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to_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n gal._n 1.16_o 17._o peter_n james_n and_o john_n add_v nothing_o to_o he_o gal._n 2.6_o much_o less_o ordinary_a elder_n i_o paul_n say_v unto_o you_o have_v be_v enough_o gal._n 5.2_o and_o all_o preacher_n of_o another_o gospel_n shall_v have_v be_v accurse_v gal._n 1.7_o 8._o nor_o have_v the_o church_n of_o antioch_n any_o power_n to_o send_v out_o paul_n as_o he_o be_v a_o apostle_n but_o only_o as_o a_o elder_a and_o member_n of_o their_o presbytery_n there_o act_v 13.1_o &_o 15.1_o 2._o have_v they_o act_v as_o apostle_n they_o need_v not_o to_o have_v state_v the_o question_n and_o debate_v it_o from_o scripture_n in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n have_v deliberative_a discourse_n before_o the_o decisive_a suffrage_n v._o 7._o nor_o shall_v the_o ordinary_a elder_n have_v go_v hand_n in_o hand_n with_o they_o as_o they_o do_v for_o the_o elder_n be_v send_v unto_o as_o well_o as_o the_o apostle_n v._o 2._o they_o come_v together_o 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the_o power_n of_o a_o single_a pastor_n or_o the_o presbytery_n of_o a_o single_a church_n 2._o they_o make_v a_o practical_a canon_n for_o avoid_v the_o scandal_n and_o the_o occasion_n of_o it_o v._o 20.29_o and_o they_o ordain_v decree_n act_n 16.4_o not_o doctrine_n but_o decree_n or_o law_n for_o so_o the_o word_n dogma_fw-la be_v take_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n luk._n 2.1_o act_n 17.7_o ephe._n 2.15_o col._n 2.14_o of_o these_o decree_n they_o say_v it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o we_o as_o any_o synod_n upon_o assurance_n of_o scripture_n warrant_n may_v say_v to_o impose_v upon_o you_o no_o other_o burden_n now_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o bind_a power_n of_o the_o key_n to_o impose_v burden_n and_o this_o bind_a power_n arise_v not_o only_o material_o from_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o matter_n impose_v though_o that_o aught_o to_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o also_o formal_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o synod_n which_o be_v a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n bind_v more_o for_o the_o synod_n sake_n 3._o they_o put_v forth_o a_o act_n of_o critic_n power_n v._o 24._o brand_a they_o with_o the_o black_a mark_n of_o liar_n subverter_n of_o soul_n troubler_n of_o the_o church_n they_o need_v not_o to_o summon_v the_o false_a teacher_n for_o they_o be_v present_a at_o least_o some_o of_o they_o to_o who_o else_o do_v peter_n say_v v._o 10._o why_o tempt_v you_o god_n neither_o be_v it_o necessary_a they_o shall_v make_v mention_n of_o excommunication_n it_o be_v a_o clear_a case_n of_o itself_o that_o those_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n which_o can_v not_o by_o admonition_n and_o other_o due_a mean_n be_v reclaim_v be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_v tit._n 3_o 1â—.11_n rev._n