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association_n all_o sort_n of_o sober_a minister_n have_v find_v by_o woeful_a experience_n to_o be_v so_o pernicious_a both_o to_o their_o private_a and_o the_o public_a interest_n of_o religion_n that_o i_o believe_v most_o of_o they_o be_v now_o very_o solicitous_a how_o to_o heal_v themselves_o lest_o they_o further_o appear_v physician_n of_o no_o value_n to_o the_o people_n who_o can_v never_o think_v themselves_o either_o well_o teach_v or_o govern_v by_o such_o minister_n as_o know_v not_o how_o to_o govern_v themselves_o and_o yet_o be_v impatient_a to_o be_v govern_v by_o any_o other_o but_o themselves_o who_o be_v either_o mean_a or_o weak_a or_o wilful_a man_n take_v single_o will_v not_o be_v much_o able_a or_o strong_a or_o more_o value_v in_o any_o arbitrary_a precarious_a or_o partial_a way_n of_o self-combination_n or_o associating_n chap._n vii_o minister_n i_o be_o neither_o whole_o ignorant_a of_o nor_o averse_a from_o those_o late_a project_n and_o essay_n of_o association_n which_o some_o minister_n have_v present_v to_o the_o world_n and_o as_o i_o hear_v practise_v among_o themselves_o in_o some_o country_n with_o what_o good_a success_n or_o public_a advantage_n i_o do_v not_o yet_o understand_v however_o this_o plot_n of_o associate_a do_v proclaim_v to_o all_o the_o world_n that_o the_o generality_n of_o minister_n be_v very_o sensible_a of_o that_o shame_n solitude_n feebleness_n contempt_n dissipation_n and_o diminution_n to_o which_o their_o late_a division_n have_v expose_v they_o even_o among_o those_o people_n who_o they_o most_o gratify_v with_o eat_v that_o forbid_a fruit_n which_o by_o a_o surfeit_n of_o liberty_n have_v bring_v so_o great_a sickness_n and_o mortality_n upon_o the_o life_n of_o religion_n as_o christian_n and_o reform_a also_o upon_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o people_n of_o england_n i_o see_v the_o sense_n of_o their_o own_o and_o the_o people_n nakedness_n as_o to_o ecclesiastical_a union_n and_o government_n have_v make_v minister_n seek_v for_o some_o cover_n for_o themselves_o though_o it_o be_v but_o of_o figleaf_n in_o comparison_n of_o that_o goodly_a garment_n which_o god_n have_v former_o clothe_v they_o withal_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o all_o ancient_a church_n who_o be_v govern_v adorn_v and_o defend_v by_o episcopal_a eminency_n presidency_n and_o authority_n strengthen_v with_o presbyterian_a counsel_n and_o further_o help_v by_o the_o service_n and_o care_n of_o deacon_n or_o overseer_n for_o the_o poor_a to_o complete_a the_o well-governing_a of_o the_o church_n with_o charity_n wisdom_n and_o orderly_a authority_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o wise_a strong_a great_a or_o rich_a may_v be_v extravagant_a and_o unruly_a nor_o the_o simple_a weak_a lesser_a and_o poor_a sort_n of_o christian_n be_v neglect_v and_o contemn_v a_o method_n of_o church-government_n certain_o not_o more_o ancient_a and_o catholic_n than_o complete_a in_o all_o the_o requisite_a proportion_n of_o government_n which_o have_v in_o it_o not_o only_o all_o principle_n of_o reason_n
negat_fw-la anathema_n fit_a conc._n gerundense_a anno_fw-la 517._o parvuli_fw-la si_fw-la infirmi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la etiam_fw-la eadem_fw-la die_fw-la qua_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la oblati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la can._n 5._o conc._n bracarense_n a_o 572._o praecipiant_fw-la epis_fw-la ut_fw-la infant_n ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la offerant_fw-la offerant_fw-la tert._n the_o bap_n c._n 18._o quid_fw-la festinat_fw-la innocens_fw-la aetas_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la anno_fw-la 850._o the_o reb_n eccl_n c._n 26._o 26._o ludou._n vives_n in_o l._n 1._o c._n 27._o aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la dei_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr baptis_n c._n 1._o par_fw-fr 3._o so_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n trent_n naz._n or_o 40._o de_fw-fr