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city_n of_o the_o realm_n that_o be_v in_o london_n in_o york_n and_o in_o glamorgantia_n videlicet_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la legionum_fw-la by_o wales_n thus_o far_o these_o protestant_n and_o one_o of_o they_o name_v the_o archbishop_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o constitutinge_n of_o archbishop_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o gentiles_n archflamine_n by_o these_o legate_n of_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la be_v to_o follow_v the_o example_n and_o order_n of_o s._n peter_n himself_o who_o do_v so_o as_o s._n paul_n likewise_o and_o make_v this_o reason_n whitgift_n dâf_n of_o the_o answ._n pag._n 320._o 321._o which_o may_v be_v do_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o city_n and_o place_n and_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o idolatrous_a priest_n for_o archiflamines_fw-la be_v in_o great_a city_n which_o be_v convert_v unto_o christ_n may_v have_v in_o the_o place_n of_o their_o archiflamines_fw-la godly_a and_o learned_a archbishop_n to_o oversee_v and_o dire_a the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o 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man_n the_o very_a same_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n of_o westminster_n as_o he_o be_v publish_v by_o english_a protestant_n matth._n westm_n a_o dom._n 185._o and_o this_o present_a protestant_n antiquary_n refutinge_v the_o ridiculous_a and_o ignorant_a or_o very_o wilful_a singularity_n of_o godwyn_n the_o protestant_a bishop_n singular_o and_o only_o as_o he_o himself_o write_v godw._n conver_v of_o brittany_n p._n 26._o except_v sutcliffe_n deny_v archflamine_n in_o this_o island_n cite_v for_o author_n pomponius_n laetus_n and_o fenestella_n thus_o add_v pompn_n laet_fw-la de_fw-fr sacerdot_n rom._n ca._n 7._o fenestell_n de_fw-fr sacerd._n rom._n c._n 5._o quemadmodum_fw-la autem_fw-la episcopis_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la sic_fw-la flaminibus_fw-la archiflamines_fw-la praeponebantur_fw-la horum_fw-la potestati_fw-la caeteri_fw-la judices_fw-la in_o insula_fw-la subijciebantur_fw-la hos_fw-la autem_fw-la ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la apostoli_fw-la idolatriae_fw-la eripuerunt_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la erant_fw-la flamen_fw-la episcopos_fw-la ubi_fw-la erant_fw-la archiflamines_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la sedes_fw-la autem_fw-la archiflaminum_fw-la in_o tribus_fw-la nobilioribus_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la londonijs_fw-la videlicet_fw-la eboraco_n &_o in_o urbe_fw-la legionum_fw-la his_o tribus_fw-la evacuata_fw-la superstitione_n octo_fw-la &_o viginti_fw-la episcopi_fw-la subduntur_fw-la divisisque_fw-la parochijs_fw-la subiaevit_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it eboracensi_fw-la deira_n &_o albania_n quas_fw-la magnum_fw-la flumen_fw-la humbri_n à _fw-fr loegria_n secernit_fw-la eboracensis_fw-la autem_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la scotiae_fw-la praesules_fw-la ac_fw-la antistites_fw-la jure_fw-la primatis_fw-la olim_fw-la fungebatur_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o resaucitum_fw-la erat_fw-la sub_fw-la henrico_n secundo_fw-la &_o hugone_n legato_n pontificio_fw-la celebrato_fw-la concilio_fw-la as_o archbishop_n with_o we_o christian_n be_v in_o power_n over_o bishop_n so_o be_v archflamine_n over_o flamen_fw-la in_o this_o island_n the_o other_o judge_n be_v subject_a to_o their_o power_n these_o by_o the_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o pope_n they_o deliver_v from_o idolatry_n and_o where_o there_o be_v flamen_v they_o place_v bishop_n and_o archbishop_n where_o there_o be_v archflamine_n and_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o archflamine_n be_v in_o the_o three_o more_o noble_a city_n in_o london_n to_o wit_n in_o york_n and_o the_o city_n of_o the_o legion_n to_o these_o three_o superstition_n be_v take_v away_o eight_o and_o twenty_o bishop_n be_v subject_v and_o the_o parish_n or_o diocese_n be_v divide_v yorkshire_n &_o scotland_n which_o the_o great_a river_n of_o humber_n do_v divide_v from_o loegria_n england_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o