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upon_o the_o author_n proposition_n as_o such_o a_o reflection_n on_o scripture_n that_o any_o but_o a_o papist_n may_v be_v ashamed_a of_o to_o this_o i_o add_v that_o the_o argument_n bring_v for_o presbyterial_a government_n by_o the_o assertor_n of_o it_o do_v evident_o destroy_v the_o author_n proposition_n and_o do_v establish_v our_o antithesis_fw-la which_o see_v he_o do_v not_o intend_v nor_o endeavour_n to_o answer_v we_o need_v not_o insist_v upon_o a_o further_a confirmation_n of_o our_o antithesis_fw-la shall_v be_v to_o take_v off_o the_o argument_n that_o he_o have_v bring_v for_o his_o proposition_n which_o i_o now_o come_v to_o sect._n 11._o his_o first_o argument_n be_v p._n 287._o from_o the_o equivalency_n of_o the_o name_n and_o doubtfulness_n of_o their_o signification_n from_o which_o the_o form_n of_o government_n use_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n shall_v be_v determine_v he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v hot_o plead_v on_o both_o side_n that_o the_o form_n of_o 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signify_v nothing_o or_o that_o they_o mean_v somewhat_o but_o no_o man_n can_v know_v what_o it_o be_v or_o that_o we_o may_v come_v to_o know_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o they_o the_o former_a two_o be_v foul_a reflection_n on_o the_o author_n of_o holy_a scripture_n yea_o it_o be_v a_o reflection_n on_o a_o man_n to_o speak_v or_o write_v in_o a_o book_n design_v for_o instruction_n that_o which_o either_o have_v no_o meaning_n or_o such_o as_o can_v be_v know_v the_o 3d_o contradict_v our_o author_n assertion_n his_o proof_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o signification_n of_o these_o name_n we_o have_v meet_v with_o before_o in_o the_o like_a case_n it_o be_v a_o most_o unhappy_a and_o inconsequential_a reason_n man_n have_v divers_a way_n understand_v these_o word_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ergo_fw-la they_o can_v be_v understand_v at_o all_o they_o must_v have_v a_o meaning_n and_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o search_v it_o out_o however_o man_n differ_v about_o it_o there_o be_v better_a reason_n bring_v by_o presbyterian_o to_o prove_v that_o these_o two_o name_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o be_v incumbent_a on_o this_o author_n to_o answer_v and_o not_o to_o shift_v the_o matter_n with_o say_v that_o other_o man_n think_v otherwise_o i_o shall_v give_v but_o this_o instance_n or_o hint_n which_o may_v satisfy_v any_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n in_o scripture_n tit._n 2._o the_o apostle_n leave_v in_o crete_n titus_n to_o ordain_v elder_n or_o presbyter_n verse_n 5._o and_o tell_v he_o how_o they_o must_v be_v qualify_v verse_n 6_o and_o give_v this_o reason_n why_o they_o must_v have_v such_o qualification_n verse_n 7._o for_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a if_o a_o bishop_n be_v another_o thing_n than_o a_o presbyter_n to_o what_o purpose_n be_v this_o reason_n here_o bring_v ergo_fw-la they_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o if_o any_o affirm_v that_o these_o word_n signify_v different_a thing_n in_o 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government_n indifferent_a all_o which_o be_v lay_v together_o let_v any_o than_o judge_v what_o great_a advantage_n mr._n stilling_n cause_n have_v receive_v from_o this_o testimony_n of_o zanchie_a especial_o if_o we_o consider_v with_o what_o weapon_n zan._n defend_v this_o his_o opinion_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v general_o practise_v by_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o he_o will_v not_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o disallow_v they_o as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o his_o observation_n on_o chap._n 25._o of_o his_o confession_n we_o see_v he_o bring_v no_o better_a warrant_n