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A51305 Letters on several subjects with several other letters : to which is added by the publisher two letters, one to the Reverend Dr. Sherlock, Dean of St. Paul's, and the other to the Reverend Mr. Bentley : with other discourses / by Henry More ; publish'd by E. Elys. More, Henry, 1614-1687.; Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1694 (1694) Wing M2664; ESTC R27513 57,265 148

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i_o have_v demonstrate_v in_o my_o latin_a paper_n against_o jansenius_n and_o calvin_n who_o follower_n i_o hope_v will_v for_o the_o future_a be_v the_o more_o incline_v to_o relinquish_v those_o wretched_a opinion_n see_v they_o in_o the_o company_n of_o so_o many_o hellish_a conceit_n of_o that_o most_o horrid_a monster_n the_o father_n of_o the_o leviathan_n by_o his_o say_n that_o man_n can_v have_v no_o passion_n nor_o appetite_n to_o any_o thing_n of_o which_o appetite_n god_n will_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n chap._n 21._o he_o plain_o give_v the_o great_a encouragement_n to_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n to_o entertain_v a_o favourable_a conceit_n of_o the_o gross_a enormity_n of_o their_o wicked_a life_n chap._n 34._o he_o talk_v perfect_o like_o one_o in_o bethlehem_n apparition_n quoth_v he_o though_o no_o real_a substance_n but_o accident_n of_o the_o brain_n yet_o when_o god_n raise_v they_o supernatural_o to_o signify_v his_o will_n they_o be_v not_o unproper_o term_v god_n messenger_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o angel_n what_o do_v he_o think_v of_o the_o angel_n we_o read_v of_o 2_o kin._n 19_o 35._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o night_n that_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v out_o and_o smite_v in_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o assyrian_n a_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o five_o thousand_o and_o when_o they_o arise_v early_o in_o the_o morning_n behold_v they_o be_v all_o dead_a corpse_n this_o be_v a_o pretty_a stout_a accident_n of_o the_o brain_n that_o can_v slay_v in_o one_o night_n 185000_o men._n no_o doubt_n there_o be_v a_o angel_n a_o evil_a one_o in_o the_o brain_n of_o t._n h._n without_o such_o a_o assistant_n he_o can_v hardly_o have_v hammer_v out_o so_o many_o diabolical_a imagination_n near_o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o chapter_n he_o have_v a_o lucid_a interval_n but_o say_v he_o the_o many_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o our_o saviour_n own_o word_n and_o in_o such_o text_n wherein_o be_v no_o suspicion_n of_o corruption_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v extort_a from_o my_o feeble_a reason_n a_o acknowledgement_n and_o belief_n that_o there_o be_v also_o angel_n substantial_a and_o permanent_a i_o pray_v reader_n observe_v these_o word_n have_v extort_a from_o my_o feeble_a reason_n see_v how_o he_o discover_v his_o cross_a humour_n and_o averseness_n from_o a_o due_a compliance_n with_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n he_o reproach_n his_o reason_n for_o fall_v under_o the_o power_n of_o a_o great_a truth_n which_o he_o have_v such_o a_o mind_n to_o oppose_v by_o these_o word_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n where_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v mean_v god_n himself_o he_o provide_v a_o sophistical_a evasion_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o disciple_n in_o case_n he_o or_o they_o shall_v be_v charge_v with_o the_o macedonian_a heresy_n that_o young_a student_n may_v not_o be_v impose_v on_o by_o person_n more_o likely_a to_o deceive_v they_o then_o t._n h._n by_o their_o perverse_a interpretation_n of_o text_n of_o scripture_n wherein_o there_o be_v express_a mention_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n i_o shall_v most_o earnest_o beseech_v they_o to_o peruse_v these_o book_n of_o the_o admirable_a saint_n basil_n viz._n adversus_fw-la eunomium_fw-la &_o lib._n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la and_o i_o desire_v that_o in_o all_o their_o discourse_n concern_v the_o nature_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o will_v be_v ever_o mindful_a of_o those_o word_n with_o which_o he_o conclude_v his_o three_o book_n against_o eunomius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n as_o for_o that_o