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avoid_v of_o schism_n be_v every_o where_o inculcate_v by_o he_o to_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o without_o the_o bishop_n nothing_o be_v do_v and_o all_o with_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o presbyter_n heretofore_o some_o paraphrastical_a copy_n of_o this_o father_n epistle_n have_v go_v abroad_o in_o the_o world_n in_o which_o can_v not_o be_v find_v the_o many_o place_n which_o the_o father_n quote_v out_o of_o they_o at_o least_o in_o the_o same_o word_n but_o since_o the_o edition_n of_o the_o medicaean_a greek_a copy_n by_o is._n vossius_fw-la and_o the_o two_o old_a latin_a copy_n by_o bishop_n usher_n which_o differ_v from_o the_o former_a copy_n and_o agree_v with_o one_o another_o and_o wherein_o be_v find_v all_o the_o place_n quote_v out_o of_o they_o by_o the_o father_n and_o in_o the_o same_o expression_n wherein_o they_o be_v quote_v no_o tolerable_a reason_n have_v be_v give_v why_o they_o shall_v not_o pass_v for_o pure_a and_o genuine_a neither_o by_o blundell_n nor_o salmasius_n who_o probable_o have_v write_v their_o book_n against_o episcopacy_n before_o they_o have_v see_v these_o latter_a copy_n nor_o our_o own_o 108._o own_o see_v their_o two_o answer_n at_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n and_o the_o appendix_n to_o the_o jus_fw-la divinum_fw-la minist_n anglican_n prop._n 3._o pag._n 108._o man_n who_o still_o cry_v down_o these_o epistle_n without_o mention_v these_o latter_a copy_n or_o distinguish_v between_o they_o and_o the_o former_a this_o father_n who_o be_v bishop_n of_o antioch_n anno_fw-la dom._n 69._o and_o contemporary_a with_o st._n john_n in_o his_o epist._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la say_v thus_o vos_fw-fr decet_fw-la non_fw-la concuti_fw-la aetate_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la virtutem_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la omnem_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la ei_fw-la tribuere_fw-la ad_fw-la smyrnens_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcopum_fw-la sequimiâ—i_fw-la ut_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o presbyterium_fw-la ut_fw-la apostolos_fw-la diaconos_fw-la autem_fw-la revereamini_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nullus_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la operetur_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la convenit_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la illa_fw-la firma_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actio_fw-la eucharistia_n reputetur_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la ipso_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la quam_fw-la utique_fw-la concesserit_fw-la ubi_fw-la utique_fw-la apparet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la illic_fw-la multitudo_fw-la sit_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la utique_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la illic_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la licitum_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopo_fw-la neque_fw-la baptìzare_n neque_fw-la agapen_fw-la facere_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la utique_fw-la ille_fw-la probaverit_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la deo_fw-la beneplacitum_fw-la ut_fw-la stabile_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o firmum_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la agitur_fw-la honorans_fw-la episcopum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la honoratus_fw-la qui_fw-la occultum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la operatur_fw-la diabolo_fw-la praestat_fw-la obsequium_fw-la ad_fw-la ephes._n concurrite_fw-la sententia_fw-la dei_fw-la etenim_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la incomparibile_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vivere_fw-la patris_fw-la sententia_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la
episcopi_fw-la secundum_fw-la terrae_fw-la fine_n determinati_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la sententia_fw-la sunt_fw-la unde_fw-la decet_fw-la vos_fw-la concurrere_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la in_o concordiâ_fw-la dei_fw-la studete_fw-la omnes_fw-la operari_fw-la praesidente_fw-la episcopo_fw-la in_fw-la loco_fw-la dei_fw-la ad_fw-la tralles_n omnes_fw-la revereantur_fw-la diaconos_fw-la ut_fw-la mandatum_fw-la fesu_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o episcopum_fw-la ut_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la existentem_fw-la filium_fw-la patris_fw-la fresbyterion_n autem_fw-la ut_fw-la synedrium_fw-la concilium_fw-la dei_fw-la valete_fw-la in_o jesus_n christo_fw-la subjecti_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la mandato_fw-la similiter_fw-la &_o presbyterio_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la he_o commend_v sotion_n the_o deacon_n quoniam_fw-la subjectus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ut_fw-la gratiae_n dei_fw-la &_o presbyterio_n ut_fw-la legi_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la see_v many_o more_o citation_n to_o this_o purpose_n out_o of_o this_o father_n in_o dr._n hammonds_n dissert_n 2._o cap._n 25._o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o apology_n to_o the_o emperor_n antoninus_n write_v about_o 155._o speak_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o christian_n write_v thus_o postea_fw-la 17._o postea_fw-la 1_o tim._n 15._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeposito_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o aquae_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la