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jesus_n etc._n etc._n contre_fw-fr l'_fw-fr arrest_n de_fw-fr parliament_n donnè_fw-la contre_fw-fr eux_fw-fr a_fw-fr paris_n le_fw-fr 29_o decembre_v 1594._o 'las_o 1595._o it_o consist_v of_o 5_o part_n and_z the_o 11_o ch_z of_o the_o three_o bear_v this_o title_n l'acte_fw-la ne_fw-fr laisse_fw-fr d'_fw-fr estre_fw-fr heroic_a quoy_fw-fr que_fw-fr l'entreprise_n ne_fw-fr vienne_fw-fr à _fw-fr chef_fw-fr jus_fw-la populi_fw-la vindicatum_fw-la and_o naphtali_n be_v the_o pocketbook_n of_o the_o field-conventiclers_a and_o the_o common_a people_n read_v the_o latter_a especial_o as_o much_o as_o the_o bible_n or_o asmuch_o as_o the_o common_a people_n of_o the_o church-communion_n read_v former_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n or_o now_o the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n i_o know_v a_o scottish_a gentleman_n a_o officer_n who_o meet_v with_o a_o single_a country-fellow_n go_v to_o a_o conventicle_n examine_v and_o search_v he_o and_o in_o one_o of_o his_o pocket_n find_v naphtali_n 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authority_n of_o bishop_n to_o be_v above_o and_o distinct_a from_o that_o of_o presbyter_n and_o also_o a_o divine_a institution_n for_o in_o his_o catalogue_n script_n ecclesiast_fw-la 3._o 15._o 3._o gal._n 1._o 18._o 19_o act_n 12._o 17._o gal._n 2._o 12._o act_n 21._o 18._o act_n 15._o jacobus_n frater_fw-la domini_fw-la cognomento_fw-la justus_n post_fw-la passionem_fw-la domini_fw-la statim_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n hierosolymorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la hegesippuâ—_n vicinus_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la in_o quinto_fw-la commentariorum_fw-la libro_fw-la de_fw-la jacobo_n narrans_fw-la ait_fw-la suscepit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hierosolymae_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la frater_fw-la domini_fw-la jacobus_n cognomento_fw-la justus_n 11_o timotheus_n autem_fw-la 4._o autem_fw-la euseb._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o ephesiorum_n episcopus_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la à _fw-la beato_fw-la paulo_n 12_o titus_n episcopus_fw-la cretae_fw-la 27_o polycarpus_n johannis_n 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ecclesiae_fw-la primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la here_o by_o the_o way_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v in_o answer_n to_o naked_a truth_n that_o st._n hierom_n say_v that_o such_o and_o such_o person_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o sure_o in_o say_v so_o he_o mean_v that_o they_o have_v a_o new_a ordination_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o presbyter_n for_o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o suppose_v that_o the_o father_n use_v the_o word_n in_o the_o signification_n it_o have_v in_o his_o own_o time_n when_o and_o long_o before_o there_o be_v a_o distinct_a ordination_n of_o bishop_n by_o a_o new_a imposition_n of_o hand_n by_o three_o person_n of_o the_o episcopal_a order_n so_o in_o euseb._n l._n 6._o c._n 4._o 3._o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 255._o write_v to_o fabius_n touch_v the_o ordination_n of_o novatianus_n hosce_fw-la tres_fw-la accitos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositione_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopatum_n ei_fw-la dare_v coegit_fw-la and_o the_o same_o bishop_n to_o st._n cyprian_n epist._n 46._o tantummodo_fw-la circumductos_fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la commisisse_fw-la schismatica_fw-la ut_fw-la paterentur_fw-la ei_fw-la manus_fw-la quâ—si_fw-la in_o episcopum_fw-la imponi_fw-la and_o cyprian_a epist._n 68_o plain_o distinguish_v the_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n each_o from_o other_o nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o episcoporum_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o sacerdotum_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o diaconorum_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la obseruâsse_fw-la apostolos_fw-la animadvertimus_fw-la and_o afterward_o ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la ritè_fw-la celebrandas_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la plebem_fw-la cvi_fw-la praepositus_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la proximi_fw-la quique_fw-la conveniant_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la deligatur_fw-la plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la quae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la vitam_fw-la plenissimè_fw-la novit_fw-la &_o uniuscujusque_fw-la actum_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la conversatione_fw-la perspexit_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la vos_fw-la factum_fw-la videmus_fw-la in_o sabini_n collegae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la universae_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la suffragio_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr episcoporum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o