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And although some Ecclesiastical writers do call sometimes good ministers successors of the Apostles yet that is to be understanded because they propound the same doctrine y• they did / not because they succeeded into the same kind ⟨p. 64⟩of function / which they could not do. S. Paul doth use this word (Apostle) sometimes in his proper and native signification for him that is publicly sent from any to other / as when he speaketh of the brethren that were joined with Titus / which were sent by the churches with relief to the pore church in Jerusalem and Jewry / and where he calleth Epaphroditus an Apostle. But that ¹is with addition / and not simply / as in the first place he calleth the brethren the apostles of the Churches / that is not the apostles of all Churches / or sent to all churches / but the apostles which certain churches sent with the relief to other certain churches / and Epaphroditus he calleth not an apostle simply / but the apostle of the Philippians / that is which the Philippians sent with relief to Paul being in prison at Rome / as it appeareth in the same Epistle.

And althoughe some Ecclesiasticall wryters do call sometimes good ministers successors of the Apostles yet that is to be vnderstanded because they propound the same doctrine y• they did / not because they succeded into the same kinde ⟨p. 64⟩of function / whych they could not doe. S. Paule doth vse this word (Apostle) sometimes in hys proper and natiue signification for hym that is publikely sent from any to other / as when he speaketh of the brethren that were ioyned wyth Titus / whych were sent by the churches wyth reliefe to the pore church in Ierusalem and Iewrie / and where he calleth Epaphroditus an Apostle. But that ¹is wyth addition / and not simply / as in the first place he calleth the brethren the apostles of the Churches / that is not the apostles of all Churches / or sent to all churches / but the apostles whych certaine churches sent with the reliefe to other certaine churches / and Epaphroditus he calleth not an apostle simply / but the apostle of the Philippians / that is whych the Philippians sent wyth reliefe to Paule being in prison at Rome / as it appeareth in the same Epistle.