poculum_fw-la offertur_fw-la quibus_fw-la ille_fw-la acceptis_fw-la praesidens_fw-la vero_fw-la postquam_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 14._o the_o holy_a communion_n be_v call_v eucharistia_n give_v of_o thanks_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d actionem_fw-la †_o eucharistiam_fw-la perfecit_fw-la deinde_fw-la lectore_fw-la quiescente_fw-la praesidens_fw-la orationem_fw-la qua_fw-la populum_fw-la instruit_fw-la habet_fw-la precibus_fw-la peractis_fw-la panis_fw-la offertur_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la &_o aqua_fw-la &_o praepositus_fw-la itidem_fw-la preces_fw-la &_o gratiarum_fw-la actiones_fw-la fundit_fw-la constituitur_fw-la hegesippus_n a_o christian_a writer_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 140._o be_v cite_v by_o euseb._n lib._n 4._o c._n 22._o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o day_n where_o he_o say_v se_fw-la plurimos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la romae_fw-la convenisse_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la unam_fw-la eandâ—mque_fw-la audivisse_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la and_o particular_o of_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n corinthiorum_n inquit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_fw-la rectâ_fw-la fide_fw-la permansit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d usque_fw-la ad_fw-la primum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la and_o jerusalem_n postquam_fw-la inquit_fw-la jacobus_n cognomine_fw-la justus_n martyrium_fw-la pertulit_fw-la frater_fw-la patruelis_fw-la domini_fw-la symeon_n cleopae_fw-la filius_fw-la episcopus_fw-la constituitur_fw-la hospitality_n about_o the_o same_o time_n or_o a_o little_a before_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o corinth_n write_v several_a epistle_n apud_fw-la euseb._n l._n 4._o c._n 23._o one_o to_o the_o athenian_n in_o which_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o quadratus_n former_o their_o bishop_n and_o of_o publius_n the_o martyr_n bishop_n before_o he_o and_o then_o of_o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n st._n paul_n convert_n as_o their_o first_o bishop_n another_o to_o the_o gnossian_o in_o which_o he_o exhort_v pinytus_n their_o bishop_n ne_o grave_n onus_fw-la castitatis_fw-la fratrum_fw-la cervicibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la necessarium_fw-la imponat_fw-la another_o gortinensi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o which_o he_o commend_v their_o bishop_n for_o the_o renown_a courage_n of_o his_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o to_o the_o roman_n wherein_o he_o commend_v soter_n their_o bishop_n for_o his_o charity_n and_o hospitality_n meditati_fw-la irenaeus_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 180._o writing_n against_o the_o valentinian_o argue_v thus_o habemus_fw-la annumerarâ—_n eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n instituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la eorum_fw-la iisque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la tale_n docuerunt_fw-la quale_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la deliratur_fw-la etenim_fw-la si_fw-la recondita_fw-la mysteria_fw-la scissent_fw-la apostoli_fw-la quae_fw-la seorsim_fw-la &_o latenter_fw-la à _fw-la reliquis_fw-la perfectos_fw-la docebant_fw-la his_fw-la vel_fw-la maximè_fw-la traderent_fw-la ea_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la committebant_fw-la valde_fw-la enim_fw-la perfectos_fw-la &_o irreprehensibiles_fw-la eos_fw-la esse_fw-la volebant_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la relinquebant_fw-la suum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la locum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la tradentes_fw-la after_o this_o he_o give_v a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o have_v succeed_v peter_n and_o paul_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n after_o again_o he_o urge_v that_o polycarp_n make_v bishop_n of_o smyrna_n by_o the_o apostle_n know_v no_o such_o doctrine_n polycarpus_n autem_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n edoctus_fw-la &_o conversatus_fw-la cum_fw-la multis_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la viderunt_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_o asia_n in_o eâ_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la smyrnis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la constitutus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la vidimus_fw-la see_v also_o his_o epist._n to_o victor_n apud_fw-la euseb._n l._n 5._o c._n 23._o clemens_n alexandrinus_n contemporary_a which_o irenaeus_n in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o debauch_a young_a man_n who_o be_v convert_v by_o st._n john_n apud_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 3._o c._n 23._o say_v quum_fw-la ex_fw-la insula_fw-la patmo_fw-la ephesum_fw-la rediisset_fw-la johannes_n ad_fw-la finitimas_fw-la rogatus_fw-la se_fw-la contulit_fw-la partim_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopos_fw-la constitueret_fw-la partim_fw-la ut_fw-la integras_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la componeret_fw-la vultu_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la verso_fw-it qui_fw-la super_fw-la cunctos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la erat_fw-la constitutus_fw-la hunc_fw-la inquit_fw-la testibus_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la &_o christo_fw-la studiosè_fw-la tibi_fw-la commendâ—_n afterward_o agedum_fw-la inquit_fw-la episcope_n red_a nobis_fw-la depositum_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la