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a_o teacher_n under_o christ_n the_o chief_a teacher_n 2._o to_o be_v a_o priest_n or_o intercessor_n to_o guide_v the_o church_n in_o worship_n and_o speak_v in_o their_o name_n and_o on_o their_o behalf_n to_o god_n and_o intercede_v for_o they_o and_o as_o from_o god_n to_o administer_v his_o seal_n or_o sacrament_n 3._o to_o rule_v the_o church_n and_o particular_a believer_n in_o thing_n spiritual_a not_o by_o force_n or_o sword_n but_o by_o open_v and_o directive_n apply_v god_n word_n and_o exercise_v the_o church_n key_n as_o judge_n who_o be_v to_o be_v receive_v or_o cast_v out_o loose_v or_o bind_v according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o form_n consist_v of_o these_o part_n §_o 12._o iii_o the_o end_n or_o terminus_n of_o the_o sacred_a office_n that_o be_v of_o the_o authority_n and_o obligation_n be_v 1._o proximate_o the_o work_n to_o be_v do_v 2._o the_o necessary_a object_n of_o that_o work_n 1._o particular_a person_n 1._o infidel_n and_o ungodly_a man_n to_o 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set_v one_o presbyter_n in_o degree_n above_o the_o rest_n do_v not_o all_o the_o strife_n of_o emperor_n for_o the_o power_n of_o invest_v bishop_n signify_v this_o much_o against_o the_o pope_n opposition_n both_o side_n grant_v that_o the_o people_n and_o clergy_n be_v to_o be_v the_o chooser_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o it_o be_v the_o old_a canon_n that_o no_o bishop_n shall_v remove_v from_o seat_n to_o seat_n so_o that_o only_a presbyter_n and_o no_o former_a bishop_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o any_o particular_a city_n or_o deacon_n or_o subdeacons_n sometime_n at_o rome_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o emperor_n power_n of_o investiture_n amount_v to_o a_o negative_a voice_n in_o the_o make_n of_o a_o bishop_n the_o king_n of_o israel_n send_v levites_n to_o teach_v the_o people_n and_o solomon_n choose_v who_o shall_v be_v the_o highpriest_n and_o when_o the_o roman_n after_o sell_v the_o office_n christ_n bid_v the_o cleanse_a leper_n go_v and_o show_v themselves_o to_o 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that_o 1._o they_o think_v that_o as_o in_o generation_n a_o man_n beget_v not_o a_o ape_n or_o dog_n but_o a_o man_n and_o a_o horsâ—_n beget_v a_o horse_n and_o every_o thing_n propagate_v its_o own_o species_n and_o as_o physician_n make_v physician_n and_o lawyer_n make_v lawyer_n etc._n etc._n so_o pastor_n make_v pastorâ—_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o ordainer_n that_o be_v prepare_v and_o determine_v the_o receiver_n who_o god_n shall_v give_v the_o power_n to_o and_o oblige_v to_o the_o duty_n of_o that_o office_n 2._o but_o yet_o in_o the_o same_o order_n they_o think_v they_o have_v a_o true_a episcopacy_n as_o to_o degree_n first_o in_o the_o foresay_a city_n pastor_n that_o have_v curate_n second_o in_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o synod_n 3._o and_o they_o think_v that_o those_o writer_n papist_n and_o protestant_n be_v in_o the_o right_n who_o expound_v the_o word_n presbytery_n which_o lay_v hand_n on_o timothy_n of_o a_o session_n of_o presbyter_n and_o therefore_o that_o such_o have_v power_n to_o ordain_v 4._o and_o they_o think_v that_o if_o after_o their_o faithful_a search_n they_o shall_v in_o this_o be_v mistake_v against_o their_o will_n god_n will_v not_o therefore_o disow_v their_o church_n ministry_n and_o worship_n no_o more_o than_o he_o will_v reject_v the_o prayer_n of_o private_a christian_n for_o their_o error_n and_o imperfection_n iv._o those_o that_o at_o