york_n and_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n do_v of_o old_a time_n enjoy_v the_o right_n of_o primate_n over_o all_o the_o prelate_n and_o bishop_n of_o scotland_n which_o be_v again_o decree_v in_o a_o cowncell_n hold_v under_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o and_o hugh_n the_o pope_n legate_n the_o like_a to_o this_o have_v all_o our_o antiquary_n catholic_n or_o protestant_n write_n of_o this_o matter_n the_o author_n of_o the_o old_a british_a history_n the_o book_n of_o landaffe_n the_o antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n s._n bede_n ponticus_n virunnius_n radulphus_fw-la de_fw-la diceto_fw-la asserus_fw-la capgrave_n will_n of_o malmesbury_n with_o other_o ancient_n and_o our_o present_a protestant_a antiquary_n consentinge_v as_o cambden_n holinsh_v harrison_n stowe_n howes_n the_o theatre_n writer_n and_o other_o two_o many_o to_o be_v recite_v and_o needle_n their_o work_n common_o extant_a and_o to_o be_v see_v of_o all_o only_o i_o will_v allege_v bicetes_n because_o his_o manuscript_n be_v rare_a and_o he_o much_o commend_v both_o for_o antiquity_n and_o authority_n by_o the_o protestant_a author_n of_o the_o great_a theatre_n thus_o he_o write_v eleuther_n papa_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la lucius_n rex_fw-la britanniae_fw-la missa_fw-la epistola_fw-la se_fw-la fieri_fw-la christianum_fw-la impetrat_fw-la eleuther_n ergo_fw-la misit_fw-la faganum_fw-la &_o dinuanum_fw-la qui_fw-la regem_fw-la lucium_fw-la baptizaverunt_fw-la templa_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la deorum_fw-la fundata_fw-la erant_fw-la uni_fw-la deo_fw-la dedicaverunt_fw-la erant_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la 28._o flamen_fw-la &_o tres_fw-la archiflammines_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la erant_fw-la flamen_fw-la episcopos_fw-la ubi_fw-la autem_fw-la archiflamines_fw-la archiepiscopos_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la londonensi_fw-la subiacuit_fw-la loegria_n &_o cornubia_n eboracensi_fw-la diera_n &_o albania_n urbi_fw-la autem_fw-la legionum_fw-la kambria_n eleuther_n pope_n of_o who_o lucius_n king_n of_o brittany_n obtain_v by_o a_o epistle_n he_o send_v unto_o he_o to_o be_v make_v a_o christian_a send_v faganus_n and_o dimianus_n which_o baptize_v king_n lucius_n the_o temple_n which_o be_v found_v in_o honour_n of_o many_o god_n they_o dedicate_v to_o one_o god_n there_o be_v then_o in_o brittany_n 28._o flamen_fw-la and_o three_o archiflamines_fw-la and_o where_o there_o be_v flamen_v they_o place_v bishop_n and_o where_o there_o be_v archflamine_n they_o place_v archbishop_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o london_n england_n and_o cornwall_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o archbishopp_n of_o york_n be_v subject_a diera_n the_o north_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n and_o wales_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o caerlegion_n galfrid_n monum_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 19.20_o chronic._n eccl_n lond._n apud_fw-la cam._n l._n 1._o antiq_fw-la cantabrig_n antiq._n glast_n apud_fw-la capgra_fw-la in_o s._n patric_n bed_n l._n v._n hist_o c_o 4._o pontic_a virun_n l._n 4._o radulph_n de_fw-fr dicet_fw-la hist._n in_o lucio_n guliel_n malme_n de_fw-fr antiq_fw-la caenob_v glast_n camb._n in_o brig_n holinsh._n hist_o of_o engl._n in_o lucius_n harris_n descript_n of_o brit._n stow_n &_o howes_n in_o lucius_n theat_v of_o great_a brit._n lib._n 6._o hector_n both_o l._n 5._o fol._n 86.85_o with_o other_o thus_o we_o see_v by_o all_o historian_n old_a and_o late_a catholic_n and_o protestant_n that_o in_o this_o general_a plantinge_v of_o the_o faith_n in_o this_o nation_n all_o religious_a matter_n be_v whole_o order_v by_o these_o legate_n of_o the_o pope_n &_o his_o supreme_a direction_n all_o jurisdiction_n spiritual_a of_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n with_o their_o peculiar_a diocese_n and_o governement_n assign_v and_o distinguish_v by_o this_o high_a papal_a authority_n of_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n by_o his_o legate_n here_o and_o to_o assure_v we_o that_o nothing_o be_v then_o think_v by_o the_o king_n himself_o or_o any_o christian_n here_o to_o be_v firm_a and_o validate_a