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he_o tell_v we_o 411_o from_o the_o scripture_n antiquity_n and_o no_o doubt_n the_o more_o dark_a in_o this_o point_n he_o tell_v we_o of_o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o apology_n to_o the_o emperor_n antonius_n who_o speak_v of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o precedent_n in_o the_o church_n who_o consecrat_n the_o bread_n and_o wine_n give_v to_o the_o deacon_n to_o distribut_n to_o the_o present_a and_o to_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o absent_a and_o that_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v bishop_n he_o tell_v we_o appear_v by_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o corinth_n his_o contemporary_a who_o use_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o bishop_n promiscuous_o a_o sorry_a proof_n no_o doubt_n the_o church_n have_v a_o precedent_n or_o these_o call_v by_o justin_n so_o therefore_o bishop_n with_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o hold_v the_o entire_a apostolic_a office_n again_o these_o precedent_n be_v call_v sometime_o bishop_n 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necessary_a consequence_n overturn_v the_o peculiarity_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o presidency_n ascribe_v to_o the_o bishop_n as_o set_v over_o pastor_n and_o enhance_a all_o this_o authority_n and_o do_v by_o further_a consequence_n infer_v either_o that_o father_n contradict_v the_o scripture_n if_o attribute_v this_o prostacie_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o dr_n sense_n or_o that_o if_o they_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n sense_n and_o acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n they_o must_v needs_o mean_v the_o pastor_n only_o and_o not_o his_o imaginary_a prelate_n and_o so_o whatever_o sense_n the_o dr._n embrace_v of_o justin_n and_o dionysius_n his_o cause_n and_o plead_v here_o be_v lose_v and_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n moreover_o if_o the_o dr._n stand_v to_o this_o suppose_a account_n of_o the_o bishop_n office_n offer_v by_o justin_n he_o will_v make_v the_o administration_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n peculiar_a to_o he_o against_o the_o dr_n own_o 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dr._n pretend_v the_o folly_n of_o his_o reason_n then_o appear_v by_o this_o irrefragable_a reason_n that_o we_o find_v the_o father_n call_v such_o person_n presbyter_n who_o he_o imagine_v bishop_n in_o his_o sense_n irenaeus_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o victor_n cite_v by_o euseb._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 23._o call_v anicetus_n pius_n higinus_n telesphorus_n xistus_fw-la presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n presbyteri_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la praecesserunt_fw-la the_o presbyter_n that_o go_v before_o thou_o thus_o also_o he_o express_v himself_o nec_fw-la polycarpus_n aniceto_fw-la suasit_fw-la ut_fw-la servaret_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la successerat_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la servandum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebat_fw-la tertullian_n also_o apol._n cap._n 39_o call_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o church_n seniores_fw-la or_o presbyter_n when_o he_o say_v president_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la for_o what_o the_o dr._n add_v of_o irenaeus_n his_o see_a polycarp_n and_o hear_v he_o discourse_n of_o john_n the_o apostle_n 412.413_o who_o affirm_v he_o can_v reckon_v up_o the_o bishop_n ordain_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o his_o own_o time_n reckon_v eleven_o from_o linus_n to_o who_o he_o say_v peterâ—and_n â—and_z paul_n deliver_v the_o episcopal_a power_n of_o govern_v the_o church_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o this_o be_v abundant_o obviate_v by_o what_o be_v now_o say_v of_o the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o the_o intendment_n of_o the_o father_n in_o such_o recitation_n yea_o and_o from_o irenaeus_n himself_o convict_v of_o folly_n in_o that_o he_o ascribe_v the_o same_o authority_n to_o presbyter_n lib_n 4_o cap._n 4.3_o qua_fw-la propter_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sunt_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la obedire_fw-la