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be_v make_v be_v joseph_n call_v barsabas_n who_o surname_n be_v justus_n and_o he_o as_o dorothcus_n in_o his_o synopsis_n mention_n be_v one_o of_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n beside_o this_o be_v also_o true_a that_o other_o of_o the_o ministry_n have_v the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o these_o be_v so_o eminent_a as_o that_o they_o give_v it_o the_o proof_n be_v plain_a in_o philip_n the_o evangelist_n who_o as_o the_o say_a author_n say_v be_v one_o likewise_o of_o the_o seventie_o for_o though_o he_o preach_v wrought_v miracle_n according_a to_o the_o extraordinary_a gift_n of_o those_o time_n convert_v and_o baptize_v the_o samaritan_n yet_o nevertheless_o till_o peter_n and_o john_n come_v down_o and_o pray_v and_o lay_v their_o hand_n on_o they_o they_o receive_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o be_v express_o write_v in_o the_o 8._o chapter_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n at_o the_o 14_o 15_o 16_o and_o 17_o verse_n but_o proceed_v we_o further_o the_o apostle_n be_v still_o careful_a to_o do_v the_o work_n for_o which_o they_o be_v send_v they_o plant_v therefore_o mother-churche_n in_o mother-city_n they_o ordain_v they_o presbyter_n and_o so_o long_o as_o they_o themselves_o take_v the_o chief_a care_n of_o those_o church_n they_o have_v no_o other_o bishop_n to_o govern_v they_o no_o otherwise_o then_o in_o common_a for_o even_o the_o whole_a company_n be_v invest_v with_o a_o kind_n of_o oversight_n in_o the_o apostle_n absence_n whilst_o thing_n be_v in_o fieri_fw-la though_o afterward_o when_o they_o be_v in_o facto_fw-la such_o as_o these_o be_v rather_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v plain_a enough_o and_o needs_o no_o question_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v that_o the_o name_n as_o yet_o be_v promiscuous_o give_v to_o the_o whole_a bench_n of_o presbyter_n where_o the_o apostle_n still_o be_v head_n and_o have_v set_v up_o none_o in_o particular_a above_o the_o rest_n a_o example_n whereof_o be_v in_o that_o of_o s._n paul_n to_o the_o philippian_n chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 1._o and_o in_o some_o place_n also_o where_o a_o particular_a bishop_n be_v appoint_v the_o name_n for_o a_o while_o be_v still_o in_o common_a as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o 1_o tim._n 3.1_o and_o in_o titus_n chap._n 1._o v._n 7._o but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o name_n that_o we_o strive_v for_o the_o thing_n be_v that_o which_o make_v the_o difference_n for_o though_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n be_v not_o sudden_o appropriate_v to_o one_o more_o than_o another_o yet_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v insomuch_o that_o the_o bishopric_n where_o the_o apostle_n have_v ordain_v presbyter_n be_v still_o to_o they_o in_o chief_a until_o they_o begin_v to_o set_v up_o be_v out_o or_o otherwise_o to_o withdraw_v upon_o occasion_n of_o plant_v in_o some_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n which_o when_o they_o do_v both_o the_o name_n and_o office_n be_v then_o more_o near_o connect_v and_o 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manifest_a when_o s._n peter_n by_o the_o direction_n of_o s._n james_n withdraw_v himself_o from_o eat_v with_o the_o gentile_n we_o read_v also_o of_o s._n paul_n how_o at_o his_o last_o journey_n to_o jerusalem_n he_o go_v to_o james_n where_o he_o and_o his_o presbyter_n be_v assemble_v and_o take_v advice_n from_o he_o because_o of_o his_o settle_a abode_n in_o that_o place_n how_o he_o ought_v to_o behave_v himself_o towards_o those_o of_o the_o circumcision_n which_o believe_v act._n 21.19_o afterward_o although_o not_o present_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v make_v bishop_n the_o one_o of_o ephesus_n the_o other_o of_o crete_n and_o first_o for_o timothy_n he_o be_v command_v to_o charge_v the_o preacher_n of_o ephesus_n that_o they_o teach_v no_o other_o doctrine_n than_o be_v prescribe_v 1._o tim._n 1.3_o now_o if_o timothy_n be_v but_o a_o equal_a presbyter_n with_o the_o rest_n who_o will_v not_o think_v how_o equal_o apt_a the_o rest_n will_v be_v to_o bid_v he_o keep_v 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