Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bishop_n	diocesan_n	diocese_n	2,722	5	11.0439	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42789	Tentamen novum continuatum. Or, An answer to Mr Owen's Plea and defense. Wherein Bishop Pearson's chronology about the time of St. Paul's constituting Timothy Bishop of Ephesus, and Titus of Crete, is confirm'd; the second epistle to Timothy demonstrated to have been written in the apostle's latter imprisonment at Rome; and all Mr. Owen's arguments drawn from antiquity for Presbyterian parity and ordination by presbyters, are overthrown. Herein is more particularly prov'd, that the Church of England, ever since the Reformation, believ'd the divine right of bishops. By Thomas Gipps, rector of Bury in Lancashire.	Gipps, Thomas, d. 1709.; Pearson, John, 1613-1686.	1699 (1699)	Wing G782; ESTC R213800	254,935	222

at_o which_o the_o congregation_n ordinary_o receive_v the_o lord's-supper_n 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o that_o ignatius_n bishop_n be_v but_o the_o chief_a pastor_n of_o a_o church_n which_o ordinary_o assemble_v together_o for_o personal_a communion_n that_o the_o bishop_n diocese_n in_o ignatius_n time_n and_o long_o after_o exceed_v not_o the_o bound_n of_o a_o modern_a parish_n final_o up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o defence_n that_o as_o the_o presbyter_n can_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o bishop_n so_o neither_o can_v the_o bishop_n without_o their_o presbytery_n which_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o their_o parity_n and_o that_o as_o elsewhere_o he_o and_o general_o all_o other_o dissenter_n make_v ignatius_n bishop_n they_o be_v but_o the_o moderator_n in_o the_o presbytery_n and_o those_o not_o for_o life_n neither_o but_o temporary_a only_o as_o many_o of_o they_o have_v affirm_v ans._n the_o presumption_n mr._n o._n mean_n be_v those_o he_o speak_v of_o in_o his_o plea_n and_o defence_n as_o i_o suppose_v ground_v upon_o some_o slight_a passage_n in_o the_o epistle_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o such_o like_a of_o which_o enough_o have_v already_o be_v say_v unless_o their_o sense_n can_v be_v more_o certain_o determine_v for_o he_o and_o i_o may_v talk_v and_o dispute_v till_o dooms-day_n that_o thus_o or_o thus_o those_o phrase_n may_v or_o aught_o to_o signify_v and_o at_o last_o leave_v the_o matter_n as_o we_o find_v it_o undecided_a and_o every_o man_n to_o choose_v what_o sense_n he_o please_v as_o his_o interest_n sway_v he_o or_o as_o his_o affection_n and_o adherence_n to_o a_o cause_n shall_v bias_n he_o let_v then_o these_o thing_n pass_v the_o answer_n which_o i_o make_v shall_v be_v to_o lay_v before_o the_o reader_n some_o reason_n as_o will_v i_o hope_v evince_v the_o truth_n and_o prevail_v with_o he_o to_o embrace_v the_o sense_n of_o this_o father_n which_o we_o have_v already_o give_v and_o to_o believe_v that_o ignatius_n his_o 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this_o will_v be_v demand_v from_o i_o out_o of_o the_o epistle_n to_o this_o purpose_n then_o observe_v 1._o what_o ignatius_n write_v to_o the_o ephesian_n who_o the_o master_n jesus_n christ_n send_v unto_o the_o administration_n of_o his_o own_o household_n the_o church_n we_o ought_v so_o to_o receive_v he_o as_o we_o will_v receive_v the_o master_n that_o send_v he_o it_o be_v then_o manifest_a we_o ought_v to_o look_v upon_o the_o bishop_n as_o we_o ought_v to_o look_v upon_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n here_o it_o appear_v that_o ignatius_n account_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o administrator_n of_o the_o church_n or_o household_n 2._o that_o though_o ignatius_n exhort_v the_o church_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o and_o obey_v the_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbyter_n also_o and_o so_o he_o do_v to_o the_o deacon_n too_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o trallian_n philadelphian_o and_o smyrnean_n yet_o he_o never_o thus_o prescribe_v obedience_n to_o the_o presbyter_n or_o the_o presbytery_n only_o or_o without_o mention_v the_o bishop_n with_o and_o before_o '_o they_o but_o he_o frequent_o admonish_v the_o church_n to_o obey_v the_o bishop_n without_o express_a mention_n of_o the_o presbyter_n 3._o that_o though_o he_o advise_v the_o church_n to_o be_v subject_a unto_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbytery_n and_o to_o the_o deacon_n also_o yet_o he_o never_o advise_v they_o express_o to_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o presbyter_n or_o presbytery_n beside_o mr._n oh_o saying_n that_o the_o bishop_n can_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o presbyter_n be_v without_o ground_n in_o these_o epistle_n it_o be_v never_o say_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbytery_n much_o less_o simple_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o presbyter_n 4._o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v what_o ignatius_n take_v special_a notice_n of_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o magnesian_o you_o must_v not_o abuse_v or_o despise_v 31._o the_o youth_n of_o our_o bishop_n demas_n but_o pay_v he_o all_o reverence_n as_o i_o know_v the_o holy_a presbyter_n do_v who_o look_v on_o the_o ordinance_n the_o bishop_n as_o i_o take_v it_o or_o the_o episcopacy_n not_o as_o a_o new_a device_n but_o as_o wise_a man_n they_o submit_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o lord_n or_o as_o the_o institution_n of_o jesus_n christ._n so_o then_o the_o presbyter_n be_v subject_a and_o obedient_a to_o the_o bishop_n but_o where_o will_v it_o be_v find_v that_o the_o bishop_n be_v admonish_v or_o advise_v to_o obey_v the_o presbyter_n 5._o when_o ignatius_n be_v in_o bond_n ravish_v from_o his_o people_n or_o church_n h_n thus_o write_v to_o the_o roman_n which_o the_o church_n in_o syria_n in_o my_o stead_n now_o 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n only_o for_o its_o shepherd_n but_o though_o the_o church_n of_o syria_n have_v lose_v its_o bishop_n and_o be_v then_o at_o

faith_n that_o city_n be_v so_o furious_o zealous_a in_o their_o superstition_n and_o idolatry_n so_o mighty_o grow_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o prevail_v act._n 19_o 19_o 20._o paul_n testify_v sixthly_a that_o at_o ephesus_n a_o great_a door_n and_o effectual_a be_v open_v unto_o he_o viz._n a_o most_o advantageous_a opportunity_n of_o bring_v in_o a_o mighty_a harvest_n of_o soul_n to_o christ._n 1_o cor._n 16._o 8_o 9_o put_v all_o these_o together_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o imagine_v upon_o any_o solid_a 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o one_o single_a congregation_n in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n these_o be_v the_o assembly_n and_o london_n minister_n argument_n which_o mr._n o._n may_v do_v well_o at_o his_o leisure_n to_o confute_v if_o he_o can_v if_o he_o can_v and_o as_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o suspect_v will_v not_o endeavour_v than_o my_o point_n be_v gain_v for_o if_o even_o in_o paul_n day_n there_o be_v many_o congregation_n in_o the_o church_n of_o 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consist_v of_o many_o congregation_n after_o more_o believer_n shall_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v add_v unto_o the_o church_n by_o this_o time_n i_o be_o in_o some_o hope_n it_o be_v undeniable_o prove_v 1._o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o those_o church_n to_o who_o ignatius_n write_v be_v prelatical_a that_o be_v be_v of_o a_o distinct_a species_n of_o church-officer_n and_o superior_a to_o the_o presbyter_n who_o be_v subject_a to_o they_o 2._o that_o they_o be_v likewise_o diocesan_n that_o be_v ruler_n over_o several_a congregation_n and_o over_o the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n who_o ordinary_o minister_v in_o they_o from_o whence_o it_o must_v be_v conclude_v that_o the_o several_a passage_n of_o who_o sense_n mr._n o._n and_o i_o have_v dispute_v must_v be_v so_o expound_v as_o to_o be_v make_v agreeable_a to_o prelatical_a and_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n whether_o i_o have_v do_v it_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reader_n if_o he_o please_v to_o consult_v the_o t._n n._n to_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o altar_n very_o brief_o because_o he_o allege_v the_o testimony_n of_o no_o less_o a_o man_n than_o the_o famous_a mr._n mede_n for_o one_o numerical_a altar_n and_o not_o a_o specifical_a one_o as_o i_o expound_v it_o those_o word_n in_o ignatius_n epistle_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v think_v to_o favour_v one_o numerical_a altar_n which_o mr._n o._n contend_v for_o of_o which_o thus_o mr._n mede_n deliver_v himself_o here_o be_v a_o 414._o temple_n with_o a_o altar_n in_o it_o for_o in_o these_o primitive_a time_n they_o have_v but_o one_o altar_n in_o a_o church_n ans._n no_o more_o have_v we_o at_o this_o day_n though_o we_o have_v many_o church_n in_o a_o diocese_n yet_o every_o church_n have_v a_o altar_n and_o but_o one_o and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v at_o magnesia_n for_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v yet_o say_v to_o the_o contrary_n but_o mr._n mede_n go_v on_o it_o 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say_v the_o canon_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o prohibition_n be_v manifest_a because_o at_o present_a he_o act_v only_o as_o a_o comminister_v and_o assistant_n in_o another_o diocese_n where_o he_o may_v not_o exert_v his_o episcopal_a power_n without_o licence_n from_o the_o diocesan_n nor_o can_v do_v it_o without_o breach_n of_o the_o peace_n and_o order_n of_o the_o church_n we_o have_v something_o of_o this_o kind_n even_o among_o ourselves_o at_o this_o day_n a_o diocesan_n bishop_n out_o of_o his_o own_o diocese_n and_o whilst_o he_o abide_v in_o another_o man_n can_v ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n without_o 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o proper_a bishop_n and_o something_o of_o this_o nature_n i_o find_v in_o the_o 18_o canon_n of_o ancyra_n where_o a_o presbyter_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v ordain_v bishop_n for_o another_o diocese_n but_o reject_v be_v permit_v to_o return_v to_o his_o former_a post_n but_o still_o to_o as_o be_v a_o presbyter_n though_o retain_v his_o episcopal_a honour_n and_o character_n one_o may_v then_o be_v a_o real_a bishop_n and_o have_v the_o habitual_a power_n and_o intrinsic_a character_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o yet_o can_v put_v forth_o the_o act_n and_o ordain_v in_o another_o diocese_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n he_o shall_v it_o will_v breed_v confusion_n 4._o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v real_a bishop_n because_o they_o have_v a_o equal_a right_n and_o authority_n to_o assist_v vote_n decree_n and_o confirm_v canon_n at_o council_n as_o diocesan_n bishop_n have_v divers_a of_o they_o subscribe_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o mere_a presbyter_n do_v so_o likewise_o but_o it_o be_v in_o the_o name_n and_o stead_n of_o their_o principal_n as_o their_o very_a subscription_n show_v thus_o vito_n or_o victor_n and_o vincentius_n presbyter_n and_o pope_n sylvester_n legate_n subscribe_v the_o nicene_n synod_n yet_o add_v to_o their_o common_a name_n romanus_n or_o roma_fw-la missus_fw-la so_o in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n anno_fw-la 419._o two_o roman_a presbyter_n and_o legate_n of_o the_o pope_n do_v philippus_n presbyter_n legatus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la asellus_n presbyter_n legatus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la but_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la subscribe_v in_o their_o own_o name_n without_o mention_v any_o delegation_n at_o all_o and_o therefore_o act_v by_o their_o own_o proper_a inherent_a authority_n and_o by_o consequence_n be_v real_a bishop_n have_v i_o presume_v prove_v that_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la have_v the_o true_a episcopal_a character_n impress_v on_o they_o i_o come_v to_o consider_v 141._o what_o advantage_n mr._n o._n will_v make_v of_o '_o they_o in_o the_o first_o place_n from_o the_o 10_o canon_n of_o ant._n a._n d._n 344_o or_o 341_o he_o lay_v it_o down_o that_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la or_o country_n bishop_n ordain_v presbyter_n until_o they_o be_v restrain_v by_o that_o canon_n i_o agree_v with_o mr._n o._n so_o far_o that_o it_o be_v very_o likely_a the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la presume_v to_o ordain_v presbyter_n in_o another_o bishop_n diocese_n until_o they_o be_v prohibt_v by_o this_o canon_n it_o be_v necessary_a they_o shall_v be_v restrain_v for_o the_o peace_n and_o good_a order_n of_o the_o church_n from_o have_v a_o uncontrollable_a liberty_n of_o ordain_v in_o another_o bishop_n diocese_n and_o without_o his_o consent_n the_o rule_n be_v high_o reasonable_a and_o observe_v to_o this_o day_n however_o this_o be_v the_o canon_n will_v do_v mr._n o._n no_o service_n if_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v real_a bishop_n and_o more_o than_o presbyter_n of_o which_o i_o have_v already_o produce_v sufficient_a proof_n again_o mr._n o._n gather_v that_o if_o these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v bishop_n than_o it_o appear_v that_o bishop_n be_v make_v not_o only_o in_o city_n but_o in_o country_n village_n this_o i_o grant_v also_o unto_o mr._n o._n but_o it_o nothing_o concern_v the_o matter_n in_o hand_n we_o must_v distinguish_v between_o diocesan_n bishop_n who_o seat_n and_o principal_a church_n be_v ofttimes_o in_o village_n and_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la who_o be_v not_o diocesan_n but_o the_o comministri_fw-la and_o vicarii_fw-la of_o the_o city_n bishop_n now_o how_o far_o the_o delegated_a power_n of_o a_o chorepiscopus_n extend_v no_o one_o alive_a can_v tell_v at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v nothing_o likely_a that_o it_o be_v confine_v to_o one_o village_n only_o as_o mr._n o._n contend_v though_o haply_o his_o ordinary_a residence_n and_o particular_a care_n may_v be_v in_o some_o country-town_n where_o he_o discharge_v the_o ordinary_a duty_n of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o on_o that_o score_n may_v be_v account_v as_o a_o country_n presbyter_n under_o the_o city_n bishop_n such_o at_o this_o day_n be_v even_o a_o diocesan_n bishop_n who_o be_v by_o commendam_fw-la possess_v of_o a_o rectory_n in_o another_o diocese_n he_o can_v act_n there_o but_o as_o a_o presbyter_n except_o he_o have_v leave_v from_o the_o proper_a bishop_n for_o