in_o this_o kind_n without_o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o pope_n himself_o when_o 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bishop_n of_o brittany_n and_o to_o put_v we_o out_o of_o doubt_n that_o he_o do_v not_o mistake_v name_n britania_o for_o bythinia_n as_o a_o protestant_n writer_n will_v seem_v to_o expound_v he_o when_o he_o write_v dorotheus_n say_v aristobulus_n who_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o roman_n remember_v be_v make_v a_o bishop_n in_o brittany_n or_o bithania_n stowe_n histor_n titul_a the_o roman_n in_o agricola_n i_o think_v this_o man_n will_v hardly_o find_v any_o bythania_n in_o the_o world_n we_o read_v of_o bethania_n often_o in_o the_o gospel_n and_o s._n john_n say_v cap._n 11._o v._n 18._o bethany_n be_v nigh_o unto_o jerusalem_n about_o fifteen_o farlong_n off_o as_o our_o protestant_n translate_v and_o their_o note_n there_o upon_o be_v that_o be_v about_o tow_n mile_n protest_v annot_v marginal_a in_o c._n 11.11_o io._n v._o 18._o which_o be_v too_o near_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n see_v and_o the_o old_a provincial_a make_v mention_n of_o no_o such_o and_o if_o 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thus_o testify_v the_o ancient_a maenologe_n of_o the_o greek_n with_o other_o both_o catholic_n and_o protestant_n of_o who_o i_o have_v here_o note_v some_o maenolog_n graecor_fw-la die_v 15._o martij_fw-la baron_n annot_v in_o martyrol_n rom._n eod_a die_v arnold_n mirman_n in_o theatr._n conuers_n gent._n auth._n of_o the_o exam._n of_o the_o calend._n praefat_fw-la and_o in_o the_o 3._o conuers_n syr._n ed._n hoby_n counterf_n pag._n 48._o thom._n rogers_n upon_o the_o article_n of_o relig._n articul_fw-la 36._o pag._n 197._o protest_v theatre_n of_o brit._n l._n 6._o cambden_n belg._n that_o this_o holy_a bishop_n be_v either_o consecrate_v here_o or_o send_v hither_o by_o s._n peter_n we_o may_v not_o question_v be_v so_o general_o confess_v by_o protestant_n before_o that_o no_o other_o apostle_n do_v or_o then_o can_v perform_v that_o office_n and_o if_o the_o identity_n of_o the_o name_n deceave_v we_o not_o this_o our_o holy_a bishop_n or_o archbishop_n be_v father_n in_o law_n to_o s._n peter_n his_o wyves_n father_n and_o brother_n to_o s_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n send_v into_o these_o west_n part_n by_o s._n peter_n for_o as_o simon_n metaphrastes_n write_v s._n simon_n metaphr_n die_v 26._o junij_fw-la accepit_fw-la petrus_n filiam_fw-la aristobuli_fw-la fratris_fw-la barnabae_n apostoli_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la genuit_fw-la filium_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o unam_fw-la filiam_fw-la peter_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o aristobulus_n brother_n of_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n and_o have_v by_o she_o one_o son_n and_o one_o daughter_n martyrolog_n rom._n 15._o martij_fw-la godw._n and_o be_v call_v in_o the_o roman_a martyrologe_n as_o a_o protestant_n bishop_n true_o tell_v apostolorum_fw-la discipulus_fw-la the_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n conuers_n of_o brit._n it_o whole_o disable_v he_o from_o be_v disciple_n to_o s._n paul_n who_o alone_o of_o the_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n be_v in_o this_o kingdom_n for_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o be_v witness_v actor_n cap._n 13._o v._n 2_o 3.4_o
that_o s._n paul_n be_v not_o a_o apostle_n until_o in_o the_o 13._o chapter_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n before_o which_o time_n by_o the_o protestant_n before_o brittany_n have_v receive_v the_o faith_n and_o probable_o s._n aristobulus_n be_v then_o a_o bishop_n as_o many_o other_o of_o the_o 27._o disciple_n be_v and_o many_o be_v call_v the_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o be_v peculiar_o the_o disciple_n of_o s._n peter_n the_o chief_a apostle_n as_o appear_v in_o diverse_a place_n of_o the_o same_o authority_n s._n aristo_n arch._n of_o this_o our_o brittany_n and_o that_o this_o holy_a disciple_n of_o s._n peter_n be_v not_o only_o our_o bishop_n but_o archbishop_n alsoe_o in_o brittany_n i_o have_v warrant_n both_o of_o catholic_n and_o protestant_n to_o avouche_v it_o first_o if_o we_o examine_v either_o by_o