from_o ephesus_n be_v admonish_v to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v they_o bishop_n 20.28_o bishop_n act_n 20.28_o and_o the_o presbyter_n of_o who_o ordination_n st._n paul_n speak_v to_o titus_n be_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n save_o one_o style_v bishop_n 7._o bishop_n tit._n 1.5_o 7._o we_o see_v therefore_o that_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v not_o only_o take_v the_o name_n from_o the_o old_a but_o the_o largeness_n of_o its_o signification_n too_o which_o be_v all_o at_o present_a i_o be_o concern_v to_o observe_v though_o i_o presume_v this_o word_n as_o well_o as_o apostle_n have_v now_o a_o peculiar_a office_n of_o which_o it_o be_v proper_o speak_v and_o to_o which_o in_o the_o next_o age_n it_o be_v know_v to_o have_v be_v always_o determine_v viii_o determine_v see_v ch._n viii_o §_o iv_o the_o next_o that_o follow_v for_o so_o i_o take_v leave_n to_o place_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n what_o some_o will_v set_v 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of_o that_o office_n by_o which_o they_o have_v be_v so_o honourable_o distinguish_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o other_o tribe_n take_v the_o advantage_n and_o as_o it_o happen_v among_o rival_n office_n encroach_v and_o usurp_v upon_o they_o and_o if_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n be_v to_o deliver_v down_o the_o law_n which_o the_o priest_n lip_n have_v be_v use_v to_o preserve_v as_o rabbi_n juda_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o office_n he_o as_o holy_a as_o he_o be_v may_v comply_v so_o far_o with_o modern_a usurpation_n as_o to_o record_v it_o with_o the_o tradition_n from_o mount_n sina_n and_o last_o we_o be_v all_o along_o bid_v to_o observe_v that_o these_o presbyter_n and_o ruler_n be_v civil_a magistrate_n who_o have_v the_o government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o by_o that_o title_n control_v the_o high-priest_n themselves_o 8.11_o themselves_o ibid._n l._n 3._o c._n 8.11_o a_o observation_n we_o need_v not_o dissemble_v if_o we_o be_v at_o the_o same_o time_n allow_v to_o remember_v that_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o supreme_a governor_n of_o that_o commonwealth_n that_o even_o its_o civil_a law_n be_v enact_v by_o he_o and_o therefore_o that_o the_o judge_n of_o that_o law_n be_v sacred_a officer_n and_o of_o a_o policy_n that_o be_v divine_a hitherto_o these_o elder_n have_v be_v chief_o consider_v as_o administrator_n of_o their_o civil_a policy_n they_o have_v too_o the_o direct_a administration_n of_o all_o their_o worship_n that_o be_v not_o sacrificial_a direct_v its_o service_n and_o appoint_v its_o officer_n whereas_o therefore_o in_o a_o great_a city_n the_o nasi_n or_o his_o vicegerent_n and_o even_o the_o presbyter_n in_o a_o large_a sense_n be_v the_o archisynagogi_fw-la ruler_n or_o head_n of_o the_o synagogue_n as_o it_o mean_v the_o body_n or_o community_n of_o the_o city_n so_o they_o be_v also_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n or_o synagogue_n of_o that_o city_n as_o they_o be_v congregation_n for_o worship_n and_o where_o there_o be_v many_o synagogue_n as_o there_o be_v in_o those_o city_n the_o same_o be_v ruler_n over_o all_o of_o they_o though_o by_o their_o appointment_n and_o in_o their_o name_n to_o particular_a synagogue_n particular_a presbyter_n and_o sometime_o possible_o of_o limit_a power_n may_v be_v especial_o depute_v to_o take_v care_n of_o they_o §_o v._o such_o be_v the_o elder_n of_o jewish_a commonwealth_n and_o church_n and_o correspondent_a in_o some_o manner_n to_o these_o be_v the_o christian_a presbyter_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o first_o those_o proper_o call_v apostle_n be_v style_v elder_n as_o represent_v the_o twelve_o prince_n of_o the_o tribe_n who_o be_v the_o first_o and_o great_a elder_n of_o israel_n so_o st._n peter_n style_v himself_o a_o fellow-eld_a 5.1_o fellow-eld_a 1_o pet._n 5.1_o and_o so_o the_o appellation_n of_o elder_n seem_v in_o one_o place_n of_o the_o act_n 3â—_n act_n act_n 11_o 3â—_n to_o comprehend_v the_o apostle_n also_o next_o there_o be_v elder_n distinct_a from_o the_o apostle_n those_o mention_v often_o in_o the_o act_n just_a after_o they_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n 6._o elder_n act_n 15.2_o 4_o 6._o and_o these_o because_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v before_o of_o their_o creation_n as_o there_o be_v of_o the_o deacon_n may_v be_v presume_v to_o be_v the_o seventy_o who_o our_o saviour_n have_v ordain_v according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o consistory_n erect_v by_o moses_n and_o then_o continue_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o if_o these_o be_v seventy_o elder_n then_o st._n james_n the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n may_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v the_o precedent_n of_o they_o and_o if_o not_o the_o prince_n for_o that_o honour_n they_o may_v leave_v to_o our_o saviour_n always_o repute_v as_o present_v with_o they_o yet_o the_o vicegerent_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o the_o seventy_o to_o which_o the_o other_o apostle_n have_v join_v themselves_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o 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