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p._n 22._o that_o the_o bishop_n deed_n be_v the_o church_n act._n p._n 24._o that_o episcopacy_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n p._n 26._o that_o he_o be_v subordinate_a to_o none_o p._n 27_o 28_o 35._o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v a_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n p._n 43._o and_o majesty_n be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o ibid._n he_o be_v call_v a_o sovereign_n and_o peerless_a governor_n p._n 65._o supreme_a and_o unaccountable_a power_n be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o p._n 67._o these_o and_o many_o more_o such_o assertion_n be_v the_o star_n by_o which_o his_o treatise_n be_v bespangle_v and_o each_o of_o they_o may_v afford_v matter_n for_o a_o long_a discourse_n to_o one_o who_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o do_v a_o four_o remark_n be_v that_o through_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o his_o argumentation_n he_o use_v such_o confidence_n and_o these_o pretence_n to_o conclusive_a and_o irrefragable_a evidence_n as_o may_v fright_v a_o unintelligent_a or_o unwarrie_a reader_n while_o 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person_n to_o who_o he_o direct_v this_o long_a letter_n to_o command_v he_o to_o prosecute_v what_o be_v leave_v undo_v the_o import_n of_o which_o be_v that_o it_o be_v much_o more_o his_o inclination_n to_o write_v ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la against_o a_o particular_a person_n than_o ad_fw-la rem_fw-la for_o that_o which_o he_o take_v to_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n §_o 6._o his_o first_o work_n be_v to_o expose_v the_o abovementioned_a passage_n in_o my_o book_n as_o yield_v a_o large_a field_n if_o one_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o catch_v at_o word_n and_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o insist_v on_o such_o escape_n if_o one_o have_v a_o mind_n for_o it_o his_o first_o remark_n be_v suppose_v the_o word_n diocese_n be_v not_o in_o use_n in_o st._n cyprian_n time_n as_o apply_v to_o a_o bishop_n district_n do_v it_o follow_v that_o the_o thing_n now_o signify_v by_o it_o be_v not_o then_o in_o use_n answ_n pray_v sir_n who_o make_v that_o consequence_n the_o word_n cite_v catch_n at_o 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he_o say_v the_o bishop_n have_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n and_o say_v it_o have_v be_v frequent_o and_o full_o prove_v by_o learned_a man_n that_o he_o need_v not_o insist_v on_o it_o and_o pag._n 39_o tell_v we_o of_o cyprian_n ordain_v without_o ask_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n or_o people_n and_o plead_v for_o this_o as_o the_o right_n of_o all_o bishop_n if_o he_o do_v not_o ascribe_v this_o sole_a power_n to_o his_o scots-bishop_n than_o ex_fw-la tuo_fw-la ore_fw-la they_o be_v not_o the_o bishop_n that_o christ_n institute_v nor_o these_o of_o the_o cyprianick-age_n nor_o these_o for_o who_o the_o learned_a man_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o have_v plead_v neither_o can_v i_o guess_v what_o kind_n of_o animal_n he_o will_v make_v they_o they_o must_v be_v a_o species_n of_o bishop_n that_o never_o man_n plead_v for_o but_o himself_o i_o suppose_v his_o lord_n the_o bishop_n will_v give_v he_o small_a thanks_o thus_o for_o plead_v their_o cause_n what_o i_o 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answer_v it_o be_v do_v with_o respect_n â—o_o ordination_n anno_fw-la 1635_o in_o the_o canon_n and_o constitution_n ecclesiastical_a chap._n 2._o §_o 3._o where_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o candidate_n and_o consequent_o the_o power_n of_o determine_v who_o shall_v be_v ordain_v be_v lay_v on_o the_o bishop_n and_o he_o be_v allow_v to_o perform_v this_o examination_n by_o himself_o or_o his_o chaplain_n and_o for_o jurisdiction_n a_o person_n ordain_v to_o a_o charge_n may_v not_o preach_v unless_o he_o be_v also_o license_v by_o the_o bishop_n ibid._n chap._n 7._o §_o 5_o nor_o may_v he_o refute_v error_n preach_v by_o another_o unless_o he_o first_o ask_v and_o obtain_v leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n ibid._n §_o 7._o yea_o a_o presbyter_n may_v not_o go_v a_o journey_n for_o some_o time_n without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n
