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consent_n of_o the_o people_n p._n 70._o presbyterial_a government_n examine_v a_o 1641_o p_o 10_o 11._o danaeus_n in_o 1_o timothy_n 5._o 22._o vrsin_n cateche_n p._n 999._o 800._o a_o 1587._o bucer_n in_o maâ—_n 16._o haecpotesta_n est_fw-la peâ—es_fw-la omnem_fw-la ecclesiâ—m_fw-la authoritas_fw-la modo_fw-la ministerii_fw-la penes_fw-la prebyteros_fw-la &_o episcopos_fw-la martyr_n in_o 1_o cor._n 5._o calvin_n institut_n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o beza_n epist._n 83._o &_o confess_v 5._o 34._o zuinglius_fw-la ad_fw-la valen_n viretus_fw-la dialogo_fw-la 20._o luther_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la ministr_n p._n 365._o tertul._n in_o apol._n concenlum_fw-la plebis_fw-la requirit_fw-la cyprian_a 4._o 2_o epist_n 1._o 2._o ambros._n chrysost._n in_o mat._n 16._o august_n 3_o conclusion_n gerson_n de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccles_n consider_v 4._o augustine_n matth._n 18._o gerson_n ibid._n ephes._n 4._o 11._o 4._o conclusion_n jac._n almainde_v potest_fw-la eccles._n c._n â—_o ad_fw-la 2._o si_fw-mi cardinal_n omnes_fw-la essâ—nt_fw-la mortui_fw-la aut_fw-la nollent_fw-la â—igere_fw-la ad_fw-la universalitatem_fw-la fidelium_fw-la spectaret_fw-la eligâ—â—e_fw-la papam_fw-la papam_fw-la octam_fw-la dia_z â—_o l._n 1._o p._n 1._o c._n 31._o adat_fw-la 3._o potestas_fw-la eligendi_fw-la esset_fw-la ad_fw-la laâ—cos_fw-la sylve_v sum_n ver_fw-la excom_n 9_o n._n â—_o cajâ—tan_n opusâ—_n to_o 1._o track_v 1._o vasy_n in_o 3_o p._n disp_n 244._o c._n 3._o â—_o 30._o 31._o juâ—lusâ—_n 10._o â—_o lib_n sing_v de_fw-fr eccles_n c._n 8._o 5._o conclusion_n chrysost._n de_fw-fr sacerdote_v best_a church_n plea_n arg_fw-mi 8._o p._n 73._o â—ravers_n de_fw-fr disci_fw-la eccles_n folio_n 11._o 12._o parker_n de_fw-fr polit_fw-la eccles_n l._n 2._o c._n 4_o 5._o aim_n fresh_a suit_n pag._n 29._o 30._o jacob_n governm_fw-la 12_o 13._o theodoret._n in_o 1_o cor._n 11._o cyrill_n in_o joan._n 1._o august_n psal._n 119._o ambros._n in_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o eph._n 4._o 11._o 1_o cor._n 12._o joh._n 20._o v._n 21_o 22._o 23._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 20._o 2_o argument_n calvin_n in_o loc_n apostolos_fw-la inaugurat_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o officium_fw-la cui_fw-la eos_fw-la prius_fw-la destinarat_fw-la bullinger_n ib._n â—os_v orbis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ministros_fw-la decernit_fw-la 3_o argument_n muscul_a mittit_fw-la ea_fw-la potestate_fw-la qua_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la missus_fw-la est_fw-la beza_n in_o loc_n cajetan_a comment_n ibid._n toletus_n to_o 2._o come_v 26._o chrysost._n apostolos_fw-la constituit_fw-la hic_fw-la legatos_fw-la suos_fw-la &_o vicarios_fw-la cyrill_a lib._n 12._o in_o joan_n ca._n 55._o &_o cyprian_a de_fw-la unitate_fw-la eccles._n prope_fw-la initium_fw-la mâ—ttit_n hic_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la apostolos_fw-la cum_fw-la â—mni_fw-la pote_fw-la â—ate_z apostolico_fw-la numeri_fw-la conveniente_a joh._n smith_n in_o his_o parallel_n censure_n and_o observation_n against_o m._n bernard_n p._n 52._o 〈…〉_z amesius_n de_fw-fr cons_n l._n 4._o c._n 29._o q._n 11._o parker_n de_fw-fr polit._n l._n 3._o c._n 18._o cyril_n in_o levit._n l._n 9_o chrys._n homil._n in_o hag._n c._n 1._o basil._n moral_a c._n 14._o august_n contr_n faust._n l._n 3._o c._n 18._o beda_n in_o 1_o pet._n 5._o best_a church_n plea._n jacob_n