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lay_v to_o the_o emperor_n his_o charge_n his_o crime_n which_o he_o commit_v as_o it_o do_v behoove_v he_o thrust_v he_o out_o of_o the_o church_n &_o seclude_v he_o from_o the_o communion_n in_o this_o story_n that_o action_n be_v ascribe_v sole_o unto_o the_o bishop_n no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o any_o other_o who_o consent_n be_v require_v though_o soon_o after_o we_o doubt_v not_o say_v master_n jacob_n it_o take_v place_n in_o the_o church_n therefore_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n the_o office_n of_o lord_n bishop_n rule_v by_o his_o sole_a authority_n be_v of_o great_a antiquity_n and_o therefore_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o eldership_n which_o be_v but_o a_o novelty_n and_o never_o prevail_v until_o our_o age_n and_o that_o but_o in_o some_o few_o church_n and_o that_o i_o may_v speak_v something_o for_o the_o justification_n of_o bishop_n rule_v by_o their_o sole_a authority_n timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v such_o bishop_n master_n jacob_n repli_v two_o manner_n of_o 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of_o the_o church_n and_o beside_o that_o saint_n paul_n by_o his_o sole_a authority_n excommunicate_v in_o general_a all_o that_o love_v not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n even_o under_o the_o time_n of_o nature_n henoch_n as_o cornelius_n berâ—ram_n write_v in_o his_o book_n print_v at_o geneva_n and_o allow_v of_o by_o that_o church_n do_v alone_o anathema_n illud_fw-la solenne_fw-fr suoe_fw-la aetatis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la proponere_fw-la quod_fw-la extat_fw-la judae_fw-la ver_fw-la 14_o &_o 15._o pronounce_v that_o solemn_a sentence_n of_o excommunication_n against_o the_o man_n of_o his_o time_n of_o which_o mention_n be_v make_v in_o s._n jude_n ver_fw-la 14._o &_o 15._o behold_v the_o lord_n come_v with_o thousand_o of_o his_o saint_n to_o give_v judgement_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o do_v saint_n ambrose_n by_o their_o example_n and_o as_o for_o make_v minister_n our_o bishop_n do_v not_o confer_v order_n alone_o but_o assist_v with_o other_o minister_n which_o join_v with_o they_o in_o 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