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be_v a_o sharp_a conflict_n between_o ignatius_n and_o himself_o and_o so_o a_o full_a proof_n of_o the_o spuriousness_n of_o these_o epistle_n it_o be_v evident_a from_o what_o be_v adduce_v that_o this_o bishop_n be_v only_o a_o pastor_n of_o a_o single_a congregation_n yea_o so_o evident_a that_o it_o have_v puzzle_v the_o learn'd_a of_o our_o opposite_n §_o 4._o of_o this_o mind_n be_v joseph_n mede_n 29._o for_o speak_v of_o these_o ignatian_a epistle_n it_o shall_v seem_v say_v he_o that_o in_o these_o first_o time_n before_o dioceses_n be_v divide_v into_o those_o lesser_a and_o subordinate_a church_n we_o now_o call_v parish_n and_o presbyter_n assign_v to_o they_o they_o have_v not_o only_o one_o altar_n in_o one_o church_n or_o dominicum_fw-la but_o one_o altar_n to_o a_o church_n take_v church_n for_o the_o company_n or_o corporation_n of_o the_o faithful_a unite_v under_o one_o bishop_n or_o pastor_n and_o that_o be_v in_o the_o city_n and_o place_n where_o the_o bishop_n have_v his_o see_n and_o residence_n like_v as_o the_o jew_n have_v but_o one_o altar_n and_o one_o temple_n for_o the_o whole_a nation_n unite_v under_o one_o highpriest_n and_o yet_o as_o the_o jew_n have_v their_o synagogue_n so_o perhaps_o may_v they_o have_v more_o oratory_n than_o one_o though_o their_o altar_n be_v but_o one_o there_o namely_o where_o the_o bishop_n be_v on_o sunday_n say_v justin_n martyr_n all_o that_o live_v in_o town_n or_o in_o the_o country_n meet_v together_o in_o one_o place_n namely_o as_o he_o there_o tell_v we_o to_o celebrate_v and_o participate_v the_o holy_a eucharist_n why_o be_v this_o but_o because_o they_o have_v not_o many_o place_n to_o celebrate_v in_o and_o unless_o this_o be_v so_o whence_o come_v it_o else_o that_o a_o schismatical_a bishop_n be_v say_v to_o set_v up_o another_o altar_n and_o that_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o altar_n be_v make_v correlative_n see_v st._n cyprian_n ep._n 40._o 72._o 73._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o thus_o perhaps_o be_v ignatius_n also_o to_o be_v understand_v in_o that_o forequoted_a passage_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n where_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o mr._n mede_n well_o perceive_v the_o thing_n we_o now_o plead_v for_o in_o ignatius_n viz._n that_o this_o bishop_n be_v only_o the_o pastor_n of_o a_o single_a flock_n indeed_o fear_v to_o offend_v his_o friend_n or_o something_o else_o make_v he_o say_v so_o little_a as_o he_o can_v and_o something_o that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v say_v while_o he_o will_v parallel_v this_o altar_n with_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n yet_o he_o be_v express_a enough_o that_o all_o subject_n to_o the_o bishop_n meet_v in_o one_o place_n for_o participation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o consequent_o for_o hear_v of_o the_o word_n and_o moreover_o real_o acknowledge_v that_o diocese_n than_o be_v only_o what_o parish_n be_v now_o and_o if_o so_o though_o they_o have_v other_o oratory_n it_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n of_o our_o opposite_n which_o yet_o his_o perhaps_o prove_v he_o afraid_a to_o assert_v for_o he_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o see_v as_o he_o grant_v all_o under_o his_o charge_n take_v their_o communion_n with_o the_o bishop_n at_o his_o church_n which_o as_o every_o one_o know_v be_v then_o celebrate_v at_o least_o every_o lord_n day_n any_o other_o oratory_n for_o public_a worship_n have_v be_v altogether_o unnecessary_a with_o which_o superfluity_n the_o church_n in_o these_o early_a and_o tempestuous_a day_n be_v not_o at_o all_o acquaint_v in_o vain_a therefore_o dr._n maurice_n 38._o that_o he_o may_v at_o once_o abuse_v both_o mede_n and_o ignatius_n tell_v we_o that_o altar_n in_o the_o primitive_a sense_n signify_v not_o only_o the_o communion_n table_n but_o the_o whole_a place_n where_o the_o chair_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o presbyter_n be_v place_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n