solemn_a so_o sacred_a so_o material_a and_o mysterious_a next_o to_o heâ—…_n reed_n of_o the_o nation_n the_o king_n have_v need_v to_o look_v to_o the_o liturgy_n of_o his_o nation_n next_o to_o a_o stain_a doctrine_n he_o have_v need_n look_v to_o a_o spot_a sacrifice_n next_o to_o a_o bâ—d_v opinion_n he_o have_v need_n look_v to_o a_o bad_a 〈◊〉_d god_n be_v so_o precise_a in_o the_o matâ—…er_n of_o worship_n that_o he_o do_v look_v â—o_o â—he_v very_a bread_n lest_o it_o shall_v be_v unclean_a and_o to_o the_o very_a beaâ—…_n 〈…〉_o whether_o it_o be_v not_o sick_a or_o lame_a and_o to_o the_o very_a 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o vessel_n whether_o it_o be_v not_o abominable_a and_o to_o the_o very_a place_n where_o incense_n be_v offer_v and_o to_o the_o very_a gesture_n in_o worship_n whether_o they_o do_v not_o stand_v with_o their_o back_n towards_o the_o temple_n 8.16_o ezech._n 8.16_o and_o with_o their_o face_n towards_o the_o east_n yea_o to_o their_o very_a lip_n whether_o they_o do_v not_o bestow_v a_o kiss_n upon_o a_o wrong_a lover_n hos_n xiii_o 8._o yea_o to_o their_o new_a consecrate_a meeting_n for_o israel_n have_v forgoten_a his_o maker_n and_o build_v temple_n hos_fw-la viij_o 14._o if_o every_o one_o may_v serve_v god_n in_o his_o own_o way_n out_o of_o pretence_n of_o tenderness_n of_o conscience_n what_o be_v this_o but_o the_o true_a will-worship_n and_o shall_v we_o have_v will-worship_n to_o affront_v god_n pure_a worship_n it_o may_v go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o sanctity_n but_o i_o doubt_v it_o be_v but_o sorcery_n the_o connibense_n and_o tentiritae_n which_o maintain_v two_o manner_n of_o worship_n in_o egypt_n what_o woeful_a division_n do_v they_o make_v 1._o sâ—bellic_n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o philip_n can_v not_o endure_v the_o phocenses_n to_o bring_v in_o a_o new_a worship_n into_o greece_n which_o be_v not_o establish_v in_o the_o country_n and_o thereupon_o force_v they_o by_o arm_n to_o relinquish_v their_o vanity_n which_o be_v call_v 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make_v by_o miletius_n the_o council_n of_o nice_a decree_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v a_o more_o sacred_a imposition_n of_o hand_n socrat._v l._n â—_o c._n 9_o but_o not_o otherwise_o beside_o it_o be_v conceive_v that_o timothy_n in_o that_o place_n be_v not_o make_v a_o minister_n but_o a_o bishop_n and_o so_o not_o elder_n but_o bishop_n lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o he_o to_o consecrate_v he_o acceperunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n hom_n 13._o in_o 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n c._n 4_o amb._n upon_o the_o 1_o tim._n c._n 3._o neque_fw-la fas_fw-la erat_fw-la neque_fw-la licebat_fw-la ut_fw-la inferior_a ordinaret_fw-la majorem_fw-la theodoret._n in_o cor._n presbyterium_fw-la hic_fw-la vocat_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la graâ—…am_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la s._n chrysostome_n do_v clear_o so_o expound_v it_o say_v elder_n lay_v not_o their_o hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n and_o other_o conceive_v that_o the_o presbytery_n lay_v no_o hand_n there_o upon_o timothy_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o timothy_n shall_v not_o neglect_v the_o gift_n that_o be_v bestow_v upon_o he_o by_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n to_o the_o faithful_a exercise_v of_o the_o office_n of_o presbytery_n that_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n not_o only_o of_o primasius_n saint_n jerom_n haymo_n and_o lyra_n upon_o the_o place_n do_v testify_v but_o calvin_n himself_o do_v concur_v with_o they_o in_o opinion_n and_o speak_v that_o not_o the_o college_n of_o the_o presbytery_n but_o timothie_n function_n be_v there_o mean_v other_o conceive_v that_o by_o presbytery_n be_v there_o mean_v prophecy_n that_o be_v that_o timothy_n shall_v look_v narrow_o to_o that_o office_n which_o he_o receive_v by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o prophet_n for_o prophecy_n in_o those_o day_n be_v frequent_a and_o as_o timothy_n have_v a_o prophecy_n go_v of_o he_o that_o
