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hand_n by_o gersonius_fw-la bucerus_n dissertatio_n de_fw-fr gubernation_n ecclesiae_fw-la p._n 520._o to_o 526._o that_o s._n john_n the_o belove_a apostle_n after_o the_o council_n hold_v at_o jerusalem_n acts._n 15._o resort_v to_o ephesus_n reside_v govern_v and_o instruct_v that_o church_n which_o paul_n have_v plant_v after_o paul_n departure_n thence_o with_o the_o church_n in_o asia_n thereunto_o adjoin_v even_o till_o trajane_n day_n and_o that_o though_o he_o be_v banish_v thence_o by_o domitian_n for_o a_o season_n yet_o after_o his_o exile_n he_o return_v thither_o again_o write_v a_o epistle_n to_o that_o church_n during_o the_o time_n of_o his_o banishment_n revel_v 2._o 1._o which_o he_o name_v before_o all_o the_o other_o church_n of_o asia_n if_o s._n john_n then_o keep_v his_o residence_n at_o ephesus_n and_o rule_v that_o church_n by_o his_o apostolical_a power_n even_o till_o trajane_n day_n how_o can_v timothy_n be_v sole_a bishop_n and_o superintendent_n there_o 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willet_n synopsis_fw-la papismi_fw-la cont._n 5._o gen._n quest_n 3._o part_n 3._o in_o the_o appendix_n and_o gersonius_fw-la bucerus_n de_fw-fr gubernat_n ecclesiae_fw-la 524._o pag._n 300._o to_o 398._o where_o this_o objection_n be_v most_o full_o clear_v by_o counsel_n father_n and_o other_o author_n testimony_n give_v unto_o this_o place_n so_o that_o it_o make_v no_o proof_n at_o all_o that_o timothy_n be_v a_o bishop_n so_o as_o from_o all_o these_o premise_n i_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o timothy_n be_v neither_o a_o bishop_n nor_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n nor_o first_o nor_o sole_a bishop_n of_o that_o see_v as_o many_o overconfident_o and_o erroneous_o affirm_v obj._n 6._o if_o any_o in_o the_o six_o place_n object_n that_o it_o diverse_a of_o the_o ancient_a father_n as_o dionysius_n areopagita_n hierome_n ambrose_n dorothew_n theodoret_n chrysostome_n epiphanius_n eusebius_n gregory_n the_o great_a polycrates_n occumenius_n primasius_n isidor_n hispalensis_n beda_n 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