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the_o faith_n 1.5_o rom._n 1.5_o among_o all_o nation_n include_v rome_n also_o divers_a year_n after_o st._n peter_n be_v say_v to_o be_v bishop_n there_o the_o apostle_n be_v the_o high_a officer_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n 4.11_o 1_o cor._n 12.28_o eph._n 4.11_o under_o christ_n himself_o and_o the_o scripture_n tell_v we_o god_n set_v therein_o first_o apostle_n and_o therefore_o none_o above_o they_o indeed_o st._n peter_n who_o we_o high_o honour_v as_o a_o eminent_a apostle_n have_v a_o kind_n of_o primacy_n of_o order_n yield_v to_o he_o but_o with_o no_o design_n to_o depress_v the_o other_o apostle_n above_o who_o he_o have_v no_o distinction_n of_o office_n the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v promise_v to_o st._n peter_n mat._n 16.19_o be_v on_o like_o manner_n give_v to_o they_o all_o mat._n 18.18_o and_o that_o ample_a commission_n john_n 20.21_o 23._o as_o my_o father_n send_v i_o so_o send_v i_o you_o who_o be_v soever_o sin_v you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n do_v 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a_o peculiar_a manner_n the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o who_o write_v a_o much_o great_a part_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n than_o any_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n do_v and_o for_o that_o late_a notion_n that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v give_v only_o to_o st._n peter_n in_o that_o he_o be_v appoint_v by_o christ_n single_o to_o declare_v the_o gospel_n first_o to_o the_o gentile_n both_o this_o confine_a sense_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o of_o its_o be_v peculiar_a to_o s._n peter_n be_v against_o the_o sense_n of_o antiquity_n and_o also_o that_o which_o be_v particular_o insist_v on_o be_v a_o mistake_n for_o though_o god_n by_o a_o vision_n direct_v st._n peter_n to_o open_v the_o door_n to_o the_o gentile_n yet_o all_o the_o apostle_n have_v before_o that_o time_n the_o commission_n which_o he_o first_o make_v use_v of_o to_o go_v and_o teach_v all_o nation_n 16.16_o mat._n 28.19_o mar._n 16.16_o and_o
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