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speculative_a nor_o ever_o to_o pious_a person_n pag._n 18._o sect_n iii_o of_o the_o difficulty_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o argument_n from_o scripture_n in_o question_n not_o simple_o necessary_a not_o literal_o determine_v pag._n 59_o sect_n iv_o of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o expound_v scripture_n pag._n 73._o sect_n v._o of_o the_o insufficiency_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o tradition_n to_o expound_v scripture_n or_o determine_v question_n pag._n 83._o sect_n vi_o of_o the_o uncertainty_n and_o insufficiency_n of_o counsel_n ecclesiastical_a to_o the_o same_o purpose_n pag._n 101._o sect_n vii_o of_o the_o fallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o his_o expound_v scripture_n and_o resolve_v question_n pag._n 125._o sect_n viii_o of_o the_o disability_n of_o father_n or_o writer_n ecclesiastical_a to_o determine_v our_o question_n with_o certainty_n and_o truth_n pag._n 151._o sect_n ix_o of_o the_o incompetency_n of_o the_o church_n in_o its_o diffusive_a capacity_n to_o be_v judge_n of_o controversy_n and_o the_o impertinency_n of_o that_o pretence_n of_o the_o spirit_n pag._n 161._o sect_n x._o of_o the_o authority_n of_o reason_n and_o that_o it_o proceed_v upon_o the_o best_a ground_n be_v the_o best_a judge_n pag._n 165._o sect_n xi_o of_o some_o cause_n of_o error_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o reason_n which_o be_v inculpate_v in_o themselves_o pag._n 171._o sect_n xii_o of_o the_o innocency_n of_o error_n in_o opinion_n in_o a_o pious_a person_n pag._n 184._o sect_n xiii_o of_o the_o deportment_n to_o be_v use_v towards_o person_n disagree_v and_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 189._o sect_n xiiii_o of_o the_o practice_n of_o christian_a church_n towards_o person_n disagree_v and_o when_o persecution_n first_o come_v in_o pag._n 203._o sect_n xv._o how_o far_o the_o church_n or_o governor_n may_v act_v to_o the_o restrain_v false_a or_o differ_a opinion_n pag._n 210._o 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rome_n at_o antioch_n 2._o where_o no_o bishop_n be_v constitute_v there_o the_o apostle_n keep_v the_o jurisdiction_n in_o their_o own_o hand_n there_o come_v upon_o i_o say_v s._n paul_n daily_o the_o care_n or_o supravision_n of_o all_o the_o church_n not_o all_o absolute_o for_o not_o all_o of_o the_o circumcision_n but_o all_o of_o his_o charge_n with_o which_o he_o be_v once_o charge_v and_o of_o which_o he_o have_v not_o exonerate_v himself_o by_o constitute_v bishop_n there_o for_o of_o these_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n and_o again_o if_o any_o man_n obey_v not_o our_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o 2._o thess._n 3._o 14._o signify_v he_o to_o i_o by_o a_o epistle_n so_o he_o charge_v the_o thessalonian_o and_o therefore_o of_o this_o church_n s._n paul_n as_o yet_o clear_o keep_v the_o power_n in_o his_o own_o hand_n so_o that_o the_o church_n be_v ever_o in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o govern_v by_o episcopal_a or_o apostolical_a authority_n 3._o for_o 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and_o then_o also_o they_o must_v retain_v the_o same_o power_n for_o they_o can_v not_o loose_v it_o by_o give_v order_n now_o if_o they_o have_v a_o power_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n than_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o some_o public_a act_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o apostle_n can_v challenge_v a_o right_n of_o govern_v as_o affix_v to_o their_o order_n they_o only_o assist_v in_o subordination_n and_o by_o dependency_n this_o only_a by_o the_o way_n in_o jerusalem_n the_o presbyter_n be_v some_o thing_n more_o than_o ordinary_a and_o be_v not_o mere_a presbyter_n in_o the_o present_a and_o limit_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n for_o barnabas_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n luke_n call_v they_o be_v of_o that_o presbytery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v ruler_n and_o prophet_n chief_a man_n among_o the_o 15._o act._n 15._o brethren_n &_o yet_o call_v elder_n or_o presbyter_n though_o of_o apostolical_a power_n and_o authority_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v oecumenius_n for_o truth_n be_v apost_n in_o act._n apost_n that_o diverse_a of_o they_o be_v ordain_v apostle_n with_o a_o unlimited_a jurisdiction_n not_o fix_v upon_o any_o see_v that_o they_o also_o may_v together_o with_o the_o twelve_o exire_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la *_o so_o that_o in_o this_o presbytery_n either_o they_o be_v more_o than_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o barnabas_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n man_n of_o apostolical_a power_n and_o they_o may_v well_o be_v in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o twelve_o and_o with_o the_o bishop_n they_o be_v of_o equal_a power_n not_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o presbyterate_a but_o by_o their_o apostolate_a or_o if_o they_o be_v but_o mere_a presbyter_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v certain_a and_o prove_v and_o confess_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v power_n to_o govern_v the_o church_n alone_o this_o their_o take_v mere_a presbyter_n in_o partem_fw-la regiminis_fw-la be_v a_o voluntary_a act_n and_o 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2._o the_o next_o presbytery_n we_o read_v of_o be_v at_o antioch_n but_o there_o we_o find_v no_o act_n either_o of_o concurrent_a or_o single_a jurisdiction_n but_o of_o ordination_n indeed_o we_o do_v 13._o act._n 13._o and_o that_o perform_v by_o such_o man_n as_o s._n paul_n be_v and_o barnabas_n for_o they_o be_v two_o of_o the_o prophet_n reckon_v in_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n but_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v they_o to_o be_v call_v presbyter_n in_o that_o place_n to_o be_v sure_a they_o be_v not_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o we_o now_o understand_v the_o word_n as_o i_o prove_v former_o 3._o but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n there_o be_v a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n and_o they_o be_v by_o the_o spirit_n 20._o act._n 20._o of_o god_n call_v bishop_n and_o be_v appoint_v by_o he_o to_o be_v pastor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n this_o must_v do_v it_o or_o nothing_o in_o quo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la s._n posuit_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la in_o who_o the_o holy_a 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that_o if_o a_o church_n want_v a_o presbyter_n to_o become_v her_o bishop_n they_o may_v demand_v one_o from_o any_o bishop_n it_o be_v grant_v but_o posthumianus_n the_o bishop_n put_v this_o case_n deinde_fw-la qui_fw-la unum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la numquid_fw-la debet_fw-la illi_fw-la ipse_fw-la unus_fw-la presbyter_n auferri_fw-la how_o if_o the_o bishop_n have_v but_o one_o priest_n must_v his_o bishop_n part_n with_o he_o to_o supply_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o neighbour_n widdow-church_n yea_o that_o he_o must_v but_o how_o then_o shall_v he_o keep_v ordination_n when_o he_o have_v never_o a_o presbyter_n to_o assist_v he_o that_o indeed_o will_v have_v be_v the_o objection_n now_o but_o it_o be_v none_o then_o for_o aurelius_n tell_v they_o plain_o there_o be_v no_o inconvenience_n in_o it_o for_o though_o a_o bishop_n have_v never_o a_o presbyter_n no_o great_a matter_n he_o can_v himself_o ordain_v many_o and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v sole_a ordination_n but_o 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the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o in_o the_o imperial_a constitution_n since_o therefore_o we_o neither_o find_v presbyter_n join_v with_o bishop_n in_o commission_n or_o 16._o novel_a constit_fw-la 6._o &_o 1._o 223._o cap._n 16._o practice_v or_o penalty_n all_o this_o while_n i_o may_v infer_v from_o the_o premise_n the_o same_o thing_n which_o the_o council_n of_o hispale_n express_v in_o direct_a and_o full_a sentence_n episcopus_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ac_fw-la ministris_fw-la solus_fw-la honorem_fw-la dare_v potest_fw-la solus_fw-la auferre_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o bishop_n alone_z 6._o cap._n 6._o loan_z may_v give_v the_o priestly_a honour_n he_o alone_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o take_v it_o away_o *_o this_o council_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o year_n 657_o and_o i_o set_v it_o down_o here_o for_o this_o purpose_n to_o show_v that_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o four_o council_n 3_o can_n 2_o &_o 3_o of_o carthage_n which_o be_v the_o first_o that_o license_v priest_n to_o assist_v bishop_n in_o ordination_n yet_o be_v not_o obligatory_a in_o the_o west_n but_o for_o almost_o 300_o year_n after_o ordination_n be_v make_v by_o bishop_n