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and_o his_o impudence_n perhaps_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o reduce_v every_o individual_a instance_n to_o its_o proper_a species_n it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o do_v that_o in_o matter_n which_o have_v such_o affinity_n one_o with_o another_o as_o there_o be_v between_o ignorance_n and_o nonsense_n or_o between_o ill-nature_n and_o impudence_n but_o this_o i_o dare_v promise_n if_o i_o can_v keep_v by_o the_o nice_a law_n of_o category_n i_o shall_v be_v careful_a to_o keep_v by_o the_o strict_a law_n of_o justice_n i_o shall_v entitle_v he_o to_o nothing_o that_o be_v not_o true_o his_o own_o so_o much_o for_o preface_n come_v we_o next_o to_o the_o purpose_n and_o in_o the_o 1._o place_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v since_o ever_o write_v be_v a_o trade_n there_o be_v never_o author_n furnish_v with_o a_o rich_a stock_n of_o unquestionable_a ignorance_n for_o it_o to_o insist_v on_o all_o the_o evidence_n of_o this_o will_v swell_v this_o preface_n to_o a_o bulk_n beyond_o 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among_o the_o late_a antichristian_a corruption_n and_o usurpation_n ibid._n answ._n to_o object_n 9_o the_o i_o omit_v all_o such_o assertion_n as_o these_o that_o the_o most_o and_o most_o eminent_a of_o the_o prelatist_n acknowledge_v that_o by_o our_o saviour_n appointment_n and_o according_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o first_o and_o best_a age_n of_o the_o church_n she_o ought_v to_o be_v and_o be_v govern_v in_o common_a by_o minister_n act_v in_o parity_n ibid._n prop._n 12._o that_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n be_v not_o settle_v in_o st._n cyprian_n be_v time_n rational_a defence_n of_o nonconformity_n etc._n etc._n p._n 157_o that_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n prevail_v not_o for_o the_o first_o three_o century_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o general_o in_o the_o 4_o the_o centurie_n ibid._n 158._o that_o the_o bishop_n s_o cyprian_n all_o alongst_o speak_v of_o be_v a_o presbyterian_a moderator_n ibid._n 179._o that_o cyprian_n austin_n athanasius_n etc._n etc._n be_v only_o such_o moderator_n ibid._n 175_o 176_o 177_o 178._o i_o omit_v his_o insist_v on_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n attribute_v to_o pope_n anacletus_fw-la as_o if_o they_o be_v genuine_a ibid._n 202._o and_o that_o great_a evidence_n of_o his_o skill_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n viz._n that_o episcopacy_n be_v not_o to_o be_v see_v in_o any_o one_o of_o they_o except_o england_n ibid._n p._n 10._o nay_o i_o omit_v his_o nimble_a and_o learned_a gloss_n he_o have_v put_v on_o st._n ierom_n toto_fw-la orbe_n decretum_fw-la etc._n etc._n viz._n that_o this_o remedy_n of_o schism_n in_o many_o place_n begin_v then_o i._n e._n in_o st._n ierom_n time_n to_o be_v think_v on_o and_o that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o this_o corruption_n begin_v then_o to_o creep_v in_o it_o be_v then_o about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o four_o centurie_n when_o i_o write_v etc._n etc._n ibid._n 170._o neither_o shall_v i_o insist_v on_o his_o famous_a exposition_n of_o st._n ierom_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o it_o have_v be_v sufficient_o expose_v already_o in_o the_o historical_a relation_n of_o the_o general_n ass._n 1690._o nor_o on_o his_o make_n plutarch_n simonides_n chrysostom_n etc._n etc._n every_o grecian_a speak_v latin_n when_o he_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o cite_v they_o these_o and_o 50_o more_o such_o surprise_a argument_n of_o our_o author_n singular_a learning_n i_o shall_v pass_v over_o and_o shall_v insist_v only_o a_o little_a on_o two_o or_o three_o instance_n which_o to_o my_o taste_n seem_v superlative_o pleasant_a and_o 1._o in_o that_o profound_a book_n which_o he_o call_v a_o rational_a defence_n of_o nonconformity_n etc._n etc._n in_o answer_n to_o d._n stillingfleet_n vnreasonableness_n of_o the_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n pag._n 172._o he_o have_v gloss_v st._n chrysostom_n yet_o more_o ridiculous_o than_o he_o do_v st._n jerom._n the_o passage_n as_o 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alone_a they_o be_v reckon_v to_o have_v more_o power_n than_o presbyter_n vide_fw-la edit_fw-la savil._n tom._n 4._o p._n 289._o now_o it_o be_v plain_a to_o the_o most_o ordinary_a attention_n that_o in_o the_o holy_a father_n dialect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o power_n of_o confer_v order_n just_a as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o power_n of_o teach_v and_o govern_v consider_v now_o the_o critical_a skill_n of_o g._n r._n bellarmine_n have_v adduce_v this_o testimony_n it_o seem_v to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o disparity_n in_o point_n of_o power_n between_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o have_v put_v it_o in_o latin_a thus_o inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la atque_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la interest_n fere_n nihil_fw-la quip_n &_o presbyteris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cura_fw-la permissa_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ea_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la congruunt_fw-la 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that_o non_fw-la sunt_fw-la multiplicanda_fw-la entia_fw-la sine_fw-la necessitate_v and_o deus_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la nihil_fw-la faciunt_fw-la frustra_fw-la the_o definition_n then_o be_v unquestionable_a well!_o perhaps_o the_o reader_n may_v be_v curious_a to_o know_v how_o g._n r._n come_v by_o this_o super-fine_a idea_n of_o a_o church_n i_o have_v have_v my_o conjecture_n about_o it_o and_o the_o most_o probable_a that_o offer_v be_v this_o no_o doubt_v he_o be_v wondrous_o well_o acquaint_v with_o plato_n otherwise_o how_o can_v he_o have_v make_v the_o singular_a discovery_n that_o socinian_o and_o stoic_n be_v platonist_n now_o plato_n conviv_n p._n 322._o edit_fw-la lugd._n 1590._o as_o i_o remember_v have_v a_o pretty_a story_n about_o a_o certain_a species_n of_o rational_a animal_n which_o be_v early_o in_o the_o world_n and_o which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o you_o will_v say_v man-woman_n or_o so_o this_o creature_n have_v two_o face_n two_o 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