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of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o this_o may_v very_o probable_o be_v twenty_o four_o exact_o one_o out_o of_o each_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o which_o the_o body_n of_o the_o jewish_a priesthood_n be_v divide_v as_o for_o the_o rabbin_n they_o be_v all_o too_o late_o to_o give_v we_o any_o certain_a information_n of_o matter_n of_o fact_n in_o that_o age_n and_o i_o can_v foresee_v any_o better_a testimony_n of_o that_o age_n why_o this_o may_v not_o have_v be_v the_o precise_a number_n nor_o will_v it_o the_o less_o fit_a our_o hypothesis_n concern_v the_o christian_a presbytery_n if_o it_o be_v remember_v what_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o christian_a episcopacy_n be_v only_o a_o multiplication_n of_o the_o jewish_a high_a priesthood_n whence_o it_o will_v also_o follow_v that_o the_o christian_a presbytery_n ought_v to_o be_v understand_v as_o answerable_a to_o that_o sanhedrim_n which_o immediate_o relate_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n himself_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n conceive_v the_o number_n of_o twenty_o four_o to_o be_v the_o number_n of_o the_o apostle_n double_v to_o show_v the_o interest_n that_o the_o gentile_n sylburg_n as_o well_o as_o the_o jew_n be_v henceforth_o to_o have_v in_o the_o apostle_n thus_o the_o christian_a presbytery_n be_v mystical_o represent_v in_o the_o vision_n of_o s._n john_n as_o for_o the_o deacon_n they_o be_v also_o represent_v as_o former_o by_o the_o same_o vision_n by_o the_o seven_o lamp_n which_o be_v the_o seven_o spirit_n of_o god_n chap._n iu._n 5_o and_o his_o seven_o eye_n which_o be_v the_o seven_o spirit_n of_o god_n send_v forth_o into_o all_o the_o earth_n chap._n v._o 6_o according_a to_o the_o exposition_n which_o follow_v from_o what_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v thus_o i_o have_v show_v that_o the_o office_n sect._n 8_o of_o episcopacy_n be_v actual_o understand_v as_o a_o mystical_a institution_n nor_o yet_o have_v i_o descend_v so_o low_a as_o the_o pretend_a areopagite_n or_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n what_o i_o have_v insist_v on_o have_v be_v partly_o from_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o partly_o from_o the_o fresh_a memory_n of_o they_o so_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o pretend_v that_o though_o indeed_o they_o understand_v it_o so_o yet_o they_o may_v have_v be_v mistake_v in_o so_o understand_v it_o i_o have_v prevent_v this_o answer_n by_o insist_v only_o on_o such_o thing_n as_o by_o the_o principle_n of_o christianity_n be_v not_o obnoxious_a to_o it_o i_o have_v show_v that_o these_o notion_n prevail_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n nay_o among_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o s._n john_n for_o example_n i_o have_v show_v that_o in_o all_o probability_n they_o be_v think_v of_o by_o they_o who_o either_o give_v or_o first_o assume_v the_o name_n of_o bishop_n and_o let_v our_o brethren_n consider_v how_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o charge_v they_o with_o a_o mistake_n of_o this_o kind_n without_o involve_v the_o apostle_n themselves_o i_o have_v show_v that_o near_a the_o apostle_n time_n they_o be_v more_o receive_v than_o afterward_o that_o proceed_v on_o that_o way_n of_o reason_v which_o must_v have_v be_v their_o only_a guide_n and_o that_o a_o very_a secure_a one_o in_o all_o matter_n for_o which_o they_o have_v not_o a_o express_a revelation_n that_o reason_v on_o the_o apostle_n authority_n that_o reason_v on_o those_o very_a principle_n on_o account_n of_o which_o most_o of_o they_o have_v receive_v their_o very_a christianity_n and_o which_o be_v indeed_o fundamental_o suppose_v to_o most_o of_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n they_o can_v hardly_o avoid_v these_o thing_n as_o just_a and_o certain_a consequence_n by_o a_o clear_a and_o evident_a deduction_n and_o if_o after_o all_o we_o can_v yet_o be_v secure_a that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n design_v by_o god_n himself_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o show_v how_o we_o can_v be_v