alone_o but_o till_o this_o council_n no_o pretence_n of_o any_o such_o conjunction_n and_o after_o this_o council_n sole_a ordination_n do_v not_o expire_v in_o the_o west_n for_o above_o 200_o year_n together_o but_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v ever_o since_o then_o it_o have_v obtain_v that_o although_o presbyter_n join_v not_o in_o the_o consecration_n of_o a_o bishop_n yet_o of_o a_o presbyter_n they_o do_v but_o this_o be_v only_o by_o a_o positive_a subintroduce_v constitution_n first_o make_v in_o a_o provincial_n of_o africa_n and_o in_o other_o place_n receive_v by_o insinuation_n and_o conformity_n of_o practice_n *_o ay_o know_v not_o what_o can_v be_v say_v against_o it_o i_o only_o find_v a_o piece_n of_o a_o objection_n out_o of_o s._n cyprian_n who_o be_v a_o man_n so_o comply_v with_o the_o subject_n of_o his_o diocese_n that_o if_o any_o man_n he_o be_v like_a to_o furnish_v we_o with_o a_o antinomy_n *_o hunc_fw-la igitur_fw-la fratres_n dilectissimi_fw-la 33._o epist._n 33._o à _fw-la i_o &_o à _fw-la collegis_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la aderant_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la sciatis_fw-la here_o either_o by_o his_o colleague_n he_o mean_v bishop_n or_o presbyter_n if_o bishop_n than_o many_o bishop_n will_v be_v find_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o one_o to_o a_o inferior_a order_n which_o because_o it_o be_v as_o i_o observe_v before_o against_o the_o practice_n of_o christendom_n will_v not_o easy_o be_v admit_v to_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o s._n cyprian_n but_o if_o he_o mean_v presbyter_n by_o collegae_fw-la then_o sole_a ordination_n be_v invalidate_v by_o this_o example_n for_o presbyter_n join_v with_o he_o in_o the_o ordination_n of_o aurelius_n i_o answer_v that_o it_o matter_n not_o whether_o by_o his_o colleague_n he_o mean_v one_o or_o the_o other_o for_o aurelius_n the_o confessor_n who_o be_v the_o man_n ordain_v be_v ordain_v but_o to_o be_v a_o reader_n and_o that_o be_v no_o order_n of_o divine_a institution_n no_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o therefore_o may_v be_v dispense_v by_o one_o or_o more_o by_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n and_o no_o way_n enter_v into_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o question_n concern_v the_o power_n of_o collate_v those_o order_n which_o be_v gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o of_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o therefore_o this_o although_o i_o have_v see_v it_o once_o pretend_a yet_o have_v no_o validity_n to_o impugn_v the_o constant_a practice_n of_o primitive_a antiquity_n but_o then_o be_v all_o ordination_n invalid_a which_o be_v do_v by_o mere_a presbyter_n without_o a_o bishop_n what_o think_v we_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n 1._o for_o my_o part_n i_o know_v not_o what_o to_o think_v the_o question_n have_v be_v so_o often_o ask_v with_o so_o much_o violence_n and_o prejudice_n and_o we_o be_v so_o bind_v by_o public_a interest_n to_o approve_v all_o that_o they_o do_v that_o we_o have_v disable_v ourselves_o to_o justify_v our_o own_o for_o we_o be_v glad_a at_o first_o of_o abettor_n against_o the_o error_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n we_o find_v these_o man_n zealous_a in_o it_o we_o thank_v god_n for_o it_o as_o we_o have_v cause_n and_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o make_v they_o recompense_v by_o endeavour_v to_o justify_v their_o ordination_n not_o think_v what_o will_v follow_v upon_o ourselves_o but_o now_o it_o be_v come_v to_o that_o issue_n that_o our_o own_o episcopacy_n be_v think_v not_o necessary_a because_o we_o do_v not_o condemn_v the_o ordination_n of_o their_o presbytery_n 2._o why_o be_v not_o the_o question_n rather_o what_o we_o think_v of_o the_o primitive_a church_n than_o what_o we_o think_v of_o the_o reform_a church_n do_v the_o primitive_a counsel_n and_o father_n do_v well_o in_o condemn_v the_o ordination_n make_v by_o mere_a
it_o be_v 5._o can._n 5._o permit_v that_o any_o one_o may_v appeal_v to_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n si_fw-la fortè_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la indignatione_fw-la aut_fw-la contentione_n aut_fw-la qualibet_fw-la commotione_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la sint_fw-la if_o he_o think_v himself_o wrong_v by_o prejudice_n or_o passion_n and_o when_o the_o synod_n be_v meet_v hujusmodi_fw-la examinent_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la but_o by_o the_o way_n it_o must_v be_v synodus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la so_o the_o canon_n ut_fw-la ita_fw-la demum_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la ob_fw-la culpas_fw-la svas_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la offensas_fw-la meritò_fw-la contraxerunt_fw-la dignè_fw-la etiam_fw-la à _fw-la caeteris_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la habeantur_fw-la quousque_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la uisum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la humaniorum_fw-la circà _fw-la eos_fw-la far_o sententiam_fw-la the_o synod_n of_o bishop_n must_v ratify_v the_o excommunication_n of_o all_o those_o who_o for_o their_o delinquency_n have_v just_o incur_v the_o displeasure_n of_o their_o bishop_n and_o this_o censure_n to_o stick_v upon_o they_o till_o either_o the_o synod_n or_o their_o own_o bishop_n shall_v give_v a_o more_o gentle_a sentence_n **_o this_o canon_n we_o see_v relate_v to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o affix_n the_o judicature_n of_o priest_n and_o deacon_n to_o the_o bishop_n command_v their_o censure_n to_o be_v hold_v as_o firm_a and_o valid_a only_o as_o the_o apostle_n canon_n name_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n particular_o so_o the_o nicene_n canon_n speak_v indefinite_o and_o so_o comprehend_v all_o of_o the_o diocese_n and_o jurisdiction_n the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n give_v in_o express_a term_n the_o cognisance_n of_o clergy-cause_n to_o the_o bishop_n 59_o can._n 59_o calling_z aid_n from_o a_o synod_n in_o case_n a_o clergyman_n prove_v refractory_a and_o disobedient_a discordantes_fw-la clericos_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vel_fw-la ratione_fw-la vel_fw-la potestate_fw-la ad_fw-la concordiam_fw-la trahat_fw-la inobedientes_fw-la synodus_fw-la per_fw-la audientiam_fw-la damnet_fw-la if_o the_o bishop_n reason_n will_v not_o end_v the_o controversy_n of_o clergyman_n his_o power_n must_v but_o if_o any_o man_n listen_v to_o be_v contentious_a intimate_v as_o i_o suppose_v out_o of_o the_o nicene_n council_n with_o frivolous_a appeal_n and_o impertinent_a protraction_n the_o synod_n all_o bishop_n must_v condemn_v he_o viz._n for_o his_o disobey_v his_o bishop_n sentence_n *_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n be_v yet_o more_o particular_a in_o its_o sanction_n for_o this_o affair_n intimate_v a_o clear_a distinction_n of_o proceed_v in_o the_o cause_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o the_o other_o of_o priest_n and_o deacon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o can._n 4._o etc._n etc._n if_o a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v depose_v by_o a_o synod_n viz._n of_o bishop_n according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o nicene_n canon_n or_o a_o priest_n or_o deacon_n by_o his_o own_o bishop_n if_o he_o meddle_v with_o any_o sacred_a office_n he_o shall_v be_v hopeless_a of_o absolution_n but_o here_o we_o see_v that_o the_o ordinary_a judge_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n but_o of_o priest_n and_o deacon_n the_o bishop_n alone_o and_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v make_v firm_a omnimodò_fw-la in_o the_o next_o canon_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la presbyter_n vel_fw-la diaconus_fw-la proprio_fw-la contempto_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ...._o privatim_fw-la congregationem_fw-la effecerit_fw-la &_o altar_n erexerit_fw-la &_o episcopo_fw-la accersente_n non_fw-la obedierit_fw-la nec_fw-la velit_fw-la ei_fw-la parere_fw-la nec_fw-la morem_fw-la gerere_fw-la primò_fw-la &_o secundò_fw-la vocanti_fw-la hic_fw-la damnetur_fw-la omni_fw-la modo_fw-la ....._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la conturbare_fw-la &_o sollicitare_fw-la persistat_fw-la tanquam_fw-la seditiosus_fw-la per_fw-la potestates_fw-la ext_a as_o opprimatur_fw-la what_o presbyter_n soever_o refuse_v to_o obey_v his_o bishop_n and_o will_v not_o appear_v at_o his_o first_o or_o second_o summons_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v and_o if_o he_o shall_v persist_v to_o disturb_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v give_v over_o to_o the_o secular_a power_n *_o add_v to_o this_o the_o first_o canon_n of_o the_o same_o council_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n if_o any_o one_o be_v excommunicate_a by_o his_o own_o bishop_n &c_n &c_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o forego_n