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particular_a presbyter_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o one_o diocese_n include_v many_o such_o society_n as_o be_v fit_v for_o personal_a communion_n be_v more_o convenient_a than_o their_o govern_v the_o same_o multitude_n in_o common_a very_o probable_o as_o ancient_a as_o they_o have_v settle_v place_n of_o meet_v how_o ancient_a in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o alexandria_n §_o 36._o how_o vigorous_a notwithstanding_o discipline_n be_v at_o that_o very_a time_n at_o alexandria_n §_o 37._o his_o four_o answer_n refute_v §_o 38._o his_o five_o answer_n refute_v §_o 39_o his_o six_o answer_n refute_v §_o 40._o his_o seven_o answer_n refute_v the_o ancient_a city_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n that_o have_v single_a bishop_n more_o general_o as_o great_a and_o populous_a as_o now_o §_o 41_o 42._o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n of_o those_o city_n proportion_v to_o the_o civil_a §_o 43._o whether_o our_o diocesan_n office_n be_v a_o drive_a man_n to_o sin_n §_o 44_o 45_o 46._o his_o eight_o answer_n refute_v great_a city_n than_o have_v great_a number_n of_o christian_n instance_a in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n samaria_n antioch_n antiochia_n pisidiae_fw-la thessalonica_n beroea_n ephesus_n §_o 47._o these_o be_v church_n in_o all_o likelihood_n design_v by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o as_o precedent_n for_o other_o the_o multitude_n of_o christian_n every_o where_o in_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o the_o time_n of_o tertullian_n §_o 48._o instance_n of_o other_o church_n very_o numerous_a beside_o rome_n and_o alexandria_n neocaesarea_n carthage_n the_o passage_n of_o s._n cyprian_a concern_v his_o contribution_n explain_v §_o 49_o 50._o the_o ancient_a numerousness_n of_o christian_n prove_v from_o pliny_n §_o 51._o the_o possibility_n of_o their_o meeting_n in_o the_o same_o assembly_n §_o 52._o several_a way_n how_o great_a number_n may_v communicate_v from_o the_o same_o altar_n than_o can_v ordinary_o meet_v in_o the_o same_o 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