limit_a district_n and_o even_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n when_o express_o delegated_a thereto_o by_o the_o diocesan_n that_o they_o refide_v in_o some_o country_n village_n where_o their_o ordinary_a and_o constant_a work_n be_v no_o other_o than_o of_o presbyter_n and_o so_o be_v look_v on_o as_o the_o diocesan_n presbyter_n which_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n prejudice_v their_o episcopal_a character_n one_o may_v be_v a_o bishop_n yet_o without_o a_o diocese_n as_o one_o may_v be_v a_o presbyter_n without_o a_o title_n or_o parish_n the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n think_v fit_a to_o put_v a_o end_n unto_o this_o order_n so_o do_v the_o roman_n and_o spanish_a church_n as_o also_o the_o english_a haply_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o archdeacon_n may_v have_v the_o title_n of_o chorepiscopi_fw-la for_o some_o while_n continue_v to_o they_o be_v substitute_v in_o their_o room_n but_o this_o be_v no_o proof_n that_o they_o be_v presbyter_n at_o their_o first_o institution_n when_o the_o real_a episcopal_a character_n be_v 〈◊〉_d on_o they_o though_o no_o diocese_n be_v yet_o actual_o allot_v they_o this_o be_v what_o i_o think_v needful_a and_o enough_o to_o be_v offer_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o difficulty_n start_v about_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la as_o for_o that_o epistle_n to_o 〈◊〉_d it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o note_v that_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o which_o be_v account_v spurious_a as_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o bellarmin_n himself_o who_o judgement_n be_v ejus_fw-la scripta_fw-la non_fw-la extant_a exceptis_fw-la scrip._n paucis_fw-la epistolis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sun_n inter_v epistold_n s._n hieronymi_n aliique_fw-la in_o hiftorid_a 〈◊〉_d l._n 2._o c._n 22._o l._n 5._o c._n 10._o 11._o the_o rest_n eccles._n therefore_o and_o this_o in_o particular_a be_v apocryphal_a it_o be_v possible_o counterfeit_v by_o some_o that_o live_v after_o the_o council_n of_o hispalis_n there_o be_v a_o very_a great_a agreement_n between_o this_o epistle_n and_o that_o seven_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n as_o who_o ever_o will_v read_v they_o must_v confess_v we_o shall_v not_o need_v therefore_o to_o be_v concern_v at_o any_o thing_n bring_v against_o we_o out_o of_o this_o connterfeit_a epistle_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a mro._n as_o if_o all_o antiquity_n be_v on_o his_o side_n omit_v not_o to_o argue_v even_o from_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a its_o self_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o power_n of_o presbyter_n ordain_v which_o be_v a_o discovery_n so_o new_a and_o surprise_v that_o one_o will_v 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a chriftian_a church_n have_v be_v blind_a above_o these_o 1300._o year_n last_o paft_n till_o he_o with_o the_o help_n of_o mr._n baxter_n have_v be_v please_v to_o open_v all_o our_o eye_n at_o last_o and_o to_o assure_v we_o that_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a decree_v 135._o concern_v the_o presbyter_n ordain_v by_o melitius_fw-la at_o 〈◊〉_d as_o follow_v he_o autem_fw-la qui_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n &_o nostris_fw-la lege_fw-la vestris_fw-la precibus_fw-la adjuti_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d scbisma_n deflexisse_fw-la compersi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la se_fw-la intra_fw-la catholica_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fine_n ab_fw-la erroris_fw-la labe_fw-la vacuos_fw-la continuerint_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tum_fw-la ministros_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n mr._n o._n have_v take_v this_o passage_n out_o of_o mr._n baxter_n and_o he_o out_o of_o some_o translator_n that_o do_v not_o or_o will_v not_o understand_v the_o historian_n aright_o the_o word_n be_v part_n of_o a_o letter_n write_v by_o the_o nicene_n father_n to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n wherein_o they_o give_v a_o account_n to_o that_o church_n of_o what_o have_v be_v propound_v and_o examine_v in_o the_o synod_n and_o what_o have_v be_v decree_v and_o confirm_v therein_o as_o first_o that_o the_o impiety_n 9_o of_o arrius_n and_o his_o accomplice_n have_v be_v bring_v into_o question_n and_o condemn_v etc._n etc._n that_o as_o for_o melitius_fw-la it_o please_v the_o synod_n to_o deal_v more_o gentle_o with_o he_o than_o with_o arrius_n viz._n that_o he_o shall_v remain_v in_o his_o own_o city_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v no_o power_n to_o ordain_v or_o to_o propose_v the_o name_n of_o the_o candidate_n to_o the_o holy_a function_n only_o he_o may_v retain_v the_o bare_a title_n of_o his_o honour_n that_o be_v of_o bishop_n that_o those_o who_o have_v be_v constitute_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o he_o be_v first_o confirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o a_o more_o solemn_a and_o religious_a imposition_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n may_v be_v allow_v to_o join_v in_o matter_n proper_o belong_v to_o they_o but_o that_o until_o they_o have_v obtain_v their_o honour_n and_o ministry_n again_o they_o shall_v be_v second_o unto_o all_o those_o who_o in_o every_o diocese_n and_o church_n have_v be_v before_o propose_v under_o the_o authority_n of_o our_o most_o belove_a colleague_n alexander_n and_o moreover_o shall_v have_v no_o power_n to_o propound_v the_o name_n of_o those_o who_o be_v subject_a to_o alexander_n nor_o in_o short_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n of_o alexandria_n this_o be_v all_o the_o nicene_n synod_n write_v concern_v the_o melitian_n or_o those_o who_o have_v be_v constitute_v and_o ordain_v by_o melitius_fw-la here_o be_v not_o a_o syllable_n of_o presbyter_n or_o of_o ordain_v minister_n the_o passage_n may_v as_o well_o and_o be_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d of_o bishop_n and_o of_o ordain_v bishop_n but_o for_o the_o more_o through_o understand_v it_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o melitius_fw-la whilst_o peter_n be_v patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n have_v be_v bishop_n of_o lycus_n a_o city_n in_o egypt_n subject_n to_o the_o say_a patriarch_n that_o during_o the_o persecution_n under_o maximinus_n peter_n abscond_v melitius_fw-la have_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o constitute_v or_o ordain_v bishop_n 24._o which_o belong_v unto_o the_o patriarch_n to_o do_v it_o be_v not_o indeed_o doubt_v but_o that_o he_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n also_o nevertheless_o his_o first_o and_o principal_a crime_n as_o i_o believe_v be_v his_o constitute_n or_o ordain_v bishop_n which_o be_v a_o manifest_a invasion_n of_o the_o patriarch_n right_a and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d constitute_v and_o ordain_v bishop_n be_v prove_v by_o valesius_fw-la locum_fw-la out_o of_o epiphanius_n nay_o the_o say_v learned_a annotator_n evince_n that_o melitius_fw-la constitute_v or_o ordain_v twenty_o eight_o bishop_n beside_o five_o presbyter_n and_o three_o deacon_n as_o he_o gather_v from_o the_o second_o apology_n of_o athanasius_n against_o the_o arrian_n from_o whence_o he_o make_v no_o scruple_n to_o affirm_v that_o socrates_n in_o this_o place_n speak_v chief_o of_o bishop_n constitute_v or_o ordain_v by_o 〈◊〉_d yet_o so_o as_o that_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n also_o be_v 〈◊〉_d by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o if_o the_o nicene_n father_n hide_v herein_o decree_v nothing_o against_o the_o melitian_n 〈◊〉_d they_o have_v leave_v their_o work_n very_o lame_a and_o imperfect_a beside_o 〈◊〉_d become_v schismatical_a not_o by_o ordain_v presbyter_n but_o by_o ordain_v bishop_n hence_o sozomen_n observe_v that_o melitius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d supra_fw-la have_v usurp_v the_o power_n of_o ordain_v which_o do_v not_o all_o belong_v unto_o he_o the_o power_n of_o ordain_v who_o why_o not_o bishop_n for_o till_o by_o this_o mean_v he_o be_v fall_v into_o 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v certain_o as_o bishop_n power_n to_o 〈◊〉_d priest_n and_o deacon_n but_o not_o of_o ordain_v or_o 〈◊〉_d bishop_n without_o the_o 〈◊〉_d leave_v and_o this_o be_v i_o suppose_v if_o not_o his_o only_a fault_n yet_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o when_o the_o nicene_n father_n decree_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v be_v constitute_v and_o ordain_v by_o 〈◊〉_d may_v not_o intermeddle_v in_o the_o constitute_n or_o ordain_v other_o until_o themselves_o have_v be_v confirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o a_o more_o solemn_a imposition_n of_o hand_n they_o must_v thereby_o mean_v that_o the_o melitian_n bishop_n be_v ordain_v schismatical_o be_v suspend_v from_o ordain_v until_o they_o have_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o patriarch_n and_o some_o of_o the_o egyptian_a bishop_n subject_a to_o he_o and_o this_o be_v all_o that_o the_o synod_n declare_v concern_v the_o melitian_n but_o neither_o mr._n o._n nor_o mr._n baxter_n for_o any_o thing_n i_o can_v see_v in_o the_o plea_n have_v take_v any_o notice_n of_o this_o passage_n 〈◊〉_d whereof_o we_o be_v amuse_v with_o something_o less_o pertinent_a to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n as_o i_o be_o now_o about_o to_o show_v for_o the_o nicene_n father_n go_v on_o in_o that_o epistle_n to_o speak_v of_o the_o alexandrian_n that_o be_v such_o as_o have_v not_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o alexander_n the_o

mr._n o._n if_o the_o apostle_n join_v the_o presbytery_n with_o he_o in_o the_o ordination_n of_o timothy_n it_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n have_v a_o inherent_a power_n of_o ordain_v ans._n true_a it_o may_v safe_o be_v grant_v in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o apostle_n and_o with_o bishop_n but_o not_o without_o they_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o have_v a_o inherent_a power_n to_o make_v a_o vote_n of_o parliament_n but_o not_o without_o the_o lord_n and_o both_o house_n have_v a_o inherent_a power_n to_o make_v a_o law_n but_o not_o without_o the_o king_n it_o be_v he_o that_o inspire_v life_n and_o breath_n into_o it_o after_o the_o two_o house_n have_v form_v the_o carcase_n last_o mr._n o._n add_v the_o apostle_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o 91._o presbytery_n act._n 15._o 23._o ans._n this_o be_v not_o apposite_o observe_v for_o it_o be_v a_o council_n not_o a_o presbytery_n though_o the_o presbyter_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v in_o it_o haply_o other_o presbyter_n also_o beside_o a_o apostle_n or_o apostle_n though_o he_o be_v the_o head_n or_o governor_n of_o a_o presbytery_n may_v be_v apt_o distinguish_v from_o that_o presbytery_n whereof_o he_o be_v head_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o be_v a_o member_n of_o that_o presbytery_n jesus_n christ_n be_v by_o st._n paul_n call_v the_o head_n of_o the_o body_n the_o church_n eph._n 22._o 23._o c_o 4_o 15_o 16._o col._n 1._o 18._o and_o so_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o body_n though_o we_o can_v proper_o call_v any_o thing_n a_o body_n except_o we_o comprehend_v the_o head_n also_o for_o a_o body_n be_v not_o a_o body_n without_o the_o head_n and_o the_o head_n be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o st._n paul_n distinguish_v between_o the_o body_n that_o be_v the_o church_n and_o christ_n the_o head_n of_o it_o when_o at_o the_o same_o time_n christ_n the_o head_n must_v be_v believe_v a_o member_n of_o his_o own_o body_n i_o expect_v then_o mr._n o._n will_n in_o good_a time_n 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that_o letter_n exhort_v epictetus_n and_o the_o people_n not_o to_o receive_v he_o 〈◊〉_d to_o acknowledge_v he_o any_o more_o for_o their_o bishop_n how_o this_o story_n establish_v mr._n oh_o proposition_n i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o discern_v for_o one_a by_o this_o argument_n the_o bp_n be_v subject_a unto_o the_o people_n as_o well_o as_o to_o their_o presbyter_n which_o mr._n o._n will_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v of_o 2_o lie_v it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o fortunatianus_n be_v ever_o accuse_v or_o cite_v to_o answer_n unto_o the_o charge_n lay_v against_o he_o by_o consequence_n no_o judiciary_n sentence_n be_v pronounce_v upon_o he_o the_o fact_n be_v notorious_a he_o have_v of_o his_o own_o accord_n abdicate_v and_o turn_v to_o the_o gentile_n three_o if_o fortunatianus_n be_v formal_o cite_v accuse_v and_o condemn_v it_o follow_v not_o that_o epictetus_n the_o suppose_a presbyter_n and_o the_o people_n be_v his_o judge_n one_o may_v with_o more_o reason_n imagine_v that_o the_o cause_n be_v bring_v if_o at_o all_o before_o the_o the_o provincial_a bishop_n and_o by_o they_o decide_v four_o it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o epictetus_n be_v be_v a_o mere_a presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d for_o aught_o any_o one_o know_v or_o can_v say_v to_o the_o contrary_a epictetus_n fill_v the_o episcopal_a chair_n at_o assurae_n when_o cyprian_n write_v that_o epistle_n five_o suppose_v epictetus_n be_v only_o a_o presbyter_n yet_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o formal_a process_n or_o judgement_n give_v against_o fortunatianus_n but_o only_o a_o caution_n give_v to_o that_o church_n not_o to_o receive_v he_o again_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n i_o suppose_v be_v plain_a the_o unfortunate_a man_n have_v sacrifice_v and_o thereby_o abandon_v his_o bishopric_n but_o peace_n be_v restore_v he_o will_v needs_o intrude_v into_o it_o again_o have_v as_o be_v to_o be_v presume_v some_o friend_n at_o assurae_n favour_v his_o pretence_n this_o be_v certain_a the_o design_n of_o st._n cyprian_n in_o this_o epistle_n be_v not_o to_o

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v but_o presbyter_n intrufted_a with_o the_o administration_n of_o some_o part_n of_o the_o episcopal_a power_n but_o it_o be_v observable_a what_o be_v after_o add_v as_o for_o those_o chorepiscopi_fw-la who_o have_v be_v already_o make_v the_o former_a canon_n of_o ancyra_n and_o antioch_n must_v be_v observe_v by_o they_o that_o they_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o city_n bishop_n where_o we_o see_v plain_o a_o supersedeas_fw-la be_v give_v unto_o that_o order_n of_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la for_o the_o future_a nor_o be_v this_o alteration_n to_o be_v wonder_v at_o for_o the_o make_v the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la or_o vicarious_a bishop_n in_o the_o country_n belong_v to_o another_o diocese_n be_v mere_o a_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n and_o by_o the_o same_o power_n that_o it_o be_v introduce_v it_o may_v again_o be_v annul_v i_o observe_v moreover_o that_o the_o 2d_o clause_n above_o mention_v which_o still_o reserve_v to_o 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this_o day_n and_o be_v institute_v for_o the_o diocesan_n ease_n in_o matter_n of_o less_o moment_n but_o upon_o no_o account_n be_v to_o have_v the_o episcopal_a character_n impress_v on_o they_o with_o power_n to_o ordain_v no_o not_o with_o the_o bishop_n licence_n according_o the_o late_a learned_a bishop_n of_o worcester_n observe_v that_o lanfranc_n 〈◊〉_d 146._o make_v a_o archdeacon_n with_o jurisdiction_n in_o his_o see_n that_o thomas_n archbishop_n of_o york_n first_o divide_v his_o diocese_n into_o archdeaconries_n and_o remigius_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n his_o into_o seven_o archdeaconry_n say_v harry_n of_o huntingdon_n one_o occasion_n hereof_o be_v the_o lay_v aside_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la as_o too_o much_o assume_v unto_o themselves_o the_o sum_n of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v be_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v at_o first_o real_a bishop_n but_o in_o another_o diocese_n where_o they_o may_v put_v forth_o such_o episcopal_a act_n as_o be_v permit_v they_o within_o some_o 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be_v account_v bishop_n who_o be_v neither_o choose_v by_o the_o clergy_n nor_o desire_v by_o the_o people_n nor_o consecrate_a by_o the_o provincial_a bishop_n at_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a whence_o when_o the_o question_n often_o arise_v concern_v the_o honour_n he_o mean_v episcopacy_n and_o the_o power_n of_o ordain_v who_o can_v doubt_v that_o what_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v true_o confer_v be_v in_o no_o wise_a to_o be_v give_v by_o those_o pseudo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la but_o if_o any_o clergyman_n in_o those_o church_n which_o belong_v unto_o their_o own_o proper_a bishop_n have_v be_v ordain_v by_o those_o pseudo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o the_o ordination_n be_v perform_v with_o the_o consent_n and_o appointment_n of_o the_o precedent_n or_o proper_a bishop_n it_o may_v be_v ratify_v provide_v they_o remain_v in_o those_o church_n this_o pope_n leo_n flourish_v about_o the_o year_n 442._o now_o mr._n o._n who_o allege_v this_o decree_n of_o 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rector_n have_v all_o along_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o whatever_o power_n be_v commit_v to_o 〈◊〉_d be_v also_o give_v unto_o titus_n and_o reciprocal_o what_o to_o titus_n be_v commit_v to_o timothy_n beside_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v out_o of_o controversy_n that_o he_o to_o who_o any_o one_o part_n of_o supreme_a power_n be_v give_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v as_o invest_v with_o all_o consequent_o if_o titus_n be_v to_o appoint_v where_o every_o presbyter_n be_v to_o officiate_v he_o then_o have_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n also_o as_o in_o like_a manner_n though_o timothy_n have_v no_o express_a commission_n to_o reject_v heretic_n after_o the_o second_o admonition_n yet_o because_o titus_n have_v that_o power_n so_o have_v 〈◊〉_d likewise_o in_o short_a titus_n have_v authority_n to_o receive_v accusation_n and_o to_o rebuke_v open_o as_o well_o as_o timothy_n have_v 1_o epist._n to_o tim._n 5._o and_o timothy_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o contumacious_a as_o well_o as_o titus_n have_v ch._n 3._o 10._o and_o both_o have_v power_n to_o ordain_v because_o one_o have_v chap._n iu._n be_v a_o answer_n to_o mr._n oh_o 4_o the_o chap._n the_o question_n here_o be_v whereas_o st._n paul_n give_v timothy_n those_o ample_a commission_n and_o instruction_n that_o we_o read_v of_o in_o his_o first_o epistle_n concern_v the_o government_n of_o the_o ephesian_a church_n some_o time_n after_o he_o have_v beseech_v he_o to_o abide_v still_o at_o ephesus_n when_o he_o go_v into_o macedonia_n 1_o epist._n 1._o 3_o what_o be_v that_o precise_a time_n of_o paul_n go_v into_o macedonia_n and_o beseech_v timothy_n to_o abide_v at_o ephesus_n in_o the_o tent._n nou._n follow_v bishop_n pearson_n i_o resolve_v this_o question_n thus_o that_o paul_n journey_n here_o speak_v of_o can_v not_o be_v mean_v of_o any_o of_o those_o mention_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v some_o other_o after_o his_o bid_n the_o elder_n of_o ephesus_n 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a_o continue_a residence_n 122._o but_o may_v signify_v a_o short_a stay_n act._n 17._o 14_o 15._o by_o consequence_n he_o be_v not_o the_o fix_a bishop_n ruler_n of_o ephesus_n ans._n there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 17._o 14_o 15._o the_o former_a imply_v a_o continue_a stay_n at_o ephesus_n the_o latter_a only_o signify_v silas_n and_o timothy_n halt_n that_o be_v tarry_v behind_o paul_n at_o beraea_n beside_o we_o have_v no_o account_n of_o timothy_n sudden_a remove_n from_o ephesus_n but_o we_o have_v of_o timothy_n leave_v beraea_n soon_o after_o act._n 18._o 5._o 1_o thes._n 3._o 2._o last_o the_o order_n give_v unto_o timothy_n at_o ephesus_n be_v many_o and_o important_a which_o also_o require_v time_n to_o be_v execute_v which_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o case_n of_o timothy_n at_o beraea_n mr._n o._n timothy_n stay_n there_o at_z ephesus_z be_v but_o short_a that_o 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less_o than_o between_o three_o and_o four_o year_n after_o the_o write_n of_o the_o first_o epistle_n that_o paul_n send_v for_o 〈◊〉_d unto_o rome_n and_o according_a unto_o i_o about_o six_o year_n which_o be_v a_o considerable_a stay_n or_o residence_n in_o one_o place_n i_o say_v further_o that_o paul_n send_v for_o timothy_n to_o rome_n be_v no_o argument_n that_o timothy_n for_o ever_o quit_v that_o post_n that_o he_o return_v back_o to_o ephesus_n must_v be_v make_v appear_v from_o ecclefiastical_a history_n the_o scripture_n go_v no_o further_o in_o the_o account_n of_o paul_n and_o timothy_n than_o that_o in_o the_o second_o epistle_n sophronlus_fw-la or_o jerom_n scr_n witness_v that_o he_o be_v martyr_a at_o ephesus_n and_o photius_n 254._o acquaint_v we_o with_o the_o time_n and_o occasion_n viz._n at_o the_o detestable_a festival_n call_v 1041._o the_o catagogium_fw-la which_o timothy_n will_v have_v have_v abrogate_a bur._n last_o suppose_v timothy_n never_o return_v back_o to_o ephesus_n it_o be_v no_o consequence_n that_o he_o be_v not_o by_o paul_n constitute_v resident_a bishop_n ruler_n of_o ephesus_n as_o will_v afterward_o in_o these_o paper_n appear_v mr._n o._n object_n against_o the_o time_n assign_v in_o t._n n._n of_o paul_n 124._o go_v into_o 〈◊〉_d after_o his_o release_n from_o his_o first_o imprisonment_n at_o rome_n that_o be_v after_o the_o history_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n wherein_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o this_o voyage_n as_o i_o assert_v against_o this_o i_o say_v mr._n o._n object_n that_o nothing_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o luke_n silence_n in_o this_o point_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o do_v not_o mention_v all_o the_o journey_n of_o paul_n and_o timothy_n ans._n i_o ready_o grant_v that_o bare_a silence_n be_v no_o good_a proof_n without_o some_o other_o consideration_n to_o support_v it_o and_o i_o also_o grant_v that_o luke_n mention_n not_o all_o paul_n and_o timothy_n journey_n but_o i_o contend_v that_o he_o omit_v none_o of_o paul_n from_o the_o 13_o the_o chapter_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o any_o impartial_a man_n will_v believe_v if_o he_o careful_o read_v that_o part_n of_o the_o history_n and_o for_o proof_n of_o this_o i_o shall_v at_o present_a content_n myself_o with_o the_o acknowledgement_n and._n testimony_n of_o beza_n himself_o who_o thus_o write_v particular_o as_o to_o paul_n journey_n into_o macedonia_n ter_n omnino_fw-la vidit_fw-la macedoniam_fw-la paulus_n ut_fw-la ex_fw-la historiae_fw-la filo_fw-la apparet_fw-la quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la perscripserit_fw-la lucas_n ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la contextam_fw-la historiam_fw-la esse_fw-la apparet_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la plures_fw-la profectiones_fw-la in_o macedoniam_fw-la possint_fw-la 75._o constitui_fw-la paul_n see_v macedonia_n but_o thrice_o as_o

