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the_o apostle_n and_o seventy_o disciple_n so_o that_o this_o authority_n out_o of_o polydore_n recoil_v upon_o himself_o indeed_o mr._n o._n own_v as_o much_o but_o then_o thereby_o he_o destroy_v his_o own_o propositition_n which_o be_v we_o know_v no_o other_o ceremony_n but_o election_n etc._n etc._n but_o be_v not_o impositiof_o hand_n a_o ceremony_n and_o more_o than_o elect_v place_v and_o nominate_v he_o bishop_n i_o be_o persuade_v it_o be_v a_o ceremony_n thus_o mr._n o._n confute_v himself_o when_o he_o pretend_v to_o confirm_v his_o opinion_n i_o can_v pass_v by_o one_o thing_n which_o polydore_n very_o false_o tack_n to_o his_o discourse_n here_o concern_v the_o original_a of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n which_o he_o derive_v from_o our_o lord_n and_o his_o apostle_n but_o add_v atque_fw-la hinc_fw-la olim_fw-la 336._o factum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hence_o it_o come_v about_o that_o 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o old_a ecclesiastical_a practice_n in_o consecrate_v a_o bishop_n the_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n and_o for_o this_o cite_v cyprian_n four_o epistle_n to_o felix_n in_o the_o oxford_n ed._n the_o 67._o it_o be_v pity_n mr._n o._n stumble_v not_o upon_o this_o hint_n of_o virgil_n in_o appearance_n it_o be_v better_a than_o any_o he_o have_v produce_v in_o his_o plea_n but_o the_o comfort_n be_v there_o be_v nothing_o like_o this_o to_o be_v find_v in_o that_o epistle_n and_o this_o i_o think_v proper_a to_o note_n to_o the_o end_n no_o new_a trouble_n shall_v be_v create_v i_o upon_o virgil_n authority_n mr._n o._n jerom_n say_v the_o custom_n be_v change_v from_o the_o time_n of_o heraclas_n and_o dionysius_n what_o custom_n not_o the_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n by_o presbyter_n and_o people_n for_o that_o continue_v long_o after_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o bishop_n which_o afterward_o be_v do_v by_o neighbour_a bishop_n in_o
1._o that_o the_o people_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v aforetime_o subject_a to_o bishop_n which_o mr._n o._n have_v miserable_o pervert_v by_o say_v that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o diocese_n never_o have_v any_o bishop_n at_o all_o contrary_a to_o the_o apparent_a sense_n of_o that_o canon_n which_o affirm_v it_o and_o describe_v those_o people_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o people_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v even_o in_o the_o possession_n and_o under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o bishop_n ex._n gra_fw-mi to_o make_v the_o matter_n plain_o to_o mr._n o._n the_o people_n of_o lancashire_n can_v be_v say_v never_o to_o have_v have_v any_o bishop_n at_o all_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o chester_n be_v their_o diocesan_n 2._o the_o people_n mention_v in_o the_o canon_n have_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o proper_a bishop_n peculiar_a to_o themselves_o thus_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o county_n of_o lancaster_n never_o have_v to_o this_o day_n a_o proper_a bishop_n of_o their_o own_o 3._o the_o african_a father_n do_v not_o peremptory_o resolve_v that_o those_o people_n shall_v have_v no_o bishop_n for_o the_o future_a though_o mr._n o._n have_v very_o false_o affirm_v it_o but_o two_o thing_n they_o define_v either_o first_o that_o they_o shall_v continue_v in_o subjection_n to_o their_o former_a bishop_n that_o be_v to_o keep_v to_o my_o example_n that_o the_o county_n of_o lancaster_n shall_v continue_v as_o a_o member_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o chester_n or_o else_o second_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v erect_v into_o a_o distinct_a bishopric_n and_o have_v their_o own_o proper_a bishop_n provide_v nevertheless_o that_o it_o be_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o former_a bishop_n or_o thus_o in_o the_o example_n that_o the_o county_n of_o lancaster_n shall_v be_v make_v a_o bishopric_n by_o its_o self_n and_o have_v a_o proper_a bishop_n of_o its_o own_o provide_v my_o lord_n of_o chester_n will_v consent_v thereunto_o there_o be_v another_o canon_n in_o the_o african_a 407._o code_n which_o be_v more_o full_a to_o my_o purpose_n it_o please_v the_o synod_n that_o the_o people_n who_o never_o have_v proper_a bishop_n of_o their_o own_o shall_v not_o have_v they_o except_o it_o be_v so_o decree_v in_o a_o full_a provincial_a synod_n and_o particular_o by_o