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decanus_n or_o deane_n be_v first_o use_v to_o note_v out_o such_o a_o perfect_a or_o governor_n of_o monk_n as_o have_v the_o rule_n of_o ten_o monk_n live_v together_o in_o common_a and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o name_n of_o a_o deane_n be_v find_v in_o 〈◊〉_d s._n augustine_n the_o archpresbyters_a which_o bishop_n ancient_o appoint_v to_o assist_v they_o be_v of_o 2_o sort_n 8._o vrbaâ—…i_n &_o vicani_fw-la that_o be_v such_o as_o live_v in_o the_o great_a church_n in_o the_o city_n and_o such_o as_o live_v abroad_o in_o the_o country_n &_o be_v thereupon_o name_v rural_a archpresbyters_a or_o rural_a dean_n touch_v the_o former_a who_o live_v in_o the_o great_a church_n in_o the_o city_n because_o the_o bishop_n alone_o either_o in_o respect_n of_o absence_n or_o employment_n can_v not_o execute_v all_o thing_n that_o pertain_v to_o the_o service_n belong_v to_o his_o place_n nor_o give_v particular_a direction_n to_o every_o other_o what_o he_o shall_v do_v they_o be_v choose_v out_o of_o the_o whole_a number_n of_o presbyter_n partly_o to_o execute_v and_o perform_v what_o the_o bishop_n in_o his_o own_o person_n shall_v have_v do_v and_o partly_o to_o prescribe_v to_o other_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v the_o rural_a archpresbyters_a have_v the_o oversight_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o presbyter_n that_o be_v place_v in_o the_o lesser_a title_n or_o mean_a church_n abroad_o in_o the_o country_n concern_v these_o we_o find_v it_o thus_o decree_v 25._o ut_fw-la singulae_fw-la plebes_fw-la archipresbyterum_fw-la habeant_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la imperiti_fw-la vulgi_fw-la sollicitudinem_fw-la gerat_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la minores_fw-la titulos_fw-la habitant_fw-la vitam_fw-la iugi_fw-la circumspectione_n custodiat_fw-la quâ_fw-la cuique_fw-la industriâ_fw-la divinum_fw-la opus_fw-la exerceat_fw-la episcopo_fw-la enunciet_a nec_fw-la contendat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la egere_fw-la plebem_fw-la archipresbytero_fw-la quasi_fw-la ipse_fw-la eam_fw-la gubernare_fw-la valeat_fw-la quia_fw-la etsi_fw-la valde_fw-la idoneus_fw-la sit_fw-la decet_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la sua_fw-la onera_fw-la partiatur_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la ipse_fw-la matrici_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeest_fw-la ita_fw-la archipresbyteri_fw-la praesint_fw-la plebibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o nullo_n titubet_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la sollicitudo_fw-la cunctatamen_fw-la referant_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la contra_fw-la eius_fw-la decretum_fw-la ordinare_fw-la praesumant_fw-la that_o be_v that_o each_o division_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o their_o several_a limit_n have_v their_o arch-presbyte_a who_o may_v not_o only_o take_v care_n of_o the_o rude_a and_o ignorant_a multitude_n but_o may_v also_o with_o continual_a circumspection_n observe_v &_o look_v unto_o the_o life_n &_o conversation_n of_o the_o presbyter_n which_o dwell_v in_o the_o lesser_a title_n and_o show_v unto_o the_o bishop_n with_o what_o diligence_n each_o of_o they_o perform_v the_o work_n of_o god_n neither_o let_v the_o bishop_n contend_v and_o say_v that_o the_o people_n commit_v to_o his_o charge_n need_v no_o arch-presbyte_a as_o if_o he_o himself_o be_v able_a sufficient_o to_o govern_v the_o same_o because_o though_o he_o be_v exceed_o worthy_a yet_o it_o be_v fit_a he_o shall_v divide_v his_o burden_n that_o as_o he_o be_v over_o the_o mother_n church_n so_o the_o archpresbyters_a may_v be_v over_o the_o people_n abroad_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a care_n stagger_v not_o or_o be_v not_o