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doctor_n will_v have_v we_o to_o give_v our_o free_a assent_n he_o must_v first_o inform_v we_o by_o what_o authority_n or_o consequence_n of_o reason_n he_o be_v lead_v to_o apprehend_v a_o truth_n in_o every_o of_o they_o and_o remove_v the_o probability_n which_o do_v incline_v our_o judgement_n to_o the_o contrary_n for_o touch_v gal._n 2._o be_v not_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n ver_fw-la 7._o 7._o sect._n 7._o 8._o affirm_v that_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o uncircumcision_n be_v commit_v unto_o peter_n much_o more_o plain_a for_o his_o pre-eminence_n above_o james_n and_o john_n in_o the_o apostleship_n of_o the_o jew_n than_o the_o name_n of_o james_n before_o they_o vers_n 9_o can_v be_v for_o his_o primacy_n above_o all_o his_o fellowe-apostle_n be_v it_o not_o then_o much_o more_o frivolous_a and_o ridiculous_a in_o the_o doctor_n to_o extract_v for_o james_n a_o pre-eminence_n in_o honour_n above_o peter_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n from_o that_o slender_a priority_n which_o paul_n give_v he_o in_o name_v he_o first_o than_o it_o be_v in_o bellarmine_n to_o ascribe_v unto_o peter_n a_o preheminent_a dignity_n above_o the_o rest_n because_o he_o be_v usual_o name_v in_o the_o first_o place_n why_o therefore_o shall_v not_o that_o do_v up_o the_o doctor_n mouth_n that_o have_v dam_v up_o bellarmine_n sidrac_n inter_fw-la adolescentes_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la coniecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la primus_fw-la numeratur_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la sidrac_n socijs_fw-la suis_fw-la prefuit_fw-la sutclif_n de_fw-fr pont._n lib._n 2._o p._n 105._o quando_fw-la multi_fw-la nominantur_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la aliquem_fw-la primum_fw-la nominari_fw-la etc._n etc._n gravissime_fw-la erasmus_fw-la annot._n in_o math._n 10._o ex_fw-la ordine_fw-la recensionis_fw-la non_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la quis_fw-la cvi_fw-la sit_fw-la preferendus_fw-la whit._n de_fw-fr pont_n p._n 27._o l._n add_v we_o hareunto_o that_o which_o be_v of_o 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therefore_o he_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n be_v s._n paul_n the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n because_o as_o bishop_n barlow_n say_v in_o his_o sermon_n on_o act_n 20._o 28._o pag._n 2._o he_o fate_n as_o precedent_n in_o the_o convocation_n when_o the_o clergy_n of_o ephesus_n be_v by_o his_o call_n come_v together_o or_o be_v peter_n james_n his_o predecessor_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o jerusalem_n because_o he_o be_v precedent_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o mathias_n to_o succeed_v in_o the_o room_n of_o judas_n act._n 1._o 15_o surgit_fw-la petrus_n non_fw-la jacobus_n ut_fw-la be_v cvi_fw-la presidentia_fw-la discipulorum_fw-la commissa_fw-la erat_fw-la occumenius_n in_o act._n 1._o 15._o loquor_fw-la sane_fw-la primus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la antistes_fw-la etc._n etc._n whit._fw-la de_fw-la pout_v pag._n 288._o 2._o but_o to_o come_v to_o that_o which_o he_o say_v do_v appear_v act._n 15._o viz._n that_o james_n after_o his_o election_n to_o the_o bishopric_n be_v superior_a 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