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they_o please_v but_o that_o it_o be_v imply_v they_o travel_v whithersoever_o the_o apostle_n be_v please_v to_o direct_v they_o ans._n there_o be_v no_o substance_n at_o all_o in_o this_o slight_a gloss._n for_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o strict_o speak_v do_v not_o go_v up_o and_o down_o at_o their_o own_o pleasure_n every_o where_o but_o be_v under_o as_o great_a restraint_n and_o determination_n as_o the_o evangelist_n be_v as_o the_o evangelist_n be_v under_o the_o conduct_n and_o command_v of_o the_o apostle_n so_o be_v the_o apostle_n under_o the_o conduct_n and_o determination_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o mr._n o._n confess_v the_o apostle_n than_o travel_v not_o up_o and_o down_o at_o their_o own_o pleasure_n no_o more_o than_o the_o evangelist_n do_v and_o the_o evangelist_n go_v up_o and_o down_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o into_o as_o many_o city_n and_o nation_n as_o the_o apostle_n do_v and_o perhaps_o more_o but_o to_o pass_v over_o abundance_n of_o trivial_a observation_n make_v by_o the_o minister_n i_o will_v here_o endeavour_v to_o explain_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o dark_a passage_n of_o st._n chrysostom_n which_o i_o suspect_v mr._n o._n either_o do_v not_o or_o will_v not_o understand_v or_o have_v not_o due_o consider_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o word_n his_o meaning_n be_v as_o i_o conceive_v that_o there_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o evangelist_n who_o go_v not_o up_o and_o down_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n public_o but_o only_o teach_v and_o instruct_v some_o people_n that_o come_v to_o they_o private_o at_o home_n and_o such_o be_v priscilla_n and_o aquila_n so_o we_o read_v of_o they_o act_v 18._o 26._o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n take_v apollo_n unto_o they_o and_o expound_v unto_o he_o the_o way_n of_o god_n more_o perfect_o unto_o this_o passage_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o believe_v chrysostom_n allude_v for_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v their_o not_o go_v up_o and_o down_o to_o preach_v public_o will_v be_v easy_o grant_v i_o i_o hope_v and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v private_a instruct_n may_v be_v infer_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v take_v mat._n 18._o 15._o tell_v he_o his_o fault_n between_o he_o and_o thou_o alone_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chapter_n 14._o 23._o when_o he_o have_v send_v the_o multitude_n away_o he_o go_v up_o into_o the_o mountain_n apart_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d private_o to_o pray_v and_o when_o the_o evening_n be_v come_v he_o be_v there_o alone_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o private_a by_o himself_o see_v luke_n 9_o 18._o he_o be_v pray_v alone_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n instruct_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d private_o and_o alone_o not_o in_o public_a assembly_n or_o in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n not_o every_o where_o but_o in_o private_a and_o at_o home_n if_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o st._n chrysostom_n the_o place_n nothing_o belong_v to_o the_o controversy_n between_o mr._n o._n and_o i_o st._n chrysostom_n go_v on_o and_o have_v in_o the_o four_o and_o last_o place_v name_v pastor_n and_o teacher_n he_o put_v the_o question_n to_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v pastor_n and_o teacher_n less_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yes_o he_o answer_v they_o be_v less_o than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d less_o than_o those_o who_o travel_n abroad_o and_o preach_v public_o as_o be_v invest_v with_o the_o evangelical_n office_n but_o not_o less_o than_o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n who_o be_v only_o private_a evangelist_n thus_o far_o st._n chrysostom_n have_v inform_v we_o of_o two_o sort_n of_o evangelist_n 1._o the_o private_a who_o go_v not_o up_o and_o down_o to_o propagate_v the_o gospel_n in_o public_a but_o at_o home_o only_o and_o private_o 2._o such_o as_o do_v travel_v up_o and_o down_o and_o be_v public_a evangelist_n here_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o full_a point_n then_o he_o proceed_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o meaning_n whereof_o be_v more_o full_o there_o be_v evangelist_n who_o reside_v and_o continue_v in_o one_o place_n as_o timothy_n and_o titus_n he_o have_v speak_v before_o of_o private_a evangelist_n viz._n such_o as_o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n and_o of_o public_a evangelist_n who_o travel_v abroad_o and_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o now_o three_o he_o mention_n another_o sort_n of_o evangelist_n who_o be_v fix_v and_o reside_v in_o a_o certain_a place_n as_o timothy_n and_o titus_n which_o how_o far_o it_o favour_n mr._n oh_o opinion_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reader_n if_o any_o one_o else_o offer_v i_o a_o better_a explication_n of_o this_o obscure_a passage_n in_o chrysostom_n i_o shall_v thankful_o embrace_v it_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o believe_v it_o make_v nothing_o for_o my_o adversary_n nor_o do_v it_o in_o the_o least_o distress_n i_o yea_o it_o agree_v with_o my_o notion_n and_o eusebius_n as_o i_o have_v expound_v he_o and_o i_o presume_v agreeable_o to_o his_o meaning_n st._n chrysostom_n last_o mention_n a_o four_o sort_n of_o evangelist_n sc_n who_o write_v the_o gospel_n but_o they_o come_v not_o under_o the_o present_a subject_n last_o mr._n o._n plead_v that_o chrysostom_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 149._o timothy_n and_o titus_n among_o evangelist_n but_o among_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n ans._n how_o then_o be_v chrysostom_n of_o mr._n oh_o side_n as_o he_o boast_v before_o how_o will_v he_o thence_o prove_v that_o evangelist_n travel_v up_o and_o down_o as_o timothy_n and_o titus_n do_v and_o what_o become_v of_o mr._n oh_o constant_a affirm_v they_o be_v evangelist_n and_o extraordinary_a officer_n but_o if_o my_o exposition_n hold_v good_a as_o i_o hope_v it_o will_v than_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v reckon_v among_o fix_a evangelist_n and_o not_o among_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n beside_o i_o be_o not_o concern_v among_o who_o chrysostom_n reckon_v they_o they_o be_v fix_v according_a to_o chrysostom_n and_o the_o sole_a and_o the_o supreme_a power_n be_v commit_v to_o they_o by_o paul_n as_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o epistle_n whatever_o then_o their_o title_n be_v they_o be_v the_o settle_a ruler_n of_o those_o church_n final_o mr._n o._n cite_v eusebius_n for_o say_v it_o be_v only_o report_v that_o timothy_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n but_o that_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n who_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n for_o which_o he_o 〈◊〉_d euseb._n h._n e._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o ans._n if_o eusebius_n have_v write_v to_o this_o purpose_n the_o word_n however_o imply_v that_o some_o single_a person_n succeed_v the_o apostle_n though_o it_o be_v not_o know_v of_o a_o certainty_n

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episcopacy_n of_o the_o ephesian_a diocese_n even_o as_o titus_n also_o of_o the_o church_n in_o crete_n but_o mr._n o._n crafty_o transpose_v the_o historian_n word_n he_o begin_v at_o the_o latter_a end_n it_o be_v say_v he_o only_o report_v that_o timothy_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n then_o he_o add_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o long_a period_n that_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n who_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n as_o if_o it_o be_v but_o a_o report_n and_o not_o a_o certainty_n that_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v bishop_n of_o their_o respective_a church_n whereas_o eusebius_n first_o say_v it_o be_v uncertain_a how_o many_o and_o who_o govern_v the_o church_n that_o vast_a number_n of_o 〈◊〉_d plant_v by_o the_o apostle_n only_o he_o except_v those_o mention_v by_o name_n in_o the_o act_n and_o paul_n epistle_n who_o certain_o rule_v the_o church_n plant_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o among_o they_o say_v he_o it_o be_v report_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o be_v this_o report_v why_o in_o st._n paul_n epistle_n it_o be_v witness_v that_o timothy_n receive_v the_o bishopric_n of_o ephesn_n and_o titus_n of_o crete_n and_o i_o hope_v the_o testimony_n draw_v from_o the_o historical_a part_n of_o the_o apostle_n epistle_n be_v not_o a_o uncertain_a report_n with_o the_o help_n of_o that_o common_a distinction_n between_o ordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a church-officer_n the_o dissenter_n 〈◊〉_d off_o whatever_o be_v bring_v against_o they_o out_o of_o scripture_n they_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o evangelist_n be_v extraordinary_a officer_n and_o can_v be_v draw_v into_o consequence_n nor_o make_v a_o precedent_n for_o bishop_n these_o be_v but_o ordinary_a church-officer_n mr._n o._n i_o do_v believe_v serve_v himself_o of_o this_o subterfuge_n near_o a_o hundred_o time_n in_o this_o defence_n of_o he_o and_o the_o plea_n my_o design_n then_o here_o be_v to_o examine_v this_o distinction_n that_o this_o short_a chapter_n may_v rise_v to_o some_o degree_n of_o proportion_n with_o the_o rest_n the_o question_n than_o be_v what_o be_v a_o extraordinary-officer_n and_o my_o answer_n be_v it_o be_v of_o two_o kind_n 1._o a_o extraordinary_a officer_n proper_o speak_v be_v one_o who_o very_a office_n be_v extraordinary_a and_o temporary_a such_o be_v the_o dictator_n among_o the_o roman_n so_o long_o as_o that_o people_n preserve_v their_o liberty_n these_o dictator_n be_v create_v upon_o some_o occasion_n of_o extreme_a danger_n threaten_v the_o commonwealth_n which_o be_v over_o there_o be_v a_o end_n of_o the_o officer_n and_o office_n both_o the_o dictator_n return_v back_o to_o the_o plough_n and_o the_o consul_n again_o reassume_v the_o administration_n of_o the_o public_a affair_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v the_o high-steward_n in_o england_n who_o be_v constitute_v the_o chief_a manager_n at_o the_o coronation_n of_o the_o king_n or_o trial_n of_o a_o peer_n but_o so_o 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it_o nay_o he_o be_v quite_o of_o another_o mind_n but_o it_o suffice_v to_o his_o hypothesis_n that_o single_a person_n be_v afterward_o at_o least_o constitute_v ruler_n bishop_n in_o the_o church_n mr._n o._n 〈◊〉_d can_v not_o receive_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n because_o paul_n take_v in_o the_o presbyter_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 14._o ans._n here_o mr._n o._n if_o i_o take_v he_o right_a grant_v that_o 〈◊〉_d be_v ordain_v by_o 〈◊〉_d take_v the_o 〈◊〉_d into_o his_o assistance_n this_o be_v as_o much_o as_o i_o desire_v and_o the_o exact_a pattern_n of_o our_o ordination_n presbyter_n therefore_o do_v not_o by_o their_o own_o sole_a power_n ordain_v but_o in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o apostle_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o the_o revelation_n concern_v timothy_n ordination_n come_v to_o the_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o to_o st._n paul_n they_o then_o act_v not_o as_o ordinary_a 〈◊〉_d but_o as_o prophet_n and_o so_o can_v warrant_v ordinary_a presbyter_n ordain_v by_o virtue_n of_o their_o ordinary_a power_n 〈◊〉_d it_o no_o where_o appear_v that_o paul_n join_v the_o presbyter_n in_o commission_n with_o timothy_n it_o may_v then_o be_v reasonable_a to_o conclude_v that_o timothy_n receive_v the_o sole_a power_n though_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o i_o to_o say_v he_o have_v the_o supreme_a mr._n o._n but_o paul_n join_v 〈◊〉_d with_o he_o in_o the_o ordination_n acts._n 14._o 23._o ans._n be_v it_o so_o yet_o still_o if_o barnabas_n be_v a_o apostle_n as_o well_o as_o paul_n as_o be_v manifest_a from_o act_n 14._o 4_o 14._o gal._n 29._o and_o if_o barnabas_n be_v equal_a to_o paul_n as_o many_o believe_v and_o mr._n o._n will_v not_o deny_v than_o we_o be_v but_o where_o we_o be_v before_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o ordinary_a elder_n ordain_v that_o barnabas_n be_v thou_o not_o equal_a to_o paul_n yet_o independent_a on_o he_o may_v be_v probable_o hence_o gather_v that_o in_o the_o sharp_a contest_v between_o they_o barnabas_n submit_v not_o to_o 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that_o timothy_n do_v not_o ordain_v alone_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o my_o purpose_n that_o he_o be_v constitue_v the_o principal_a judge_n and_o director_n in_o ordination_n as_o in_o all_o other_o act_n of_o jurisdiction_n mr._n o._n the_o rector_n have_v argue_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o timothy_n 162._o be_v intend_v the_o resident_n governor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o minister_n deny_v it_o upon_o the_o authority_n of_o mat._n 15._o 32._o mark_n 8._o 2._o ans._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o these_o place_n produce_v against_o i_o be_v limit_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o make_v a_o great_a difference_n a_o man_n may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o reside_v or_o abide_v in_o a_o place_n one_o two_o or_o three_o day_n or_o month_n or_o year_n and_o yet_o we_o know_v what_o it_o be_v to_o reside_v when_o it_o be_v speak_v undeterminate_o as_o for_o those_o word_n till_o i_o come_v 1_o tim._n 4._o 13._o it_o be_v no_o limitation_n of_o timothy_n residence_n at_o 〈◊〉_d nor_o do_v it_o imply_v that_o his_o authority_n there_o must_v then_o cease_v if_o it_o be_v so_o then_o after_o paul_n be_v come_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v have_v leave_v off_o giving_z attendance_n unto_o read_v to_o exhortation_n to_o 〈◊〉_d which_o yet_o i_o suppose_v be_v duty_n perpetual_o incumbent_a upon_o he_o let_v the_o apostle_n be_v at_o 〈◊〉_d or_o not_o in_o a_o word_n st._n paul_n go_v short_o to_o timothy_n at_o ephesus_n be_v not_o with_o intent_n to_o remove_v he_o thence_o but_o to_o instruct_v he_o thorough_o how_o to_o behave_v himself_o in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n the_o church_n commit_v to_o his_o charge_n as_o be_v before_o observe_v and_o prove_v nevertheless_o lest_o the_o apostle_n shall_v be_v prevent_v of_o his_o intend_a visit_n and_o shall_v tarry_v long_o as_o he_o suspect_v may_v happen_v he_o send_v he_o for_o the_o present_a this_o epistle_n contain_v the_o sum_n of_o what_o afterward_o when_o he_o 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journey_n may_v possible_o be_v put_v off_o for_o a_o long_a time_n why_o do_v he_o dispatch_v a_o letter_n to_o 〈◊〉_d wherein_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n he_o give_v he_o the_o necessary_a order_n for_o the_o better_a rule_v of_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d i_o suppose_v be_v not_o so_o forgetful_a as_o to_o need_v these_o instruction_n if_o he_o have_v before_o be_v furnish_v with_o they_o when_o he_o be_v send_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d mr._n o._n a_o great_a part_n of_o t._n n._n be_v to_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n 165._o be_v not_o supreme_a governor_n because_o the_o apostle_n be_v above'em_v and_o yet_o that_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v supreme_a governor_n though_o the_o apostle_n be_v above_o they_o also_o either_o the_o elder_n be_v supreme_a governor_n or_o timothy_n and_o titus_n be_v not_o ans._n i_o show_v by_o induction_n of_o particular_n that_o the_o presbyter_n be_v subject_a unto_o the_o apostle_n in_o every_o single_a act_n of_o government_n that_o either_o a_o apostle_n or_o a_o prophet_n be_v constant_o at_o the_o helm_n to_o guide_v and_o direct_v '_o they_o the_o elder_n have_v not_o a_o discretionary_a power_n in_o any_o case_n that_o we_o read_v of_o but_o timothy_n and_o titus_n though_o they_o also_o be_v subject_n to_o st._n paul_n whenever_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o interpose_v yet_o general_o speak_v be_v leave_v unto_o the_o judgement_n of_o their_o own_o private_a discretion_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o government_n prescribe_v they_o by_o the_o apostle_n there_o be_v a_o manifest_a difference_n between_o timothy_n and_o titus_n their_o subjection_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o of_o the_o ordinary_a elder_n see_v the_o preface_n mr._n o._n whereas_o in_o proof_n of_o many_o congregation_n in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n i_o cite_v act_n 19_o 10._o all_o they_o which_o dwell_v in_o asia_n hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o back_v this_o with_o ignatius_n calling_n himself_o the_o bishop_n of_o syria_n not_o of_o antioch_n only_o but_o of_o some_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o adjacent_a country_n the_o minister_n reply_v this_o be_v little_a to_o the_o purpose_n and_o that_o man_n will_v talk_v any_o thing_n but_o ans._n do_v not_o these_o observation_n render_v it_o high_o probable_a that_o the_o ephesian_a church_n be_v also_o compose_v of_o several_a assemble_v in_o city_n and_o country_n and_o be_v not_o this_o a_o good_a account_n why_o a_o bishop_n and_o many_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n not_o serve_v one_o congregation_n alone_o in_o the_o city_n but_o other_o also_o in_o the_o country_n round_o about_o call_v asia_n if_o there_o have_v be_v but_o one_o congregation_n at_o ephesus_n one_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n may_v have_v suffice_v the_o christian_n at_o that_o time_n of_o day_n be_v not_o so_o wealthy_a as_o to_o multiply_v church-officer_n more_o than_o need_v this_o be_v not_o i_o confess_v to_o mr._n oh_o purpose_n but_o i_o hope_v it_o will_v be_v think_v to_o i_o mr._n o._n further_o plead_v that_o the_o rector_n understand_v in_o order_n to_o prove_v there_o be_v many_o congregation_n in_o that_o church_n may_v as_o well_o say_v that_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n take_v in_o the_o parthian_n and_o dweller_n in_o mesopotamia_n cappadocia_n etc._n etc._n for_o all_o these_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n act_n 2._o 9_o 11._o as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o asia_n do_v ans._n that_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o i_o do_v affirm_v the_o parthian_n and_o dweller_n in_o mesopotamia_n here_o mention_v belong_v unto_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n so_o many_o of_o they_o as_o be_v convert_v for_o the_o dweller_n in_o mesopotamia_n v_o 9_o be_v say_v to_o be_v dweller_n at_o jerusalem_n v_o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d

