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they_o shall_v we_o think_v they_o ease_v of_o it_o because_o timothy_n come_v to_o be_v bishop_n there_o rather_o let_v i_o conceive_v this_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o timothie_n instruction_n be_v address_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n to_o he_o alone_o without_o mention_n of_o his_o presbyter_n because_o they_o be_v to_o receive_v their_o charge_n by_o themselves_o about_o the_o same_o time_n so_o far_o be_v it_o from_o i_o to_o think_v that_o his_o presbyter_n be_v not_o to_o concur_v in_o assist_v that_o course_n of_o government_n wherein_o he_o alone_o be_v direct_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o proceed_v and_o if_o we_o can_v go_v no_o further_o in_o prove_v this_o point_n out_o of_o scripture_n the_o reason_n must_v be_v because_o as_o appear_v by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v the_o scripture_n for_o the_o most_o part_n speak_v of_o that_o time_n when_o bishop_n yet_o be_v not_o but_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o to_o which_o purpose_n nevertheless_o there_o will_v be_v 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the_o bishop_n in_o chief_a and_o upon_o the_o presbyter_n in_o consequence_n whether_o in_o private_a upon_o particular_a occasion_n whereof_o we_o find_v much_o argument_n of_o practice_n in_o s._n cyprian_n epistle_n or_o in_o public_a in_o the_o assembly_n of_o christian_n for_o thus_o the_o matter_n go_v afterward_o the_o principal_a part_n and_o office_n of_o divine_a service_n that_o be_v the_o sermon_n and_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o eucharist_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n in_o honour_n of_o his_o place_n and_o the_o eminence_n of_o it_o unless_o he_o be_v absent_a or_o it_o be_v dispose_v of_o otherwise_o which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o justine_n martyr_n in_o the_o place_n allege_v afore_o relate_v that_o the_o sermon_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v make_v and_o the_o eucharist_n celebrate_v by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o name_n comprise_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n both_o as_o have_v be_v say_v because_o the_o office_n belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o the_o presbyter_n in_o case_n of_o his_o absence_n or_o the_o like_a and_o you_o shall_v hear_v even_o now_o ignatius_n his_o argument_n to_o persuade_v the_o ephesian_n not_o to_o assemble_v for_o the_o eucharist_n but_o with_o the_o bishop_n for_o say_v he_o if_o the_o prayer_n of_o one_o or_o two_o have_v that_o force_n that_o christ_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o much_o more_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o church_n therefore_o it_o be_v the_o bishop_n who_o prayer_n the_o eucharist_n be_v celebrate_v with_o and_o in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n augustine_n be_v relate_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o custom_n for_o presbyter_n to_o preach_v in_o the_o church_n of_o africa_n that_o be_v not_o if_o the_o bishop_n be_v present_a whereupon_o the_o bishop_n valerius_n be_v a_o greek_a and_o not_o so_o fit_a to_o speak_v to_o the_o people_n in_o latin_a bring_v that_o into_o use_n there_o which_o he_o have_v see_v practise_v in_o the_o east_n and_o assume_v s._n augustine_n to_o assist_v he_o by_o preach_v in_o his_o presence_n the_o commentary_n under_o s._n ambrose_n his_o name_n so_o often_o allege_v have_v say_v upon_o ephes_n four_o 11._o as_o we_o have_v it_o afore_o that_o at_o the_o first_o all_o sort_v preach_v in_o the_o church_n but_o afterward_o it_o be_v otherwise_o settle_v prosecute_v it_o with_o these_o word_n vnde_fw-la nunc_fw-la neque_fw-la diaconi_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la praedicant_fw-la and_o of_o baptise_v tertullian_n l._n de_n baptist_n c._n 17._o dandi_fw-la quidem_fw-la jus_o habet_fw-la summus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la autoritate_fw-la episcopi_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la honorem_fw-la quo_fw-la salvo_fw-la salvapax_fw-la est_fw-la to_o show_v we_o that_o all_o service_n of_o the_o church_n even_o to_o baptize_v belong_v in_o chief_a to_o the_o bishop_n in_o