wicked_a stuff_n which_o he_o deliver_v chap._n 42._o in_o a_o pretend_a defence_n of_o his_o curse_a assertion_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o deny_v our_o saviour_n before_o man_n if_o we_o be_v command_v by_o our_o lawful_a prince_n it_o have_v such_o a_o smell_n of_o brimstone_n that_o i_o abhor_v to_o recite_v it_o or_o say_v a_o word_n to_o any_o one_o that_o undertake_v to_o vindicate_v he_o herein_o but_o the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o his_o calumniate_a of_o the_o holy_a martyr_n make_v their_o wound_n as_o it_o be_v to_o bleed_v afresh_o and_o this_o will_v make_v his_o memory_n to_o look_v horrid_a and_o ghastly_a to_o posterity_n to_o his_o wicked_a paradox_n concern_v the_o word_n church_n and_o power_n ecclesiastical_a i_o shall_v oppose_v these_o word_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o pious_a mr._n herbert_n thorndike_n in_o his_o review_n of_o his_o discourse_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n in_o a_o christian_a state_n p._n 40._o see_v that_o the_o church_n be_v a_o society_n community_n corporation_n or_o spiritual_a commonwealth_n subsist_v by_o the_o immediate_a revelation_n and_o appointment_n of_o god_n without_o dependence_n upon_o those_o christian_a state_n wherein_o it_o be_v harbour_v as_o to_o the_o right_n by_o which_o it_o subsist_v and_o the_o matter_n wherein_o it_o communicate_v it_o follow_v of_o necessity_n that_o it_o be_v endow_v with_o right_n correspondent_a to_o those_o wherein_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o state_n consist_v the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n be_v the_o principal_a of_o right_n into_o which_o the_o rest_n be_v resolve_v when_o they_o be_v enforce_v to_o have_v recourse_n unto_o it_o for_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o which_o become_v requisite_a to_o make_v they_o available_a and_o the_o church_n have_v the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v use_v two_o manner_n of_o way_n as_o the_o sword_n be_v either_o to_o subdue_v stranger_n or_o to_o cut_v off_o malefactor_n chap._n 34._o t._n h._n have_v these_o mad_a expression_n substance_n and_o body_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o therefore_o substance_n incorporeal_a be_v word_n which_o when_o they_o be_v join_v together_o destroy_v one_o another_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v a_o incorporeal_a body_n but_o chap._n 25._o he_o have_v a_o lucid_a interval_n to_o worship_n god_n say_v he_o as_o inanimate_v or_o inhabit_v such_o a_o image_n or_o place_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o infinite_a substance_n in_o a_o finite_a place_n be_v idolatry_n here_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n be_v a_o substance_n infinite_a and_o consequent_o incorporeal_a this_o acknowledgement_n the_o force_n of_o so_o great_a a_o truth_n to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n extort_a from_o his_o feeble_a reason_n haec_fw-la est_fw-la summa_fw-la delicti_fw-la nolentium_fw-la recognoscere_fw-la quem_fw-la ignorare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la tert._n apol._n chap._n 46._o he_o put_v hell_n and_o purgatory_n together_o as_o if_o the_o existence_n of_o one_o be_v no_o more_o credible_a than_o of_o the_o other_o what_o be_v all_o the_o legend_n say_v he_o of_o fictitious_a miracle_n in_o the_o live_v of_o the_o saint_n and_o all_o the_o history_n of_o apparition_n and_o ghost_n allege_v by_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o make_v good_a their_o doctrine_n of_o hell_n and_o purgatory_n the_o power_n of_o exorcism_n and_o other_o doctrine_n which_o have_v no_o warrant_n neither_o in_o reason_n nor_o scripture_n in_o the_o 44th_o chapter_n he_o have_v provide_v a_o comfortable_a state_n for_o the_o reprobate_n after_o the_o resurrection_n instead_o of_o that_o state_n of_o ineffable_a torment_n which_o all_o true_a christian_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v signify_v by_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n the_o reprobate_n say_v he_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o estate_n that_o adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v in_o after_o the_o sin_n commit_v the_o wicked_a say_v he_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o estate_n they_o be_v in_o after_o adam_n sin_n may_v at_o the_o resurrection_n live_v as_o they_o