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unity_n the_o same_o compare_v herewith_o the_o proceed_n of_o synesius_n against_o andronicus_n ep._n lviii_o &_o lxxix_o though_o so_o much_o distant_a in_o time_n which_o in_o the_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr synedriis_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la pag._n 304._o be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o a_o high_a strain_n he_o say_v that_o if_o any_o church_n neglect_v his_o church_n of_o ptolomais_n as_o a_o poor_a church_n be_v the_o church_n of_o a_o small_a city_n shall_v receive_v to_o communion_n those_o who_o it_o have_v excommunicate_v he_o shall_v be_v thereby_o guilty_a of_o divide_v the_o church_n which_o christ_n will_v have_v to_o be_v one_o and_o tell_v i_o how_o this_o proceed_n differ_v from_o that_o which_o in_o martions_n case_n epiphanius_n say_v be_v do_v at_o rome_n so_o near_o the_o apostle_n certain_o if_o one_o church_n shall_v receive_v into_o communion_n those_o who_o another_o church_n excommunicate_v there_o can_v remain_v no_o unity_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n because_o no_o distinction_n from_o those_o that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o church_n when_o therefore_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o church_n hold_v it_o for_o a_o rule_n from_o the_o beginning_n not_o to_o do_v so_o shall_v not_o this_o be_v evidence_n that_o the_o reason_n be_v that_o which_o be_v allege_v to_o martion_n at_o rome_n which_o synesius_n allege_n to_o wit_n the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n montanus_n have_v as_o it_o seem_v by_o pretend_a revelation_n and_o inspiration_n such_o as_o at_o that_o time_n there_o can_v be_v no_o question_n but_o the_o church_n be_v grace_v with_o bring_v the_o church_n of_o phrygia_n to_o his_o intent_n but_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n go_v or_o send_v to_o rome_n to_o induce_v that_o church_n to_o undertake_v and_o prescribe_v the_o same_o rule_n to_o all_o that_o adheer_v unto_o it_o for_o why_o otherwise_o shall_v he_o labour_v for_o the_o consent_n of_o that_o church_n before_o other_o but_o in_o hope_n that_o have_v induce_v it_o to_o receive_v his_o rule_n the_o authority_n thereof_o may_v induce_v other_o church_n to_o do_v the_o like_a because_o they_o find_v it_o necessary_a for_o they_o to_o hold_v correspondence_n with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n now_o i_o beseech_v you_o be_v all_o christian_n utter_o out_o of_o their_o five_o sense_n to_o contend_v about_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o point_n of_o fact_n be_v they_o all_o from_o the_o beginning_n possess_v with_o a_o frenzy_n that_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o maintain_v it_o by_o void_v all_o question_n that_o may_v impeach_v it_o if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o obligation_n in_o point_n of_o right_a be_v it_o not_o plain_a that_o the_o issue_n of_o such_o question_n be_v this_o whether_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n or_o the_o advantage_n of_o such_o rule_n to_o the_o common_a cause_n of_o christianity_n weigh_v most_o how_o be_v tertullian_n otherwise_o count_v a_o montanist_n that_o be_v as_o i_o suppose_v a_o schismatic_a we_o may_v believe_v tertullian_n in_o a_o matter_n which_o all_o christian_n at_o rome_n then_o may_v know_v when_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o zephyrinus_n than_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v about_o to_o admit_v unto_o his_o communion_n the_o church_n of_o asia_n and_o phrygia_n that_o have_v acknowledge_v montarus_n and_o his_o prophet_n and_o prophecy_n contr._n prax._n cap._n i._n though_o pope_n soter_n afore_o zephyrinus_n have_v write_v against_o montanus_n as_o well_o as_o apollonius_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n if_o we_o believe_v sirmondus_n he_o praedestinatus_fw-la haer._n xxvi_o when_o he_o say_v that_o afterward_o the_o contrary_n be_v resolve_v upon_o information_n bring_v from_o asia_n by_o praxeas_n a_o heretic_n that_o which_o appear_v that_o the_o montanist_n be_v disclaim_v we_o must_v admit_v that_o which_o appear_v not_o upon_o what_o information_n it_o be_v do_v we_o need_v not_o dispute_v tertullian_n hereupon_o draw_v after_o he_o a_o company_n