canon_n of_o nice_a and_o the_o apostle_n the_o result_n of_o these_o sanction_n be_v this_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o judge_n the_o bishop_n be_v to_o inflict_v censure_n the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n be_v either_o to_o obey_v or_o to_o be_v depose_v no_o great_a evidence_n in_o the_o world_n of_o a_o superior_a jurisdiction_n and_o this_o establish_v by_o all_o the_o power_n they_o have_v and_o this_o do_v extend_v not_o only_o to_o the_o clergy_n but_o to_o the_o laity_n for_o that_o be_v the_o close_a of_o the_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o constitution_n be_v concern_v the_o laity_n and_o the_o presbyter_n and_o the_o deacon_n and_o all_o that_o be_v within_o the_o rule_n viz_o that_o if_o their_o bishop_n have_v sequester_v they_o from_o the_o holy_a communion_n they_o must_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o communicate_v elsewhere_o but_o the_o audientia_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la the_o bishop_n audience-court_n be_v of_o large_a power_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o can._n 9_o if_o any_o clergy_n man_n have_v any_o cause_n against_o a_o clergy_n man_n let_v he_o by_o no_o mean_n leave_v his_o own_o bishop_n and_o run_v to_o secular_a court_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o first_o let_v the_o cause_n be_v examine_v before_o their_o own_o bishop_n or_o by_o the_o bishop_n leave_v before_o such_o person_n as_o the_o contest_a party_n shall_v desire_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whosoever_o do_v otherwise_o let_v he_o suffer_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n here_o be_v not_o only_o a_o subordination_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o matter_n criminal_a but_o also_o the_o civil_a cause_n of_o the_o clergy_n must_v be_v submit_v to_o the_o bishop_n under_o pain_n of_o the_o canon_n *_o i_o end_n this_o with_o the_o at_o estation_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n exact_o of_o the_o same_o spirit_n the_o same_o injunction_n and_o almost_o the_o same_o word_n with_o the_o former_a canon_n hosius_n the_o precedent_n say_v if_o any_o deacon_n or_o priest_n or_o 14._o can._n 13._o &_o 14._o of_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n be_v excommunicate_v shall_v go_v to_o another_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d know_v he_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v by_o his_o own_o bishop_n that_o other_o bishop_n must_v by_o no_o mean_n receive_v he_o into_o his_o communion_n thus_o far_o we_o have_v matter_n of_o public_a right_n and_o authority_n declare_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o ordinary_a judge_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o person_n of_o clergy_n man_n and_o have_v power_n of_o inflict_a censure_n both_o upon_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o weight_n in_o the_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n of_o the_o general_n counsel_n of_o nice_a and_o of_o chalcedon_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o antioch_n of_o sardis_n of_o carthage_n than_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o ordinary_a judge_n in_o all_o matter_n of_o spiritual_a cognisance_n and_o have_v power_n of_o censure_n and_o therefore_o a_o superiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n this_o thing_n only_o by_o the_o way_n in_o all_o these_o canon_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o any_o presbyter_n assistant_n with_o the_o bishop_n in_o his_o court_n for_o though_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o some_o church_n and_o in_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o s._n ignatius_n call_v they_o counsellor_n and_o assessor_n with_o the_o bishop_n yet_o the_o power_n and_o the_o right_n of_o inflict_a censure_n be_v only_o express_v to_o be_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o no_o concurrent_a jurisdiction_n mention_v in_o the_o presbytery_n but_o of_o this_o hereafter_o more_o particular_o *_o now_o we_o may_v see_v these_o canon_n attest_v by_o practice_n and_o dogmatic_a resolution_n s._n cyprian_n be_v the_o man_n who_o i_o will_v choose_v in_o all_o the_o world_n to_o depose_v in_o this_o cause_n because_o he_o if_o any_o man_n have_v give_v all_o due_n to_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n and_o yet_o if_o he_o reserve_v the_o superiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o that_o absolute_o and_o independent_o of_o conjunction_n with_o the_o presbytery_n we_o be_v all_o well_o enough_o and_o without_o suspicion_n *_o diù_fw-fr patientiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tenui_fw-la fratres_n charissimi_fw-la say_v he_o write_v 10._o epist._n 10._o to_o the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n of_o his_o church_n he_o be_v angry_a with_o they_o for_o admit_v the_o lapsi_fw-la without_o his_o consent_n and_o though_o he_o be_v
as_o willing_a as_o any_o man_n to_o comply_v both_o with_o the_o clergy_n and_o people_n of_o his_o diocese_n yet_o he_o also_o must_v assert_v his_o own_o privilege_n and_o peculiar_a quod_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la periculum_fw-la metuere_fw-la debemus_fw-la de_fw-la offensâ_fw-la domini_fw-la quando_fw-la aliqui_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la nec_fw-la evangelij_fw-la nec_fw-la loci_fw-la svi_fw-la memores_fw-la sed_fw-la neque_fw-la futurum_fw-la domini_fw-la judicium_fw-la neque_fw-la nunc_fw-la praepositum_fw-la sibi_fw-la episcopum_fw-la cogitantes_fw-la quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la omnino_fw-la sub_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la contumeliâ_fw-la &_o contemptu_fw-la praepositi_fw-la totum_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicent_fw-la the_o matter_n be_v that_o certain_a presbyter_n have_v reconcile_v they_o that_o fall_v in_o persecution_n without_o the_o performance_n of_o penance_n according_a to_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o this_o be_v 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case_n in_o which_o by_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n they_o may_v or_o such_o in_o which_o they_o must_v use_v excommunication_n then_o in_o these_o case_n no_o power_n can_v forbid_v they_o for_o what_o power_n christ_n have_v give_v they_o no_o man_n can_v take_v away_o 2._o as_o no_o humane_a power_n can_v disrobe_v the_o church_n of_o the_o power_n of_o excommunication_n so_o no_o humane_a power_n can_v invest_v the_o church_n with_o a_o lay_v compulsory_n for_o if_o the_o church_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o a_o jus_o gladij_fw-la as_o most_o certain_o she_o be_v not_o the_o church_n can_v receive_v power_n to_o put_v man_n to_o death_n or_o to_o inflict_v lesser_a pain_n in_o order_n to_o it_o or_o any_o thing_n above_o a_o salutary_a penance_n i_o mean_v in_o the_o formality_n of_o a_o church-tribunall_n than_o they_o give_v the_o church_n what_o she_o must_v not_o can_v take_v i_o deny_v not_o but_o clergy_n man_n be_v as_o capable_a of_o the_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n as_o any_o man_n but_o not_o in_o the_o formality_n of_o clergyman_n a_o
32._o conditores_fw-la basilicarum_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la quas_fw-la eisdem_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la conferunt_fw-la nullam_fw-la se_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habere_fw-la sed_fw-la juxta_fw-la canonum_fw-la instituta_fw-la sicut_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o dotem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la pertinere_fw-la these_o counsel_n i_o produce_v not_o as_o judge_n but_o as_o witness_n in_o the_o business_n for_o they_o give_v concurrent_a testimony_n that_o as_o the_o church_n itself_o so_o the_o dowry_n of_o it_o too_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n disposition_n by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n for_o so_o the_o three_o council_n of_o toledo_n call_v it_o antiquam_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la and_o itself_o be_v almost_o 1100._o year_n old_a so_o that_o still_o i_o be_o precise_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n though_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o narrow_a sense_n for_o so_o it_o be_v determine_v canonem_fw-la can._n 26._o vide_fw-la zonaram_n in_fw-la hunc_fw-la canonem_fw-la in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o chalcedon_n command_v that_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v dispense_v by_o a_o clergy_n steward_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d martyris_fw-la videatur_fw-la council_n carthag_n graec._n can_v 36._o 38._o &_o 41._o &_o balsam_n ibid._n &_o apologia_fw-la 2._o justini_n martyris_fw-la according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n or_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n add_v to_o this_o that_o without_o the_o bishop_n dimissory_a letter_n presbyter_n may_v not_o go_v to_o another_o diocese_n so_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o