two_o weak_a in_o any_o thing_n yet_o notwithstanding_o let_v they_o refer_v all_o thing_n to_o the_o bishop_n neitâ—…r_o let_v they_o presume_v to_o order_v any_o thing_n against_o his_o like_n &_o decree_n these_o rural_a archpresbyters_a be_v to_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o clergy_n &_o confirm_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o be_v so_o place_v may_v not_o be_v remove_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n 7._o archipresbyterum_fw-la say_v the_o second_o council_n of_o turone_n sine_fw-la omnium_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consensu_fw-la de_fw-la loco_fw-la deiicere_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la praesumat_fw-la quem_fw-la autem_fw-la negligentia_fw-la eijcit_fw-la cum_fw-la omnium_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la refutetur_fw-la that_o be_v let_v not_o the_o bishop_n presume_v to_o remove_v or_o put_v a_o arch-presbyte_a from_o his_o place_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o the_o presbyter_n but_o when_o the_o negligence_n of_o any_o one_o of_o these_o make_v he_o worthy_a to_o be_v eject_v &_o put_v out_o let_v he_o be_v reject_v with_o the_o counsel_n and_o advice_n of_o all_o the_o presbyter_n touch_v the_o power_n &_o authority_n of_o these_o archpresbyters_a first_o they_o be_v to_o admonish_v such_o as_o they_o see_v to_o live_v scandalous_o or_o any_o way_n to_o offend_v as_o well_o layman_n as_o clergyman_n and_o the_o council_n of_o 44._o antisiodorum_n decree_v that_o if_o any_o lay_v or_o secular_a man_n shall_v contemn_v and_o despise_v the_o information_n &_o admonition_n of_o the_o arch-presbyte_a he_o shall_v be_v keep_v from_o enter_v or_o set_v his_o foot_n within_o the_o threshold_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n till_o he_o shall_v submit_v himself_o to_o the_o wholesome_a information_n &_o admonition_n second_o aug._n they_o be_v twice_o in_o the_o year_n to_o visit_v all_o the_o church_n within_o the_o limit_n subject_a to_o they_o to_o see_v what_o be_v there_o amiss_o defective_a or_o weak_a that_o so_o they_o may_v either_o reform_v supply_n or_o strengthen_v &_o confirm_v the_o same_o three_o they_o be_v to_o receive_v warrant_n from_o the_o bishop_n or_o his_o substitute_n and_o by_o virtue_n thereof_o to_o cite_v all_o such_o to_o make_v their_o appearance_n before_o the_o chief_a 45._o pastor_n or_o bishop_n as_o be_v upon_o any_o occasion_n to_o be_v convent_v before_o he_o and_o this_o their_o 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capituli_fw-la that_o be_v no_o way_n to_o prejudice_v the_o right_n of_o the_o chapter_n in_o these_o chapiters_n the_o archpresbyters_a be_v to_o publish_v the_o decree_n of_o provincial_a and_o episcopal_a synod_n exclude_v layman_n at_o such_o time_n as_o they_o publish_v thing_n precise_o concern_v the_o clergy_n which_o otherwise_o may_v be_v present_a at_o the_o publication_n of_o thing_n general_o concern_v all_o neither_o be_v they_o only_o to_o publish_v such_o decree_n in_o their_o chapter_n but_o to_o urge_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o same_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o all_o place_n of_o ministry_n void_a upon_o what_o occasion_n and_o by_o who_o fault_n they_o continue_v void_a of_o all_o intrusion_n into_o place_n of_o ministry_n and_o of_o the_o investiture_n of_o all_o such_o as_o new_o enter_v into_o the_o charge_n of_o ministry_n and_o the_o authority_n by_o which_o substitute_n supply_v the_o place_n of_o other_o man_n and_o beside_o they_o be_v to_o admonish_v such_o as_o either_o by_o their_o visitation_n or_o other_o information_n they_o find_v to_o be_v faulty_a and_o if_o by_o other_o good_a mean_n they_o can_v not_o win_v they_o to_o hildeman_n suspend_v layman_n from_o the_o sacrament_n &_o
