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in_o one_o place_n so_o that_o the_o church_n may_v remain_v one_o when_o the_o multitude_n be_v too_o great_a to_o meet_v in_o one_o place_n ordinary_o and_o when_o particular_a presbyter_n be_v assign_v to_o particular_a cure_n for_o that_o be_v not_o a_o division_n of_o the_o society_n into_o society_n distinct_a but_o a_o assignment_n of_o some_o particular_a officer_n to_o the_o oversight_n of_o one_o part_n or_o branch_n of_o the_o society_n for_o the_o more_o fit_a and_o commodious_a government_n of_o the_o whole_a as_o it_o be_v conceive_v and_o they_o so_o attend_v that_o branch_n of_o the_o society_n or_o church_n that_o their_o care_n and_o oversight_n reach_v to_o the_o whole_a and_o out_o of_o doubt_v this_o form_n or_o kind_n of_o a_o visible_a and_o ministerial_a church_n be_v much_o near_o to_o the_o pattern_n and_o precedent_n set_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o christian_a church_n then_o that_o two_o three_o or_o few_o believer_n
johan_n et_fw-la serm._n 121._o august_n tract_n in_o epist_n johan_n praefat_fw-la memuut_n sanctitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la evangelium_fw-la secundùm_fw-la johannem_fw-la ex_fw-la ordine_fw-la lectionum_fw-la nos_fw-la solere_fw-la tractare_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la nunc_fw-la interposita_fw-la est_fw-la solennitas_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la dierum_fw-la quibus_fw-la certas_fw-la ex_fw-la evangelio_n lectiones_fw-la oportet_fw-la recitari_fw-la etc._n etc._n ordo_fw-la ille_fw-la quem_fw-la susceperamus_fw-la necessitate_v paolulùm_fw-la est_fw-la intermâ—ssus_fw-la non_fw-la omissus_fw-la chrysost_n in_o contion_n 4._o in_o lizar_n chrysolog_fw-la serm_n 122._o chrysost_n hom._n in_o gen._n â—3_n bucer_n ad_fw-la ephes_n basil_n ad_fw-la caes_n patric_n ep_n 289._o cypr._n epist_n 56._o zepper_n de_fw-fr pol._n eccl_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o august_n serm._n 82._o de_fw-fr temp._n propter_fw-la pauperes_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la opera_fw-la sua_fw-la festinanâ—_n melius_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la vobis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la crastina_fw-la reservemus_fw-la august_n tract_n 46._o in_o johan_n eadem_fw-la lectio_fw-la recitabitur_fw-la chrysost_n hom._n 5._o ad_fw-la popul_fw-la antioch_n vestram_fw-la herì_n charitatem_fw-la consolata_fw-la fuit_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la heri_fw-la &_o nudiustertius_a de_fw-fr hac_fw-la vobis_fw-la locutus_fw-la sum_fw-la materia_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr hom._n 6._o facite_fw-la igitur_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d admonui_fw-la &_o hodie_fw-la dicam_fw-la et_fw-fr hom._n 7_o &_o 12._o et_fw-fr herì_n dixi_fw-la benedictus_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o hodie_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la rursus_fw-la dicam_fw-la august_n tract_n 8._o in_o johan_n sunt_fw-la sortè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d multi_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la solennitatem_fw-la diei_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la audiendum_fw-la sermonem_fw-la venerunt_fw-la câ—â—stino_n qui_fw-la venerint_fw-la venient_fw-la audituri_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrysost_o advers._fw-la judaeos_fw-la quamadmodum_fw-la enim_fw-la homines_fw-la vino_fw-la &_o potionibus_fw-la dediti_fw-la singulo_fw-la quoque_fw-la die_fw-la simul_fw-la ac_fw-la surrexerunt_fw-la obambulant_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la quotidie_fw-la simul_fw-la ac_fw-la surrexeritis_fw-la curiosè_fw-la perquiritis_fw-la ubinam_fw-la futura_fw-la sit_fw-la exhortatio_fw-la ubi_fw-la salubris_fw-la admonitio_fw-la ubi_fw-la doctrina_fw-la ubi_fw-la sermo_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr hom._n 13._o in_o gen._n quotidie_fw-la tamen_fw-la inopem_fw-la &_o tenuem_fw-la hanc_fw-la mensam_fw-la vobis_fw-la proponere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d et._n hom._n 37._o hanc_fw-la ob_fw-la rem_fw-la quotidie_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la hanc_fw-la apponimus_fw-la mensam_fw-la ut_fw-la admonitione_n continuâ_fw-la &_o multà _fw-la divinatum_fw-la scripturatum_fw-la exercitatione_n etc._n etc._n see_v hom._n 41_o &_o 54._o but_o where_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v