buyer_n and_o seller_n out_o of_o the_o temple_n what_o office_n do_v paul_n commit_v to_o timothy_n when_o he_o say_v adversùs_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la &_o c_o i_o will_v not_o have_v a_o minister_n to_o be_v a_o warrior_n or_o a_o farmer_n or_o a_o merchant_n or_o have_v any_o such_o like_a osfice_n which_o consist_v in_o gain_n or_o bodily_a labour_n only_o but_o why_o he_o may_v not_o have_v such_o a_o office_n as_o be_v profitable_a to_o increase_v godliness_n and_o punish_v ungodliness_n i_o hear_v as_o yet_o no_o reason_n as_o for_o the_o office_n of_o a_o high_a commissioner_n it_o be_v ecclesiastical_a for_o they_o have_v to_o do_v only_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a t._n c._n pag._n 170._o sect._n 1_o and_o for_o elye_v and_o samuel_n they_o be_v extraordinary_a example_n which_o may_v thereby_o appear_v for_o that_o both_o these_o office_n first_o meeting_n in_o melchisedech_n and_o afterward_o in_o moses_n be_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n sever_v when_o as_o the_o 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you_o shall_v zuinglius_fw-la euseb._n zuinglius_fw-la find_v that_o the_o apostle_n do_v appoint_v and_o ordain_v james_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o nierusalem_n but_o i_o will_v not_o now_o stand_v upon_o this_o matter_n i_o shall_v have_v more_o occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o it_o hereafter_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n this_o which_o i_o have_v say_v be_v sufficient_a to_o satisfy_v your_o request_n for_o the_o apostle_n time_n touch_v that_o of_o luke_n that_o it_o be_v do_v church_n by_o church_n if_o you_o mean_v the_o order_n of_o minister_n by_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n it_o be_v answer_v before_o where_o i_o have_v show_v that_o it_o make_v against_o you_o if_o you_o understande_v by_o every_o church_n those_o church_n where_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n be_v together_o then_o do_v you_o expound_v church_n by_o church_n well_o else_o not_o but_o this_o be_v not_o material_a cyprian_a election_n of_o minister_n by_o the_o people_n not_o general_a in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o cyprian_a now_o 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may_v easy_o perceive_v how_o you_o have_v daly_v about_o this_o place_n of_o cyprian_a and_o that_o this_o interpretation_n be_v not_o i_o alone_o chap._n 3._o the._n 16._o division_n answer_v to_o the_o admonition_n pag._n 70._o sect._n 1._o 2._o 3._o &_o pag._n 71._o sect._n 1_o and_o therefore_o hierome_n write_v upon_o the_o first_o to_o titus_n say_v that_o hierome_n hierome_n in_o the_o begin_n a_o bishop_n and_o a_o priest_n be_v all_o one_o but_o after_o that_o there_o begin_v to_o rise_v faction_n in_o religion_n and_o some_o say_v they_o hold_v of_o apollo_n some_o of_o paul_n some_o of_o cephas_n and_o some_o of_o christ_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o one_o shall_v be_v choose_v to_o bear_v rule_n over_o the_o rest_n to_o who_o the_o chief_a care_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v apperteine_v and_o by_o who_o sect_n and_o schism_n shall_v be_v cut_v of_o here_o a_o man_n may_v reason_v thus_o the_o distinction_n of_o degree_n begin_v in_o the_o church_n when_o man_n begin_v to_o 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