do_v marry_o and_o give_v in_o marriage_n and_o have_v gross_a and_o corruptible_a body_n as_o all_o mankind_n now_o have_v and_o consequent_o may_v engender_v perpetual_o after_o the_o resurrection_n as_o they_o do_v before_o be_v not_o these_o pleasant_a conceit_n for_o that_o sort_n of_o man_n who_o will_v fain_o have_v the_o fear_v of_o hell_n remove_v out_o of_o the_o way_n whilst_o they_o turn_v every_o one_o to_o his_o course_n as_o the_o horse_n rush_v into_o the_o battle_n but_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o hell_n they_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o shake_v off_o let_v they_o do_v what_o they_o can_v haeret_fw-la lateri_fw-la lethalis_fw-la arundo_fw-la and_o now_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o ingenuous_a reader_n will_v concur_v with_o i_o in_o the_o indignation_n i_o conceive_v against_o the_o most_o intolerable_a impudence_n of_o a_o late_a writer_n who_o pretend_v to_o set_v forth_o a_o history_n of_o the_o life_n of_o t._n h._n he_o tell_v we_o we_o be_v all_o mistake_v the_o black-moor_n be_v exceed_o white_a controversias_fw-la quidem_fw-la the_o logicas_fw-la say_v he_o p._n 167._o maximè_fw-la aversatus_fw-la est_fw-la quicquid_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la
to_o frequent_v but_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o notorious_o repugnant_a to_o the_o principle_n of_o common_a honesty_n than_o for_o any_o man_n to_o make_v the_o most_o solemn_a and_o express_a profession_n of_o believe_v that_o which_o indeed_o he_o do_v not_o believe_v every_o one_o that_o profess_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n make_v the_o most_o solemn_a and_o express_a profession_n of_o believe_v that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n be_v god_n of_o god_n light_a of_o light_n very_o god_n of_o very_o god_n beget_v not_o make_v be_v of_o one_o substance_n with_o the_o father_n by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v bless_a be_v the_o peacemaker_n but_o curse_v be_v they_o that_o deny_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n to_o be_v the_o true_a and_o eternal_a god_n whosoever_o thus_o detract_v from_o he_o the_o infinity_o of_o his_o glory_n he_o do_v not_o love_v he_o and_o it_o be_v know_v to_o all_o that_o read_v or_o hear_v the_o holy_a scripture_n what_o the_o apostle_n say_v be_v any_o love_n not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n maran-atha_a i_o be_o your_o servant_n etc._n etc._n walonis_fw-la messalini_n sententiae_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopis_fw-la &_o presbyteris_fw-la examen_fw-la cui_fw-la annexa_fw-la est_fw-la animadversio_fw-la in_o davidem_fw-la blondellum_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o praevalebit_fw-la ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la aerlanum_fw-la te_fw-la oro_fw-la &_o obtestor_n per_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la professus_fw-la es_fw-la fidem_fw-la christianam_fw-la ut_fw-la ment_fw-la pura_fw-la atque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praejudiciis_fw-la vacua_fw-la pauca_fw-la haec_fw-la scripta_fw-la perlegere_fw-la digneris_fw-la veritas_fw-la non_fw-la quaerit_fw-la angulos_fw-la in_o clara_fw-la luce_fw-fr reponimus_fw-la sententiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la nullis_fw-la obumbrata_fw-la est_fw-la rhetorices_fw-la coloribus_fw-la nullo_n dialectice_n affectato_fw-la acumine_fw-la impedita_fw-la sed_fw-la sermone_fw-la simplici_fw-la &_o aperto_fw-la explicata_fw-la proponitur_fw-la ac_fw-la defenditur_fw-la contra_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la adversarios_fw-la qui_fw-la sane_fw-la ingenio_fw-la pollent_fw-la &_o eloquio_fw-la facile_fw-la potes_fw-la ipsam_fw-la quam_fw-la tractamus_fw-la rem_fw-la totam_fw-la inspicere_fw-la favorem_fw-la tuum_fw-la non_fw-la petimus_fw-la sed_fw-la aequum_fw-la judicium_fw-la opto_fw-la te_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la bene_fw-la valere_n veritatem_fw-la ac_fw-la pacem_fw-la amare_fw-la walo_n messalinus_n in_o dissertatione_n contra_fw-la d._n petavium_n p._n 7._o de_fw-la se_fw-la suisque_fw-la loquens_fw-la haec_fw-la verba_fw-la habet_fw-la nusquam_fw-la negarunt_fw-la antiqua_fw-la etiam_fw-la tempora_fw-la discrimen_fw-la illud_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la agnovisse_fw-la qui_fw-la sciunt_fw-la rem_fw-la esse_fw-la