respect_n to_o his_o place_n that_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o presbyter_n be_v silent_a in_o their_o presence_n and_o the_o deacon_n not_o suffer_v at_o all_o to_o preach_v at_o that_o time_n now_o as_o the_o office_n common_a to_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v and_o be_v see_v in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n so_o be_v it_o also_o see_v in_o appoint_v the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n for_o that_o purpose_n this_o we_o have_v here_o to_o observe_v out_o of_o ignatius_n his_o epistle_n in_o consequence_n to_o that_o which_o be_v produce_v afore_o out_o of_o s._n paul_n and_o clemens_n concern_v the_o disorder_n of_o the_o assembly_n at_o corinth_n that_o to_o correct_v they_o and_o to_o prevent_v the_o like_a the_o order_n of_o the_o people_n oblation_n of_o the_o presbyter_n celebrate_v the_o eucharist_n of_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n for_o that_o purpose_n be_v regulate_v by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n his_o word_n be_v these_o epist_n ad_fw-la smyrn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o without_o the_o bishop_n neither_o the_o people_n may_v bring_v their_o offering_n nor_o presbyter_n consecrate_v the_o eucharist_n nor_o both_o celebrate_v the_o feast_n of_o love_n use_v at_o these_o assembly_n and_o for_o the_o purpose_n of_o this_o particular_a it_o be_v that_o he_o be_v so_o earnest_a and_o frequent_a throughout_o his_o epistle_n in_o exhort_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n epist_n ad_fw-la trall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o be_v within_o the_o altar_n say_v he_o be_v pure_a wherefore_o he_o obey_v the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n but_o he_o that_o be_v without_o be_v he_o that_o do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n he_o that_o be_v without_o the_o altar_n in_o ignatius_n his_o term_n that_o do_v thing_n without_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v mean_v of_o those_o of_o the_o people_n that_o assemble_v or_o those_o of_o the_o presbyter_n that_o celebrate_v the_o eucharist_n without_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n or_o their_o appointment_n which_o be_v call_v erect_v altar_n against_o altar_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n for_o so_o ignatius_n again_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o ephesian_n let_v no_o man_n mistake_v say_v he_o if_o a_o man_n be_v not_o within_o the_o altar_n he_o come_v short_a of_o the_o bread_n of_o god_n for_o if_o the_o prayer_n of_o one_o or_o two_o be_v of_o such_o force_n that_o christ_n stand_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o how_o much_o more_o shall_v the_o prayer_n wherein_o the_o bishop_n and_o church_n agree_v that_o be_v at_o the_o eucharist_n which_o he_o speak_v of_o when_o he_o mention_v the_o bread_n of_o god_n afore_o prevail_a and_o therefore_o in_o the_o end_n of_o that_o epistle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obey_v the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n without_o distraction_n of_o mind_n break_v one_o bread_n which_o be_v the_o medicine_n of_o immortality_n a_o plain_a case_n the_o intent_n of_o his_o exhortation_n be_v to_o persuade_v they_o to_o assemble_v without_o schism_n because_o that_o to_o assemble_v and_o celebrate_v the_o eucharist_n beside_o the_o bishop_n appointment_n be_v then_o the_o due_a mark_n of_o aschismatick_a and_o that_o the_o presbyter_n concur_v with_o he_o in_o order_v these_o matter_n appear_v by_o the_o obedience_n he_o require_v to_o both_o and_o so_o still_o in_o ignatius_n the_o presbyter_n be_v assistant_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o vith_z canon_n of_o the_o council_n at_o gangra_n whereof_o the_o tenor_n be_v if_o any_o man_n assemble_v in_o private_a beside_o the_o church_n and_o will_v perform_v ecclesiastical_a office_n in_o contempt_n of_o the_o church_n no_o presbyter_n be_v there_o with_o assent_n of_o the_o bishop_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n provide_v herein_o against_o schism_n as_o the_o occasion_n of_o that_o council_n evidence_v wherewith_o agree_v the_o xxxii_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o in_o the_o viith_z and_o viiith_z