the_o primate_n and_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o that_o bishop_n unto_o who_o government_n that_o church_n or_o the_o aforesaid_a people_n former_o belong_v mr._n o._n then_o 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v deal_v honest_o and_o faithful_o with_o the_o african_a father_n and_o with_o we_o shall_v have_v cite_v the_o whole_a period_n at_o length_n and_o not_o abuse_v they_o and_o endeavour_v to_o cozen_v the_o present_a age_n with_o such_o counterfeit_n stuff_n i_o have_v this_o only_o far_a to_o remark_n upon_o these_o canon_n of_o the_o carthaginian_a council_n and_o so_o shall_v conclude_v that_o the_o occasion_n of_o make_v the_o former_a and_o of_o the_o latter_a too_o as_o be_v probable_a be_v the_o ambitious_a and_o haughty_a and_o aspire_a stubborn_a and_o foolish_a for_o all_o these_o epithet_n be_v there_o bestow_v on_o they_o disposition_n of_o some_o presbyter_n who_o raise_v their_o crest_n against_o their_o own_o bishop_n and_o wheedle_v the_o people_n by_o some_o indirect_a mean_n will_v needs_o in_o a_o disorderly_a manner_n make_v themselves_o their_o rector_n i_o e._n bishop_n this_o immediate_o follow_v in_o the_o aforesaid_a canon_n as_o any_o one_o that_o please_v may_v see_v at_o his_o leisure_n to_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n have_v power_n to_o impose_v hand_n in_o ordination_n mr._n o._n allege_v 88_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n 〈◊〉_d can._n 3._o omnes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la sunt_fw-la manus_fw-la svas_fw-la juxta_fw-la manum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la teneant_fw-la ans._n 1._o he_o have_v not_o give_v we_o the_o canon_n entire_a have_v leave_v out_o something_o which_o perhaps_o will_v go_v a_o great_a way_n to_o the_o overthrow_v his_o argument_n as_o will_v be_v see_v anon_o thus_o the_o canon_n run_v episcopo_fw-la eum_fw-la sc_n presbyterum_fw-la benedicente_fw-la omnes_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o unusual_a for_o mr._n o._n to_o quote_v his_o author_n by_o half_n and_o to_o suppress_v what_o seem_v to_o make_v against_o he_o at_o this_o rate_n he_o may_v soon_o get_v the_o christian_a world_n on_o his_o side_n so_o many_o of_o they_o at_o least_o as_o will_v not_o be_v at_o the_o pain_n or_o be_v unable_a to_o examine_v his_o authority_n 2._o this_o canon_n though_o caranza_n and_o other_o author_n mention_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o african_a code_n set_v forth_o by_o justellus_n which_o make_v i_o suspect_v that_o the_o father_n who_o in_o the_o council_n of_o trull_n take_v the_o african_a into_o the_o code_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n look_v upon_o it_o either_o as_o spurious_a or_o reject_v it_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n therein_o decree_v but_o i_o will_v not_o insist_v on_o this_o 3._o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o interpret_v one_o canon_n by_o another_o the_o say_a council_n decree_v ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sine_fw-la concilio_n 22._o clericorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la clericos_fw-la non_fw-la ordinet_fw-la from_o 〈◊〉_d one_o will_v guess_v that_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o presbyter_n hand_n be_v design_v only_a 〈◊〉_d a_o testimony_n that_o the_o bishop_n ordain_v with_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o presbyter_n at_o least_o not_o without_o they_o 4._o if_o presbyter_n lay_v on_o hand_n as_o proper_a ordainer_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o in_o other_o council_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v declare_v that_o the_o bishop_n only_o ordain_v and_o not_o the_o presbyter_n in_o the_o 2._o council_n of_o hisp._n can._n 6._o episcopus_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o ministris_fw-la solus_fw-la honorem_fw-la dare_v potest_fw-la can._n 7._o nam_fw-la quamvis_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la plurima_fw-la illis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la communis_fw-la sit_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la quaedam_fw-la tamen_fw-la sibi_fw-la prohibita_fw-la noverint_fw-la sicut_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la &_o diaconorum_fw-la consecratio_fw-la but_o the_o five_o canon_n be_v remarkable_a the_o occasion_n of_o it_o be_v this_o a_o certain_a bishop_n be_v blind_a lay_v on_o his_o hand_n at_o the_o ordination_n of_o some_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o presbyter_n &_o presbyter_n quidam_fw-la