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degree_n of_o minister_n to_o wit_n bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n that_o which_o we_o wish_v may_v be_v principal_o observe_v by_o these_o premise_n be_v that_o so_o many_o so_o eminent_o learned_a and_o judicious_a divine_n and_o among_o they_o such_o as_o be_v think_v to_o have_v practise_v the_o presbyterial_a discipline_n will_v not_o so_o plain_o and_o universal_o have_v acknowledge_v the_o necessary_a use_n of_o episcopal_n prelacy_n except_o before_o all_o presbyterial_a parity_n they_o have_v judge_v it_o the_o best_a but_o yet_o we_o be_v to_o soar_v high_o account_v that_o most_o true_o the_o best_a which_o have_v the_o best_a right_n cap._n ii_o sect_n i._o the_o second_o general_a part_n of_o this_o full_a satisfaction_n be_v concern_v the_o right_n of_o episcopacy_n which_o be_v to_o accord_v to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o second_o reserve_v condition_n in_o the_o common_a covenant_n there_o be_v but_o two_o principal_a way_n to_o understand_v every_o accordance_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n one_o from_o primitive_a antiquity_n especial_o that_o which_o border_v immediate_o upon_o the_o apostolical_a age_n the_o other_o by_o the_o light_n and_o evidence_n of_o scripture_n itself_o and_o for_o our_o just_a enquiry_n into_o both_o we_o shall_v take_v along_o with_o we_o the_o consent_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o such_o protestant_a divine_n to_o who_o our_o opposite_n can_v just_o impute_v partiality_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o bishop_n antiquity_n speak_v unto_o we_o both_o by_o its_o profession_n and_o practice_n sometime_o profess_v it_o to_o be_v so_o far_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v apostolical_a sometime_o in_o a_o high_a tone_n and_o accent_n to_o attribute_v unto_o it_o a_o divine_a right_n touch_v the_o apostolical_a right_n our_o opposite_n will_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v so_o far_o forlorn_v of_o ancient_a patronage_n but_o that_o they_o will_v object_v four_o author_n against_o this_o which_o objection_n we_o be_v to_o remove_v in_o the_o first_o place_n as_o rub_n in_o our_o way_n that_o our_o reader_n passage_n may_v become_v more_o even_a and_o easy_a unto_o he_o sect_n ii_o first_o that_o no_o ancient_a father_n have_v be_v just_o object_v as_o gainsay_v the_o apostolical_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n no_o not_o hierome_n the_o smectymnian_o have_v inform_v both_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o parliament_n that_o 13._o the_o best_a charter_n plead_v for_o episcopacy_n be_v ecclesiastical_a constitution_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o hierome_n which_o be_v the_o main_a fort_n which_o they_o and_o other_o out_o opposite_n rest_v upon_o regere_fw-la the_o original_a of_o episcopal_n prelacy_n say_v he_o be_v rather_o from_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n than_o of_o the_o lord_n dispose_v whence_o these_o disputant_n conclude_v that_o he_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v 77._o mere_o ecclesiastical_a and_o the_o rather_o because_o this_o his_o commentary_n be_v upon_o a_o text_n of_o scripture_n two_o kind_n of_o answer_n be_v appliable_a to_o this_o objection_n one_o in_o respect_n of_o hieromes_n person_n the_o other_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o manifold_a confession_n to_o the_o contrary_n first_o hierome_n by_o nature_n a_o angry_a man_n have_v be_v not_o a_o little_a provoke_v by_o john_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o thereupon_o as_o a_o learned_a doctor_n even_o of_o the_o presbyterian_a church_n say_v etc._n do_v probable_o vent_v this_o sentence_n in_o a_o humane_a passion_n especial_o as_o another_o say_v contemni_fw-la hold_v it_o a_o indignity_n to_o see_v his_o order_n contemn_v and_o that_o such_o passion_n be_v