christian_n forsake_v or_o fall_v off_o from_o christ_n or_o the_o christian_a religion_n be_v metaphorical_o call_v a_o scandal_n a_o stone_n of_o stumble_v and_o a_o rock_n of_o offence_n and_o any_o man_n even_o our_o bless_a redeemer_n who_o speak_v do_v or_o suffer_v any_o thing_n that_o accidental_o deter_v other_o from_o believe_v in_o christ_n or_o that_o give_v he_o occasion_n to_o desert_v he_o or_o his_o doctrine_n be_v say_v to_o have_v offend_v or_o scandalize_v they_o or_o give_v they_o offence_n in_o which_o sense_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 23._o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o scandal_n or_o stumbling-block_n to_o the_o jew_n and_o luk._n 7._o 23._o say_v our_o saviour_n blessed_n be_v he_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v offend_v in_o i_o i._n e._n who_o shall_v not_o take_v occasion_n to_o disert_fw-la or_o deny_v i_o at_o the_o time_n of_o my_o suffering_n see_v also_o matth._n 17._o 27._o 18._o 6._o 26._o 31._o 33._o therefore_o this_o basphemer_n here_o apply_v to_o himself_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o christ_n crucify_v nay_o the_o very_a word_n of_o christ_n himself_o to_o induce_v the_o poor_a people_n to_o believe_v that_o the_o very_a cause_n of_o the_o covenanter_n be_v the_o very_a cause_n of_o christianity_n and_o so_o deter_v they_o upon_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o rebel_n from_o quit_v the_o curse_a rebellious_a cause_n stone_n of_o stumble_v or_o a_o rock_n of_o offence_n and_o bless_a be_v he_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v offend_v in_o christ_n and_o his_o poor_a follower_n and_o member_n because_o of_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o world_n as_o evildoer_n as_o for_o those_o thing_n for_o which_o sentence_n have_v pass_v against_o i_o i_o bless_v the_o lord_n my_o action_n my_o be_v not_o this_o in_o effect_n to_o assert_v with_o the_o jesuit_n that_o a_o good_a intention_n or_o meaning_n do_v hallow_v a_o bad_a action_n heart_n do_v not_o condemn_v i_o rebellious_a i_o have_v not_o be_v neither_o do_v i_o judge_v it_o 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show_v how_o sacred_a their_o person_n be_v and_o that_o the_o concern_v of_o the_o church_n ought_v to_o be_v their_o chief_a care_n 7._o care_n grot._n de_fw-fr imperio_fw-la summar_n potest_fw-la c._n 2._o 7._o call_v they_o priest_n and_o bishop_n which_o in_o these_o day_n will_v pass_v for_o episcopal_a tantivy_n as_o the_o traitorous_a author_n of_o the_o appeal_n think_v he_o witty_o speak_v there_o consent_n be_v requisite_a to_o the_o election_n of_o bishop_n nay_o they_o often_o nominate_v the_o person_n to_o be_v elect_v and_o have_v power_n to_o church_n to_o novil_n 3._o c._n 1._o sancimus_fw-la igitur_fw-la the_o reason_n which_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n give_v for_o that_o law_n be_v the_o excessive_a number_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o be_v disproportionate_a to_o the_o place_n and_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n the_o law_n and_o the_o preface_n to_o it_o deserve_v to_o be_v consider_v by_o the_o right_a reverend_n and_o worthy_a father_n of_o our_o church_n forbid_v the_o bishop_n to_o ordain_v which_o by_o the_o leave_n of_o the_o romish_a and_o kirk-writer_n i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o privative_a power_n last_o they_o have_v a_o power_n to_o suspend_v ministerio_fw-la suspend_v novil_n 123._o c._n 1._o sancimus_fw-la igitur_fw-la quoties_fw-la episcopum_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ordinari_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la praeter_fw-la hoc_fw-la persumpserit_fw-la ordinare_fw-la segregari_fw-la uno_fw-la anno_fw-la a_o sacro_fw-la ministerio_fw-la bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o also_o to_o apollinarium_n to_o cod._n l._n 1_o tit._n 1._o 6._o anathematizamus_fw-la nestorium_fw-la 2._o eutychetem_fw-la 3._o apollinarium_n anathematise_v heretic_n which_o signify_v a_o power_n of_o pronounce_v they_o right_o and_o due_o anathematise_v and_o of_o do_v many_o other_o thing_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o church-matter_n and_o churchman_n and_o because_o the_o two_o sister-churche_n and_o their_o clergy_n assert_v as_o much_o power_n to_o be_v due_a to_o the_o king_n in_o such_o cause_n as_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o christian_a emperor_n have_v therefore_o the_o kirk-preacher_n call_v they_o apology_n they_o the_o author_n of_o the_o apology_n episcopal-erastian_a church_n and_o their_o minister_n and_o bishop_n court-parasite_n and_o when_o they_o argue_v from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o best_a judaean_a king_n and_o the_o most_o pious_a christian_a emperor_n rex_fw-la emperor_n calderwood_n altar_n damâ—scenum_n naturâ_fw-la insitum_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la regibus_fw-la