more_o frequent_a there_o be_v some_o day_n in_o the_o week_n more_o special_o appoint_v when_o the_o people_n be_v to_o hear_v see_v chrysost_o ad_fw-la cap._n 3._o joh._n hom._n 24._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la sed_fw-la duobus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o breuâ—_n eorum_fw-la parte_fw-la ut_fw-la vos_fw-la labour_v levemus_fw-la hortamur_fw-la ut_fw-la orationi_fw-la nostrae_fw-la aures_fw-la adhibeatis_fw-la et_fw-la socrat._v l._n 5._o cap._n 21._o clemens_n constit_fw-la apostol_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 59_o die_fw-la domini_fw-la â—_o qui_fw-fr dies_fw-la est_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la studiosiùs_fw-la templum_fw-la domini_fw-la adite_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la laudibus_fw-la celebretis_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o quo_fw-la etiam_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la lectio_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la evangeli_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrysostom_n hom._n 5._o in_o matth._n legem_fw-la hanc_fw-la nobis_fw-la statuamus_fw-la immobilem_fw-la nec_fw-la nobis_fw-la tant_fw-fr ùm_fw-la sed_fw-la conjugibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la liberÃsque_fw-la nostris_fw-la ut_fw-la unum_fw-la hunc_fw-la totius_fw-la hebdomadis_fw-la diem_fw-la quo_fw-la ad_fw-la audiendum_fw-la concurritur_fw-la totum_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la meditatione_n poâ—â—mus_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o nimia_fw-la enim_fw-la omnino_fw-la indevotio_fw-la &_o prorsus_fw-la extrema_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la qumque_fw-la &_o sex_n dies_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la carnalibus_fw-la consumente_n unum_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la diem_fw-la unò_fw-la exiguam_fw-la diei_fw-la partem_fw-la nolitis_fw-la impendere_fw-la august_n confess_v lib._n 6._o cap._n 3._o speak_v of_o ambrose_n say_v &_o eum_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la verbum_fw-la veritatis_fw-la rectè_fw-la tractantem_fw-la omni_fw-la die_v dominico_n audiebam_fw-la et_fw-la serm._n 28._o de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apost_n nunc_fw-la cum_fw-la die_v dominico_n debito_fw-la reddendi_fw-la sermonis_fw-la recitaretur_fw-la eadem_fw-la lectio_fw-la divinitus_fw-la mihi_fw-la inspiratum_fw-la esse_fw-la credidi_fw-la ut_fw-la indè_fw-la tractarem_fw-la synod_n in_o trull_n can_v 10._o oportet_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quidem_fw-la diebus_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la dominicis_fw-la omnem_fw-la clerum_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la docere_fw-la upon_o which_o word_n zonaras_n write_v thus_o apostolici_fw-la decreti_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la secuti_fw-la patres_fw-la hoc_fw-la edito_fw-la canone_o cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la quoque_fw-la tum_fw-la dominicis_fw-la diebus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la oratione_fw-la populum_fw-la ad_fw-la pia_fw-la religionis_fw-la studia_fw-la informari_fw-la ac_fw-la institui_fw-la jubent_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la choose_fw-la dies_fw-la vacationem_fw-la à _fw-la laboribus_fw-la nacti_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la conveniant_fw-la ibâ—que_fw-la tempora_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la auditione_n traducant_fw-la erit_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la longè_fw-la fructâ—ofior_fw-la industria_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la erudiendo_fw-la ac_fw-la instituendo_fw-la iis_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la diebus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la adhibuerit_fw-la and_o balsamon_n episcopi_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la doctores_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la dicit_fw-la canon_n eye_v omnino_fw-la necesse_fw-la esse_fw-la eum_fw-la cui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la populum_fw-la semper_fw-la docere_fw-la &_o multò_fw-la magìs_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la omnes_fw-la ferè_fw-la solent_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la interest_n ut_fw-la quià _fw-la suis_fw-la artificiis_fw-la operibúsque_fw-la cessent_fw-la cocil_n