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ensue_v thereupon_o will_v never_o ordain_v that_o for_o a_o remedy_n which_o will_v not_o only_o be_v ineffectual_a to_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o evil_a but_o become_v a_o stirrup_n for_o antichrist_n to_o get_v into_o his_o saddle_n for_o if_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o set_v up_o one_o bishop_n over_o many_o presbyter_n for_o prevent_a schism_n there_o be_v as_o great_a a_o necessity_n of_o set_v up_o one_o archbishop_n over_o many_o bishop_n and_o one_o patriarch_n over_o many_o archbishop_n and_o one_o pope_n over_o all_o unless_o man_n will_v imagine_v that_o there_o be_v a_o danger_n of_o schism_n only_o among_o presbyter_n and_o not_o among_o bishop_n and_o archbishop_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o reason_n truth_n history_n and_o our_o own_o experience_n and_o lest_o our_o adversary_n shall_v appeal_v from_o hierome_n as_o a_o incompetent_a judge_n in_o this_o case_n because_o a_o presbyter_n and_o so_o a_o party_n we_o will_v therefore_o subjoyne_v the_o judgement_n of_o 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of_o canon_n but_o as_o a_o transgression_n of_o apostolical_a prescript_n and_o that_o it_o do_v compel_v or_o necessitate_v the_o heathen_a to_o blaspheme_v nor_o do_v only_a christian_a bishop_n but_o christian_a prince_n acknowledge_v the_o right_n and_o power_n of_o election_n of_o bishop_n to_o be_v in_o the_o people_n so_o that_o admire_v constantine_n the_o great_a promover_n and_o patron_n of_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o nicomedia_n against_o eusebius_n and_o theognius_n tell_v they_o the_o ready_a way_n to_o lay_v asleep_a the_o tumult_n that_o do_v then_o disturb_v the_o church_n about_o the_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v si_fw-la modo_fw-la episcopum_fw-la fidelem_fw-la &_o integrum_fw-la nacti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o praesentia_fw-la in_o vestrâ_fw-la situm_fw-la est_fw-la potestate_fw-la quodque_fw-la etiam_fw-la dudùm_fw-la penes_fw-la vestrum_fw-la judicium_fw-la fuerat_fw-la nisi_fw-la 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matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a custom_n but_o of_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n which_o bid_v the_o bishop_n first_o in_o all_o his_o ordination_n to_o consult_v with_o his_o clergy_n ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sine_fw-la concilio_n clericorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la clericos_fw-la non_fw-la ordinet_fw-la 22._o that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v not_o ordain_v a_o clergy_n man_n without_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o clergy_n this_o be_v cyprian_n practice_n epist._n 33._o second_o in_o his_o ordination_n to_o take_v the_o concurrent_a assistance_n of_o his_o presbyter_n 3._o cum_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la presbyter_n episcopo_fw-la eum_fw-la benedicente_fw-la &_o manum_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la tenente_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la sunt_fw-la manus_fw-la svas_fw-la juxta_fw-la manum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sut_fw-la er_fw-mi caput_fw-la illius_fw-la teneant_fw-la when_o a_o presbyter_n be_v ordain_v the_o bishop_n blessing_n he_o and_o hold_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n all_o the_o presbyter_n that_o be_v present_a shall_v likewise_o lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n with_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o which_o
of_o cornelius_n they_o come_v before_o the_o presbytery_n and_o therefore_o confess_v their_o sin_n 6._o and_o so_o be_v admit_v but_o though_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n be_v manage_v only_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n yet_o we_o will_v not_o conceal_v from_o you_o that_o neither_o excommunication_n not_o absolution_n do_v pass_v without_o the_o knowledge_n and_o approbation_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o the_o delinquent_n do_v belong_v so_o we_o have_v learn_v out_o of_o tertullian_n 59_o that_o their_o censure_n be_v order_v in_o their_o public_a assembly_n and_o good_a reason_n because_o the_o people_n be_v to_o forbear_v communion_n with_o such_o 2_o thes._n 3.6_o 14_o 15._o and_o public_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v inflict_v not_o only_o for_o the_o emendation_n of_o delinquent_n but_o for_o the_o admonition_n of_o other_o and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v admistrâ—d_v in_o public_a that_o other_o may_v fear_v 1_o tim._n 5.20_o origen_n speak_v of_o the_o duty_n and_o power_n of_o the_o church_n in_o cut_v off_o a_o scandalous_a