la primi_fw-la that_o reject_v these_o epistâ—es_n the_o centuriator_n of_o magdenburg_n be_v esteem_v to_o be_v some_o body_n in_o their_o day_n and_o yet_o they_o maâ—e_n bold_a to_o call_v these_o epistle_n into_o question_n and_o to_o tender_v sundry_a argument_n to_o the_o impaling_n of_o their_o credit_n and_o authority_n this_o than_o they_o cent_z 2._o cap_n 10_o de_fw-fr epi_n cop_z antioch_n ac_fw-la primum_fw-la de_fw-la ignatio_n lectori_fw-la pio_fw-la &_o attento_fw-it considerandum_fw-la relinquimus_fw-la quantum_fw-la sit_fw-la illis_fw-la epistolis_fw-la tribuendum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la dubitamus_fw-la quin_fw-la in_o lectione_n earum_fw-la cuâ—libet_fw-la ista_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la veniant_fw-la primum_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la è_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la epistolis_fw-la licet_fw-la satis_fw-la copiesis_fw-la occasio_fw-la scribendi_fw-la praetermittitur_fw-la nec_fw-la vel_fw-la divinare_fw-la licet_fw-la quare_fw-la potissimùmad_a hanc_fw-la vel_fw-la illam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la literas_fw-la voluerit_fw-la mittere_fw-la deinde_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peregrinationis_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la parvum_fw-la injicit_fw-la scrupulum_fw-la considerantibus_fw-la quod_fw-la multo_fw-la rectiore_fw-la &_o brevioriitinere_fw-la romam_fw-la potuerit_fw-la navigare_fw-la ut_fw-la testatur_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pauli_n exemplum_fw-la expende_v quam_fw-la longum_fw-la sit_fw-la iter_fw-la antiochiâ_fw-la ad_fw-la littus_fw-la aegaei_fw-la pelagi_fw-la se_fw-la recipere_fw-la ibique_fw-la rectâ_fw-la sursum_fw-la versus_fw-la septentricnem_fw-la ascendere_fw-la &_o praecipuas_fw-la civitates_fw-la in_o littore_fw-la sitas_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la troadem_fw-la perlustrare_fw-la cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la romanum_fw-la iter_fw-la sit_fw-la destinatum_fw-la versus_fw-la occasum_fw-la tertiores_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la in_o istas_fw-la literas_fw-la inspersae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la eas_fw-la propemodum_fw-la obstupescat_fw-la lector_n etc._n etc._n hac_fw-la cùm_fw-la alias_o non_fw-la somnolento_fw-la lectori_fw-la incidant_fw-la non_fw-la existimaverimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o they_o at_o the_o world_n first_o awake_n as_o to_o the_o consideration_n of_o thing_n of_o this_o kind_n to_o they_o add_v the_o learned_a whitaker_n cont_n ay_o mâ_fw-la de_fw-fr perfect_a script_n quaest_n sextâ_fw-la c_o 12_o where_o after_o he_o have_v dispute_v against_o the_o credit_n of_o these_o epistle_n joint_o and_o several_o with_o sundry_a argument_n at_o length_n he_o conclude_v sed_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la epistolis_fw-la satis_fw-la multa_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la ignatio_n quid_fw-la judicandum_fw-la sit_fw-la satis_fw-la ex_fw-la be_v con_v be_v potest_fw-la quae_fw-la diximus_fw-la ista_fw-la papistae_fw-la non_fw-la audent_fw-la tueri_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o who_o sundry_a other_o may_v be_v add_v convince_a salmasius_n and_o blondellus_n not_o to_o have_v be_v mortalium_fw-la primi_fw-la that_o call_v they_o into_o question_n i_o have_v not_o insist_v on_o what_o have_v be_v speak_v as_o though_o i_o be_v whole_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o they_o who_o utter_o condemn_v those_o epistle_n as_o false_a and_o counterfeit_a though_o i_o know_v no_o possibility_n of_o stand_v before_o the_o argument_n levy_v against_o they_o notwithstanding_o the_o forementioned_a doctor_n attempt_v to_o that_o purpose_n without_o acknowledge_v so_o much_o corruption_n in_o they_o addition_n and_o detraction_n from_o what_o they_o be_v when_o first_o write_v as_o will_v render_v they_o not_o so_o clear_o serviceable_a to_o any_o end_n or_o purpose_n whereunto_o their_o testimony_n may_v be_v require_v as_o other_o unquestionable_a writing_n of_o their_o antiquity_n be_v just_o esteem_v to_o be_v that_o these_o epistle_n have_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o unworthy_a impostor_n as_o have_v fill_v the_o latter_a age_n with_o labour_n and_o travel_v to_o discover_v their_o deceit_n the_o doctor_n himself_o grant_v dissert_v 2._o cap._n 2_o sect_n 6_o