sometime_o incident_a to_o this_o father_n our_o next_o section_n will_v further_o manifest_v but_o we_o be_v rather_o willing_a to_o rest_v upon_o the_o more_o manifest_a resolution_n of_o hierome_n himself_o second_o therefore_o we_o come_v to_o the_o construction_n of_o his_o word_n which_o we_o can_v unfold_v better_a than_o according_a to_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o abovementioned_a scultetus_n namely_o capiar_fw-la that_o hierome_n deny_v episcopacy_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a disposition_n mean_v that_o it_o be_v not_o immediate_o ordain_v by_o christ_n himself_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o residence_n here_o upon_o earth_n and_o by_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n understand_v this_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o proper_a and_o genuine_a interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n we_o appeal_v from_o if_o so_o it_o be_v passionate_a hierome_n to_o hierome_n dispassionate_a from_o who_o we_o have_v manifold_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o apostolical_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n say_v tenent_fw-la that_o all_o bishop_n be_v the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o do_v now_o supply_v their_o place_n inutile_fw-la he_o also_o term_v the_o episcopal_a power_n of_o excommunication_n the_o apostolical_a rod_n and_o correspondent_o he_o call_v damasus_n a_o bishop_n his_o shepherd_n and_o himself_o a_o presbyter_n his_o sheep_n three_o he_o resemble_v ecclesia_fw-la bishop_n and_o presbyter_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n in_o the_o old_a call_z it_o a_o apostolical_a tradition_n and_o last_o he_o recount_v from_o antiquity_n cietae_n james_n our_o lord_n brother_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n mark_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n timothy_n of_o ephesus_n titus_n of_o crete_n who_o the_o apostle_n leave_v their_o successor_n in_o place_n of_o their_o government_n so_o st._n hierome_n in_o as_o full_a a_o distinction_n of_o bishop_n over_o presbyter_n as_o any_o prelate_n can_v do_v at_o this_o day_n wherefore_o it_o will_v not_o we_o presume_v fall_v into_o the_o imagination_n of_o any_o discreet_a reader_n to_o think_v that_o so_o many_o apostolical_a relation_n have_v unto_o bishop_n by_o hierome_n must_v needs_o confirm_v unto_o we_o his_o opinion_n of_o a_o apostolical_a institution_n especial_o those_o last_o now_o mention_v out_o of_o his_o book_n of_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n dignum_fw-la which_o erasmus_n call_v a_o learned_a work_n and_o worthy_a of_o such_o a_o author_n if_o we_o shall_v yield_v unto_o our_o opposite_n to_o choose_v they_o a_o author_n out_o of_o all_o protestant_a divine_n who_o they_o will_v make_v umpire_n and_o determinator_fw-la between_o we_o and_o they_o in_o this_o very_a case_n we_o be_v persuade_v that_o beza_n must_v be_v he_o and_o he_o shall_v not_o we_o refuse_v who_o direct_o prove_v even_o out_o of_o hierome_n 367._o that_o the_o custom_n of_o â—of_n choose_v one_o among_o the_o presbyter_n who_o shall_v be_v over_o the_o rest_n be_v observe_v from_o the_o time_n of_o mark_n thâ—_n evangelist_n nay_o and_o further_a thâ—_n same_o theodore_n beza_n do_v quit_v the_o main_a objection_n of_o hieromes_n deny_v prelacy_n to_o have_v be_v of_o divine_a disposition_n say_v roundly_o praefuisse_fw-la the_o hierome_n be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v to_o hauâ—_n date_v so_o much_o as_o to_o dream_v that_o noâ—_n of_o the_o presbyter_n be_v place_v as_o preâ—â—dent_a â—ver_o the_o rest_n when_o he_o say_v that_o at_o the_o first_o the_o church_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o common_a council_n 〈◊〉_d presbyter_n this_o be_v as_o much_o as_o a_o prelatical_o mind_a man_n can_v either_o say_v or_o wish_v to_o be_v say_v sect_n iii_o that_o augustine_n object_v