the_o bishop_n use_v for_o the_o govern_n and_o over-seeing_a of_o certain_a part_n of_o their_o diocese_n allot_v to_o they_o with_o such_o limitation_n as_o they_o please_v &_o for_o counsel_n &_o advise_v in_o manage_v of_o their_o weighty_a affair_n and_o the_o archdeacon_n which_o they_o use_v as_o spy_n in_o all_o place_n and_o trust_v with_o the_o dispatch_n of_o what_o they_o think_v fit_a they_o have_v for_o their_o direction_n in_o case_n of_o doubt_n and_o for_o their_o ease_n in_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o their_o employment_n sequestration_n certain_a of_o their_o clergy_n skilful_a in_o the_o canon_n and_o law_n of_o the_o church_n who_o they_o use_v as_o official_o to_o hear_v all_o manner_n of_o cause_n and_o matter_n of_o instance_n between_o party_n &_o party_n but_o suffer_v they_o not_o to_o meddle_v in_o the_o censure_a and_o punish_v of_o criminal_a thing_n or_o in_o any_o matter_n of_o office_n but_o in_o case_n of_o absence_n or_o sickness_n they_o have_v vicar_n general_a that_o may_v do_v any_o thing_n almost_o that_o pertain_v to_o the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n the_o former_a be_v not_o only_o name_v official_o but_o chancellor_n though_o the_o name_n of_o chancellor_n be_v not_o in_o this_o sense_n so_o ancient_a as_o the_o former_a eccles._n cancellarius_n original_o and_o proper_o signify_v a_o notary_n or_o secretary_n because_o these_o for_o the_o preserve_n of_o their_o write_n and_o note_n of_o remembrance_n be_v wont_a to_o sit_v and_o write_v intra_fw-la cancellos_fw-la that_o be_v within_o certain_a place_n enclose_v they_o make_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o checquer-worke_n but_o from_o hence_o in_o time_n it_o come_v to_o be_v use_v for_o any_o one_o that_o be_v employ_v for_o the_o give_v of_o answer_n unto_o suitor_n for_o keep_v of_o record_n and_o note_n of_o remembrance_n and_o general_o for_o the_o performance_n of_o some_o principal_a duty_n pertain_v to_o he_o who_o chancellor_n he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v chap._n 30._o of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o institution_n and_o authority_n of_o metropolitan_n and_o patriarch_n this_o be_v the_o form_n of_o government_n of_o each_o diocese_n and_o particular_a church_n let_v we_o consider_v what_o dependence_n or_o subordination_n such_o particular_a church_n have_v for_o it_o can_v nor_o may_v not_o be_v imagine_v that_o each_o diocese_n or_o particular_a church_n be_v absolute_o supreme_a and_o subject_a to_o no_o high_a authority_n the_o papist_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o christ_n constitute_v and_o appoint_v one_o chief_a pastor_n with_o universality_n of_o power_n as_o his_o vicegerent_n general_a upon_o earth_n place_v he_o in_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o world_n and_o set_v he_o over_o all_o the_o other_o both_o bishop_n and_o church_n but_o the_o ancient_a father_n be_v of_o another_o opinion_n for_o euagrium_n hierome_n pronounce_v that_o all_o bishop_n be_v equal_a in_o order_n office_n and_o ministry_n whether_o of_o rome_n eugubium_n tanais_n or_o constantinople_n howsoever_o riches_n and_o magnificence_n of_o church_n and_o city_n may_v make_v one_o seem_v to_o be_v great_a than_o another_o and_o cyprian_n speak_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n say_v carthaginensi_fw-la let_v no_o bishop_n make_v himself_o a_o judge_n of_o other_o every_o one_o have_v receive_v his_o authority_n from_o christ_n and_o therefore_o be_v accountant_a to_o he_o only_o and_o this_o he_o speak_v upon_o occasion_n of_o a_o difference_n between_o he_o and_o the_o roman_a bishop_n of_o that_o time_n about_o rebaptisation_n wherefore_o let_v we_o examine_v these_o contrary_a opinion_n and_o see_v which_o of_o they_o be_v most_o agreeable_a unto_o truth_n and_o reason_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o former_a of_o these_o