which_o call_v themselves_o a_o church_n at_o carthage_n and_o subsist_v there_o after_o tertullian_n till_o they_o be_v reduce_v by_o s._n augustine_n as_o we_o learn_v by_o sirmondus_n he_o praedestinatus_fw-la haer._n xcvii_o and_o s._n augustine_n de_fw-fr haeresibus_fw-la this_o make_v tertullian_n a_o schismatic_a that_o rather_o than_o rest_v content_a with_o those_o rule_n which_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n satisfy_v themselves_o with_o he_o depart_v from_o the_o unity_n of_o it_o otherwise_o those_o blasphemy_n for_o which_o the_o follower_n of_o montanus_n be_v count_v heretic_n prefer_v their_o own_o revelation_n above_o and_o against_o those_o of_o the_o apostle_n he_o be_v not_o chargeable_a with_o proceed_v we_o now_o to_o the_o business_n of_o keep_v easter_n and_o the_o debate_n about_o it_o between_o victor_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n these_o resolute_o adheer_v to_o the_o custom_n which_o in_o all_o appearance_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o their_o founder_n s._n john_n to_o keep_v the_o passion_n when_o the_o jew_n keep_v it_o that_o be_v upon_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o moon_n that_o be_v the_o next_o equinoctial_a and_o the_o resurrection_n the_o three_o after_o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o almost_o all_o church_n beside_o keep_v thc_a passion_n on_o the_o friday_n the_o resurrection_n on_o the_o lady_n day_n follow_v the_o one_o aim_v at_o win_v the_o jew_n when_o it_o be_v first_o set_v on_o foot_n the_o other_o to_o protest_v against_o they_o as_o incorrigible_a it_o be_v well_o enough_o know_v how_o victor_n intend_v to_o withdraw_v his_o communion_n from_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n be_v reduce_v to_o tolerate_v they_o by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o irenaeus_n then_o bishop_n of_o lion_n certain_o have_v not_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o
the_o priesthood_n but_o because_o both_o be_v from_o god_n who_o have_v express_v those_o mark_n of_o his_o wisdom_n in_o the_o elder_a that_o may_v seem_v to_o direct_v the_o late_a though_o claim_v no_o title_n from_o it_o this_o reason_n be_v general_a there_o be_v another_o more_o particular_a to_o be_v draw_v from_o that_o which_o have_v be_v show_v that_o the_o apostle_n and_o disciple_n of_o christ_n as_o governor_n of_o god_n spiritual_a israel_n and_o therefore_o those_o that_o claim_v a_o right_n answerable_a to_o they_o have_v in_o they_o both_o the_o office_n of_o the_o levitical_a priesthood_n and_o of_o legal_a prophet_n in_o such_o consideration_n and_o to_o such_o purpose_n as_o the_o effect_n of_o those_o office_n under_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o church_n require_v whereupon_o if_o at_o any_o time_n the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n do_v argue_v or_o dispute_v the_o office_n of_o those_o who_o claim_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o disciple_n of_o christ_n from_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v say_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n concern_v the_o levitical_a priesthood_n or_o the_o prophet_n under_o the_o law_n much_o more_o ordinary_a it_o be_v to_o find_v they_o ground_v the_o like_a instruction_n and_o exhortation_n upon_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v say_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n concern_v the_o ruler_n and_o judge_n of_o israel_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n what_o be_v more_o ordinary_a in_o tertullian_n origen_n s._n cyprian_n clement_n justine_n the_o apostolical_a constitution_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o church_n than_o to_o draw_v into_o consequence_n the_o rebellion_n of_o corah_n and_o the_o law_n of_o obey_v that_o which_o the_o priest_n and_o judge_n of_o every_o age_n shall_v ordain_v concern_v difficulty_n of_o the_o law_n against_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n those_o thing_n which_o the_o prophet_n esay_n lvii_o 10_o 11._o jer._n 11._o 8._o iii_o 15._o xxiii_o 14_a ez._n xxxiv_o 1-16_a pronounce_v against_o the_o shepherd_n of_o israel_n against_o those_o that_o claim_n under_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o church_n for_o the_o prophet_n themselves_o esa_n lvii_o 10_o 