l_o emovicens_fw-la act_n 2._o omnes_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la quibus_fw-la parochia_fw-la commissa_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la &_o festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la admonere_fw-la praedicando_fw-la populum_fw-la debeat_fw-la secundùm_fw-la illud_fw-la argue_v obsecra_fw-la increpa_fw-la quia_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la si_fw-la sine_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la sonitâ—_n incedit_fw-la interminatione_fw-la divinâ_fw-la mortis_fw-la reus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la autem_fw-la quos_fw-la doctos_fw-la viderit_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la officium_fw-la idoneos_fw-la non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la jâ—ssu_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la tam_fw-la sublime_a opus_fw-la incitare_fw-la debet_fw-la see_v council_n arclatense_n can_v 10._o &_o vasense_n 2._o can_n 4._o &_o other_o cite_v before_o tert._n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 9_o reckon_v up_o these_o thing_n inter_fw-la dominica_n soleâ—nia_fw-la sc_fw-la scripturae_fw-la leguntur_fw-la aut_fw-la psalmi_fw-la canuntur_fw-la aut_fw-la allocutiones_fw-la proscruntur_fw-la aut_fw-la petitiones_fw-la delegantur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d serm_n 43._o dom._n in_o eâ—â—ng_n 〈◊〉_d vobis_fw-la matutâ—â—â_fw-la coepâ—mus_fw-la hora_fw-la pâ—andii_fw-la non_fw-la urget_fw-la august_n in_o psal_n 88_o reâ—icimâ—â—_n &_o infecti_fw-la a_o câ—bis_fw-la reditâ—_n ad_fw-la reliqua_fw-la 〈…〉_z in_o matutino_fw-la locuti_fw-la sumus_fw-la animum_fw-la intendite_fw-la chrysostom_n hom._n 10._o in_o gen._n nuâ—quid_fw-la tempus_fw-la obfuit_fw-la dic_fw-la quaeso_fw-la sobrius_fw-la auditor_n etiam_fw-la pransus_fw-la spirituali_fw-la comentu_fw-la dignus_fw-la est_fw-la chrysostom_n hom._n de_fw-fr lazaro_n novi_fw-la fore_fw-la multos_fw-la qui_fw-la damnent_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la veluti_fw-la qui_fw-la novam_fw-la quandam_fw-la &_o miram_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la invehâ—â—_n contion_n â—ndi_fw-la at_o ego_fw-la magis_fw-la damnabo_fw-la pravam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la etenim_fw-la quòd_fw-la post_fw-la ciâ—um_fw-la ac_fw-la mensam_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la somnum_fw-la oporteat_fw-la ire_n nec_fw-la ad_fw-la cubile_fw-la sed_fw-la oporteat_fw-la cibo_fw-la prâ—ces_fw-la ac_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la lectionem_fw-la succedere_fw-la manifestiùs_fw-la declaravit_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la hom._n 10._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la antioch_n arbitror_fw-la enim_fw-la multos_fw-la jam_fw-la pransos_fw-la hodie_fw-la adesse_fw-la &_o pulchram_fw-la hanc_fw-la nobis_fw-la implere_fw-la concionem_fw-la et_fw-fr hom._n 28._o quando_fw-la quaeso_fw-la vos_fw-la dilecti_fw-la meliùs_fw-la fecistis_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o nunc_fw-la cum_fw-la post_fw-la mensam_fw-la ad_fw-la divinas_fw-la leges_fw-la audiendas_fw-la convenistis_fw-la beatus_fw-la gauden_n tract_n 4._o bis_z in_o vigiliis_fw-la allocuti_fw-la suâ—_n we_o charitatem_fw-la vestram_fw-la chrysost_n hom._n in_o dictum_fw-la apost_n oportet_fw-la haereses_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la hodie_fw-la diximus_fw-la admodum_fw-la simile_n &_o cognatum_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la hodie_fw-la adhuc_fw-la dicere_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la enim_fw-la quae_fw-la dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la hodie_fw-la ad_fw-la reprimendam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la desidiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la dicenda_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o common_a people_n of_o armenian_a christian_n in_o the_o forenoon_n stay_v about_o four_o hour_n in_o the_o churchy_n and_o in_o the_o afternoon_n from_o two_o of_o the_o clock_n until_o six_o job_n ave_fw-la diowite_v relat._n of_o the_o religion_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o armenian_a church_n object_n 4._o copy_n of_o a_o letter_n pag._n 22_o 23._o a_o treatise_n of_o the_o minist_n of_o engl._n p._n 12._o the_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n take_v out_o of_o the_o pope_n portuis_fw-la etc._n etc._n h._n ainsworth_n