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20_o 17_o 2â—_z six_o he_o peremptory_o determine_v timothy_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v false_a and_o fâ—om_n this_o false_a ground_n will_v prove_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n distinct_a seven_o he_o interpret_v a_o elder_n in_o the_o 1_o tim._n 5.1_o to_o be_v a_o presbyter_n which_o most_o father_n else_o expound_v only_o to_o be_v a_o ancient_a man_n eight_o he_o will_v prove_v timothy_n a_o bishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v superior_a too_o and_o distinct_a from_o presbyter_n because_o paul_n exhort_v he_o not_o to_o rebuke_v a_o elder_n but_o to_o exhort_v he_o as_o a_o father_n and_o not_o to_o receive_v a_o accusation_n against_o a_o elder_n but_o under_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n which_o be_v gross_a inconsequence_n as_o i_o have_v else_o where_o manifest_v so_o that_o epiphanius_n whilst_o he_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v aerius_n his_o assertion_n still_o of_o folly_n step_n into_o many_o error_n folly_n and_o absurdity_n himself_o as_o 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