person_n though_o a_o presbyter_n josh._n make_v the_o case_n his_o own_o he_o say_v thus_o in_o uno_fw-la consensu_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la universa_fw-la conspirans_fw-la excidat_fw-la i_o dâ—xtram_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o projiciat_fw-la a_o se_fw-la he_o will_v have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o that_o act._n and_o when_o the_o lapse_v christian_n be_v receive_v again_o into_o the_o church_n the_o people_n consent_n be_v require_v therein_o else_o why_o shall_v cyprian_n say_v vix_fw-la plebi_fw-la per_fw-la suadeo_fw-la imò_fw-la extorqueo_fw-la ut_fw-la tale_n patiantur_fw-la admitti_fw-la 55._o i_o can_v scarce_o persuade_v the_o people_n to_o suffer_v such_o to_o be_v admit_v and_o in_o another_o epistle_n write_v to_o his_o people_n in_o his_o banishment_n he_o promise_v to_o examine_v all_o thing_n they_o be_v present_a and_o judge_a plebem_fw-la examinabuntur_fw-la singula_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la &_o judicantibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la but_o of_o this_o power_n of_o the_o people_n we_o shall_v have_v a_o further_a occasion_n to_o speak_v afterward_o when_o we_o come_v to_o discourse_v of_o govern_v elder_n only_o may_v it_o please_v your_o honour_n from_o hence_o to_o take_v notice_n how_o unjust_o our_o bishop_n have_v invade_v this_o right_a and_o power_n of_o presbyter_n and_o people_n in_o church_n censure_n and_o divest_v both_o of_o it_o have_v gird_v it_o whole_o upon_o themselves_o and_o how_o herein_o they_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n be_v two_o sect_n x._o and_o as_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n be_v two_o in_o point_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n so_o also_o in_o the_o delegation_n of_o this_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n unto_o other_o to_o their_o chancellor_n commissary_n officer_n 2._o etc._n etc._n be_v ever_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o hear_v of_o in_o the_o best_a primitive_a time_n that_o man_n that_o never_o receive_v imposition_n of_o hand_n shall_v not_o only_o be_v receive_v into_o assistance_n but_o be_v whole_o entrust_v with_o the_o power_n of_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n even_o then_o when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v exercise_v over_o such_o person_n as_o have_v have_v hand_n lay_v upon_o they_o we_o may_v observe_v in_o cyprian_a whilst_o persecution_n separate_v he_o from_o his_o church_n when_o question_n do_v arise_v among_o his_o people_n he_o do_v not_o send_v they_o to_o his_o chancellor_n or_o commissary_n no_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o substitute_v any_o man_n much_o less_o a_o lay_v man_n to_o determene_n or_o give_v judgement_n in_o such_o case_n that_o he_o will_v not_o assume_v that_o power_n whole_o to_o himself_o but_o suspend_v his_o judgement_n till_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n shall_v restore_v he_o to_o his_o church_n again_o that_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o presbyter_n he_o may_v give_v sentence_n as_o may_v appear_v to_o any_o that_o shall_v peruse_v his_o epistle_n sure_o if_o god_n have_v ever_o lead_v his_o church_n to_o such_o a_o way_n of_o deputation_n it_o will_v have_v be_v in_o such_o a_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o this_o be_v or_o have_v any_o footstep_n of_o such_o a_o course_n as_o this_o be_v visible_a by_o this_o holy_a martyr_n in_o the_o go_n of_o former_a age_n he_o need_v not_o have_v defer_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o question_n about_o the_o receive_n of_o some_o penitent_a lapse_v one_o into_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n again_o till_o his_o return_n and_o the_o return_n of_o his_o clergy_n as_o he_o do_v 28._o we_o will_v instance_n in_o his_o 28_o epistle_n wherein_o give_v direction_n for_o the_o excommunicate_v of_o such_o as_o will_v rash_o communicate_v with_o lapse_v christian_n he_o give_v this_o charge_n not_o to_o his_o chancellor_n or_o commissary_n or_o any_o other_o man_n upon_o who_o he_o have_v devolve_v his_o power_n and_o set_v he_o as_o his_o deputy_n or_o vicar_n general_a in_o his_o absence_n but_o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la to_o the_o whole_a presbytery_n this_o truth_n be_v so_o clear_a that_o bishop_n downam_n the_o great_a advocate_n of_o episcopacy_n confess_v son_n that_o in_o ambrose_n his_o time_n and_o a_o good_a while_n after_o which_o be_v about_o 400_o year_n till_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n 〈…〉_z sect_n xi_o a_o three_o branch_n wherein_o the_o difference_n between_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n in_o point_n of_o