he_o shall_v fight_v a_o good_a fight_n 1_o tim._n i_o 18._o and_o a_o prophecy_n that_o forbid_v he_o to_o preach_v with_o saint_n paul_n the_o gospel_n in_o asia_n act_v xuj_o so_o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o prophet_n he_o may_v at_o first_o be_v call_v to_o the_o ministry_n so_o primasius_n oecumenius_n upon_o the_o place_n say_v express_o and_o say_v not_o only_o that_o he_o be_v call_v to_o the_o ministry_n by_o the_o prophet_n but_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v a_o prophet_n for_o the_o thing_n itself_o theodâ—ret_n in_o tim._n â—_o â—_o be_v clear_a that_o timothy_n receive_v that_o order_n by_o divine_a revelation_n and_o saint_n chrysostome_n hom._n 5._o in_o 1_o tim._n c._n 1._o say_v that_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v separate_a i_n paul_n and_o barnabas_n so_o be_v timothy_n choose_v yea_o he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o common_a custom_n or_o raâ—her_o a_o general_a blessing_n that_o in_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o church_n the_o prophet_n name_v what_o minister_n shall_v be_v choseâ—_n tunc_fw-la quia_fw-la niâ—il_fw-la fiâ—bat_fw-la humanum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ex_fw-la prophetia_fw-la veniâ—bant_fw-la quid_fw-la â—st_fw-la â—x_fw-la prophâ—…ia_fw-la ex_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la and_o eusebius_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o sâ—iâ—h_o baâ—…aâ—_n nâ—_n john_n at_o ephesus_n and_o thereabouts_o make_v many_o minister_n so_o somewhere_o supply_v the_o clergy_n with_o such_o as_o the_o spirit_n mâ—…d_v â—…drawing_a lot_n for_o such_o as_o the_o spirit_n signify_v see_v 〈◊〉_d so_o many_o exposition_n be_v give_v of_o this_o intricate_a place_n and_o that_o by_o â—he_n 〈◊〉_d learned_a which_o ever_o write_v presbytery_n which_o in_o these_o day_n be_v assert_v can_v scarce_o find_v in_o scripture_n a_o root_n from_o whence_o it_o shall_v branch_v no_o as_o the_o lay_n presbyter_n from_o 1_o tim._n v._o 17._o may_v say_v i_o be_v never_o here_o graft_v so_o the_o spiritual_a presbyter_n from_o the_o 1._o tim._n iiii_o 14._o may_v say_v i_o be_v never_o here_o plant_v yea_o they_o may_v be_v fellow-mourner_n and_o sob_v together_o say_v we_o that_o will_v have_v all_o thing_n attest_v by_o scripture_n have_v not_o a_o clear_a scripture_n either_o for_o the_o one_o bind_v of_o hand_n or_o for_o the_o other_o lay_n on_o of_o hand_n for_o these_o only_a place_n be_v nonely_a place_n neither_o pregnant_a nor_o perspicuous_a but_o to_o leave_v the_o lay_n presbyter_n as_o one_o salute_v by_o the_o way_n and_o to_o talk_v a_o little_a more_o free_o to_o the_o spiritual_a presbyter_n as_o the_o person_n to_o who_o this_o conference_n be_v intend_v can_v presbytery_n of_o itself_o create_v a_o ministry_n scripture_n do_v not_o affirm_v it_o will_v antiquity_n avouch_v it_o i_o doubt_v not_o or_o without_o doubt_v it_o will_v nor_o epiphanius_n say_v that_o aerius_n the_o arian_n be_v the_o first_o which_o give_v presbyter_n power_n to_o ordain_v minister_n but_o say_v he_o this_o can_v be_v for_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n do_v beget_v father_n to_o the_o church_n but_o presbyter_n do_v but_o only_o beget_v chidren_n by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n and_o not_o father_n or_o doctor_n 75._o episcoporum_fw-la enim_fw-la ordo_fw-la patres_fw-la generate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la potens_fw-la generare_fw-la patres_fw-la per_fw-la lavaâ—cri_fw-la regenerationem_fw-la generate_fw-la filios_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la patres_fw-la aut_fw-la doctores_fw-la et_fw-la quomodo_fw-la posâ—ibile_fw-la