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seniores_fw-la scitis_fw-la et_fw-fr ibid._n c._n 56._o peregrinus_n presbyter_n &_o seniores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la musticanae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o same_o augustin_n in_o his_o account_n of_o the_o purgation_n of_o caecilianus_n and_o felix_n accuse_v by_o the_o donatist_n mention_v several_a letter_n record_v in_o the_o public_a act_n which_o must_v certain_o speak_v the_o language_n of_o that_o age_n wherein_o rule_v elder_n distinguish_v from_o preach_a presbyter_n be_v plain_o and_o often_o mention_v as_o episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la diaconi_fw-la seniores_fw-la again_o clerici_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la cirthensium_fw-la also_o a_o letter_n direct_v clero_fw-la &_o senioribus_fw-la and_o another_o clericis_fw-la &_o senioribus_fw-la likewise_o the_o epistle_n of_o purpurens_n to_o sylvanus_n have_v these_o word_n adhibeâ—e_fw-la clericos_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la plebis_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la viros_fw-la &_o inquirant_fw-la diligenter_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la 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popish_a error_n have_v their_o original_a and_o some_o seem_a patrociny_n from_o their_o flight_n of_o rhetoric_n their_o figurative_a expression_n and_o some_o logical_a nicety_n that_o they_o use_v this_o be_v not_o my_o apprehension_n alone_o the_o learned_a daille_n right_o use_v of_o the_o father_n have_v the_o same_o observation_n chap._n 5._o the_o father_n themselves_o be_v aware_a of_o this_o with_o respect_n to_o the_o write_n of_o one_o another_o hieron_n ep._n 139._o ad_fw-la cyprian_n plerumque_fw-la nimium_fw-la disertis_fw-la accidere_fw-la solet_fw-la ut_fw-la major_n sit_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la difficultas_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la explanationibus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la quae_fw-la explanare_fw-la conantur_fw-la and_o in_o matter_n of_o great_a moment_n they_o speak_v sometime_o unwary_o not_o foresee_v what_o ill_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o their_o expression_n as_o jerom_n also_o give_v we_o ground_n to_o think_v apolog._n contra_fw-la ruffin_n vel_fw-la certe_fw-la say_v he_o antequam_fw-la in_fw-la alexandria_n quasi_fw-la daemonium_fw-la meridianum_fw-la arius_n nasceretur_fw-la innocenter_n quaedam_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la cautè_fw-la locuti_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la perversorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la calumniam_fw-la declinare_fw-la petavius_n make_v also_o the_o same_o observation_n though_o a_o jesuit_n in_o panar_n epiphan_n ad_fw-la haer._n 6_o 9_o yea_o the_o same_o author_n have_v this_o passage_n not._n in_o epiphan_n multa_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la sanctissimis_fw-la patribus_fw-la presertim_fw-la à _fw-la chrysostomo_fw-la in_o homiliis_fw-la aspersa_fw-la quae_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la exactae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la regulam_fw-la accommodare_fw-la volueris_fw-la boni_fw-la sensus_fw-la manca_fw-la videbuntur_fw-la §_o 28._o i_o observe_v 5._o that_o though_o our_o author_n will_v fright_v we_o also_o with_o what_o the_o scripture_n say_v of_o unity_n and_o against_o schism_n which_o i_o confess_v be_v enough_o 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much_o alter_v to_o the_o worse_o i_o shall_v begin_v with_o ignatius_n both_o because_o his_o testimony_n be_v argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la at_o least_o see_v my_o antagonist_n and_o his_o party_n lay_v so_o much_o stress_n on_o his_o epistle_n also_o because_o if_o he_o speak_v for_o parity_n it_o may_v abate_v the_o force_n of_o all_o that_o they_o bring_v out_o of_o his_o write_n to_o the_o contrary_n what_o i_o shall_v allege_v from_o he_o i_o find_v cite_v by_o the_o famous_a archbishop_n usher_n in_o his_o original_a of_o bishop_n and_o metropolitan_o ignat._n ep._n ad_fw-la trallianos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n be_v subject_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o after_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o presbytery_n as_o to_o the_o apostle_n of_o jesus_n christ_n our_o hope_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o that_o do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbyter_n and_o the_o deacon_n such_o a_o one_o be_v defile_v in_o conscience_n and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n