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may_v easy_o perceive_v how_o you_o have_v daly_v about_o this_o place_n of_o cyprian_a and_o that_o this_o interpretation_n be_v not_o i_o alone_o chap._n 3._o the._n 16._o division_n answer_v to_o the_o admonition_n pag._n 70._o sect._n 1._o 2._o 3._o &_o pag._n 71._o sect._n 1_o and_o therefore_o hierome_n write_v upon_o the_o first_o to_o titus_n say_v that_o hierome_n hierome_n in_o the_o begin_n a_o bishop_n and_o a_o priest_n be_v all_o one_o but_o after_o that_o there_o begin_v to_o rise_v faction_n in_o religion_n and_o some_o say_v they_o hold_v of_o apollo_n some_o of_o paul_n some_o of_o cephas_n and_o some_o of_o christ_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o one_o shall_v be_v choose_v to_o bear_v rule_n over_o the_o rest_n to_o who_o the_o chief_a care_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v apperteine_v and_o by_o who_o sect_n and_o schism_n shall_v be_v cut_v of_o here_o a_o man_n may_v reason_v thus_o the_o distinction_n of_o degree_n begin_v in_o the_o church_n when_o man_n begin_v to_o 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then_o come_v it_o neither_o from_o the_o papist_n nor_o yet_o from_o the_o gentile_n but_o whensoever_o this_o begin_v or_o from_o who_o soever_o it_o be_v take_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n have_v always_o be_v think_v necessary_a in_o the_o church_n by_o all_o such_o as_o have_v not_o divide_v themselves_o by_o any_o schism_n or_o heresy_n from_o the_o same_o chap._n 5._o the._n 3._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 113._o sect._n 4._o now_o i_o return_v to_o the_o example_n of_o sephora_n and_o say_v that_o the_o unlawfulnesse_n of_o that_o fact_n do_v appear_v sufficient_o in_o that_o she_o do_v it_o himself_o it_o mose_n by_o reason_n of_o sickness_n be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v it_o himself_o before_o her_o husband_n moses_n which_o be_v a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o 1_o and_o this_o be_v contrary_a to_o that_o he_o have_v pag._n 17_o sect._n 1_o to_o who_o that_o office_n of_o circumcision_n do_v appertain_v so_o that_o unless_o m._n doctor_n will_v have_v midwife_n 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a_o good_a degree_n so_o that_o this_o reason_n of_o you_o be_v easy_o push_v away_o i_o know_v 〈◊〉_d o_o exp_a unde_fw-la the_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n as_o you_o o_o &_o the_o interpretation_n be_v not_o amiss_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o reason_n sufficient_a to_o improve_v the_o other_o to_o the_o which_o i_o most_o incline_v because_o it_o be_v allow_v of_o most_o learned_a man_n and_o the_o word_n themselves_o do_v very_o fit_o bear_v it_o but_o the_o matter_n do_v not_o depend_v only_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n but_o upon_o the_o continual_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n also_o from_o time_n to_o tyme._n the._n 8._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 129._o sect._n ult._n and_o albeit_o m._n doctor_n be_v not_o able_a to_o show_v it_o yet_o i_o confess_v that_o it_o have_v be_v in_o time_n past_a permit_v unto_o they_o in_o some_o church_n to_o baptise_v in_o other_o some_o to_o preach_v and_o baptise_v &_o sometime_o also_o to_o minister_v the_o supper_n but_o i_o say_v 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propter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la honorem_fw-la the_o high_a priest_n which_o be_v the_o bishop_n have_v authority_n to_o baptize_v so_o have_v the_o minister_n and_o deacon_n but_o not_o without_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n hierome_n adversus_fw-la luciferianos_fw-la say_v thus_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o that_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o hierom._n hierom._n the_o church_n that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v go_v to_o lay_v his_o hand_n by_o the_o invocation_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n upon_o those_o which_o a_o far_a of_o in_o little_a city_n by_o minister_n and_o deacon_n be_v baptize_v and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v that_o neither_o the_o minister_n nor_o deacons_n have_v authority_n to_o baptise_v without_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o bishop_n m._n beza_n lib._n