secure_a even_o of_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o or_o of_o any_o reveal_v religion_n or_o even_o of_o any_o matter_n of_o fact_n whatsoever_o that_o be_v to_o be_v deduce_v at_o a_o distance_n sect._n 9_o and_o now_o the_o same_o reason_v be_v applicable_a also_o here_o which_o be_v make_v use_n of_o concern_v the_o eucharist_n as_o a_o mystical_a sacrifice_n that_o as_o this_o gospel_n priesthood_n come_v near_o the_o original_a priesthood_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o near_a even_o the_o first_o visible_a priesthood_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o incarnate_a by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o it_o must_v derive_v of_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o invisible_a priesthood_n whence_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o if_o union_n with_o the_o legal_a priesthood_n be_v a_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o procure_v a_o union_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o disunion_n from_o that_o be_v like_o also_o to_o disunite_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o consequent_o from_o the_o father_n then_o much_o more_o these_o same_o consequence_n must_v likewise_o follow_v from_o the_o like_a union_n or_o disunion_n from_o the_o christian_a episcopacy_n the_o consequence_n will_v hold_v both_o as_o to_o the_o great_a certainty_n of_o the_o inference_n itself_o and_o as_o to_o the_o great_a moment_n of_o the_o thing_n so_o infer_v the_o inference_n must_v be_v more_o certain_a because_o indeed_o all_o the_o force_n of_o this_o reason_v as_o apply_v to_o the_o case_n of_o the_o jewish_a priesthood_n be_v in_o the_o principle_n of_o those_o person_n entire_o due_a to_o its_o be_v a_o type_n of_o our_o christian_a episcopacy_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v hold_v more_o certain_o concern_v our_o episcopacy_n itself_o as_o the_o certainty_n of_o all_o premise_n be_v still_o great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o inference_n deduce_v from_o they_o it_o will_v also_o hold_v as_o to_o the_o great_a moment_n of_o the_o thing_n infer_v for_o our_o covenant_n be_v establish_v on_o better_a promise_n and_o more_o explicite_fw-la revelation_n of_o the_o reward_n and_o punishment_n of_o a_o future_a state_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o reward_n of_o obedience_n and_o the_o punishment_n of_o disobedience_n to_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o union_n and_o the_o mischief_n of_o disunion_n with_o they_o must_v be_v great_a than_o those_o relate_n to_o the_o jewish_a high_a priesthood_n and_o that_o particular_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v the_o chief_a design_n of_o mystery_n and_o our_o future_a interest_n be_v those_o on_o which_o our_o evangelical_n covenant_n be_v principal_o ground_v and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o which_o principal_o concern_v our_o saviour_n as_o he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o messiah_n the_o prince_n and_o according_o this_o great_a moment_n be_v express_o own_a in_o the_o reason_v of_o the_o new_a testament_n especial_o by_o s._n paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o ebrew_o as_o he_o have_v already_o be_v observe_v 11._o nor_o will_v it_o now_o be_v difficult_a to_o sect._n 10_o understand_v the_o reason_n of_o those_o severe_a expression_n in_o tertullian_n concern_v censure_n pass_v by_o the_o bishop_n upon_o criminal_n he_o tell_v the_o heathen_n that_o the_o christian_n themselves_o be_v certain_a de_fw-fr dei_fw-la conspectu_fw-la 39_o and_o that_o it_o be_v summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la prejudicium_fw-la if_o any_o one_o shall_v so_o offend_v as_o to_o be_v exclude_v from_o their_o prayer_n and_o assembly_n and_o all_o holy_a commerce_n they_o may_v well_o be_v certain_a of_o it_o upon_o the_o hypothesis_n now_o describe_v if_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judicatory_n be_v representative_n of_o that_o celestial_a judicatory_a by_o which_o all_o must_v be_v judge_v at_o the_o last_o day_n if_o god_n himself_o or_o the_o son_n to_o who_o the_o father_n have_v commit_v all_o judgement_n be_v represent_v