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college_n of_o bishop_n may_v do_v to_o he_o the_o equivalent_a of_o a_o formal_a deposition_n they_o can_v refuse_v he_o their_o communion_n and_o thereby_o exclude_v he_o from_o their_o episcopal_a college_n and_o they_o can_v oblige_v all_o the_o christian_n within_o his_o district_n to_o abandon_v he_o and_o because_o he_o see_v that_o his_o former_a assertion_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o his_o having_z no_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n will_v be_v object_v he_o say_v no_o bishop_n be_v superior_a to_o another_o in_o point_n of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n how_o to_o make_v all_o this_o hang_v together_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o know_v 1._o to_o wreathe_v the_o yoke_n of_o the_o bishop_n domination_n on_o the_o church_n he_o establish_v independency_n among_o bishop_n whereas_o no_o reason_n can_v be_v give_v why_o parish_n shall_v not_o be_v independent_a on_o one_o another_o as_o well_o as_o province_n i_o look_v on_o both_o these_o sort_n of_o 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own_o number_n both_o with_o respect_n to_o his_o communion_n with_o they_o and_o with_o respect_n to_o his_o particular_a charge_n that_o make_v a_o wide_a door_n both_o for_o heresy_n and_o schism_n and_o for_o people_n be_v without_o remedy_n under_o the_o plague_n of_o bad_a minister_n than_o any_o thing_n that_o parity_n can_v be_v charge_v with_o 4._o the_o people_n be_v here_o leave_v judge_n of_o the_o bishop_n heresy_n and_o other_o incapacitate_v ill_a quality_n and_o so_o to_o determine_v whether_o they_o will_v leave_v he_o or_o not_o the_o college_n of_o bishop_n can_v do_v no_o more_o but_o inform_v they_o and_o tell_v they_o what_o they_o be_v oblige_v by_o the_o law_n of_o one_o faith_n and_o one_o communion_n to_o do_v 5._o what_o if_o the_o bishop_n will_v not_o leave_v his_o charge_n nor_o the_o people_n abandon_v he_o have_v christ_n leave_v no_o ordinance_n in_o his_o church_n as_o a_o remedy_n of_o this_o case_n the_o college_n of_o bishop_n can_v excommunicate_a he_o nor_o they_o that_o be_v to_o exercise_v formal_a authority_n over_o he_o or_o they_o if_o they_o then_o will_v not_o yield_v to_o the_o college_n information_n or_o advice_n they_o may_v go_v on_o in_o their_o way_n without_o further_a controlment_n thus_o we_o see_v that_o man_n will_v venture_v to_o ruin_v the_o soundness_n peace_n and_o purity_n of_o the_o church_n that_o they_o may_v establish_v a_o lordly_a prelacy_n over_o the_o people_n of_o god_n what_o he_o insist_v so_o much_o on_o p._n 86_o 87._o about_o direct_v public_a letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o their_o be_v sign_v by_o they_o be_v not_o worth_a our_o notice_n we_o also_o count_v it_o regular_a for_o our_o moderator_n to_o be_v so_o treat_v but_o there_o be_v some_o peculiar_a reason_n why_o it_o be_v so_o punctual_o observe_v in_o that_o age_n because_o the_o praeses_fw-la of_o their_o meeting_n be_v fix_v and_o it_o be_v interpretative_o a_o degrade_n of_o he_o or_o question_v his_o title_n to_o do_v otherwise_o but_o this_o import_v no_o superior_a jurisdiction_n he_o tell_v p._n 87._o that_o every_o haeretical_a or_o schismatical_a bishop_n and_o all_o who_o adhere_v to_o he_o be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la out_o of_o the_o church_n this_o i_o do_v not_o believe_v for_o how_o shall_v a_o man_n be_v know_v to_o be_v haeretical_a till_o he_o be_v try_v and_o judge_v his_o proof_n amount_v to_o no_o more_o but_o that_o such_o be_v deal_v with_o as_o out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o may_v be_v the_o manner_n of_o process_n against_o they_o be_v not_o mention_v but_o such_o a_o negative_a argument_n will_v not_o prove_v that_o no_o more_o be_v do_v to_o cast_v they_o out_o if_o that_o be_v the_o episcopal_a course_n of_o censure_n we_o intend_v not_o to_o follow_v it_o and_o if_o that_o be_v the_o way_n in_o the_o cyprianick_n age_n it_o make_v its_o example_n less_o venerable_a and_o argumentative_a but_o it_o say_v nothing_o for_o the_o bishop_n sole_a power_n he_o say_v p._n 89._o that_o a_o bishop_n never_o call_v a_o presbyter_n his_o colleague_n a._n if_o it_o be_v understand_v of_o presbyter_n without_o a_o charge_n there_o be_v reason_n for_o it_o he_o have_v no_o joint_a charge_n of_o the_o congregation_n we_o use_v the_o same_o way_n of_o appellation_n but_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o a_o moderator_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o other_o brethren_n i_o answer_v we_o find_v presbyter_n call_v the_o bishop_n brother_n as_o be_v note_v before_o yea_o council_n carthag_n 4._o canon_n 35._o it_o be_v decree_v that_o though_o a_o bishop_n in_o consessu_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la sublimior_fw-la sedeat_fw-la intra_fw-la domum_fw-la collegam_fw-la se_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la this_o its_o true_a be_v a_o little_a after_o cyprian_n time_n but_o it_o be_v when_o church-domination_n be_v rather_o grow_v than_o decrease_v §_o 63._o his_o strength_n be_v now_o far_o spend_v when_o in_o the_o end_n of_o his_o book_n he_o waste_v so_o many_o word_n to_o 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and_o time_n as_o there_o be_v of_o the_o solemn_a league_n and_o covenant_n or_o the_o sanquhar_n declaration_n this_o show_v more_o of_o his_o spite_n