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〈◊〉_d council_n calce_v can._n 8._o the_o imperial_a city_n the_o father_n very_o fit_o give_v a_o honourable_a pre-eminence_n as_o those_o 630_o father_n profess_v at_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n but_o this_o be_v a_o frank-gift_n a_o voluntary_a act_n and_o courtesy_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o from_o these_o respectful_a compellation_n and_o honorary_a grant_n of_o precedency_n to_o argue_v that_o the_o bishop_n and_o see_v of_o rome_n have_v authority_n over_o the_o rest_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o if_o you_o shall_v say_v that_o because_o among_o our_o magistrate_n the_o mayor_n of_o london_n have_v the_o title_n of_o lord_n therefore_o all_o other_o major_n and_o headborough_n be_v under_o his_o command_n or_o because_o among_o our_o city_n london_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o head-city_n therefore_o all_o other_o city_n and_o corporation_n be_v under_o its_o jurisdiction_n or_o because_o among_o our_o peer_n there_o be_v a_o premier_n duke_n or_o a_o first_o 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cujus_fw-la a_o singulis_n in_o solidum_fw-la pars_fw-la tenetur_fw-la s._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la whereof_o all_o particular_a bishop_n be_v equal_a and_o joint-possessor_n like_o joint-heir_n in_o fee._n and_o st._n austin_n who_o our_o author_n cite_v say_v clear_o against_o he_o that_o though_o the_o bishop_n 41._o pag._n 41._o of_o rome_n have_v the_o pre-eminence_n yet_o the_o episcopal_a power_n be_v common_a to_o all_o that_o be_v of_o that_o function_n and_o therefore_o optatus_n call_v pope_n siricius_n his_o fellow_n socius_fw-la be_v the_o word_n which_o our_o author_n have_v very_o ignorant_o or_o very_o disingenuous_o render_v contemporary_a but_o the_o plain_a meaning_n be_v our_o fellow_n or_o equal_a the_o ancient_n distinguish_v between_o priority_n in_o point_n of_o honour_n and_o supremacy_n or_o primacy_n in_o point_n of_o jurisdiction_n the_o former_a they_o deny_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o when_o once_o he_o go_v about_o to_o take_v advantage_n by_o their_o free_a concession_n to_o encroach_v upon_o their_o due_a privilege_n they_o resolute_o oppose_v his_o usurpation_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o give_v he_o a_o honourable_a deference_n this_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o that_o controversy_n whereof_o i_o have_v give_v you_o a_o short_a account_n and_o for_o your_o further_a satisfaction_n you_o may_v consult_v the_o vehement_a epistle_n of_o st._n cyprian_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o particular_o that_o to_o cornelius_n where_o he_o stout_o defend_v the_o privilege_n of_o foreign_a church_n and_o their_o right_n of_o judge_v matter_n at_o home_n against_o all_o appeal_n to_o the_o roman_a see_v and_o if_o anything_o be_v needful_a to_o be_v add_v it_o shall_v be_v only_o what_o st._n cyprian_n say_v afterward_o at_o initie_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopâ—…_n se_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terror_fw-la ad_fw-la