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in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n which_o be_v within_o 200._o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v such_o bishop_n but_o that_o be_v his_o own_o assertion_n without_o proof_n neither_o do_v he_o instance_n in_o any_o author_n which_o do_v affirm_v the_o same_o to_o disprove_v he_o beside_o that_o neither_o parish_n church_n nor_o parish_n be_v erect_v or_o institute_v until_o 260._o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n christ_n in_o the_o 4._o platina_n dvitis_fw-la pontiofiâ—um_fw-la charion_n monarch_n 4._o day_n of_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o they_o have_v their_o institution_n not_o from_o god_n but_o from_o the_o pope_n whereas_o we_o have_v example_n of_o diocesan_n church_n out_o of_o god_n word_n as_o before_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o all_o the_o bishop_n mention_v in_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n within_o 200._o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v not_o parish_n bishop_n we_o have_v for_o instance_n julian_n the_o ten_o bishop_n of_o 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spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la indicaâ—aâ—_n sort_n deligeret_fw-la quùm_fw-la ergò_fw-la ad_fw-la civitatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la haud_fw-la procul_fw-la dissitam_fw-la cuivi_fw-la etiam_fw-la nomen_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la dicunt_fw-la venisset_fw-la verso_fw-it ad_fw-la cum_fw-la vultu_fw-la qui_fw-la supèr_fw-la cunctos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la erat_fw-la constitutus_fw-la adolescentem_fw-la corpore_fw-la valido_fw-la fancy_n eleganti_fw-la animoque_fw-la feruenti_fw-la conspicatus_fw-la hunc_fw-la inquit_fw-la tibi_fw-la summo_fw-la study_v testibus_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o ecclesiâ_fw-la commendo_fw-la when_o the_o tyrant_n meaning_n domitian_n be_v dead_a he_o return_v out_o of_o pathmos_n to_o ephesus_n at_o the_o request_n of_o other_o he_o visit_v the_o place_n border_v there_o upon_o that_o he_o may_v ordain_v bishop_n constitute_v church_n and_o elect_a clergy_n man_n by_o lot_n who_o the_o holy_a goost_n have_v assign_v and_o come_v to_o a_o city_n not_o far_o of_o which_o by_o many_o 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3_o c._n 11._o l._n 3._o c._n 28._o l._n 2._o c._n 13._o l._n 4._o c._n 11._o etc._n etc._n 22._o hierapolis_n etc._n etc
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aebet_fw-la transferri_fw-la ab_fw-la unâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la ad_fw-la aâ—iam_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la contrà _fw-la regulas_fw-la
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lutetiae_n multa_fw-la collegia_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o spacious_a a_o city_n to_o who_o the_o jew_n far_o and_o wide_o send_v their_o son_n as_o to_o a_o common_a university_n to_o be_v train_v up_o be_v of_o necessity_n divide_v into_o many_o college_n as_o it_o be_v now_o at_o paris_n according_a the_o diversity_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o out_o of_o this_o place_n it_o appear_v etc._n etc._n again_o how_o do_v they_o all_o hear_v the_o gospel_n preach_v in_o their_o own_o language_n narrat_fw-la apostolus_fw-la varijâ—_n linguis_fw-la loqui_fw-la coepisse_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la modò_fw-la hac_fw-la modò_fw-la iliâ_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la confusè_fw-la aut_fw-la furiosê_fw-la sed_fw-la prouâ—_n hâ—c_fw-la vel_fw-la ille_fw-la in_o varias_fw-la gentes_fw-la inciderat_fw-la the_o apostle_n show_v that_o they_o speak_v diverse_a language_n not_o confuse_o like_o mad_a man_n but_o as_o this_o or_o that_o apostle_n do_v happen_v upon_o this_o or_o that_o nation_n so_o he_o speak_v 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