viz._n consist_v of_o three_o distinct_a order_n of_o minister_n the_o title_n only_o of_o the_o supreme_a governor_n haply_o except_v and_o so_o continue_v after_o he_o as_o i_o say_v unto_o the_o time_n of_o ignatius_n and_o last_o have_v answer_v all_o the_o objection_n raise_v against_o our_o episcopal_a government_n by_o mr._n o._n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v a_o plea_n etc._n etc._n so_o many_o of_o they_o i_o mean_v as_o seem_v to_o carry_v any_o weight_n in_o they_o and_o concern_v the_o time_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o which_o i_o have_v confine_v myself_o hitherto_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o apostolical_a age._n after_o all_o this_o it_o remain_v that_o i_o consider_v the_o argument_n which_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o be_v draw_v from_o ecclesiastical_a history_n begin_v where_o the_o scripture_n end_v and_o so_o descend_v unto_o these_o last_o age_n before_o which_o time_n episcopacy_n be_v never_o bring_v into_o question_n for_o fifteen_o hundred_o year_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o depart_v i_o be_o go_v let_v the_o people_n of_o god_n abide_v in_o peace_n design_v this_o for_o other_o good_a and_o advantage_n or_o whither_o etc._n etc._n it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v object_v that_o clement_n ascribe_v not_o the_o corinthian_a schism_n to_o that_o one_o generous_a person_n only_o but_o to_o some_o misunderstanding_n between_o the_o people_n and_o the_o presbyter_n some_o of_o the_o latter_a be_v not_o suffer_v to_o continue_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o ministry_n any_o long_o at_o corinth_n so_o it_o be_v intimate_v pag._n 58._o in_o these_o word_n it_o will_v be_v no_o little_a sin_n in_o we_o to_o cast_v off_o those_o presbyter_n or_o bishop_n who_o have_v discharge_v the_o office_n of_o their_o ministry_n 〈◊〉_d and_o without_o blame_n for_o we_o see_v that_o they_o have_v remove_v some_o presbyter_n who_o conversation_n be_v laudable_a and_o

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not_o quit_v thomas_n if_o another_o witness_n swear_v he_o also_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o assassination_n clement_n mention_n bishop_n or_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n not_o so_o much_o as_o intimate_v that_o there_o be_v a_o prelate_n at_o corinth_n let_v that_o now_o be_v suppose_v but_o his_o contemporary_a ignatius_n have_v again_o and_o again_o testify_v that_o there_o be_v bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n in_o several_a church_n to_o which_o he_o write_v and_o particular_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o ephesian_n that_o there_o be_v these_o three_o distinct-officer_n throughout_o the_o world_n as_o far_o as_o he_o know_v and_o by_o consequence_n at_o corinth_n though_o clement_n for_o reason_n best_o know_v unto_o himself_o think_v not_o fit_a to_o mention_v the_o prelate_n nor_o can_v it_o with_o reason_n be_v plead_v that_o ignatius_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o government_n of_o this_o apostolical_a church_n of_o corinth_n as_o i_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v grant_v 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the_o goth_n 〈◊〉_d there_o present_a subscribe_v 41._o the_o nicene_n council_n theophilus_n therefore_o be_v bishop_n of_o the_o goth_n before_o the_o nicene_n synod_n and_o be_v present_a at_o the_o council_n and_o subscribe_v it_o therefore_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n and_o the_o government_n of_o the_o scythian_a church_n be_v not_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n among_o the_o christian_a goth_n or_o scythian_n for_o about_o 70_o year_n as_o mr._n o._n and_o blondel_n have_v affirm_v but_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o bishop_n or_o of_o a_o bishop_n at_o least_o i_o add_v that_o see_v we_o find_v a_o bishop_n among_o the_o goth_n before_o the_o nicene_n synod_n it_o be_v but_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o bishop_n or_o a_o bishop_n at_o first_o go_v along_o with_o the_o captive_a christian_n into_o scythia_n or_o that_o one_o soon_o follow_v they_o thither_o i_o will_v confirm_v this_o con_n jecture_n from_o that_o passage_n in_o sozomen_n who_o inform_v 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o 21._o be_v a_o ancient_a custom_n speak_v of_o the_o scythian_n that_o one_o bishop_n only_o govern_v the_o church_n of_o that_o province_n sozomen_n be_v now_o write_v of_o the_o church-affair_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o valentinian_n and_o valens_n that_o be_v about_o the_o year_n 370._o 43_o year_n after_o ulphilas_n have_v be_v first_o ordain_v bishop_n now_o ulphilas_n be_v not_o long_o before_o this_o time_n alive_a according_a to_o socrates_n and_o invent_v the_o gothick_n letter_n 〈◊〉_d the_o reign_n of_o 33._o valens_n without_o all_o peradventure_o therefore_o the_o goth_n have_v bishop_n long_o before_o ulphilas_n for_o if_o there_o have_v be_v but_o two_o in_o all_o that_o be_v ulphilas_n and_o after_o he_o vetranio_n than_o bishop_n it_o have_v be_v a_o foolish_a remark_n of_o sozomen_n to_o tell_v his_o reader_n that_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a custom_n among_o the_o scythian_a christian_n that_o one_o bishop_n only_o govern_v their_o province_n when_o as_o this_o ancient_a custom_n forsooth_o have_v be_v but_o of_o 40_o year_n continuance_n from_o the_o first_o and_o there_o have_v be_v but_o two_o and_o the_o former_a of_o they_o dead_a but_o about_o four_o year_n before_o for_o both_o ulphilas_n and_o vetranio_n be_v bishop_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o valens_n 47._o the_o sum_n be_v there_o be_v bishop_n in_o scythia_n during_o some_o part_n at_o least_o of_o the_o 70_o year_n mention_v by_o mr._n o._n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n all_o the_o while_n i_o defy_v mr._n o_o to_o show_v the_o contrary_a out_o of_o philostorgius_n or_o any_o other_o historian_n extant_a there_o do_v remain_v indeed_o a_o small_a difficulty_n to_o be_v account_v for_o viz._n how_o then_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o philostorgius_n call_v he_o the_o first_o bishop_n of_o the_o goth_n if_o the_o goth_n have_v bishop_n before_o he_o the_o answer_n hereunto_o be_v easy_a and_o 〈◊〉_d five_o theophilus_n who_o be_v present_a at_o the_o nicene_n synod_n be_v bishop_n of_o the_o goth_n beyond_o the_o danube_n or_o ister_n for_o they_o come_v not_o over_o the_o river_n into_o the_o roman_a empire_n till_o after_o the_o say_a synod_n upon_o their_o arrival_n or_o at_o their_o request_n constantine_n allot_v maesia_n for_o they_o to_o inhabit_v that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o part_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n which_o lie_v to_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o danube_n on_o this_o side_n the_o river_n and_o name_v ulphilas_n to_o be_v bishop_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o the_o cisistrian_a scythian_n within_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o ordain_v by_o eusebius_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n though_o theophilus_n before_o he_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o the_o transistrian_a so_o socrates_n moreover_o to_o this_o faith_n even_o ulphilas_n himself_o bishop_n 41._o of_o the_o goth_n than_o first_o consent_v for_o before_o that_o time_n he_o have_v embrace_v the_o 〈◊〉_d faith_n follow_v theophilus_n bishop_n of_o the_o goth_n who_o be_v present_a have_v subscribe_v the_o nicene_n council_n so_o that_o after_o all_o this_o it_o can_v be_v question_v but_o that_o the_o gothick_n christian_n be_v long_o before_o ulphilas_n govern_v by_o bishop_n although_o blondel_n and_o mr._n o._n have_v so_o roundly_o deny_v it_o without_o yea_o against_o plain_a evidence_n to_o the_o contrary_n upon_o a_o far_a search_n into_o blondel_n i_o find_v he_o acknowledge_v what_o i_o have_v before_o speak_v of_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d but_o mr._n o._n who_o pretend_v to_o improve_v argument_n have_v leave_v this_o lame_a and_o more_o imperfect_a than_o he_o find_v it_o let_v we_o then_o see_v what_o answer_n blundel_n have_v frame_v against_o theophilus_n the_o scythian_a bishop_n it_o be_v as_o follow_v if_o we_o grant_v theophilus_n be_v bishop_n of_o the_o gothick_n metropolis_n before_o 〈◊〉_d we_o will_v be_v hereby_o furnish_v with_o a_o strong_a weapon_n justify_v our_o cause_n for_o they_o who_o make_v to_o themselves_o a_o bishop_n their_o 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bishop_n or_o 3._o the_o scythian_a church_n may_v send_v one_o of_o their_o own_o presbyter_n to_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o imperial_a bishop_n as_o ulphilas_n after_o be_v for_o that_o there_o be_v a_o correspondence_n between_o the_o scythian_a and_o imperial_a church_n be_v past_a doubt_n when_o we_o consider_v that_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o the_o scythian_n assist_v at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a there_o be_v nothing_o in_o philostorgius_n the_o only_a author_n of_o this_o tale_n that_o thwart_v any_o one_o of_o thesethree_a supposition_n or_o that_o countenance_n blondel_n surmise_n of_o the_o scythian_a presbyter_n ordain_v their_o own_o bishop_n that_o of_o ulphilas_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n i_o have_v already_o account_v for_o 2._o if_o the_o scythian_a presbyter_n ordain_v a_o bishop_n to_o preside_v over_o they_o suppose_v this_o it_o hence_o follow_v they_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o have_v one_o and_o rather_o than_o have_v none_o choose_v in_o their_o necessity_n to_o constitute_v and_o ordain_v he_o themselves_o contrary_a to_o the_o ordinary_a and_o establish_a method_n of_o which_o they_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a but_o this_o be_v say_v upon_o a_o bare_a supposition_n of_o the_o scythian_a presbyter_n ordain_v their_o bishop_n which_o be_v not_o prove_v nor_o at_o all_o probable_a as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o which_o appear_v above_o board_n be_v that_o the_o scythian_n have_v a_o bishop_n which_o set_v apart_o mere_a conjecture_n on_o both_o side_n be_v sufficient_a to_o my_o purpose_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la the_o occasion_n of_o their_o institution_n as_o i_o conjecture_v be_v either_o 1._o to_o promote_v and_o quicken_v conversion_n in_o the_o country_n and_o village_n subject_a to_o the_o city_n bishop_n or_o 2._o after_o believer_n and_o congregation_n be_v there_o multiply_v to_o be_v as_o suffragans_fw-la and_o assistant_n for_o the_o better_a government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o

