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then_o they_o have_v power_n to_o nullify_v all_o court_n and_o judicatories_n beside_o their_o own_o and_o be_v for_o this_o their_o cognisance_n they_o pretend_v divine_a institution_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o cause_n imperfect_a in_o their_o consistory_n no_o appeal_n from_o they_o but_o they_o shall_v hear_v and_o determine_v with_o final_a resolution_n and_o it_o will_v be_v sin_n and_o therefore_o punishable_a to_o complain_v of_o injustice_n and_o illegality_n *_o if_o this_o be_v confront_v but_o with_o the_o pretence_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o the_o modesty_n of_o their_o several_a demand_n and_o the_o reasonableness_n and_o divinity_n of_o each_o vindication_n examine_v i_o suppose_v be_v there_o nothing_o but_o prudentiall_a motive_n to_o be_v put_v into_o balance_n to_o weigh_v down_o this_o question_n the_o cause_n will_v soon_o be_v determine_v and_o the_o little_a finger_n of_o presbytery_n not_o only_o in_o its_o exemplary_a and_o try_v practice_n but_o in_o its_o 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he_o forbid_v not_o a_o secular_a title_n he_o use_v many_o himself_o 5._o the_o voice_n of_o the_o spouse_n the_o holy_a church_n have_v always_o express_v their_o honourable_a estimate_n in_o reverential_a compellation_n and_o epithet_n of_o honour_n to_o their_o bishop_n and_o have_v teach_v we_o so_o to_o do_v *_o bishop_n be_v call_v principes_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la prince_n of_o the_o church_n i_o have_v occasion_n to_o instance_n it_o in_o the_o question_n of_o jurisdiction_n indeed_o the_o three_o council_n of_o carthage_n forbid_v the_o bishop_n of_o carthage_n to_o be_v call_v princeps_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la or_o summus_fw-la sacerdos_n or_o aliquid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la but_o only_o primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la i_o know_v not_o what_o their_o meaning_n be_v unless_o they_o will_v dictate_v a_o lesson_n of_o humility_n to_o their_o primate_n that_o he_o may_v remember_v the_o principality_n not_o to_o be_v so_o much_o in_o his_o person_n as_o in_o the_o see_v for_o he_o may_v be_v call_v bishop_n of_o the_o prime_n see_n but_o whatsoever_o fancy_n they_o have_v at_o carthage_n i_o be_o sure_a it_o be_v a_o guise_n of_o christendom_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o bishop_n sine_fw-la praefatione_fw-la honoris_fw-la but_o with_o honourable_a mention_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o our_o most_o bless_a lord_n so_o the_o letter_n be_v superscribe_v to_o julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n from_o some_o of_o his_o brethren_n in_o sozomen_n let_v no_o man_n 23._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 23._o speak_v untruth_n of_o i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nyssen_n epist._n ad_fw-la greg._n nyssen_n nor_o of_o my_o lord_n the_o bishop_n say_v s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n the_o synodical_a book_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n be_v inscribe_v dominis_n reverendissimis_fw-la 9_o theodoret._n lib._n 5._o ca._n 9_o ac_fw-la pijssimis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la ac_fw-la collegis_fw-la damaso_n ambrosio_n &c_n &c_n to_o our_o most_o reverend_a lord_n and_o holy_a brethren_n &c_n &c_n and_o the_o council_n of_o illyricum_n send_v their_o synodall_n letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n by_o bishop_n elpidius_n haec_fw-la pluribus_fw-la say_v they_o persequi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la visum_fw-la quòd_fw-la miserimus_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dominum_fw-la &_o collegam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la elpidium_fw-la 9_o theodor._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 9_o qui_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la esset_fw-la ne_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la fuerat_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la &_o collegâ_fw-la nostro_fw-la eustathio_n our_o lord_n and_o brother_n elpidius_n our_o lord_n and_o brother_n eustathius_n *_o the_o oration_n in_o the_o council_n of_o epaunum_n begin_v thus_o quod_fw-la praecipientibus_fw-la tantis_fw-la dominis_n meis_fw-la ministerium_fw-la proferendi_fw-la sermonis_fw-la assumo_fw-la &c_n &c_n the_o prolocutor_n take_v that_o office_n on_o he_o at_o the_o command_n of_o so_o many_o great_a lord_n the_o bishop_n *_o when_o the_o church_n of_o spain_n become_v catholic_a and_o abjure_v the_o arian_n heresy_n king_n recaredus_n in_o the_o three_o council_n of_o toledo_n make_v a_o speech_n to_o the_o bishop_n non_fw-la incognitum_fw-la reor_fw-la esse_fw-la vobis_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &c_n &c_n non_fw-la credimus_fw-la vestram_fw-la latere_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la &c_n &c_n vestra_fw-la cognovit_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la &c_n &c_n venerandi_fw-la patres_fw-la &c_n &c_n and_o these_o often_o your_o holiness_n your_o blessedness_n most_o reverend_a venerable_a father_n those_o be_v the_o address_v the_o king_n make_v to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o synod_n thus_o it_o be_v when_o spain_n grow_v catholic_a but_o not_o such_o a_o speech_n to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o the_o arian_n record_v they_o among_o they_o use_v but_o little_a reverence_n to_o their_o bishop_n but_o the_o instance_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v innumerable_a nothing_o more_o ordinary_a in_o antiquity_n then_o to_o speak_v of_o bishop_n with_o the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d domine_fw-la