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the_o prooff_o of_o this_o confident_a assertion_n and_o insolent_a contempt_n of_o they_o who_o be_v otherwise_o mind_v be_v cyprian_n ep._n 40._o write_v to_o carthage_n that_o they_o shall_v receive_v numidicus_n as_o a_o presbyter_n among_o they_o and_o our_o author_n add_v probable_o he_o be_v ordain_v before_o 1._o if_o our_o author_n have_v please_v to_o state_n and_o argue_v the_o question_n about_o the_o power_n of_o election_n i_o shall_v have_v be_v willing_a to_o join_v issue_n with_o he_o or_o if_o he_o have_v think_v fit_a to_o answer_v what_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o write_v on_o that_o head_n in_o a_o book_n that_o he_o have_v see_v and_o cite_v when_o he_o think_v he_o can_v say_v something_o against_o it_o i_o shall_v have_v consider_v the_o strength_n of_o what_o he_o will_v say_v but_o he_o do_v wise_o shun_v that_o controversy_n neither_o shall_v i_o dip_v in_o it_o further_o than_o be_v necessary_a for_o answer_v his_o book_n 2._o if_o numidicus_n be_v ordain_v 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against_o felicissimus_n and_o augendus_n which_o they_o execute_v against_o they_o and_o some_o other_o if_o this_o discourse_n prove_v such_o a_o power_n of_o delegation_n it_o will_v also_o prove_v such_o a_o power_n in_o one_o bishop_n over_o another_o which_o our_o author_n will_v not_o allow_v see_v he_o assert_v p._n 27_o 28_o 35._o that_o every_o bishop_n be_v supreme_a and_o have_v no_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n on_o earth_n 2._o send_v a_o messenger_n to_o do_v for_o we_o what_o we_o be_v restrain_v from_o do_v be_v not_o always_o a_o act_n of_o authority_n one_o friend_n may_v send_v another_o if_o he_o yield_v to_o it_o as_o well_o as_o a_o master_n may_v send_v his_o servant_n 3._o that_o which_o have_v most_o weight_n in_o our_o main_a cause_n though_o it_o be_v impertinent_a to_o the_o present_a purpose_n be_v that_o these_o person_n be_v to_o excommunicate_v felicissimus_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o this_o excommunication_n may_v be_v determine_v 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happen_v to_o live_v in_o a_o parish_n whereof_o they_o be_v not_o pastor_n as_o sometime_o fall_v out_o in_o great_a city_n it_o be_v disorderly_a for_o they_o to_o exercise_v their_o ministry_n within_o another_o man_n charge_n without_o his_o call_n or_o allowance_n these_o presbyter_n in_o cyprian_n time_n be_v in_o something_n like_o evangelist_n who_o the_o bishop_n employ_v when_o themselves_o can_v not_o overtake_v all_o their_o work_n and_o if_o these_o be_v call_v the_o bishop_n curate_n as_o our_o author_n do_v all_o presbyter_n i_o shall_v not_o much_o reclaim_v these_o be_v as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o prophet_n breed_v by_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o ministry_n of_o this_o sort_n of_o presbyter_n see_v p._n baynes_n diocesan_n trial_n p._n 63._o a_o three_o sort_n of_o presbyter_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o several_a parish_n among_o who_o the_o moderator_n of_o the_o presbytery_n or_o other_o church_n judicatory_a be_v in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n call_v the_o 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judge_n whether_o st._n cyprian_n or_o his_o presume_a presbyter_n have_v take_v too_o much_o on_o they_o at_o carthage_n but_o this_o mistake_n i_o note_v before_o another_o argument_n he_o bring_v be_v from_o some_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n in_o a_o epistle_n to_o cyprian_a commend_v he_o for_o his_o conduct_n in_o oppose_v and_o censure_v these_o presbyter_n i_o also_o commend_v he_o for_o it_o ergo_fw-la i_o think_v he_o have_v sole_a power_n to_o manage_v that_o affair_n the_o consequence_n be_v naught_o he_o hail_v in_o another_o argument_n into_o this_o discourse_n these_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n desire_v that_o cyprian_a be_v so_o glorious_a a_o bishop_n will_v pray_v for_o they_o which_o they_o will_v not_o have_v do_v have_v they_o think_v he_o a_o proud_a aspire_a prelate_n that_o be_v a_o limb_n of_o antichrist_n as_o this_o author_n will_v fain_o give_v he_o out_o to_o have_v be_v it_o be_v a_o injurious_a calumny_n i_o never_o say_v nor_o think_v so_o and_o no_o 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bishop_n next_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o cyprian_a call_v fabianus_n superior_a with_o respect_n to_o the_o roman-clergy_n which_o be_v a_o mistake_n he_o call_v he_o simple_o praepositus_fw-la which_o as_o i_o have_v above-shewed_n be_v a_o title_n give_v to_o bishop_n &_o presbyter_n and_o if_o he_o have_v not_o call_v he_o their_o praepositus_fw-la that_o do_v not_o import_v sole_a power_n in_o a_o epistle_n to_o rogatianus_n cyprian_n insinuate_v that_o he_o be_v ruler_n of_o the_o church_n ergo_fw-la he_o have_v sole_a power_n it_o be_v a_o â—â—lish_a consequence_n this_o may_v be_v say_v of_o every_o elder_a of_o the_o church_n he_o be_v scarce_o of_o argument_n when_o he_o be_v force_v to_o falsify_v cyprian_n word_n qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la praesidemus_fw-la he_o translate_v who_o have_v the_o chief_a power_n in_o the_o church_n beside_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o distinguish_v between_o chief_a power_n and_o sole_a power_n to_o which_o all_o be_v subject_a also_o 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