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barnabas_n ordain_v elder_n whereby_o he_o will_v conclude_v that_o the_o congregation_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v but_o how_o slender_a a_o reason_n that_o be_v it_o may_v be_v consider_v of_o infinite_a place_n in_o the_o scripture_n whereof_o i_o will_v recite_v two_o or_o three_o in_o the_o fifthe_o chapter_n of_o josua_n it_o be_v say_v that_o josua_n make_v he_o sharp_a knyve_n for_o the_o circumcise_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o a_o little_a afterwards_o that_o josua_n circumcise_v they_o shall_v we_o now_o upon_o these_o word_n conclude_v y_fw-fr t_o josua_n do_v make_v the_o knife_n himself_o or_o be_v a_o cutler_n or_o be_v make_v to_o his_o hand_n do_v whette_v they_o and_o sharpen_v they_o or_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o he_o do_v circumcise_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o his_o own_o person_n and_o himself_o alone_o when_o as_o that_o be_v do_v by_o many_o and_o by_o the_o levite_n to_o who_o it_o offyce_v apperteyn_v no_o but_o the_o scripture_n declare_v that_o josua_n procure_v sharp_a knyve_n to_o be_v make_v and_o exhort_v and_o command_v the_o people_n to_o be_v circumcise_v in_o the_o eyghtenth_n of_o exodus_fw-la it_o be_v say_v that_o moses_n do_v appoint_v unto_o the_o people_n prince_n captain_n over_o thousand_o and_o hundrethe_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o any_o conciude_v thereupon_o that_o he_o do_v it_o 15._o 1._o chap._n verse_n 15._o himself_o alone_o he_o be_v by_o and_o by_o confute_v by_o that_o which_o be_v write_v in_o deuteronomie_n where_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o people_n do_v choose_v they_o and_o present_v they_o to_o moses_n what_o be_v it_o then_o that_o be_v say_v in_o erodus_n that_o moses_n appoint_v they_o but_o that_o moses_n assemble_v the_o people_n and_o exhort_v they_o to_o appoint_v ruler_n and_o tell_v they_o what_o manner_n of_o man_n they_o shall_v be_v and_o in_o a_o word_n sit_v as_o it_o be_v moderator_n in_o that_o election_n to_o come_v to_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o the_o act_n it_o be_v say_v that_o paul_n and_o timothy_n deliver_v 16._o act._n 16._o unto_o the_o church_n the_o order_n and_o decree_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n and_o yet_o it_o appear_v in_o another_o place_n that_o the_o church_n have_v also_o to_o do_v and_o give_v their_o consent_n unto_o the_o make_n 23._o act._n 15._o verse_n 23._o of_o those_o decree_n so_o that_o the_o former_a place_n mean_v that_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n do_v go_v before_o and_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o director_n of_o that_o action_n the_o same_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v use_v of_o the_o one_o the_o you_o say_v so_o but_o you_o show_v not_o one_o roman_a story_n wherein_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o counsel_n do_v make_v magistrate_n for_o because_o that_o he_o gather_v the_o assembly_n and_o voice_n whereby_o they_o be_v make_v and_o so_o s._n luke_n say_v here_o that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n ordain_v because_o they_o be_v the_o moderator_n of_o the_o election_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v make_v assemble_v the_o church_n tell_v they_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o have_v good_a pastor_n and_o governoure_v gather_v the_o voice_n take_v heed_n that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v do_v light_o nothing_o tumultuous_o or_o out_o of_o order_n and_o so_o to_o conclude_v it_o be_v a_o evil_a reason_n to_o say_v as_o m._n doctor_n do_v that_o because_o s._n luke_n have_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n ordain_v therefore_o the_o people_n be_v exclude_v io._n whitgifte_n if_o the_o reason_n ground_v upon_o the_o plain_a word_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v but_o a_o slender_a reason_n then_o do_v i_o confess_v that_o to_o be_v so_o likewise_o howbeit_o very_o godly_a and_o learned_a man_n think_v it_o a_o reason_n sufficient_a zuinglius_fw-la in_o his_o eccless_a say_v that_o some_o be_v call_v &_o elect_v bullinger_n zuinglius_fw-la bullinger_n to_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n by_o the_o apostle_n only_o bullinger_n in_o his_o third_o book_n adversus_fw-la anabap._n cap._n 4._o say_v thus_o paulus_n &_o barnabas_n presbyteros_fw-la seu_fw-la ministros_fw-la elege_v unt_n in_o ecclesijs_fw-la asiae_n paul_n and_o barnabas_n do_v choose_v elder_n or_o minister_n in_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n those_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o you_o recite_v may_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v such_o manner_n of_o speech_n in_o the_o scripture_n but_o they_o prove_v not_o that_o this_o be_v such_o and_o therefore_o you_o have_v in_o vain_a rehearse_v they_o the_o example_n of_o josua_n be_v far_o from_o prove_a this_o phrase_n to_o be_v such_o sore_o you_o affirm_v that_o josua_n be_v say_v to_o make_v sharp_a knyve_n and_o to_o circumcic_a only_o because_o hcc_fw-la procure_v sharp_a knyve_n to_o be_v make_v and_o command_v the_o people_n to_o be_v circumcide_v and_o not_o because_o he_o himself_o bid_v sharpen_v the_o knyve_n or_o circumcyde_v in_o his_o own_o person_n but_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n have_v to_o do_v in_o this_o action_n and_o do_v themselves_o in_o their_o own_o person_n ordain_v minister_n and_o not_o command_v other_o to_o ordain_v they_o wherefore_o the_o manner_n of_o speech_n can_v not_o be_v like_o except_o you_o will_v expound_v this_o place_n thus_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n ordain_v they_o elder_n that_o be_v command_v the_o people_n to_o choose_v they_o elder_n which_o interpretation_n be_v strange_a for_o this_o