praesentiâ_fw-la convenerant_fw-la quique_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la literas_fw-la fâ—cerant_fw-la judicio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la ei_fw-la deferretur_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la basilidis_fw-la imponerentur_fw-la see_v also_o cyprian_n epist._n 52._o and_o eusebius_n l._n 5._o c._n 6._o of_o the_o like_a ordination_n and_o can._n 1._o and_o 2_o apost_n episcopi_fw-la à _fw-la duobus_fw-la vel_fw-la tribus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ordinentur_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la uno_fw-la ordinetur_fw-la &_o diaconus_fw-la &_o reliqui_fw-la clerici_fw-la from_o all_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o bishop_n before_o st._n hierom_n time_n have_v a_o different_a ordination_n from_o presbyter_n and_o if_o so_o than_o the_o new_a ordination_n must_v infer_v a_o new_a authority_n and_o the_o same_o authority_n which_o this_o father_n understand_v to_o have_v be_v confer_v on_o timothy_n and_o titus_n bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n the_o same_o he_o understand_v to_o have_v be_v confer_v on_o polycarp_n and_o epaphroditus_n and_o the_o other_o bishop_n and_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o that_o notion_n of_o blondel_n which_o mr._n baxter_n hug_v so_o much_o in_o his_o nonconformist_n plea_n of_o the_o senior_a presbyter_n be_v a_o bishop_n without_o new_a ordination_n be_v a_o mere_a fancy_n and_o shift_n but_o to_o go_v on_o with_o st._n hierom_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o epist._n to_o evagrius_n which_o the_o presbyterian_o rely_v so_o much_o upon_o ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la traditiones_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la sumpâ—as_fw-la de_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicent_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la nepotianum_fw-la esto_fw-la subjectus_fw-la pontifici_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la animae_fw-la parentem_fw-la suscipe_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o filios_fw-la ejus_fw-la hoc_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la esse_fw-la noverimus_fw-la and_o epist_n 54._o speak_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o age_n he_o say_v apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la locum_fw-la tenent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o in_o psalm_n 45._o 16._o nunc_fw-la quia_fw-la apostoli_fw-la à _fw-la mundo_fw-la recesserunt_fw-la habes_fw-la pro_fw-la his_fw-la episcopos_fw-la filios_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o high_a patres_fw-la tui_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la regeris_fw-la and_o epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la heliodor_n speak_v of_o the_o modern_a bishop_n he_o say_v stant_fw-la loco_fw-la pauli_n tenent_fw-la locum_fw-la petri_n and_o epist._n ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la adversus_fw-la vigilantium_fw-la miror_fw-la sanctum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la parochiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyter_n dicitur_fw-la acquiescere_fw-la furori_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la virgâ_fw-la apostolica_fw-la confrigere_fw-la vas_fw-la inutile_fw-la &_o tradere_fw-la in_o interitum_fw-la carnis_fw-la here_o he_o plain_o assert_v the_o bishop_n apostolical_a rod_n or_o authority_n in_o excommunicate_v a_o presbyter_n and_o by_o that_o expression_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la facit_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la he_o assert_n that_o only_a bishop_n have_v power_n of_o ordination_n and_o from_o this_o expression_n compare_v with_o the_o 29._o the_o those_o who_o desire_v to_o see_v more_z may_v consult_v dr._n hammond_n diâ—â—ert_n 2._o cap._n 29._o forecited_a passage_n i_o appeal_v to_o any_o presbyterian_a in_o the_o world_n whether_o they_o think_v that_o this_o father_n 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eos_fw-la quos_fw-la baptizaverat_fw-la suos_fw-la putabat_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la electus_fw-la super_fw-la poneretur_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la omnis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cura_fw-la pertinereâ—_n &_o schismatum_fw-la semina_fw-la tollerentur_fw-la have_v now_o show_v that_o the_o primitive_a christian_n believe_v the_o function_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o be_v distinct_a from_o that_o of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o superior_a to_o it_o and_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o of_o christ_n institution_n as_o they_o be_v i_o hope_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o this_o antiepiscopal_a deceiver_n die_v not_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n as_o he_o have_v the_o impudence_n here_o to_o profess_v from_o what_o i_o have_v here_o say_v of_o the_o episcopal_a office_n and_o authority_n i_o may_v draw_v some_o 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