there_o be_v but_o one_o altar_n in_o one_o diocese_n as_o there_o be_v now_o but_o one_o consistory_n as_o be_v clear_a from_o ignatius_n and_o ʋsher_n and_o to_o be_v in_o one_o altar_n which_o be_v ignatius_n his_o phrase_n be_v only_o to_o be_v in_o communion_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o this_o dr._n maurice_n will_v have_v to_o be_v mede_n meaning_n thereof_o but_o the_o falsehood_n of_o this_o be_v not_o only_o evident_a from_o ignatius_n who_o all_o along_o as_o we_o have_v see_v reciprocat_n his_o bishop_n with_o the_o pastor_n of_o a_o particular_a flock_n but_o also_o from_o mede_n express_a word_n as_o we_o have_v already_o observe_v from_o they_o i_o pass_v as_o scarce_o good_a sense_n dr._n maurice_n his_o say_v that_o altar_n not_o only_o signify_v the_o communion_n table_n but_o the_o whole_a place_n of_o the_o bishop_n chair_n etc._n etc._n the_o dispute_v not_o be_v what_o place_n or_o thing_n in_o a_o church_n altar_n signify_v but_o if_o thereby_o in_o ignatius_n one_o or_o more_o place_n for_o public_a 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dispute_n who_o with_o indefatigable_a pain_n and_o vast_a learning_n write_v his_o defence_n of_o ignatius_n to_o the_o end_n as_o he_o pretend_v he_o may_v well_o nigh_o infallible_o establish_v a_o diocesan_n bishop_n and_o yet_o have_v prove_v so_o far_o from_o hit_v the_o white_a at_o which_o he_o ultimate_o level_v that_o on_o supposition_n of_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o his_o vindiciae_fw-la he_o most_o sufficient_o demonstrat_n the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o parochial_a pastor_n during_o the_o time_n of_o ignatius_n and_o thus_o inavoidable_o ruin_n what_o he_o most_o earnest_o intend_v to_o repair_v and_o now_o behold_v the_o vast_a fabric_n and_o engine_n wherewith_o they_o threaten_v the_o utter_a ruin_n of_o presbytry_n turn_v upon_o and_o shatter_v to_o piece_n their_o dio_fw-mi cesan_n hierarchy_n nec_fw-la enim_fw-la lex_fw-la justior_fw-la ulla_fw-la quam_fw-la necis_fw-la artifices_fw-la
the_o menace_n utter_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n against_o tyre_n and_o her_o king_n have_v for_o their_o object_n parmenianus_n the_o schismatical_a bishop_n of_o the_o donatist_n who_o live_v at_o carthage_n that_o have_v once_o be_v a_o tyrian_a colony_n but_o in_o the_o time_n of_o parmenianus_n be_v inhabit_v by_o roman_n who_o have_v either_o quite_o extirpated_a or_o expel_v thence_o the_o whole_a race_n of_o the_o tyrian_n with_o no_o less_o lightness_n but_o more_o danger_n do_v justine_n martyr_n 〈◊〉_d long_o before_o optatus_n endeavour_v to_o persuade_v the_o gentile_n that_o all_o mankind_n be_v partaker_n of_o christ_n because_o they_o be_v partaker_n of_o reason_n and_o christ_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o also_o signify_v reason_n where_o we_o see_v that_o justine_n lean_v only_o on_o a_o pitiful_a equivocation_n the_o deceit_n of_o which_o can_v not_o be_v unknown_a to_o he_o who_o native_o speak_v greek_n neither_o be_v origenes_n methodius_n and_o other_o as_o hierome_n witness_v more_o solid_a in_o their_o write_n yea_o hierome_n himself_o distinguish_v between_o progymnasticks_n and_o dogmatics_n allege_v that_o in_o the_o former_a of_o these_o a_o disputant_n have_v liberty_n to_o muster_v up_o many_o argument_n in_o which_o he_o have_v no_o confidence_n §_o 4._o to_o these_o we_o may_v add_v both_o their_o homily_n and_o exposition_n wherein_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o determine_v when_o they_o speak_v their_o own_o mind_n or_o when_o they_o give_v we_o only_a transcript_n of_o other_o to_o believe_v and_o defend_v which_o they_o hold_v themselves_o but_o little_a oblige_v yea_o hierome_n often_o than_o once_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v the_o common_a practice_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o these_o time_n to_o give_v the_o exposition_n of_o other_o and_o yet_o conceal_v the_o name_n of_o the_o author_n and_o so_o involve_v the_o reader_n and_o make_v he_o take_v for_o their_o judgement_n the_o thing_n