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conclusive_a yea_o appear_v indeed_o very_o ridiculous_a the_o enforcement_n of_o it_o which_o ensue_v may_v perhaps_o give_v new_a life_n and_o vigour_n to_o it_o how_o then_o be_v it_o prove_v that_o paul_n write_v not_o only_o to_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n but_o to_o all_o they_o in_o achaia_n also_o why_o say_v he_o in_o the_o 2_o epistle_n 1._o chap_n 1._o five_o it_o be_v so_o express_v he_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d very_o good_a it_o be_v indisputable_o evident_a that_o paul_n write_v his_o second_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n at_o corinth_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o achaia_n for_o he_o express_o affirm_v himself_o so_o to_o do_v and_o for_o the_o first_o epistle_n it_o be_v direct_v not_o only_o to_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n 1_n cap_n 2._o verse_n but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v say_v our_o doctor_n in_o the_o whole_a region_n of_o achaia_n so_o indeed_o say_v the_o doctor_n be_v great_a friend_n grotius_n to_o who_o he_o be_v behold_v for_o more_o than_o one_o rare_a notion_n i_o say_v it_o not_o in_o any_o way_n of_o any_o reproach_n to_o the_o doctor_n only_o i_o can_v but_o think_v his_o careful_a ward_n of_o himself_o against_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v behold_v to_o grotius_n do_v exceed_o unbecome_v the_o doctour_n gravity_n and_o self_n denial_n this_o be_v complain_v of_o by_o some_o who_o have_v try_v it_o in_o reference_n to_o his_o late_a comment_n on_o the_o revelation_n and_o in_o this_o dissertation_n he_o be_v put_v by_o his_o own_o thought_n i_o will_v not_o say_v guilty_a to_o a_o apology_n cap._n 1._o sect._n 24_o quâ_fw-la in_o resuffragi_n msuum_fw-la tulisse_fw-la hugonem_fw-la grotium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la annotationibus_fw-la posthumis_fw-la nuper_fw-la editis_fw-la &_o postquam_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la typographo_fw-la transcripta_fw-la essent_fw-la cursim_fw-la
follow_a word_n provinciarum_fw-la inquam_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la plurimae_fw-la civitates_fw-la singulae_fw-la singularum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la sedes_fw-la comprehendebantur_fw-la ideoque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o plurali_fw-la istius_fw-la sive_fw-la istius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la dicendae_fw-la well_o what_o then_o cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la unaquaeque_fw-la civitas_fw-la cum_fw-la territorio_fw-la sibi_fw-la adjuncto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la episcopâ—_n svo_fw-la administrata_fw-la singularis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dicenda_fw-la sit_fw-la ideoque_fw-la quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d factum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la act_n 14._o 25_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fieri_fw-la jubetur_fw-la tit_n 1._o 5._o that_o in_o every_o city_n there_o be_v a_o singular_a church_n in_o those_o province_n i_o speak_v of_o those_o where_o any_o number_n be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n i_o grant_v for_o the_o annex_v territory_n let_v the_o doctor_n take_v care_n there_o be_v one_o church_n at_o corinth_n and_o a_o other_o at_o cenchrea_n so_o that_o every_o single_a city_n have_v its_o own_o single_a church_n with_o its_o bishop_n in_o it_o as_o at_o philippi_n the_o passage_n mention_v by_o the_o doctor_n concern_v the_o epistle_n of_o dionysius_n to_o the_o church_n at_o goryna_n in_o crect_n be_v very_o little_a to_o his_o purpose_n neither_o do_v he_o call_v philip_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n the_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o other_o church_n in_o crect_n as_o the_o doctor_n intimate_v but_o the_o bishop_n of_o they_o to_o who_o especial_o and_o eminent_o he_o write_v sect_n 4._o application_n be_v make_v of_o the_o forementioned_a