patriarch_n nor_o have_v ever_o adhere_v to_o melitius_fw-la they_o thus_o then_o far_o write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n concern_v these_o latter_a and_o regular_a clergy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o as_o for_o those_o who_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o through_o your_o prayer_n have_v be_v find_v in_o no_o schism_n but_o have_v ever_o stand_v firm_a and_o unmoveable_a in_o the_o catholic_n church_n it_o please_v the_o holy_a synod_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o point_v out_o and_o to_o give_v up_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d worthy_a to_o be_v of_o the_o clergy_n and_o in_o short_a to_o do_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o constitution_n which_o be_v the_o passage_n misrepresent_v by_o mr._n o._n and_o mr._n baxter_n wherein_o the_o synod_n confirm_v to_o they_o their_o ancient_a right_n and_o privilege_n have_v give_v i_o hope_v a_o exact_a account_n of_o this_o latter_a part_n of_o that_o epistle_n let_v we_o now_o see_v whether_o mr._n baxter_n or_o mr._n o._n have_v do_v so_o to_o which_o end_n i_o observe_v that_o here_o be_v not_o one_o word_n of_o presbyter_n at_o least_o not_o of_o presbyter_n ordain_v and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o of_o presbyter_n who_o have_v be_v ordain_v by_o melitius_fw-la nor_o last_o which_o be_v the_o thing_n mr._n o._n aim_v at_o of_o presbyter_n ordain_v minister_n 1._o they_o speak_v not_o of_o presbyter_n that_o be_v not_o in_o particular_a and_o express_o of_o they_o alone_o as_o be_v manifeft_v to_o any_o one_o that_o have_v his_o eye_n in_o his_o head_n but_o only_o in_o general_n of_o such_o as_o have_v not_o be_v engage_v in_o the_o melitian_n schism_n these_o sure_o must_v be_v bishop_n as_o well_o as_o presbyter_n or_o deacon_n the_o truth_n be_v they_o include_v all_o the_o three_o order_n and_o that_o be_v the_o reason_n in_o this_o whole_a epistle_n they_o name_v no_o 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presbyter_n and_o as_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o word_n be_v speak_v of_o those_o that_o be_v to_o be_v ordain_v and_o not_o of_o the_o ordainer_n and_o may_v as_o well_o be_v take_v to_o mean_v such_o as_o be_v think_v worthy_a to_o be_v bishop_n as_o those_o who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d worthy_a to_o 〈◊〉_d make_v presbyter_n for_o in_o the_o ancient_a ecclesiastical_a writer_n we_o read_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o least_o of_o all_o three_o do_v the_o nicene_n father_n speak_v here_o of_o the_o melitian_n presbyter_n because_o the_o melitian_n have_v not_o according_a to_o the_o character_n here_o give_v of_o these_o person_n stand_v firm_a and_o unmoveable_a in_o the_o catholic_n 〈◊〉_d but_o have_v be_v engage_v in_o the_o melitian_n schism_n nor_o 4._o do_v the_o synod_n speak_v of_o ordain_v minister_n if_o by_o minister_n our_o adversary_n understand_v presbyter_n which_o title_n they_o seem_v 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testimony_n to_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n even_o unto_o blood_n prepare_v this_o new_a remedy_n against_o schism_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o apostle_n st._n john_n eye_n be_v shut_v and_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o set_v up_o a_o government_n in_o the_o church_n which_o the_o apostle_n be_v altogether_o stranger_n to_o as_o our_o adversary_n suppose_v 3._o jerom._n witness_v over_o and_o over_o again_o that_o bishop_n be_v establish_v in_o the_o church_n whilst_o the_o apostle_n live_v and_o flourish_v upon_o those_o word_n quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o to_o per_fw-la impositionem_fw-la manuum_fw-la mearum_fw-la he_o 6._o thus_o gloss_n scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la upon_o those_o other_o word_n cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la he_o thus_o comment_v hic_fw-la episcopos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o una_fw-la urbe_fw-la plures_fw-la episcopi_fw-la esse_fw-la potuissent_fw-la 4._o intimate_v that_o though_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v the_o same_o in_o 3._o that_o place_n yet_o there_o be_v then_o a_o high_a degree_n of_o bishop_n of_o who_o there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o in_o a_o city_n now_o jerom_n here_o must_v of_o necessity_n speak_v of_o the_o apostle_n day_n else_o his_o comment_n have_v be_v altogether_o vain_a and_o absurd_a for_o to_o expound_v st._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d by_o a_o usage_n which_o spring_v up_o in_o the_o church_n long_o after_o be_v senseless_a beside_o he_o think_v epaphroditus_n be_v at_o that_o time_n bishop_n of_o philippi_n as_o be_v plain_o employ_v when_o he_o gloss_n on_o the_o other_o passage_n in_o this_o epistle_n epaphroditum_fw-la commilitonem_fw-la meum_fw-la commilito_fw-la propter_fw-la honorem_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la acceperat_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la officium_fw-la epaphroditus_n then_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o philippian_n according_a to_o jerom_n that_o be_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a language_n he_o be_v their_o bishop_n again_o whereas_o jerom_n question_n archippus_n to_o have_v be_v a_o deacon_n of_o the_o church_n of_o coloss._n ch_n 4._o 17._o yet_o elsewhere_o he_o put_v the_o question_n to_o himself_o quid_fw-la est_fw-la ministerium_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la archippus_n accepit_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la and_o answer_n legimus_fw-la &_o archippo_n commilitoni_fw-la nostro_fw-la exquo_fw-la puto_fw-la aut_fw-la episcopum_fw-la eum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la colossensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n hereby_o though_o not_o positive_o assert_v he_o the_o bishop_n of_o coloss_n yet_o imply_v plain_o by_o the_o disjunctive_a there_o be_v bishop_n in_o those_o day_n moreover_o jerom_n in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n reckon_v up_o james_n make_v bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o simeon_n after_o he_o timothy_n of_o ephesus_n titus_n of_o crete_n by_o paul_n and_o polycarp_n of_o smyrna_n by_o john_n on_o the_o 45_o psalm_n he_o thus_o speak_v constituit_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la finibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la principes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n episcopos_fw-la and_o that_o by_o prince_n he_o here_o mean_v single_a supreme_a governor_n of_o church_n appear_v from_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o 1_o st_z of_o titus_n where_o he_o have_v this_o observation_n that_o paul_n be_v then_o form_v a_o prince_n of_o the_o church_n of_o crete_n this_o institution_n then_o be_v by_o jerom_n attribute_v unto_o christ_n himself_o must_v be_v understand_v as_o do_v at_o least_o by_o the_o apostle_n of_o christ._n last_o jerom_n note_n galatas_fw-la that_o all_o who_o see_v the_o lord_n and_o preach_v the_o gospel_n be_v call_v apostle_n paulatim_fw-la vero_fw-la tempore_fw-la procedente_fw-la other_o also_o be_v ordain_v apostle_n by_o they_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v choose_v as_o epaphroditus_n we_o can_v understand_v no_o less_o by_o ordain_v apostle_n here_o than_o those_o who_o be_v set_v over_o church_n to_o rule_v they_o call_v afterward_o bishop_n and_o the_o paulatim_fw-la here_o being_n to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o apostle_n time_n will_v let_v we_o in_o to_o the_o understanding_n jerom_n paulatim_fw-la and_o his_fw-la postquam_fw-la in_o his_o commentary_n on_o 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o the_o decree_n there_o speak_v of_o be_v put_v in_o execution_n by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o but_o by_o degree_n if_o then_o epaphroditus_n be_v bishop_n of_o philippi_n archippus_n of_o coloss_n james_n of_o jerusalem_n timothy_n of_o ephesus_n and_o titus_n bishop_n and_o prince_n of_o crete_n polycarp_n of_o smyrna_n and_o in_o a_o word_n if_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o prince_n appoint_v by_o christ_n in_o all_o quarter_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o whilst_o paul_n be_v alive_a in_o the_o opinion_n of_o jerom_n than_o jerom_n toto_fw-la orbe_n 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o apostolical_a constitution_n 4._o the_o occasion_n of_o set_v up_o one_o above_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o take_v the_o care_n and_o charge_n of_o the_o church_n of_o necessity_n imply_v that_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o institute_v episcopacy_n it_o be_v according_a to_o jerom_n the_o corinthian_a schisiu_n and_o yet_o more_o particular_o because_o our_o 〈◊〉_d contend_v that_o jerom_n only_o allude_v to_o the_o corinthian_a schism_n not_o that_o that_o schism_n in_o particular_a be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o decree_n which_o be_v but_o mere_a 〈◊〉_d at_o best_a i_o far_a note_n the_o schism_n which_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o decree_n be_v according_a to_o jerom_n found_v on_o such_o a_o principle_n and_o pretence_n as_o be_v not_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o any_o other_o church_n than_o that_o of_o corimh_o nor_o in_o any_o other_o age_n than_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n the_o pretence_n as_o jerom_n believe_v be_v posiquam_fw-la unusquisq_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la baptizaverat_fw-la suos_fw-la esse_fw-la putabat_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n allude_v to_o the_o 1_o cor._n 1._o 13_o 14._o 15._o if_o then_o the_o toto_fw-la orb_n decretum_fw-la be_v occasion_v by_o the_o corinthian_a schism_n which_o in_o jerom_n judgement_n spring_v from_o that_o false_a and_o foolish_a principle_n that_o every_o minister_n may_v challenge_v to_o himself_o all_o those_o christian_n who_o he_o have_v baptise_a to_o be_v member_n of_o his_o own_o separate_a congregation_n the_o remedy_n against_o this_o disease_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v confess_v to_o have_v commence_v soon_o after_o this_o corinthian_a schism_n and_o by_o consequence_n in_o the_o apostle_n day_n 5._o jerom_n instance_v in_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n confirm_v what_o i_o be_o prove_v viz._n that_o bishop_n be_v appoint_v in_o the_o apostle_n day_n evag._n a_o marco_n evangelista_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la heraclam_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la electum_fw-la &_o excelsiori_fw-la gradu_fw-la collocatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nominabant_fw-la here_o we_o have_v a_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n name_n and_o thing_n acknowledge_v by_o jerom_n from_o mark_n the_o evangelist_n therefore_o jerom_n must_v have_v believe_v the_o 〈◊〉_d orbe_n decretum_fw-la est_fw-la happen_v in_o the_o apostle_n day_n since_o many_o of_o they_o survive_v st._n mark_n 6._o the_o character_n and_o commendation_n jerom_n give_v of_o this_o institution_n of_o bishop_n i_o observe_v before_o what_o he_o have_v write_v on_o the_o 45_o psal._n constituit_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la finibus_fw-la principes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d if_o then_o it_o be_v a_o institution_n of_o christ_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v at_o least_o apostolical_a so_o he_o call_v it_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 the_o apostolical_a tradition_n or_o institution_n be_v borrow_v from_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o that_o episcopacy_n and_o the_o three_o distinct_a order_n of_o church_n officer_n bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n 〈◊〉_d include_v yea_o principal_o mean_v here_o by_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v evident_a from_o what_o follow_v quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sibi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la vindicent_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la

christiana_n quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o filios_fw-la ejus_fw-la hoc_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyterum_fw-la noverimus_fw-la nepot_n 7._o jerom_n not_o 〈◊〉_d and_o more_o than_o once_o insinuate_v that_o bishop_n succeed_v the_o apostle_n apostolorum_fw-la locum_fw-la tenent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la 54._o bishop_n hold_v the_o place_n of_o the_o apostle_n habes_fw-la pro_fw-la apostolis_n episcopos_fw-la filios_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la you_o have_v instead_o of_o the_o apostle_n 45._o bishop_n the_o son_n of_o the_o apostle_n episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la exemplum_fw-la apostolos_n &_o apostolicos_fw-la viros_fw-la quorum_fw-la honorem_fw-la palin_n possidentes_fw-la habere_fw-la nitantur_fw-la &_o meritum_fw-la and_o let_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n take_v for_o their_o pattern_n the_o apostle_n and_o apostolical_a man_n who_o honour_n they_o possess_v and_o therefore_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o have_v their_o merit_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr facile_fw-la stare_n loco_fw-la pauli_n tenere_fw-la gradum_fw-la petri_n heliodor_n it_o be_v no_o easy_a matter_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o place_n of_o paul_n to_o possess_v the_o degree_n of_o peter_n omnes_fw-la so_o episcopi_fw-la sive_fw-la romae_fw-la sive_fw-la eugubii_n sive_fw-la constantinopoli_fw-it rhegii_fw-la sive_fw-la alexandria_n sive_fw-la tanais_n i_o may_v add_v from_o jerom_n sive_fw-la divites_fw-la sive_fw-la pauperes_fw-la sive_fw-la sublime_n 〈◊〉_d inferiores_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la successores_fw-la evag._n all_o bishop_n whatever_o be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n and_o whereas_o in_o this_o very_a epistle_n he_o be_v exalt_v his_o fellow_n presbyter_n as_o high_a as_o with_o any_o colour_n of_o pretence_n he_o be_v able_a yet_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o this_o drop_n from_o he_o sc_n that_o the_o presbyter_n be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n if_o then_o bishop_n be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n as_o if_o jerom_n may_v be_v judge_n they_o be_v than_o also_o the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n must_v needs_o be_v by_o apostolical_a institution_n for_o none_o can_v appoint_v successor_n unto_o the_o apostle_n but_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o 8._o the_o early_a establishment_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o very_a day_n of_o the_o apostle_n or_o at_o least_o immediate_o after_o they_o will_v force_v any_o ingenious_a man_n to_o confess_v episcopacy_n be_v of_o apostolical_a institution_n this_o also_o jerom_n have_v witness_v clem._n tell_v we_o that_o clement_n of_o who_o we_o read_v phil._n 4._o be_v the_o four_o some_o say_v the_o second_o bishop_n of_o rome_n after_o peter_n that_o ignatius_n e._n be_v the_o 3d_o bishop_n of_o 〈◊〉_d after_o peter_n that_o papias_n a_o disciple_n of_o st._n john_n the_o apostle_n be_v bishop_n of_o hierapolis_n and_o quadratus_n a_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n bishop_n of_o athens_n pap._n to_o these_o add_v the_o asiatic_a bishop_n of_o who_o we_o read_v in_o ignatius_n epistle_n for_o because_o jerom_n believe_v the_o epistle_n genuine_a and_o approve_v of_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o they_o he_o have_v hereby_o give_v in_o his_o testimony_n that_o there_o be_v bishop_n in_o all_o those_o church_n be_v it_o then_o possible_a to_o imagine_v jerom_n believe_v that_o decree_n to_o be_v any_o other_o than_o apostolical_a or_o that_o episcopacy_n receive_v its_o date_n from_o a_o mere_a ecclesiastical_a canon_n sometime_o after_o it_o can_v never_o enter_v into_o my_o head_n that_o the_o church_n government_n which_o some_o say_v be_v presbyterian_a that_o be_v administer_v by_o a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n act_v in_o a_o parity_n when_o the_o apostle_n be_v live_v shall_v be_v thus_o quick_o alter_v by_o a_o mere_a humane_a or_o ecclesiastical_a decree_n upon_o a_o pretence_n of_o prevent_a schism_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o do_v not_o as_o the_o presbyterian_o believe_v think_v this_o reason_n sufficient_a to_o change_v the_o church-government_n in_o their_o time_n that_o be_v it_o be_v most_o improbable_a and_o absurd_a to_o say_v so_o many_o holy_a man_n and_o martyr_n of_o christ_n familiar_a with_o and_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n sc_n st._n clement_n ignatius_n papias_n quadratus_n and_o a_o innumerable_a company_n who_o name_n and_o who_o particular_a diocese_n be_v not_o transmit_v unto_o we_o say_v eusebius_n shall_v dare_v not_o only_o to_o decree_v and_o consent_n to_o the_o alteration_n of_o church-government_n but_o themselves_o to_o usurp_v and_o exercise_v a_o authority_n over_o their_o equal_n contrary_a to_o the_o apostolical_a rule_n and_o practice_n from_o the_o whole_a than_o that_o have_v be_v say_v i_o may_v reasonable_o conclude_v 1._o that_o episcopacy_n which_o be_v by_o jerom_n call_v the_o remedy_n against_o schism_n be_v set_v up_o and_o decree_v 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n in_o their_o own_o day_n 2._o that_o though_o he_o term_v it_o a_o ecclesiastical_a custom_n and_o constitution_n he_o be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o mean_v in_o opposition_n to_o 〈◊〉_d veritati_fw-la our_o lord_n be_v own_o personal_a appointment_n and_o not_o unto_o apostolical_a tradition_n or_o institution_n 3._o that_o what_o i_o have_v offer_v in_o this_o chapter_n towards_o the_o reconcile_a jerom_n with_o himself_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o be_v admit_v and_o last_o that_o the_o power_n and_o authority_n allow_v by_o jerom_n unto_o bishop_n particular_o that_o of_o ordination_n and_o the_o other_o of_o confirmation_n belong_v to_o they_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o apostle_n commission_n and_o be_v not_o restraint_n lay_v upon_o the_o presbyter_n by_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n that_o of_o confirmation_n he_o deduce_v from_o scripture_n in_o his_o dialogue_n against_o the_o luciferian_o but_o mr._n o._n will_n perhaps_o say_v that_o all_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o he_o and_o to_o the_o objection_n he_o have_v lay_v in_o our_o way_n i_o be_o then_o oblige_v now_o to_o consider_v in_o particular_a what_o observation_n he_o have_v muster_v up_o out_o of_o 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jerom_n have_v not_o express_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n choose_v out_o of_o the_o presbyter_n receive_v another_o and_o a_o new_a consecration_n nor_o that_o the_o presbyter_n ordain_v he_o all_o which_o will_v have_v tend_v much_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o fellow-presbyter_n true_o he_o express_o say_v the_o presbyter_n name_v he_o bishop_n at_o his_o instalment_n but_o this_o do_v not_o necessary_o imply_v either_o that_o they_o choose_v or_o ordain_v he_o he_o ought_v and_o doubtless_o will_v have_v speak_v out_o if_o either_o or_o both_o these_o thing_n have_v be_v true_a whereas_o then_o mr._n o._n add_v jerom_n mention_n no_o other_o way_n of_o constitute_v they_o but_o by_o presbyter_n 127._o it_o be_v certain_a he_o mention_n no_o way_n at_o all_o this_o be_v manifest_a '_o beyond_o all_o exception_n jerom_n have_v assure_v we_o of_o it_o that_o the_o apostle_n not_o the_o presbyter_n make_v and_o ordain_v bishop_n in_o most_o 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not_o to_o have_v determine_v this_o point_n i_o mean_v what_o way_n and_o bywhom_v the_o bishop_n shall_v be_v constitute_v it_o be_v then_o in_o the_o church_n to_o determine_v but_o not_o utter_o to_o lay_v they_o aside_o but_o mr._n o._n go_v on_o 128._o we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o other_o consecration_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n than_o the_o presbyter_n election_n and_o their_o place_v he_o in_o a_o high_a degree_n and_o name_v he_o bishop_n no_o have_v mr._n o._n forget_v or_o do_v he_o not_o know_v till_o aster_n he_o have_v thus_o shoot_v his_o bolt_n that_o according_a to_o eutychius_n cite_v this_o very_o 128th_o p._n that_o by_o the_o institution_n of_o mark_n the_o presbyter_n when_o the_o patriarchship_n be_v vacant_a choose_v one_o of_o their_o number_n on_o who_o head_n they_o lay_v their_o hand_n and_o bless_v he_o and_o create_v he_o patriarch_n and_o if_o this_o be_v true_a jerom_n forget_v a_o very_a material_a thing_n that_o will_v have_v make_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o presbyter_n and_o their_o identity_n with_o bishop_n and_o mr._n o._n forget_v another_o that_o of_o the_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n on_o their_o new_a patriarch_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v somewhat_o more_o than_o elect_v place_v and_o name_v he_o bishop_n mr._n o._n prove_v ibid._n there_o be_v ancient_o no_o other_o consecration_n but_o elect_v place_v and_o name_v he_o bishop_n from_o the_o testimony_n of_o polydore_n virgil_n who_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr invent._n rerum_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d say_v mr._n o._n that_o ancient_o in_o make_v bishop_n there_o be_v no_o ceremony_n use_v etc._n etc._n ans._n mr._n o._n have_v a_o knack_n above_o all_o other_o man_n to_o misrepresent_v author_n and_o though_o i_o resolve_v not_o to_o concern_v myself_o with_o late_a writer_n yet_o be_v polydore_n be_v in_o his_o time_n a_o learned_a man_n and_o of_o no_o small_a reputation_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n of_o engl._n i_o will_v with_o mr._n o._n pay_v some_o deference_n to_o his_o testimony_n and_o character_n let_v we_o then_o hear_v what_o polydore_n have_v deliver_v in_o the_o place_n cite_v he_o tell_v that_o jesus_n christ_n create_v twelve_o pontiff_n who_o he_o call_v apostle_n also_o seventy_o disciple_n who_o he_o make_v sacerdotes_fw-la priest_n that_o from_o these_o latter_a the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n arise_v that_o the_o apostle_n and_o disciple_n be_v not_o admit_v into_o their_o office_n by_o any_o other_o rite_n save_v only_o the_o election_n or_o institution_n of_o christ._n which_o polydore_n prove_v immediate_o after_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o take_v mathias_n into_o their_o number_n and_o institute_v the_o seven_o deacon_n let_v we_o run_v through_o polydor_n argument_n backward_o and_o see_v what_o it_o say_v the_o apostle_n impose_v hand_n on_o the_o seven_o deacon_n therefore_o on_o mathias_n and_o by_o consequence_n according_a to_o virgil_n so_o do_v christ_n lay_v hand_n on_o the_o apostle_n and_o seventy_o disciple_n so_o that_o this_o authority_n out_o of_o polydore_n recoil_v upon_o himself_o indeed_o mr._n o._n own_v as_o much_o but_o then_o thereby_o he_o destroy_v his_o own_o propositition_n which_o be_v we_o know_v no_o other_o ceremony_n but_o election_n etc._n etc._n but_o be_v not_o impositiof_o hand_n a_o ceremony_n and_o more_o than_o elect_v place_v and_o nominate_v he_o bishop_n i_o be_o persuade_v it_o be_v a_o ceremony_n thus_o mr._n o._n confute_v himself_o when_o he_o pretend_v to_o confirm_v his_o opinion_n i_o can_v pass_v by_o one_o thing_n which_o polydore_n very_o false_o tack_n to_o his_o discourse_n here_o concern_v the_o original_a of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n which_o he_o derive_v from_o our_o lord_n and_o his_o apostle_n but_o add_v atque_fw-la hinc_fw-la olim_fw-la 336._o factum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hence_o it_o come_v about_o that_o 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o old_a ecclesiastical_a practice_n in_o consecrate_v a_o bishop_n the_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n and_o for_o this_o cite_v cyprian_n four_o epistle_n to_o felix_n in_o the_o oxford_n ed._n the_o 67._o it_o be_v pity_n mr._n o._n stumble_v not_o upon_o this_o hint_n of_o virgil_n in_o appearance_n it_o be_v better_a than_o any_o he_o have_v produce_v in_o his_o plea_n but_o the_o comfort_n be_v there_o be_v nothing_o like_o this_o to_o be_v find_v in_o that_o epistle_n and_o this_o i_o think_v proper_a to_o note_n to_o the_o end_n no_o new_a trouble_n shall_v be_v create_v i_o upon_o virgil_n authority_n mr._n o._n jerom_n say_v the_o custom_n be_v change_v from_o the_o time_n of_o heraclas_n and_o dionysius_n what_o custom_n not_o the_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n by_o presbyter_n and_o people_n for_o that_o continue_v long_o after_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o bishop_n which_o afterward_o be_v do_v by_o neighbour_a bishop_n in_o