against_o the_o apostolical_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n be_v direct_o for_o it_o augustine_n a_o father_n who_o memory_n have_v be_v venerable_a throughout_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n be_v object_v to_o have_v write_v thus_o to_o hierome_n est_fw-la although_o according_a to_o the_o title_n of_o honour_n usual_a in_o the_o church_n episcopacy_n be_v great_a than_o presbytery_n yet_o be_v augustine_n inferior_a to_o hierome_n in_o many_o thing_n hence_o the_o 87._o smectymnian_o if_o augustine_n have_v know_v that_o the_o majority_n of_o bishop_n above_o presbyter_n have_v be_v of_o divine_a or_o apostolical_a institution_n etc._n etc._n he_o will_v have_v say_v as_o much_o so_o they_o which_o be_v much_o more_o than_o they_o themselves_o ought_v to_o have_v say_v for_o two_o reason_n first_o because_o st._n hierome_n as_o they_o there_o confess_v have_v take_v distaste_n at_o augustine_n and_o thereupon_o write_v two_o sharp_a epistle_n to_o he_o in_o both_o which_o he_o do_v but_o yet_o ironical_o extelâ—_n he_o as_o a_o great_a man_n because_o he_o be_v in_o pontificali_fw-la culmine_fw-la constitutus_fw-la so_o they_o whereby_o they_o do_v in_o a_o manner_n proclaim_v hieromes_n peevishness_n every_o irony_n proceed_v from_o some_o splenetical_a tumour_n for_o although_o hierome_n be_v otherwise_o a_o saintlike_a man_n yâ—â—_n in_o respect_n of_o moderation_n he_o be_v famâ—_n inferior_a to_o augustine_n who_o here_o by_o his_o mild_a answer_n in_o the_o object_v epistle_n endeavour_v to_o allay_v the_o heat_n of_o hieromes_n passion_n with_o the_o cool_a breath_n of_o christian_a condescension_n say_v augustine_n be_v in_o many_o
thing_n inferior_a to_o hierome_n second_o to_o speak_v to_o the_o matter_n itself_o because_o all_o that_o augustine_n aâ—tributeth_v to_o the_o institution_n of_o thâ—_n church_n be_v only_o honorum_fw-la vocabulary_a namely_o the_o appropriation_n of_o the_o word_n bishop_n as_o more_o significant_a 〈◊〉_d express_v the_o office_n episcopal_n over_o presbyter_n the_o general_a use_n hereof_o may_v well_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o church_n though_o it_o have_v its_o original_a from_o the_o apostle_n time_n when_o the_o office_n be_v institute_v for_o even_o from_o thence_o this_o father_n be_v find_v to_o derive_v the_o pedigree_n of_o episcopacy_n when_o he_o say_v diffunditur_fw-la that_o the_o root_n of_o christian_a society_n be_v diffuse_v through_o the_o world_n by_o the_o apostolical_a seat_n and_o succession_n of_o bishop_n which_o succession_n be_v relative_a to_o episcopal_a predecessor_n and_o so_o upward_o till_o we_o come_v to_o the_o apostolical_a seat_n whence_o they_o 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episcopacy_n say_v to_o his_o flock_n of_o nazianzum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d i_o be_v drive_v from_o you_o by_o violence_n but_o i_o return_v to_o you_o again_o most_o willing_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n like_o the_o plummet_n in_o a_o clock_n move_v i_o thereunto_o or_o rather_o drive_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o stream_n of_o a_o violent_a river_n run_v down_o from_o a_o steep_a place_n so_o he_o express_o manifest_v his_o willingness_n to_o return_v to_o his_o episcopal_a function_n as_o move_v thereunto_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o will_v furthermore_o profess_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n when_o that_o point_n shall_v fall_v under_o out_o perusal_n in_o the_o interim_n we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o word_n of_o passion_n though_o of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n must_v not_o be_v interpret_v to_o be_v word_n of_o their_o profession_n for_o gregory_n nazianzen_n be_v at_o that_o time_n of_o his_o complaint_n drive_v out_o of_o his_o bishopric_n by_o the_o malicious_a 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