observation_n sect_n 2_o and_o the_o interpretation_n give_v of_o it_o sect_n 3_o in_o these_o word_n his_o sic_fw-la positis_fw-la illud_fw-la statim_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la imperii_fw-la cognition_n in_o provinciâ_fw-la qualibet_fw-la cum_fw-la plures_fw-la urbes_fw-la sint_fw-la una_fw-la tamen_fw-la primaria_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la censenda_fw-la erat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la dicta_fw-la cvi_fw-la itidem_fw-la inferiores_fw-la reliquae_fw-la civitates_fw-la subjiciebantur_fw-la ut_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la regiones_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o cathedras_fw-la episcopales_fw-la unam_fw-la semper_fw-la primariam_fw-la &_o metropoliticam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o this_o section_n the_o doctor_n have_v most_o ingenious_o and_o true_o give_v we_o the_o rise_n and_o occasion_n of_o his_o diocesan_n and_o metropolitical_a prelate_n from_o the_o aim_n of_o man_n to_o accommodate_v ecclesiastical_a or_o church-affaire_n to_o the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n and_o distribution_n of_o province_n metropolitan_a city_n &_o chief_a town_n within_o the_o several_a dependency_n the_o neighbour_a village_n be_v cast_v in_o as_o thing_n of_o no_o great_a esteem_n to_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o next_o considerable_a town_n and_o seat_n of_o judicature_n do_v the_o hierarchy_n which_o he_o so_o sedulous_o contend_v for_o arise_v what_o advantage_n be_v afford_v to_o the_o work_n by_o the_o paucity_n of_o believer_n in_o the_o village_n and_o less_o towneâ—_n from_o which_o at_o length_n the_o whole_a body_n of_o heathenish_a idolater_n be_v denominate_v pagan_n the_o first_o plant_n of_o church_n in_o the_o great_a city_n the_o eminence_n of_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o first_o church_n in_o those_o city_n the_o weakness_n of_o many_o rural_a bishop_n the_o multiply_a and_o grow_v in_o number_n and_o person_n of_o gift_n ability_n and_o considerable_a fortune_n and_o employment_n in_o this_o world_n in_o the_o metropolitan_a city_n with_o their_o same_o thereby_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o abode_n of_o some_o one_o or_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n in_o such_o city_n and_o church_n with_o the_o eminent_a accommodation_n at_o the_o administration_n of_o civil_a jurisdiction_n &_o other_o affair_n which_o appear_v in_o that_o subordination_n and_o dependency_n whereunto_o the_o province_n chief_a city_n and_o territory_n in_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v cast_v with_o which_o opportunity_n satan_n get_v by_o these_o mean_n to_o introduce_v their_o way_n state_n pomp_n word_n phrase_n term_n of_o honour_n of_o the_o world_n into_o the_o church_n insensible_o get_v ground_n upon_o they_o and_o prevail_v to_o their_o declension_n from_o the_o naked_a simplicity_n &_o purity_n wherein_o they_o be_v first_o plant_v some_o other_o occasion_n may_v give_v advantage_n for_o we_o to_o manifest_v for_o the_o present_a it_o may_v suffice_v that_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o magnific_a hierarchy_n of_o the_o church_n arise_v from_o the_o accommodation_n of_o its_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o remans_n empire_n and_o province_n and_o this_o in_o the_o instance_n of_o after_o age_n that_o may_v be_v produce_v will_v easy_o be_v make_v yet_o far_a evident_a in_o those_o shameful_a or_o indeed_o rather_o shameless_a contest_v which_o fall_v out_o among_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o three_o century_n and_o downward_o about_o precedency_n title_n of_o honour_n extent_n of_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a subjection_n to_o or_o exemption_n from_o one_o another_o the_o considerableness_n of_o their_o city_n in_o the_o civil_a state_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n where_o they_o do_v reside_v be_v still_o the_o most_o prevalent_a and_o cogent_a argument_n in_o their_o brawl_n