illis_fw-la contra_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la dedisse_fw-la fertur_fw-la for_o which_o it_o be_v add_v that_o the_o presbyter_n deserve_v to_o be_v condemn_v but_o that_o he_o be_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n dead_a from_o whence_o i_o think_v it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o ordination_n be_v not_o effectual_o give_v by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o by_o benediction_n the_o charge_n or_o commission_n wherein_o proper_o consifted_a the_o ordination_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o ordain_v 2._o all_o the_o irregularity_n here_o commit_v be_v that_o the_o presbyter_n presume_v benedicere_fw-la and_o there_o with_o it_o may_v be_v to_o give_v the_o commission_n that_o be_v to_o ordain_v which_o if_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v ordination_n have_v be_v no_o irregularity_n at_o least_o no_o essential_a defect_n as_o it_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v 3._o for_o if_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v the_o ordination_n than_o there_o be_v no_o irregularity_n in_o these_o ordination_n the_o bishop_n have_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o the_o ordain_v as_o it_o be_v testify_v in_o the_o canon_n as_o well_o as_o that_o presbyter_n who_o blessed_v he_o 4._o the_o order_n thus_o confer_v be_v declare_v null_a by_o the_o council_n he_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la gradum_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la &_o levitici_fw-la ordinis_fw-la quem_fw-la perverse_a adepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la amittant_fw-la so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a it_o appear_v that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o these_o father_n and_o of_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n lay_v on_o of_o hand_n be_v not_o proper_o ordination_n and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d though_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o ordain_v which_o 〈◊〉_d overthrow_v mr._n oh_o major_n proposition_n but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o mr._n o._n confirm_v his_o major_n he_o endeavour_v it_o by_o this_o medium_fw-la that_o which_o be_v a_o ordain_v act_n bespeak_v 89._o a_o ordain_v power_n but_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v a_o ordain_v act._n therefore_o etc._n etc._n to_o the_o minor_a i_o answer_v by_o deny_v imposition_n of_o hand_n to_o be_v a_o ordain_v act_n it_o be_v only_o a_o outward_a and_o solemn_a concomitant_a of_o it_o as_o be_v before_o evince_v though_o warrant_v by_o holy_a scripture_n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n hand_n be_v signify_v to_o the_o congregation_n present_a that_o
order_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o particular_o of_o the_o alexandrian_a whereof_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v a_o part_n the_o desert_n of_o scetis_n where_o he_o usual_o reside_v adjoin_v to_o the_o lake_n maria_n or_o maeris_n which_o border_n on_o egypt_n 2._o whereas_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n do_v not_o pronounce_v this_o ordination_n void_a and_o null_a that_o we_o read_v of_o there_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n in_o this_o for_o it_o may_v with_o as_o great_a reason_n be_v argue_v that_o theophilus_n will_v have_v censure_v it_o if_o it_o have_v come_v to_o his_o knowledge_n there_o be_v no_o probability_n that_o theophilus_n will_v have_v pass_v by_o such_o a_o disorder_n and_o affront_v do_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n see_v peter_n and_o alexander_n of_o alexandria_n his_o predecessor_n will_v not_o bear_v with_o the_o melitian_n 3._o it_o be_v wonderful_a that_o mr._n o._n shall_v insinuate_v that_o it_o be_v neither_o irregular_a nor_o unusual_a which_o in_o former_a case_n he_o have_v grant_v over_o and_o over_o again_o 4._o valesius_fw-la tell_v i_o 112._o that_o paphnutius_fw-la be_v engage_v in_o the_o melitian_n schism_n as_o ephiphanius_n testisy_n de_fw-fr haeresi_fw-la melitianorum_fw-la he_o also_o observe_v that_o the_o schism_n be_v then_o improve_v unto_o heresy_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n then_o that_o a_o heretical_a schismatic_a shall_v presume_v to_o break_v through_o the_o rule_n and_o order_n of_o that_o church_n from_o which_o he_o divide_v and_o usurp_v a_o power_n that_o nothing_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o hence_o also_o may_v be_v draw_v the_o reason_n why_o