odium_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o rutherford_n lex_fw-la rex_fw-la they_o can_v tell_v they_o by_o authority_n that_o in_o all_o king_n there_o be_v a_o natural_a enmity_n against_o christ_n nay_o they_o tell_v the_o people_n that_o the_o bishop_n and_o their_o clergy_n have_v ruin_v the_o interest_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o if_o they_o will_v have_v christ_n for_o their_o king_n they_o must_v rise_v up_o to_o destroy_v the_o idol_n of_o supremacy_n and_o antichristian_a prelacy_n which_o support_v it_o and_o therefore_o this_o miserable_a wretch_n be_v conscious_a to_o himself_o of_o so_o good_a a_o cause_n say_v his_o heart_n do_v not_o condemn_v he_o of_o rebellion_n for_o have_v endeavour_v in_o his_o poor_a capacity_n to_o uphold_v the_o born-down_a and_o ruin_a interest_n of_o christ._n i_o once_o have_v the_o diversion_n to_o hear_v a_o kirk-disciple_n rail_v at_o the_o rescind_a act_n and_o act_n of_o supremacy_n which_o give_v i_o occasion_n to_o show_v what_o great_a power_n the_o greek_a and_o latin_a church_n grant_v to_o be_v due_a to_o the_o christian_a emperor_n in_o church-matter_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v i_o that_o it_o be_v always_o natural_a to_o clergyman_n to_o flatter_v king_n and_o emperor_n and_o great_a man_n just_a as_o i_o have_v read_v in_o one_o of_o the_o letter_n which_o mr._n send_v to_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o scotland_n that_o pride_n be_v always_o a_o natural_a sin_n to_o the_o clergy_n which_o he_o speak_v upon_o the_o
porte_fw-fr inferorum_fw-la non_fw-la vincent_fw-la eam_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n etc._n etc._n inde_fw-la per_fw-la temporum_fw-la &_o successionum_fw-la vice_n episcoporum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ratio_fw-la decurrit_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la super_fw-la episcopos_fw-la constituatur_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la actus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la per_fw-la eosdem_fw-la praepositos_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la divina_fw-la lege_fw-la fundatum_fw-la sit_fw-la miror_fw-la epist._n 68_o he_o call_v the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n sub_fw-la populi_fw-la assistentis_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la traditionem_fw-la divinam_fw-la &_o apostolicam_fw-la observationem_fw-la and_o instance_v in_o act._n 1._o 15._o and_o epist._n 65._o upon_o occasion_n of_o a_o deacon_n reproach_v rogatianus_n his_o bishop_n pro_fw-la solitâ_fw-la tuâ_fw-la humanitate_fw-la fecisti_fw-la ut_fw-la malles_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la nobis_fw-la conqueri_fw-la quum_fw-la pro_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la vigore_fw-la &_o cathedrae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la haberes_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quâ_fw-la possess_v de_fw-fr illo_fw-la statim_fw-la vindicari_fw-la meminisse_fw-la autem_fw-la diaconi_fw-la debent_fw-la quoniam_fw-la apostolos_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o propositos_fw-la dominus_fw-la elegit_fw-la diaconos_fw-la autem_fw-la post_fw-la ascensum_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o coelos_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sibi_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ministros_fw-la and_o epist._n 42._o to_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la vel_fw-la maximè_fw-la frater_fw-la &_o laboramus_fw-la &_o laborare_fw-la debemus_fw-la ut_fw-la unitatem_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la &_o per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la nobis_fw-la successoribus_fw-la traditam_fw-la quantum_fw-la possumus_fw-la obtinere_fw-la curemus_fw-la epist._n 69._o christi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolos_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la praepositos_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolis_n vicarià _fw-la ordinatione_fw-la succedunt_fw-la qui_fw-la audit_n vos_fw-fr i_o audit_n faith_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o etc._n and_o not_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o command_v every_o soul_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n and_o which_o neither_o teach_v direct_o nor_o indirect_o that_o the_o episcopal_a government_n be_v a_o antichristian_a or_o the_o presbyterian_a by_o kirk-session_n presbytery_n and_o synod_n a_o divine_a institution_n or_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v no_o privative_a power_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a or_o that_o passive_a obedience_n to_o a_o unjust_a sentence_n be_v as_o great_a a_o sin_n as_o active_a obedience_n to_o a_o unrighteous_a command_n etc._n etc._n primitive_a christian_n and_o etc._n and_o not_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o command_v