exercise_v their_o jurisdiction_n be_v visible_a be_v the_o way_n or_o manner_n of_o exercise_v that_o power_n for_o brevity_n sake_n we_o will_v only_o instance_n in_o their_o proceed_n in_o cause_n criminal_a where_o let_v they_o tell_v we_o whether_o any_o good_a antiquity_n can_v yield_v they_o one_o precedent_n for_o their_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la which_o have_v be_v to_o their_o court_n as_o purgatory_n fire_n to_o the_o pope_n kitchen_n they_o have_v forget_v that_o old_a maxim_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n nemo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la prodere_fw-la seipsum_fw-la which_o as_o it_o be_v ground_v upon_o natural_a equity_n so_o it_o be_v confirm_v by_o a_o law_n enact_v by_o dioclesian_n and_o maximilian_n nimis_fw-la grave_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la petitis_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v too_o grievous_a that_o the_o adverse_a part_n shall_v be_v require_v to_o the_o exhibition_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o shall_v create_v trouble_n to_o themselves_o 7._o understand_v therefore_o that_o you_o ought_v to_o bring_v proof_n of_o your_o intention_n and_o not_o to_o extort_v they_o from_o your_o adversary_n against_o themselves_o shall_v the_o lamp_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o night_n of_o ehtnicism_n enable_v heathen_a prince_n yea_o persecutor_n to_o see_v and_o enact_v thus_o much_o and_o shall_v not_o the_o glorious_a sun_n of_o the_o gospel_n convince_v these_o of_o their_o iniquity_n in_o transgress_v this_o law_n that_o call_v themselves_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n if_o neither_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n nor_o gospel_n light_n can_v yet_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o they_o so_o oft_o appeal_v may_v both_o convince_v they_o of_o this_o iniquity_n and_o discover_v to_o all_o the_o world_n the_o contrariety_n of_o their_o proceed_n to_o the_o proceed_n of_o former_a time_n in_o this_o particular_a for_o of_o old_a both_o the_o plantiffe_n and_o defendant_n be_v bring_v face_n to_o face_n before_o the_o party_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o judge_v 2._o which_o way_n of_o proceed_v athanasius_n affirm_v to_o be_v according_a to_o scripture_n the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o because_o those_o that_o condemn_v macarius_n do_v not_o thus_o proceed_v he_o condemn_v their_o sentence_n as_o malicious_a and_o unjust_a of_o old_a no_o sentence_n pass_v against_o any_o man_n but_o upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o other_o witness_n beside_o the_o 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ut_fw-la meritò_fw-la debeat_fw-la appellari_fw-la notorium_fw-la if_o
the_o crime_n be_v so_o public_a that_o it_o may_v deserve_o be_v call_v notorious_a which_o law_n further_a determine_v what_o be_v notorious_a say_v offensam_fw-la illam_fw-la nos_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la manifestam_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la confessionem_fw-la vel_fw-la probationem_fw-la legitime_fw-la nota_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la evidentiâ_fw-la rei_fw-la quae_fw-la nulla_fw-la possit_fw-la tergiversatione_fw-la celari_fw-la we_o count_v that_o offence_n manifest_a which_o either_o by_o confession_n or_o by_o lawful_a proof_n come_v to_o be_v know_v or_o by_o evidence_n of_o fact_n so_o as_o it_o can_v be_v hide_v by_o no_o tergiversation_n so_o that_o all_o be_v do_v in_o former_a time_n with_o mature_a deliberation_n upon_o examination_n and_o evidence_n produce_v and_o prove_v by_o such_o witness_n as_o against_o who_o the_o defendant_n can_v lay_v in_o no_o just_a exception_n and_o not_o as_o now_o a_o accusation_n whisper_v against_o a_o man_n he_o know_v not_o by_o who_o to_o which_o he_o must_v take_v his_o oath_n to_o answer_v before_o he_o know_v what_o his_o accusation_n be_v which_o oath_n if_o he_o take_v without_o further_a witness_n he_o be_v censure_v upon_o the_o witness_n of_o his_o own_o oath_n if_o he_o take_v it_o not_o he_o be_v send_v present_o to_o prison_n there_o to_o lie_v without_o bail_n or_o mainprize_n till_o the_o insupportable_a misery_n of_o his_o long_a durance_n compel_v he_o to_o take_v on_o oath_n against_o nature_n scripture_n conscience_n and_o the_o just_a defence_n of_o his_o own_o innocency_n that_o our_o bishop_n therefore_o and_o former_a bishop_n be_v two_o in_o the_o point_n of_o execute_v their_o judicatory_a power_n we_o need_v spend_v no_o more_o time_n to_o prove_v but_o come_v to_o the_o three_o thing_n in_o which_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o former_a bishop_n be_v to_o be_v evidence_v sect_n xii_o and_o that_o