dorotheus_n or_o any_o whosoever_o writing_n of_o the_o residency_n of_o the_o 72._o disciple_n of_o christ_n we_o shall_v hardly_o find_v any_o among_o they_o whicn_o have_v not_o the_o dignity_n of_o that_o high_a call_n yea_o he_o relate_v s._n aristobulus_n as_o a_o chief_a among_o they_o &_o then_o be_v send_v to_o this_o kingdom_n of_o brittany_n so_o great_a &_o ample_a and_o where_o as_o in_o other_o such_o kingdom_n our_o protestant_n before_o assure_v we_o s._n peter_n ordain_v a_o archbishop_n we_o can_v doubt_v but_o in_o particular_a it_o be_v this_o his_o most_o worthy_a disciple_n as_o also_o the_o disciple_n of_o christ_n which_o first_o exercise_v by_o s._n peter_n assignment_n that_o archie_n and_o chief_a pontifical_a order_n in_o this_o island_n second_o because_o we_o read_v it_o confident_o write_v and_o from_o more_o ancient_a authority_n that_o this_o holy_a disciple_n of_o s._n peter_n be_v not_o only_o our_o first_o apostle_n but_o here_o begin_v and_o first_o found_v the_o hierarchical_a order_n of_o our_o british_a church_n a_o thing_n proper_a to_o that_o high_a spiritual_a call_n arnold_n mirac_fw-la theatro_fw-la conver_n gentium_fw-la in_o britan._n &_o aristobulo_n britamnia_n straboni_n à _fw-fr britone_n rege_fw-la nuncupata_fw-la primum_fw-la aristobulum_fw-la five_o illum_fw-la cvius_fw-la meminit_fw-la s._n paulus_n quod_fw-la dorothaeo_n probatur_fw-la sive_fw-la alium_fw-la unum_fw-la certe_fw-la ex_fw-la 72._o discipulorum_fw-la class_n apostolun_n est_fw-la nata_fw-la deinde_fw-la fugarium_n &_o damianus_n qui_fw-la ordinem_fw-la hierarchicè_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la istic_fw-la fundatae_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la inchoatum_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la sanxeruntque_fw-la more_fw-it nimirum_fw-la apostolico_fw-la britania_n so_o name_v by_o strabo_n of_o king_n brito_n or_o brutus_n have_v for_o the_o first_o apostle_n thereof_o aristobulus_n either_o he_o who_o s._n paul_n remember_v which_o dorotheus_n approve_v or_o a_o other_o sure_o one_o of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o 72._o disciple_n after_o that_o fugarius_n fugatius_n by_o other_o and_o damianus_n who_o constitute_v &_o confirm_v by_o apostolic_a manner_n the_o hierarchical_a order_n begin_v by_o he_o of_o the_o church_n found_v there_o where_o we_o see_v s._n aristobulus_n the_o first_o founder_n of_o the_o hierarchicall_a order_n in_o this_o church_n of_o brittany_n a_o thing_n which_o as_o all_o protestant_n against_o the_o puritan_n make_v the_o peculiar_a office_n of_o a_o archbish_n whitgift_n answ_o to_o the_o admonit_a bridge_n eccle_n govern_v bilson_n against_o the_o purit_n covel_n downam_n barlowe_n etc._n etc._n three_o these_o protestant_n of_o england_n especial_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n by_o their_o choose_a champion_n mr._n thomas_n rogers_n for_o defence_n of_o their_o article_n of_o religion_n of_o protestant_n write_v to_o use_v his_o word_n by_o the_o lawful_a authority_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n allow_v to_o be_v public_a thom._n roger_n book_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o england_n pag._n 1._o do_v plain_o say_v that_o s._n aristobulus_n be_v archbishop_n in_o this_o our_o brittany_n thus_o he_o write_v in_o the_o name_n of_o english_a protestant_n and_o by_o their_o warrant_n roger_n supra_fw-la artic_a 36._o pag._n albeit_o the_o term_n and_o title_n of_o archbishop_n we_o find_v not_o yet_o the_o superiority_n which_o they_o enjoy_v and_o authority_n which_o bishop_n and_o archbishop_n do_v exercise_n in_o orderinge_v and_o consecratinge_v of_o bishop_n and_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n be_v ground_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o we_o find_v that_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n how_o themselves_o both_o be_v in_o dignity_n above_o the_o evangelist_n and_o the_o 70._o disciple_n and_o for_o authority_n both_o in_o and_o over_o the_o church_n as_o twelve_o patriarch_n say_v beza_n and_o alsoe_o establish_v a_o ecclesiastical_a heerarchie_n hence_o come_v it_o that_o bishop_n be_v of_o jerusalem_n james_n of_o antioch_n peter_n of_o the_o asian_a church_n john_n of_o alexandria_n mark_n of_o ephesus_n and_o all_o asia_n timothy_n