error_n it_o be_v a_o vast_a mistake_n that_o he_o say_v that_o cyprian_a ep._n 33._o plead_v for_o the_o divine_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n in_o that_o ep._n which_o be_v mihi_fw-la 27_o he_o plead_v for_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o church_n and_o her_o bishop_n that_o be_v pastor_n not_o for_o a_o divine_a warrant_n for_o the_o praelation_n of_o some_o of_o they_o above_o other_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o evident_a than_o the_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o antiquity_n against_o this_o fancy_n scripture_n and_o the_o most_o ancient_a of_o the_o father_n speak_v of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n indistinct_o when_o the_o distinction_n begin_v to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o the_o presbyter_n themselves_o ep._n ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la as_o also_o on_o tit._n and_o aug._n ep._n 10._o refer_v to_o ecclesiae_fw-la usus_fw-la yea_o council_n nic._n 1._o can._n 6._o make_v the_o distinction_n of_o bishop_n as_o metropolitan_o etc._n etc._n to_o be_v mos_fw-la antiquus_fw-la all_o that_o follow_v §_o 37_o 37_o 36._o do_v also_o confute_v this_o opinion_n but_o this_o i_o insist_v not_o on_o because_o our_o author_n have_v put_v off_o the_o proof_n of_o that_o divine_a institution_n of_o episcopacy_n to_o his_o next_o essay_n p._n 94._o his_o six_o and_o last_o proposition_n be_v that_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o centre_n of_o unity_n be_v most_o reasonable_a and_o accountable_a in_o itself_o we_o may_v now_o expect_v some_o herculean_a argument_n and_o the_o high_a effort_n of_o his_o skill_n and_o i_o be_o willing_a that_o the_o whole_a controversy_n be_v hang_v on_o this_o pin._n all_o that_o he_o bring_v for_o argument_n be_v every_o particular_a church_n be_v a_o organical_a political_a body_n and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o organical_a body_n without_o a_o principle_n of_o unity_n on_o which_o all_o the_o member_n must_v hang_v and_o from_o which_o be_v separate_v they_o must_v cease_v to_o 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quod_fw-la vos_fw-la scio_fw-la &_o libenter_fw-la amplecti_fw-la &_o optare_fw-la tale_n in_o ecclesia_fw-la nostra_fw-la quem_fw-la plurimos_fw-la ordinari_fw-la he_o make_v the_o like_a excuse_n ep._n 24._o for_o his_o ordain_v satyrus_n a_o lector_fw-la and_o optatus_n a_o sub-deacon_a only_o here_o he_o have_v before_o hand_n the_o common_a consent_n but_o his_o circumstance_n be_v in_o his_o retirement_n do_v not_o suffer_v this_o to_o be_v do_v in_o and_o with_o the_o presbytery_n but_o that_o he_o do_v it_o not_o alone_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o the_o former_a instance_n this_o do_v sufficient_o show_v that_o ordination_n be_v not_o perform_v without_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o presbytery_n but_o it_o be_v also_o manifest_a that_o in_o the_o solemnize_n of_o they_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n the_o presbyter_n have_v their_o share_n with_o the_o bishop_n cypr_fw-la ep._n 10._o §_o 2._o there_o be_v mention_n of_o impositio_fw-la manum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la and_o that_o two_o several_a time_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v for_o absolve_v penitent_n the_o consequence_n be_v good_a
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 by_o the_o presbytery_n and_o it_o be_v cyprian_n part_n as_o moderator_n to_o intimate_v it_o for_o which_o he_o substitute_v the_o person_n name_v here_o be_v no_o sole_a power_n of_o excommunication_n this_o be_v countenance_v by_o cyprian_n own_v word_n in_o that_o ep._n §_o 2._o that_o felicissimus_n have_v despise_v both_o he_o and_o the_o presbytery_n nec_fw-la meo_fw-la honore_fw-la motus_fw-la nec_fw-la vestra_fw-la authoritate_fw-la fractus_fw-la it_o seem_v he_o have_v be_v try_v before_o they_o and_o sentence_v for_o contumacy_n further_o he_o be_v also_o suspect_v of_o adultery_n which_o cyprian_n will_v not_o judge_v by_o himself_o but_o refer_v it_o to_o their_o meeting_n ibid._n §_o 48._o have_v now_o examine_v our_o author_n first_o principle_n i_o proceed_v to_o the_o second_o which_o he_o advance_v p._n 50_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v that_o in_o every_o thing_n relate_v to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o her_o discipline_n the_o bishop_n have_v a_o 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consistory_n by_o which_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o congregation_n be_v manage_v these_o i_o confess_v can_v administer_v no_o sacrament_n neither_o without_o nor_o with_o the_o bishop_n licence_n and_o for_o act_n of_o rule_v in_o the_o church_n it_o be_v probable_a enough_o that_o they_o can_v do_v