every_o soul_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n and_o which_o neither_o teach_v direct_o nor_o indirect_o that_o the_o episcopal_a government_n be_v a_o antichristian_a or_o the_o presbyterian_a by_o kirk-session_n presbytery_n and_o synod_n a_o divine_a institution_n or_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v no_o privative_a power_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a or_o that_o passive_a obedience_n to_o a_o unjust_a sentence_n be_v as_o great_a a_o sin_n as_o active_a obedience_n to_o a_o unrighteous_a command_n etc._n etc._n protestant_n reform_v church_n and_o particular_o of_o the_o etc._n the_o not_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o command_v every_o soul_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n and_o which_o neither_o teach_v direct_o nor_o indirect_o that_o the_o episcopal_a government_n be_v a_o antichristian_a or_o the_o presbyterian_a by_o kirk-session_n presbytery_n and_o synod_n a_o divine_a institution_n or_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v no_o privative_a power_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a or_o that_o passive_a obedience_n to_o a_o unjust_a sentence_n be_v as_o great_a a_o sin_n as_o active_a obedience_n to_o a_o unrighteous_a command_n etc._n etc._n church_n of_o scotland_n whereof_o i_o be_o a_o poor_a member_n that_o have_v be_v so_o wonderful_o carry_v on_o against_o so_o much_o opposition_n contemnis_fw-la athanasius_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 326._o writing_n to_o dracontius_n elect_v to_o a_o bishopric_n and_o refuse_v it_o say_v quod_fw-la si_fw-la nullam_fw-la omnino_fw-la merâ—edem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la functioni_fw-la destinatam_fw-la credis_fw-la servatoremque_fw-la â—ui_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la instituit_fw-la contemnis_fw-la assumpsisse_fw-la damasus_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 367._o epist._n 4._o de_fw-la chorepiscopis_fw-la nullus_fw-la ex_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la discipulis_fw-la quorum_fw-la speciem_fw-la isti_fw-la gerunt_fw-la nil_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la apostolis_n eorumque_fw-la successeribus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la specialiter_fw-la debebatur_fw-la legitur_fw-la assumpsisse_fw-la they_o epiphanius_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 360._o haeres_fw-la 75._o write_v thus_o docet_fw-la divinus_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sermo_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o quis_fw-la presbyter_n cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la timotheum_n qui_fw-la erat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ne_fw-la objurges_fw-la ambrosd_v de_fw-fr dignit_fw-la sacerdot_n write_v thus_o clave_n illas_fw-la regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la in_o beato_fw-la petro_n cuncti_fw-la suscepimus_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la i._n e._n episcopi_fw-la for_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n he_o assert_n that_o the_o bishop_n in_o st._n peter_n receive_v the_o key_n from_o christ_n and_o the_o presbyter_n from_o they_o augustin_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la deum_fw-la de_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la among_o other_o heretical_a opinion_n of_o 6._o tom._n 6._o aerius_n reckon_v this_o for_o one_o quod_fw-la docebat_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la nullâ_fw-la differentiâ_fw-la debere_fw-la discerni_fw-la de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la dom_n serm._n 24._o dicit_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la mespernit_fw-la si_fw-mi solis_fw-la apostolis_n dixit_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la i_o spernit_fw-la spernite_fw-la nos_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la sermo_fw-la ejus_fw-la pervenit_fw-la 10._o tom._n 10._o ad_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o vocavit_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o in_o eorum_fw-la loco_fw-la constituit_fw-la nos_fw-la videte_fw-la ne_fw-la spernatis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la perveniat_fw-la injuria_fw-la quam_fw-la nobis_fw-la feceritis_fw-la ad_fw-la crescon_n grammat_n l._n 1._o attend_v etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ad_fw-la titum_fw-la cum_fw-la explicaret_fw-la paulus_n qualis_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopus_fw-la debeat_fw-la there_o he_o assert_v titus_n to_o 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authority_n of_o bishop_n to_o be_v above_o and_o distinct_a from_o that_o of_o presbyter_n and_o also_o a_o divine_a institution_n for_o in_o his_o catalogue_n script_n ecclesiast_fw-la 3._o 15._o 3._o gal._n 1._o 18._o 19_o act_n 12._o 17._o gal._n 2._o 12._o act_n 21._o 18._o act_n 15._o jacobus_n frater_fw-la