erat_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la constituere_fw-la non_fw-la habentem_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la aequalem_fw-la episcopo_fw-la epiphan_n haer._n 75._o how_o be_v it_o then_o possible_a that_o a_o presbyter_n which_o have_v not_o the_o power_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n shall_v be_v equal_a to_o a_o bishop_n oecumenius_n in_o c._n 5.1_o ad_fw-la tim._n say_v that_o where_o saint_n paul_n command_v timothy_n to_o lay_v hand_n rash_o on_o no_o man_n he_o treat_v of_o impose_v hand_n because_o he_o write_v to_o a_o bishop_n as_o if_o it_o be_v peculiar_a to_o he_o saint_n chrysostome_n say_v that_o only_o in_o lay_v on_o hand_n bishop_n go_v beyond_o presbyter_n and_o have_v that_o only_o thingmore_o than_o the_o presbyter_n chrysostom_n hom._n in_o c._n v._n 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n saint_n jerome_n say_v the_o self_n same_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o evagrius_n the_o council_n of_o antioch_n say_v that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v have_v power_n within_o his_o own_o diocese_n to_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n c._n antioch_n can_v 2._o the_o council_n of_o nice_a say_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o paulianist_n must_v receive_v imposition_n of_o hand_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n c._n nicen._n c._n 19_o and_o be_v there_o not_o reason_n for_o this_o when_o bishop_n be_v the_o direct_a successor_n of_o apostle_n for_o if_o christ_n say_v that_o i_o will_v be_v with_o you_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n matthew_n xxviii_o 20._o the_o apostle_n be_v dead_a where_o be_v christ_n perpetual_a providence_n if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o perpetual_a succession_n the_o ministry_n in_o general_n can_v prove_v this_o for_o the_o apostle_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n so_o there_o must_v be_v some_o to_o represent_v the_o apostle_n which_o must_v be_v superior_a to_o other_o minister_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v those_o person_n it_o may_v appear_v because_o they_o have_v often_o the_o honourable_a title_n of_o apostle_n james_n the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o be_v not_o james_n the_o son_n of_o zebedee_n for_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n but_o james_n the_o just_a who_o be_v usual_o call_v the_o brother_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v no_o immediate_a apostle_n but_o a_o bishop_n es_fw-ge com._n in_o es_fw-ge for_o his_o very_a office_n sake_n be_v call_v a_o apostle_n 1_o gal._n nineteeen_o and_o by_o saint_n jerome_n call_v the_o thirteen_o apostle_n 3.1_o theodor._n in_o 1_o tim._n 3.1_o theodoret_n do_v call_v timothy_n the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n a_o apostle_n orig._n ruffin_n de_fw-fr adult_n lib._n orig._n clemens_n be_v say_v by_o ruffian_n to_o be_v almost_o a_o apostle_n and_o by_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n he_o be_v express_o call_v clement_n the_o apostle_n ignatius_n by_o saint_n chrys_n encom_o ignat._n be_v style_v both_o bishop_n and_o apostle_n 4._o rab._n ms_n in_o tim_n 4._o rabanus_n maurus_n say_v that_o bishop_n rule_v whole_a province_n be_v call_n apostles_n 3._o theodor._n in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o and_o theodoret_n say_v that_o those_o which_o they_o now_o call_v bishop_n they_o do_v former_o name_n apostles_n i_o know_v it_o be_v object_v that_o the_o apostolical_a order_n be_v extroardinary_a it_o be_v not_o perpetual_a but_o that_o be_v not_o so_o for_o the_o call_n of_o aaron_n be_v extraordinary_a at_o first_o yet_o it_o be_v