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of_o cleophas_n sister_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n the_o wife_n of_o alpheus_n and_o mother_n of_o james_n the_o less_o wherewith_o agree_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n in_o eusebius_n eccles_n hist_o two_o 1._o where_o he_o acknowledge_v but_o two_o james_n the_o son_n of_o zebedee_n and_o this_o james_n of_o jerusalem_n mention_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o herewith_o agree_v s._n chrysostome_n upon_o that_o text_n of_o the_o apostle_n where_o he_o observe_v that_o for_o s._n james_n his_o honour_n s._n paul_n call_v he_o brother_n of_o our_o lord_n whereas_o he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v call_v he_o son_n of_o cleophas_n as_o the_o evangelist_n have_v do_v here_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o james_n the_o brother_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o son_n of_o cleophas_n be_v the_o apostle_n son_n of_o alpheus_n according_a to_o s._n chrysostome_n as_o for_o that_o which_o follow_v that_o nevertheless_o he_o be_v not_o of_o kin_n to_o our_o lord_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n but_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o world_n it_o seem_v to_o depend_v upon_o hegesippus_n in_o eusebius_n three_o 11_o 26._o where_o he_o make_v cleophas_n brother_n to_o joseph_n suppose_a father_n of_o our_o lord_n which_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v true_a that_o joseph_n and_o cleophas_n brother_n shall_v take_v to_o wife_n the_o two_o mary_fw-mi sister_n or_o cousin_n but_o otherwise_o there_o be_v so_o much_o appearance_n in_o the_o gospel_n that_o mary_n mother_n of_o james_n and_o joses_n be_v mary_n of_o cleophas_n sister_n to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o inconvenience_n to_o deny_v this_o james_n to_o be_v kin_n to_o our_o lord_n by_o her_o side_n as_o for_o other_o relation_n and_o conjecture_n of_o church-writer_n the_o variety_n whereof_o be_v endless_a and_o unreconcilable_a it_o be_v not_o reason_n to_o draw_v they_o into_o consequence_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o conjecture_n which_o make_v so_o clear_a a_o agreement_n of_o this_o whole_a difference_n it_o be_v my_o desire_n to_o show_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n word_n but_o it_o be_v not_o my_o purpose_n to_o build_v upon_o uncertainty_n whosoever_o this_o james_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v we_o find_v the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n under_o his_o charge_n almost_o assoon_o as_o there_o be_v a_o church_n there_o at_o least_o if_o we_o believe_v ignatius_n epist_n ad_fw-la trall_n where_o he_o say_v s._n stephen_n be_v deacon_n to_o this_o james_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o must_v be_v betimes_o after_o our_o lord_n death_n and_o therefore_o thus_o we_o see_v who_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n succeed_v chap._n iii_o the_o apostle_n plant_v mother-churche_n in_o mother-city_n the_o government_n of_o they_o estate_v upon_o presbytery_n saint_n paul_n at_o the_o beginning_n make_v no_o bishop_n over_o those_o presbytery_n the_o reason_n himself_o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o the_o church_n of_o his_o plant_n for_o the_o time_n the_o like_a in_o the_o church_n of_o s._n peter_n charge_n let_v we_o now_o go_v abroad_o with_o the_o apostle_n and_o see_v how_o they_o follow_v this_o pattern_n in_o the_o church_n which_o they_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n tertullian_n l._n de_n prescript_n c._n 20._o speak_v thus_o of_o they_o ac_fw-la providè_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apud_fw-la unanquamque_fw-la civitatem_fw-la condiderunt_fw-la this_o slight_a circumstance_n which_o he_o but_o point_v at_o that_o the_o apostle_n found_v church_n in_o city_n be_v very_o considerable_a in_o our_o business_n for_o it_o be_v plain_a they_o can_v not_o bestow_v their_o pain_n on_o all_o place_n reason_n require_v they_o shall_v labour_v most_o to_o plant_v the_o faith_n in_o the_o most_o populous_a and_o common_a sense_n and_o the_o least_o knowledge_n of_o time_n will_v serve_v to_o show_v that_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v propagate_v through_o the_o country_n that_o lay_v to_o those_o city_n which_o therefore_o in_o time_n become_v and_o be_v call_v the_o territory_n parish_n or_o diocese_n of_o such_o or_o such_o church_n now_o the_o form_n of_o government_n estate_v by_o s._n paul_n over_o these_o church_n be_v point_v out_o to_o we_o act_n fourteen_o 23._o where_o we_o read_v in_o the_o end_n of_o their_o first_o journey_n that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n have_v ordain_v they_o presbyter_n in_o every_o church_n return_v to_o antiochia_n but_o unto_o titus_n the_o apostle_n write_v thus_o tit._n i._n 5._o for_o this_o cause_n leave_v i_o thou_o in_o crete_n that_o thou_o may_v set_v in_o order_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v want_v and_o constitute_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n as_o i_o have_v appoint_v thou_o elder_n in_o every_o church_n in_o the_o one_o place_n and_o elder_n in_o every_o city_n in_o the_o other_o both_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n not_o mean_v one_o in_o a_o place_n but_o presbytery_n that_o be_v college_n body_n company_n of_o presbyter_n with_o common_a advice_n to_o order_v the_o church_n plant_v in_o these_o city_n such_o a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n it_o be_v that_o we_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o last_o chapter_n institute_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o pattern_n whereof_o s._n paul_n follow_v in_o the_o church_n which_o he_o convert_v out_o of_o the_o gentile_n and_o thus_o in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n you_o shall_v see_v s._n paul_n act_v xx_o 17._o send_v for_o the_o bench_n of_o elder_n there_o to_o miletus_n thus_o in_o the_o church_n of_o philippi_n you_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o apostle_n direct_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n there_o which_o must_v be_v to_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n next_o above_o the_o order_n of_o deacon_n thus_o when_o the_o apostle_n write_v to_o the_o thessalonian_o 1._o thess_n v._o 12._o and_o we_o beseech_v you_o brethren_z to_o know_v they_o which_o labour_n among_o you_o and_o be_v over_o you_o in_o the_o lord_n the_o multitude_n whereof_o he_o speak_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o 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