be_v state_n employment_n or_o attendance_n upon_o civil_a and_o secular_a affair_n etc._n etc._n which_o both_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n prohibit_v which_o prohibition_n reach_v every_o bishop_n to_o speak_v in_o chrysostom_n word_n as_o well_o as_o timothy_n tim_n to_o who_o it_o be_v direct_v nullus_fw-la ergo_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la praeditus_fw-la haec_fw-la audire_fw-la detrectet_fw-la sed_fw-la agere_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la detrectet_fw-la let_v no_o man_n that_o be_v a_o bishop_n refuse_v to_o hear_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v but_o to_o do_v what_o the_o apostle_n forbid_v we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o bishop_n be_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n often_o encumber_v with_o secular_a business_n but_o these_o be_v put_v upon_o they_o sometime_o by_o emperor_n who_o seek_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o church_n as_o julian_n of_o who_o niceph._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 13._o do_v report_n â—1_n that_o in_o clerum_fw-la coaptatos_fw-la senatorum_fw-la munere_fw-la &_o ministerio_fw-la perverse_a fungi_fw-la jussit_fw-la sometime_o the_o gracious_a disposition_n of_o prince_n towards_o christian_a religion_n make_v they_o thus_o to_o honour_v bishop_n think_v thereby_o to_o advance_v religion_n as_o constantine_n the_o great_a enact_v that_o such_o as_o be_v to_o be_v try_v before_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v have_v leave_n to_o appeal_v ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la atque_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ratam_fw-la esse_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la imperatore_n prolatum_fw-la and_o this_o the_o historian_n reckon_v as_o one_o argument_n of_o his_o reverend_a respect_n to_o religion_n sometime_o the_o excellency_n of_o their_o singular_a part_n cast_v civil_a dignity_n upon_o they_o tiberius_n grant_v a_o questor_n dignity_n unto_o a_o bishop_n for_o his_o eloquence_n chrysostome_n for_o his_o notable_a stoutness_n and_o freedom_n of_o speech_n be_v send_v as_o the_o fit_a man_n to_o gainas_n with_o the_o emperor_n command_n sometime_o the_o people_n observe_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v much_o honour_v 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noâ—_n have_v the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n more_o right_a to_o the_o power_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n then_o of_o sole_a ordination_n and_o here_o we_o have_v confitentem_fw-la reum_fw-la our_o very_a adversary_n confess_v the_o vote_n of_o antiquity_n be_v with_o we_o cyprian_n profess_v that_o he_o will_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o clergy_n 97._o nay_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o without_o they_o nay_o he_o dare_v not_o take_v upon_o he_o alone_o to_o determine_v that_o which_o of_o right_n do_v belong_v to_o all_o and_o have_v he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v so_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n condemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n as_o irritanisi_fw-la clericorum_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la confirmetur_fw-la will_v you_o know_v the_o particular_n wherein_o the_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n of_o judicature_n without_o their_o presbyter_n first_o in_o judge_v and_o censure_v presbyter_n themselves_o and_o their_o doctrine_n 6._o for_o this_o the_o canon_n law_n 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omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la tam_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la quam_fw-la diaconâ—rum_fw-la quam_fw-la totius_fw-la etiam_fw-la cleri_fw-la sciscitata_fw-la fuit_fw-la sententia_fw-la there_o be_v a_o concurrence_n of_o all_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o the_o whole_a clergy_n in_o that_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n the_o truth_n herein_o may_v be_v further_o evidence_v by_o this_o because_o the_o whole_a clergy_n as_o well_o as_o the_o bishop_n impose_v hand_n upon_o such_o as_o repent_v be_v absolve_v nec_fw-la ad_fw-la communicationem_fw-la say_v cyprian_n venire_fw-la quis_fw-la possit_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la manus_fw-la illi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la imposita_fw-la 12._o no_o man_n that_o have_v be_v excommunicate_v may_v return_v to_o church-communion_n delictis_fw-la before_o hand_n have_v be_v lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n also_o write_v to_o his_o clergy_n concern_v lapse_v christian_n he_o tell_v they_o 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