nulla_fw-la say_v he_o quidem_fw-la nobis_fw-la insumbit_fw-la necessitas_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o tantâ_fw-la exemplarium_fw-la &_o editionum_fw-la varietate_fw-la &_o inconstantiâ_fw-la nihil_fw-la uspiam_fw-la ignatio_n interpolatum_fw-la aut_fw-la adsutum_fw-la affirmemus_fw-la and_o indeed_o the_o foist_v passage_n in_o many_o place_n be_v so_o evident_a yea_o shameful_a that_o no_o man_n who_o be_v not_o resolve_v to_o say_v any_o thing_n without_o care_n of_o proof_n or_o truth_n can_v once_o appear_v in_o any_o defensative_a about_o they_o of_o this_o sort_n be_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o doctor_n and_o master_n have_v stuff_v their_o imagination_n with_o the_o shape_n and_o lineament_n of_o that_o hierarchichal_n fabric_n which_o the_o craft_n policy_n subtlety_n avarice_n pride_n ambition_n of_o many_o age_n successive_o have_v form_v and_o frame_v according_a to_o the_o pattern_n they_o see_v in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o goverment_n therein_o upon_o the_o first_o hear_v of_o a_o church_n a_o flock_n of_o christ_n walk_v in_o orderly_a subjection_n to_o their_o own_o elder_n concur_v with_o they_o and_o consent_v to_o they_o in_o their_o rule_n and_o government_n instant_o as_o man_n amaze_v cry_v out_o a_o prodigy_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a into_o what_o ridiculous_a contemptible_a miscarriage_n pride_n prejudice_n and_o selfulness_n do_v oftentime_o betray_v man_n otherwise_o of_o good_a ability_n in_o their_o way_n and_o very_o commendable_a industry_n but_o section_n the_o six_o the_o doctor_n come_v 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yield_v to_o their_o tumultuate_n but_o to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o their_o orderly_a precept_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o he_o approve_v &_o have_v it_o not_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o with_o the_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n clemens_n write_v
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one_o church_n at_o corinth_n and_o a_o other_o at_o cenchrea_n so_o that_o every_o single_a city_n have_v its_o own_o single_a church_n with_o its_o bishop_n in_o it_o as_o at_o philippi_n the_o passage_n mention_v by_o the_o doctor_n concern_v the_o epistle_n of_o dionysius_n to_o the_o church_n at_o goryna_n in_o crect_n be_v very_o little_a to_o his_o purpose_n neither_o do_v he_o call_v philip_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n the_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o other_o church_n in_o crect_n as_o the_o doctor_n intimate_v but_o the_o bishop_n of_o they_o to_o who_o especial_o and_o eminent_o he_o write_v sect_n 4._o application_n be_v make_v of_o the_o forementioned_a observation_n sect_n 2_o and_o the_o interpretation_n give_v of_o it_o sect_n 3_o in_o these_o word_n his_o sic_fw-la positis_fw-la illud_fw-la statim_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la imperii_fw-la cognition_n in_o provinciâ_fw-la qualibet_fw-la cum_fw-la plures_fw-la urbes_fw-la sint_fw-la una_fw-la 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town_n and_o seat_n of_o judicature_n do_v the_o hierarchy_n which_o he_o so_o sedulous_o contend_v for_o arise_v what_o advantage_n be_v afford_v to_o the_o work_n by_o the_o paucity_n of_o believer_n in_o the_o village_n and_o less_o towneâ—_n from_o which_o at_o length_n the_o whole_a body_n of_o heathenish_a idolater_n be_v denominate_v pagan_n the_o first_o plant_n of_o church_n in_o the_o great_a city_n the_o eminence_n of_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o first_o church_n in_o those_o city_n the_o weakness_n of_o many_o rural_a bishop_n the_o multiply_a and_o grow_v in_o number_n and_o person_n of_o gift_n ability_n and_o considerable_a fortune_n and_o employment_n in_o this_o world_n in_o the_o metropolitan_a city_n with_o their_o same_o thereby_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o abode_n of_o some_o one_o or_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n in_o such_o city_n and_o church_n with_o the_o eminent_a accommodation_n at_o the_o administration_n of_o civil_a jurisdiction_n &_o other_o affair_n 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or_o indeed_o rather_o shameless_a contest_v which_o fall_v out_o among_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o three_o century_n and_o downward_o about_o precedency_n title_n of_o honour_n extent_n