fifteen_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n under_o pain_n of_o suspension_n or_o deposition_n bishop_n §_o 39_o forbid_v presbyter_n to_o leave_v their_o own_o diocese_n or_o to_o travel_v without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o censure_n and_o that_o especial_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o he_o will_v not_o return_v when_o his_o bishop_n call_v he_o the_o same_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n cap._n 3._o and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n in_o trullo_n cap._n 17._o the_o censure_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v he_o be_v depose_v that_o shall_v without_o dimissory_a letter_n from_o his_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fix_v himself_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n but_o with_o licence_n of_o his_o bishop_n he_o may_v sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la alii_fw-la clerici_fw-la concessione_n suorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la possunt_fw-la ad_fw-la alius_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la transmigrare_fw-la but_o this_o be_v frequent_o renew_v 10._o vide_fw-la council_n epaun._n c._n 5._o &_o venet_n c._n 10._o in_o many_o other_o synodall_n decree_n these_o may_v suffice_v for_o this_o instance_n *_o but_o this_o not_o leave_v the_o diocese_n be_v not_o only_o mean_v of_o promotion_n in_o another_o church_n but_o clergy_n man_n may_v not_o travail_v from_o city_n to_o city_n without_o the_o bishop_n licence_n which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o argument_n of_o his_o regiment_n in_o genere_fw-la politico_fw-la but_o extend_v it_o almost_o to_o a_o despotic_a but_o so_o strict_a be_v the_o primitive_a church_n in_o preserve_v the_o strict_a tie_n of_o duty_n and_o clericall_a subordination_n to_o their_o bishop_n the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n command_v a_o priest_n or_o clergy_n 41._o can._n 41._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o travail_v without_o canonical_a or_o dimissory_a letter_n and_o who_o be_v to_o grant_v these_o letter_n be_v express_v in_o the_o next_o canon_n which_o repeat_v the_o same_o prohibition_n 42._o can._n 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o priest_n or_o a_o clerk_n must_v not_o travail_v without_o the_o command_n of_o his_o bishop_n and_o this_o prohibition_n be_v insert_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi do_v 5._o can_n non_fw-la oportet_fw-la which_o put_v in_o the_o clause_n of_o neque_fw-la etiam_fw-la laicum_fw-la but_o this_o be_v beyond_o the_o council_n the_o same_o be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o 38._o of_o can._n 38._o agatho_n the_o council_n of_o 5._o of_o can._n 5._o venice_n add_v a_o censure_n that_o those_o clerk_n shall_v be_v like_a person_n excommunicate_a in_o all_o those_o place_n whither_o they_o go_v without_o letter_n of_o licence_n from_o their_o bishop_n the_o same_o penalty_n be_v inflict_v by_o the_o council_n of_o epaunum_n presbytero_fw-la vel_fw-la diacono_fw-la 6._o can._n 6._o sine_fw-la antistitis_fw-la svi_fw-la epistolis_fw-la ambulanti_fw-la communionem_fw-la nullus_fw-la impendat_fw-la the_o first_o council_n of_o tourayne_n in_o france_n and_o the_o three_o council_n of_o orleans_n attest_v the_o self_n same_o power_n in_o the_o bishop_n and_o duty_n in_o all_o his_o clergy_n but_o a_o coërcitive_a authority_n make_v not_o a_o complete_a please_v §_o 40._o and_o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n to_o prefer_v which_o of_o his_o clerk_n he_o please_v jurisdiction_n unless_o it_o be_v also_o remunerative_a &_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d benefactor_n for_o it_o be_v but_o half_a a_o tie_n to_o endear_v obedience_n when_o the_o subject_a only_o fear_v quod_fw-la prodesse_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la that_o which_o can_v profit_v and_o therefore_o the_o primitive_a church_n to_o make_v the_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n up_o entire_a give_v power_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o present_v the_o clerk_n of_o his_o diocese_n to_o the_o high_a order_n and_o near_a degree_n of_o approximation_n to_o himself_o and_o the_o clerk_n may_v not_o refuse_v to_o be_v so_o promote_v item_n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la clerici_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconi_fw-la pro_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la ecclesiarnm_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperaverint_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la volentibus_fw-la eos_n ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la ampliorem_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la promovere_fw-la nec_fw-la illic_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o gradu_fw-la svo_fw-la unde_fw-la recedere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la so_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o african_a code_n they_o that_o will_v not_o by_o their_o bishop_n be_v promote_v to_o a_o great_a honour_n 31._o can._n 31._o in_o the_o church_n must_v not_o enjoy_v what_o they_o have_v already_o but_o it_o be_v a_o question_n of_o great_a consideration_n and_o worth_a a_o strict_a inquiry_n in_o who_o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o elect_a clerk_n be_v resident_a in_o the_o primitive_a church_n for_o the_o right_n and_o the_o power_n do_v not_o always_o go_v together_o and_o also_o several_a order_n have_v several_a manner_n of_o election_n presbyter_n and_o inferior_a clergy_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o bishop_n alone_o the_o bishop_n by_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n or_o by_o their_o chapter_n and_o last_o because_o of_o late_a strong_a outcry_n be_v make_v upon_o several_a pretension_n among_o which_o the_o people_n make_v the_o big_a noise_n though_o of_o all_o their_o title_n to_o election_n of_o clerk_n be_v most_o empty_a therefore_o let_v we_o consider_v it_o upon_o all_o its_o ground_n 1._o in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o be_v most_o certain_o the_o best_a precedent_n for_o all_o act_n of_o holy_a church_n we_o find_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o church_n and_o they_o pass_v through_o lystra_n iconium_n antioch_n and_o derbe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appoint_v they_o elder_n *_o s._n paul_n choose_v timothy_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n and_o he_o say_v of_o himself_o and_o titus_n for_o this_o cause_n i_o send_v thou_o to_o crete_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o thou_o shall_v oppoint_z presbyter_n or_o bishop_n be_v they_o which_o they_o will_v in_o every_o city_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v that_o the_o whole_a action_n be_v he_o for_o that_o he_o ordain_v they_o no_o man_n question_n but_o he_o also_o appoint_v they_o and_o that_o be_v say_v s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o 1._o titus_n v_o 5._o as_o i_o command_v thou_o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o apostolical_a ordinance_n that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v appoint_v presbyter_n let_v there_o be_v half_a so_o much_o show_v for_o the_o people_n and_o i_o will_v also_o endeavour_v to_o promote_v their_o interest_n ****_o there_o be_v only_o one_o pretence_n of_o a_o popular_a election_n in_o scripture_n it_o be_v of_o the_o seven_o that_o be_v set_v over_o the_o widow_n *_o but_o first_o this_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o hierarchy_n this_o be_v no_o cure_n of_o soul_n this_o be_v no_o divine_a institution_n it_o be_v in_o the_o dispensation_n of_o money_n it_o be_v by_o command_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o election_n be_v make_v and_o they_o may_v recede_v from_o their_o own_o right_n it_o be_v to_o satisfy_v the_o multitude_n it_o be_v to_o avoid_v scandal_n which_o in_o the_o dispensation_n of_o money_n may_v easy_o arise_v it_o be_v in_o a_o temporary_a office_n it_o be_v with_o such_o limitation_n and_o condition_n as_o the_o apostle_n prescribe_v they_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o number_n
