Quod non alio magis ut mihi videtur potest ordine perfici, quam si plures nostrae genti consecrentur antistites, exemplumque sequamini legislatoris, qui quum solus iurgia ac pondus Israeliticae plebis sustinere non posset, elegit sibi divino adiustus consilio, et consecravit septuaginta seniores quorum ope atque consilio impositum sibi onus ferre levius posset.
And I see none other way whereby this may better be brought about than by consecrating more bishops for our people, following the example of the lawgiver, who, when he could not by himself endure the burden of the strifes of the people of Israel, with the help of the divine counsel, chose out for himself and consecrated 70 elders, by whose aid and counsel he might more easily bear the weight that was laid upon him.
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