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A94297
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Of the government of churches; a discourse pointing at the primitive form.
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Thorndike, Herbert, 1598-1672.
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Wing T1055; Thomason E1102_1; ESTC R203782
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l._n 11._o and_o r._n of_o chap._n i._n the_o apostle_n eye-witness_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o eare-witness_n of_o his_o doctrine_n s._n paul_n a_o apostle_n many_o personal_a quality_n in_o they_o they_o be_v governor_n of_o church_n he_o that_o desire_v to_o espy_v light_n at_o a_o narrow_a hole_n must_v lay_v his_o eye_n near_o if_o he_o mean_v to_o discover_v at_o large_a so_o must_v he_o be_v curious_a in_o consider_v the_o scripture_n that_o mean_v to_o discern_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o declare_v there_o at_o large_a but_o be_v collect_v by_o circumstance_n or_o consequence_n especial_o in_o matter_n which_o we_o view_v at_o this_o distance_n of_o time_n which_o represent_v to_o we_o thing_n do_v then_o through_o a_o mist_n of_o succeed_a custom_n those_o that_o seek_v for_o mine_n have_v their_o virgula_fw-la divina_fw-la a_o rod_n which_o they_o hold_v even-balanced_n over_o the_o place_n where_o they_o hope_v for_o a_o vein_n which_o if_o it_o hit_v right_a the_o 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after_o their_o death_n in_o eusebius_n eccles_n hist._n iii._o 26._o and_o other_o of_o late_a stamp_n sans_o number_n whereupon_o epiphanius_n haer._n 27._o reckon_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n put_v peter_n and_o paul_n in_o the_o first_o place_n but_o yet_o observe_v further_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o word_n of_o ireneus_fw-la which_o put_v linus_n after_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o latin_a church_n which_o according_a to_o s._n hierome_n catal._n script_n in_o clem._n reckon_v clemens_n in_o that_o place_n which_o tertullian_n the_o most_o ancient_a of_o that_o language_n lib._n de_fw-fr prescript_n aver_v to_o which_o difference_n we_o may_v ascribe_v the_o confusion_n that_o baronius_n have_v observe_v in_o the_o pontifical_a book_n under_o the_o name_n of_o pope_n damasus_n a_o ancient_a piece_n but_o piece_v indeed_o out_o of_o several_a writing_n and_o cross_v to_o one_o another_o divers_a time_n as_o for_o the_o purpose_n when_o it_o