opportet_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la successionem_fw-la habent_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n sicut_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la successione_n charisma_n veritatis_fw-la certum_fw-la secundum_fw-la placitum_fw-la patris_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la reliquos_fw-la vero_fw-la qui_fw-la absistunt_fw-la a_o principali_fw-la successione_n &_o quocunque_fw-la loco_fw-la colliguntur_fw-la suspectos_fw-la habere_fw-la vel_fw-la quasi_fw-la haereticos_fw-la &_o malae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la vel_fw-la quasi_fw-la scindentes_fw-la &_o elatos_fw-la &_o sibi_fw-la placentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o also_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 44._o he_o express_v himself_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la talibus_fw-la absistere_fw-la opportet_fw-la adhaerere_fw-la vero_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la sicut_fw-la diximus_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la custodiunt_fw-la &_o eum_fw-la presbyterii_fw-la ordine_fw-la sermonem_fw-la sanum_fw-la &_o conversationem_fw-la sine_fw-la offensa_fw-la praestant_fw-la ad_fw-la informationem_fw-la &_o correctionem_fw-la aliorum_fw-la from_o which_o passage_n of_o irenaeus_n the_o author_n of_o the_o appendix_n before_o mention_v do_v infer_v 1._o that_o presbyter_n be_v call_v and_o own_v by_o he_o as_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o i_o may_v add_v that_o if_o call_v so_o by_o the_o father_n the_o term_n of_o prelate_n successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v of_o no_o weight_n to_o prove_v the_o dr_n design_n 2_o dly_z that_o they_o be_v also_o call_v bishop_n 3_o dly_z that_o the_o apostolic_a doctrine_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o apostle_n by_o their_o succession_n 4_o lie_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o say_v of_o bishop_n in_o the_o former_a place_n of_o irenaeus_n which_o be_v not_o say_v of_o presbyter_n and_o therefore_o such_o place_n can_v prove_v that_o the_o apostle_n constitut_v in_o the_o church_n bishop_n distinct_a from_o presbyter_n the_o dr_n two_o countryman_n dr._n reynolds_n against_o hart_n chap._n 2._o and_o dr._n whittaker_n de_fw-fr pontificatu_fw-la quaest_n 2._o cap._n 15._o have_v long_a since_o inform_v he_o of_o the_o father_n improper_a use_n of_o the_o word_n bishop_n when_o apply_v to_o apostle_n and_o the_o unsuitable_a absurd_a appropriate_a such_o a_o office_n unto_o they_o in_o a_o word_n in_o the_o forementioned_a appendix_n 123.124.125_o the_o pretend_a succession_n of_o bishop_n from_o the_o apostle_n be_v full_o baffle_v from_o several_a ground_n 1._o the_o homonymie_n of_o the_o word_n bishop_n these_o of_o the_o first_o and_o late_a time_n be_v of_o a_o different_a mould_n as_o to_o their_o office_n and_o power_n the_o late_a being_n diocesian_n the_o first_o not_o so_o since_o the_o church_n be_v first_o govern_v by_o the_o common_a council_n of_o presbyter_n and_o the_o succession_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o first_o ordain_v minister_n as_o among_o the_o athenian_n there_o be_v nine_o archontes_n or_o chief_a ruler_n equal_a in_o power_n and_o authority_n yet_o the_o succession_n of_o governor_n there_o be_v derive_v from_o one_o who_o be_v the_o chief_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o diminish_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o rest_n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la minus_fw-la impedita_fw-la esset_fw-la temporum_fw-la enumeratio_fw-la as_o junius_n express_v it_o and_o for_o the_o same_o end_n be_v the_o succession_n in_o these_o catalogue_n draw_v from_o the_o first_o ordain_v minister_n or_o the_o present_a moderator_n and_o precedent_n 2_o lie_n that_o the_o catalogue_n the_o near_o they_o come_v to_o the_o apostle_n time_n run_v in_o the_o great_a confusion_n and_o uncertainty_n and_o contradict_v one_o another_o some_o calling_n clement_n the_o first_o bishop_n after_o peter_n some_o the_o three_o and_o the_o intricacy_n about_o the_o order_n of_o succession_n in_o linus_n anacletus_fw-la clemens_n and_o another_o call_v cletus_n be_v inextricable_a some_o as_o we_o have_v above_o make_v appear_v call_z titus_n bishop_n some_o archbishop_n of_o crete_n some_o bishop_n of_o dalmatia_n timothy_n and_o the_o