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the_o apostle_n irenaelig_v lib._n 3._o tap_n 3._o tertull._n de_fw-fr praelig_n script_n cyprian_a ad_fw-la florent_fw-la 3.9_o epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 27._o romaefuerunt_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la primi_fw-la petrus_n &_o paulus_n apostoli_fw-la ijdem_fw-la ac_fw-la episcopi_fw-la chrysost_n in_o act._n 3._o jacobus_n episcopus_fw-la hierosolymitanus_n hieronym_n epist_n 85._o &_o 54._o ad_fw-la marcellam_fw-la &_o the_o scriptorib_n ecclesiast_fw-la in_o petro_n &_o jacobo_n ambros_n in_o 1._o corinth_n 11._o de_o angelis_n &_o in_o ephes_n 4._o apostolis_n angeli_fw-la sunt_fw-la of_o deacon_n at_o the_o beginning_n the_o whole_a weight_n of_o the_o church_n affair_n lay_v upon_o the_o apostle_n the_o distribution_n as_o well_o of_o the_o sacrament_n act._n 2.42_o as_o of_o the_o oblation_n act._n 4.35_o the_o ordination_n act_n 6.6_o the_o government_n act_n 5.3_o but_o upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o greek_n complaint_n who_o widow_n be_v not_o due_o regard_v in_o the_o daily_a 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brerewood_n oxford_z print_v by_o leon_n lichfield_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1641._o the_o judgement_n of_o m._n bucer_n touch_v the_o original_a of_o bishop_n and_o metropolitan_o by_o the_o perpetual_a observation_n of_o the_o church_n 67._o m._n bucer_n de_fw-la regno_fw-la christi_fw-la ad_fw-la r._n edvardum_fw-la vi._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 12._o inter_fw-la scripta_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la anglicana_n pag._n 67._o even_o from_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o we_o do_v see_v that_o it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o among_o the_o presbyter_n to_o who_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n be_v chief_o commit_v some_o one_o shall_v be_v appoint_v to_o have_v a_o singular_a charge_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o whole_a sacred_a ministry_n who_o by_o that_o care_n and_o solicitude_n have_v a_o presidency_n over_o all_o the_o rest_n for_o which_o cause_n the_o name_n of_o of_o bishop_n be_v peculiar_o attribute_v unto_o these_o chief_a governor_n of_o church_n although_o they_o ought_v to_o decree_v nothing_o without_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o presbyter_n who_o themselves_o also_o by_o reason_n of_o this_o common_a administration_n of_o the_o church_n have_v the_o name_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o scripture_n give_v unto_o they_o so_o we_o may_v see_v 280._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la animarum_fw-la curâ_fw-la officioque_fw-la pastor_n eccles_n ibid._n pag._n 280._o act._n 20.28_o that_o by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o care_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o pastoral_a office_n ought_v to_o be_v impose_v upon_o all_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n in_o common_a and_o from_o hence_o s._n hierome_n do_v right_o collect_v that_o the_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n office_n and_o charge_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o hierome_n indeed_o write_v this_o withal_o that_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n those_o presbyter_n take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n and_o govern_v it_o by_o common_a counsel_n and_o that_o then_o at_o length_n 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