gover._n p._n 90._o robinson_n justific_n smith_n parallel_n ensure_n p._n 52_o 53_o 4._o argument_n parker_n de_fw-fr polit_fw-la eccles_n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o english_a puritanism_n 9_o presbyter_n govern_v examine_v p._n 12._o reas_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o guide_n to_o zion_n pos_fw-la 58._o p._n 31._o mat._n 16._o 5._o argument_n almain_n de_n auth_v eccles_n c._n 2._o potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la humanitus_fw-la iustituibilis_fw-la duvallius_n in_o 22._o thom._n â—om_n 2._o the_o sum_n pontiff_n tract_n 4._o q._n 3._o p._n 1._o rom._n 8._o 32._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr pont_n rom._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o 6_o argument_n duvallius_n 22._o to_o 2._o tract_n 4._o the_o sum_n pontiff_a q._n 3._o baines_n dioce_fw-mi trial_n q._n 3._o concl_n 3._o p._n 84._o parker_n de_fw-fr polit_fw-la eccles_n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o presbyter_n gover._n examine_v p._n 23._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 17._o 24_o 7_o argument_n heb._n 3._o 17_o 1_o thes._n 5._o 12._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 17_o ezek._n 33._o 7_o ezek._n 34._o 2_o 3_o 4._o jer._n 23._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 2_o cor._n 5._o 20._o mark_z 3_o 14_o act_n 1._o 8._o 1_o cor._n 4_o 1_o 2_o 1_o cor._n 4._o 15_o 1_o tim._n 4._o 16._o mark_v 12._o 2_o mat._n 13._o 3_o mat_n 9_o 38_o â—_o cor._n 9_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n sing_v de_fw-fr eccles_n c._n 9_o francis_n johnson_n answer_v to_o the_o article_n of_o divis_fw-la p._n 42._o 43._o smith_n parallel_v censure_n and_o observation_n p_o 66._o col._n 4._o 17._o smyth_n ib._n p._n 67._o tertul._n de_fw-fr pudic_fw-la 8_o argument_n 1_o cor._n 4._o 21._o 2_o cor._n 13._o 10._o rev._n 2._o v._n 14_o 20._o becanus_n in_o opusâ—_n contra_fw-la m._n ant._n de_fw-fr dominis_fw-la tom_fw-mi 〈…〉_z 3._o 〈◊〉_d 9_o argument_n isaiah_n â—1_n 5._o isaiah_n 62._o 6._o isaiah_n 60._o 10_o 11_o 12._o â—er_n 1._o 4._o 1â—_n exod._n 4._o 11_o 12._o isaiah_n 6._o 6._o ezek._n 2._o 1_o 2._o joh._n 20._o 21._o act._n 9_o 1â—_n necessity_n of_o discipline_n p._n 30._o exod._n 3._o 11._o 1â—_n deut_n 34._o 9_o isaiah_n 61._o 1_o 2._o isaiah_n 56._o 10._o jeh_fw-it 23._o 14_o 16._o ezek._n 13._o 7_o 8._o mat._n 25._o v._n 25_o 26_o 27._o 1_o tim_n 3_o 1_o cor._n â—_o 2_o 1_o pet_n 5_o 2_o 3_o 1_o tim._n 4._o 16_o 17_o 1_o tim_n 5._o 19_o 20_o 2_o tim._n 4._o 1_o 2_o 3_o tit._n 1._o 5_o 6._o 7_o job_n 5._o 27_o parker_n de_fw-fr polit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 2._o john_n 6._o 70._o mat._n 7._o 22._o 23._o phil._n 1._o 16._o 17_o 1â—_n polycarpus_n a_o 143._o praecipit_fw-la philippensibus_fw-la ut_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la sicut_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o christo_fw-la se_fw-la subjiciant_fw-la irenaus_n lib._n 4._o c._n 43._o &_o cap._n 44._o monet_fw-la fideles_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyterii_fw-la ordine_fw-la sermonem_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o conversationem_fw-la sine_fw-la offensa_fw-la praestent_fw-la tertullian_n apol_n c._n 39_o ait_fw-la seniores_fw-la excommunicationi_fw-la &_o censuris_fw-la praefuisse_fw-la ignatius_n epist_n ad_fw-la tinllanos_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la definit_a caeuâ—m_fw-la sacrum_fw-la consiliarios_fw-la &_o confessores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episc._n &_o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dei_fw-la &_o consociatum_fw-la caetum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la &_o ib._n say_v &_o presbyteris_fw-la subject_n estote_fw-la tanquam_fw-la christi_fw-la apostolis_n origen_n contra_fw-la cell_n vocat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiarum_fw-la ruffin_n lib._n 10._o c._n 5._o hist._n eccles_n cyprian_a epist_n 14._o ep_n 33._o ep_n 10._o ep_n 68_o ut_fw-la sacerdo_n peebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la sub_fw-la omni_fw-la they_o occulis_fw-la deligatur_fw-la &_o dignis_fw-la atque_fw-la idoneus_fw-la publico_fw-la judicio_fw-la ac_fw-la testimo_fw-la comprobetur_fw-la omni_fw-la aâ—m_fw-la inquit_fw-la l._n 3._o ep_n 11._o add_v i_o perlato_fw-la placuit_fw-la contrahi_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la fiâ—milianus_n seniores_fw-la &_o propositi_fw-la ordimandi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habent_fw-la clem._n alex._n sâ—roâ—n_n lib._n 7._o penes_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la est_fw-la discipline_n quae_fw-la homine_fw-la mâ—liores_fw-la facâ—_n basil._n ad_fw-la no_n caesu_fw-la ep_n 75._o interrogate_n 〈◊〉_d vestoâ—_n &_o annunciâ—tibunt_fw-la vobis_fw-la quod_fw-la eâ—ia_fw-la usi_fw-la paroeâ—iâ—_fw-la loci_fw-la citu_fw-la divisae_fw-la esse_fw-la videbantur_fw-la coronâ—mento_fw-la 〈◊〉_d unita_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o una_fw-la senten_a iâ—_n gubernaâ—antur_fw-la athâ—nas_n epist_n â—_o orthodox_n hyeren_fw-mi eccles_n habet_fw-la senatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d presbyterioâ—um_fw-la 〈◊〉_d epist_n â—_o ad_fw-la dunetria_n 〈◊〉_d in_o 1._o tim._n aâ—equam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la communi_fw-la presbytertorum_fw-la consilâ—o_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la regebatur_fw-la eusebias_n l._n 1._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la constant._n at_o the_o fatuous_a council_n of_o nâ—e_n nar._n 250._o bishop_n multitude_n of_o elder_n and_o deacon_n so_o the_o magdeburg_n cent_n 1._o de_fw-fr gâ—ber_n eccles_n c._n 7._o socrat._v l._n 1._o c._n 8._o show_v we_o that_o then_o paphâ—utius_n neither_o a_o bishop_n nor_o yet_o a_o pastor_n oppose_v the_o single_a life_n of_o churchman_n dionysi_n alexandrin_n degmata_fw-la quae_fw-la grassabantur_fw-la inter_fw-la fratâ—es_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la discutienda_fw-la offeâ—â—hat_fw-la synod_n anticâ—h_o tom_n council_n episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la dilectissimis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la salutem_fw-la council_n carthag_n 4._o ca._n 23._o epis_fw-la copus_fw-la nullius_fw-la causam_fw-la audiat_fw-la absque_fw-la praesidentia_fw-la clericorum_fw-la suotum_fw-la aalioqui_fw-la irrita_fw-la erit_fw-la sententia_fw-la ejus_fw-la ambros._n in_o 1_o tim._n s._n synagoga_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seniores_fw-la habuit_fw-la sine_fw-la quorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la nihil_fw-la agebaturin_fw-mi ecclesia_fw-la augustin_n contr_n crescon_n l._n 3._o c._n 56._o &_o epist_n 136._o eusebius_n histor_n eccles_n lib_n l._n c._n 5._o zonara_n in_o can._n 5._o conoil_n laodicen_n theâ—doret_n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 1._o c._n 9_o chrysoct_n in_o 2_o cor._n lâ—â—_n 26._o ordinatio_fw-la est_fw-la suffâ—â—giis_fw-la senatus_fw-la the_o roman_n say_v this_o in_o their_o ordination_n of_o the_o pope_n by_o