apostle_n john_n be_v by_o 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bishop_n ans._n we_o need_v not_o spend_v time_n in_o resume_v what_o be_v say_v already_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o our_o lord_n give_v a_o power_n of_o mission_n and_o of_o ordain_v minister_n to_o his_o twelve_o apostle_n a_o power_n to_o plant_v church_n through_o the_o world_n and_o a_o gospel_n ministry_n and_o ordinance_n in_o they_o but_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o their_o mission_n they_o be_v to_o transferr_v their_o apostolic_a office_n and_o authority_n to_o ordinary_a succeed_v officer_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o quaesitum_fw-la or_o question_v which_o the_o dr._n still_o beg_v and_o suppose_v but_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v from_o either_o the_o nature_n and_o intendment_n of_o their_o mission_n or_o the_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o succeed_v officer_n who_o they_o ordain_v as_o we_o have_v above_o evince_v the_o dr_n proof_n be_v pitiful_o claudicant_a he_o tell_v we_o that_o though_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d denote_v one_o single_a person_n if_o he_o say_v that_o by_o the_o church_n the_o community_n of_o church_n ruler_n or_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v viz._n that_o all_o bishop_n in_o common_a and_o every_o bishop_n apart_o have_v this_o power_n and_o authority_n i_o answer_v this_o understand_v of_o scripture_n bishop_n or_o church_n officer_n in_o general_a and_o of_o such_o church_n officer_n of_o particular_a collegiate_n church_n be_v easy_o accord_v but_o if_o he_o mean_v of_o his_o hierarchical_a bishop_n in_o bulk_n and_o of_o every_o one_o of_o such_o a_o part_n he_o both_o beggs_n the_o question_n and_o cross_v the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n for_o 1._o howsoever_o we_o take_v the_o term_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o church_n whether_o for_o the_o church_n universal_a to_o who_o officer_n and_o a_o government_n be_v give_v immediate_o or_o for_o particular_a church_n to_o who_o in_o a_o mediate_v sense_n the_o same_o government_n and_o charge_n be_v 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that_o jame_v the_o apostle_n or_o evangelist_n not_o to_o stand_v here_o to_o discuss_v which_o do_v exercise_v his_o ministry_n or_o apostolate_v there_o how_o will_v it_o prove_v a_o succession_n to_o the_o apostolic_a charge_n and_o office_n in_o the_o drs._n sense_n as_o above_o delineat_a and_o where_o be_v his_o proof_n of_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n devolve_v this_o charge_n upon_o he_o to_o prove_v either_o or_o both_o these_o as_o the_o dr._n here_o do_v from_o any_o scripture_n or_o history_n which_o suppose_v james_n to_o be_v in_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o ministry_n require_v to_o make_v the_o reason_v valid_a such_o rule_n of_o logic_n as_o hitherto_o have_v not_o be_v hear_v of_o what_o a_o strange_a fantastic_a proof_n be_v this_o scripture_n affirm_v james_n to_o exercise_v his_o ministry_n at_o jerusalem_n ergo_fw-la he_o have_v devolve_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o other_o apostle_n the_o apostolic_a office_n in_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o extent_n 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thus_o call_v he_o be_v call_v in_o a_o special_a manner_n to_o the_o apostleship_n of_o the_o gentile_n i_o have_v appear_v unto_o thou_o say_v our_o lord_n to_o make_v thou_o a_o minister_n and_o a_o witness_n deliver_v thou_o from_o the_o people_n and_o from_o the_o gentile_n unto_o who_o i_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o the_o apostle_n immediate_o set_v upon_o this_o work_n of_o preach_v to_o they_o act._n 26.17_o 18_o 19_o the_o apostle_n also_o tell_v we_o gal._n 1.15_o 16_o 17._o that_o when_o it_o please_v god_n who_o separate_v i_o from_o my_o mother_n womb_n and_o call_v i_o by_o his_o grace_n to_o reveal_v his_o son_n in_o i_o that_o i_o may_v preach_v among_o the_o heathen_a or_o gentile_n immediate_o i_o confer_v not_o with_o flesh_n and_o blood_n neither_o go_v i_o up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o they_o which_o be_v apostle_n before_o i_o compare_v this_o with_o ephes._n 3.8_o hence_o its_o odd_a to_o suppose_v that_o either_o he_o or_o 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