1._o that_o the_o people_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v aforetime_o subject_a to_o bishop_n which_o mr._n o._n have_v miserable_o pervert_v by_o say_v that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o diocese_n never_o have_v any_o bishop_n at_o all_o contrary_a to_o the_o apparent_a sense_n of_o that_o canon_n which_o affirm_v it_o and_o describe_v those_o people_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o people_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v even_o in_o the_o possession_n and_o under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o bishop_n ex._n gra_fw-mi to_o make_v the_o matter_n plain_o to_o mr._n o._n the_o people_n of_o lancashire_n can_v be_v say_v never_o to_o have_v have_v any_o bishop_n at_o all_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o chester_n be_v their_o diocesan_n 2._o the_o people_n mention_v in_o the_o canon_n have_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o proper_a bishop_n peculiar_a to_o themselves_o thus_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o county_n of_o lancaster_n never_o have_v to_o this_o day_n a_o proper_a bishop_n of_o their_o own_o 3._o the_o african_a father_n do_v not_o peremptory_o resolve_v that_o those_o people_n shall_v have_v no_o bishop_n for_o the_o future_a though_o mr._n o._n have_v very_o false_o affirm_v it_o but_o two_o thing_n they_o define_v either_o first_o that_o they_o shall_v continue_v in_o subjection_n to_o their_o former_a bishop_n that_o be_v to_o keep_v to_o my_o example_n that_o the_o county_n of_o lancaster_n shall_v continue_v as_o a_o member_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o chester_n or_o else_o second_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v erect_v into_o a_o distinct_a bishopric_n and_o have_v their_o own_o proper_a bishop_n provide_v nevertheless_o that_o it_o be_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o former_a bishop_n or_o thus_o in_o the_o example_n that_o the_o county_n of_o lancaster_n shall_v be_v make_v a_o bishopric_n by_o its_o self_n and_o have_v a_o proper_a bishop_n of_o its_o own_o provide_v my_o lord_n of_o chester_n will_v consent_v thereunto_o there_o be_v another_o canon_n in_o the_o african_a 407._o code_n which_o be_v more_o full_a to_o my_o purpose_n it_o please_v the_o synod_n that_o the_o people_n who_o never_o have_v proper_a bishop_n of_o their_o own_o shall_v not_o have_v they_o except_o it_o be_v so_o decree_v in_o a_o full_a provincial_a synod_n and_o particular_o by_o the_o primate_n and_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o that_o bishop_n unto_o who_o government_n that_o church_n or_o the_o aforesaid_a people_n former_o belong_v mr._n o._n then_o 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v deal_v honest_o and_o faithful_o with_o the_o african_a father_n and_o with_o we_o shall_v have_v cite_v the_o whole_a period_n at_o length_n and_o not_o abuse_v they_o and_o endeavour_v to_o cozen_v the_o present_a age_n with_o such_o counterfeit_n stuff_n i_o have_v this_o only_o far_a to_o remark_n upon_o these_o canon_n of_o the_o carthaginian_a council_n and_o so_o shall_v conclude_v that_o the_o occasion_n of_o make_v the_o former_a and_o of_o the_o latter_a too_o as_o be_v probable_a be_v the_o ambitious_a and_o haughty_a and_o aspire_a stubborn_a and_o foolish_a for_o all_o these_o epithet_n be_v there_o bestow_v on_o they_o disposition_n of_o some_o presbyter_n who_o raise_v their_o crest_n against_o their_o own_o bishop_n and_o wheedle_v the_o people_n by_o some_o indirect_a mean_n will_v needs_o in_o a_o disorderly_a manner_n make_v themselves_o their_o rector_n i_o e._n bishop_n this_o immediate_o follow_v in_o the_o aforesaid_a canon_n as_o any_o one_o that_o please_v may_v see_v at_o his_o leisure_n to_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n have_v power_n to_o impose_v hand_n in_o ordination_n mr._n o._n allege_v 88_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n 〈◊〉_d can._n 3._o 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 super_fw-la caput_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la teneant_fw-la ans._n 1._o he_o have_v not_o give_v we_o the_o canon_n entire_a have_v leave_v out_o something_o which_o perhaps_o will_v go_v a_o great_a way_n to_o the_o overthrow_v his_o argument_n as_o will_v be_v see_v anon_o thus_o the_o canon_n run_v episcopo_fw-la eum_fw-la sc_n presbyterum_fw-la benedicente_fw-la omnes_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o unusual_a for_o mr._n o._n to_o quote_v his_o author_n by_o half_n and_o to_o suppress_v what_o seem_v to_o make_v against_o he_o at_o this_o rate_n he_o may_v soon_o get_v the_o christian_a world_n on_o his_o side_n so_o many_o of_o they_o at_o least_o as_o will_v not_o be_v at_o the_o pain_n or_o be_v unable_a to_o examine_v his_o authority_n 2._o this_o canon_n though_o caranza_n and_o other_o author_n mention_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o african_a code_n set_v forth_o by_o justellus_n which_o make_v i_o suspect_v that_o the_o father_n who_o in_o the_o council_n of_o trull_n take_v the_o african_a into_o the_o code_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n look_v upon_o it_o either_o as_o spurious_a or_o reject_v it_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n therein_o decree_v but_o i_o will_v not_o insist_v on_o this_o 3._o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o interpret_v one_o canon_n by_o another_o the_o say_a council_n decree_v ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sine_fw-la concilio_n 22._o clericorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la clericos_fw-la non_fw-la ordinet_fw-la from_o 〈◊〉_d one_o will_v guess_v that_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o presbyter_n hand_n be_v design_v only_a 〈◊〉_d a_o testimony_n that_o the_o bishop_n ordain_v with_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o presbyter_n at_o least_o not_o without_o they_o 4._o if_o presbyter_n lay_v on_o hand_n as_o proper_a ordainer_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o in_o other_o council_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v declare_v that_o the_o bishop_n only_o ordain_v and_o not_o the_o presbyter_n in_o the_o 2._o council_n of_o hisp._n can._n 6._o episcopus_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o ministris_fw-la solus_fw-la honorem_fw-la dare_v potest_fw-la can._n 7._o nam_fw-la quamvis_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la plurima_fw-la illis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la communis_fw-la sit_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la quaedam_fw-la tamen_fw-la sibi_fw-la prohibita_fw-la noverint_fw-la sicut_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la &_o diaconorum_fw-la consecratio_fw-la but_o the_o five_o canon_n be_v remarkable_a the_o occasion_n of_o it_o be_v this_o a_o certain_a bishop_n be_v blind_a lay_v on_o his_o hand_n at_o the_o ordination_n of_o some_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o presbyter_n &_o presbyter_n quidam_fw-la illis_fw-la contra_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la dedisse_fw-la fertur_fw-la for_o which_o it_o be_v add_v that_o the_o presbyter_n deserve_v to_o be_v condemn_v but_o that_o he_o be_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n dead_a from_o whence_o i_o think_v it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o ordination_n be_v not_o effectual_o give_v by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o by_o benediction_n the_o charge_n or_o commission_n wherein_o proper_o consifted_a the_o ordination_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o ordain_v 2._o all_o the_o irregularity_n here_o commit_v be_v that_o the_o presbyter_n presume_v benedicere_fw-la and_o there_o with_o it_o may_v be_v to_o give_v the_o commission_n that_o be_v to_o ordain_v which_o if_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v ordination_n have_v be_v no_o irregularity_n at_o least_o no_o essential_a defect_n as_o it_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v 3._o for_o if_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v the_o ordination_n than_o there_o be_v no_o irregularity_n in_o these_o ordination_n the_o bishop_n have_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o the_o ordain_v as_o it_o be_v testify_v in_o the_o canon_n as_o well_o as_o that_o presbyter_n who_o blessed_v he_o 4._o the_o order_n thus_o confer_v be_v declare_v null_a by_o the_o council_n he_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la gradum_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la &_o levitici_fw-la ordinis_fw-la quem_fw-la perverse_a adepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la amittant_fw-la so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a it_o appear_v that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o these_o father_n and_o of_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n lay_v on_o of_o hand_n be_v not_o proper_o ordination_n and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d though_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o ordain_v which_o 〈◊〉_d overthrow_v mr._n oh_o major_n proposition_n but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o mr._n o._n confirm_v his_o major_n he_o endeavour_v it_o by_o this_o medium_fw-la that_o which_o be_v a_o ordain_v act_n bespeak_v 89._o a_o ordain_v power_n but_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v a_o ordain_v act._n therefore_o etc._n etc._n to_o the_o minor_a i_o answer_v by_o deny_v imposition_n of_o hand_n to_o be_v a_o ordain_v act_n it_o be_v only_o a_o outward_a and_o solemn_a concomitant_a of_o it_o as_o be_v before_o evince_v though_o warrant_v by_o holy_a scripture_n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n hand_n be_v signify_v to_o the_o congregation_n present_a that_o

the_o bishop_n ordain_v the_o person_n with_o the_o advice_n consent_n and_o council_n of_o his_o presbyter_n but_o mr._n o._n add_v i_o shall_v be_v glad_a to_o see_v one_o instance_n give_v in_o the_o apostle_n day_n of_o person_n lay_v on_o of_o hand_n in_o ordination_n that_o have_v no_o ordain_v power_n if_o i_o shall_v affirm_v that_o those_o mention_v 1_o tim._n 4._o 14._o impose_v hand_n but_o have_v no_o ordain_v power_n i_o be_o very_o sure_a he_o can_v disprove_v i_o and_o if_o i_o shall_v demand_v one_o instance_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n of_o mere_a presbyter_n lay_v on_o of_o hand_n or_o ordain_v without_o a_o bishop_n i_o be_o sure_a mr._n o._n can_v produce_v it_o but_o mr._n o._n plead_v 90._o how_o then_o come_v the_o bishop_n to_o urge_v the_o scripture_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o lay_v hand_n sudden_o on_o no_o man_n in_o favour_n of_o timothy_n ordain_v power_n and_o thence_o to_o infer_v that_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n since_o he_o may_v lay_v on_o hand_n and_o yet_o have_v no_o ordain_v power_n nor_o be_v bishop_n this_o difficulty_n be_v easy_o resolve_v if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o argument_n for_o timothy_n episcopal_a power_n in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n but_o that_o text_n only_o it_o may_v thence_o be_v fair_o infer_v that_o timothy_n be_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n and_o have_v the_o power_n of_o ordain_v because_o no_o other_o be_v join_v in_o commission_n with_o he_o nevertheless_o though_o this_o prove_v it_o not_o it_o may_v be_v evince_v from_o other_o pregnant_a passage_n in_o those_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n which_o i_o need_v not_o repeat_v nor_o do_v we_o acknowledge_v presbyter_n may_v perform_v all_o the_o outward_a act_n of_o ordination_n that_o of_o benediction_n belong_v not_o to_o they_o at_o all_o but_o say_v he_o what_o do_v the_o presbyter_n impose_v of_o hand_n signify_v if_o not_o a_o ordain_v power_n i_o have_v tell_v he_o already_o it_o denote_v their_o approbation_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d with_o their_o advice_n and_o consent_n no_o he_o reply_n 91._o they_o can_v signify_v their_o approbation_n some_o other_o way_n without_o imposition_n of_o hand_n as_o by_o say_v amen_o to_o the_o ordination_n prayer_n but_o this_o be_v to_o be_v wise_a than_o god_n and_o his_o apostle_n who_o have_v as_o i_o often_o have_v suppose_v though_o i_o need_v not_o grant_v it_o recommend_v this_o way_n which_o add_v a_o agreeable_a solemnity_n unto_o the_o action_n at_o least_o the_o church_n have_v think_v fit_a to_o admit_v the_o presbyter_n to_o lay_v on_o hand_n and_o thereby_o to_o signify_v their_o approbation_n of_o such_o as_o be_v take_v into_o their_o own_o proper_a ministry_n in_o a_o particular_a way_n and_o different_a from_o the_o people_n testify_v their_o assent_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o at_o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o deacon_n presbyter_n be_v not_o to_o impose_v hand_n sc_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la ministerium_fw-la consecratur_fw-la 3._o as_o the_o african_a father_n declare_v in_o short_a this_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d with_o other_o which_o appropriate_a the_o power_n of_o ordain_v presbyter_n unto_o bishop_n only_o as_o be_v above_o observe_v seem_v to_o i_o to_o show_v that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o ancient_n presbyter_n have_v no_o inherent_a original_a power_n of_o lay_v on_o hand_n but_o that_o it_o be_v grant_v to_o they_o by_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n only_o otherwise_o probable_o they_o will_v have_v have_v power_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n at_o the_o ordination_n of_o deacon_n also_o brief_o because_o in_o the_o prosecution_n of_o this_o argument_n mr._n o._n appeal_n to_o the_o scripture_n so_o oft_o for_o proof_n of_o certain_a thing_n that_o fall_v in_o his_o way_n whilst_o he_o be_v manage_v this_o point_n i_o do_v once_o more_o here_o desire_v what_o i_o have_v often_o call_v for_o one_o single_a probable_a proof_n or_o example_n from_o scripture_n of_o bare_a ordinary_a presbyter_n ordain_v or_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n without_o some_o superior_a preside_v in_o the_o action_n 5._o and_o to_o conclude_v this_o discourse_n about_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n i_o that_o be_o not_o much_o concern_v about_o man_n opinion_n nor_o whether_o the_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n tanquam_fw-la ordinantes_fw-la or_o tanquam_fw-la approbantes_fw-la only_o be_o very_o well_o content_a every_o one_o shall_v abound_v in_o his_o own_o sense_n provide_v there_o be_v a_o agreement_n in_o practice_n and_o a_o occasion_n be_v not_o thereby_o take_v to_o raise_v schism_n and_o emulation_n in_o the_o church_n let_v this_o matter_n be_v bang_v in_o the_o school_n so_o long_o as_o critic_n shall_v please_v yet_o see_v there_o be_v no_o colour_n for_o assert_v presbyter_n to_o be_v ordainer_n without_o the_o bishop_n whatever_o they_o be_v with_o he_o i_o make_v no_o difficulty_n to_o affirm_v that_o their_o ordination_n without_o the_o bishop_n be_v without_o precedent_n either_o in_o scripture_n or_o antiquity_n and_o by_o consequence_n in_o themselves_o null_a and_o invalid_n a_o partial_a cause_n can_v never_o produce_v the_o 〈◊〉_d effect_v mr._n o._n be_v about_o to_o establish_v the_o ordain_v power_n of_o the_o presbyter_n instance_n in_o the_o 22d_o canon_n of_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n wherein_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o bishop_n must_v not_o ordain_v without_o their_o presbyter_n as_o presbyter_n not_o without_o bishop_n that_o therefore_o he_o may_v as_o well_o say_v bishop_n have_v no_o power_n to_o ordain_v because_o they_o can_v not_o ordinary_o do_v it_o without_o their_o presbyter_n as_o we_o affirm_v presbyter_n have_v no_o power_n to_o ordain_v because_o they_o can_v ordain_v without_o bishop_n ans._n let_v we_o see_v the_o canon_n at_o length_n 4._o 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 ita_fw-la ut_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v hence_o apparent_a that_o the_o bishop_n ordain_v and_o not_o the_o presbyter_n though_o he_o be_v to_o take_v along_o with_o he_o the_o counsel_n and_o advice_n of_o his_o prebyter_n let_v mr._n o._n produce_v i_o a_o canon_n to_o this_o effect_n presbyteri_fw-la sine_fw-la concilio_n episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la clericos_fw-la non_fw-la ordinent_fw-la and_o then_o it_o will_v be_v time_n for_o we_o to_o think_v of_o a_o further_a answer_n unto_o this_o cavil_v mr._n o._n urge_v 117._o far_o the_o follow_a canon_n 23d_o the_o bishop_n may_v hear_v no_o man_n cause_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o clergy_n otherwise_o the_o bishop_n sentence_n shall_v be_v void_a unless_o it_o be_v confirm_v in_o their_o presence_n this_o we_o can_v assent_v unto_o without_o prejudice_n to_o our_o main_a cause_n but_o i_o read_v no_o where_o that_o the_o presbyter_n sentence_n shall_v be_v void_a without_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o presbyter_n give_v no_o sentence_n at_o all_o mr._n o._n to_o confirm_v his_o maxim_n that_o lay-man_n be_v allow_v to_o preach_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o clergy_n cite_v 98._o the_o carthaginian_a canon_n a_o layman_n may_v not_o dare_v to_o preach_v whilst_o the_o clergy_n be_v present_a unless_o they_o ask_v he_o ans._n i_o have_v give_v my_o opinion_n of_o this_o matter_n before_o it_o affect_v the_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o the_o bishop_n and_o be_v of_o as_o much_o force_n against_o mr._n o._n unless_o he_o will_v turn_v quaker_n as_o against_o the_o rector_n but_o over_o and_o above_o i_o note_v this_o canon_n be_v not_o take_v into_o the_o universal_a code_n and_o therefore_o be_v reject_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trull_n chap._n fourteen_o of_o paphnutius_fw-la and_o daniel_n the_o next_o thing_n mr._n o._n urge_v in_o behalf_n of_o presbyter_n ordain_v be_v the_o story_n which_o joannes_n cassianus_n tell_v of_o one_o paphnutius_fw-la a_o presbyter_n abbot_n who_o make_v daniel_n his_o design_v successor_n a_o deacon_n first_o and_o then_o goaequare_fw-la sibi_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la honore_fw-la festinavit_fw-la optansque_fw-la sibi_fw-la successionem_fw-la 390_o dignissimam_fw-la providere_fw-la eum_fw-la presbyterii_fw-la honore_fw-la provehor_fw-la he_o add_v that_o theophilus_n then_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n do_v not_o pronounce_v 131._o the_o ordination_n null_n that_o we_o read_v of_o nor_o any_o other_o in_o that_o time_n have_v it_o be_v either_o irregular_a or_o unusual_a doubtless_o it_o have_v be_v censure_v ans._n it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v but_o that_o this_o instance_n of_o presbyter_n ordain_v appear_v the_o fair_a of_o all_o other_o that_o mr._n o._n have_v muster_v up_o in_o his_o plea_n nevertheless_o what_o i_o have_v to_o reply_v be_v as_o follow_v 1._o it_o be_v but_o a_o single_a instance_n of_o a_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v humoursome_a abbot_n who_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o do_v this_o contrary_a to_o the_o know_a and_o establish_a