bapt._n bapt._n propriae_fw-la occultae_fw-la &_o privatae_fw-la opiniunculae_fw-la à _fw-la communis_fw-la generalis_fw-la &_o publicae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la secretae_fw-la vin._n lir._n c._n 39_o 39_o consuetudo_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o baptizandis_fw-la parvulis_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la spernenda_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la superflua_fw-la deputanda_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la credenda_fw-la nisi_fw-la apostolica_fw-la esset_fw-la traditio_fw-la aug._n ep_n ad_fw-la volusiam_n volusiam_n aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-la pec_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la c._n 26._o parvulos_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la esse_fw-la concedunt_fw-la pelagiani_n qui_fw-la contra_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la &_o apostolos_fw-la traditum_fw-la venire_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la possunt_fw-la ep._n lib._n 3._o ep_n 8._o ad_fw-la fidum_fw-la the_o romish_a advantage_n by_o the_o division_n and_o deformity_n of_o the_o ch._n of_o england_n phil._n 1.18_o act_n 17.30_o the_o wide_a and_o just_a distance_n between_o the_o reform_a and_o romanist_n see_v b._n bramhall_n sir_n roger_n twisden_n dr._n hammond_n of_o schism_n matth._n 17.5_o id_fw-la pulcherrimum_n quod_fw-la verissimum_fw-la illud_fw-la verissimum_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la tert._n irreconcilable_a difference_n between_o reform_a truth_n and_o romish_a error_n which_o be_v as_o manifest_v and_o obstinate_a papist_n pertinacy_n against_o the_o true_a canon_n of_o scripture_n dr._n cousin_n his_o late_a history_n of_o the_o scripture_n cajetan_n in_o c._n 10._o estheri_fw-la aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la c._n 36._o &_o cont_n 2._o gaudentii_fw-la epis_fw-la c._n 23._o hieron_n in_o pro._n gal._n &_o ad_fw-la demetriad_n ruffi_n in_o symb._n 1_o corin._n 14_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 14.19_o jerem._n 51.9_o the_o sacrilegious_a obstinacy_n of_o romanist_n in_o the_o lord_n supper_n as_o to_o the_o cup_n etc._n etc._n etc._n olim_fw-la omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la qualibet_fw-la die_fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la corpori_fw-la &_o sanguini_fw-la christi_fw-la communicabant_fw-la durand_n rat._n off_o div_o l._n 4._o roman_a obstinacy_n and_o credulity_n in_o transubstantiation_n b._n usher_n answer_v to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_v about_o real_a presence_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n iren._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o 9_o lib._n the_o corp_n &_o sang._n christ_n who_o live_v a_o 850._o videtur_fw-la agnus_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la &_o cruor_fw-la in_o calice_n etc._n etc._n exod._n 12.21_o 1_o cor._n 5.7_o 1_o cor._n 0.4_o ezek._n 37.11_o gen._n 41.26_o dan._n 4.22_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d bertramus_fw-la li._n de_fw-fr corp_n &_o sing_v christi_fw-la panis_n ille_fw-la vinumque_fw-la figuratè_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguis_fw-la existit_fw-la conc._n late_a c._n 1._o christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguis_fw-la in_o sacramento_n altaris_fw-la sub_fw-la speciebus_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la veraciter_fw-la continentur_fw-la transubstantiatis_n pane_n in_o corpus_fw-la &_o vino_fw-la in_o sanguinem_fw-la divina_fw-la potestate_fw-la 1_o cor._n 10.17_o 1_o cor._n 11.27_o rev._n 18.4_o mal._n 15.3_o 6._o joh._n 14.21_o 24._o necessary_a separation_n and_o distance_n from_o rome_n without_o uncharitableness_n 1_o joh._n 1.5_o &_o 4.8_o 2_o tim._n 3.16_o zach._n 3.3_o 4._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 1_o pet._n 4.8_o 1_o cor._n 8_o 7._o vid._n papist_n reply_v to_o charity_n mistake_v against_o dr._n potter_n offer_n of_o charity_n gal._n 6.10_o two_o grand_a obstruction_n of_o all_o christian_a accommodation_n