tibi_fw-la commendavimus_fw-la sub_fw-la testimonio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cvi_fw-la praesides_fw-la and_o strom._n 6._o mention_n three_o degree_n of_o clergy_n nam_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d progressiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la diaconorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la imitationes_fw-la gloriae_fw-la angelicae_fw-la and_o strom._n 3_o tâ—m_fw-la episcopos_fw-la inquit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la oportet_fw-la constitui_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la domo_fw-la propriâ_fw-la toti_fw-la quoque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeesse_fw-la meditati_fw-la autoritate_fw-la tertullian_n who_o i_o shall_v have_v name_v before_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 36._o affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n chair_n or_o apostolic_a throne_n remain_v still_o in_o his_o time_n which_o be_v the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o second_o and_o beginning_n of_o the_o three_o age._n percurre_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apostolâ—â—as_fw-la apud_fw-la quas_fw-la ipsae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suis_fw-la locis_fw-la president_n proxima_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la achaia_n habes_fw-ge corinthum_n si_fw-mi non_fw-la longè_fw-la es_fw-la à _fw-la macedoniâ_fw-la habes_fw-la philippos_n habes_fw-la thessalonicenses_n si_fw-mi potes_fw-la in_o asiam_fw-la tendere_fw-la habes_fw-la ephesum_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la italiae_fw-la adjaces_fw-la habes_fw-la romam_fw-la and_z c._n 32._o edant_fw-la ergo_fw-la origines_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la evolvant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la ita_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la decurrentem_fw-la ut_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolis_n vel_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolis_n perseveraverâ—t_fw-la habuerit_fw-la auctorem_fw-la &_o antecessorem_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la census_fw-la suos_fw-la differunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n ecclesiâ_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la à _fw-la johanne_n collocatum_fw-la refert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanoâ—um_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la itidem_fw-la perinde_v utique_fw-la &_o caeterae_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quos_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la constitutos_fw-la apostolici_fw-la seminis_fw-la traduce_v habeant_fw-la and_o de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la c._n 17._o dandi_fw-la quidem_fw-la habet_fw-la jus_o summus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la autoritate_fw-la rationem_fw-la after_o tertullian_n and_o clemens_n alexandr_n origen_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 230._o write_v thus_o in_o 2_o hom._n in_o num._n putasne_fw-la qui_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la funguntur_fw-la agere_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la illo_fw-la ordine_fw-la digna_fw-la sunt_fw-la unde_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la saepe_fw-la audimus_fw-la blasphemare_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o dicere_fw-la ecce_fw-la qualis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aut_fw-la qualis_fw-la presbyter_n vel_fw-la qualis_fw-la diaconus_fw-la and_o hom._n 16._o in_o matth._n episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la quibus_fw-la creditae_fw-la and_o 7_o hom._n in_o hierom._n plus_fw-fr à _fw-fr i_o presbytero_fw-la exigitur_fw-la quà m_fw-la à _fw-la diacono_fw-la plus_fw-la à _fw-la diacono_fw-la quà m_fw-la à _fw-la laico_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la arcem_fw-la obtinet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pro_fw-la omni_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la reddet_fw-la rationem_fw-la audit_n cyprian_a who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 248._o write_v thus_o in_o his_o 27._o epist._n lapsis_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la episcopi_fw-la honorem_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la rationem_fw-la disponens_fw-la in_o evangelio_n loquor_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la petre_n ego_fw-la tibi_fw-la dico_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la petrus_n &_o super_fw-la ipsam_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la &_o
eos_fw-la quos_fw-la baptizaverat_fw-la suos_fw-la putabat_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la electus_fw-la super_fw-la poneretur_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la omnis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cura_fw-la pertinereâ—_n &_o schismatum_fw-la semina_fw-la tollerentur_fw-la have_v now_o show_v that_o the_o primitive_a christian_n believe_v the_o function_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o be_v distinct_a from_o that_o of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o superior_a to_o it_o and_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o of_o christ_n institution_n as_o they_o be_v i_o hope_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o this_o antiepiscopal_a deceiver_n die_v not_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n as_o he_o have_v the_o impudence_n here_o to_o profess_v from_o what_o i_o have_v here_o say_v of_o the_o episcopal_a office_n and_o authority_n i_o may_v draw_v some_o 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