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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o one_o that_o be_v consecrate_v to_o that_o service_n those_o socrates_n most_o evident_o divide_v into_o these_o three_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o say_v by_o way_n of_o restraint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o mean_v namely_o and_o special_o these_o three_o degree_n the_o purpose_n be_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o sleep_v with_o their_o wife_n which_o they_o have_v marry_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o as_o yet_o they_o be_v lay_v man_n that_o be_v as_o sozomene_n expound_v it_o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o they_o have_v marry_v before_o they_o be_v consecrate_v now_o set_v this_o together_o and_o you_o shall_v find_v they_o be_v lay_v man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o they_o be_v consecrate_v and_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d once_o be_v consecrate_v they_o cease_v to_o be_v lay_v man_n any_o long_o but_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n 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laity_n to_o obey_v the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o add_v antiochenos_n you_o presbyter_n foede_v the_o flock_n that_o be_v with_o you_o till_o god_n show_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o shall_v be_v your_o ruler_n or_o pastor_n after_o my_o death_n the_o like_a he_o do_v to_o the_o church_n of_o trallis_n magnesia_n tarsus_n philippos_n philadelphia_n smyrna_n and_o ephesus_n in_o every_o of_o his_o epistle_n to_o they_o remember_v the_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n that_o guide_v they_o and_o name_v polycarpus_n onesimus_n demas_n vitalis_n and_o polybius_n as_o bishop_n of_o smyrna_n ephesus_n magnesia_n philippos_n and_o trallis_n apart_o from_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o very_a same_o church_n yea_o what_o church_n of_o account_n be_v there_o in_o christendom_n that_o have_v not_o at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n both_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n ecclesiasticiâ—_n irenaeus_n be_v presbyter_n under_o pothymus_fw-la bishop_n of_o lion_n at_o antioch_n be_v 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of_o hippo_n and_o under_o augustine_n be_v 110._o eradius_fw-la that_o succeed_v he_o and_o 110._o other_o more_o chrysostome_n be_v first_o presbyter_n under_o flavianus_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o after_o make_v bishop_n of_o constantinople_n of_o vigilantius_n a_o presbyter_n in_o spain_n jerome_n say_v vâ—gilantiuâ—_n imaruell_v the_o bishop_n in_o who_o charge_n or_o diocese_n he_o be_v report_v to_o be_v a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o break_v that_o unprofitable_a vessel_n with_o the_o apostolic_a rod_n even_o with_o a_o iron_n rod._n of_o jerome_n s._n austen_n say_v 19_o although_o by_o the_o name_n of_o honour_n which_o now_o have_v prevail_v in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n a_o bishop_n place_n be_v great_a than_o a_o presbyter_n yet_o in_o many_o point_v augustine_n be_v less_o than_o jerome_n the_o presbytery_n of_o 30._o caesarea_n 10._o edissa_n illustribus_fw-la massilia_n illustribus_fw-la vienna_n illustribus_fw-la milan_n &_o of_o infinite_a other_o church_n may_v be_v likewise_o prove_v but_o why_o shall_v i_o stand_v so_o long_o in_o a_o case_n as_o clear_a as_o sunshine_n to_o those_o that_o have_v any_o taste_n of_o learning_n or_o use_n of_o read_v they_o can_v light_v on_o no_o ancient_a council_n nor_o story_n of_o the_o church_n but_o they_o shall_v find_v the_o clergy_n of_o each_o city_n distinct_a from_o the_o bishop_n &_o subject_n unto_o the_o bishop_n yea_o no_o presbyter_n may_v depart_v from_o the_o church_n where_o he_o be_v ordain_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o bishop_n nor_o be_v receive_v in_o another_o church_n by_o the_o bishop_n there_o without_o the_o like_n &_o licence_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o presbyter_n he_o be_v first_o as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a can_v 15._o &_o 16._o of_o antioch_n ca._n 3._o of_o chalcedon_n ca._n 8._o of_o africa_n ca._n 55._o neither_o might_n any_o man_n be_v make_v a_o bishop_n by_o the_o canon_n except_o he_o be_v first_o a_o presbyter_n and_o so_o do_v 10._o rise_v by_o every_o degree_n unto_o the_o height_n of_o the_o bishop_n calling_n all_o which_o &_o a_o thousand_o other_o rule_n and_o canon_n do_v exquisite_o prove_v that_o every_o city_n have_v beside_o their_o bishop_n and_o under_o their_o bishop_n as_o well_o presbyter_n as_o other_o clergy_n man_n &_o so_o without_o all_o contradiction_n presbyter_n be_v distinct_a from_o bishop_n &_o a_o degree_n beneath_o bishop_n wheresoever_o they_o be_v reckon_v in_o order_n together_o as_o deacon_n presbyter_n &_o bishop_n but_o ancient_o as_o jerome_n say_v presbyter_n and_o bishop_n be_v all_o one_o those_o name_n do_v not_o differ_v at_o first_o by_o reason_n the_o episcopal_a power_n and_o honour_n be_v in_o the_o apostle_n and_o evangelist_n but_o when_o those_o succeed_v that_o be_v neither_o apostle_n nor_o evangelist_n than_o begin_v they_o to_o be_v call_v bishop_n tim._n eosdem_fw-la olim_fw-la vocabant_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la â—os_v autem_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la vocantur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nominabant_fw-la apostolos_fw-la at_o the_o first_o say_v theodorete_n they_o call_v the_o same_o man_n both_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o those_o that_o be_v now_o call_v bishop_n they_o name_v apostle_n in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o leave_v the_o name_n of_o apostle_n to_o those_o y_o it_o be_v in_o deed_n apostles_n &_o they_o call_v they_o bishop_n who_o before_o they_o term_v apostle_n and_o so_o ambrose_n ephesiâ—s_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la post_fw-la episcopum_fw-la plus_fw-la esse_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la qui_fw-la prophetare_fw-la dicitur_fw-la qui_fw-la ordo_fw-la nunc_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyterij_fw-la the_o apostle_n be_v now_o the_o bishop_n after_o the_o bishop_n he_o be_v great_a that_o be_v say_v to_o prophesy_v which_o now_o may_v be_v the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n jerome_n comment_v upon_o these_o word_n of_o david_n thy_o child_n be_v in_o stead_n of_o thy_o father_n say_v 44._o the_o apostle_n o_o church_n be_v thy_o father_n because_o they_o beget_v thou_o and_o now_o for_o that_o they_o be_v depart_v this_o world_n thou_o have_v in_o their_o stead_n child_n which_o be_v the_o bishop_n create_v by_o thyself_o for_o they_o be_v now_o thy_o father_n