in_o these_o western_a church_n mat._n 28.2_o 1._o great_a bar_n the_o roman_a pride_n rev._n 2._o &_o 3_o 2_o great_a bar_n the_o transport_v of_o reformer_n see_v m._n hooker_n preface_n to_o his_o eccl._n pol._n the_o equity_n &_o charity_n of_o severe_a and_o sacrilegious_a reforming_n sir_n sands_n survey_n of_o the_o western_a church_n act_n 3.6_o 1_o tim._n 5.17_o the_o excuse_n and_o plea_n for_o sacrilegious_a excess_n answer_v answ_n sacrilege_n a_o great_a pest_n to_o religion_n and_o stop_v to_o reformation_n titus_n 1.10_o 1_o tim._n 6.10_o 2_o tim._n 3.3_o job_n 31.12_o num._n 16.39_o see_v the_o excellent_a history_n of_o scotl._n by_o the_o archbish_a of_o s._n andr._n in_o the_o life_n of_o mr._n knox._n b._n andrew_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d dr._n baziere_n sir_n h._n spelm._n sir_n ja._n semple_n and_o other_o against_o sacrilege_n sacrilege_n malac._n 3.8_o qui_fw-la sacrum_fw-la sacrove_n consecratum_fw-la clepserit_fw-la rapscritque_fw-la parricida_fw-la esto_fw-la lex_fw-la 12._o tab._n l._n 1._o cod_n justin_n rom._n 2.22_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cl._n alex._n tetriùs_n peccat_fw-la deum_fw-la judificans_n quam_fw-la negligens_fw-la isid_n sit_fw-la anima_fw-la meacum_fw-la philosophis_fw-la prov._n 3.9_o mal._n 1.10_o mal._n 3.8_o prov._n 20.25_o eccles_n 5.4_o prov._n 20.25_o it_o be_v a_o snare_n to_o the_o man_n who_o devour_v that_o which_o be_v holy_a and_o after_o vow_n make_v inquiry_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d callidè_fw-la intervertere_fw-la aut_fw-la surripere_fw-la quippiam_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la domini_fw-la notitiam_fw-la &_o usum_fw-la perveniat_fw-la the_o insatiableness_n of_o sacrilegious_a spirit_n unrepressed_a hist_o of_o hen._n 8._o josh_n 7.12_o 2_o king_n 23.11_o sacrilegi_fw-la diis_fw-la exosi_fw-la hominibus_fw-la infame_n valer._n ma._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ventriloqui_fw-la isa_n 8.19_o in_o sir_n h._n spelmans_fw-mi discourse_n of_o sacrilege_n ms._n euseb_n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o hist_o 1_o sam._n 21.5.22.18_o plea_n for_o sacrilege_n answer_v mal._n 3._o act_n 5.35_o you_o man_n of_o israel_n take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o what_o you_o intend_v to_o do_v as_o to_o these_o man_n john_n 19.23_o 2_o king_n 18.16_o josh_n 7._o see_v bâchartus_fw-la geog._n s._n de_fw-fr sicul._n phoenicibus_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 28._o qui_fw-la super_fw-la impositi_fw-la spirans_fw-la per_fw-la montis_fw-la hiatus_fw-la aeterâos_n vomit_n ore_fw-la ignes_fw-la en_fw-fr celadi_fw-la bustum_fw-la qui_fw-la saucia_fw-la membra_fw-la revinctus_fw-la spirat_fw-la inexhaustum_fw-la flagranti_fw-la pectore_fw-la sulphur_n claudian_n de_fw-fr aetn_n object_n answ_n dan._n 5.2_o hab._n 2.11_o eccl._n 10.8_o jerem._n 35._o 1_o timoth._n 6.5_o object_n plea_n against_o restitution_n from_o indemnity_n of_o the_o purchaser_n 2_o chron._n 25_o 9_o answ_n the_o romanist_n discouragement_n as_o to_o the_o reform_a religion_n by_o sacrilege_n the_o evil_a eye_n of_o some_o reformer_n against_o material_a church_n a_o plea_n for_o paul_n and_o other_o church_n in_o england_n 2_o pet._n 3._o psal_n 83.12_o objection_n matth._n 26.8_o ans_fw-fr prov._n 3.9_o 1_o king_n 8.27_o act._n 17.24_o prov._n 8.31_o rev._n 21.3_o mat._n 3._o mark_v 14.15_o john_n 12.6_o act_n 5.3_o of_o pious_a munificence_n become_v christian_n malac._n 1.8_o 2_o sam._n 24.24_o isa_n 3â_n 5_o 6._o matth._n 2._o isid_n l._n 8._o etymol_n magnificentiam_fw-la &_o cultus_fw-la &_o sermonis_fw-la ad_fw-la deorum_fw-la &_o religionis_fw-la honorem_fw-la homines_fw-la primâ_n excogitarunt_fw-la hinc_fw-la templa_fw-la deûm_fw-la privatis_fw-la domibus_fw-la pulchriora_fw-la simulacra_fw-la corporibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la ampliora_fw-la laudes_fw-la eorum_fw-la augustâori_fw-la eloquentia_fw-la celâbrabantur_fw-la certis_fw-la numeris_fw-la inclusae_fw-la ind_n vatum_fw-la &_o poetarum_fw-la versus_fw-la &_o hymni_fw-la ad_fw-la deos_fw-la