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move_v he_o and_o may_v assign_v he_o a_o time_n when_o he_o shall_v give_v order_n and_o to_o who_o example_n of_o king_n david_n 1_o chron._n 24._o divide_v the_o levite_n into_o twenty_o four_o order_n depute_v over_o every_o order_n one_o chief_a bishop_n prescribe_v a_o ordinal_n and_o rule_n how_o they_o shall_v do_v their_o duty_n and_o course_n and_o what_o sacrifice_n rite_n and_o ceremony_n they_o shall_v use_v every_o day_n as_o the_o day_n and_o time_n require_v and_o his_o son_n king_n solomon_n diligent_o execute_v and_o command_v the_o same_o usage_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o temple_n after_o he_o have_v erect_v and_o finish_v it_o 2_o chron._n 8._o dr._n symmon_n the_o aposty_n make_v bishop_n and_o priest_n by_o authority_n give_v they_o of_o god._n dr._n tresham_n the_o apostle_n have_v authority_n of_o god_n to_o make_v bishop_n yet_o if_o there_o have_v be_v a_o christian_a king_n in_o any_o place_n where_o they_o make_v bishop_n they_o will_v and_o ought_v 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but_o what_o be_v give_v they_o of_o god._n now_o that_o they_o be_v distinct_a order_n will_v appear_v by_o the_o next_o question_n quest_n 10._o whether_o bishop_n or_o priest_n be_v first_o and_o if_o the_o priest_n be_v first_o than_o the_o priest_n make_v the_o bishop_n the_o bishop_n of_o st._n david_n my_o lord_n elect_v of_o westminster_n dr._n cox_n and_o dr._n redman_n say_v that_o at_o the_o beginning_n they_o be_v all_o one._n the_o bishop_n of_o york_n london_n rechester_n carlisle_n doctor_n day_n tresham_n symmon_n oglethorp_n be_v in_o other_o contrary_a opinion_n the_o bishop_n of_o york_n and_o dr._n tresham_n think_v that_o the_o apostle_n first_o be_v priest_n and_o after_o be_v make_v bishop_n when_o the_o oversee_n of_o other_o priest_n be_v commit_v to_o they_o my_o lord_n of_o london_n duresm_n carlisle_n and_o rochester_n drs._n symmond_n and_o grayford_n think_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v first_o bishop_n and_o they_o after_o make_v other_o bishop_n and_o priest_n drs._n coren_n and_o oglethorp_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v make_v bishop_n and_o the_o seventy_o two_o be_v after_o make_v priest_n dr._n day_n think_v that_o bishop_n as_o they_o be_v now_o call_v be_v before_o priest_n my_o lord_n of_o london_n drs._n edgeworth_n and_o robertson_n think_v it_o no_o inconvenience_n if_o a_o priest_n make_v a_o bishop_n in_o that_o time_n quest_n 11._o whether_o a_o bishop_n have_v authority_n to_o make_v a_o priest_n by_o the_o ss_z or_o no_o and_o whether_o any_o other_o but_o only_o a_o bishop_n may_v make_v a_o priest_n to_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o question_n the_o bishop_n of_o st._n david_n do_v answer_v that_o bishop_n have_v no_o authority_n to_o make_v priest_n unless_o they_o be_v authorize_v of_o the_o christian_a prince_n the_o other_o do_v all_o say_v that_o they_o be_v authorize_v of_o god._n yet_o some_o of_o they_o add_v that_o they_o can_v use_v their_o authority_n without_o their_o christian_a prince_n do_v 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