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A discourse shewing who they are that are now qualify'd to administer baptism and the Lord's-Supper wherein the cause of episcopacy is briefly treated / by the author of A discourse proving the divine institution of water-baptism.
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Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.
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episcopis_fw-la atque_fw-la calcatis_fw-la pax_fw-la à _fw-la presbyteris_fw-la verbis_fw-la fallacibus_fw-la prodicetur_fw-la ibid._n antichristi_fw-la jam_fw-la propinquantis_fw-la adventum_fw-la imitantur_fw-la ep._n lxxx_o successo_fw-la rescripsisse_fw-la valerianum_fw-la ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o diacones_fw-la in_o continenti_fw-la animadvertantur_fw-la firmillanus_fw-la cypriano_n ep._n lxxv_o p._n 225._o potestas_fw-la ergo_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remittendorum_fw-la apostolis_n data_fw-la est_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la eye_n ordinatione_fw-la vicaria_fw-la successerunt_fw-la ep._n xvi_o p._n 36._o cyprianus_n presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconibus_fw-la quod_fw-la enim_fw-la periculum_fw-la metuere_fw-la non_fw-la debemus_fw-la de_fw-fr offensa_fw-la domini_fw-la quando_fw-la aliqui_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la nec_fw-la evangelu_n nec_fw-la deci_fw-la sue_v memores_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la que_fw-la futurum_fw-la domini_fw-la judicium_fw-la neque_fw-la sibi_fw-la praepositum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la cogitantes_fw-la quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la omnino_fw-la sub_fw-la antecessorthus_n factum_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la contumelia_fw-la &_o contemptu_fw-la praepositi_fw-la totum_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicent_fw-la contumeliam_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la dissimulare_fw-la &_o far_o possum_fw-la sed_fw-la dissimulandi_fw-la nunc_fw-la locus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la optatus_n milevitanus_fw-la bishop_n of_o mileve_n or_o mela_n in_o numidia_n in_o africa_n a._n d._n 365._o 365_o a.d._n 365_o in_o his_o 2d_o book_n against_o parmenian_a the_o church_n have_v her_o several_a member_n bishop_n presbyter_n deacon_n and_o the_o company_n of_o the_o faithful_a you_o find_v in_o the_o church_n deacon_n presbyter_n bishop_n you_o have_v make_v they_o layman_n acknowledge_v that_o you_o have_v subvert_v soul_n st._n ambrose_n bishop_n of_o milan_n a._n d._n 370._o upon_o eph._n four_o 11._o speak_v of_o the_o 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diaconos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la episcopos_fw-la fecisiis_fw-la laâ—cos_fw-la agnoscite_fw-la vos_fw-la animas_fw-la evertisse_fw-la quosdam_fw-la dedit_fw-la apostolos_fw-la 37â—_n a.d._n 37â—_n quosdam_fw-la prophetas_fw-la etc._n etc._n apostoli_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sunt_fw-la prophetae_fw-la explanatores_fw-la sunt_fw-la scripturum_fw-la sicut_fw-la agabus_n evangelist_n diaconi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la fuit_fw-la philippus_n nam_n in_o episcopo_fw-la omnes_fw-la ordines_fw-la sunt_fw-la quia_fw-la princeps_fw-la sacerdos_n est_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la princeps_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la &_o propheta_fw-la &_o evangelista_n &_o caetera_fw-la adimplenda_fw-la officâ—â—_n ecclesiae_fw-la in_o ministerio_fw-la eidelium_fw-la caput_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la apostolos_fw-la posuit_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la unus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la deo_fw-la patre_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la singulos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la praeesse_a decrevit_fw-la de_fw-fr dignat_fw-la sacerdot_n c._n 3._o ut_fw-la ostenderemus_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la excellentius_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la sublimius_fw-la episcopis_fw-la reperiri_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la requirit_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la presbytero_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la deacono_fw-mi &_o aliud_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la