of_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a subjection_n to_o or_o exemption_n from_o one_o another_o the_o considerableness_n of_o their_o city_n in_o the_o civil_a state_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n where_o they_o do_v reside_v be_v still_o the_o most_o prevalent_a and_o cogent_a argument_n in_o their_o brawl_n the_o most_o notable_a brush_n that_o in_o all_o antiquity_n we_o find_v give_v to_o the_o great_a leviathan_n of_o rome_n who_o sport_v himself_o in_o those_o gather_n together_o of_o the_o water_n of_o people_n &_o multitude_n and_o nation_n and_o tongue_n or_o the_o general_a counsel_n as_o they_o be_v call_v be_v from_o a_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v fix_v at_o constantinople_n make_v it_o become_v new_a rome_n so_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v to_o enjoy_v equal_a privilege_n with_o he_o who_o lot_n be_v fall_v in_o the_o old_a imperial_a city_n but_o our_o doctor_n add_v sect_n 5._o illud_fw-la ex_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la exemplari_fw-la transcripsisse_fw-la apostoli_fw-la videntur_fw-la cum_fw-la mosaicâ_fw-la id_fw-la lege_fw-la cautum_fw-la esset_fw-la ut_fw-la judices_fw-la &_o ministri_fw-la in_o qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la ordinarentur_fw-la deut_n 16._o 18_o illi_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la dubiis_fw-la ad_fw-la judicem_fw-la mosis_fw-la successorem_fw-la synedrio_fw-la hierosolymitano_n cinctum_fw-la recurrere_fw-la tenerentur_fw-la cap_n 179_o and_o in_o section_n 6_o he_o prove_v jerusalem_n to_o have_v be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o that_o whole_a nation_n egregiam_fw-la vero_fw-la laudemâ—_n but_o 1_o the_o doctor_n i_o presume_v know_v before_o this_o that_o those_o with_o who_o he_o have_v to_o do_v will_v never_o give_v he_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n upon_o his_o beg_n or_o request_n that_o which_o alone_o fall_v in_o under_o our_o consideration_n and_o enquiry_n be_v whether_o the_o apostle_n institute_v any_o such_o model_n of_o church-order_n and_o government_n as_o be_v by_o the_o doctor_n contend_v for_o to_o this_o he_o tell_v you_o that_o the_o apostle_n seem_v to_o have_v do_v it_o from_o the_o pattern_n of_o moysaicall_a institution_n in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o doctor_n the_o question_n be_v not_o with_o what_o respect_n they_o do_v it_o but_o whether_o they_o do_v it_o at_o all_o or_o no_o this_o the_o doctor_n think_v good_a to_o let_v alone_a uncil_n another_o time_n if_o we_o will_v not_o grant_v he_o upon_o his_o petition_n that_o so_o they_o do_v 2_o this_o then_o be_v the_o doctor_n second_o argument_n for_o his_o diocesan_n and_o metropolitan_a prelate_n his_o first_o be_v from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o heathen_n in_o their_o civil_a administration_n and_o rule_n this_o second_o from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o jew_n not_o to_o divert_v into_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o church_n and_o political_n state_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o appoint_v of_o god_n nor_o that_o dissonancy_n that_o be_v between_o the_o institution_n of_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o evangelical_n administration_n this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o doctor_n reason_v in_o his_o 5_o 6_o 7_o and_o 8_o section_n god_n in_o the_o church_n and_o among_o the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n choose_v out_o one_o city_n to_o place_v his_o name_n there_o make_v it_o the_o place_n where_o all_o the_o type_n &_o ceremony_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v for_o the_o discovery_n and_o shadow_v forth_o of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n be_v visible_o and_o glorious_o to_o be_v manage_v act_v and_o hold_v forth_o sundry_a of_o they_o be_v such_o as_o who_o typicalness_n will_v have_v be_v destroy_v by_o their_o multiplication_n and_o principal_o on_o this_o account_n make_v that_o place_n or_o city_n which_o be_v first_o shilo_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o kingdom_n or_o habitation_n of_o the_o chief_n ruler_n for_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n who_o appoint_v judge_n in_o all_o the_o land_n for_o the_o good_a and_o peace_n of_o the_o people_n therefore_o the_o church_n of_o jesus_n christ_n disperse_v over_o the_o face_n of_o