etc._n etc._n hag._n 1.4_o mark_v 14.4_o phil._n 2._o dan._n 4.29_o the_o main_a hindrance_n &_o unlikelihood_n of_o a_o conjunction_n between_o protestant_n &_o romanist_n deut._n 14.21_o roman_n interest_n advance_v by_o the_o petty_a faction_n of_o super-reformer_n of_o religion_n eccles_n 7.16_o rom._n 2.22_o ps_n 59.6_o 2_o tim._n 3.9_o finis_fw-la operantis_fw-la &_o operis_fw-la the_o danger_n of_o divide_a party_n in_o religion_n as_o to_o the_o civil_a interest_n of_o england_n see_v the_o history_n of_o jack_n cade_n and_o war_n tileâ_n late_o set_v forth_o see_v the_o history_n of_o hacket_n and_o coppinger_n in_o mr._n cambden_n elizabeth_n aug._n epist_n ad_fw-la victor_n nun_n 122._o râssidius_n in_o vitâ_fw-la aug._n set_a forth_o by_o sâeidan_n in_o his_o comm._n by_o other_o of_o late_a in_o english_a rev._n 9.7_o 8._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d history_n of_o the_o netherlands_o jos_n 10.24_o 1_o tim._n 5.17_o 1_o cor._n 12.28_o psal_n 68.11_o deut._n 22.10_o deut._n 22.9_o 11._o 1_o cor._n 11.16_o magis_fw-la perturbat_fw-la novitas_fw-la quam_fw-la prodest_fw-la veritas_fw-la 1_o sam._n 6.10_o the_o design_n and_o method_n of_o this_o four_o book_n the_o difficulty_n of_o repair_v a_o decay_a church_n numb_a
22.22_o grand_a motive_n to_o a_o public_a restitution_n and_o fixation_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n 1._o reason_n from_o the_o glory_n of_o our_o god_n and_o saviour_n lib._n 2._o c._n 4_o &_o 5._o 2._o reason_n from_o prudence_n and_o civil_a policy_n euseb_n l._n 8._o hist_o cap._n 1._o sense_n of_o true_a honour_n call_v for_o the_o establishment_n of_o religion_n sense_n of_o gratitude_n invite_v to_o restore_v and_o establish_v religion_n the_o hopeful_a possibility_n of_o restore_v true_a religion_n to_o unity_n and_o settledness_n in_o england_n of_o mean_n to_o recompose_v the_o difference_n of_o religion_n in_o england_n 1._o from_o minister_n or_o the_o clergy_n anno_fw-la 1527._o revel_v 3.2_o judas_n 3_o 2_o from_o magistrate_n and_o layman_n mr._n fuller_n history_n of_o the_o brit._n church_n history_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n by_o sâotswood_n archbishop_n of_o s._n andrews_n of_o the_o late_a association_n project_v by_o some_o minister_n act_n 27.17_o council_n chalcedon_n can._n 29._o of_o civil_a assistance_n from_o layman_n to_o restore_v this_o church_n and_o religion_n act._n 16.9_o euseb_n in_o vita_fw-la const_n tit._n 3.10_o a_o scrutiny_n of_o what_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a in_o all_o party_n 1._o the_o best_a and_o worst_a of_o episcopacy_n 2._o trial_o of_o presbytery_n 3._o the_o trial_n of_o independency_n the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o real_a interest_n of_o episcopacy_n presbytery_n and_o independency_n of_o sacramental_a scrutiny_n to_o be_v use_v cypr_fw-la ep_n 10._o &_o 26._o prosanâ_fw-la sacilitate_v sanctum_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la prosanare_fw-la 1_o cor._n 2.10_o 1_o joh._n 4.2_o 13._o rom._n 10._o 9_o 10._o act_n 8.13_o 1_o sam._n 6.7_o fancy_n singulorum_fw-la videmus_fw-la corda_fw-la scâutari_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la dâ_n his_o judicat_fw-la occuliotum_fw-la scrutator_fw-la câ_n to_o venturus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr arcanis_fw-la cordis_fw-la jud_v catulus_o cyp._n ep_n 53._o true_a episcopacy_n state_v and_o represent_v to_o its_o antagonist_n phil._n 4.5_o 4.5_o postquam_fw-la comperisset_fw-la presbyterialem_fw-la statum_fw-la citra_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la coâsistere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la salmâsiii_n vitam_fw-la p._n 50._o consulebat_fw-la episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la omnino_fw-la tollendos_fw-la etc._n etc._n objection_n against_o episcopacy_n discuss_v 1._o object_n from_o the_o sameness_n of_o their_o name_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n signify_v but_o one_o office_n and_o power_n 1_o cor._n 10._o obj._n second_o that_o presbyter_n do_v choose_v and_o empower_v their_o bishop_n