they_o never_o 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pagan_a flamen_fw-la and_o protoflamine_n another_o cause_n thereof_o which_o especial_o take_v place_n in_o their_o homile_n and_o exposition_n be_v the_o multitude_n of_o alteration_n and_o corruption_n well_o grow_v before_o any_o of_o these_o homily_n and_o commentary_n we_o now_o enjoy_v be_v extant_a these_o be_v too_o deep_o root_v to_o be_v oppose_v and_o therefore_o they_o believe_v themselves_o under_o a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n to_o accommodat_fw-la their_o comment_n and_o declamation_n thereto_o at_o least_o so_o to_o temper_n and_o compose_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o thwart_v therewith_o of_o this_o sort_n of_o conduct_n we_o have_v a_o clear_a instance_n in_o augustine_n who_o sometime_o commend_v and_o praise_n several_a unscriptural_a ceremony_n but_o 118._o elsewhere_o speak_v his_o mind_n more_o free_o disapprove_v they_o as_o both_o unwrantable_a and_o burdensome_a he_o indeed_o there_o intimat_n that_o some_o thing_n common_o observe_v throw_v the_o world_n though_o they_o be_v not_o write_v yet_o may_v be_v keep_v as_o have_v come_v from_o the_o apostle_n or_o general_a council_n such_o as_o be_v the_o observation_n of_o the_o lord_n passion_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n but_o even_o this_o as_o be_v most_o probable_a he_o yield_v out_o of_o humane_a weakness_n and_o fear_n to_o oppose_v the_o then_o prevail_a innovation_n for_o the_o needlesness_n of_o such_o preterscriptural_a observation_n he_o evident_o declare_v elsewhere_o 9_o say_v that_o all_o thing_n which_o belong_v either_o to_o faith_n and_o manner_n be_v plain_o contain_v in_o scripture_n from_o all_o which_o be_v clear_a that_o we_o can_v at_o all_o be_v sure_a if_o the_o father_n comment_v on_o the_o place_n in_o hand_n either_o know_v their_o true_a meaning_n or_o if_o they_o do_v sincere_o give_v we_o what_o themselves_o believe_v §_o 6._o and_o that_o in_o their_o explication_n of_o these_o text_n we_o have_v not_o their_o genuine_a sentiment_n be_v to_o i_o evident_a first_o because_o they_o give_v such_o reason_n of_o their_o exposition_n as_o the_o great_a prelatist_n count_v stark_o nought_o thus_o bellarmine_n 15._o reject_v and_o overturn_v the_o ground_n of_o every_o one_o of_o these_o expositor_n in_o particular_a except_o these_o of_o chrysostome_n only_o who_o yet_o have_v nothing_o of_o any_o moment_n above_o the_o rest_n for_o chrysostome_n expon_v philip._n 1._o 1._o allege_v only_o in_o defence_n of_o his_o exposition_n that_o the_o sole_a title_n and_o name_n of_o bishop_n be_v common_a to_o both_o order_n but_o this_o be_v refuse_v by_o dr._n hammond_n and_o other_o and_o as_o we_o shall_v hear_v by_o chrysostome_n himself_o but_o the_o jesuit_n intend_v to_o retain_v that_o exposition_n think_v himself_o oblige_v to_o embrace_v some_o of_o their_o defence_n whereas_o in_o truth_n they_o themselves_o never_o believe_v they_o to_o be_v solid_a but_o only_o the_o grow_a corruption_n be_v too_o strong_a to_o be_v oppose_v 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that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a only_o to_o remove_v the_o cause_n of_o absence_n which_o be_v that_o bishop_n do_v busy_a themselves_o in_o the_o court_n of_o prince_n and_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n be_v judge_n chanchellour_n secretary_n counselor_n treasurer_n and_o there_o be_v but_o few_o office_n of_o state_n into_o which_o some_o bishop_n have_v not_o insinuate_v himself_o this_o be_v forbid_v by_o st._n paul_n who_o think_v it_o necessary_a that_o a_o soldier_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v abstain_v from_o secular_a employment_n let_v god_n command_n be_v execute_v and_o they_o forbid_v to_o take_v any_o charge_n office_n or_o degree_n ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n and_o then_o their_o being_n no_o cause_n for_o they_o to_o remain_v at_o court_n they_o will_v go_v to_o their_o residency_n of_o their_o own_o accord_n without_o command_n or_o penalty_n and_o will_v not_o have_v any_o occasion_n