verè_fw-la sancte_fw-la &_o suscipiende_n 2._o thedor_n lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o etc._n etc._n 5._o athanas._o apolog_n 2._o papa_n so_o s._n hierome_n a_o presbyter_n to_o s._n austin_n a_o bishop_n secundùm_fw-la enim_fw-la honorum_fw-la vocabula_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la usus_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la presbyterio_n major_a est_fw-la say_v s._n austin_n episcopacy_n be_v great_a than_o the_o office_n augustin_n epist._n 17._o 18._o 19_o apud_fw-la s._n augustin_n and_o dignity_n of_o a_o presbyter_n according_a to_o the_o title_n of_o honour_n which_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n have_v introduce_v *_o but_o i_o shall_v sum_n up_o these_o particular_n in_o a_o total_a which_o be_v thus_o express_v by_o s._n chrysostome_n haeretici_fw-la à _fw-la diabolo_fw-it honorum_fw-la vocabula_fw-la 2._o in_o psal._n 13._o apud_fw-la baron_n an._n dom._n 58._o n._n 2._o episcopis_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v didicerunt_fw-la heretic_n have_v learn_v of_o the_o devil_n not_o to_o give_v due_a title_n of_o honour_n to_o bishop_n the_o good_a patriarch_n be_v angry_a sure_o when_o he_o say_v so_o *_o for_o my_o own_o particular_a i_o be_o confident_a that_o my_o lord_n the_o bishop_n do_v so_o undervalue_v any_o fastuous_a or_o pompous_a title_n that_o be_v not_o the_o duty_n of_o their_o people_n in_o it_o they_o will_v as_o easy_o reject_v they_o as_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n pious_o to_o use_v they_o but_o if_o they_o still_o desire_v appellative_n of_o honour_n we_o must_v give_v they_o they_o be_v their_o due_n if_o they_o desire_v they_o not_o they_o deserve_v they_o much_o more_o so_o that_o either_o for_o their_o humility_n or_o however_o for_o their_o work_n sake_n we_o must_v high_o honour_v they_o that_o have_v the_o rule_n 13._o 1._o thessaly_n 5._o 13._o over_o we_o it_o be_v the_o precept_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o s._n cyprian_a observe_v how_o curious_a our_o bless_a saviour_n be_v that_o he_o may_v give_v honour_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o jew_n even_o then_o when_o they_o be_v reek_v in_o their_o malice_n hot_a as_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n he_o do_v it_o to_o teach_v we_o a_o duty_n docuit_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la veros_fw-la legitime_fw-la 65._o epist._n 65._o et_fw-la plene_fw-la honorari_fw-la dum_fw-la circa_fw-la falsos_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ipse_fw-la talis_fw-la extitit_fw-la it_o be_v the_o argument_n he_o use_v to_o procure_v a_o full_a honour_n to_o the_o bishop_n *_o to_o these_o i_o add_v if_o fit_v in_o a_o throne_n even_o above_o the_o seat_n of_o elder_n be_v a_o title_n of_o a_o great_a dignity_n than_o we_o have_v it_o confirm_v by_o the_o voice_n of_o all_o antiquity_n call_v the_o bishop_n chair_n a_o throne_n and_o the_o investiture_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o his_o church_n a_o inthronization_n quando_fw-la inthronizantur_fw-la propter_fw-la communem_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &c_n &c_n say_v p._n anterus_n in_o his_o decretal_a epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o boetica_fw-la and_o toledo_n inthron_v be_v the_o primitive_a word_n for_o the_o consecration_n of_o a_o bishop_n sedes_fw-la in_o episcoporum_fw-la ecclesi_n be_v excelsae_fw-la constitutae_fw-la &_o praeparatae_fw-la ut_fw-la thronus_fw-la speculationem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la judicandi_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la sibi_fw-la datam_fw-la materiam_fw-la docent_fw-la say_v vrban_n and_o s._n ignatius_n to_o his_o deacon_n hero_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d decret_a epist._n decret_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o trust_v that_o the_o father_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n will_v show_v to_o i_o hero_n sit_v upon_o my_o heroâ—_n epist._n ad_fw-la heroâ—_n throne_n **_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o be_v this_o bishop_n if_o they_o must_v be_v at_o all_o most_o certain_o must_v be_v belove_v it_o be_v our_o duty_n and_o their_o work_n deserve_v it_o s._n paul_n be_v as_o dear_a to_o the_o galathian_o as_o their_o eye_n and_o it_o be_v true_a eternal_o formosipedes_n evangelizantium_fw-la the_o foot_n of_o the_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v beauteous_a and_o then_o much_o more_o of_o the_o chief_a ideo_fw-la ista_fw-la praetulimus_fw-la charissimi_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligatis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la in_fw-la eisque_fw-la deum_fw-la veneremini_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la utanimas_fw-la ibid._n urban_n ibid._n vestras_fw-la diligatis_fw-la ut_fw-la quibus_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la communicant_a non_fw-la communicetis_fw-la &c_n &c_n now_o love_v to_o our_o superior_n be_v ever_o honourable_a for_o it_o be_v more_o than_o amicitia_fw-la that_o be_v among_o peer_n but_o love_n to_o our_o better_n be_v reverence_n obedience_n and_o high_a estimate_n and_o if_o we_o have_v the_o one_o the_o dispute_n about_o the_o other_o will_v be_v a_o mere_a impertinence_n i_o end_v this_o with_o the_o say_n of_o s._n ignatius_n &_o vos_fw-la decet_fw-la non_fw-la contemnere_fw-la aetatem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sed_fw-la juxta_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la omnem_fw-la magnes_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la illi_fw-la impertiri_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o father_n that_o we_o shall_v give_v all_o reverence_n honour_n or_o veneration_n to_o our_o bishop_n well_o