domini_fw-la cognomento_fw-la justus_n post_fw-la passionem_fw-la domini_fw-la statim_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n hierosolymorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la hegesippuâ—_n vicinus_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la in_o quinto_fw-la commentariorum_fw-la libro_fw-la de_fw-la jacobo_n narrans_fw-la ait_fw-la suscepit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hierosolymae_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la frater_fw-la domini_fw-la jacobus_n cognomento_fw-la justus_n 11_o timotheus_n autem_fw-la 4._o autem_fw-la euseb._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o ephesiorum_n episcopus_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la à _fw-la beato_fw-la paulo_n 12_o titus_n episcopus_fw-la cretae_fw-la 27_o polycarpus_n johannis_n 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ecclesiae_fw-la primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la here_o by_o the_o way_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v in_o answer_n to_o naked_a truth_n that_o st._n hierom_n say_v that_o such_o and_o such_o person_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o sure_o in_o say_v so_o he_o mean_v that_o they_o have_v a_o new_a ordination_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o presbyter_n for_o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o suppose_v that_o the_o father_n use_v the_o word_n in_o the_o signification_n it_o have_v in_o his_o own_o time_n when_o and_o long_o before_o there_o be_v a_o distinct_a ordination_n of_o bishop_n by_o a_o new_a imposition_n of_o hand_n by_o three_o person_n of_o the_o episcopal_a order_n so_o in_o euseb._n l._n 6._o c._n 4._o 3._o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 255._o write_v to_o fabius_n touch_v the_o ordination_n of_o novatianus_n hosce_fw-la tres_fw-la accitos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositione_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopatum_n ei_fw-la dare_v coegit_fw-la and_o the_o same_o bishop_n to_o st._n cyprian_n epist._n 46._o tantummodo_fw-la circumductos_fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la commisisse_fw-la schismatica_fw-la ut_fw-la paterentur_fw-la ei_fw-la manus_fw-la quâ—si_fw-la in_o episcopum_fw-la imponi_fw-la and_o cyprian_a epist._n 68_o plain_o distinguish_v the_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n each_o from_o other_o nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o episcoporum_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o sacerdotum_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o diaconorum_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la obseruâsse_fw-la apostolos_fw-la animadvertimus_fw-la and_o afterward_o ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la ritè_fw-la celebrandas_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la plebem_fw-la cvi_fw-la praepositus_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la proximi_fw-la quique_fw-la conveniant_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la deligatur_fw-la plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la quae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la vitam_fw-la plenissimè_fw-la novit_fw-la &_o uniuscujusque_fw-la actum_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la conversatione_fw-la perspexit_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la vos_fw-la factum_fw-la videmus_fw-la in_o sabini_n collegae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la universae_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la suffragio_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr episcoporum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o praesentiâ_fw-la convenerant_fw-la quique_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la literas_fw-la fâ—cerant_fw-la judicio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la ei_fw-la deferretur_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la basilidis_fw-la imponerentur_fw-la see_v also_o cyprian_n epist._n 52._o and_o eusebius_n l._n 5._o c._n 6._o of_o the_o like_a ordination_n and_o can._n 1._o and_o 2_o apost_n episcopi_fw-la à _fw-la duobus_fw-la vel_fw-la tribus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ordinentur_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la uno_fw-la ordinetur_fw-la &_o diaconus_fw-la &_o reliqui_fw-la clerici_fw-la from_o all_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o bishop_n before_o st._n hierom_n time_n have_v a_o different_a ordination_n from_o presbyter_n and_o if_o so_o than_o the_o new_a ordination_n must_v infer_v a_o new_a authority_n and_o the_o same_o authority_n which_o this_o father_n understand_v to_o have_v be_v confer_v on_o timothy_n and_o titus_n bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n the_o same_o he_o understand_v to_o have_v be_v confer_v on_o polycarp_n and_o epaphroditus_n and_o the_o other_o bishop_n