nothing_o without_o he_o who_o be_v praeses_fw-la in_o their_o meeting_n except_o may_v be_v in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n 2._o there_o be_v in_o some_o church_n especial_o in_o great_a city_n some_o presbyter_n who_o be_v ordain_v to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n but_o have_v no_o particular_a charge_n and_o be_v as_o our_o probationer_n or_o student_n in_o divinity_n school_n only_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o we_o be_v not_o ordain_v these_o may_v not_o baptise_v nor_o administer_v the_o eucharist_n yea_o nor_o preach_v without_o the_o allowance_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o parish_n minister_n and_o it_o be_v so_o also_o among_o we_o if_o some_o ordain_v minister_n 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 bishop_n and_o they_o also_o often_o be_v call_v bishop_n with_o respect_n to_o their_o own_o parochial_a charge_n now_o if_o our_o author_n mean_a that_o a_o bishop_n in_o a_o city_n have_v such_o power_n over_o the_o presbyter_n or_o minister_n in_o the_o village_n or_o place_n about_o that_o they_o may_v not_o baptise_v etc._n etc._n without_o his_o allowance_n i_o utter_o deny_v it_o and_o maintain_v that_o every_o such_o presbyter_n minister_n or_o parochial_a bishop_n by_o what_o ever_o name_n you_o design_v he_o have_v in_o cyprian_n time_n as_o full_a power_n in_o his_o parish_n as_o the_o great_a bishop_n have_v in_o his_o though_o the_o one_o be_v more_o in_o esteem_n than_o the_o other_o §_o 49._o i_o shall_v now_o consider_v his_o proof_n for_o what_o he_o affirm_v he_o begin_v with_o baptism_n and_o pretend_v to_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n can_v not_o baptise_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n his_o first_o citation_n be_v cyprian_a say_v bishop_n give_v the_o first_o baptism_n to_o believer_n which_o we_o deny_v not_o if_o you_o understand_v it_o of_o parish_n minister_n but_o if_o he_o mean_v bishop_n in_o city_n who_o be_v the_o precedent_n in_o presbytery_n we_o deny_v that_o cyprian_a assert_v that_o his_o next_o testimony_n be_v out_o of_o cyprian_a ep._n 73._o and_o firmil_n and_o fortunatus_n bishop_n of_o thurobaris_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a and_o he_o confess_v it_o that_o the_o question_n by_o they_o treat_v be_v whether_o presbyter_n who_o by_o heresy_n or_o schism_n have_v depart_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n may_v baptise_v and_o if_o they_o they_o do_v whether_o that_o baptism_n be_v valid_a or_o the_o person_n be_v to_o be_v again_o baptise_a and_o that_o baptism_n esteem_v null_a and_o in_o this_o we_o do_v so_o far_o agree_v with_o these_o father_n as_o to_o think_v that_o all_o the_o administration_n of_o such_o heretic_n or_o schismatic_n be_v irregular_a and_o to_o be_v condemn_v and_o that_o none_o ought_v so_o to_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n while_o she_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o truth_n and_o require_v no_o unlawful_a term_n of_o communion_n of_o her_o minister_n or_o other_o member_n but_o none_o of_o these_o father_n do_v ever_o assert_v that_o in_o the_o church_n a_o sound_a presbyter_n can_v not_o baptise_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n within_o the_o limit_n of_o his_o own_o charge_n that_o they_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o i_o say_v be_v evident_a for_o they_o plead_v that_o none_o can_v baptise_v out_o of_o the_o church_n nor_o bind_v or_o loose_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o they_o say_v express_o that_o none_o can_v baptise_v but_o they_o who_o be_v found_v in_o the_o evangelical_n law_n and_o i_o hope_v it_o will_v not_o be_v deny_v that_o minister_n of_o congregation_n be_v found_v on_o that_o law_n as_o well_o as_o these_o of_o great_a city_n who_o be_v then_o call_v bishop_n because_o of_o their_o praecedency_n in_o church_n meeting_n that_o bishop_n be_v name_v in_o these_o reason_n as_o have_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v make_v nothing_o against_o we_o because_o all_o parish_n minister_n be_v so_o call_v and_o none_o without_o their_o allowance_n ought_v to_o intrude_v on_o their_o charge_n in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o administration_n and_o because_o the_o authority_n for_o baptise_v and_o other_o church_n work_n be_v communicate_v from_o the_o presbytery_n by_o their_o president_n the_o bishop_n he_o indeed_o give_v the_o power_n but_o not_o by_o his_o own_o sole_a authority_n but_o by_o that_o of_o the_o presbytery_n the_o testimony_n of_o tertullian_n come_v next_o who_o say_v de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la cap._n 17._o the_o high_a priest_n who_o be_v the_o bishop_n have_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v and_o after_o he_o or_o in_o subordination_n to_o he_o say_v our_o author_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n a._n 1._o tertullian_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o bishop_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o