order_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o particular_o of_o the_o alexandrian_a whereof_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v a_o part_n the_o desert_n of_o scetis_n where_o he_o usual_o reside_v adjoin_v to_o the_o lake_n maria_n or_o maeris_n which_o border_n on_o egypt_n 2._o whereas_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n do_v not_o pronounce_v this_o ordination_n void_a and_o null_a that_o we_o read_v of_o there_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n in_o this_o for_o it_o may_v with_o as_o great_a reason_n be_v argue_v that_o theophilus_n will_v have_v censure_v it_o if_o it_o have_v come_v to_o his_o knowledge_n there_o be_v no_o probability_n that_o theophilus_n will_v have_v pass_v by_o such_o a_o disorder_n and_o affront_v do_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n see_v peter_n and_o alexander_n of_o alexandria_n his_o predecessor_n will_v not_o bear_v with_o the_o melitian_n 3._o it_o be_v wonderful_a that_o mr._n o._n shall_v insinuate_v that_o it_o be_v neither_o irregular_a nor_o unusual_a which_o in_o former_a case_n he_o have_v grant_v over_o and_o over_o again_o 4._o valesius_fw-la tell_v i_o 112._o that_o paphnutius_fw-la be_v engage_v in_o the_o melitian_n schism_n as_o ephiphanius_n testisy_n de_fw-fr haeresi_fw-la melitianorum_fw-la he_o also_o observe_v that_o the_o schism_n be_v then_o improve_v unto_o heresy_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n then_o that_o a_o heretical_a schismatic_a shall_v presume_v to_o break_v through_o the_o rule_n and_o order_n of_o that_o church_n from_o which_o he_o divide_v and_o usurp_v a_o power_n that_o nothing_o belong_v to_o he_o and_o hence_o also_o may_v be_v draw_v the_o reason_n why_o theophilus_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o what_o paphnutius_fw-la do_v he_o be_v a_o schismatic_a if_o not_o a_o heretic_n and_o out_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o what_o have_v the_o patriarch_n to_o do_v to_o judge_v they_o that_o be_v without_o already_o as_o st._n paul_n speak_v in_o somewhat_o a_o like_a case_n but_o 5._o i_o will_v not_o content_v myself_o with_o these_o answer_n though_o i_o 12._o reckon_v they_o sufficient_a but_o add_v it_o be_v no_o where_o affirm_v by_o cassianus_n that_o paphnutius_fw-la ordain_v daniel_n a_o deacon_n or_o presbyter_n but_o only_o come_v daniel_n multis_fw-la junior_a esset_fw-la aetate_fw-la ad_fw-la diaconii_fw-la praelatus_fw-la est_fw-la officium_fw-la and_o then_o festinavit_fw-la coaequare_fw-la make_v baste_v to_o equal_a daniel_n with_o himself_o in_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o priesthood_n and_o last_o desire_v to_o provide_v a_o most_o worthy_a successor_n to_o himself_o whilst_o he_o be_v alive_a provehor_fw-la promote_v he_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o presbytership_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o these_o word_n signify_v that_o paphnutius_fw-la ordain_v daniel_n that_o he_o do_v so_o can_v no_o way_n be_v conclude_v from_o this_o testimony_n of_o cassianus_n for_o 1._o it_o have_v be_v ordinary_a to_o 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please_v to_o remember_v that_o austin_n be_v not_o create_v bishop_n by_o pope_n gregory_n but_o by_o etherius_fw-la archbishop_n of_o arles_n in_o france_n interea_fw-la vir_fw-la domini_fw-la augustinus_n 27._o venit_fw-la arelas_n &_o ab_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la civitatis_fw-la etherio_fw-la juxta_fw-la quod_fw-la jussa_fw-la sti._n patris_fw-la gregorii_n acceperant_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la genti_fw-la anglorum_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la est_fw-la so_o that_o from_o henceforth_o mr._n o._n and_o the_o papist_n may_v take_v notice_n that_o the_o english_a bishop_n as_o to_o the_o succession_n of_o their_o order_n be_v nothing_o behold_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n at_o least_o not_o unto_o pelagius_n that_o if_o etherius_fw-la be_v a_o canonical_a bishop_n as_o i_o must_v believe_v till_o the_o contrary_a be_v prove_v so_o be_v austin_n a_o canonical_a bishop_n and_o so_o be_v our_o english_a bishop_n unto_o this_o day_n whatever_o become_v of_o pelagius_n his_o 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canonical_o ordain_v but_o now_o i_o think_v on_o it_o what_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v affirm_v that_o pelagius_n be_v canonical_o ordain_v and_o yet_o assert_v that_o a_o presbyter_n have_v not_o a_o intrinsical_a power_n to_o ordain_v the_o first_o apostolical_a canon_n decree_n let_v a_o bishop_n be_v ordain_v by_o two_o or_o three_o bishop_n pelagius_n consecration_n therefore_o be_v canonical_a be_v perform_v by_o two_o bishop_n according_a to_o this_o canoh_fw-mi and_o presbyter_n andreas_n may_v stand_v for_o a_o cypher_n true_o the_o nicene_n and_o other_o synod_n afterward_o say_v by_o three_o bishop_n nevertheless_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n be_v always_o reckon_v as_o part_v of_o the_o code_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n the_o nicene_n and_o all_o other_o canon_n aught_o in_o conformity_n to_o this_o to_o be_v favourable_o interpret_v i_o mean_v that_o it_o do_v not_o intend_v peremptory_o to_o command_v but_o rather_o prudential_o advise_v that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v consecrate_a by_o three_o bishop_n it_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o pelagius_n consecration_n be_v upon_o this_o very_a account_n afterward_o allow_v of_o for_o this_o be_v manifest_a that_o pelagius_n what_o ever_o his_o ordination_n be_v be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o schismatical_a bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o peaceable_o submit_v to_o mr._n o._n then_o be_v too_o positive_a when_o he_o affirm_v that_o by_o the_o canon_n three_o bishop_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n without_o all_o peradventure_o few_o may_v serve_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o this_o haply_o afterward_o may_v be_v judge_v if_o god_n himself_o be_v please_v that_o his_o own_o law_n shall_v submit_v to_o those_o of_o necessity_n much_o more_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v wise_a man_n have_v so_o determine_v even_o in_o this_o particular_a case_n gregory_n declare_v that_o austin_n notwithstanding_o the_o canon_n might_n himself_o alone_o consecrate_v bishop_n &_o quidem_fw-la in_o

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hope_v do_v utter_o abhor_v but_o pray_v we_o for_o the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n they_o shall_v prosper_v that_o love_n it_o peace_n be_v between_o its_o wall_n and_o plenteousness_n within_o its_o palace_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o man_n that_o be_v not_o a_o son_n of_o peace_n let_v he_o be_v anatkema_n 〈◊〉_d addenda_fw-la to_o the_o 19_o the_o chapter_n there_o be_v a_o objection_n which_o escape_v i_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n and_o therefore_o must_v here_o be_v consider_v it_o be_v that_o presbyterian_a order_n have_v be_v allow_v here_o in_o england_n that_o peter_n martyr_n bucer_n p._n fagius_n etc._n etc._n be_v suffer_v to_o exercise_v their_o ministry_n among_o we_o ans._n 1._o allowance_n against_o a_o establish_v law_n be_v not_o very_o defensible_a especial_o when_o that_o law_n be_v believe_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n which_o be_v the_o case_n here_o before_o we_o of_o ordination_n by_o bishop_n let_v this_o then_o be_v put_v among_o the_o infirmity_n and_o mistake_n of_o our_o first_o reformer_n 2._o our_o first_o reformer_n may_v think_v it_o justifiable_a in_o charity_n to_o foreign_a protestant_a church_n which_o have_v not_o the_o opportunity_n of_o episcopal_a ordination_n the_o present_a necessity_n and_o service_n of_o the_o church_n require_v it_o the_o reformation_n otherwise_o will_v have_v receive_v some_o stop_n or_o prejudice_n by_o bring_v this_o point_n into_o controversy_n for_o some_o such_o like_a reason_n as_o this_o it_o be_v that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o k._n james_n i._o send_v delegate_n unto_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o content_v herself_o after_o the_o conclusion_n there_o make_v only_o to_o enter_v her_o protestation_n against_o the_o parity_n of_o minister_n 3._o our_o first_o reformer_n haply_o go_v upon_o this_o principle_n he_o that_o be_v not_o against_o we_o be_v for_o we_o and_o such_o be_v peter_n martyr_n bucer_n fagius_n etc._n etc._n but_o our_o dissenter_n be_v always_o against_o we_o make_v it_o their_o whole_a business_n to_o overturn_v the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n of_o this_o nation_n by_o rail_v and_o revile_v and_o represent_v it_o as_o popish_a and_o antichristian_a 4._o the_o indulgence_n speak_v of_o have_v in_o it_o perhaps_o more_o of_o state_n policy_n than_o true_a divinity_n and_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v as_o the_o act_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n rather_o than_o of_o the_o church_n thus_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o huguenot_n minister_n have_v ever_o even_o to_o this_o day_n be_v permit_v to_o officiate_v in_o divine_a thing_n without_o episcopal_a order_n 5._o all_o these_o indulgence_n 〈◊〉_d not_o amount_v to_o the_o destroy_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o principle_n concern_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o relaxation_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o positive_a law_n can_v in_o reason_n be_v account_v the_o annul_n or_o abolition_n of_o that_o law_n as_o we_o see_v at_o this_o day_n when_o liberty_n be_v give_v to_o the_o very_a dregs_o of_o enthusiastical_a and_o fanatical_a sectary_n which_o be_v no_o more_o prejudice_n unto_o episcopacy_n than_o it_o be_v to_o other_o acknowledge_a truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n 6._o as_o for_o those_o particular_a person_n allow_v to_o exercise_v their_o minstry_n here_o in_o england_n we_o may_v note_v that_o peter_n martyr_n be_v in_o episcopal_a order_n and_o it_o may_v be_v other_o of_o they_o be_v also_o but_o there_o be_v a_o story_n which_o i_o be_o oblige_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o because_o mr._n b._n my_o first_o adversary_n object_v it_o to_o we_o he_o affirm_v the_o protestant_a bishop_n of_o england_n former_o approve_v of_o presbyterian_a ordination_n as_o he_o infer_v from_o a_o passage_n about_o the_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n spotswood_n and_o other_o the_o case_n be_v this_o in_o the_o year_n 1609_o some_o scotchman_n be_v

