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apostle_n in_o those_o thing_n in_o which_o they_o act_v as_o ordinary_a elder_n we_o shall_v be_v leave_v at_o uncertainty_n and_o every_o man_n may_v do_v what_o seem_v good_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n which_o will_v tend_v to_o confusion_n and_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o church_n these_o be_v their_o own_o word_n now_o in_o this_o example_n act_v 13._o 2_o 3._o if_o they_o be_v ordinary_a elder_n that_o be_v the_o person_n ordain_v than_o they_o must_v needs_o act_v as_o ordinary_a elder_n or_o else_o not_o as_o elder_n at_o all_o for_o if_o they_o be_v not_o extraordinary_a elder_n their_o act_n can_v not_o flow_v from_o a_o relation_n which_o they_o have_v not_o if_o they_o be_v extraordinary_a teacher_n as_o barnahas_n and_o saul_n the_o person_n ordain_v be_v who_o be_v also_o reckon_v up_o and_o call_v prophet_n or_o teacher_n v._o 1_o the_o act_n be_v ordinary_a viz._n ordain_v 2._o the_o main_a work_n be_v ordinary_a to_o which_o they_o be_v ordain_v viz._n preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n 3._o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o text_n that_o do_v evidence_n the_o order_n to_o be_v extraordinary_a any_o more_o than_o the_o act_n itself_o it_o be_v no_o more_o say_v that_o the_o come_n of_o ordination_n after_o the_o call_v to_o office-work_n be_v extraordinary_a then_o that_o the_o ordination_n itself_o be_v extraordinary_a 4._o this_o order_n of_o ordination_n after_o the_o call_v to_o office_n do_v not_o that_o yet_o we_o can_v find_v across_o any_o other_o text_n of_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v in_o faith_n be_v conclude_v that_o this_o order_n be_v extraordinary_a enough_o be_v say_v to_o prove_v that_o their_o act_n be_v ordinary_a in_o this_o ordination_n and_o therefore_o if_o any_o will_v assert_v that_o this_o particular_a viz._n the_o order_n of_o the_o act_n be_v extraordinary_a let_v they_o prove_v it_o 2._o because_o in_o this_o example_n ordination_n have_v the_o same_o use_n and_o end_n as_o it_o have_v when_o ordinary_a officer_n be_v ordain_v jus_fw-la divinum_fw-la minist_n pag._n 160._o our_o brethren_n say_v that_o apostolical_a example_n in_o thing_n necessary_a for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n and_o which_o have_v a_o perpetual_a reason_n and_o equity_n in_o they_o have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o rule_n and_o sure_o so_o far_o as_o gospel_n example_n be_v ordinary_a so_o far_o they_o have_v a_o perpetual_a reason_n and_o equity_n in_o they_o and_o if_o the_o use_n and_o end_n of_o this_o ordination_n be_v ordinary_a than_o this_o example_n thereof_o have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o rule_n and_o what_o extraordinary_a end_n imaginable_a can_v it_o serve_v to_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n be_v the_o person_n ordain_v nay_o separation_n for_o the_o work_n whereunto_o they_o be_v call_v