antiquissimam_fw-la ut_fw-la duo_fw-la hi_o ordines_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la fuerint_fw-la distincti_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o presbyterorum_fw-la si_fw-la excipiantur_fw-la apostolica_fw-la tempora_fw-la quorum_fw-la aevo_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la scripta_fw-la testantur_fw-la nullam_fw-la constat_fw-la eorum_fw-la ordinum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la resp._n a_o scripta_fw-la apostolica_fw-la explicanda_fw-la sint_fw-la secundum_fw-la novatorum_fw-la commenta_fw-la vel_fw-la secundum_fw-la sensum_fw-la communem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la primitiva_fw-la quorum_fw-la scripta_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la per_fw-la providentiam_fw-la divinam_fw-la conservantur_fw-la judicet_fw-la quispiam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la evangelicae_fw-la studiosus_fw-la p._n 12._o paulus_n in_o priore_fw-la ad_fw-la timotheum_n cap._n 3._o postquam_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dedit_fw-la episcopis_fw-la statim_fw-la transit_fw-la ad_fw-la diaconos_fw-la non_fw-la alios_fw-la agnoscens_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la confuso_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la discrimine_fw-la iidem_fw-la haberentur_fw-la nullus_fw-la itaque_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la gradus_fw-la interjectus_fw-la nec_fw-la apostolo_n agnitus_fw-la viri_fw-la apostolici_fw-la joannis_n chrysostomi_n sententiam_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la walonis_fw-la messalini_n sententiae_fw-la aduersam_fw-la his_fw-la verbis_fw-la clarissime_fw-la prolatam_fw-la cernimus_fw-la hom._n 11._o in_o 1_o tim._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phrasis_n ista_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la explicanda_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la matt._n 26._o 64._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal._n 2._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la per_fw-la dextram_fw-la potentiae_fw-la significatur_fw-la dextra_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la exercitur_fw-la potentia_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la dextras_fw-la societatis_fw-la significantur_fw-la dextrae_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la exercetur_fw-la mutuus_fw-la amor_fw-la seu_fw-la commune_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la presbyterii_fw-la significantur_fw-la manus_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la exercetur_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la praesidentis_fw-la seu_fw-la episcopi_fw-la officium_fw-la p._n 14._o cum_fw-la vocat_fw-la eos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ipse_fw-la se_fw-es 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eorum_fw-la appellat_fw-la recte_fw-la sed_fw-la inde_fw-la non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la quos_fw-la vocat_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la fuisse_fw-la apostolos_fw-la quia_fw-la illos_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la cum_fw-la seipso_fw-la apostolo_n nomine_fw-la conjungit_fw-la dum_fw-la seipsum_fw-la appellat_fw-la sympresbyterum_fw-la nec_fw-la hinc_fw-la sequitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la fuisse_fw-la episcopos_fw-la seu_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la constitutos_fw-la qui_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la vocati_fw-la erant_fw-la episcopi_fw-la p._n 86_o cum_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la omnes_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la vocarentur_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la pariter_fw-la omnes_fw-la nullum_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la tum_fw-la discrimen_fw-la fuisse_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la comprobatur_fw-la quia_fw-la nullum_fw-la esset_fw-la appellationis_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la temporibus_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la magnum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la discrimen_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la inter_fw-la timotheum_n presbyterum_fw-la atque_fw-la alios_fw-la qui_fw-la tum_fw-la etiam_fw-la appellati_fw-la erant_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la