against_o that_o church-office_n than_o of_o his_o skill_n to_o refute_v it_o §_o 15._o it_o may_v have_v be_v expect_v from_o this_o peremptory_a confidence_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v attempt_v a_o refutation_n of_o what_o many_o learned_a man_n have_v write_v on_o that_o subject_a if_o he_o look_v into_o that_o controversy_n the_o london_n minister_n who_o he_o cit_v can_v have_v teach_v he_o at_o least_o to_o speak_v more_o sober_o so_o blondel_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la plebis_fw-la p._n 79._o etc._n etc._n smectym_n l'arroque_fw-la conformity_n of_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n of_o france_n with_o the_o primitive_a church_n calvin_n p._n martyr_n and_o many_o late_a writer_n at_o least_o he_o may_v have_v have_v some_o regard_n to_o archbishop_n whitgift_n a_o zealous_a pleader_n for_o prelacy_n as_o he_o be_v cite_v by_o synod_n lond._n vindication_n of_o presbyterial_a government_n i_o know_v say_v he_o that_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n they_o have_v in_o every_o church_n senior_n to_o who_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v commit_v but_o that_o be_v before_o there_o be_v any_o christian_a prince_n or_o magistrate_n i_o hope_v then_o that_o it_o be_v in_o cyprian_n time_n will_v not_o be_v deny_v may_v be_v on_o second_o thought_n he_o will_v abate_v a_o little_a of_o this_o confidence_n when_o he_o consider_v these_o few_o citation_n follow_v which_o do_v plain_o prove_v that_o both_o before_o and_o after_o cyprian_n time_n there_o be_v rule_v elder_n who_o be_v not_o preacher_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o church_n origen_n lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n there_o be_v some_o appoint_v who_o do_v inquire_v into_o the_o life_n and_o manner_n of_o they_o who_o be_v admit_v that_o they_o may_v debar_v from_o the_o congregation_n such_o as_o commit_v vile_a thing_n and_o receive_v such_o as_o abstain_v from_o these_o and_o make_v they_o daily_o better_a tertul._n apol._n c._n 3._o president_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la honorem_fw-la istum_fw-la non_fw-la praetio_fw-la sed_fw-la testimonio_fw-la adepti_fw-la these_o be_v before_o cyprian_a after_o he_o be_v jerom_n on_o isaiah_n 3._o 2._o et_fw-la nos_fw-la habemus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la senatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n august_n ep._n 137._o dilectissimis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la clero_fw-la senioribus_fw-la &_o vniversae_fw-la plebi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hipponensis_n where_o he_o make_v a_o plain_a distinction_n between_o the_o clergy_n and_o these_o other_o elder_n and_o also_o the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n these_o elder_n than_o be_v not_o teacher_n and_o they_o be_v above_o the_o people_n the_o like_a he_o have_v contra_fw-la crescentium_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o omnes_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la diaconi_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la scitis_fw-la et_fw-fr ibid._n c._n 56._o peregrinus_n presbyter_n &_o seniores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la musticanae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o same_o augustin_n in_o his_o account_n of_o the_o purgation_n of_o caecilianus_n and_o felix_n accuse_v by_o the_o donatist_n mention_v several_a letter_n record_v in_o the_o public_a act_n which_o must_v certain_o speak_v the_o language_n of_o that_o age_n wherein_o rule_v elder_n distinguish_v from_o preach_a presbyter_n be_v plain_o and_o often_o mention_v as_o episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la diaconi_fw-la seniores_fw-la again_o clerici_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la cirthensium_fw-la also_o a_o letter_n direct_v clero_fw-la &_o senioribus_fw-la and_o another_o clericis_fw-la &_o senioribus_fw-la likewise_o the_o epistle_n of_o purpurens_n to_o sylvanus_n have_v these_o word_n adhibeâ—e_fw-la clericos_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la plebis_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la viros_fw-la &_o inquirant_fw-la diligenter_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la istae_fw-la dissentiones_fw-la where_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a consistory_n be_v then_o make_v up_o of_o these_o elder_n as_o one_o sort_n of_o its_o constituent_a member_n and_o that_o they_o have_v authority_n to_o take_v course_n with_o disorder_n in_o the_o church_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o teacher_n of_o the_o church_n even_o gregorius_n magnus_n the_o pope_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o six_o age_n show_v that_o such_o elder_n be_v still_o in_o the_o church_n tabellarium_n say_v he_o cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la seniorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la memineris_fw-la ordinandum_fw-la also_o lib._n 2._o epist_n 19_o si_fw-mi quid_fw-la de_fw-la quocunque_fw-la clerico_n ad_fw-la aures_fw-la tuas_fw-la pervenerit_fw-la quod_fw-la te_fw-la justè_fw-la possit_fw-la offendere_fw-la facile_fw-la non_fw-la credas_fw-la sed_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la senioribus_fw-la est_fw-la perscrutanda_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la si_fw-la 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