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to_o some_o other_o diocese_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v they_o another_o time_n it_o be_v order_v that_o where_o a_o diocese_n be_v divide_v between_o a_o catholic_n bishop_n and_o a_o donatist_n and_o the_o late_a with_o his_o people_n return_v to_o catholic_n communion_n 112._o communion_n aug._n gest_n cum_fw-la emer_n cod._n afr._n c_o 112._o they_o may_v both_o be_v bishop_n of_o that_o diocese_n and_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o one_o the_o other_o be_v to_o succeed_v to_o the_o whole_a or_o if_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v offend_v with_o this_o unusual_a sight_n of_o two_o bishop_n in_o one_o diocese_n than_o both_o shall_v resign_v and_o the_o diocese_n leave_v to_o a_o new_a choice_n but_o after_o the_o decree_n of_o marcellinus_n and_o the_o confirmation_n of_o it_o by_o the_o imperial_a rescript_n the_o case_n be_v alter_v for_o then_o til._n then_o col._n carth._n in_o fin_n cod._n theod._n l._n 55._o de_fw-fr haeret._n anno_fw-la 414._o cod._n afr._n c._n 12._o ed._n zon._n 99_o ap_fw-mi bin._n 102._o ed._n til._n every_o innovation_n of_o the_o donatist_n be_v declare_v void_a and_o those_o diocese_n of_o they_o which_o have_v be_v branch_n of_o other_o and_o tear_v from_o they_o in_o the_o schism_n be_v now_o to_o revert_v to_o the_o first_o dependence_n the_o donatist_n therefore_o be_v not_o to_o come_v into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n by_o virtue_n of_o that_o canon_n for_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o canon_n itself_o the_o imperial_a law_n be_v afterward_o add_v as_o a_o advertisement_n of_o its_o be_v repeal_v the_o canon_n then_o be_v make_v before_o the_o conference_n and_o consequent_o before_o the_o computation_n of_o s._n augustin_n but_o after_o the_o conference_n and_o the_o law_n the_o door_n be_v shut_v and_o the_o donatist_n bishopric_n if_o they_o have_v be_v part_n of_o other_o be_v restore_v to_o they_o and_o no_o provision_n make_v for_o the_o bishop_n though_o they_o shall_v happen_v to_o be_v convert_v 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stadia_fw-la or_o 26_o mile_n and_o a_o quarter_n which_o amount_v to_o above_o 2360_o mile_n the_o breadth_n be_v unequal_a in_o both_o the_o mauritanias_n near_o five_o hundred_o mile_n in_o the_o proconsular_a africa_n two_o hundred_o this_o province_n be_v so_o populous_a 9_o populous_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herodian_a l._n 7._o ss_z 9_o and_o so_o fertile_a that_o egypt_n can_v be_v think_v to_o surpass_v it_o and_o for_o bizacena_n the_o account_n pliny_n 4._o pliny_n iâ—in_n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o give_v of_o its_o fertility_n be_v prodigious_a for_o the_o husbandman_n there_o receive_v a_o hundred-fold_n now_o in_o this_o country_n so_o vast_a and_o so_o populous_a let_v we_o take_v a_o low_a estimate_n of_o the_o number_n of_o village_n that_o may_v be_v there_o and_o reckon_v they_o at_o forty_o thousand_o and_o these_o divide_v into_o 500_o diocese_n every_o diocese_n will_v have_v fourscore_o town_n that_o this_o may_v not_o seem_v a_o extravagant_a calculation_n let_v we_o compare_v it_o with_o other_o country_n france_n be_v not_o half_a so_o big_a as_o the_o roman_a africa_n and_o yet_o in_o lewis_n 13_o his_o time_n it_o have_v above_o two_o and_o thirty_o thousand_o parish_n as_o bertius_n reckon_v and_o in_o henry_n the_o three_o time_n by_o a_o tax_n lay_v on_o every_o parish_n they_o be_v find_v rep._n find_v bodin_n de_fw-fr rep._n to_o be_v near_o five_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o the_o province_n of_o burgundy_n and_o poictou_n not_o reckon_v which_o may_v make_v up_o the_o remainder_n now_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o there_o as_o well_o as_o here_o there_o be_v many_o more_o village_n than_o parish_n and_o therefore_o i_o conceive_v i_o can_v over-reckon_a they_o when_o i_o set_v a_o country_n for_o extent_n double_a to_o france_n and_o of_o which_o a_o great_a part_n be_v more_o populous_a at_o almost_o a_o equal_a number_n for_o village_n but_o suppose_v the_o number_n yet_o less_o by_o one_o half_a every_o bishopric_n will_v have_v forty_o village_n which_o be_v too_o much_o yet_o for_o the_o congregational_a way_n especial_o since_o upon_o this_o reckon_n town_n must_v be_v thin_a and_o at_o great_a distance_n and_o so_o less_o fit_v for_o personal_a communion_n with_o their_o bishop_n nay_o though_o they_o have_v