than_o the_o practice_n of_o man_n who_o might_n and_o do_v in_o many_o thing_n err_v but_o mr._n still_v tell_v we_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n of_o zan._n de_fw-la 4to_fw-la praec_fw-la loc_fw-la 4._o qu._n 2._o p._n 943_o etc._n etc._n and_o indeed_o he_o teach_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o with_o some_o advantage_n to_o our_o design_n for_o after_o he_o have_v make_v the_o ordinary_a officer_n to_o be_v of_o three_o sort_n viz._n pastor_n and_o doctor_n and_o ruling-elders_a who_o office_n he_o prove_v from_o scripture_n and_o assert_v as_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o reform_a divine_n general_o and_o deacon_n and_o have_v prove_v at_o length_n p._n 950_o 951_o 952._o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o same_o in_o scripture_n he_o show_v p._n 952_o 953._o that_o in_o after-age_n one_o of_o the_o presbyter_n be_v set_v over_o the_o rest_n but_o add_v to_o qualify_v it_o p._n 953._o idcirco_fw-la damnari_fw-la haec_fw-la piae_fw-la vetustatis_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o consuetudo_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la modo_fw-la plus_fw-la sibi_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quà m_fw-la habent_fw-la reliqui_fw-la ministri_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la monet_fw-la hieronymus_n here_o he_o overturn_v all_o mr._n stilling_n design_n for_o such_o a_o bishop_n be_v but_o a_o mere_a precedent_n he_o think_v he_o have_v gain_v another_o testimony_n from_o m._n bucer_n who_o zan._n in_o those_o his_o observation_n cit_v but_o mr._n still_v have_v not_o tell_v we_o wherein_o bucer_n speak_v to_o his_o purpose_n wherefore_o take_v this_o account_n of_o bucer_n opinion_n out_o of_o zanch._n he_o cit_v two_o large_a testimony_n of_o bucer_n the_o first_o be_v out_o of_o his_o commentary_n on_o the_o ephes_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o seven_o kind_n of_o teach_v viz._n by_o read_v interpretation_n instruction_n doctrina_fw-la exhortation_n catechism_n dispute_v private_a admonition_n from_o which_o he_o say_v that_o in_o the_o ancient_a church_n they_o bring_v in_o seven_o kind_n of_o teacher_n now_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o parity_n or_o imparity_n of_o minister_n he_o speak_v nothing_o here_o of_o set_v a_o lord-bishop_n over_o his_o brethren_n as_o a_o thing_n lawful_o practise_v in_o the_o ancient_a church_n yea_o if_o we_o consider_v his_o discourse_n well_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o these_o be_v not_o divers_a office_n but_o the_o work_n of_o the_o pastor_n divide_v among_o more_o where_o there_o be_v many_o officer_n in_o one_o church_n yet_o so_o as_o all_o may_v exercise_v all_o these_o duty_n and_o so_o here_o be_v no_o multiplication_n of_o office_n beyond_o christ_n institution_n though_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v that_o this_o distribute_v of_o the_o work_n of_o minister_n do_v afterward_o begin_v to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o make_v several_a order_n of_o officer_n but_o this_o he_o do_v not_o approve_v of_o the_o second_o testimony_n of_o bucer_n be_v out_o of_o his_o de_fw-mi discipl_n clerical_a the_o sum_n of_o which_o be_v this_o for_o the_o word_n be_v too_o long_o to_o be_v transcribe_v that_o in_o the_o ancient_a church_n they_o set_v up_o a_o bishop_n among_o the_o presbyter_n '_o ut_fw-la consul_n inter_fw-la senatores_fw-la this_o be_v devolve_v their_o power_n into_o his_o hand_n which_o mr._n still_o plead_v for_o that_o these_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n do_v meet_v when_o occasion_n require_v in_o synod_n that_o one_o be_v over_o