two_o opinion_n the_o romanist_n allege_v many_o thing_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o best_a form_n of_o regiment_n and_o government_n be_v a_o monarchy_n and_o consequent_o that_o christ_n who_o undoubted_o establish_v the_o best_a form_n appoint_v one_o supreme_a monarch_n in_o his_o church_n to_o this_o allegation_n 30._o ockam_n most_o excellent_o and_o learned_o answer_v in_o his_o dialogue_n show_v and_o prove_v at_o large_a that_o though_o the_o government_n of_o one_o or_o a_o monarchy_n be_v the_o best_a form_n of_o regiment_n in_o one_o city_n or_o country_n as_o aristotle_n right_o teach_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o the_o best_a form_n of_o policy_n and_o government_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o so_o far_o distant_a &_o remote_a one_o from_o another_o because_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o the_o infinite_a different_a country_n and_o region_n of_o it_o regular_o may_v be_v better_o govern_v by_o many_o whereof_o no_o one_o be_v superior_a to_o other_o then_o by_o one_o alone_a neither_o be_v the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n always_o most_o expedient_a for_o the_o whole_a and_o for_o each_o part_n for_o great_a circuit_n and_o for_o straight_a or_o narrow_a bound_n see_v one_o man_n may_v sustain_v the_o burden_n of_o hear_v determine_a and_o dispatch_v the_o great_a cause_n &_o more_o important_a matter_n in_o one_o kingdom_n or_o country_n but_o no_o one_o can_v so_o manage_v the_o weighty_a business_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o that_o in_o like_a sort_n though_o it_o be_v expedient_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v one_o bishop_n over_o some_o part_n of_o the_o church_n and_o people_n of_o god_n yet_o there_o be_v not_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v one_o over_o the_o whole_a see_v no_o one_o can_v dispatch_v the_o great_a business_n and_o manage_v the_o weighty_a affair_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n beside_o he_o say_v it_o will_v be_v most_o dangerous_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o such_o one_o supreme_a ruler_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n for_o that_o if_o he_o shall_v fall_v into_o error_n or_o heresy_n all_o the_o whole_a world_n will_v be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o be_v seduce_v the_o member_n for_o the_o most_o part_n conform_v themselves_o to_o their_o head_n and_o the_o inferior_n to_o their_o ruler_n and_o superior_n that_o which_o ockam_n say_v may_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o saint_n augustine_n who_o think_v a_o monarchy_n or_o the_o government_n of_o one_o supreme_a ruler_n most_o fit_a for_o the_o several_a country_n and_o part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o not_o for_o the_o whole_a his_o word_n be_v 15._o feliciores_fw-la essentre_n humanae_fw-la si_fw-la omne_fw-la regnaessent_n parua_fw-la &_o concordi_fw-la vicinitate_fw-la laetantia_fw-la that_o be_v the_o state_n of_o worldly_a thing_n will_v be_v much_o more_o happy_a if_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v divide_v out_o into_o small_a kingdom_n joyful_o conspire_v together_o in_o a_o friendly_a neighbourhood_n then_o if_o all_o shall_v be_v sway_v by_o one_o supreme_a commander_n thus_o than_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o among_o all_o the_o simple_a and_o single_a form_n of_o government_n a_o monatchie_n be_v the_o best_a for_o each_o country_n and_o people_n neither_o do_v caluine_n contradict_v we_o herein_o as_o 6._o bellarmine_n seem_v to_o report_v for_o he_o do_v not_o simple_o say_v that_o among_o all_o the_o simple_a form_n of_o government_n aristocratie_n be_v best_a and_o to_o be_v prefer_v but_o only_o in_o the_o respect_n of_o often_o declining_n and_o swaruing_n of_o absolute_a king_n