and_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o that_o notion_n of_o blondel_n which_o mr._n baxter_n hug_v so_o much_o in_o his_o nonconformist_n plea_n of_o the_o senior_a presbyter_n be_v a_o bishop_n without_o new_a ordination_n be_v a_o mere_a fancy_n and_o shift_n but_o to_o go_v on_o with_o st._n hierom_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o epist._n to_o evagrius_n which_o the_o presbyterian_o rely_v so_o much_o upon_o ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la traditiones_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la sumpâ—as_fw-la de_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicent_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la nepotianum_fw-la esto_fw-la subjectus_fw-la pontifici_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la animae_fw-la parentem_fw-la suscipe_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o filios_fw-la ejus_fw-la hoc_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la esse_fw-la noverimus_fw-la and_o epist_n 54._o speak_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o age_n he_o say_v apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la locum_fw-la tenent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o in_o psalm_n 45._o 16._o nunc_fw-la quia_fw-la apostoli_fw-la à _fw-la mundo_fw-la recesserunt_fw-la habes_fw-la pro_fw-la his_fw-la episcopos_fw-la filios_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o high_a patres_fw-la tui_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la regeris_fw-la and_o epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la heliodor_n speak_v of_o the_o modern_a bishop_n he_o say_v stant_fw-la loco_fw-la pauli_n tenent_fw-la locum_fw-la petri_n and_o epist._n ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la adversus_fw-la vigilantium_fw-la miror_fw-la sanctum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la parochiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyter_n dicitur_fw-la acquiescere_fw-la furori_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la virgâ_fw-la apostolica_fw-la confrigere_fw-la vas_fw-la inutile_fw-la &_o tradere_fw-la in_o interitum_fw-la carnis_fw-la here_o he_o plain_o assert_v the_o bishop_n apostolical_a rod_n or_o authority_n in_o excommunicate_v a_o presbyter_n and_o by_o that_o expression_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la facit_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la he_o assert_n that_o only_a bishop_n have_v power_n of_o ordination_n and_o from_o this_o expression_n compare_v with_o the_o 29._o the_o those_o who_o desire_v to_o see_v more_z may_v consult_v dr._n hammond_n diâ—â—ert_n 2._o cap._n 29._o forecited_a passage_n i_o appeal_v to_o any_o presbyterian_a in_o the_o world_n whether_o they_o think_v that_o this_o father_n dare_v have_v undertake_v to_o have_v ordain_v a_o presbyter_n himself_o or_o dare_v have_v own_v any_o presbyter_n for_o such_o make_v such_o only_a by_o the_o imposition_n of_o presbyter_n hand_n nay_o in_o this_o very_a epistle_n ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la he_o say_v that_o the_o greatness_n or_o littleness_n richness_n or_o poverty_n of_o diocese_n make_v not_o one_o bishop_n above_o another_o but_o that_o they_o be_v all_o ejusdem_fw-la meriti_fw-la &_o sacerdotii_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la successores_fw-la and_o in_o his_o prooem_n to_o st._n matth._n speak_v of_o st._n john_n gospel_n he_o say_v the_o apostle_n write_v it_o against_o the_o cerinthian_o and_o ebionite_n coactus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pene_fw-la tunc_fw-la asiae_n episcopis_fw-la &_o multarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la legationibus_fw-la the_o truth_n be_v this_o father_n be_v offend_v at_o the_o arrogance_n of_o the_o deacon_n of_o his_o time_n and_o especial_o of_o those_o of_o rome_n write_v this_o epistle_n to_o eâ—agrius_n contra_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la diaconum_fw-la presbytero_fw-la aequabant_fw-la and_o have_v no_o ill_a design_n at_o all_o upon_o the_o apostolical_a or_o episcopal_a office_n but_o only_o he_o screw_v up_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o priest_n office_n to_o as_o high_a a_o pitch_n as_o he_o can_v which_o make_v he_o contradictory_n to_o himself_o in_o assert_v the_o original_a identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n in_o that_o epist._n and_o his_o commentary_n upon_o titus_n 1._o 5._o where_o he_o write_v idem_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la presbyter_n &_o episcopus_fw-la &_o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la schismata_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o dicerent_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pauli_n ego_fw-la apollo_n ego_fw-la autem_fw-la cephae_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la postquam_fw-la vero_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la