he_o shall_v fight_v a_o good_a fight_n 1_o tim._n i_o 18._o and_o a_o prophecy_n that_o forbid_v he_o to_o preach_v with_o saint_n paul_n the_o gospel_n in_o asia_n act_v xuj_o so_o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o prophet_n he_o may_v at_o first_o be_v call_v to_o the_o ministry_n so_o primasius_n oecumenius_n upon_o the_o place_n say_v express_o and_o say_v not_o only_o that_o he_o be_v call_v to_o the_o ministry_n by_o the_o prophet_n but_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v a_o prophet_n for_o the_o thing_n itself_o theodâ—ret_n in_o tim._n â—_o â—_o be_v clear_a that_o timothy_n receive_v that_o order_n by_o divine_a revelation_n and_o saint_n chrysostome_n hom._n 5._o in_o 1_o tim._n c._n 1._o say_v that_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v separate_a i_n paul_n and_o barnabas_n so_o be_v timothy_n choose_v yea_o he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o common_a custom_n or_o raâ—her_o a_o general_a blessing_n that_o in_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o church_n the_o prophet_n name_v what_o minister_n shall_v be_v choseâ—_n tunc_fw-la quia_fw-la niâ—il_fw-la fiâ—bat_fw-la humanum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ex_fw-la prophetia_fw-la veniâ—bant_fw-la quid_fw-la â—st_fw-la â—x_fw-la prophâ—…ia_fw-la ex_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la and_o eusebius_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o sâ—iâ—h_o baâ—…aâ—_n nâ—_n john_n at_o ephesus_n and_o thereabouts_o make_v many_o minister_n so_o somewhere_o supply_v the_o clergy_n with_o such_o as_o the_o spirit_n mâ—…d_v â—…drawing_a lot_n for_o such_o as_o the_o spirit_n signify_v see_v 〈◊〉_d so_o many_o exposition_n be_v give_v of_o this_o intricate_a place_n and_o that_o by_o â—he_n 〈◊〉_d learned_a which_o ever_o write_v presbytery_n which_o in_o these_o day_n be_v assert_v can_v scarce_o find_v in_o scripture_n a_o root_n from_o whence_o it_o shall_v branch_v no_o as_o the_o lay_n presbyter_n from_o 1_o tim._n v._o 17._o may_v say_v i_o be_v never_o here_o graft_v so_o the_o spiritual_a presbyter_n from_o the_o 1._o tim._n iiii_o 14._o may_v say_v i_o be_v never_o here_o plant_v yea_o they_o may_v be_v fellow-mourner_n and_o sob_v together_o say_v we_o that_o will_v have_v all_o thing_n attest_v by_o scripture_n have_v not_o a_o clear_a scripture_n either_o for_o the_o one_o bind_v of_o hand_n or_o for_o the_o other_o lay_n on_o of_o hand_n for_o these_o only_a place_n be_v nonely_a place_n neither_o pregnant_a nor_o perspicuous_a but_o to_o leave_v the_o lay_n presbyter_n as_o one_o salute_v by_o the_o way_n and_o to_o talk_v a_o little_a more_o free_o to_o the_o spiritual_a presbyter_n as_o the_o person_n to_o who_o this_o conference_n be_v intend_v can_v presbytery_n of_o itself_o create_v a_o ministry_n scripture_n do_v not_o affirm_v it_o will_v antiquity_n avouch_v it_o i_o doubt_v not_o or_o without_o doubt_v it_o will_v nor_o epiphanius_n say_v that_o aerius_n the_o arian_n be_v the_o first_o which_o give_v presbyter_n power_n to_o ordain_v minister_n but_o say_v he_o this_o can_v be_v for_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n do_v beget_v father_n to_o the_o church_n but_o presbyter_n do_v but_o only_o beget_v chidren_n by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n and_o not_o father_n or_o doctor_n 75._o episcoporum_fw-la enim_fw-la ordo_fw-la patres_fw-la generate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la potens_fw-la generare_fw-la patres_fw-la per_fw-la lavaâ—cri_fw-la regenerationem_fw-la generate_fw-la filios_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la patres_fw-la