the_o synod_n to_o convocate_v and_o moderate_v it_o this_o be_v not_o to_o have_v jurisdiction_n over_o the_o rest_n who_o be_v call_v metropolitan_a from_o the_o chief_a city_n where_o he_o use_v to_o reside_v then_o over_o the_o metropolitan_o be_v set_v up_o patriarch_n but_o behold_v how_o careful_a he_o be_v to_o protest_v against_o imparity_n as_o to_o jurisdiction_n of_o who_o he_o say_v his_o tamen_fw-la primatibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nihil_fw-la omnino_fw-la juris_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o alios_fw-la episcopos_fw-la aliasve_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ultra_fw-la quod_fw-la dixi_fw-la cuique_fw-la metropolitae_n in_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la atque_fw-la episcopos_fw-la suae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la which_o we_o take_v notice_n before_o be_v to_o convocate_v and_o moderate_v the_o synod_n at_o last_o he_o show_v how_o among_o these_o patriarch_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v set_v up_o as_o chief_a and_o then_o how_o all_o good_a order_n go_v to_o ruin_v now_o let_v this_o testimony_n be_v consider_v and_o we_o shall_v hope_v for_o more_o advantage_n by_o it_o than_o mr._n still_v can_v expect_v from_o it_o we_o draw_v these_o two_o conclusion_n 1._o that_o bucer_n look_v upon_o set_v up_o a_o precedent_n over_o presbyter_n as_o the_o great_a length_n that_o the_o primitive_a church_n do_v or_o can_v go_v towards_o the_o make_n of_o imparity_n among_o minister_n 2._o that_o even_o this_o their_o practice_n though_o not_o unlawful_a in_o itself_o yet_o be_v so_o inconvenient_a that_o it_o be_v the_o method_n and_o mean_a that_o antichrist_n get_v into_o his_o chair_n by_o sect._n 5._o he_o come_v next_o to_o the_o french_a divine_n and_o begin_v with_o fregevile_n who_o testimony_n we_o think_v not_o worth_a the_o answer_v see_v as_o mr._n still_o confess_v he_o be_v episcopal_a his_o opinion_n do_v not_o suit_n well_o with_o the_o principle_n of_o that_o church_n he_o live_v in_o as_o we_o shall_v see_v after_o the_o next_o be_v blondel_n that_o learned_a writer_n for_o presbyter_n as_o he_o be_v call_v who_o word_n cite_v by_o mr._n still_o be_v not_o at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n as_o any_o may_v see_v at_o first_o view_n see_v he_o say_v no_o more_o but_z that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o church_n power_n to_o make_v a_o perpetual_a precedent_n or_o not_o for_o bochartus_fw-la his_o opinion_n that_o neither_o presbyterialis_fw-la nor_o episcopalis_fw-la ordo_fw-la be_v juris_fw-la divini_fw-la if_o he_o mean_v the_o difference_n between_o they_o in_o jurisdiction_n and_o not_o only_o in_o precedency_n i_o see_v not_o how_o it_o can_v be_v defend_v and_o not_o have_v his_o book_n i_o can_v determine_v how_o consistent_a it_o be_v with_o his_o own_o principle_n for_o amiraldus_n who_o he_o bring_v next_o his_o design_n of_o union_n with_o the_o lutheran_n i_o believe_v do_v either_o stretch_v his_o opinion_n or_o make_v he_o stretch_v his_o affection_n to_o a_o excess_n of_o condescendency_n which_o can_v be_v excuse_v but_o from_o his_o good_a intention_n sect._n 6._o our_o author_n come_v next_o to_o those_o who_o look_v on_o parity_n as_o the_o primitive_a form_n and_o yet_o allow_v episcopacy_n as_o a_o very_a lawful_a and_o useful_a constitution_n concern_v those_o i_o premise_v 2_o general_a remark_n 1._o that_o what_o these_o worthy_a divine_n say_v to_o this_o purpose_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v not_o of_o episcopus_fw-la princeps_fw-la but_o praeses_fw-la according_a to_o that_o distinction_n very_o common_a among_o they_o this_o we_o must_v hold_v as_o only_o consistent_a with_o their_o principle_n till_o the_o contrary_n be_v prove_v out_o of_o their_o own_o writing_n 2._o that_o many_o thing_n say_v by_o they_o to_o this_o purpose_n be_v the_o over_o reach_n of_o their_o desire_n to_o be_v one_o with_o they_o who_o differ_v from_o they_o in_o this_o but_o agree_v in_o most_o thing_n as_o the_o lutheran_n and_o some_o english_a divine_n they_o do_v often_o as_o smect_v say_v of_o spanhem_n to_o the_o same_o 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