perpetuate_v in_o the_o succession_n so_o likewise_o the_o call_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o though_o it_o be_v not_o perpetual_a in_o respect_n of_o that_o which_o be_v extraordinary_a as_o the_o gift_n of_o tongue_n heal_a and_o discern_v of_o spirit_n yet_o it_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o ordinary_a office_n else_o i_o can_v see_v how_o any_o minister_n can_v at_o this_o day_n preach_v or_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n for_o as_o inferior_a minister_n do_v derive_v from_o the_o apostle_n the_o use_n of_o preach_v and_o sacrament_n so_o do_v bishop_n both_o these_o and_o jurisdiction_n and_o the_o power_n of_o discipline_n but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o a_o presbyter_n and_o a_o bishop_n in_o scripture_n be_v all_o one_o and_o so_o a_o presbyter_n have_v as_o much_o power_n in_o the_o church_n both_o for_o ordain_v and_o exterior_a regiment_n as_o the_o best_a bishop_n parcius_fw-la istis_fw-la credat_fw-la judaeus_n apella_n if_o it_o be_v so_o i_o be_o but_o a_o presbyter_n and_o no_o bishop_n and_o will_v fain_o be_v at_o work_n next_o to_o the_o create_v of_o a_o race_n of_o penitent_n i_o will_v be_v create_v a_o race_n of_o preacher_n and_o next_o to_o wrestle_v with_o principality_n and_o power_n will_v be_v deliver_v up_o man_n to_o satan_n i_o do_v not_o know_v but_o my_o heart_n may_v be_v as_o ambitious_a and_o my_o hand_n as_o pragmatical_a and_o my_o tongue_n as_o devour_v as_o any_o other_o but_o i_o read_v that_o we_o must_v not_o stretch_v ourselves_o beyond_o our_o line_n nor_o be_v many_o master_n lest_o we_o receive_v the_o great_a condemnation_n james_n iii._o 1._o the_o lord_n will_v be_v sanctify_v in_o they_o that_o come_v near_o he_o levit._n x._o 3._o no_o man_n must_v take_v this_o office_n upon_o he_o but_o he_o that_o be_v call_v as_o aaron_n be_v heb._n v._n 4._o i_o find_v no_o call_n for_o these_o thing_n therefore_o i_o have_v no_o comfort_n in_o they_o nor_o courage_n towards_o they_o pride_n be_v odious_a in_o a_o layman_n it_o be_v execrable_a in_o a_o clergyman_n all_o man_n must_v
to_o defend_v you_o no_o it_o be_v think_v that_o the_o ghost_n of_o a_o clergiman_n fright_v he_o out_o of_o the_o world_n and_o be_v more_o fatal_a to_o he_o than_o the_o flanders_n prauncer_n whether_o he_o go_v fly_v away_o in_o the_o air_n or_o a_o special_a messenger_n from_o his_o old_a master_n fetch_v he_o away_o in_o haste_n be_v uncertain_a syl._n stat_n 2._o syl._n but_o this_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o if_o he_o do_v not_o leave_v his_o skin_n he_o do_v leave_v his_o gauntlet_n behind_o he_o immensis_fw-la urnam_fw-la quatit_fw-la aeacus_n vmbris_fw-la you_o must_v stand_v or_o fall_v then_o by_o yourselves_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o protect_v you_o and_o indeed_o what_o can_v protect_v you_o no_o your_o outrage_n be_v in_o god_n ear_n and_o do_v cry_v night_n and_o day_n to_o make_v your_o plague_n wonderful_a and_o when_o he_o shall_v call_v you_o to_o account_v and_o you_o shall_v see_v fury_n arise_v in_o his_o face_n and_o brimstone_n sprinkle_v upon_o your_o habitation_n you_o shall_v see_v how_o soon_o these_o possession_n get_v by_o violence_n will_v waste_v away_o can_v you_o read_v be_v scripture_n your_o infallible_a rule_n do_v you_o believe_v that_o the_o law_n itself_o be_v not_o more_o bind_v then_o the_o curse_n thereof_o will_v be_v confound_v then_o lie_v to_o heart_n these_o evident_a place_n behold_v i_o will_v judge_v between_o the_o fat_a sheep_n and_o the_o lean_a sheep_n because_o you_o have_v thrust_v with_o thigh_n and_o shoulder_n and_o push_v at_o the_o weak_a with_o their_o horn_n till_o they_o be_v scatter_v