of_o all_o crete_n titus_n of_o philippos_n epaphraditus_fw-la of_o corinth_n and_o achaia_n apollo_n of_o atheus_n dionysius_n of_o france_n crescens_n of_o brittany_n aristobulus_n beza_n in_o act_n apost_n 1.2_o d._n chrisosto_n in_o act._n homil._n 33.2_o hieron_n in_o gal._n euseb_n d._n hieron_n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la d._n hier._n in_o 2._o tim._n 1._o theod._n arg_fw-mi in_o epist_n ad_fw-la tit._n theod._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la phil._n euseb_n lib._n 2._o dorotheus_n in_o apostol_n synop_n where_o we_o see_v s._n aristobulus_n not_o only_o join_v in_o rank_n and_o dignity_n of_o spiritual_a preeminence_n with_o the_o evangelist_n and_o apostle_n themselves_o but_o with_o the_o general_a authority_n of_o the_o protestant_n church_n of_o england_n plain_o declare_v to_o be_v the_o first_o founder_n of_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n and_o archbishop_n of_o this_o our_o brittany_n and_o to_o give_v evident_a testimony_n that_o in_o their_o judgement_n this_o nation_n of_o the_o west_n both_o derive_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o from_o s._n peter_n and_o aristobulus_n and_o never_o want_v by_o such_o until_o these_o day_n they_o thus_o conclude_v in_o this_o matter_n supra_fw-la pag._n 197.198_o final_o from_o the_o apostle_n day_n hitherto_o never_o want_v a_o succession_n of_o bishop_n neither_o in_o the_o east_n nor_o west_n church_n so_o provident_a have_v the_o almighty_a be_v for_o the_o augmentation_n of_o his_o glory_n and_o people_n by_o this_o kind_n and_o call_n of_o man_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o first_o archbishop_n of_o britain_n ordain_v by_o saint_n peter_n now_o to_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o bishop_n he_o consecrate_v and_o ordain_v for_o we_o although_o it_o be_v precise_o prove_v before_o that_o such_o there_o be_v episcopos_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la s._n peter_n ordain_v bishop_n here_o in_o brittany_n for_o we_o and_o every_o archbishop_n which_o be_v chief_a of_o bishop_n such_o as_o s._n aristobulus_n be_v unto_o we_o do_v necessary_o infer_v and_o prove_v some_o bishop_n subordinate_a and_o under_o else_o he_o can_v not_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o principal_a for_o every_o archbishop_n infer_v necessary_o some_o bishop_n or_o bishop_n under_o he_o their_o chief_n in_o that_o call_n diverse_a antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n apud_fw-la capgrau_n in_o s._n joseph_n affirm_v that_o one_o of_o the_o holy_a company_n of_o saint_n joseph_n of_o aramathia_n nam_o his_o son_n josephe_n be_v a_o bishop_n which_o if_o so_o it_o be_v he_o must_v needs_o be_v subordinate_a to_o s._n aristobulus_n and_o yet_o if_o i_o will_v set_v down_o uncertain_a thing_n i_o may_v place_v our_o holy_a bishop_n and_o marty_n s._n angulus_n in_o or_o near_o this_o time_n with_o much_o more_o probability_n than_o some_o without_o any_o authority_n i_o can_v find_v refer_v he_o to_o the_o day_n of_o diocletian_a his_o persecution_n or_o say_v that_o s._n martin_n to_o who_o the_o christian_n roman_n build_v &_o 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presbyteros_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la who_o these_o bishop_n in_o particular_a be_v i_o read_v no_o man_n precise_o to_o set_v they_o down_o yet_o if_o we_o will_v follow_v the_o antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n say_v that_o s._n josephe_n the_o son_n of_o s_o joseph_n of_o aramathia_n be_v a_o bishop_n as_o both_o catholic_n and_o protestant_n allow_v they_o in_o other_o thing_n i_o crave_v pardon_n probable_o to_o write_v that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o they_o which_o s._n peter_n consecrate_v here_o first_o because_o as_o be_v grant_v before_o s._n aristobulus_n our_o archbishop_n unto_o who_o s._n joseph_n whether_o bishop_n or_o no_o be_v subject_a be_v ordain_v by_o s._n peter_n second_o because_o s._n joseph_n be_v name_v a_o bishop_n and_o yet_o in_o probable_a judgement_n none_o when_o he_o come_v hither_o with_o his_o father_n s._n joseph_n for_o by_o the_o same_o and_o all_o other_o antiquity_n and_o history_n of_o that_o matter_n s._n joseph_n his_o father_n no_o 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