farewell_o in_o christ_n jesus_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n and_o also_o to_o the_o presbyter_n here_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o church_n authority_n to_o which_o the_o people_n must_v be_v subject_a be_v not_o give_v to_o the_o bishop_n alone_o but_o to_o the_o presbytery_n also_o and_o indeed_o to_o they_o both_o act_v conjunct_o i_o need_v not_o transcribe_v what_o be_v with_o much_o plainness_n cite_v to_o our_o purpose_n by_o blondel_n out_o of_o both_o the_o clements_n polycarpus_n justin_n and_o other_o of_o the_o first_o of_o the_o father_n i_o only_o mention_v clem._n alexand._n strom._n lib._n 7._o penes_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la est_fw-la disciplina_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la homines_fw-la meliores_fw-la tertullian_n apolog._n c._n 39_o president_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la viz._n in_o their_o meeting_n for_o discipline_n where_o be_v admonitiones_fw-la castigationes_fw-la &_o censurae_fw-la divinae_fw-la he_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o discipline_n of_o a_o congregation_n and_o ascribe_v the_o government_n of_o it_o to_o a_o community_n not_o to_o a_o single_a person_n the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n in_o their_o epistle_n to_o cyprian_a which_o be_v ep._n 31._o do_v plain_o declare_v their_o opinion_n about_o the_o receive_v the_o lapse_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v collatione_fw-la consiliorum_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la diaconis_fw-la confessoribus_fw-la &_o stantibus_fw-la laicis_fw-la this_o they_o mean_v of_o the_o general_a method_n that_o shall_v be_v lay_v down_o for_o it_o it_o shall_v be_v advise_v about_o by_o as_o many_o as_o can_v give_v counsel_n but_o when_o they_o speak_v of_o the_o authoritative_a sentence_n they_o say_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v do_v ab_fw-la uno_fw-la than_o not_o by_o a_o bishop_n act_v by_o sole_a authority_n cypr._n ep._n 10._o §_o 3._o write_v to_o the_o clergy_n of_o carthage_n 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consistory_n by_o which_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o congregation_n be_v manage_v these_o i_o confess_v can_v administer_v no_o sacrament_n neither_o without_o nor_o with_o the_o bishop_n licence_n and_o for_o act_n of_o rule_v in_o the_o church_n it_o be_v probable_a enough_o that_o they_o can_v do_v nothing_o without_o he_o who_o be_v praeses_fw-la in_o their_o meeting_n except_o may_v be_v in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n 2._o there_o be_v in_o some_o church_n especial_o in_o great_a city_n some_o presbyter_n who_o be_v ordain_v to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n but_o have_v no_o particular_a charge_n and_o be_v as_o our_o probationer_n or_o student_n in_o divinity_n school_n only_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o we_o be_v not_o ordain_v these_o may_v not_o baptise_v nor_o administer_v the_o eucharist_n yea_o nor_o preach_v without_o the_o allowance_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o parish_n minister_n and_o it_o be_v so_o also_o among_o we_o if_o some_o ordain_v minister_n happen_v to_o live_v in_o a_o parish_n whereof_o they_o be_v not_o pastor_n as_o sometime_o fall_v out_o in_o great_a city_n it_o be_v disorderly_a for_o they_o to_o exercise_v their_o ministry_n within_o another_o man_n charge_n without_o his_o call_n or_o allowance_n these_o presbyter_n in_o cyprian_n time_n be_v in_o something_n like_o evangelist_n who_o the_o bishop_n employ_v when_o themselves_o can_v not_o overtake_v all_o their_o work_n and_o if_o these_o be_v call_v the_o bishop_n curate_n as_o our_o author_n do_v all_o presbyter_n i_o shall_v not_o much_o reclaim_v these_o be_v as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o prophet_n breed_v by_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o ministry_n of_o this_o sort_n of_o presbyter_n see_v p._n baynes_n diocesan_n trial_n p._n 63._o a_o three_o sort_n of_o presbyter_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o several_a parish_n among_o who_o the_o moderator_n of_o the_o presbytery_n or_o other_o church_n judicatory_a be_v in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n call_v the_o bishop_n and_o they_o also_o often_o be_v call_v bishop_n with_o respect_n to_o their_o own_o parochial_a charge_n now_o if_o our_o author_n mean_a that_o a_o bishop_n in_o a_o city_n have_v such_o power_n over_o the_o presbyter_n or_o minister_n in_o the_o village_n or_o place_n about_o that_o they_o may_v not_o baptise_v etc._n etc._n without_o his_o