fuit_fw-la ille_fw-la ea_fw-la dignitate_fw-la praeditus_fw-la quam_fw-la jam_fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la vocat_fw-la quae_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la illi_fw-la cum_fw-la impositione_n manuum_fw-la presbyterii_fw-la scilicet_fw-la be_v jurisdictionem_fw-la in_fw-la ipsos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la atque_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolo_n paulo_n accepit_fw-la 1_o tim._n 5._o 20._o adversus_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la accusationem_fw-la noli_fw-la recipere_fw-la nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la duobus_fw-la aut_fw-la tribus_fw-la testibus_fw-la v._o 22._o manus_fw-la cito_fw-la ne_fw-la cui_fw-la imponito_fw-la p._n 117._o cum_fw-la haec_fw-la dicit_fw-la hieronymus_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la excepta_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la ad_fw-la morem_fw-la jusque_fw-la suae_fw-la aetatis_fw-la respexit_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la rem_fw-la habuisse_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la aevo_fw-la intellexit_fw-la eundem_fw-la enim_fw-la tunc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la &_o episcopum_fw-la in_o commentariis_fw-la ad_fw-la titum_fw-la scripsit_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la quoque_fw-la habuisse_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quia_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la id_fw-la erant_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la inquit_fw-la presbyter_n qui_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la &_o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o diceretur_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 tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la aetate_fw-la in_o common_a presbyteri_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regebant_fw-la pares_fw-la omnes_fw-la honore_fw-la ac_fw-la potestate_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la autem_fw-la tempore_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la postquam_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la baptizaverat_fw-la suos_fw-la putabat_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la electus_fw-la superponeretur_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la omnis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cura_fw-la pertineret_fw-la &_o schismatum_fw-la semina_fw-la tollerentur_fw-la post_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la itaque_fw-la tempore_fw-la hoc_fw-la decretum_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la orb_n factum_fw-la est_fw-la resp._n nos_fw-la minime_fw-la negamus_fw-la quin_fw-la ad_fw-la reprimenda_fw-la schismata_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la plus_fw-fr auctoritatis_fw-la exercerent_fw-la atque_fw-la inde_fw-la distinctio_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la &_o presbyteralis_fw-la clarius_fw-la apparuit_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la antequam_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la orta_fw-la sint_fw-la dissidia_fw-la tunc_fw-la necesse_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la ille_fw-la presbyter_n qui_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habebat_fw-la atque_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praestabat_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la exerceret_fw-la ad_fw-la reprimenda_fw-la schismata_fw-la notandum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la agnoscat_fw-la heronymus_fw-la inceptam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la temporibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la nempe_fw-la cum_fw-la diceretur_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 in_o hac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la epistola_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la ista_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la verba_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la excepta_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la sic_fw-la ille_fw-la loquor_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la traditione_n apostolicas_fw-la sumptas_fw-la de_fw-la vetere_n testamento_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o filii_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la