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presbyter_n succeed_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o council_n of_o the_o apostle_n irenaeus_n advers._fw-la haereseslib_n 3_o c_o 2._o say_v traditionem_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n per_fw-la successionem_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la custodiri_fw-la and_o lib_n 4_o c_o 43._o enjoin_v ut_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la apostolis_n successionem_fw-la habent_fw-la auscultemus_fw-la and_o c_o 45._o uhi_fw-la say_v he_o charismata_fw-la domini_fw-la posita_fw-la sunt_fw-la ibi_fw-la discere_fw-la oportet_fw-la veritatem_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la est_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n ecclesiae_fw-la successio_fw-la cyprian_a lib_n 4._o ep_n 4_o affirm_v omnes_fw-la praepositos_fw-la and_o it_o be_v know_v that_o he_o give_v that_o title_n also_o to_o presbyter_n vicaria_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la apostolis_n succedere_fw-la jerome_n who_o be_v no_o bishop_n ow_v himself_o for_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o rest_n in_o thyatira_n be_v not_o there_o a_o plain_a intimation_n of_o a_o plurality_n under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o angel_n by_o the_o rest_n in_o thyatira_n must_v needs_o be_v understand_v they_o who_o be_v distinct_a from_o the_o angel_n and_o the_o angel_n must_v be_v who_o ever_o be_v distinct_a from_o these_o who_o be_v call_v the_o rest_n and_o yet_o beside_o the_o rest_n there_o be_v a_o plurality_n you_o my_o antagonist_n have_v a_o answer_n to_o this_o passage_n such_o as_o it_o be_v which_o i_o shall_v consider_v when_o i_o come_v to_o examine_v his_o vindication_n of_o his_o argument_n smectym_n sect._n 13._o out_o of_o fox_n meditation_n on_o the_o revelation_n which_o i_o have_v not_o see_v cit_v august_n ep._n 132._o sic_fw-la enim_fw-la say_v he_o in_o apocalypsi_fw-la legimus_fw-la angelus_n etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-fr angelo_n superiorum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la &_o non_fw-fr de_fw-fr praepositis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 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the_o guide_v of_o the_o church_n that_o then_o be_v set_v over_o she_o all_o which_o be_v already_o answer_v his_o ingeminate_v his_o question_n about_o the_o possibility_n of_o this_o change_n p._n 142._o his_o saying_n that_o this_o can_v be_v imagine_v if_o we_o believe_v the_o other_o part_n of_o evangelical_n history_n be_v but_o word_n that_o evanish_v into_o nothing_o on_o supposition_n of_o the_o account_n that_o i_o have_v give_v of_o it_o for_o we_o deny_v that_o the_o evangelical_n history_n whether_o sacred_a or_o humane_a give_v we_o account_n of_o such_o a_o constitution_n of_o episcopacy_n as_o he_o imagine_v in_o the_o first_o age_n that_o no_o historian_n take_v notice_n of_o it_o though_o it_o be_v most_o memorable_a p._n 143._o be_v still_o his_o rot_a hypothesis_n that_o this_o change_n shall_v have_v be_v make_v sudden_o and_o all_o at_o once_o and_o i_o add_v the_o history_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o rise_n and_o progress_n of_o this_o be_v defective_a and_o uncertain_a as_o i_o have_v show_v sect._n 32._o we_o do_v not_o say_v that_o it_o be_v agree_v upon_o by_o some_o ambitious_a ecclesiastic_n as_o he_o p._n 144._o such_o man_n may_v carry_v it_o on_o in_o their_o several_a place_n without_o consultation_n nature_n and_o a_o corrupt_a heart_n prompt_v they_o to_o it_o and_o the_o world_n and_o satan_n tempt_v they_o yea_o it_o may_v in_o some_o degree_n be_v promote_v by_o better_a man_n than_o these_o unaware_o take_v that_o for_o their_o due_a which_o be_v not_o so_o for_o its_o be_v submit_v to_o tame_o which_o he_o mention_v ibid._n that_o be_v not_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o because_o of_o the_o humility_n of_o some_o and_o mind_v other_o work_n for_o the_o people_n edification_n leave_v the_o the_o rule_v part_n too_o much_o to_o they_o who_o incline_v to_o it_o and_o their_o not_o observe_v this_o change_n which_o by_o in_o insensible_a degree_n make_v its_o progress_n so_o in_o the_o dark_a §_o 44._o he_o p._n 145_o etc._n etc._n 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and_o necessary_a if_o their_o the_o presbyterian_o hypothesis_n be_v allow_v such_o consequence_n from_o our_o opinion_n we_o utter_o deny_v and_o challenge_v he_o to_o prove_v their_o dependence_n on_o it_o the_o judicious_a reader_n will_v easy_o see_v that_o they_o all_o be_v ground_v on_o his_o fond_a conceit_n that_o we_o hold_v that_o this_o change_n be_v make_v sudden_o open_o and_o all_o at_o once_o if_o he_o find_v we_o maintaing_n that_o let_v he_o load_v our_o opinion_n with_o as_o many_o absurd_a consequence_n as_o he_o can_v devise_v and_o we_o neglect_v his_o triumphant_a repetition_n of_o his_o continual_a cant_n p._n 145_o 146._o about_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o its_o be_v receive_v without_o contradiction_n but_o to_o establish_v this_o last_o notion_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o none_o before_o aerius_n oppose_a episcopacy_n of_o who_o and_o his_o act_n he_o take_v the_o liberty_n to_o give_v such_o account_n as_o he_o think_v 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