at_o last_o be_v reduce_v by_o the_o iniquity_n of_o time_n and_o the_o opposition_n of_o party_n to_o the_o measure_n of_o our_o parish_n yet_o the_o condition_n of_o those_o church_n will_v move_v our_o pity_n rather_o than_o our_o desire_n of_o imitation_n and_o condition_n so_o different_a from_o all_o other_o country_n and_o so_o unlike_a that_o of_o africa_n itself_o when_o cyprian_n live_v for_o all_o the_o african_a bishop_n of_o his_o time_n can_v not_o have_v supply_v the_o diocese_n of_o one_o province_n at_o the_o time_n of_o which_o we_o be_v speak_v but_o for_o all_o this_o when_o mr._n baxter_n or_o mr._n clerkson_n will_v have_v it_o so_o what_o be_v last_o must_v be_v primitive_a what_o spring_v from_o the_o unfortunate_a division_n of_o one_o country_n must_v be_v a_o precedent_n to_o all_o and_o that_o must_v be_v receive_v as_o apostolic_a practice_n which_o be_v introduce_v by_o one_o of_o the_o most_o heady_a and_o desperate_a and_o hypocritical_a sect_n that_o ever_o divide_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n but_o i_o be_o afraid_a we_o may_v say_v with_o too_o much_o truth_n that_o our_o country_n have_v outdo_v africa_n in_o monster_n of_o this_o nature_n yet_o after_o all_o this_o distraction_n there_o remain_v in_o africa_n several_a large_a diocese_n which_o have_v be_v full_o prove_v in_o other_o book_n etc._n book_n unreasonabl_v of_o separ_fw-la 249_o 250._o and_o sequ._n vindic._n of_o prim._n ch._n p._n 524_o 525._o etc._n etc._n and_o need_v not_o be_v repeat_v in_o this_o place_n though_o i_o shall_v not_o omit_v to_o take_v notice_n before_o i_o have_v do_v of_o those_o exception_n which_o mr._n clerkson_n have_v make_v in_o another_o book_n against_o the_o evidence_n for_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n in_o africa_n in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n our_o author_n think_v fit_a to_o engage_v bishop_n taylor_n who_o answer_v a_o objection_n concern_v asclepius_n script_n asclepius_n gennad_n catal._n script_n bishop_n of_o a_o small_a village_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o vaga_n or_o baga_n show_v that_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n of_o a_o territory_n as_o well_o as_o of_o a_o village_n and_o for_o this_o cite_v trithemius_n eccles_n trithemius_n trithem_n de_fw-fr script_n eccles_n i_o confess_v that_o the_o expression_n of_o trithemius_n do_v not_o conclude_v either_o for_o the_o largeness_n or_o straitness_n of_o that_o bishopric_n which_o may_v be_v very_o large_a though_o the_o episcopal_a seat_n be_v a_o village_n or_o narrow_a though_o it_o have_v a_o city_n to_o give_v it_o denomination_n unless_o our_o author_n think_v that_o because_o there_o be_v
but_o this_o multitude_n may_v not_o be_v heathen_a for_o the_o christian_n may_v not_o be_v very_o willing_a to_o have_v the_o temple_n demolish_v which_o after_o the_o idolatrous_a service_n of_o it_o have_v be_v long_o disuse_v they_o may_v be_v desirous_a to_o preserve_v as_o a_o ornament_n of_o their_o city_n upon_o which_o account_n many_o temple_n be_v spare_v constantine_n have_v shut_v they_o up_o and_o forbid_v sacrifice_n to_o be_v offer_v in_o they_o and_o the_o zeal_n of_o the_o christian_n abate_v against_o they_o after_o the_o idolatrous_a service_n have_v be_v take_v away_o and_o the_o party_n of_o the_o heathen_a be_v grow_v contemptible_a it_o seem_v no_o prejudice_n to_o christianity_n to_o suffer_v they_o to_o stand_v and_o it_o be_v only_o the_o monk_n and_o the_o more_o zealous_a sort_n of_o christian_n who_o procure_v and_o execute_v their_o demolition_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n our_o author_n bring_v in_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o emesa_n another_o metropolitical_a city_n 6._o city_n theod._n h._n e._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o who_o turn_v the_o christian_a church_n new_o build_v into_o a_o temple_n for_o bacchus_n this_o too_o be_v in_o julian_n time_n and_o therefore_o do_v not_o prove_v the_o heathen_a party_n to_o be_v most_o numerous_a in_o every_o city_n where_o they_o commit_v insolence_n he_o be_v likewise_o mistake_v when_o he_o make_v emesa_n a_o metropolitical_a city_n in_o those_o time_n of_o which_o he_o be_v speak_v for_o it_o be_v not_o 4._o not_o car._n a_o s._n paulo_n geog._n sacr._n p._n 304._o not_o it_o gr._n ap_fw-mi car._n a_o s._n p._n p._n 4._o a_o metropolis_n then_o nor_o long_v after_o but_o be_v under_o damascus_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o syria_n but_o