enough_o to_o furnish_v both_o with_o variety_n and_o yet_o neither_o to_o admit_v mere_a presbyter_n in_o the_o present_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n nor_o yet_o the_o laity_n to_o a_o decision_n of_o the_o question_n nor_o authorise_v the_o decretal_a for_o beside_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n there_o be_v apostolical_a man_n which_o be_v presbyter_n and_o something_o more_o as_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o silas_n and_o evangelist_n and_o pastor_n beside_o which_o may_v furnish_v out_o the_o last_o appellative_a sufficient_o but_o however_o without_o any_o further_o trouble_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o word_n brethren_n do_v not_o distinguish_v the_o laity_n from_o the_o clergy_n now_o when_o they_o hear_v this_o they_o be_v prick_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o say_v unto_o peter_n and_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v judas_n and_o silas_n who_o be_v apostolical_a man_n be_v call_v in_o scripture_n chief_a man_n among_o the_o brethren_n but_o this_o be_v too_o know_v to_o need_v a_o contestation_n i_o only_o insert_v the_o say_n of_o basilius_n the_o emperor_n in_o the_o 8_o the_o synod_n de_fw-fr vobis_fw-la autem_fw-la laicis_fw-la tam_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o dignitatibus_fw-la quà m_fw-la qui_fw-la absolutè_fw-la versamini_fw-la quid_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la dicam_fw-la non_fw-la habeo_fw-la quà m_fw-la quòd_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la vobis_fw-la licet_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la causis_fw-la sermonem_fw-la movere_fw-la neque_fw-la penitùs_fw-la resistere_fw-la integritati_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o universali_fw-la synodo_fw-la adversari_fw-la layman_n say_v the_o emperor_n must_v by_o no_o mean_n meddle_v with_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a nor_o oppose_v themselves_o to_o the_o catholic_n church_n or_o counsel_n ecumenical_a they_o must_v not_o meddle_v for_o these_o thing_n appertain_v to_o the_o cognisance_n of_o bishop_n and_o their_o decision_n *_o and_o now_o after_o all_o this_o what_o authority_n be_v equal_a to_o this_o legislative_a of_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v aristotle_n 15._o lib._n 4._o polit_fw-la c._n 15._o they_o be_v all_o evidence_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n to_o deliberate_v to_o determine_v or_o judge_n to_o make_v law_n but_o to_o make_v law_n be_v the_o great_a power_n that_o be_v imaginable_a the_o first_o may_v belong_v fair_o enough_o to_o presbyter_n but_o i_o have_v prove_v the_o two_o latter_a to_o be_v appropriate_a to_o bishop_n last_o as_o if_o all_o the_o act_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o every_o 42._o §_o 42._o imaginable_a part_n of_o power_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n over_o clerk_n and_o the_o bishop_n have_v a_o propriety_n in_o the_o person_n of_o his_o clerk_n the_o presbyter_n &_o subordinate_a clergy_n the_o presbyter_n be_v say_v to_o be_v episcoporum_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la the_o bishop_n presbyter_n as_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o a_o superiority_n over_o they_o and_o as_o the_o bishop_n be_v a_o dispenser_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o bonis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la so_o he_o be_v of_o the_o person_n too_o a_o ruler_n in_o propriety_n *_o s._n hilary_n in_o the_o book_n which_o himself_o deliver_v to_o constantine_n ecclesiae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la say_v he_o per_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la meos_fw-la communionem_fw-la distribuens_fw-la i_o still_o give_v the_o holy_a communion_n to_o the_o faithful_a people_n by_o my_o presbyter_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o three_o council_n of_o carthage_n a_o great_a deliberation_n be_v have_v about_o require_v a_o clerk_n of_o his_o bishop_n to_o be_v promote_v in_o another_o church_n ...._o denique_fw-la qui_fw-la unum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la numquid_fw-la debet_fw-la illi_fw-la ipse_fw-la unus_fw-la presbyter_n auferri_fw-la say_v posthumianus_n if_o the_o bishop_n have_v 3._o can._n 45._o council_n carthag_n 3._o but_o one_o presbyter_n must_v that_o one_o be_v take_v from_o he_o idsequor_fw-la say_v aurelius_n ut_fw-la conveniam_fw-la episcopum_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la ei_fw-la inculcem_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la clericus_fw-la à _fw-la quâlibet_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la postuletur_fw-la and_o it_o be_v resolve_v ut_fw-la clericum_fw-la alienum_fw-la nisi_fw-la concedente_fw-la ejus_fw-la episcopo_fw-la no_o man_n shall_v retain_v another_o bishop_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o clerk_n he_o be_v *_o when_o athanasius_n be_v abuse_v by_o the_o calumny_n of_o the_o heretic_n his_o adversary_n and_o enter_v to_o purge_v himself_o athanasius_n ingreditur_fw-la cum_fw-la timotheo_n presbytero_fw-la 17._o eccles._n hist._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 17._o svo_fw-la he_o come_v in_o with_o timothy_n his_o presbyter_n and_o arsenius_n cujus_fw-la brachium_fw-la dicebatur_fw-la excisum_fw-la lector_n aliquando_fw-la fuerat_fw-la athanasii_fw-la arsenius_n be_v athanasius_n his_o reader_n vbi_fw-la autem_fw-la ventum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la rumores_fw-la de_fw-la poculo_fw-la fracto_fw-la à _fw-la macario_fw-la presbytero_fw-la athanasii_fw-la etc._n etc._n macarius_n be_v another_o of_o athanasius_n his_o priest_n so_o theodoret._n peter_n and_o irenaeus_n be_v two_o 8._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o more_o of_o his_o presbyter_n as_o himself_o witness_n paulinianus_n come_v sometime_o to_o visit_v we_o say_v s._n hierome_n to_o pammachius_n but_o not_o as_o your_o clerk_n sed_fw-la agentes_fw-la athanas._o epist_n aâ—_n vitam_fw-la solitar_n agentes_fw-la ejus_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la his_o clerk_n who_o do_v ordain_v he_o but_o these_o thing_n be_v too_o know_v to_o need_v a_o multiplication_n of_o instance_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o or_o no_o and_o how_o far_o the_o bishop_n have_v superiority_n over_o presbyter_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n their_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n have_v furnish_v we_o with_o these_o particular_n the_o power_n of_o church_n good_n and_o the_o sole_a dispensation_n of_o they_o and_o a_o propriety_n of_o person_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o clergy_n and_o church_n possession_n be_v in_o his_o power_n in_o his_o administration_n the_o clergy_n may_v not_o travail_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n they_o may_v not_o be_v prefer_v in_o another_o diocese_n without_o licence_n of_o their_o own_o bishop_n in_o their_o own_o church_n the_o bishop_n have_v sole_a power_n to_o prefer_v they_o and_o they_o must_v undertake_v the_o burden_n of_o any_o promotion_n if_o he_o call_v they_o to_o it_o without_o he_o they_o may_v not_o baptize_v not_o consecrate_v the_o eucharist_n not_o communicate_v not_o reconcile_v penitent_n not_o preach_v not_o only_o not_o without_o his_o ordination_n but_o not_o without_o a_o special_a faculty_n beside_o the_o capacity_n of_o their_o order_n the_o presbyter_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v their_o bishop_n in_o their_o sanction_n and_o canonical_a imposition_n even_o by_o the_o decrce_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o ignatius_n and_o the_o constitution_n of_o s._n clement_n of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n ancyra_n and_o toledo_n and_o many_o other_o the_o bishop_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v judge_n in_o ordinary_a of_o the_o clergy_n and_o people_n of_o their_o diocese_n by_o the_o concurrent_a suffrage_n of_o almost_o 2000_o holy_a father_n assemble_v in_o nice_a ephesus_n chalcedon_n in_o carthage_n antioch_n sardis_n aquileia_n taurinum_n agatho_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n and_o by_o the_o apostle_n and_o all_o this_o attest_v by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n inflict_v censure_n upon_o delinquent_n and_o absolve_v they_o as_o they_o see_v cause_n and_o by_o the_o dogmatic_a resolution_n of_o the_o old_a catholic_n declare_v in_o their_o attribute_n and_o appellative_n of_o the_o episcopal_a function_n that_o they_o have_v supreme_a and_o universal_a spiritual_a power_n viz._n in_o the_o sense_n above_o explicate_v over_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n of_o their_o diocese_n as_o that_o they_o be_v high_a than_o all_o power_n the_o image_n of_o god_n the_o figure_n of_o christ_n christ_n vicar_n precedent_n of_o the_o church_n prince_n of_o priest_n of_o authority_n incomparable_a unparalleled_a power_n and_o many_o more_o if_o all_o this_o be_v witness_n enough_o of_o the_o superiority_n of_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n we_o have_v their_o deposition_n we_o may_v proceed_v as_o we_o see_v cause_n for_o and_o reduce_v our_o episcopacy_n to_o the_o primitive_a state_n for_o that_o be_v true_o a_o reformation_n id_fw-la dominicum_fw-la quod_fw-la primum_fw-la id_fw-la haereticum_fw-la quod_fw-la posterius_fw-la and_o then_o we_o shall_v be_v sure_a episcopacy_n will_v loose_v nothing_o by_o these_o unfortunate_a contestation_n but_o against_o the_o cause_n it_o be_v object_v super_fw-la totam_fw-la 43._o §._o 43._o parish_n their_o jurisdiction_n be_v over_o many_o congregation_n or_o parish_n materiam_fw-la that_o bishop_n be_v not_o diocesan_n but_o parochial_a and_o therefore_o of_o so_o confine_v a_o jurisdiction_n that_o perhaps_o our_o village_n or_o city_n priest_n shall_v advance_v their_o pulpit_n as_o high_a as_o the_o bishop_n throne_n *_o well!_o put_v case_n they_o be_v not_o diocesan_n but_o parish_n bishop_n what_o