to_o depart_v from_o thence_o in_o 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sophistry_n and_o unmanly_a snatch_v at_o colour_n and_o shaddous_a disimulation_n of_o the_o unsoundness_n of_o their_o cause_n banter_n and_o hector_n noise_n and_o ill_o found_v claim_n to_o antiquity_n from_o these_o i_o may_v look_v for_o unkind_a handle_n indeed_o but_o withal_o have_v some_o assurance_n to_o meet_v with_o better_a deal_n from_o all_o the_o admirer_n and_o student_n of_o most_o true_a and_o only_o unspotted_a antiquity_n the_o sacred_a scripturer_n who_o god_n have_v quicken_v by_o his_o precept_n who_o know_v that_o serious_a and_o assiduous_a meditation_n in_o god_n law_n and_o keep_v his_o precept_n will_v make_v they_o understand_v more_o than_o even_o the_o ancient_n and_o therefore_o rejoice_v in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o testimony_n as_o much_o as_o in_o all_o riches_n and_o esteem_v the_o word_n of_o his_o mouth_n more_o than_o their_o necessary_a food_n to_o who_o these_o be_v the_o joy_n and_o rejoice_v of_o their_o heart_n these_o i_o be_o somewhat_o confident_a will_v not_o be_v much_o displease_v with_o what_o i_o have_v say_v my_o antagonist_n if_o any_o happen_v or_o i_o be_o exceed_o mistaken_a will_v be_v of_o quite_o different_a quality_n i_o can_v sincere_o affirm_v that_o i_o have_v not_o willing_o or_o witting_o injure_v the_o truth_n or_o any_o man_n person_n and_o that_o the_o love_n of_o sacred_a verity_n move_v i_o to_o publish_v these_o paper_n other_o doubtless_o of_o suitable_a ability_n may_v soon_o advance_v thing_n of_o far_o great_a worth_n than_o what_o can_v come_v from_o we_o who_o mite_n be_v so_o mean_a and_o inconsiderable_a and_o who_o beside_o the_o other_o disadvantage_n that_o environ_v i_o according_a to_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o he_o that_o do_v all_o thing_n well_o from_o the_o very_a womb_n have_v labour_v under_o the_o want_n of_o that_o noble_a sense_n of_o see_v and_o so_o be_o oblige_v to_o read_v with_o the_o eye_n and_o write_v with_o the_o hand_n of_o other_o yet_o though_o i_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o sweet_a light_n and_o pleasure_n of_o behold_v the_o sun_n it_o little_a move_v i_o if_o so_o be_v i_o may_v see_v the_o infinite_o more_o precious_a light_n of_o the_o most_o glorious_a and_o dear_a son_n of_o righteousness_n and_o be_v illuminate_v and_o enlyven_v with_o that_o all_o heall_a virtue_n which_o be_v in_o his_o wing_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la judgement_n give_v forth_o etc._n etc._n page_n 12._o 12._o ibid._n ibid._n the_o trial_n of_o peter_n bess_n etc._n etc._n page_n 6._o 6._o plea_n for_o the_o innocent_a page_n 12._o 12._o pag._n 11._o 11._o more_o division_n among_o the_o quaker_n page_n 15._o 15._o judgement_n give_v forth_o etc._n etc._n page_n 17._o and_o append._n to_o the_o history_n of_o the_o quaker_n pag._n 16._o 16._o ibid._n pag._n 12._o 12._o ibid._n pag._n 17._o 17._o ibid._n pag._n 20._o 20._o inter_fw-la epist_n augustini_fw-la 25._o 25._o adversus_fw-la hermâ—oâ—enem_fw-la hermâ—oâ—enem_fw-la de_fw-fr doctrine_n christiana_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o 9_o theodoret._n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o &_o hist._n tripâ—rtit_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 5._o 5._o epist._n ad_fw-la pompejum_fw-la pompejum_fw-la in_o acta_fw-la apost_n homil._n 3_o 3_o in_o primum_fw-la haggaei_n haggaei_n iren._n lib._n 2._o caput_fw-la 11._o 11._o synop._n pap_n conti_fw-la 5._o quest._n 3._o part_n 2._o 2._o preface_n to_o his_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n p._n 2._o 19_o and_o 20._o 20._o p._n 131._o 131._o in_o iren._n iren._n apologiae_fw-la cathol_n lib._n 1._o p._n 118._o 119._o 120._o 120._o defence_n of_o the_o apology_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n pag._n 121._o 121._o page_n 248._o 248._o stillingfleet_n iren._n pag._n 392._o 392._o iren._n pag._n 393._o 393._o pag._n 395._o 395._o episcopacy_n not_o prejudicial_a to_o regal_a power_n page_z 13_o 14_o 15._o 15._o