allowance_n i_o utter_o deny_v it_o and_o maintain_v that_o every_o such_o presbyter_n minister_n or_o parochial_a bishop_n by_o what_o ever_o name_n you_o design_v he_o have_v in_o cyprian_n time_n as_o full_a power_n in_o his_o parish_n as_o the_o great_a bishop_n have_v in_o his_o though_o the_o one_o be_v more_o in_o esteem_n than_o the_o other_o §_o 49._o i_o shall_v now_o consider_v his_o proof_n for_o what_o he_o affirm_v he_o begin_v with_o baptism_n and_o pretend_v to_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n can_v not_o baptise_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n his_o first_o citation_n be_v cyprian_a say_v bishop_n give_v the_o first_o baptism_n to_o believer_n which_o we_o deny_v not_o if_o you_o understand_v it_o of_o parish_n minister_n but_o if_o he_o mean_v bishop_n in_o city_n who_o be_v the_o precedent_n in_o presbytery_n we_o deny_v that_o cyprian_a assert_v that_o his_o next_o testimony_n be_v out_o of_o cyprian_a ep._n 73._o and_o firmil_n and_o fortunatus_n bishop_n of_o thurobaris_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a and_o he_o confess_v it_o that_o the_o question_n by_o they_o treat_v be_v whether_o presbyter_n who_o by_o heresy_n or_o schism_n have_v depart_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n may_v baptise_v and_o if_o they_o they_o do_v whether_o that_o baptism_n be_v valid_a or_o the_o person_n be_v to_o be_v again_o baptise_a and_o that_o baptism_n esteem_v null_a and_o in_o this_o we_o do_v so_o far_o agree_v with_o these_o father_n as_o to_o think_v that_o all_o the_o administration_n of_o such_o heretic_n or_o schismatic_n be_v irregular_a and_o to_o be_v condemn_v and_o that_o none_o ought_v 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in_o these_o reason_n as_o have_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v make_v nothing_o against_o we_o because_o all_o parish_n minister_n be_v so_o call_v and_o none_o without_o their_o allowance_n ought_v to_o intrude_v on_o their_o charge_n in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o administration_n and_o because_o the_o authority_n for_o baptise_v and_o other_o church_n work_n be_v communicate_v from_o the_o presbytery_n by_o their_o president_n the_o bishop_n he_o indeed_o give_v the_o power_n but_o not_o by_o his_o own_o sole_a authority_n but_o by_o that_o of_o the_o presbytery_n the_o testimony_n of_o tertullian_n come_v next_o who_o say_v de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la cap._n 17._o the_o high_a priest_n who_o be_v the_o bishop_n have_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v and_o after_o he_o or_o in_o subordination_n to_o he_o say_v our_o author_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n a._n 1._o tertullian_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o bishop_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o
pastor_n of_o particular_a flock_n but_o from_o presbyter_n who_o have_v no_o charge_n if_o this_o author_n put_v another_o meaning_n on_o his_o word_n let_v he_o prove_v it_o 2._o tertullian_n a_o little_a above_o puto_fw-la autem_fw-la licuit_fw-la &_o tingere_fw-la cui_fw-la licuit_fw-la praedicare_fw-la i_o hope_v he_o will_v not_o say_v that_o tertullian_n think_v that_o no_o minister_n may_v preach_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n though_o he_o may_v think_v that_o the_o unsettle_a presbyter_n aught_o to_o preach_v in_o no_o man_n charge_n without_o his_o leave_n 3._o tertullian_n a_o little_a below_o allow_v laic_n yea_o woman_n to_o baptise_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n as_o he_o do_v in_o the_o place_n cite_v the_o deacon_n to_o do_v it_o with_o the_o bishop_n leave_n all_o which_o i_o look_v on_o as_o speak_v without_o warrant_n 4._o tertullian_n ground_v his_o discourse_n on_o this_o that_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n require_v that_o the_o bishop_n allowance_n shall_v be_v have_v and_o on_o this_o occasion_n condemn_v emulation_n as_o the_o mother_n of_o schism_n and_o cit_v that_o place_n all_o thing_n be_v lawful_a but_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o expedient_a from_o all_o which_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o gather_v that_o he_o only_o condemn_v they_o who_o baptise_a without_o church_n authority_n which_o the_o bishop_n as_o mouth_n of_o the_o presbytery_n do_v communicate_v 5._o it_o be_v whole_o without_o warrant_n that_o this_o learned_a author_n add_v to_o tertullian_n word_n and_o in_o subordination_n to_o he_o dehinc_fw-la which_o be_v that_o father_n word_n do_v neither_o signify_v nor_o can_v import_v so_o much_o all_o that_o can_v be_v build_v on_o it_o be_v a_o prior_n