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notwithstanding_o i_o hope_v the_o d._n will_v not_o deny_v the_o name_n of_o a_o true_a church_n unto_o every_o assembly_n of_o christian_n which_o want_v in_o any_o part_n the_o purity_n of_o the_o doctrine_n or_o that_o sincere_a form_n of_o administration_n which_o the_o word_n of_o god_n pray_v cribe_v for_o his_o sacrament_n or_o church-censure_n for_o he_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o among_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o thing_n necessary_a some_o yea_o the_o great_a somâ—_n do_v concern_v rather_o the_o welbeing_n than_o the_o very_o be_v of_o the_o church_n &_o aâ—e_o only_o needful_a or_o behooful_a for_o the_o wel-ordering_a of_o the_o ch_z lib._n 4._o p._n 103._o 104_o but_o not_o so_o general_o and_o immutable_o necessary_a as_o though_o no_o true_a church_n can_v be_v without_o they_o wherefore_o to_o draw_v this_o controvers_o to_o a_o direct_a issue_n though_o without_o any_o violoence_n offer_v unto_o he_o phrase_n we_o may_v affirm_v every_o commandment_n of_o god_n 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to_o have_v a_o peerless_a pre-eminence_n above_o other_o for_o though_o he_o tell_v we_o serm_n pag._n 18._o that_o some_o of_o the_o 7._o church_n be_v mother_n city_n and_o deâ—_n lib._n 2._o pag._n 63._o that_o some_o of_o the_o succeed_a bishop_n be_v metropolitanes_n yet_o all_o his_o strength_n be_v spend_v in_o proovinge_a every_o of_o those_o church_n to_o be_v a_o diocese_n and_o consequent_o their_o bishop_n to_o be_v diocesan_n bishop_n and_o though_o he_o speak_v some_o what_o for_o a_o preheminent_a power_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o these_o angel_n serm_n pag._n 49._o &_o def_a lib._n 3._o pag._n 135._o yet_o in_o all_o his_o dispute_n of_o ordination_n he_o be_v silent_a of_o they_o altogether_o it_o remain_v then_o that_o we_o examine_v how_o well_o he_o have_v prove_v the_o bishop_n which_o be_v call_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o 7._o church_n to_o be_v like_a unto_o our_o bishop_n in_o those_o particular_n sc_fw-la that_o they_o be_v 1._o diocesan_a bishop_n 2._o 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change_v &_o add_v &_o detract_v as_o here_o he_o do_v or_o else_o etc._n etc._n in_o his_o next_o first_o change_v his_o main_a tenâ—â—t_n or_o conclusion_n and_o plain_o profess_v that_o howsoever_o he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o apostolic_a church_n be_v diocese_n proper_o yet_o that_o be_v not_o his_o meaning_n but_o rather_o this_o that_o they_o be_v dioceses_o intentional_o that_o be_v that_o it_o be_v their_o founder_n intention_n that_o in_o time_n to_o come_v after_o all_o the_o people_n of_o city_n &_o country_n be_v convert_v they_o shall_v become_v diocese_n actual_o and_o proper_o and_o sâ—condly_o as_o he_o have_v already_o to_o colour_v the_o falsehood_n of_o his_o antecedent_n with_o a_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la wipe_v away_o this_o clause_n great_a and_o amplâ—_n city_n and_o by_o a_o metonymy_n or_o some_o other_o trope_n as_o we_o shall_v hear_v a_o one_o turn_v his_o lay_n they_o be_v the_o city_n and_o country_n to_o this_o meaning_n the_o circuit_n 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the_o same_o of_o our_o bishop_n at_o this_o day_n pag._n 98._o wherefore_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o any_o long_a discourse_n to_o remove_v the_o veil_n of_o this_o first_o argument_n i_o may_v here_o proceed_v to_o the_o second_o but_o before_o i_o come_v to_o it_o to_o prove_v the_o contradictory_n to_o his_o conclusion_n i_o thus_o reason_n all_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n that_o have_v charge_n to_o feed_v and_o oversee_v the_o christian_a people_n in_o those_o 7._o church_n be_v signify_v by_o the_o star_n which_o christ_n hold_v in_o his_o right_a hand_n but_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n that_o have_v charge_n to_o feed_v and_o oversee_v the_o christian_a people_n in_o those_o 7._o church_n be_v more_o than_o 7._o singular_a person_n only_o therefore_o the_o person_n signify_v by_o the_o star_n which_o christ_n hold_v in_o his_o right_a hand_n be_v more_o than_o 7._o singular_a person_n only_o the_o assumption_n need_v no_o proof_n more_o than_o what_o 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