bishop_n be_v of_o small_a town_n and_o therefore_o these_o canon_n be_v not_o observe_v and_o bishop_n may_v be_v and_o be_v parochial_a as_o s._n gregory_n of_o nazianzum_fw-la zoticus_n of_o comana_n maris_n in_o dolicha_n the_o one_o of_o these_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 16._o by_o lib._n y._n c._n 16._o eusebius_n and_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 4._o by_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 4._o theodoret_n a_o little_a town_n this_o be_v all_o be_v pretend_v for_o this_o great_a scarecrow_n of_o parochial_a bishop_n *_o but_o first_o suppose_v these_o have_v be_v parish_n and_o these_o three_o parochial_a bishop_n it_o follow_v not_o that_o all_o be_v not_o those_o to_o be_v sure_a which_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o province_n and_o kingdom_n 2_o lie_v it_o be_v a_o clear_a case_n that_o nazianzum_fw-la though_o a_o small_a city_n yet_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o a_o bishop_n throne_n so_o it_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v by_o leo_n the_o emperor_n where_o it_o be_v account_v inter_fw-la thronos_fw-la 89._o ius_n graecc-rom_n p._n 89._o ecclesiarum_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la constantinopolitano_fw-it subjectarum_fw-la &_o be_v in_o the_o same_o account_n with_o caesarea_n with_o ephesus_n with_o crete_n with_o philippi_n and_o almost_o fourscore_o more_o *_o as_o for_o zoticus_n he_o indeed_o come_v from_o 27._o vide_fw-la baron_n an._n dom._n 205_o n._n 27._o comana_n a_o village_n town_n for_o there_o he_o be_v bear_v but_o he_o be_v episcopus_fw-la otrenus_n bishop_n of_o otrea_n in_o armenia_n say_v 25._o say_v lib._n 4._o c._n 25._o nicephorus_n *_o and_o for_o maris_n the_o bishop_n of_o dolicha_n it_o be_v indeed_o such_o a_o small_a city_n as_o nazianzus_n be_v but_o that_o prove_v not_o but_o his_o diocese_n and_o territory_n be_v large_a enough_o thus_o be_v asclepius_n eccles._n gennad_n apud_fw-la hieron_n johan._n de_fw-fr trittenheim_n de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n vici_fw-la non_fw-la grandis_fw-la but_o yet_o he_o be_v vagensis_fw-la territorii_fw-la episcopus_fw-la his_o seat_n may_v usual_o be_v in_o a_o little_a city_n if_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o town_n in_o which_o according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o bishop_n ancient_o be_v ordain_v and_o yet_o the_o appurtenance_n of_o his_o diocese_n large_a and_o extend_v and_o too_o great_a for_o 100_o parish_n priest_n 4_o lie_n the_o institution_n of_o chorepiscopi_fw-la prove_v most_o evident_o that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n be_v diocesan_n not_o parochial_a for_o they_o be_v institute_v to_o assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o part_n of_o his_o country-charge_n and_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d visiter_n as_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n call_v they_o but_o what_o need_v such_o suffragans_fw-la such_o coadjutor_n to_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o parish_n indeed_o they_o may_v possible_o have_v be_v needful_a for_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o citty-parish_n especial_o if_o a_o whole_a city_n be_v a_o parish_n as_o these_o objector_n must_v pretend_v or_o not_o say_v primitive_a bishop_n be_v parochial_a but_o be_v these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v suffragans_fw-la to_o the_o bishop_n and_o do_v their_o office_n in_o the_o country_n while_o the_o bishop_n be_v resident_a in_o the_o city_n either_o the_o bishop_n parish_n extend_v itself_o from_o city_n to_o country_n and_o than_o it_o be_v all_o one_o with_o a_o diocese_n or_o else_o we_o can_v find_v no_o employment_n for_o a_o chorepiscopus_n or_o visitor_n *_o the_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n describe_v their_o use_n and_o power_n qui_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la &_o vicis_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la chorepiscopi_fw-la ...._o placuit_fw-la sanctae_fw-la synodo_fw-la ut_fw-la modum_fw-la proprium_fw-la recognoscant_fw-la ut_fw-la gubernent_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la they_o be_v to_o govern_v the_o church_n delegated_a to_o their_o charge_n it_o seem_v they_o have_v many_o church_n under_o their_o provision_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v but_o the_o bishop_n vicar_n for_o so_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o canon_n he_o must_v not_o ordain_v any_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n absque_fw-la vrbis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cvi_fw-la ipse_fw-la subjicitus_fw-la &_o regio_n without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o city_n to_o who_o both_o himself_n and_o all_o the_o country_n be_v subordinate_a 5._o the_o bishop_n be_v one_o in_o a_o city_n wherein_o be_v many_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n ignatius_n there_o be_v one_o altar_n in_o every_o church_n and_o philadelph_n epist._n ad_fw-la philadelph_n one_o bishop_n together_o with_o the_o presbytery_n and_o the_o deacon_n either_o then_o a_o whole_a city_n such_o as_o rome_n or_o jerusalem_n which_o as_o josephus_n report_v have_v 400_o synagogue_n must_v be_v but_o one_o parish_n and_o then_o they_o have_v as_o good_a call_v a_o bishop_n charge_v a_o diocese_n as_o a_o parish_n in_o that_o latitude_n or_o if_o there_o be_v many_o parish_n in_o a_o city_n and_o the_o bishop_n can_v have_v but_o one_o of_o they_o why_o what_o hinder_v but_o that_o there_o may_v in_o a_o city_n be_v as_o many_o bishop_n as_o presbyter_n for_o if_o a_o bishop_n can_v have_v but_o one_o parish_n why_o may_v notevery_a parish_n have_v a_o bishop_n but_o by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n a_o city_n though_o never_o so_o great_a can_v have_v but_o one_o for_o itself_o and_o all_o the_o country_n therefore_o every_o parish-priest_n be_v not_o a_o bishop_n nor_o the_o bishop_n a_o mere_a parish-priest_n ne_o in_o unâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la duo_fw-la sint_fw-la episcopi_fw-la be_v the_o constitution_n hist._n lib._n 10._o eccles._n hist._n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n as_o say_v ruffinus_n and_o long_o before_o this_o it_o be_v so_o know_v a_o business_n that_o one_o city_n shall_v have_v but_o one_o bishop_n that_o cornelius_n exprobrate_v to_o novatus_n his_o ignorance_n be_v ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la 33._o apud_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 33._o evangelium_fw-la vendicabat_fw-la nesciebat_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la ubi_fw-la videbat_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la &_o sex_n novatus_n the_o father_n of_o the_o old_a puritan_n be_v a_o goodly_a gospeller_n that_o do_v not_o know_v that_o in_o a_o catholic_n church_n there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o bishop_n wherein_o there_o be_v 46_o presbyter_n intimate_v clear_o that_o a_o church_n that_o have_v two_o bishop_n be_v not_o catholic_n but_o schismatic_a at_o least_o if_o both_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v of_o a_o fix_a residence_n what_o then_o be_v he_o that_o will_v make_v as_o many_o bishop_n in_o a_o church_n as_o presbyter_n he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o fight_v against_o god_n if_o s._n ambrose_n say_v true_a deus_fw-la enim_fw-la singulis_fw-la 12._o in_o 1._o cor._n 12._o ecclesiis_fw-la singulos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la praeesse_fw-la decrevit_fw-la god_n have_v decree_v that_o one_o bishop_n shall_v rule_v in_o one_o church_n and_o of_o what_o extent_n his_o one_o church_n be_v may_v easy_o be_v guess_v by_o himself_o who_o be_v the_o ruler_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o great_a city_n and_o province_n of_o milan_n *_o and_o therefore_o when_o valerius_n 8._o valerius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 66._o n._n 6._o possidon_n in_o vitâ_fw-la s._n aug._n cap._n 8._o as_o it_o be_v then_o sometime_o use_v in_o several_a church_n have_v ordain_v s._n austin_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o hippo_n whereof_o valerius_n be_v also_o bishop_n at_o the_o same_o time_n s._n austin_n be_v trouble_v at_o it_o as_o a_o act_n most_o uncanonicall_a and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o rule_v in_o common_a with_o valerius_n but_o to_o rule_v in_o succession_n and_o after_o the_o consummation_n of_o valerius_n it_o be_v the_o same_o case_n in_o agelius_n a_o novatian_a bishop_n ordain_v marcian_n 21_o socrat._v lib._n 5._o cap._n 21_o to_o be_v his_o successor_n and_o sisinnius_n to_o succeed_v he_o the_o act_n be_v indeed_o irregular_a but_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o harm_n in_o it_o to_o this_o cause_n they_o be_v ordain_v to_o succeed_v not_o in_o conjunction_n *_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v sozomen_n it_o be_v a_o 15._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o note_n of_o schism_n and_o against_o the_o rule_n of_o h._n church_n to_o have_v two_o bishop_n in_o one_o chair_n secundus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v s._n 2._o s._n lib._n 4._o epist._n 2._o cyprian_n and_o as_o cornelius_n report_v it_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o s._n cyprian_n it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o confessor_n that_o have_v be_v the_o instrument_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o novatian_a schism_n by_o erect_v another_o bishop_n nec_fw-la non_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la dominum_fw-la quem_fw-la confessi_fw-la sumus_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la