of_o old_a ans_fw-fr obj._n 3d._n that_o presbyter_n be_v as_o able_a and_o willing_a to_o ordain_v as_o any_o bishop_n ans_fw-fr 2_o tim._n 2.2_o obj._n 4._o that_o episcopacy_n be_v the_o root_n of_o the_o papacy_n ans_fw-fr obj._n 5._o that_o bishop_n be_v prone_a to_o be_v severe_a and_o tyrannic_a ans_fw-fr ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ign._n council_n carth._n 4_o can_n â3_n consessus_fw-la honorem_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopo_fw-la habent_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la cyp._n ep_n 46._o &_o 55._o &_o saepealibi_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la regebantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la âen_n epist_n ad_fw-la euag._n obj._n 6._o the_o jealousy_n lest_o bishop_n shall_v recover_v their_o land_n ans_fw-fr earnest_o exhort_v minister_n of_o all_o side_n to_o a_o happy_a composure_n and_o union_n 1_o cor._n 3.3_o 4._o sacerdos_n plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la sub_fw-la omnium_fw-la oâulis_fw-la deligatur_fw-la &_o dignus_fw-la atque_fw-la idoneus_fw-la omnium_fw-la publico_fw-la judicio_fw-la ac_fw-la testimony_n comprobetur_fw-la cyp._n ep._n 68_o tertul._n de_fw-fr praes_fw-la c._n 43._o ubi_fw-la metus_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la ibi_fw-la gravitas_fw-la modesta_fw-la diligentia_fw-la attonita_fw-la cura_fw-la solicita_fw-la communicatio_fw-la deliberata_fw-la promotio_fw-la emerita_fw-la subjectio_fw-la religiosa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la unita_fw-la dei_fw-la omne_fw-la hier._n ep_n 36._o amb._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi .1_o c._n 16._o sulcarunt_fw-la lacrim_n genas_fw-la &_o vultum_fw-la fletibus_fw-la exarabant_n mortis_fw-la speciem_fw-la in_o spiranti_fw-la corpore_fw-la praeferebant_fw-la num._n 16.3_o humble_o exhort_v magistrate_n to_o assist_v in_o so_o good_a a_o work_n isa_n 40.2_o zech_n 3.3_o 4._o jer._n 38._o sueton._n in_o vita_fw-la aug._n council_n or_o synod_n the_o proper_a mean_n to_o restore_v lapse_v religion_n euseb_n vit_fw-mi const_n of_o ecclesiastic_a council_n call_v by_o christian_a prince_n deut._n 17.8_o to_o v_o 14_o numb_a 16.48_o 1_o sam._n 6.7_o etc._n etc._n mark_v 15.16_o 17._o luke_n 23.11_o mat._n 2.9_o act._n 15.22_o ver_fw-la 28._o the_o great_a use_n of_o national_n and_o frequent_a synod_n the_o method_n of_o restore_v a_o settle_a church_n and_o unite_a ministry_n the_o essential_o of_o a_o true_a ministry_n 1._o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o ministry_n must_v be_v able_a and_o apt_a man_n 2_o cor._n 2.16_o 2_o cor._n 4.7_o second_o the_o essential_a form_n of_o a_o true_a minister_n right_a ordination_n ordinatos_fw-la suisse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la à _fw-la solis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la nullo_n exemplo_fw-la nulla_fw-la authoritate_fw-la probari_fw-la potest_fw-la sarav_fw-mi cont._n bez._n de_fw-fr grad_v min._n c._n 22._o heb._n 6.2_o eph._n 4._o mr._n mason_n preface_n to_o his_o defence_n etc._n etc._n tertul._n l._n de_fw-la praes_fw-la adv_fw-la haer._n l._n 32_o &_o 34._o cont._n marci_n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o euseb_n hist_o l._n 5_o 6_o 7._o irenaeus_n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o lib._n 5._o c._n 20._o cyp._n ep_n 52._o &_o passim_fw-la which_o authority_n be_v afterward_o at_o large_a cite_v in_o this_o book_n veritatis_fw-la praedicatorem_fw-la unius_fw-la diei_fw-la spatio_fw-la velut_fw-la è_fw-la luto_fw-la statuam_fw-la fingunt_fw-la nazian_n of_o the_o well-being_n of_o the_o clergy_n or_o ministry_n 1._o in_o point_n of_o maintenance_n and_o support_v 1_o tim._n 5.17_o 1_o cor._n 9.6_o act._n 4.34_o 35._o gen._n 14.18_o num._n 18.20_o 21._o deut._n 10_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 9.14_o gal._n 6.6_o heb._n 7.9_o mat._n 10.42_o eccl._n 9.15_o theod._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 4._o of_o meet_v order_n government_n and_o subordination_n among_o the_o clergy_n 1_o cor._n 11.16_o episcopatus_fw-la