laico_fw-la st._n jerom_n a._n d._n 380._o 380._o a._n d._n 380._o in_o his_o comment_n upon_o the_o ep._n to_o titus_n when_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v say_v i_o be_o of_o paul_n i_o of_o apollo_n etc._n etc._n and_o every_o one_o thought_n that_o those_o who_o he_o baptise_a belong_v to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o christ_n it_o be_v decree_v through_o the_o whole_a earth_n that_o one_o choose_v from_o among_o the_o presbyter_n shall_v be_v set_v 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evangelista_n ad_fw-la heraclum_n usqâ—ad_fw-la dionysium_fw-la episcopos_fw-la presbyrari_fw-la aegypti_n semper_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la electum_fw-la in_fw-la clesiori_fw-la gradu_fw-la collocatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nominabant_fw-la qui_fw-la provehitur_fw-la à _fw-la minori_fw-la ad_fw-la majus_n provehitur_fw-la potentia_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la &_o paupertatis_fw-la humilitas_fw-la sublimiorum_fw-la vel_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la ceterum_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la successores_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la traditiones_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la sumptas_fw-la de_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o filii_fw-la ejus_fw-la
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ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la cease_v but_o enough_o of_o this_o for_o i_o must_v not_o digress_v into_o various_a subject_n i_o have_v show_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n of_o the_o age_n of_o popery_n in_o this_o kingdom_n that_o all_o those_o error_n even_o idolatry_n itself_o do_v not_o un-church_n nor_o break_v succession_n and_o two_o i_o have_v exemplify_v this_o from_o the_o parallel_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n under_o the_o law_n then_o apply_v of_o this_o to_o our_o case_n i_o have_v vindicare_v episcopacy_n from_o the_o imputation_n of_o popery_n i_o will_v now_o go_v on_o to_o further_a reason_n why_o the_o succession_n of_o our_o present_a bishop_n be_v not_o hurt_v by_o that_o deluge_n of_o popery_n which_o once_o cover_v the_o face_n of_o this_o land_n iv_o the_o end_n of_o all_o government_n as_o well_o in_o the_o church_n as_o state_n be_v to_o preserve_v peace_n unity_n and_o order_n and_o this_o can_v be_v do_v if_o the_o maladministration_n of_o the_o officer_n in_o the_o government_n do_v vacat_fw-la their_o commission_n without_o its_o be_v recalled_a by_o those_o who_o give_v such_o commission_n to_o they_o for_o then_o one_a every_o man_n must_v be_v judge_n when_o such_o a_o commission_n be_v vacate_v and_o then_o no_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v long_o than_o he_o please_v two_o one_o may_v say_v it_o be_v vacate_v another_o not_o whence_o perpetual_a contention_n must_v arise_v a_o man_n may_v forfeit_v his_o commission_n that_o be_v do_v those_o thing_n which_o give_v just_a cause_n to_o his_o superior_n to_o take_v it_o from_o he_o but_o it_o be_v not_o actual_o vacate_v till_o it_o be_v actual_o recall_v by_o those_o who_o have_v lawful_a power_n to_o take_v it_o from_o he_o otherwise_o their_o can_v be_v no_o peace_n nor_o certainty_n in_o the_o world_n either_o in_o public_a or_o in_o private_a affair_n no_o family_n can_v subsist_v no_o man_n enjoy_v a_o estate_n no_o society_n whatever_o can_v keep_v together_o and_o the_o church_n be_v a_o outward_a society_n as_o show_v in_o the_o discourse_n of_o water_n baptism_n must_v consequent_o subsist_v by_o those_o law_n which_o be_v indispensible_a to_o every_o society_n 1._o sect._n iii._o â—_o 1._o and_o though_o idolatry_n do_v just_o forfeit_v the_o commission_n of_o any_o church_n in_o this_o sense_n that_o god_n promise_n to_o her_o be_v conditional_a he_o may_v just_o take_v her_o commission_n from_o she_o and_o remove_v her_o candlestick_n now_o though_o her_o commission_n be_v thus_o forfeitable_a yet_o it_o still_o continue_v and_o be_v not_o actual_o pacate_v till_o god_n shall_v please_v actual_o to_o recall_v it_o or_o take_v it_o away_o for_o no_o commission_n be_v void_a till_o it_o be_v so_o declare_v thus_o though_o the_o jew_n do_v often_o fall_v into_o idolatry_n yet_o as_o before_o have_v be_v say_v god_n do_v bear_v long_o with_o they_o and_o do_v not_o un-church_n they_o though_o