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especial_o they_o who_o labour_n in_o teach_v and_o preach_v for_o there_o be_v no_o reach_a and_o preach_v without_o labour_n and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o labour_n there_o can_v be_v no_o double_a honour_n merit_v but_o the_o opposition_n be_v plain_a between_o the_o roll_a elder_n and_o the_o other_o elder_n that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n the_o roll_a elder_n deserve_v much_o honour_n but_o much_o more_o deserve_v the_o preach_v elder_a that_o labour_n in_o the_o word_n for_o preach_v be_v a_o toilsome_a labour_n compare_v to_o rule_v and_o so_o this_o exposition_n do_v not_o force_v the_o word_n as_o the_o form_n do_v q._n what_o priority_n have_v the_o highpriest_n or_o chief_a priest_n â—ver_o the_o other_o priest_n a._n the_o priority_n of_o order_n but_o not_o of_o authority_n nad_z command_n all_o be_v equal_a in_o the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n such_o a_o priority_n be_v among_o the_o presbyter_n but_o when_o the_o church_n begin_v to_o spread_v and_o heresy_n to_o 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cornelius_n lapse_v christian_n be_v not_o admit_v into_o the_o church_n at_o rome_n until_o they_o confess_v their_o sin_n before_o the_o presbytery_n cypriat_a epist._n 6._o &_o epist._n 46._o yet_o the_o people_n consent_n also_o be_v require_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o same_o cyprian_a epist._n 55._o &_o epist._n 12._o ad_fw-la plebem_fw-la q._n be_v timothy_n and_o titus_n bishop_n or_o not_o a._n they_o be_v probable_o evangelist_n who_o be_v not_o to_o reside_v in_o one_o particular_a place_n as_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n but_o to_o attend_v on_o the_o apostle_n and_o to_o perform_v their_o message_n by_o preach_v the_o gospel_n from_o place_n to_o place_n for_o paul_n leave_v he_o with_o silas_n at_o berea_n act_v 17._o 14._o then_o paul_n send_v for_o he_o to_o athens_n vers_fw-la 15._o from_o thence_o he_o send_v he_o to_o thessalonica_n 1._o thess._n 3._o 2._o from_o hence_o he_o return_v to_o athens_n and_o in_o send_v by_o paul_n into_o macedonia_n and_o return_n 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cor_fw-la 13._o postscript_n he_o be_v with_o paul_n at_o rome_n and_o go_v from_o thence_o to_o dalmatia_n 2._o tim._n 4._o 10._o by_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a he_o be_v not_o a_o settle_a bishop_n in_o creâ—e_n q._n be_v there_o any_o lay-elder_n or_o senior_n in_o augustine_n tim_n a._n yes_o for_o l._n 3._o cont._n cresconium_fw-la grammaticum_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o bishop_n presbyter_n or_o preach_v elder_n deacon_n and_o senior_n or_o lay-elder_n and_o c._n 56._o ibid._n he_o speak_v of_o peregriâ—us_a presbyter_n and_o senior_n by_o the_o one_o meaning_n the_o preach_n by_o the_o other_o the_o roll_a elder_n and_o in_o his_o 137._o epistle_n he_o speak_v of_o the_o clergy_n the_o elder_n and_o the_o whole_a people_n and_o in_o divers_a other_o place_n of_o his_o work_n he_o speak_v of_o these_o elder_n as_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o laity_n and_o have_v a_o charge_n of_o church_n affair_n whence_o it_o appear_v that_o to_o have_v rule_v elder_n be_v no_o novelty_n q._n what_o be_v those_o elder_n which_o be_v mention_v 1._o tit._n 5._o a._n they_o be_v bishop_n or_o preach_a presbyter_n for_o act_n 20._o elder_n verse_n 17._o be_v name_v bishop_n verse_n 28._o so_o in_o titus_n cap._n 1._o elder_a verse_n 5._o be_v call_v bishop_n verse_n 7._o every_o city_n then_o and_o village_n have_v their_o elder_n that_o be_v their_o bishop_n and_o this_o be_v witness_v by_o sozomen_n l._n 7._o these_o be_v then_o parochial_a bishop_n not_o diocesan_n in_o all_o likelihood_n q._n whether_o do_v the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o ordination_n belong_v to_o the_o b_o shop_n alone_a or_o to_o the_o church_n a._n to_o the_o church_n for_o christ_n say_v dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la go_v tell_v the_o church_n and_o to_o all_o the_o apostle_n together_o which_o be_v then_o the_o church_n representative_a he_o give_v the_o key_n or_o power_n of_o bind_v etc._n etc._n and_o this_o be_v jurisdiction_n so_o likewise_o 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authority_n that_o be_v a_o immediate_a call_n from_o heaven_n the_o same_o infallibility_n of_o judgement_n or_o power_n of_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o the_o apostle_n have_v nor_o be_v their_o doctrine_n otherwise_o anthenticall_a than_o as_o it_o be_v conformable_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n q._n but_o be_v not_o the_o church_n after_o the_o apostle_n decease_n leave_v a_o orphan_n be_v destitute_a of_o these_o extraordinary_a apostolical_a grace_n a._n no_o for_o though_o she_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o personal_a presence_n of_o the_o apostle_n yet_o she_o be_v not_o destitute_a of_o their_o infallible_a judgement_n leave_v in_o their_o write_n with_o she_o which_o supply_v the_o apostle_n absence_n till_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n q._n coâ—ld_n one_o man_n at_o the_o same_o time_n â—e_v both_o a_o apostle_n and_o a_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n a._n yes_o presbyterian_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n for_o james_n be_v a_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n of_o 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