aut_fw-la doctores_fw-la et_fw-la quomodo_fw-la posâ—ibile_fw-la erat_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la constituere_fw-la non_fw-la habentem_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la aequalem_fw-la episcopo_fw-la epiphan_n haer._n 75._o how_o be_v it_o then_o possible_a that_o a_o presbyter_n which_o have_v not_o the_o power_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n shall_v be_v equal_a to_o a_o bishop_n oecumenius_n in_o c._n 5.1_o ad_fw-la tim._n say_v that_o where_o saint_n paul_n command_v timothy_n to_o lay_v hand_n rash_o on_o no_o man_n he_o treat_v of_o impose_v hand_n because_o he_o write_v to_o a_o bishop_n as_o if_o it_o be_v peculiar_a to_o he_o saint_n chrysostome_n say_v that_o only_o in_o lay_v on_o hand_n bishop_n go_v beyond_o presbyter_n and_o have_v that_o only_o thingmore_o than_o the_o presbyter_n chrysostom_n hom._n in_o c._n v._n 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n saint_n jerome_n say_v the_o self_n same_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o evagrius_n the_o council_n of_o antioch_n say_v that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v have_v power_n within_o his_o own_o diocese_n to_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n c._n antioch_n can_v 2._o the_o council_n of_o nice_a say_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o paulianist_n must_v receive_v imposition_n of_o hand_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n c._n nicen._n c._n 19_o and_o be_v there_o not_o reason_n for_o this_o when_o bishop_n be_v the_o direct_a successor_n of_o apostle_n for_o if_o christ_n say_v that_o i_o will_v be_v with_o you_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n matthew_n xxviii_o 20._o the_o apostle_n be_v dead_a where_o be_v christ_n perpetual_a providence_n if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o perpetual_a succession_n the_o ministry_n in_o general_n can_v prove_v this_o for_o the_o apostle_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n so_o there_o must_v be_v some_o to_o represent_v the_o apostle_n which_o must_v be_v superior_a to_o other_o minister_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v those_o person_n it_o may_v appear_v because_o they_o have_v often_o the_o honourable_a title_n of_o apostle_n james_n the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o be_v not_o james_n the_o son_n of_o zebedee_n for_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n but_o james_n the_o just_a who_o be_v usual_o call_v the_o brother_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v no_o immediate_a apostle_n but_o a_o bishop_n es_fw-ge com._n in_o es_fw-ge for_o his_o very_a office_n sake_n be_v call_v a_o apostle_n 1_o gal._n nineteeen_o and_o by_o saint_n jerome_n call_v the_o thirteen_o apostle_n 3.1_o theodor._n in_o 1_o tim._n 3.1_o theodoret_n do_v call_v timothy_n the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n a_o apostle_n orig._n ruffin_n de_fw-fr adult_n lib._n orig._n clemens_n be_v say_v by_o ruffian_n to_o be_v almost_o a_o apostle_n and_o by_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n he_o be_v express_o call_v clement_n the_o apostle_n ignatius_n by_o saint_n chrys_n encom_o ignat._n be_v style_v both_o bishop_n and_o apostle_n 4._o rab._n ms_n in_o tim_n 4._o rabanus_n maurus_n say_v that_o bishop_n rule_v whole_a province_n be_v call_n apostles_n 3._o theodor._n in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o and_o theodoret_n say_v that_o those_o which_o they_o now_o call_v bishop_n they_o do_v former_o name_n apostles_n i_o know_v it_o be_v object_v that_o the_o apostolical_a order_n be_v extroardinary_a it_o be_v not_o perpetual_a but_o that_o be_v not_o so_o for_o the_o call_n of_o aaron_n be_v extraordinary_a at_o first_o yet_o it_o be_v perpetuate_v in_o the_o succession_n so_o likewise_o the_o call_n of_o the_o 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