but_o a_o valid_a and_o double_a confirmation_n repraesentet_fw-la cyp._n ep._n 15._o ad_fw-la cler._n rom._n §_o 2._o presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconibus_fw-la non_fw-la defuit_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la vigour_n ep._n 37._o ad_fw-la cler._n §_o 1._o officium_fw-la meum_fw-la vestra_fw-la diligentia_fw-la repraesentet_fw-la or_o express_v ratification_n of_o that_o antecedent_n authority_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o the_o exorbitant_a take_v upon_o they_o for_o want_v of_o the_o bishop_n presence_n to_o despise_v there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n though_o not_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o want_n in_o the_o absence_n as_o the_o death_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o the_o proper_a vacancy_n of_o the_o see_v thereupon_o and_o therefore_o though_o in_o the_o deny_v communion_n to_o gaius_n diddensis_fw-la a_o presbyter_n and_o his_o deacon_n without_o his_o antecedent_n sentence_n only_o on_o the_o counsel_n of_o some_o of_o st._n cyprian_n fellow_n bishop_n communicandum_fw-la cyp._n ep._n 28._o ad_fw-la cler._n integre_n &_o cum_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la fecislis_fw-la quod_fw-la consilio_fw-la collegarum_fw-la meorum_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la erant_fw-la gaio_n diddensi_fw-la presbytero_fw-la &_o diacono_fw-la ejus_fw-la censutstis_fw-la non_fw-la communicandum_fw-la they_o act_v on_o their_o own_o authority_n yet_o be_v they_o commend_v by_o st._n cyprian_n as_o have_v act_v with_o great_a integrity_n and_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o ecclesiastic_a discipline_n it_o appear_v then_o that_o by_o a_o primitive_a and_o catholic_n polity_n found_v at_o least_o upon_o divine_a right_n if_o not_o precept_n wherever_o episcopal_n see_v be_v full_o fix_v there_o be_v also_o a_o council_n of_o presbyter_n with_o deacon_n and_o officer_n under_o they_o for_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o bishopric_n and_o upon_o absence_n or_o death_n of_o the_o bishop_n for_o synodical_a communication_n with_o other_o church_n §_o 6._o which_o be_v pre-established_n it_o may_v not_o be_v 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these_o age_n be_v for_o reconcile_a public_a penitent_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n upon_o confession_n first_o make_v public_o before_o in_o order_n to_o a_o recovery_n of_o the_o right_n of_o communication_n ecclesiastical_a and_o eucharistical_a as_o also_o for_o the_o censure_n of_o such_o as_o shall_v presumptuous_o violate_v the_o law_n order_n union_n and_o discipline_n of_o their_o church_n and_o for_o ordination_n of_o the_o clergy_n or_o less_o order_n all_o which_o be_v act_n synodical_a probaremus_fw-la ibid._n §_o 4._o acturi_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la nos_fw-la the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n &_o apud_fw-la confessores_fw-la causam_fw-la svam_fw-la etc._n etc._n ep._n 24._o quos_fw-la jam_fw-la pridem_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la clero_fw-la proximos_fw-la feceramus_fw-la quando_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la doclioribus_fw-la lectores_fw-la diligenter_n probaremus_fw-la and_o ground_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n 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