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for_o apollo_n teach_n this_o apollo_n succéede_v paul_n who_o have_v plant_v a_o church_n to_o christ_n before_o at_o corinth_n after_o this_o say_v luke_n v._n 1._o etc._n etc._n paul_n go_v from_o athens_n come_v to_o corinth_n so_o that_o apollo_n be_v paul_n successor_n in_o that_o place_n and_o even_o by_o that_o term_n do_v caluine_n call_v he_o ver_fw-la 28._o caluine_n this_o be_v right_o to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n corinthianâ—_n that_o while_n paul_n be_v force_v to_o go_v from_o ephesuâ—_n apollo_n be_v send_v in_o his_o place_n who_o may_v recompense_v the_o loss_n of_o his_o absence_n and_o it_o be_v to_o purpose_n to_o note_v in_o what_o sort_n this_o man_n beginning_n be_v sith_o he_o be_v also_o paul_n successor_n among_o the_o corinthian_n and_o behave_v himself_o so_o excellent_o and_o employ_v so_o faithful_a and_o earnest_a travail_n that_o paul_n commend_v he_o honourable_o as_o his_o singular_a colleague_n or_o one_o send_v in_o the_o 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story_n of_o that_o first_o centurie_n or_o hundred_o year_n chap._n 10._o in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n reckon_v up_o indifferent_o all_o the_o apostle_n the_o evangelist_n barnabas_n agabus_n timothy_n titus_n silas_n silvanus_n judas_n barsabas_n aristarchus_n aquila_n prisca_n archippus_n alexander_n andronicus_n junias_n crispus_n chloas_n carpus_n apollo_n zenas_n etc._n etc._n and_o of_o this_o doctor_n zenas_n they_o write_v say_v paul_n mention_v once_o only_o of_o one_o zenas_n together_o with_o apollo_n and_o he_o call_v he_o a_o lawyer_n as_o tit._n 3._o bring_v zenas_n the_o expounder_n of_o the_o law_n and_o apollo_n diligent_o that_o they_o lack_v nothing_o but_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o in_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o sustain_v the_o same_o office_n that_o apollo_n do_v as_o hierome_n witness_v these_o thing_n of_o they_o both_o in_o his_o declaration_n of_o the_o 3._o chapter_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o titus_n rehearse_v 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&_o i_o have_v incur_v the_o blame_n etc._n etc._n thus_o do_v s._n augustine_n threaten_v they_o with_o his_o excommunicate_v but_o he_o teach_v and_o reprove_v they_o withal_o as_o for_o such_o as_o be_v not_o as_o he_o be_v a_o teacher_n &_o open_a reprehender_n of_o sin_n he_o ascribe_v not_o the_o action_n of_o excommunication_n to_o they_o moreover_o in_o 52._o chap._n say_v danaeus_n therefore_o as_o the_o king_n be_v sick_a obey_v as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n the_o physician_n although_o they_o be_v his_o subject_n &_o as_o he_o that_o sail_v obei_v the_o mariner_n because_o he_o have_v not_o the_o government_n over_o the_o sea_n nor_o over_o the_o disease_n so_o do_v he_o also_o obey_v the_o pastor_n because_o the_o high_a magistrate_n politic_a have_v not_o any_o law_n over_o the_o heaven_n wherefore_o in_o this_o power_n to_o be_v exercise_v the_o pastor_n and_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n have_v also_o over_o the_o chief_a magistrate_n a_o right_a &_o power_n in_o respect_n 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