dignity_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o this_o and_o other_o part_n of_o the_o ministerial_a work_n his_o last_o citation_n be_v ignatius_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o baptise_v without_o the_o bishop_n a._n that_o be_v without_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o presbytery_n which_o the_o bishop_n as_o their_o praeses_fw-la convey_v §_o 50._o he_o assert_v next_o p._n 52._o that_o no_o presbyter_n can_v administer_v the_o eucharist_n within_o the_o the_o bishop_n district_n without_o his_o leave_n or_o against_o his_o interdict_v to_o this_o what_o have_v already_o be_v say_v be_v a_o full_a answer_n no_o presbyter_n may_v do_v this_o within_o the_o charge_n of_o a_o parish_n bishop_n without_o his_o leave_n nor_o yet_o in_o a_o presbyterial_a district_n without_o the_o allowance_n of_o the_o presbytery_n give_v out_o by_o their_o episcopus_fw-la praeses_fw-la his_o proof_n be_v exact_o like_o the_o former_a cyprian_n severe_o and_o just_o lash_v some_o schismatical_a presbyter_n who_o by_o themselves_o without_o cyprian_a and_o without_o the_o presbytery_n do_v administer_v the_o lord_n supper_n to_o some_o of_o the_o lapse_v who_o be_v not_o due_o reconcile_v to_o the_o church_n i_o know_v no_o presbytery_n that_o will_v not_o condemn_v this_o if_o it_o be_v do_v within_o their_o bound_n yea_o they_o will_v think_v their_o authority_n contemn_v and_o their_o moderator_n slight_v who_o shall_v have_v be_v apply_v to_o to_o call_v the_o presbytery_n for_o consult_v about_o this_o who_o with_o they_o shall_v have_v authoritative_o determine_v in_o this_o matter_n and_o this_o neglect_v of_o the_o bishop_n be_v in_o that_o time_n the_o more_o conspicuous_a that_o his_o praecedency_n be_v constant_a and_o know_v to_o all_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n the_o bishop_n be_v so_o often_o name_v in_o these_o thing_n that_o concern_v not_o he_o alone_o but_o the_o whole_a community_n it_o be_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n which_o he_o next_o allege_v of_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o alexandrià _fw-la give_v a_o command_n that_o any_o lapse_v in_o danger_n of_o death_n if_o supplicate_v for_o it_o shall_v have_v the_o eucharist_n for_o that_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o dionysius_n enjoin_v this_o to_o the_o 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against_o the_o novatian_o declare_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o true_a sacrament_n among_o they_o because_o they_o be_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o have_v assume_v to_o themselves_o a_o episcopal_a chair_n and_o a_o power_n of_o baptise_v and_o offer_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o this_o be_v mean_v of_o they_o who_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o church_n authority_n that_o be_v exercise_v by_o her_o pastor_n who_o be_v here_o call_v bishop_n but_o it_o no_o way_n prove_v that_o some_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n must_v depend_v on_o one_o of_o they_o for_o this_o authority_n it_o be_v tedious_a to_o repeat_v the_o same_o thing_n so_o often_o in_o answer_n to_o so_o many_o argument_n which_o be_v material_o the_o same_o after_o all_o these_o numerous_a testimony_n he_o come_v p._n 55._o to_o a_o artificial_a argument_n in_o which_o kind_n of_o arguing_n he_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v very_o formidable_a he_o suppose_v he_o have_v full_o prove_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o unity_n the_o chief_a governor_n that_o by_o consequence_n the_o supreme_a power_n of_o the_o key_n belong_v to_o he_o that_o he_o be_v the_o visible_a head_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v high_o reasonable_a on_o that_o account_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v the_o chief_a power_n of_o dispense_v the_o sacrament_n and_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v dispense_v without_o he_o i_o have_v already_o show_v the_o weakness_n of_o all_o these_o ground_n he_o build_v upon_o and_o therefore_o the_o consequence_n build_v on_o they_o must_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n we_o be_v no_o less_o sensible_a than_o he_o be_v of_o the_o evil_a of_o receive_v and_o continue_v unworthy_a person_n in_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n must_v be_v judge_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o we_o be_v not_o yet_o convince_v that_o the_o bishop_n by_o himself_o rather_o than_o the_o community_n of_o church_n ruler_n be_v that_o judge_n and_o i_o must_v take_v leave_n to_o tell_v he_o 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