the_o whole_a world_n free_v from_o obligation_n to_o city_n or_o mountain_n walk_v before_o god_n in_o and_o with_o a_o pure_a and_o spiritual_a worship_n have_v no_o one_o reason_n of_o that_o former_a institution_n in_o common_a with_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n must_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o same_o mould_n and_o figure_n i_o hope_v without_o offence_n i_o may_v take_v leave_n to_o deny_v the_o consequence_n and_o what_o more_o i_o have_v to_o say_v to_o this_o argument_n i_o shall_v yet_o defer_v but_o the_o doctor_n proceed_v to_o prove_v that_o indeed_o the_o apostle_n do_v dispose_v of_o the_o church_n in_o this_o frame_n and_o order_n according_a to_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o that_o institute_v of_o god_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o nine_o section_n wherein_o he_o attempt_v the_o proof_n of_o this_o assertion_n be_v as_o follow_v ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la imaginem_fw-la apostoles_n ecclesias_fw-la ubique_fw-la disponendas_fw-la cuirass_n &_o in_o omnibus_fw-la plantationibus_fw-la suis_fw-la minorum_fw-la ab_fw-la eminentioribus_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la dependentiam_fw-la &_o subordinationem_fw-la constituisse_fw-la exemplis_fw-la quidem_fw-la plurimis_fw-la monstrari_fw-la possit_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o syria_n &_o cilicia_n patet_fw-la act_n 16.4_o cum_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illud_fw-la cap_n 15._o 2._o hierosolymas_n reforretur_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiochiae_fw-la cap._n 14._o 26_o &_o 15._o 3._o &_o decretum_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n denuò_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la mitteretur_fw-la shall_fw-mi 22._o in_o epistolâ_fw-la quâ_fw-la decretum_fw-la illud_fw-la continebatur_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la antiochensibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comprehensos_fw-la videmus_fw-la shall_fw-mi 23._o dein_fw-ge epistolâ_fw-la istâ_fw-la antiochenae_n ecclesiae_fw-la reddita_fw-la shall_fw-mi 30._o paulus_n tandem_fw-la &_o sylas_n syriam_n &_o ciliciam_fw-la peragrantes_fw-la shall_fw-mi 4._o cap._n 16._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d singulis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la observanda_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la antiochiae_fw-la metropolin_n ut_fw-la totidem_fw-la subordinatae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pertinerent_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la antiochia_n ad_fw-la hierosolymas_n primariam_fw-la tam_fw-la latae_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la philone_n pradiximus_fw-la provinciae_fw-la metropolin_n pertinebat_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la eam_fw-la ad_fw-la dirimendam_fw-la litem_fw-la istam_fw-la se_fw-la conferebat_fw-la this_o be_v all_o that_o the_o doctor_n have_v to_o produce_v from_o the_o scripture_n to_o his_o purpose_n in_o hand_n i_o have_v transcribe_v it_o at_o large_a for_o this_o be_v remove_v all_o that_o follow_v will_v fall_v of_o its_o own_o accord_n 1_o then_o the_o dependence_n on_o and_o subordination_n of_o lesser_a city_n to_o the_o great_a be_v assert_v as_o a_o apostolical_a 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say_v indeed_o that_o the_o false_a prophet_n and_o teacher_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v lay_v bait_n for_o they_o as_o the_o fisher_n do_v for_o the_o fish_n that_o he_o will_v take_v by_o propose_v unto_o they_o a_o liberty_n as_o to_o all_o manner_n of_o impurity_n and_o uncleanness_n but_o that_o in_o so_o do_v they_o prevail_v over_o they_o be_v not_o affirm_v 3._o the_o conditional_a expression_n v._n 20._o may_v be_v use_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o false_a prophet_n and_o not_o to_o they_o that_o be_v say_v to_o escape_v the_o pollution_n of_o the_o world_n and_o if_o to_o they_o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v argue_v from_o thence_o have_v plentiful_o upon_o several_a occasion_n be_v already_o demonstrate_v but_o to_o suffer_v m._n g._n to_o leap_v over_o all_o these_o blot_n in_o his_o entrance_n and_o to_o take_v the_o word_n in_o his_o own_o sense_n and_o connexion_n i_o say_v 1._o in_o what_o large_a and_o improper_a sense_n such_o perform_v as_o we_o treat_v of_o 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