in_o phoenicia_n where_o stephanus_n urb_n stephanus_n steph._n the_o urb_n and_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n 26._o marcellinus_n ammian_n marc._n l._n 24._o c._n 26._o place_n it_o the_o latter_a reckon_n it_o among_o the_o great_a and_o fair_a city_n of_o that_o country_n and_o equal_a to_o tyre_n and_o sydon_n and_o berytus_n but_o many_o author_n confound_v the_o bound_n of_o syria_n and_o some_o time_n 1._o time_n seld._n de_fw-fr dijs_fw-la syr._n c._n 1._o account_v phoenicia_n as_o part_v of_o it_o nor_o be_v this_o the_o unhappy_a temper_n of_o some_o particular_a place_n only_o say_v our_o author_n 74._o author_n prim._n ep_v p._n 74._o as_o appear_v by_o that_o of_o sozomen_n 34._o sozomen_n sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 34._o both_o that_o which_o be_v call_v coelosyria_n and_o the_o upper_a syria_n except_o the_o city_n of_o antioch_n be_v long_o before_o it_o come_v over_o to_o christianity_n if_o it_o be_v late_o before_o these_o country_n receive_v christianity_n they_o be_v but_o sorry_a instance_n in_o the_o present_a question_n concern_v primitive_a bishop_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o christian_n at_o all_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o inquire_v for_o the_o bound_n of_o episcopacy_n but_o this_o observation_n turn_v against_o our_o author_n own_o notion_n for_o if_o there_o be_v some_o entire_a province_n that_o have_v not_o yet_o receive_v the_o christian_a religion_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o four_o century_n those_o which_o have_v receive_v the_o gospel_n must_v consequent_o be_v more_o general_o christian_n since_o in_o the_o gross_a the_o christian_n at_o that_o time_n be_v allow_v to_o have_v be_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o empire_n but_o that_o passage_n of_o sozomen_n must_v not_o be_v take_v too_o strict_o for_o than_o it_o will_v not_o be_v true_a for_o it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o all_o syria_n except_v antioch_n do_v not_o receive_v christianity_n till_o late_o for_o st._n paul_n have_v plant_v several_a church_n there_o and_o the_o apostolical_a council_n of_o jerusalem_n 41._o jerusalem_n act._n 15.23_o 41._o address_v their_o synodical_a epistle_n not_o only_o to_o antioch_n but_o to_o the_o brethren_n in_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n and_o st._n paul_n in_o one_o of_o his_o visitation_n be_v say_v to_o go_v confirm_v the_o church_n of_o syria_n in_o the_o second_o century_n there_o be_v many_o christian_n in_o that_o country_n for_o who_o sake_n bardesanes_n write_v his_o book_n in_o the_o syrian_a language_n and_o in_o particular_a he_o be_v say_v by_o eusebius_n 30._o eusebius_n euseb_n h._n e._n l._n 4._o c._n 30._o to_o have_v have_v many_o follower_n in_o the_o persecution_n under_o dioclesian_n 13._o dioclesian_n euseb_n l._n de_fw-fr mart._n palest_fw-la c._n 13._o syria_n be_v reckon_v among_o other_o province_n that_o have_v suffer_v for_o religion_n and_o some_o time_n after_o athanasius_n 2._o athanasius_n athan._n ep_v ad_fw-la antioch_n t._n 1._o p._n 580._o id._n apol._n 2._o reckon_v several_a bishop_n of_o syria_n who_o suffer_v upon_o his_o account_n so_o that_o sozomen_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o remote_a part_n of_o the_o country_n border_v upon_o persia_n and_o arabia_n where_o these_o monk_n of_o who_o he_o speak_v as_o the_o converter_n of_o that_o country_n live_v for_o these_o he_o say_v 34._o say_v sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 34._o convert_v all_o the_o syrian_n and_o many_o persian_n and_o saracen_n now_o to_o deliver_v up_o this_o country_n entire_o as_o it_o be_v to_o the_o heathen_a our_o author_n add_v that_o in_o antioch_n itself_o the_o heathen_a in_o valens_n his_o time_n public_o celebrate_v idolatrous_a rite_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v by_o the_o permission_n of_o that_o emperor_n who_o that_o he_o may_v more_o safe_o persecute_v the_o orthodox_n christian_n give_v liberty_n to_o all_o other_o religion_n and_o if_o in_o the_o great_a city_n of_o this_o kingdom_n the_o papist_n shall_v by_o public_a permission_n celebrate_v the_o mass_n it_o will_v be_v but_o a_o poor_a argument_n that_o they_o make_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o people_n but_o of_o antioch_n there_o will_v be_v occasion_n to_o say_v more_o hereafter_o in_o arabia_n moses_n be_v send_v bishop_n there_o find_v but_o few_o 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