hardly_o moderate_v themselves_o so_o in_o so_o free_a and_o absolute_a a_o liberty_n of_o command_v all_o as_o that_o their_o will_n shall_v never_o swerve_v from_o that_o which_o be_v right_a and_o good_a 3._o but_o bellarmine_n himself_o think_v that_o the_o mix_v form_n of_o government_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o any_o of_o those_o simple_a form_n of_o monarchy_n aristocratie_n and_o democraty_n as_o have_v in_o they_o the_o best_a that_o be_v find_v in_o every_o of_o those_o single_a and_o simple_a form_n 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&_o general_a state_n of_o the_o church_n or_o of_o the_o principal_a most_o eminent_a &_o high_a part_n &_o member_n of_o the_o same_o none_o of_o which_o thing_n may_v be_v proceed_v in_o without_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o his_o colleague_n but_o otherwise_o he_o be_v not_o to_o intermeddle_v with_o inferior_a person_n and_o cause_n within_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o other_o patriarch_n neither_o immediate_o nor_o upon_o appeal_n and_o complaint_n the_o 7_o tâ—_n roman_a bishop_n bring_v to_o testify_v for_o the_o absolute_a supreme_a power_n of_o pope_n be_v gelasius_n out_o of_o who_o two_o thing_n be_v allege_v the_o first_o be_v that_o he_o dardan_n say_v the_o see_v of_o peter_n have_v power_n to_o loose_v that_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o other_o church_n have_v bind_v the_o second_o that_o imperat._n it_o have_v power_n to_o judge_v of_o every_o church_n &_o that_o no_o church_n may_v judge_v of_o the_o judgement_n of_o it_o for_o answer_v to_o this_o testimony_n of_o 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thing_n upon_o they_o as_o we_o find_v it_o order_v in_o the_o three_o council_n of_o lateran_n and_o in_o the_o 46._o four_o under_o innocentius_n the_o three_o yea_o if_o they_o shall_v contemptuous_o and_o presumptuous_o refuse_v to_o bear_v part_n of_o the_o common_a burden_n notwithstanding_o any_o pretend_a privilege_n the_o supreme_a prince_n may_v force_v they_o to_o put_v too_o their_o help_a hand_n rather_o than_o the_o whole_a state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n shall_v be_v shake_v and_o endanger_v or_o other_o part_n and_o member_n of_o it_o too_o heavy_o burden_v as_o 10._o duarenus_n learned_o and_o excellent_o show_v this_o may_v suffice_v touch_v the_o exemption_n of_o cleargyman_n either_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o person_n or_o good_n &_o the_o right_n by_o which_o they_o enjoy_v the_o same_o and_o thus_o have_v we_o run_v through_o all_o the_o different_a degree_n &_o order_n of_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n and_o show_v what_o their_o power_n office_n and_o authority_n be_v both_o several_o and_o assemble_v in_o counsel_n and_o what_o power_n prince_n have_v to_o command_v over_o they_o or_o to_o intermeddle_v with_o the_o business_n and_o affair_n more_o special_o belong_v to_o they_o chap._n 54._o of_o the_o call_n of_o minister_n &_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o pertain_v to_o elect_v &_o ordain_v they_o now_o it_o remain_v that_o we_o first_o treat_v of_o the_o call_n of_o minister_n for_o 4_o no_o man_n take_v this_o honour_n upon_o he_o but_o he_o that_o be_v call_v as_o be_v aaronâ—…_n second_o of_o the_o thing_n require_v in_o they_o and_o three_o of_o their_o maintenance_n touch_v the_o first_o which_o be_v the_o call_n of_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n saint_n 1_o hierome_n note_v that_o there_o be_v 4_o sort_n of_o such_o man_n as_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o business_n &_o affair_n of_o almighty_a god_n the_o first_o be_v such_o as_o be_v send_v neither_o of_o man_n nor_o by_o man_n but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n as_o the_o 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