place_n and_o unhearde_n of_o before_o that_o in_o the_o syrste_a of_o deuteronomie_n do_v not_o directe_o prove_v that_o moses_n alone_o do_v not_o appoynte_v those_o magistrate_n for_o although_o he_o will_v the_o people_n to_o bring_v unto_o he_o man_n of_o wisdom_n and_o of_o understanding_n etc._n etc._n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o they_o do_v so_o but_o it_o rather_o appear_v that_o they_o commit_v the_o choice_n of_o they_o whole_o to_o he_o for_o after_o in_o the_o fyftéenth_fw-mi verse_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o say_v so_o i_o take_v the_o chief_a of_o your_o tribe_n wise_a and_o know_v man_n and_o make_v 15._o deu._n 1._o ver._n 15._o they_o ruler_n etc._n etc._n manifest_a it_o be_v that_o whether_o the_o people_n name_v any_o unto_o he_o or_o no_o he_o appoint_v they_o and_o give_v they_o their_o authority_n so_o that_o the_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v proper_a and_o without_o any_o trope_n or_o figure_n but_o do_v you_o not_o still_o secret_o push_v at_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n magistrate_n t._n c._n under_o a_o other_o pretence_n push_v at_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n under_o the_o pretence_n of_o speak_v against_o the_o state_n ecclesiastical_a for_o howesoever_o you_o will_v seem_v to_o bring_v in_o the_o place_n in_o the_o eightéenth_n of_o exodus_fw-la to_o prove_v the_o phrase_n and_o manner_n of_o speak_v yet_o may_v you_o be_v think_v secret_o to_o insinuate_v that_o prince_n may_v not_o appoynte_v under-officer_n without_o the_o election_n of_o the_o people_n and_o sure_o if_o your_o deal_n in_o this_o place_n be_v well_o mark_v it_o may_v easy_o be_v see_v that_o in_o reason_v against_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n you_o lie_v the_o ground_n of_o confound_v or_o at_o the_o jest_n of_o change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n in_o the_o fiftéenth_n of_o the_o act_n ver_fw-la 22._o and._n 23._o there_o appear_v that_o the_o whole_a church_n together_o with_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n do_v send_v certain_a choose_a man_n of_o their_o own_o company_n to_o antiochia_n with_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n etc._n etc._n and_o write_v letter_n by_o they_o contain_v these_o decree_n whereunto_o though_o the_o people_n subscribe_v and_o give_v their_o consent_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o but_o that_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n make_v they_o as_o it_o also_o appear_v verse_n 2._o and._n 6._o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n
every_o one_o that_o consent_v to_o order_n and_o subscribe_v unto_o they_o do_v not_o therefore_o make_v they_o wherefore_o they_o may_v proper_o be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n only_o though_o the_o people_n allow_v well_o of_o they_o and_o consent_v to_o they_o and_o therefore_o say_v m._n caluine_n the_o modesty_n of_o the_o people_n act._n cal._n in_o 15._o act._n herein_o do_v appear_v that_o after_o they_o have_v commit_v the_o decide_v of_o the_o controversy_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o doctor_n they_o be_v also_o content_a to_o subscribe_v to_o their_o decree_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o such_o manner_n of_o speech_n or_o no_o in_o the_o roman_n story_n it_o be_v not_o material_a neither_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n here_o speak_v which_o prove_v that_o this_o be_v such_o a_o manner_n of_o speech_n wherefore_o it_o must_v remain_v as_o proper_a and_o literal_o true_a until_o there_o be_v strong_a reason_n bring_v to_o prove_v as_o plain_o that_o the_o people_n ordain_v minister_n as_o it_o be_v here_o write_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n do_v chap._n 4._o the_o third_o division_n answer_v to_o the_o admonition_n pag._n 43._o lin._n 8._o and_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d although_o it_o signify_v to_o elect_v by_o put_v up_o of_o hand_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n almost_o of_o all_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n that_o this_o word_n in_o scripture_n be_v use_v for_o the_o solemn_a manner_n of_o order_v minister_n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n t._n c._n pag._n 29._o sect._n 6._o &_o pag._n 30._o sect._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o and_o i_o marvel_n with_o what_o conscience_n he_o can_v answer_v so_o in_o this_o place_n especial_o where_o it_o be_v forthwith_o add_v that_o they_o ordain_v they_o by_o the_o suffrage_n and_o voice_n of_o the_o church_n but_o you_o say_v that_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o almost_o all_o 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book_n whereby_o i_o can_v see_v the_o judgement_n of_o all_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n but_o of_o those_o which_o i_o have_v i_o find_v that_o there_o be_v but_o appear_v but_o a_o untruth_n as_o will_v appear_v one_o only_a m._n gualther_n of_o that_o mind_n and_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o shut_v out_o the_o people_n consentin_n the_o election_n neither_o m._n caluine_n m._n beza_n m._n bullinger_n m._n musculus_fw-la m._n brentius_n he_o that_o translate_v chrysostome_n upon_o that_o place_n erasmus_fw-la in_o his_o paraphrase_n upon_o that_o place_n be_v of_o the_o contrary_a judgement_n of_o who_o judgement_n i_o will_v not_o have_v speak_v if_o you_o will_v not_o have_v go_v about_o thus_o to_o abuse_v your_o reader_n with_o such_o manifest_a untruth_n to_o overthrow_v the_o order_n which_o god_n have_v establish_v but_o let_v all_o authority_n of_o man_n go_v and_o let_v we_o examine_v the_o thing_n in_o itself_o if_o so_o be_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v mean_v the_o 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