11._o jer._n ii_o 8._o xxiii_o 14_a ez._n xxxiv_o 23._o do_v manifest_o show_v that_o these_o shepherd_n be_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o people_n distinguish_v they_o both_o from_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o interest_n of_o christianity_n require_v that_o the_o promise_n of_o raise_v up_o better_a shepherd_n be_v understand_v to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o the_o holy_a apostle_n he_o that_o doubt_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o father_n in_o this_o point_n let_v he_o take_v the_o paiâ—â—s_n to_o read_v s._n basil_n upon_o iii_o of_o esay_n and_o see_v how_o he_o expound_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v prophefy_v against_o the_o ruler_n of_o god_n ancient_a people_n against_o those_o that_o offend_v like_o they_o in_o rule_v god_n church_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v utter_o impertinent_a to_o the_o power_n and_o right_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v observe_v as_o matter_n of_o consequence_n to_o it_o in_o the_o second_o book_n de_fw-fr synedriis_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la vii_o 7._o that_o s._n paul_n ordain_v presbyter_n in_o the_o church_n act_n fourteen_o 22._o as_o himself_o without_o doubt_n have_v receive_v ordination_n from_o his_o master_n gamaliel_n in_o the_o synagogue_n for_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v only_o that_o he_o ordain_v they_o by_o impose_v hand_n as_o himself_o perhaps_o be_v ordain_v he_o tell_v no_o news_n for_o that_o be_v it_o which_o the_o scripture_n affirm_v but_o if_o he_o mean_v further_o that_o s._n paul_n do_v this_o by_o authority_n receive_v from_o gamaliel_n it_o will_v he_o ridiculous_a to_o imagine_v that_o s._n paul_n by_o the_o power_n which_o he_o have_v from_o the_o synagogue_n be_v enable_v to_o give_v that_o authority_n in_o the_o church_n which_o the_o synagogue_n find_v itself_o oblige_v to_o persecute_v as_o destructive_a to_o it_o beside_o it_o be_v easy_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n find_v that_o it_o be_v then_o a_o custom_n to_o ordain_v those_o elder_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v create_v in_o the_o synagogue_n for_o such_o end_n and_o to_o such_o faculty_n as_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o require_v by_o impose_v hand_n and_o intend_v to_o confer_v a_o like_a power_n in_o church_n matter_n upon_o the_o like_a order_n in_o the_o church_n which_o by_o such_o act_n they_o institute_v hold_v fit_a to_o use_v the_o same_o ceremony_n in_o ordain_v they_o which_o be_v in_o use_n to_o the_o like_a but_o several_a purpose_n in_o the_o synagogue_n in_o which_o case_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o power_n so_o confer_v can_v be_v derive_v from_o that_o which_o the_o synagogue_n give_v and_o therefore_o not_o limit_v by_o it_o but_o by_o that_o which_o the_o society_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o require_v as_o suppose_v for_o the_o purpose_n that_o by_o the_o jew_n law_n at_o that_o time_n they_o create_v elder_n to_o judge_n in_o criminal_a cause_n only_o in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n but_o for_o inferior_a purpose_n as_o of_o resolve_v doubt_n in_o conscience_n rise_v upon_o the_o law_n by_o pronounce_v this_o or_o that_o lawful_a or_o unlawful_a to_o be_v do_v in_o other_o place_n be_v it_o reason_n therefore_o to_o infer_v as_o it_o be_v there_o infer_v pag._n 325._o that_o when_o s._n paul_n faith_n 1_o cor._n v._o 12._o do_v not_o you_o judge_v those_o that_o be_v within_o he_o must_v not_o be_v understand_v of_o any_o judgement_n which_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n exercise_v there_o because_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n elder_n be_v not_o ordain_v for_o judge_n by_o the_o synagogue_n i_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o point_n itself_o for_o the_o present_a i_o say_v it_o be_v no_o argument_n to_o infer_v thus_o as_o be_v infer_v pag._n 325._o the_o elder_n which_o the_o synagogue_n make_v be_v not_o enable_v to_o judge_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n therefore_o in_o the_o christian_a church_n there_o be_v no_o power_n to_o judge_v the_o cause_n of_o christian_n at_o that_o time_n unless_o we_o