therefore_o i_o will_v judge_v between_o sheep_n and_o sheep_n ezech._n 34.20,21,22_o forasmuch_o as_o your_o tread_v be_v upon_o the_o poor_a and_o you_o have_v build_v house_n of_o hew_a stone_n but_o you_o shall_v not_o dwell_v in_o they_o you_o have_v plant_v pleasant_a vineyard_n but_o you_o shall_v not_o drink_v of_o the_o wine_n of_o they_o amos_n 5.11_o as_o the_o partridge_n gather_v the_o young_a which_o she_o have_v not_o bring_v forth_o so_o he_o that_o get_v riches_n and_o not_o by_o right_a shall_v leave_v they_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o day_n and_o at_o his_o end_n shall_v be_v a_o fool_n jer._n 17.11_o yea_o and_o if_o you_o will_v have_v a_o memorable_a place_n look_v with_o both_o your_o eye_n upon_o that_o which_o be_v present_v you_o in_o job_n and_o be_v not_o blind_a in_o the_o view_n and_o review_v of_o it_o chap._n 27._o verse_n 7._o my_o enemy_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o wicked_a and_o he_o that_o rise_v up_o against_o i_o as_o the_o unrighteous_a verse_n 8._o for_o what_o hope_n have_v the_o hypocrite_n when_o he_o have_v heap_v up_o riches_n if_o god_n take_v away_o his_o soul_n verse_n 9_o will_v god_n hear_v his_o cry_n when_o trouble_n come_v upon_o he_o verse_n 10._o will_v he_o set_v his_o delight_n upon_o the_o almighty_a will_v he_o call_v upon_o god_n at_o all_o time_n verse_n 11._o i_o will_v teach_v you_o what_o be_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o i_o will_v not_o conceal_v that_o which_o be_v with_o the_o almighty_a verse_n 12._o behold_v you_o yourselves_o have_v all_o see_v it_o why_o then_o do_v you_o thus_o vanish_v in_o vanity_n verse_n 13._o this_o be_v the_o portion_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n with_o god_n and_o the_o heritage_n of_o tyrant_n which_o they_o shall_v receive_v from_o the_o almighty_a verse_n 14._o if_o his_o child_n be_v in_o great_a number_n the_o sword_n shall_v destroy_v they_o and_o his_o posterity_n shall_v not_o be_v satisfy_v with_o bread_n verse_n 15._o his_o remnant_n shall_v be_v bury_v in_o death_n and_o his_o widow_n shall_v not_o weep_v verse_n 16._o though_o he_o shall_v heap_v up_o silver_n as_o the_o dast_n and_o prepare_v raiment_n as_o the_o clay_n verse_n 17._o he_o may_v prepare_v it_o but_o the_o just_a shall_v put_v it_o on_o and_o the_o innocent_a shall_v divide_v the_o silver_n verse_n 18._o he_o build_v his_o house_n as_o a_o moth_n and_o as_o a_o lodge_n which_o the_o watchman_n make_v verse_n 19_o when_o the_o rich_a man_n sleep_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o father_n they_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o he_o be_v go_v verse_n 20._o terror_n shall_v take_v he_o away_o as_o water_n and_o a_o tempest_n shall_v carry_v he_o away_o by_o night_n verse_n 21._o the_o east-wind_n shall_v carry_v he_o away_o and_o he_o shall_v depart_v and_o it_o shall_v hurl_v he_o out_o of_o his_o place_n verse_n 22._o and_o god_n shall_v cast_v upon_o he_o and_o not_o spare_v though_o he_o will_v fain_o flee_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n verse_n 23._o every_o man_n shall_v clap_v their_o hand_n at_o he_o and_o hiss_v he_o out_o of_o his_o place_n this_o be_v the_o epilogue_n of_o injury_n and_o oppression_n thus_o go_v tyranny_n off_o from_o the_o stage_n oh_o therefore_o let_v all_o hear_v and_o fear_n and_o with_o tingle_a ear_n and_o tremble_a heart_n consider_v the_o dreadful_a catastrophe_n of_o estate_n get_v unjust_o beware_v how_o do_v eat_v other_o man_n fruit_n without_o money_n or_o do_v grind_v the_o face_n of_o thy_o neighbour_n to_o get_v manchet_n to_o feed_v thy_o hungry_a appetite_n if_o thou_o will_v have_v a_o last_a estate_n let_v it_o be_v a_o just_a estate_n not_o