canon_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d detection_n of_o the_o court_n and_o state_n of_o england_n vol._n 1._o page_n 361._o 361._o vol._n 1._o pag._n 361._o 361._o pag._n 368._o 368._o memoires_n of_o the_o d._n of_o hamiltoun_n pag._n 29._o 30._o 30._o nalson_n collection_n vol._n 1._o page_n 247._o 247._o memoires_n page_n 29._o 29._o hist._n page_n 447_o 453._o 453._o memoires_n page_n 47._o &_o alibi_fw-la alibi_fw-la memoires_n page_n 60._o 60._o collection_n vol._n 1._o page_n 245._o 245._o memoires_n page_n 235_o 236._o 236._o de_fw-fr pontiff_a rome_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o praeterea_fw-la exercitus_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la unum_fw-la habet_fw-la ducem_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr pontiff_a rom._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la graviora_fw-la excitata_fw-la sunt_fw-la schismata_fw-la nec_fw-la hereses_n exorta_fw-la sunt_fw-la ab_fw-la ullo_fw-la tetriores_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la iren._n part_v 2._o chap._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr repub._n ecclesiasticâ_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o numb_a 46._o sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la hieronymum_n in_fw-la rectam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la vel_fw-la invitum_fw-la velint_fw-la trahere_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la excusari_fw-la satis_fw-la potest_fw-la aut_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la evangelii_n cap._n 23._o dico_fw-la privatam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la hieronymi_n opinionem_fw-la consentaneam_fw-la cum_fw-la aërio_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n ibid._n 27._o 27._o exam._n tract_n de_fw-fr triplici_fw-la episcopatû_fw-fr page_n 25._o 25._o ibid._n page_n 34._o 34._o contra_fw-la hereses_n fol._n 103._o b._n sed_fw-la revera_fw-la fallitur_fw-la thomas_n waldensis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la illo_fw-la decursu_fw-la pâ—st_fw-la verba_fw-la proximè_fw-la citata_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la conatur_fw-la hieronymus_n quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ostendat_fw-la ex_fw-la divina_fw-la institutione_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la differentiam_fw-la inter_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la &_o episcopum_fw-la et_fw-la fol._n 104._o d._n nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la mirari_fw-la quisquam_fw-la debet_fw-la quod_fw-la beatus_fw-la hieronymus_n vir_fw-la alioqui_fw-la doctrissimus_fw-la sic_fw-la deceptus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr cler._n cap._n 15._o michaël_n medina_n affirmat_fw-la sanstum_fw-la hieronymum_n idem_fw-la omnino_fw-la cum_fw-la aërianis_fw-la sensisse_fw-la neque_fw-la solum_fw-la hieronymum_n in_fw-la ea_fw-la heresi_n fuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ambrofium_fw-la augustinum_n sedulium_n primasium_n chrysostomum_n theodoretum_n oecumenium_n &_o theophilactum_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la inquit_fw-la medina_n isti_fw-la viri_fw-la aliâ—qui_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la &_o sacrarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la consultissimi_fw-la quorum_fw-la tamen_fw-la sententiam_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o aërio_n deinde_fw-la in_o waldensibus_fw-la postremo_fw-la in_o johanne_n wicklefo_n damnavit_fw-la fcclesia_n et_fw-la infra_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o hieronymo_n &_o gracis_n illis_fw-la patribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n catechism_n tract_n 2._o quest._n 23._o 23._o cath._n orth._n tom._n 1._o page_n 286._o 286._o heresi_n 55._o five_o 75._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr repub_fw-la eccles_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o 5._o epistola_fw-la ejus_fw-la dedicatiora_fw-la translationi_fw-la suae_fw-la praefixa_fw-la praefixa_fw-la critic_n patrum_fw-la page_n 330._o 330._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d