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faithful_a minister_n to_o the_o ephesian_n eph_n 6.21_o and_o under_o the_o same_o notion_n of_o a_o faithful_a minister_n he_o send_v he_o also_o to_o the_o colossian_n col._n 7.8_o as_o be_v further_a note_v in_o the_o second_o question_n and_o lest_o this_o shall_v be_v say_v to_o he_o do_v as_o he_o be_v a_o evangelist_n though_o we_o find_v he_o not_o express_o call_v a_o evangelist_n yet_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o there_o be_v many_o that_o preach_v the_o gospel_n in_o the_o apostle_n day_n in_o more_o place_n than_o one_o authoritative_o the_o brethren_n that_o john_n write_v of_o in_o his_o 3_o epist_n mean_v forth_o and_o be_v helper_n to_o the_o truth_n take_v nothing_o of_o the_o gentile_n be_v minister_n which_o may_v have_v take_v maintenance_n but_o do_v not_o that_o they_o may_v spread_v the_o gospel_n it_o appear_v also_o even_o by_o the_o false_a teacher_n that_o creep_v into_o galatia_n and_o corinth_n in_o paul_n absence_n and_o those_o that_o go_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o antinch_n and_o breed_v the_o broil_n there_o and_o those_o that_o preach_v the_o gospel_n of_o envy_n and_o strife_n phil._n 2._o â—5_n who_o certain_o be_v no_o evangelist_n neither_o do_v i_o allow_v of_o their_o false_a doctrine_n yet_o it_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v ordinary_a for_o minister_n to_o preach_v to_o more_o congregation_n than_o one_o and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o those_o disperse_v which_o go_v up_o and_o down_o preach_v act._n 8.4_o be_v officer_n as_o one_o have_v late_o show_v for_o what_o shall_v the_o apostle_n do_v at_o jerusalem_n if_o there_o be_v no_o private_a christian_n there_o and_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o persecution_n fall_v most_o upon_o the_o officer_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v general_o scatter_v abroad_o except_o the_o apostle_n and_o in_o the_o after_o age_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o frequent_a then_o for_o minister_n to_o act_v out_o of_o their_o own_o congregation_n we_o find_v indeed_o provision_n make_v by_o canon_n for_o the_o order_n of_o minister_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o function_n in_o other_o place_n then_o their_o own_o but_o no_o prohibition_n to_o exclude_v they_o from_o it_o as_o first_o that_o they_o must_v have_v leave_n to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v which_o be_v a_o wise_a provision_n against_o such_o as_o creep_v into_o other_o church_n without_o a_o call_n it_o be_v provide_v in_o conc._n nic._n can._n 17._o caranza_n that_o no_o bishop_n shall_v ordain_v any_o that_o belong_v to_o another_o bishop_n cum_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la consensum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la recessit_fw-la clericus_fw-la and_o conc._n constinop_n can._n 2._o secundum_fw-la zonaram_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n non_fw-la vocati_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ultra_fw-la diocesim_n ne_fw-la transeant_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquam_fw-la aliam_fw-la administrationem_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la there_o be_v not_o take_v away_o from_o they_o power_n of_o exercise_v of_o any_o of_o those_o thing_n in_o other_o diocese_n when_o they_o be_v call_v by_o other_o to_o help_v therein_o nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ex_fw-la alia_fw-la provincia_fw-la audeat_fw-la ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la transgredi_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la promotionem_fw-la ministerij_fw-la aliquos_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la ordinare_fw-la nisi_fw-la literis_fw-la regatus_fw-la adveniat_fw-la conc._n antioch_n can._n 13._o caranz_n nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o voluntatâ—_n regionis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la can._n 22._o yea_o the_o council_n of_o sardice_n provide_v that_o if_o a_o bishop_n in_o a_o province_n where_o there_o have_v be_v more_o bishop_n do_v neglect_v to_o ordain_v more_o bishop_n then_o may_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o neighbour_a province_n be_v desire_v by_o the_o people_n of_o that_o province_n come_v ex_fw-la vicinâ_fw-la provincia_fw-la &_o ordinent_fw-la episcopum_fw-la conc._n saâ—d_n 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and_o shall_v such_o private_a man_n pass_v the_o censure_n against_o a_o scandalous_a brother_n that_o