the_o most_o notable_a brush_n that_o in_o all_o antiquity_n we_o find_v give_v to_o the_o great_a leviathan_n of_o rome_n who_o sport_v himself_o in_o those_o gather_n together_o of_o the_o water_n of_o people_n &_o multitude_n and_o nation_n and_o tongue_n or_o the_o general_a counsel_n as_o they_o be_v call_v be_v from_o a_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v fix_v at_o constantinople_n make_v it_o become_v new_a rome_n so_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v to_o enjoy_v equal_a privilege_n with_o he_o who_o lot_n be_v fall_v in_o the_o old_a imperial_a city_n but_o our_o doctor_n add_v sect_n 5._o illud_fw-la ex_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la exemplari_fw-la transcripsisse_fw-la apostoli_fw-la videntur_fw-la cum_fw-la mosaicâ_fw-la id_fw-la lege_fw-la cautum_fw-la esset_fw-la ut_fw-la judices_fw-la &_o ministri_fw-la in_o qualibet_fw-la civitate_fw-la ordinarentur_fw-la deut_n 16._o 18_o illi_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la dubiis_fw-la ad_fw-la judicem_fw-la mosis_fw-la successorem_fw-la synedrio_fw-la hierosolymitano_n cinctum_fw-la recurrere_fw-la tenerentur_fw-la cap_n 179_o and_o in_o section_n 6_o he_o prove_v jerusalem_n to_o have_v be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o that_o whole_a nation_n egregiam_fw-la vero_fw-la laudemâ—_n but_o 1_o the_o doctor_n i_o presume_v know_v before_o this_o that_o those_o with_o who_o he_o have_v to_o do_v will_v never_o give_v he_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n upon_o his_o beg_n or_o request_n that_o which_o alone_o fall_v in_o under_o our_o consideration_n and_o enquiry_n be_v whether_o the_o apostle_n institute_v any_o such_o model_n of_o church-order_n and_o government_n as_o be_v by_o the_o doctor_n contend_v for_o to_o this_o he_o tell_v you_o that_o the_o apostle_n seem_v to_o have_v do_v it_o from_o the_o pattern_n of_o moysaicall_a institution_n in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o doctor_n the_o question_n be_v not_o with_o what_o respect_n they_o do_v it_o but_o whether_o they_o do_v it_o at_o all_o or_o no_o this_o the_o doctor_n think_v good_a to_o let_v alone_a uncil_n another_o time_n if_o we_o will_v not_o grant_v he_o upon_o his_o petition_n that_o so_o they_o do_v 2_o this_o then_o be_v the_o doctor_n second_o argument_n for_o his_o diocesan_n and_o metropolitan_a prelate_n his_o first_o be_v from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o heathen_n in_o their_o civil_a administration_n and_o rule_n this_o second_o from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o jew_n not_o to_o divert_v into_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o church_n and_o political_n state_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o appoint_v of_o god_n nor_o that_o dissonancy_n that_o be_v between_o the_o institution_n of_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o evangelical_n administration_n this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o doctor_n reason_v in_o his_o 5_o 6_o 7_o and_o 8_o section_n god_n in_o the_o church_n and_o among_o the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n choose_v out_o one_o city_n to_o place_v his_o name_n there_o make_v it_o the_o place_n where_o all_o the_o type_n &_o ceremony_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v for_o the_o discovery_n and_o shadow_v forth_o of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n be_v visible_o and_o glorious_o to_o be_v manage_v act_v and_o hold_v forth_o sundry_a of_o they_o be_v such_o as_o who_o typicalness_n will_v have_v be_v destroy_v by_o their_o multiplication_n and_o principal_o on_o this_o account_n make_v that_o place_n or_o city_n which_o be_v first_o shilo_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o kingdom_n or_o habitation_n of_o the_o chief_n ruler_n for_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n who_o appoint_v judge_n in_o all_o the_o land_n for_o the_o good_a and_o peace_n of_o the_o people_n therefore_o the_o church_n of_o jesus_n christ_n disperse_v over_o the_o face_n of_o