lapse_v nothing_o of_o this_o i_o contradict_v except_o what_o i_o now_o say_v he_o have_v run_v thus_o far_o without_o a_o check_n and_o therefore_o arive_v at_o the_o confidence_n to_o say_v p._n 58._o now_o consider_v what_o follow_v and_o speak_v your_o conscience_n and_o tell_v i_o if_o st._n cyprian_n be_v not_o more_o than_o either_o single_a presbyter_n or_o presbyterian_a moderator_n i_o shall_v yield_v he_o yet_o a_o little_a more_o in_o what_o he_o say_v of_o cyprian_n meekness_n and_o humility_n of_o his_o be_v alarm_v with_o this_o practice_n that_o this_o be_v a_o unparalelled_a practice_n and_o that_o cyprian_a do_v zealous_o and_o vigorous_o oppose_v it_o and_o for_o all_o this_o i_o shall_v speak_v my_o conscience_n and_o shall_v give_v reason_n for_o my_o light_n that_o cyprian_n be_v no_o diocesan_n bishop_n in_o our_o modern_a sense_n and_o that_o he_o neither_o have_v nor_o claim_v sole_a power_n nor_o a_o negative_a in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o bate_v what_o i_o yield_v in_o state_v the_o question_n §_o 9_o 10._o he_o be_v no_o more_o but_o a_o single_a presbyter_n that_o be_v a_o parish_n minister_n or_o presbyterian_a moderator_n and_o indeed_o all_o that_o he_o here_o bring_v and_o look_v on_o as_o so_o strong_o argumentative_a be_v already_o answer_v he_o have_v cite_v all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o place_n before_o which_o he_o here_o quote_v he_o bring_v three_o epistle_n of_o cyprian_a to_o prove_v his_o assertion_n §_o 52._o the_o first_o be_v that_o to_o the_o confessor_n and_o martyr_n where_o i_o find_v nothing_o but_o a_o sharp_a reproof_n of_o they_o for_o go_v without_o their_o line_n and_o he_o blame_v those_o presbyter_n who_o have_v absolve_v the_o lapse_v so_o disorderly_o only_a what_o seem_v here_o to_o contain_v a_o argument_n be_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v petition_v the_o bishop_n for_o restore_v of_o these_o lapse_v and_o not_o do_v it_o without_o he_o the_o answer_n here_o be_v easy_a and_o often_o before_o give_v that_o the_o fault_n of_o these_o turbulent_a presbyter_n be_v that_o they_o take_v this_o act_n of_o church_n power_n on_o themselves_o without_o the_o presbytery_n whereas_o the_o regular_a way_n have_v be_v to_o petition_v the_o bishop_n that_o he_o may_v call_v the_o presbytery_n and_o that_o he_o with_o they_o may_v cognosce_fw-la of_o that_o affair_n i_o have_v lay_v down_o sufficient_a warrant_n for_o thus_o understand_v his_o word_n from_o his_o declare_a purpose_n found_v on_o conscience_n of_o duty_n to_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o presbytery_n see_v §_o 12._o and_o it_o be_v like_a i_o may_v after_o bring_v yet_o further_o evidence_n that_o his_o principle_n lead_v he_o to_o this_o conduct_n at_o present_a i_o take_v notice_n of_o that_o plain_a passage_n ep._n 15._o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la speak_v of_o receive_v the_o lapse_v quaeres_fw-la say_v he_o cum_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la concilium_fw-la &_o sententiam_fw-la spectet_fw-la praejudicare_fw-la ego_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la mihi_fw-la rem_fw-la communem_fw-la vindicare_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la and_o he_o desire_v that_o that_o affair_n may_v be_v put_v off_o donec_fw-la pace_fw-la nobis_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la redditâ_fw-la in_fw-la unum_fw-la convenire_fw-la &_o singulorum_fw-la causas_fw-la examinare_fw-la possumus_fw-la if_o cyprian_n seem_v to_o my_o adversary_n to_o speak_v in_o pure_a prelatical_a style_n as_o he_o say_v p._n 6._o he_o seem_v to_o i_o here_o to_o speak_v in_o the_o style_n of_o a_o presbyterian_a moderator_n of_o the_o same_o importance_n be_v the_o next_o epistle_n cite_v which_o be_v to_o the_o clergy_n of_o carthage_n he_o do_v not_o call_v they_o his_o clergy_n as_o our_o author_n word_v it_o and_o if_o he_o have_v there_o have_v be_v no_o argument_n in_o it_o he_o sharp_o reprove_v not_o the_o presbyter_n in_o common_a as_o our_o author_n foul_o represent_v the_o matter_n for_o he_o write_v in_o 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