to_o be_v ordain_v bishop_n edit_n and_o a_o synod_n be_v hold_v by_o our_o english_a bishop_n for_o that_o purpose_n dr._n andrews_n bishop_n of_o ely_n say_v that_o they_o ought_v first_o to_o be_v ordain_v presbyter_n as_o have_v not_o be_v ordain_v by_o bishop_n but_o by_o presbyter_n only_o bancroft_n archbishop_n of_o c._n maintain_v that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o that_o because_o where_o bishop_n can_v not_o be_v have_v ordination_n though_o by_o presbyter_n only_o must_v be_v esteem_v lawful_a else_o it_o may_v be_v doubt_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o lawful_a vocation_n in_o most_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n this_o applaud_v to_o by_o the_o other_o bishop_n ely_z acquiesce_v from_o hence_o i_o infer_v not_o that_o the_o protestant_a bishop_n of_o england_n approve_v of_o presbyterian_a ordination_n but_o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o english_a synod_n nothing_o but_o necessity_n can_v justify_v it_o now_o what_o degree_n of_o necessity_n be_v requisite_a i_o will_v not_o here_o dispute_v 2._o that_o where_o episcopal_a ordination_n may_v be_v have_v there_o presbyterian_a ordination_n be_v unlawful_a 3._o that_o the_o necessity_n here_o plead_v in_o defence_n of_o presbyterian_a order_n imply_v that_o episcopal_a ordination_n be_v of_o divine_a right_n otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v impertinent_a to_o excuse_v presbyterian_a ordination_n only_o from_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o but_o i_o crave_v leave_n to_o interpose_v my_o own_o judgement_n and_o i_o humble_o conceive_v there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o fly_v unto_o this_o refuge_n of_o necessity_n for_o still_o the_o ordination_n of_o these_o scotch_a gentleman_n may_v have_v proceed_v salvo_n etiam_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la for_o i_o do_v affirm_v that_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n a_o layman_n may_v be_v immediate_o elevate_v into_o the_o throne_n and_o effectual_o receive_v the_o episcopal_a character_n without_o be_v first_o ordain_v deacon_n and_o priest_n this_o latter_a be_v indeed_o more_o safe_a and_o regular_a in_o ordinary_a nevertheless_o in_o extraordinary_a case_n the_o former_a have_v be_v practise_v thus_o the_o learned_a dr._n cave_n have_v observe_v that_o monk_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v make_v bishop_n christianity_n without_o go_v through_o the_o usual_a intermediate_v order_n of_o the_o church_n he_o instance_n in_o serapion_n apollo_n agathus_n ariston_n etc._n etc._n mention_v by_o st._n athan._n tom._n 1._o p._n 957._o however_o this_o be_v i_o shall_v produce_v two_o notable_a and_o unquestionable_a instance_n of_o it_o the_o first_o be_v of_o nectarius_n p._n c._n he_o be_v but_o a_o catechumen_n 265._o i._n e._n a_o unbaptised_a christian_n if_o i_o may_v so_o say_v one_o of_o the_o senatorian_a order_n and_o a_o praetor_n be_v nominate_v and_o choose_a bishop_n of_o constantinople_n when_o greg._n nazianzen_n have_v abdicate_v it_o and_o immediate_o 714._o after_o 〈◊〉_d be_v ordain_v bishop_n without_o the_o intermediate_v order_n of_o deacon_n or_o presbyter_n the_o other_o be_v of_o st._n ambrose_n bishop_n of_o milan_n he_o also_o a_o catechumen_n 30._o only_o and_o at_o that_o time_n the_o consular_a governor_n of_o the_o province_n be_v choose_v and_o after_o baptism_n ordain_v bishop_n thereof_o 19_o without_o the_o intermediate_v order_n of_o deacon_n or_o presbyter_n for_o a_o bishop_n according_a to_o st._n chrysostom_n maxim_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v in_o he_o the_o whole_a ministerial_a power_n i_o allege_v this_o principal_o with_o this_o design_n to_o vindicate_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o scotch_a episcopal_a ordination_n the_o end_n errata_fw-la part_n i._o page_n 1._o line_n 17._o read_v manage_n l._n 18._o r._n endeavour_v p._n 5._o l._n 9_o r._n diocesan_n p._n 6._o l._n 33._o r._n epist._n 2._o 1._o 6._o p._n 12._o l._n 40._o r._n denote_v p._n 13._o l._n ult_n r._n designat_fw-la p._n 15._o l._n 34._o r._n the_o for_o that_o p._n 23._o l._n 3._o r._n angel_n ibid._n l._n 37._o after_o they_o add_v be_v p._n 24._o l._n 5._o r._n haggai_n ibid._n l._n 20._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n l._n 33._o after_o manner_n add_v to_o be_v p._n 28._o l._n 28._o after_o that_o add_v they_o p._n 32._o l._n 25._o r._n month_n p._n 46._o l._n 2._o r._n argument_n p._n 52._o l._n 3._o r._n conclude_v p._n 65._o l._n 25._o r._n successor_n p._n 67._o l._n 35._o r._n pretend_v p._n 73._o l._n 17._o after_o of_o add_v the_o people_n p._n 76._o l._n 15._o 1._o gal._n 2._o 9_o p._n 80._o l._n 5._o r._n penance_n part_n ii_o page_n 21._o line_n 7._o read_v bold_a p._n 22._o l._n 38._o r._n christian_n ibid._n l._n 45._o for_o no_o r._n do_v p._n 42._o l._n 24._o r._n maximinus_n p._n 45._o l._n 11._o r._n asturica_n p._n 51._o l._n 33._o r._n council_n p._n 55._o l._n 26._o r._n counterfeit_v p._n 59_o l._n 4._o r._n valid_a ibid._n l._n 8._o r._n intrinsic_a p._n 62._o l._n 3._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n l._n 9_o r._n receive_v ibid._n l._n 11._o deal_n be_v ibid._n l._n 43._o r._n ordain_v p._n 63._o l._n 15._o r._n ischyras_n p._n 74._o l._n 16._o r._n adversary_n p._n 76._o l._n 26._o for_o this_o r._n the_o p._n 82._o l._n 35._o deal_n be_v p._n 92._o l._n 23._o r._n liberty_n p._n 102._o l._n 18._o r._n joannes_n ibid._n l._n 37._o r._n because_o p._n 106._o l._n 37._o r._n dislike_n ibid._n l._n 43._o r._n out_o p._n 108._o l._n 3._o r._n sufficient_a p._n 109._o l._n 2._o r._n divers_a p._n 110._o l._n 10._o r._n voluntary_a p._n 112._o l._n 35._o deal_n that_o l._n 37._o r._n ceterosque_fw-la p._n 114._o l._n 28._o r._n counsellor_n p._n 117._o l._n 32._o after_o day_n deal_n p._n 119_o l._n 37._o r._n bishop_n p._n 123._o l._n 37._o r._n intrigue_n ibid._n l._n seq_n r._n opportunity_n ibid._n r._n monsieur_n gal._n 5._o v._n 3._o def._n p._n 25._o see_v justellus_n def._n p._n 26._o calv._n ep._n 136._o baz_n ep._n 29._o def._n p._n 27._o vide_fw-la office_n of_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_n def._n p._n 68_o def._n p._n 74._o def._n p._n 79._o def._n p._n 82._o and_o so_o be_v barnabas_n also_o def._n p._n 84._o def._n p._n 85._o jo._n ep._n 1._o 2._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 1._o deut._n 18._o 15._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 6._o 12._o 25._o def._n 88_o 89._o def._n ibid._n def._n p._n 90._o synop._n crit._n 〈◊〉_d p._n 91._o def._n p._n 95._o def._n p._n 97._o see_v office_n of_o consecrate_v presbyter_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d def._n p._n 48._o def._n p._n 77._o euseb._n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o theodoret._n hist._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o e._n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 23._o l._n 4._o c._n 22._o jer._n cat._n ser._n def._n p._n 54._o 54._o de_fw-fr repub._n dial._n 8._o 8._o polit._n l._n 3._o c._n 7_o 8._o 8._o thalia_n or_o l._n 3._o c._n 80._o 80._o in_o libel_n de_fw-fr mon._n olig_n &_o dem._n dem._n lexic_fw-la voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la def._n p._n 99_o 100_o 101_o 102_o 103._o p._n 99_o 100_o def._n p._n 102._o def._n p._n 103._o def._n p._n 103._o 103._o de_fw-fr serie_fw-la &_o success_n p._n 73._o def._n p._n 104._o def._n p._n 106._o sc._n edit_n par._n eus._n h._n e._n l._n 3._o c._n l._n 23._o l._n 5._o c._n 24._o 24._o de_fw-fr praescrip_n adv_fw-la haer._n c._n 32._o def._n p._n 108._o 108._o dan._n 10._o 13._o ch_n 12_o 1._o 1_o thes._n 4._o 16._o judge_n 9_o col._n 1._o 16._o ***_o ep._n ad_fw-la corinth_n cont_n celsum_fw-la l._n 5._o p._n 250._o edit_fw-la cant._n comment_n in_o dan._n c._n 7._o 2._o 2._o comment_fw-fr in_o zach._n 1._o 8._o dan._n 7._o 2._o 2._o strom._n l._n 6._o 6._o homil._n in_o cap._n 3._o s._n lucae_n lucae_n cont._n parmen_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 44_o 45._o ed._n mer._n casaub._n tit._n 1._o 5._o 11._o 13._o 2._o 15._o 3._o 10._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d poem_n 27._o p._n 169._o sopbron_n &_o hierom._n in_o cat._n scrip._n eccles._n def._n p._n 121._o tit._n 1._o 5._o t._n n._n p._n 64._o def._n p._n 122._o 122._o catal._n scr_n scr_n cod._n 254._o col._n 1041._o mr._n bur._n def._n p._n 124._o in_o dissertat_fw-la de_fw-fr serie_fw-la &_o success_n p._n 75._o def._n p._n 124._o 124._o near_o 700._o 700._o or_o 38._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 14_o 15._o def._n p_o 126._o def._n p._n 126._o def._n p_o 129._o def._n p._n 130._o def._n p._n 131._o def._n p._n 131._o def._n p._n 132._o def._n p._n 133._o def._n p._n 134._o def._n p._n 134._o 134._o as_o mr._n o._n have_v elsewhere_o suppose_v hesych_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cortex_fw-la arboris_fw-la arboris_fw-la as_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o smooth_a piece_n of_o wood_n to_o write_v on_o tabula_fw-la def._n p._n 135._o def._n p._n 138._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 21._o

government_n which_o be_v prelatical_a in_o this_o latter_a sense_n i_o will_v always_o be_v understand_v and_o this_o change_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o improvement_n and_o complete_n the_o church_n government_n as_o it_o have_v be_v from_o the_o beginning_n project_v by_o themselves_o or_o rather_o suggest_v to_o they_o by_o the_o holy-ghost_n i_o must_v also_o here_o take_v notice_n of_o one_o thing_n more_o which_o be_v not_o sufficient_o explain_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o presbyter_n be_v subject_a and_o accountable_a unto_o the_o apostle_n and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d as_o i_o argue_v not_o supreme_a governor_n of_o the_o church_n mr._n o._n retort_v that_o timothy_n and_o titus_n and_o all_o bishop_n also_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n be_v so_o and_o by_o the_o same_o consequence_n not_o supreme_a governor_n but_o i_o answer_v 1._o it_o be_v true_a timothy_n and_o titus_n paul_n be_v alive_a be_v subject_a and_o accountable_a to_o he_o and_o so_o not_o absolute_o supreme_a ruler_n if_o we_o look_v up_o towards_o the_o apostle_n but_o if_o we_o look_v downward_o to_o the_o presbyter_n they_o be_v supreme_a or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o to_o my_o purpose_n superior_a to_o the_o presbyter_n who_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n 2._o timothy_n and._n titus_n be_v not_o in_o paul_n life_n time_n actual_o supreme_a governor_n as_o if_o they_o have_v no_o superior_a for_o paul_n be_v over_o they_o true_a yet_o they_o be_v supreme_a intentional_o even_o whilst_o the_o apostle_n be_v alive_a and_o actual_o after_o his_o decease_n for_o so_o they_o must_v needs_o of_o course_n be_v 3._o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o timothy_n and_o titus_n subjection_n and_o accountableness_n unto_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o of_o the_o presbyter_n the_o presbyter_n as_o i_o have_v show_v and_o as_o far_o as_o we_o know_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o express_a command_n and_o special_a direction_n of_o the_o apostle_n i_o mean_v in_o the_o high_o and_o most_o important_a business_n of_o the_o church_n but_o timothy_n and_o titus_n and_o so_o the_o rest_n have_v general_a rule_n only_o prescribe_v they_o and_o be_v ordinary_o leave_v to_o their_o own_o discretionary_a power_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n except_o the_o apostle_n in_o a_o extraordinary_a manner_n interpose_v sometime_o as_o we_o may_v reasonable_o admit_v but_o there_o be_v nec_fw-la vola_fw-la nec_fw-la vestigium_fw-la no_o footstep_n in_o the_o whole_a scripture_n of_o any_o such_o general_a rule_n and_o discretionary_a power_n commit_v to_o the_o presbyter_n as_o be_v evince_v in_o t._n n._n and_o these_o paper_n jan._n 1._o 1697_o 8._o the_o content_n part_n i._n chap._n i._n several_a cavil_n against_o the_o church_n of_o england_n consider_v page_n 1_o chap._n ii_o id._n p._n 6_o chap._n iii_o id._n p._n 19_o chap._n iu_o the_o old_a chronology_n about_o the_o time_n of_o st._n paul_n '_o s_z settle_v timothy_n ruler_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n overthrow_v the_o pearsonian_n hypothesis_n more_o firm_o establish_v and_o the_o second_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n demonstrate_v to_o have_v be_v write_v in_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o rome_n p._n 29_o chap._n v._o sundry_a objection_n be_v answer_v and_o particular_o it_o be_v here_o prove_v that_o the_o convocation_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v allow_v as_o a_o just_a representative_a of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n p._n 57_o chap._n vi_o be_v a_o answer_n to_o mr._n oh_o 6_o chap._n p._n 72_o part_n ii_o chap._n i._o of_o clemens_n romanus_n p._n 3_o chap._n ii_o of_o ignatius_n '_o s_z epistle_n p._n 10_o chap._n iii_o of_o mark_n and_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n p._n 20_o chap._n iv._o of_o the_o syriac_a version_n p._n 30_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o beginning_n of_o christianity_n in_o the_o most_o remote_a north-west_n part_n of_o scotland_n p._n 32_o chap._n vi_o of_o some_o passage_n in_o st._n cyprian_n p._n 43_o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o scythian_a church_n p._n 47_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la p._n 50_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d of_o nice_a p._n 55_o chap._n x._o of_o aerius_n p._n 69_o chap._n xi_o of_o hilary_n the_o deacon_n p._n 70_o chap._n xii_o of_o jerom_n p._n 74_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o carthaginian_a council_n p._n 84_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o paphnutius_fw-la and_o daniel_n p._n 89_o chap._n xv._n of_o pope_n leo._n p._n 91_o chap._n xvi_o of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o island_n taprobane_n p._n 93_o chap._n xvii_o of_o pelagius_n his_o ordination_n p._n 95_o chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o waldenses_n boiarians_n etc._n etc._n p._n 98_o chap._n xix_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n at_o and_o since_o the_o 〈◊〉_d p._n 108_o part_n i._n chap._n i._o in_o answer_n to_o mr._n of_o s_o 1_o st_z chap._n the_o rector_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o t._n n._n complain_v of_o the_o unfair_a way_n which_o the_o dissenter_n have_v take_v up_o in_o manage_v controversy_n that_o be_v of_o their_o bring_n in_o other_o matter_n nothing_o at_o all_o belong_v to_o the_o point_n in_o debate_n which_o be_v as_o when_o a_o lawyer_n when_o he_o be_v plead_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o client_n and_o set_v forth_o his_o title_n unto_o the_o 〈◊〉_d in_o question_n shall_v fall_v foul_a upon_o his_o client_n adversary_n expose_v his_o person_n and_o upbraid_v he_o with_o his_o private_a perhaps_o but_o suppose_v fault_n and_o infirmity_n i_o instanced_a in_o three_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o common_a topic_n of_o the_o dissenter_n rail_v against_o the_o episcopal_a clergy_n and_o which_o they_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o hook_n in_o whatever_o the_o matter_n in_o controversy_n be_v but_o if_o recrimination_n be_v but_o cavil_v as_o one_o of_o their_o own_o author_n speak_v much_o more_o 〈◊〉_d accuse_v my_o instance_n be_v that_o the_o episcopal_a divine_n be_v arminian_n that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n symbolize_v with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o bishop_n be_v proud_a lord_n and_o lordly_a prelate_n and_o if_o all_o this_o be_v true_a what_o do_v it_o signify_v in_o the_o question_n about_o church-government_n mr._n o._n in_o the_o content_n of_o his_o first_o chap._n at_o the_o beginning_n advertise_v his_o reader_n that_o the_o dissenter_n be_v justify_v in_o their_o way_n of_o manage_v controversy_n indeed_o he_o shall_v have_v edeavour_v it_o if_o he_o will_v have_v answer_v to_o the_o purpose_n and_o his_o way_n of_o vindicate_v the_o dissenter_n shall_v have_v be_v i_o conceive_v either_o to_o deny_v the_o charge_n lay_v against_o they_o or_o else_o to_o justify_v the_o fitness_n and_o reasonableness_n of_o that_o way_n of_o controvert_v but_o instead_o of_o this_o he_o fall_v upon_o the_o old_a strain_n of_o accuse_v we_o the_o rector_n of_o arminianism_n of_o symbolise_v with_o 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o bishop_n for_o be_v lord_n which_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o question_n between_o he_o and_o i_o here_o viz._n whether_o it_o be_v fair_a to_o charge_v one_o adversary_n with_o suppose_a fault_n which_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o the_o question_n in_o hand_n unless_o he_o be_v so_o vain_a as_o to_o imagine_v that_o his_o own_o repeat_v practice_n be_v a_o sufficient_a justification_n of_o the_o dissenter_n manage_v controversy_n in_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o church-government_n i_o observe_v in_o general_a that_o our_o episcopal_a government_n be_v establish_v upon_o certain_a canon_n and_o law_n make_v and_o consent_v unto_o by_o the_o convocation_n consist_v of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o by_o the_o multitude_n of_o believer_n that_o be_v by_o their_o representative_n in_o parliament_n and_o that_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n act_v 15._o this_o be_v plain_a matter_n of_o fact_n and_o one_o will_v have_v think_v incapable_a of_o be_v cavil_v at_o and_o yet_o mr._n owen_n who_o be_v a_o master_n at_o that_o knack_n have_v many_o thing_n to_o oppose_v i_o in_o it_o and_o have_v find_v many_o disparity_n in_o the_o resemblance_n as_o 1._o he_o affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d jerusalem_n enjoin_v the_o def._n p._n 24._o necessary_a for_o bearance_n of_o 〈◊〉_d few_o thing_n but_o the_o convocation_n have_v make_v canon_n enjoin_v the_o practice_n of_o unnecessary_a thing_n to_o create_v offence_n ans._n these_o last_o word_n be_v as_o malicious_a as_o false_a and_o without_o ground_n how_o can_v mr_n o._n at_o this_o distance_n tell_v or_o how_o can_v the_o dissenter_n of_o those_o time_n know_v that_o the_o design_n of_o the_o convocation_n be_v to_o 〈◊〉_d offence_n have_v he_o or_o have_v they_o the_o gift_n of_o 〈◊〉_d spirit_n or_o dare_v they_o presume_v to_o lay_v claim_n to_o one_o of_o the_o transcendent_a attribute_n of_o god_n his_o omniscience_n