canon_n next_o follow_v of_o the_o same_o council_n there_o be_v provision_n against_o bring_v or_o receive_v oblation_n otherwise_o then_o to_o the_o church_n beside_o the_o bishop_n mind_n or_o his_o that_o be_v trust_v for_o these_o thing_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o poor_a under_o pain_n of_o anathema_n the_o heaviness_n of_o the_o sentence_n proceed_v upon_o the_o mark_n of_o schism_n which_o the_o action_n forbid_v import_v though_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o respect_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o church_n and_o poor_a arise_v for_o that_o time_n out_o of_o the_o oblation_n of_o christian_a people_n the_o disperse_v whereof_o be_v then_o another_o particular_a of_o the_o office_n common_a to_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n for_o as_o we_o read_v act_n xi_o 29._o that_o the_o benevolence_n of_o the_o brethren_n of_o antiochia_n be_v direct_v to_o the_o elder_n at_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o barnabas_n and_o saul_n though_o the_o seven_o deacon_n be_v make_v afore_o to_o attend_v upon_o the_o poor_a so_o be_v we_o not_o to_o think_v that_o their_o office_n go_v so_o high_a as_o to_o dispose_v of_o their_o maintenance_n but_o to_o execute_v the_o disposition_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n for_o when_o the_o church_n of_o antiochia_n maintain_v four_o thousand_o poor_a as_o be_v read_v in_o a_o passage_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n two_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o in_o cornelius_n his_o time_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o his_o word_n relate_v by_o eusebius_n eccles_n hist_o vi_fw-la 43._o it_o be_v not_o reason_n to_o imagine_v that_o all_o this_o mean_n be_v put_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o deacon_n who_o office_n s._n hierome_n well_o express_v when_o he_o call_v they_o mensarum_fw-la ac_fw-la viduarum_fw-la ministros_fw-la as_o those_o that_o minister_v
habuit_fw-la sine_fw-la quorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la nihil_fw-la agebatur_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la this_o be_v as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v demand_v when_o we_o hear_v that_o nothing_o be_v do_v in_o the_o church_n to_o wit_n by_o the_o bishop_n without_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o presbyter_n the_o same_o be_v affirm_v by_o s._n hierome_n upon_o titus_n i_o 5._o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o diceretur_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pauli_n ego_fw-la apollo_n ego_fw-la cephae_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la in_o that_o s._n hierome_n think_v there_o be_v no_o bishop_n till_o church_n be_v force_v to_o that_o course_n to_o avoid_v schism_n it_o have_v be_v show_v he_o be_v not_o in_o the_o right_n but_o in_o that_o he_o affirm_v that_o at_o first_o church_n be_v govern_v by_o common_a advice_n we_o may_v well_o hear_v he_o speak_v in_o so_o good_a company_n of_o witness_n last_o of_o all_o s._n cyprian_n have_v say_v once_o for_o all_o epist_n 6._o quando_fw-la à _fw-la primordio_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la mei_fw-la nihil_fw-la statuerim_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la &_o diaconorum_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la meae_fw-la privatá_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la gerere_fw-la how_o well_o he_o observe_v it_o be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o passage_n of_o divers_a business_n relate_v in_o his_o epistle_n out_o of_o which_o the_o like_a be_v to_o be_v conceive_v of_o the_o presbyter_n of_o rome_n by_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v touch_v there_o and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a reason_n why_o many_o time_n especial_o among_o the_o most_o ancient_a church-writer_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n both_o be_v comprise_v in_o the_o same_o style_n and_o name_n not_o because_o there_o be_v then_o no_o bishop_n as_o some_o man_n imagine_v but_o because_o both_o state_n concur_v in_o the_o same_o office_n clemens_n in_o the_o epistle_n aforesaid_a pag._n 54._o speak_v of_o the_o ministery_n institute_v by_o the_o apostle_n