derive_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o synagogue_n as_o for_o that_o which_o be_v argue_v pag._n 328._o that_o have_v they_o confer_v any_o other_o power_n than_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o synagogue_n allow_v they_o will_v have_v be_v question_v and_o persecute_v for_o it_o by_o the_o jew_n either_o in_o their_o own_o court_n or_o before_o the_o gentile_n in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o christian_n have_v then_o no_o protection_n for_o their_o religion_n which_o the_o jew_n have_v but_o as_o they_o pass_v for_o jew_n in_o the_o empire_n it_o depend_v mere_o upon_o the_o opinion_n the_o jew_n themselves_o have_v of_o christianity_n for_o where_o the_o jew_n stand_v yet_o at_o a_o bay_n expect_v the_o trial_n of_o that_o truth_n which_o the_o gospel_n pretend_v not_o proceed_v to_o 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â—o_o many_o and_o so_o great_a temptation_n that_o few_o câ—n_v pass_v through_o it_o without_o fall_v away_o from_o the_o profession_n of_o christian_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v not_o incredible_a that_o there_o be_v many_o case_n in_o which_o the_o ministry_n of_o education_n bless_v by_o god_n providence_n as_o act_v by_o his_o grace_n bring_v it_o to_o pass_v it_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v suppose_v that_o all_o those_o who_o be_v baptize_v infant_n be_v necessary_o to_o pass_v through_o the_o state_n of_o god_n enemy_n and_o therefore_o that_o as_o many_o as_o come_v into_o that_o state_n do_v fall_n from_o the_o state_n of_o god_n grace_n into_o which_o they_o be_v baptize_v which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o least_o demonstration_n of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v maintain_v in_o due_a place_n that_o the_o state_n of_o god_n grace_n be_v as_o well_o lose_v and_o forfeit_v as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v recover_v again_o by_o christian_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n and_o to_o this_o 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in_o refuse_v martion_n her_o communion_n because_o excommunicate_v by_o his_o own_o father_n the_o bishop_n of_o sinope_n in_o pontus_n in_o bar_n to_o the_o pretence_n of_o sovereignty_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o if_o martion_n father_n bishop_n of_o synope_n in_o pontus_n if_o synesius_n bishop_n of_o ptolomais_n in_o cyrenaica_n can_v oblige_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o all_o church_n not_o to_o admit_v unto_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n those_o who_o they_o have_v exclude_v because_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o whole_a can_v not_o be_v preserve_v otherwise_o then_o be_v not_o the_o infinite_a power_n of_o one_o church_n but_o the_o regular_a power_n of_o all_o the_o mean_a which_o the_o apostle_n provide_v for_o the_o attain_n of_o unity_n in_o the_o whole_a not_o as_o if_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n may_v not_o have_v admit_v martion_n to_o communion_n with_o itself_o have_v it_o appear_v that_o he_o have_v be_v exclude_v without_o such_o a_o cause_n as_o 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that_o those_o lodging_n which_o the_o apocryphichall_n esdras_n speak_v of_o be_v the_o many_o lodging_n which_o our_o lord_n say_v be_v in_o his_o father_n house_n john_n fourteen_o 2._o and_o speak_v of_o the_o gentile_n satis_fw-la fuerat_fw-la dixisse_fw-la illis_fw-la quod_fw-la liberatae_fw-la animae_fw-la a_o corporibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peterent_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la locum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la quem_fw-la locum_fw-la latin_a infernum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la it_o have_v be_v enough_o for_o they_o to_o have_v say_v that_o soul_n free_v from_o their_o body_n go_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o a_o place_n not_o see_v which_o place_n we_o call_v hell_n in_o latin_a signify_v that_o according_a to_o christianity_n all_o soul_n go_v to_o esdras_n his_o lodging_n may_v be_v say_v to_o go_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o latin_a make_v to_o be_v under_o the_o earth_n but_o whether_o christianity_n so_o 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