the_o elder_n will_v do_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o ecclesiastical_a bind_n yea_o though_o such_o a_o scandalous_a person_n shall_v refer_v himself_o to_o they_o as_o arbitrator_n and_o promise_v to_o submit_v to_o their_o censure_n yet_o they_o can_v ecclesiastical_o excommunicate_v he_o or_o restore_v he_o no_o more_o than_o private_a man_n in_o a_o arbitration_n can_v condemn_v and_o execute_v a_o malefactor_n or_o absolve_v he_o though_o he_o be_v innocent_a if_o indict_v many_o time_n private_a man_n stand_v by_o and_o hear_v the_o evidence_n at_o the_o assize_n against_o a_o malefactor_n will_v say_v he_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man_n yet_o that_o be_v no_o judicial_a condemnation_n of_o he_o though_o it_o be_v material_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o formal_o for_o so_o be_v the_o act_n of_o the_o judge_n only_o who_o be_v in_o office_n for_o 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praeceptore_fw-la ac_fw-la deuce_fw-la usi_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o cyprian_n testimony_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la be_v direct_v against_o he_o for_o he_o define_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n by_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n as_o there_o be_v one_o god_n one_o christ_n one_o faith_n so_o there_o be_v one_o church_n one_o discipline_n in_o it_o one_o bishopric_n etc._n etc._n episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la a_o singulis_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la pars_fw-la tenetur_fw-la now_o bishopric_n argue_v the_o church_n to_o be_v one_o political_o though_o but_o habitual_o and_o as_o many_o that_o be_v bind_v in_o a_o bond_n pro_fw-la toto_fw-la &_o in_fw-la solido_fw-la be_v every_o one_o liable_a to_o be_v arrest_v for_o the_o whole_a so_o many_o that_o have_v a_o joint_a interest_n in_o a_o thing_n in_o solidum_fw-la have_v all_o a_o joint_n right_n to_o the_o whole_a upon_o which_o word_n of_o cyprian_a m_o parker_n in_o polit._n eccles_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 122._o have_v this_o inference_n quid_fw-la ni_fw-fr &_o unitas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la petro_n primitùs_fw-la designata_fw-la unitatem_fw-la idest_fw-la aequalitatem_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la quibusque_fw-la denotet_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la una_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o ecclesiastica_fw-la potestas_fw-la una_fw-la cujus_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la singulis_fw-la pars_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la tenetur_fw-la cyprian_n be_v abundant_a in_o this_o point_n episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la multorum_fw-la concordi_fw-la numerositate_fw-la diffusus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 53._o etsi_fw-la pastor_n multi_fw-la sumus_fw-la unum_fw-la tamen_fw-la gregem_fw-la pascimus_fw-la &_o oves_fw-la universas_fw-la etc._n etc._n colligere_fw-la &_o foâ—ere_fw-la debemus_fw-la ep._n 67._o cyprian_n gather_v together_o a_o authoritative_a synod_n he_o stout_o oppose_v steven_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o receive_v some_o bishop_n that_o be_v just_o depose_v pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la quam_fw-la gerebar_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la curâ_fw-la cyp._n lib._n 1._o ep._n 4._o ut_fw-la unitatem_fw-la dominus_fw-la manefestaret_fw-la unam_fw-la cathedram_fw-la constituit_fw-la &_o unitatis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la originem_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la incipientem_fw-la sva_fw-la authoritas_fw-la disposuit_fw-la cyp._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la upon_o which_o word_n salmasius_n have_v this_o comment_n omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la una_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o unitatem_fw-la conspirantes_fw-la faciunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la unam_fw-la cathedram_fw-la de_fw-fr prim._n pag._n 87._o ecclesiae_fw-la nomine_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la una_fw-la sed_fw-la multorum_fw-la unitas_fw-la designatur_fw-la bernard_n in_o cant._n serm._n 61._o augustine_n in_o tract_n in_o joh._n 1.14_o be_v more_o against_o he_o then_o for_o he_o and_o whereas_o he_o say_v universa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ligat_fw-la solvitque_fw-la peccam_fw-la 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