and_o authority_n he_o be_v to_o be_v obey_v in_o all_o thing_n and_o contradict_v in_o nothing_o the_o bishop_n judgement_n be_v to_o sway_v and_o nothing_o must_v seem_v magnes_fw-la ad_fw-la trallian_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la please_v to_o the_o presbyter_n that_o be_v cross_v to_o the_o bishop_n sentence_n this_o and_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o which_o i_o have_v former_o make_v use_v of_o be_v in_o ignatius_n and_o now_o let_v their_o assistance_n and_o counsel_n extend_v as_o far_o as_o it_o will_v the_o bishop_n authority_n be_v invulnerable_a but_o i_o have_v already_o enough_o discuss_v this_o instance_n of_o s._n hierome_n §_o thither_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n 2._o but_o s._n cyprian_n must_v do_v this_o business_n for_o we_o if_o any_o man_n for_o of_o all_o the_o bishop_n he_o do_v act_n of_o the_o great_a condescension_n and_o seem_a declination_n of_o episcopal_a authority_n but_o let_v we_o see_v the_o worst_a ad_fw-la id_fw-la verò_fw-la quod_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la mihi_fw-la compresbyteri_fw-la nostri_fw-la 6._o epist._n 6._o ...._o solus_fw-la rescribere_fw-la nihil_fw-la potui_fw-la quando_fw-la à _fw-la primordio_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la mei_fw-la statuerim_fw-la nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la meae_fw-la privatâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la gerere_fw-la and_o again_o quamvis_fw-la mihi_fw-la videantur_fw-la debere_fw-la 19_o epist._n 19_o pacem_fw-la accipere_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la consultum_fw-la vestrum_fw-la eos_fw-la dimisi_fw-la ne_fw-la videar_fw-la aliquid_fw-la temerè_fw-la praesumere_fw-la and_o a_o three_o time_n quae_fw-la res_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la consilium_fw-la 18._o epist._n 18._o &_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 these_o be_v the_o great_a step_n of_o episcopal_a humility_n that_o i_o find_v in_o materiâ_fw-la juridicâ_fw-la the_o sum_n whereof_o be_v this_o that_o s._n cyprian_n do_v consult_v his_o presbyter_n and_o clergy_n in_o matter_n of_o consequence_n and_o resolve_v to_o do_v nothing_o without_o their_o advice_n but_o then_o consider_v also_o it_o be_v statui_fw-la apud_fw-la i_o i_o have_v resolve_v with_o myself_o to_o do_v nothing_o without_o your_o counsel_n it_o be_v no_o necessity_n ab_fw-la extrà _fw-la no_o duty_n no_o sanction_n of_o holy_a church_n that_o bind_v he_o to_o such_o a_o modesty_n it_o be_v his_o own_o voluntary_a act_n 2._o it_o be_v as_o well_o diaconorum_fw-la as_o presbyterorum_fw-la consilium_fw-la that_o he_o will_v have_v in_o conjunction_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o title_n of_o the_o six_o and_o eighteen_o epistle_n cyprianus_n presbyter_n be_v ac_fw-la diaconis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la salutem_fw-la so_o that_o here_o the_o presbyter_n can_v no_o more_o challenge_v a_o power_n of_o regiment_n in_o common_a than_o the_o deacon_n by_o any_o divine_a law_n or_o catholic_a 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find_v worthy_a of_o so_o divine_a a_o priesthood_n let_v he_o be_v advance_v to_o the_o high_a honour_n *_o ego_fw-la procidens_fw-la ad_fw-la pedes_fw-la ejus_fw-la rogabam_fw-la excusans_fw-la i_o &_o declinans_fw-la honorem_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la say_v s._n clement_n when_o s._n peter_n jacobum_fw-la epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la will_v have_v advance_v he_o to_o the_o honour_n and_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n chair_n but_o in_o the_o three_o epistle_n speak_v of_o the_o dignity_n of_o aaron_n the_o highpriest_n and_o then_o by_o analogy_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o although_o he_o be_v a_o minister_n in_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedek_n yet_o he_o have_v also_o the_o honour_n of_o aaron_n omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la pontifex_fw-la sacro_fw-la crismate_n perunctus_fw-la &_o in_o civitate_fw-la constitutus_fw-la &_o in_o scripture_n sacris_fw-la conditus_fw-la charus_fw-la &_o preciosus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la oppidò_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la every_o high_a 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however_o thing_n be_v now_o it_o be_v interest_n §._o 49._o and_o trust_v with_o affair_n of_o secular_a interest_n otherwise_o in_o the_o old_a religion_n for_o no_o honour_n be_v think_v too_o great_a for_o they_o who_o god_n have_v honour_v with_o so_o great_a degree_n of_o approximation_n to_o himself_o in_o power_n and_o authority_n but_o then_o also_o they_o go_v further_a for_o they_o think_v who_o god_n have_v entrust_v with_o their_o soul_n they_o may_v with_o a_o equal_a confidence_n trust_v with_o their_o personal_a action_n and_o employment_n of_o great_a trust_n for_o it_o be_v great_a consideration_n that_o they_o who_o be_v antistites_fw-la religionis_fw-la the_o doctor_n and_o great_a dictator_n of_o faith_n and_o conscience_n shall_v be_v the_o composer_n of_o those_o affair_n in_o who_o determination_n a_o divine_a wisdom_n and_o interest_n of_o conscience_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o best_a ingredient_n but_o it_o be_v worth_a observe_n how_o the_o church_n and_o the_o commonwealth_n do_v action_n contrary_a to_o each_o other_o in_o pursuance_n of_o their_o several_a interest_n the_o commonwealth_n still_o enable_v bishop_n to_o take_v cognisance_n of_o cause_n and_o the_o confidence_n of_o their_o own_o people_n will_v be_v sure_a to_o carry_v they_o thither_o where_o they_o hope_v for_o fair_a issue_n upon_o such_o good_a ground_n as_o they_o may_v fair_o expect_v from_o the_o bishop_n ability_n authority_n and_o religion_n but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o church_n do_v as_o much_o decline_v they_o as_o she_o can_v and_o make_v sanction_n against_o it_o so_o far_o as_o she_o may_v without_o take_v from_o themselves_o all_o opportunity_n both_o of_o do_v good_a to_o their_o people_n and_o engage_v the_o secular_a arm_n to_o their_o own_o assistance_n but_o this_o we_o shall_v see_v by_o consideration_n of_o particular_n 1._o it_o be_v not_o in_o naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la unlawful_a for_o bishop_n to_o receive_v a_o 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serious_o let_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o judge_n for_o by_o least_o esteem_v he_o can_v not_o mean_v the_o most_o ignorant_a of_o the_o laity_n they_o will_v most_o certain_o have_v do_v very_o strange_a justice_n especial_o in_o such_o cause_n which_o they_o understand_v not_o no_o but_o set_v they_o to_o judge_v who_o by_o their_o office_n be_v servant_n and_o minister_n of_o all_o and_o those_o be_v the_o clergy_n who_o as_o s._n paul_n expression_n be_v preach_v not_o themselves_o but_o jesus_n to_o be_v the_o lord_n and_o themselves_o your_o servant_n for_o jesus_n sake_n meliùs_fw-la dicit_fw-la apud_fw-la dei_fw-la ministros_fw-la agere_fw-la causam_fw-la yea_o but_o s._n paul_n expression_n seem_v to_o exclude_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n from_o intermeddle_v be_v there_o not_o one_o wise_a man_n among_o you_o that_o be_v able_a to_o judge_n between_o his_o brethren_n why_o brethren_n if_o bishop_n and_o priest_n be_v to_o be_v the_o judge_n 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and_o a_o deacon_n must_v not_o assume_v or_o take_v on_o himself_o worldly_a care_n if_o he_o do_v let_v he_o be_v depose_v here_o the_o prohibition_n be_v general_a no_o worldly_a care_n not_o domestic_a but_o how_o if_o they_o come_v on_o he_o by_o divine_a imposition_n or_o accident_n that_o be_v nothing_o if_o he_o do_v not_o assume_v they_o that_o be_v by_o his_o voluntary_a act_n acquire_v his_o own_o trouble_n so_o that_o if_o his_o secular_a employment_n be_v a_o act_n of_o obedience_n indeed_o it_o be_v trouble_v to_o he_o but_o no_o sin_n but_o if_o he_o seek_v it_o for_o itself_o it_o be_v ambition_n in_o this_o sense_n also_o must_v the_o follow_a canon_n be_v understand_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o clerk_n must_v not_o be_v a_o tutor_n or_o guardian_n viz_o of_o secular_a trust_n that_o be_v must_v not_o seek_v a_o diversion_n from_o his_o employment_n by_o voluntary_a tutorship_n 3._o