theophilus_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o what_o paphnutius_fw-la do_v he_o be_v a_o schismatic_a if_o not_o a_o heretic_n and_o out_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o what_o have_v the_o patriarch_n to_o do_v to_o judge_v they_o that_o be_v without_o already_o as_o st._n paul_n speak_v in_o somewhat_o a_o like_a case_n but_o 5._o i_o will_v not_o content_v myself_o with_o these_o answer_n though_o i_o 12._o reckon_v they_o sufficient_a but_o add_v it_o be_v no_o where_o affirm_v by_o cassianus_n that_o paphnutius_fw-la ordain_v daniel_n a_o deacon_n or_o presbyter_n but_o only_o come_v daniel_n multis_fw-la junior_a esset_fw-la aetate_fw-la ad_fw-la diaconii_fw-la praelatus_fw-la est_fw-la officium_fw-la and_o then_o festinavit_fw-la coaequare_fw-la make_v baste_v to_o equal_a daniel_n with_o himself_o in_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o priesthood_n and_o last_o desire_v to_o provide_v a_o most_o worthy_a successor_n to_o himself_o whilst_o he_o be_v alive_a provehor_fw-la promote_v he_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o presbytership_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o these_o word_n signify_v that_o paphnutius_fw-la ordain_v daniel_n that_o he_o do_v so_o can_v no_o way_n be_v conclude_v from_o this_o testimony_n of_o cassianus_n for_o 1._o it_o have_v be_v ordinary_a to_o attribute_v that_o unto_o a_o person_n which_o indeed_o he_o only_o command_v or_o direct_v devise_v or_o procure_v to_o be_v do_v thus_o parent_n be_v common_o say_v to_o make_v their_o son_n minister_n but_o ordain_v they_o not_o themselves_o thus_o patron_n among_o we_o make_v and_o prefer_v vicar_n and_o rector_n of_o church_n and_o the_o king_n bishop_n though_o bishop_n ordain_v and_o institute_n they_o thus_o joshua_n make_v he_o sharp_a knife_n and_o circumcise_a the_o child_n of_o israel_n joshua_n 5._o 3._o now_o i_o hope_v mr._n o._n will_v not_o affirm_v that_o joshua_n himself_o make_v the_o sharp_a knife_n or_o circumcise_a all_o these_o israelite_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n but_o to_o come_v yet_o near_o to_o our_o purpose_n i_o read_v in_o st._n cyprian_n 52._o novatus_n felicissimum_fw-la nec_fw-la permittente_fw-la i_o nec_fw-la sciente_fw-la sua_fw-la factione_n &_o ambitione_n diaconum_fw-la constituit_fw-la the_o enquiry_n be_v whether_o novatus_n a_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n and_o ordain_v felicissimus_n a_o deacon_n and_o whether_o st._n cyprian_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v understand_v this_o doubt_n be_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d from_o another_o passage_n of_o st._n cyprian_n in_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la novatus_n isthic_n carthagine_v diaconum_fw-la fecerat_fw-la sc_n felicissimum_fw-la illic_fw-la romae_fw-la episcopum_fw-la fecit_fw-la sc_n novatianum_fw-la novatus_n make_v felicissimus_n a_o deacon_n at_o 〈◊〉_d and_o novatianus_n a_o bishop_n at_o rome_n but_o how_o not_o ordain_v he_o himself_o but_o procure_v or_o encourage_v he_o to_o be_v ordain_v by_o bishop_n as_o we_o read_v in_o eusebius_n 43._o novatianus_n a_o presbyter_n of_o rome_n by_o eus._n call_v novatus_n also_o have_v from_o some_o remote_a part_n of_o italy_n invite_v three_o bishop_n unto_o rome_n force_v they_o to_o ordain_v he_o novatianus_n bishop_n this_o be_v the_o contrivance_n of_o the_o african_a novatus_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o cyprian_n as_o than_o novatus_n do_v not_o ordain_v novatianus_n but_o three_o bishop_n procure_v for_o the_o purpose_n so_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v think_v he_o ordain_v foelicissimus_fw-la deacon_n but_o by_o his_o policy_n and_o interest_n get_v he_o to_o be_v ordain_v and_o yet_o cyprian_n witness_v that_o he_o make_v fecit_fw-la &_o constituit_fw-la the_o one_o a_o deacon_n and_o make_v fecit_fw-la the_o other_o a_o bishop_n in_o like_a manner_n 〈◊〉_d make_v daniel_n a_o deacon_n and_o a_o presbyter_n that_o be_v appoint_v and_o command_v he_o to_o take_v order_n for_o be_v the_o abbot_n he_o have_v the_o authority_n to_o determine_v his_o own_o monk_n unto_o the_o order_n of_o deacon_n and_o presbyter_n but_o it_o may_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o consider_v what_o blondel_n have_v from_o this_o testimony_n of_o cassianus_n advance_v 358._o for_o the_o establishment_n of_o presbyterian_a ordination_n he_o places_z this_o fact_n in_o the_o year_n 390._o when_o the_o egyptian_a church_n enjoy_v a_o profound_a 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