disciplinae_fw-la severa_fw-la misericordia_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la consilia_fw-la separationis_fw-la &_o inania_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o perniti_fw-la sa_o atque_fw-la sacrilega_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o impia_fw-la &_o superba_fw-la fiunt_fw-la &_o plus_fw-la perturbant_fw-la infirmos_fw-la bonos_fw-es quà m_fw-la corrigunt_fw-la animosos_fw-la malos_fw-la very_o if_o the_o contagion_n of_o sin_n have_v infect_v the_o multitude_n the_o severe_a mercy_n of_o godly_a discipline_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o purpose_n of_o separation_n be_v both_o vain_a pernicious_a and_o sacrilegious_a because_o they_o be_v both_o wicked_a and_o presumptuous_a and_o do_v more_o trouble_v the_o good_a that_o be_v weak_a than_o correct_v or_o amend_v the_o evil_a that_o be_v stubborn_a saint_n augustine_n do_v not_o here_o allege_v this_o for_o a_o cause_n that_o sufficient_a voice_n can_v not_o be_v obtain_v for_o excommunication_n as_o you_o pretend_v but_o he_o think_v excommunication_n to_o be_v altogether_o in_o vain_a where_o the_o infection_n be_v general_a but_o that_o it_o may_v further_o appear_v the_o doctrine_n that_o i_o affirm_v touch_v the_o authority_n church_n exit_fw-la mmunication_n by_o bishop_n prove_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primi_fw-la church_n of_o bishop_n in_o excommunicate_v to_o be_v true_a and_o to_o have_v be_v the_o usual_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o best_a time_n and_o state_n of_o it_o i_o think_v good_a in_o this_o place_n to_o add_v to_o my_o former_a testimony_n and_o answer_n the_o authority_n of_o certain_a counsel_n wherein_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n do_v evidente_o show_v itself_o and_o first_o to_o begin_v with_o the_o canon_n attribute_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o so_o oft_o allege_v by_o t._n c._n in_o the._n 32._o or_o as_o it_o be_v in_o some_o book_n the._n 33._o of_o those_o canon_n it_o be_v thus_o decree_v 32._o can._n apost_n 32._o if_o any_o priest_n or_o deacon_n be_v excommunicate_v of_o his_o bishop_n it_o may_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o other_o to_o receive_v he_o but_o only_o the_o party_n that_o have_v separate_v he_o except_o that_o bishop_n die_v which_o have_v excommunicate_v he_o in_o this_o canon_n power_n to_o excommunicate_v and_o also_o to_o absolve_v be_v in_o plain_a word_n commit_v to_o the_o bishop_n alone_o the_o fifte_a canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a speak_v of_o this_o matter_n in_o these_o word_n 5._o con._n nicae_n can_v 5._o concern_v those_o that_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o communion_n be_v they_o clerk_n or_o lie_v man_n by_o the_o bishop_n which_o be_v in_o every_o province_n let_v the_o sentence_n stand_v according_a to_o the_o canon_n which_o do_v pronounce_v those_o that_o be_v eject_v of_o some_o not_o to_o be_v admit_v of_o other_o but_o let_v it_o be_v examine_v whether_o the_o party_n be_v excommunicate_v through_o the_o indignation_n or_o contention_n or_o frowardness_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n that_o the_o examination_n may_v be_v due_o have_v let_v there_o be_v in_o every_o province_n a_o synod_n celebrate_v twice_o in_o the_o year_n the_o word_n be_v manyfeste_a and_o what_o need_n such_o pr_v sion_fw-la for_o to_z examine_v the_o do_n of_o the_o bishop_n if_o he_o have_v not_o authority_n to_o excommunicate_v alone_o the_o sixth_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antic_a he_o be_v this_o if_o any_o man_n have_v be_v excommunicate_v 6._o con._n anti_n i_fw-mi can._n 6._o of_o his_o own_o bishop_n let_v he_o not_o be_v receyve_v of_o any_o other_o before_o he_o be_v absolve_v of_o his_o own_o bishop_n or_o shall_v defend_v himself_o in_o a_o synod_n and_o the_o synod_n be_v persuade_v receyve_v a_o other_o sentence_n the_o same_o decree_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v against_o lie_v man_n and_o priest_n and_o deacon_n and_o those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o clergy_n why_o shall_v the_o council_n say_v ee_o that_o be_v excommunicate_v of_o his_o own_o 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communion_n do_v thereby_o injury_n to_o his_o brother_n and_o fellow_n bishop_n by_o all_o these_o canon_n and_o ancient_a counsel_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o from_o time_n to_o time_n even_o in_o the_o best_a and_o pure_a state_n of_o the_o church_n bishop_n alone_o have_v have_v authority_n to_o excommunicate_v and_o least_o t._n c._n shall_v here_o flee_v to_o his_o old_a shift_n and_o new_o devise_v distinction_n action_n the_o bishop_n do_v excommunicate_v alone_o not_o as_o rator_n of_o the_o action_n that_o this_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o bishop_n because_o he_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o action_n and_o do_v moderate_v it_o and_o not_o because_o the_o authority_n and_o power_n of_o excommunicate_v remain_v in_o he_o alone_o although_o the_o manifest_a word_n of_o the_o counsel_n over_o ▪_o throw_v it_o and_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v iustify_v by_o any_o learning_n or_o good_a authority_n yet_o that_o the_o sard._n con._n sard._n reader_n may_v the_o better_o 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