the_o church_n also_o forbid_v all_o secular_a negotiation_n for_o base_a end_n not_o precise_o the_o employment_n itself_o but_o the_o illnesse_n of_o the_o intention_n and_o this_o indeed_o she_o express_o forbid_v in_o her_o canon_n *_o pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctam_fw-la synodum_fw-la quòd_fw-la quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la sunt_fw-la allecti_fw-la propter_fw-la lucra_fw-la turpia_fw-la conductores_fw-la alienarum_fw-la 3._o council_n chalce_v act._n 15._o can_n 3._o possessionum_fw-la fiant_fw-la &_o saecularia_fw-la negotia_fw-la sub_fw-la curâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la suscipiant_fw-la dei_fw-la quidem_fw-la ministerium_fw-la parvipendentes_fw-la saecularium_fw-la verò_fw-la discurrentes_fw-la domos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la avaritiam_fw-la patrimoniorum_fw-la sollicitudinem_fw-la sumente_n clergy_n man_n farmer_n of_o land_n and_o do_v take_v upon_o they_o secular_a employment_n for_o covetous_a design_n and_o with_o neglect_n of_o the_o church_n these_o be_v the_o thing_n the_o council_n complain_v of_o and_o therefore_o according_a to_o this_o exigence_n the_o follow_a sanction_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v decrevit_fw-la itaque_fw-la hoc_fw-la sanctum_fw-la magnumque_fw-la concilium_fw-la nullum_fw-la deinceps_fw-la non_fw-la episcopum_fw-la non_fw-la clericum_fw-la vel_fw-la monachus_fw-la aut_fw-la possessiones_fw-la conducere_fw-la aut_fw-la negotijs_fw-la saecularibus_fw-la se_fw-la immiscere_fw-la no_o bishop_n no_o clergy_n man_n no_o monk_n must_v farm_v ground_n nor_o engage_v himself_o in_o secular_a business_n what_o in_o none_o no_o none_o praeter_fw-la pupillorum_fw-la si_fw-la fortè_fw-la leges_fw-la imponant_fw-la inexcusabilem_fw-la curam_fw-la aut_fw-la civitatis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la sollicitudinem_fw-la habere_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la aut_fw-la orphanorum_fw-la &_o viduarum_fw-la earum_fw-la quae_fw-la sine_fw-la ullâ_fw-la defension_n sunt_fw-la ac_fw-la personarum_fw-la quae_fw-la maximè_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la indigent_a adjutorio_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la timorem_fw-la domini_fw-la causa_fw-la deposcat_fw-la this_o canon_n will_v do_v right_a to_o the_o question_n all_o secular_a affair_n and_o bargain_n either_o for_o covetousness_n or_o with_o considerable_a disturbance_n of_o church_n office_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v for_o a_o clergy_n man_n must_v not_o be_v covetous_a much_o less_o for_o covetise_n must_v he_o neglect_v his_o cure_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o of_o the_o second_o council_n of_o arles_n clericus_fw-la turpis_fw-la lucri_fw-la 14._o can._n 14._o gratiâ_fw-la aliquod_fw-la genus_fw-la negotiationis_fw-la non_fw-la exerceat_fw-la but_o nor_o here_o nor_o at_o chalcedon_n be_v the_o prohibition_n absolute_a nor_o declaratory_a of_o a_o inconsistence_n and_o incapacity_n for_o for_o all_o this_o the_o bishop_n or_o clerk_n may_v do_v any_o office_n that_o be_v in_o piâ_fw-la curâ_fw-la he_o may_v undertake_v the_o supravision_n of_o widow_n and_o orphan_n and_o though_o he_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o be_v a_o guardian_n of_o pupil_n yet_o it_o be_v expound_v here_o by_o this_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n for_o a_o voluntary_a seek_v it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o apostle_n but_o here_o it_o be_v permit_v only_o with_o si_fw-la fortè_fw-la leges_fw-la imponant_fw-la if_o the_o law_n or_o
authority_n command_v he_o than_o he_o may_v undertake_v it_o that_o be_v if_o either_o the_o emperor_n command_v he_o or_o if_o the_o bishop_n permit_v he_o than_o it_o be_v lawful_a but_o without_o such_o command_n or_o license_v it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o therefore_o s._n cyprian_n do_v himself_o severe_o punish_v geminius_n faustinus_n one_o of_o the_o priest_n of_o carthage_n for_o undertake_v the_o executorship_n of_o the_o testament_n of_o geminius_n victor_n he_o 66._o epist._n 66._o have_v no_o leave_n of_o his_o bishop_n so_o to_o do_v and_o for_o he_o of_o his_o own_o head_n to_o undertake_v that_o which_o will_v be_v a_o avocation_n of_o he_o from_o his_o office_n do_v in_o s._n cyprian_n consistory_n deserve_v a_o censure_n 3._o by_o this_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n any_o clerk_n may_v be_v the_o oeconomus_fw-la or_o steward_n of_o a_o church_n and_o dispense_v her_o revenue_n if_o the_o bishop_n command_v he_o 4._o he_o may_v undertake_v the_o patronage_n or_o assistance_n of_o any_o distress_a person_n that_o need_v the_o church_n aid_n *_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o secular_a employment_n do_v not_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la avocate_v a_o clergyman_n from_o his_o necessary_a office_n and_o duty_n for_o some_o secular_a employment_n be_v permit_v he_o all_o cause_n of_o piety_n of_o charity_n all_o occurrence_n concern_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n and_o nothing_o for_o covetousness_n but_o any_o thing_n in_o obedience_n any_o thing_n ibid._n vide_fw-la synod_n roman_n sub_fw-la sylvestr_n c._n 4._o council_n chalce_v c._n 26._o &_o zonar_n ibid._n i_o mean_v of_o the_o forenamed_a instance_n nay_o the_o affair_n of_o church_n revenue_n and_o dispensation_n of_o ecclesiastical_a patrimony_n be_v impose_v on_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o canon_n apostolical_a and_o then_o consider_v how_o many_o possession_n be_v deposit_v first_o at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o bishop_n hand_n we_o may_v quick_o perceive_v that_o a_o case_n may_v occur_v in_o which_o something_o else_o may_v be_v do_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o his_o clergy_n beside_o prayer_n and_o preach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v ignatius_n to_o s._n polycarpe_n of_o smyrna_n let_v not_o the_o widow_n be_v neglect_v after_o god_n do_v thou_o take_v care_n of_o they_o *_o qui_fw-la locuplete_v sunt_fw-la &_o volunt_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la 2._o justin._n martyr_n apolog._n 2._o cuique_fw-la svo_fw-la quod_fw-la libitum_fw-la est_fw-la contribuit_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la collectum_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la praesidem_fw-la deponitur_fw-la atque_fw-la be_v inde_fw-la opitulatur_fw-la orphanis_fw-la &_o viduis_fw-la iisque_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la morbo_fw-la vel_fw-la aliâ_fw-la de_fw-la causâ_fw-la egent_fw-la tum_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la vincti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o peregrè_fw-la advenientibus_fw-la hospitibus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la uno_fw-la verbo_fw-la dicam_fw-la omnium_fw-la 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be_v of_o the_o 70_o disciple_n say_v epiphanius_n and_o such_o man_n as_o preach_v and_o baptise_a so_o s._n stephen_n and_o s._n philip_n therefore_o to_o be_v sure_o they_o be_v clergyman_n and_o yet_o they_o leave_v their_o preach_n for_o a_o time_n at_o least_o abate_v of_o the_o height_n of_o the_o employment_n for_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n appoint_v they_o that_o themselves_o may_v not_o leave_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o serve_v table_n plain_o imply_v that_o such_o man_n who_o be_v to_o serve_v these_o table_n must_v leave_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n in_o some_o sense_n or_o degree_n and_o yet_o they_o choose_v presbyter_n and_o no_o harm_n neither_o and_o for_o a_o while_n themselves_o have_v the_o employment_n i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o harm_n do_v by_o this_o temporary_a office_n to_o their_o priestly_a function_n and_o employment_n for_o to_o i_o it_o be_v considerable_a if_o the_o call_n of_o a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n than_o what_o inconvenience_n though_o his_o employment_n be_v mix_v with_o secular_a allay_n but_o if_o it_o do_v take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n than_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a for_o any_o presbyter_n ever_o to_o become_v a_o bishop_n which_o be_v a_o dignity_n of_o a_o far_o great_a burden_n and_o require_v more_o than_o a_o man_n be_v all_o if_o all_o be_v require_v to_o the_o function_n of_o a_o presbyter_n but_o i_o proceed_v 4._o the_o church_n prohibit_v secular_a employment_n to_o bishop_n and_o clerk_n do_v prohibit_v it_o only_o in_o gradu_fw-la impedimenti_fw-la officii_fw-la clericalis_fw-la and_o therefore_o when_o the_o office_n be_v supply_v by_o any_o of_o the_o order_n it_o be_v never_o prohibit_v but_o that_o the_o personal_a ability_n of_o any_o man_n may_v be_v employ_v for_o the_o fair_a advantage_n either_o of_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o canon_n provide_v that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o destitute_a not_o 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