say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v they_o made_z the_o first-fruit_n of_o believer_n overseer_n and_o minister_n that_o be_v bishop_n and_o deacon_n of_o those_o that_o shall_v believe_v it_o seem_v indeed_o that_o clemens_n call_v the_o presbyter_n bishop_n because_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o other_o bishop_n there_o as_o be_v prove_v afore_o for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v use_v in_o s._n paul_n epistle_n and_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n as_o have_v be_v say_v but_o in_o ignatius_n his_o epistle_n to_o hero_n his_o deacon_n at_o antiochia_n you_o have_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v nothing_o without_o the_o bishop_n that_o be_v without_o the_o presbyter_n who_o be_v indeed_o bishop_n in_o ignatius_n his_o absence_n when_o this_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v write_v and_o be_v he_o who_o he_o will_v be_v that_o write_v it_o i_o believe_v it_o will_v not_o often_o be_v find_v that_o presbyter_n be_v call_v bishop_n in_o any_o monument_n of_o church-writer_n after_o this_o time_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o these_o word_n of_o tertullian_n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 3._o quid_fw-la ergò_fw-la si_fw-la episcopus_fw-la si_fw-la diaconus_fw-la si_fw-la vidua_fw-la &_o c_o where_o put_v the_o deacon_n next_o to_o the_o bishop_n he_o seem_v to_o comprise_v the_o presbyter_n with_o he_o in_o the_o same_o style_n for_o afterward_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n become_v appropriate_a to_o the_o head_n of_o presbytery_n as_o we_o hear_v s._n hierome_n say_v of_o the_o presbyter_n at_o alexandria_n that_o the_o head_n who_o they_o choose_v themselves_o out_o of_o their_o own_o number_n they_o name_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n otherwise_o as_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o name_n of_o sacerdos_n be_v common_a to_o both_o estate_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o office_n of_o divine_a service_n which_o be_v perform_v by_o both_o so_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n common_a to_o both_o be_v they_o many_o time_n comprise_v together_o in_o the_o common_a style_n of_o presbyter_n the_o name_n of_o their_o age_n or_o antistites_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praepositi_fw-la and_o the_o like_a the_o name_n of_o their_o charge_n for_o as_o the_o apostle_n make_v himself_o a_o elder_n when_o he_o write_v to_o they_o in_o this_o style_n 1._o pet._n i._n 5._o the_o elder_n i_o exhort_v who_o be_o also_o a_o elder_a so_o be_v the_o like_a to_o be_v observe_v in_o that_o well-known_a passage_n of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n relate_v by_o eusebius_n eccles_n hist_o iii._o 23._o concern_v the_o youth_n which_o s._n john_n the_o apostle_n commend_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o a_o certain_a place_n clemens_n proceed_v in_o the_o relation_n add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o elder_a say_v he_o take_v the_o youth_n home_o to_o his_o house_n etc._n etc._n call_v he_o a_o presbyter_n who_o he_o have_v name_v a_o bishop_n but_o just_a afore_o so_o tertullian_n apologet._n c._n 39_o describe_v what_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o assembly_n of_o christian_n add_v president_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la honorem_fw-la non_fw-la pretio_fw-la sed_fw-la testimonio_fw-la adepti_fw-la not_o mean_v to_o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o bishop_n to_o be_v see_v at_o these_o meeting_n for_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr prescript_n where_o he_o name_v polycarpus_n who_o we_o allege_v afore_o cap._n 32._o bishop_n of_o smyrna_n he_o speak_v as_o much_o of_o bishop_n that_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n in_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n of_o their_o plant_n but_o comprise_v both_o rank_n and_o estate_n in_o one_o name_n of_o elder_n and_o that_o upon_o the_o reason_n specify_v in_o the_o commentary_n under_o s._n ambrose_n his_o name_n upon_o 1._o tim._n iii._o 8._o where_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o apostle_n pass_v 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