present_a be_v call_v nonconformist_n in_o england_n who_o be_v about_o 2000_o eject_v and_o silence_v anno_fw-la 1662._o aug._n 24._o 1._o many_o of_o they_o yea_o most_o that_o be_v above_o 44_o year_n old_a be_v ordain_v by_o bishop_n of_o who_o i_o be_o one_o 2._o the_o generality_n of_o the_o rest_n live_v when_o by_o the_o ruler_n that_o have_v such_o possession_n as_o they_o can_v not_o resist_v diocesane_a ordination_n be_v forbid_v and_o another_o set_v up_o and_o we_o hear_v not_o of_o five_o bishop_n in_o england_n that_o do_v ordain_v and_o hardly_o know_v how_o to_o procure_v it_o of_o these_o and_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n may_v have_v cost_v both_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o ordain_v their_o life_n or_o liberty_n at_o least_o in_o the_o time_n of_o usurpation_n 3._o they_o be_v ordain_v by_o a_o classis_fw-la or_o synod_n of_o minister_n of_o who_o some_o be_v chief_a city_n pastor_n that_o have_v curate_n which_o say_v grotius_n de_fw-fr imper._n sum._n pol._n be_v a_o sort_n of_o bishop_n and_o they_o have_v a_o precedent_n 4._o some_o be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o this_o and_o be_v secret_o ordain_v by_o the_o depose_a bishop_n 5._o some_o desire_a confirmation_n of_o their_o ordination_n aforesaid_a by_o the_o synod_n from_o such_o bishop_n as_o own_v it_o and_o have_v it_o from_o bishop_n usher_n at_o least_o of_o other_o i_o be_o uncertain_a 6._o the_o generality_n of_o they_o that_o have_v any_o parsonage_n or_o vicarage_n or_o any_o endow_v cure_n in_o england_n from_o the_o year_n 1646_o till_o the_o time_n that_o the_o westminster_n assembly_n be_v dissolve_v have_v a_o formal_a authorise_a instrument_n of_o approbation_n from_o the_o say_a assembly_n or_o national_a synod_n choose_v by_o the_o parliament_n of_o which_o the_o catalogue_n in_o their_o ordinance_n show_v we_o that_o divers_a bishop_n be_v by_o the_o parliament_n choose_a member_n if_o any_o or_o all_o refuse_v to_o be_v there_o the_o country_n minister_n know_v not_o that_o but_o just_o take_v they_o to_o be_v part_n of_o the_o synod_n and_o though_o this_o be_v not_o a_o ordination_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n they_o suppose_v that_o it_o be_v as_o valid_a to_o authorise_v they_o as_o the_o act_n beforementioned_a of_o some_o ancient_a bishop_n who_o ordain_v absent_a men._n and_o the_o main_a body_n of_o the_o late_o eject_v minister_n very_o few_o except_v be_v thus_o call_v confirm_v approve_a and_o put_v in_o have_v also_o the_o consent_n or_o election_n usual_o of_o the_o patron_n and_o the_o people_n and_o the_o then_o ruler_n sect._n fourteen_o and_o there_o be_v many_o that_o in_o those_o time_n be_v only_o ordain_v deacon_n and_o take_v the_o synod_n letter_n of_o approbation_n for_o the_o substance_n of_o a_o ordination_n to_o be_v presbyter_n but_o want_v the_o formality_n submit_v to_o diocesane_n ordination_n when_o the_o diocesanes_n return_v of_o who_o dr._n manton_n be_v one_o yea_o divers_a submit_v to_o be_v reordained_n by_o the_o diocesanes_n that_o have_v be_v ordain_v presbyter_n before_o this_o be_v the_o nonconformist_n case_n except_o some_o few_o independent_o that_o be_v not_o for_o formal_a ordination_n at_o least_o so_o much_o as_o the_o rest_n yet_o even_o of_o they_o such_o as_o have_v benefice_n in_o anno_fw-la 1646_o 1647_o 1648_o have_v the_o synod_n approbation_n sect._n xv._n to_o all_o this_o i_o must_v add_v that_o by_o the_o diocesanes_n silence_v multitude_n of_o those_o minister_n who_o the_o most_o religious_a account_v the_o most_o able_a holy_a powerful_a 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