get_v by_o policy_n but_o equity_n not_o by_o craft_n and_o cruelty_n but_o by_o conscience_n and_o prudence_n for_o thou_o see_v that_o it_n be_v the_o wiseman_n that_o have_v felicity_n with_o permanency_n it_o be_v the_o man_n of_o understanding_n and_o prudeuce_n which_o have_v the_o state_n which_o if_o prolong_v but_o by_o a_o man_n of_o understanding_n and_o knowledge_n the_o state_n thereof_o shall_v be_v prolong_v 4_o this_o do_v serve_v to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v the_o happy_a king_n by_o who_o a_o state_n be_v prolong_v what_o have_v we_o to_o do_v with_o the_o many_o prince_n no_o we_o have_v enough_o too_o much_o of_o they_o they_o have_v government_n after_o government_n people_n be_v afflict_v and_o amaze_v with_o such_o diversity_n of_o form_n and_o fiction_n of_o new_a domination_n that_o it_o be_v anguish_n and_o astonishment_n to_o recount_v they_o they_o be_v so_o toss_v and_o torture_v with_o the_o several_a scruple_n of_o man_n regulate_a brain_n let_v these_o many_o prince_n therefore_o stand_v by_o with_o their_o many_o conception_n and_o give_v we_o the_o man_n that_o that_o one_o man_n which_o by_o his_o understanding_n and_o knowledge_n can_v frame_v up_o such_o a_o government_n as_o may_v last_v to_o age_n and_o by_o the_o discreet_a constitution_n of_o it_o may_v be_v prolong_v heaven_n have_v its_o excellency_n because_o it_o be_v a_o firmament_n and_o the_o earth_n because_o it_o do_v stand_v upon_o stable_a pillar_n and_o a_o covenant_n bec_fw-la use_v it_o be_v unchangeable_a and_o marriage_n because_o it_o be_v indissoluble_a and_o a_o inheritance_n because_o it_o do_v carry_v a_o succession_n with_o it_o and_o be_v a_o last_a possession_n which_o do_v pâ—ss_n from_o the_o father_n to_o thâ—_n son_n that_o be_v the_o most_o blessed_a government_n which_o be_v firm_a and_o fix_v that_o be_v a_o great_a abatement_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v subject_a to_o time_n and_o chance_n eccles_n 9.11_o nothing_o be_v eminent_a which_o be_v without_o a_o certainty_n matth._n chrys_n hom_n 9_o in_o matth._n nihil_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la radice_fw-la florere_fw-la nothing_o can_v sprout_v and_o flourish_v without_o a_o root_n casual_a thing_n be_v calamitous_a thing_n because_o they_o be_v do_v preat_a intentionem_fw-la agentis_fw-la phys_n arist_n 2._o phys_n beyond_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o agent_n those_o thing_n be_v most_o please_v to_o man_n which_o retain_v their_o motion_n and_o virtue_n and_o like_o true_a natural_a thing_n have_v most_o force_n at_o the_o end_n as_o the_o excellency_n therefore_o to_o direct_v a_o thing_n be_v wisdom_n eccles_n 10.10_o so_o that_o be_v the_o true_a wisdom_n which_o do_v settle_v thing_n with_o the_o long_a duration_n in_o quietness_n and_o confidence_n be_v the_o strength_n es_fw-ge 30.15_o when_o man_n need_v not_o fear_v any_o alteration_n declination_n or_o abolition_n therefore_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n speak_v of_o a_o good_a governor_n sâ—ith_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o man_n of_o peace_n 1_o chron._n 22_o 9_o the_o prophet_n esay_n speak_v of_o such_o a_o good_a governor_n sâ—ith_o thâ—t_v the_o work_n of_o justice_n shall_v be_v peace_n and_o assurance_n for_o ever_o people_n shall_v devil_n in_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o peace_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v sure_a dwelling_n es_fw-ge 32.17,18_o for_o a_o heavy_a thing_n it_o be_v when_o government_n be_v but_o like_a summer_n fruit_n or_o a_o vision_n of_o the_o night_n or_o a_o roll_a instrument_n a_o comfortable_a thing_n it_o be_v when_o people_n can_v say_v of_o their_o