presbyter_n in_o office_n who_o part_n it_o be_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o timothy_n 1_o tim._n 4.14_o their_o common_a care_n and_o charge_v it_o be_v and_o not_o paul_n only_a 2_o tim._n 1.6_o we_o never_o read_v paul_n to_o have_v practise_v in_o or_o to_o have_v pretend_v to_o a_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n or_o to_o so_o much_o as_o a_o negative_a voice_n in_o that_o particular_a though_o no_o doubt_n he_o have_v a_o great_a latitude_n of_o authority_n than_o any_o can_v now_o lay_v claim_n to_o as_o be_v a_o apostle_n not_o of_o or_o by_o man_n but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n yet_o paul_n be_v neither_o ordain_v nor_o do_v ordain_v without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o some_o other_o act._n 13.1_o 2_o 3._o ch_n 14.23_o '_o if_o any_o will_v yet_o implead_v ordination_n by_o a_o presbytery_n because_o without_o a_o prelate_n 1_o he_o ought_v to_o produce_v the_o divine_a institution_n of_o a_o prelate_n distinct_a from_o a_o dignify_v beyond_o a_o presbyter_n or_o minister_n 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frequent_a remove_n 13._o remove_n see_v they_o describe_v jus_n divin_n min._n evan._n par_fw-fr 2._o p._n 69._o smectimnuus_n sect_n 13._o after_o the_o mention_n of_o their_o be_v at_o ephesus_n and_o crete_n have_v any_o consistence_n '_o with_o the_o charge_n or_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n which_o oblige_v to_o a_o fix_a residence_n among_o his_o flock_n to_o pass_v other_o reason_n throughout_o reason_n see_v jus_n di_fw-it vin_fw-fr minist_n evang._n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 5._o throughout_o against_o their_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n '_o their_o frequent_a diversion_n and_o journey_n and_o various_a dispatch_n to_o and_o fro_o at_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o as_o may_v best_o subserve_v the_o design_n and_o welfare_n of_o the_o general_a visible_a church_n do_v loud_o enough_o proclaim_v they_o to_o be_v evangelist_n i_o know_v there_o be_v on_o the_o other_o hand_n that_o vest_n the_o people_n with_o this_o power_n and_o privilege_n of_o ordination_n beyond_o what_o 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