aemulatio_fw-la sâhâsmatum_fw-la mater_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr bap._n c._n 17._o reperiemus_fw-la veteres_fw-la episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la aliam_fw-la regendae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formam_fw-la voluisse_fw-la fingere_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_n quam_fw-la verbo_fw-la svo_fw-la deus_fw-la praescripsit_fw-la calv._n inst_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o sect._n 4._o act._n 6._o 1_o tim._n 3.8_o deacon_n presbyter_n bishop_n act_n 1.20_o 1_o ep._n to_o tim._n cap._n 3._o &_o 5._o and_o ep._n to_o tâtus_n cap._n 1._o episcopi_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o apostoli_fw-la successores_fw-la relinquebant_fw-la ipsis_fw-la suum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la locâm_fw-la tradentes_fw-la irenae_n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o habemus_fw-la enumerare_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la corum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la irenae_n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o &_o lib._n 5._o c._n â0_n ordo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la originem_fw-la recensus_fw-la in_o johannem_fw-la stabit_fw-la authorem_fw-la tertul._n adv_o marc._n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o sicut_fw-la smyânaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la à _fw-la johanne_n colloâatum_fw-la refert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la perinde_v utique_fw-la &_o caeterae_fw-la exhibent_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quos_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la constitutâs_fw-la apostolici_fw-la seminis_fw-la traduce_v hubent_fw-la tertul._n lib._n de_fw-la praesc_fw-la adv_fw-la haer._n c._n 32._o &_o 34._o de_fw-fr johanne_n apost_n clâmâns_v alexandrinus_n narrat_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la domiââanâ_n &_o reditum_fw-la suum_fw-la à _fw-la patmo_fw-la in_o ephesum_fw-la in_o vicinas_fw-la gentes_fw-la abiit_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d episcopos_fw-la constituens_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la in_o ordinem_fw-la digerens_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr diu._n sal._n origeni_n falsò_fw-la ascripto_o ex_fw-la judicio_fw-la cl_o usserii_fw-la armachani_fw-la jampridem_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la provincias_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la ordinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyp._n ep_n 52._o successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolos_fw-la sequuâi_fw-la sunt_fw-la 7._o libris_fw-la descripsimus_fw-la euseb_n l._n 4._o hist_o cap._n 1._o so._n theod._n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 27._o 27._o calv._n inst_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o sect._n 4._o 4._o apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la locit_fw-la tenent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la hier._n ep_n 54._o ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la traditiones_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la sumptas_fw-la de_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la erant_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la vindicent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la euag._n euag._n episcopus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la regendis_fw-la unicus_fw-la praepositus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la pluâibus_fw-la unius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la praeesser_n bono_n sine_fw-la hoc_fw-la institutum_fw-la esse_fw-la nemo_fw-la negat_fw-la quum_fw-la optima_fw-la ratio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ita_fw-la instituendi_fw-la salmas_n walo_n messal_n pag._n 413._o 413._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la hieronymus_n quum_fw-la diceret_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la initio_fw-la fuisse_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la