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dr._n can_v shape_v out_o nor_o by_o any_o twist_n of_o reason_n and_o sound_a consequence_n infer_v his_o suppose_a hierarchical_a prelate_n with_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n and_o jurisdiction_n from_o the_o office_n of_o either_o apostle_n or_o evangelist_n the_o dr_n will_v not_o have_v any_o officer_n beneath_o a_o bishop_n to_o have_v be_v allow_v suffrage_n 435.436_o in_o any_o of_o the_o first_o four_o general_n council_n yet_o immediate_o after_o some_o way_n retract_v and_o correct_v himself_o he_o allow_v they_o a_o place_n in_o general_a council_n but_o tell_v we_o it_o be_v only_o for_o debate_n and_o prepare_v the_o matter_n of_o law_n but_o the_o form_n of_o law_n he_o say_v proceed_v from_o the_o bishop_n suffrage_n this_o be_v pretty_a first_o the_o dr._n will_v never_o prove_v that_o in_o the_o first_o council_n there_o be_v prelate_n of_o his_o stamp_n and_o mould_n next_o its_o strange_a that_o in_o council_n presbyter_n be_v sit_v for_o
heresy_n and_o be_v to_o be_v receive_v in_o the_o church_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n of_o cornelius_n cyprian_n tell_v we_o epist._n 6._o compare_v with_o 46._o they_o come_v before_o the_o presbytrie_n and_o confess_v their_o sin_n be_v receive_v now_o if_o presbyter_n have_v such_o authority_n and_o the_o episcopal_a power_n be_v of_o this_o nature_n and_o thus_o limit_v let_v any_o judge_n how_o the_o dr_n assertion_n can_v subsist_v viz_o that_o in_o judicatories_n pastor_n have_v no_o decisive_a suffrage_n for_o the_o dr_n after-discourse_n p._n 436._o anent_o the_o civil_a sovereign_n decree_n in_o case_n of_o a_o suppose_a interfeir_a with_o the_o church_n legislative_a power_n as_o he_o call_v it_o i_o shall_v not_o it_o be_v some_o what_o out_o of_o our_o way_n much_o digress_v in_o examine_v the_o same_o though_o i_o judge_v it_o very_a lax_n and_o liable_a to_o considerable_a exception_n yea_o and_o hardly_o reconcilable_a with_o itself_o or_o sound_a sense_n and_o 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much_o for_o the_o dr_n first_o prerogative_n of_o a_o bishop_n as_o distinct_a from_o a_o presbyter_n in_o the_o power_n legislative_a and_o of_o make_v canon_n the_o second_o peculiar_a ministry_n and_o prerogative_n of_o the_o bishop_n above_o presbyter_n 436.437.438_o the_o dr._n tell_v we_o be_v to_o consecrat_v and_o ordain_v to_o ecclesiastic_a office_n thereafter_o the_o dr._n spend_v much_o discourse_n upon_o christ_n mission_n of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n as_o the_o father_n send_v he_o including_z a_o power_n of_o ordination_n of_o other_o which_o he_o confirm_v by_o luk._n 24.33.36_o mark_n 16.14_o matth._n 28.16_o which_o commission_n he_o tell_v we_o be_v transfer_v original_o upon_o the_o apostolic_a order_n so_o that_o ecclesiastic_a commission_n be_v either_o give_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o these_o first_o apostle_n or_o by_o such_o secondary_a apostle_n as_o be_v by_o they_o admit_v into_o apostolic_a order_n and_o these_o secondary_a apostle_n be_v the_o same_o with_o bishop_n ans._n we_o need_v not_o spend_v time_n in_o resume_v what_o be_v say_v already_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o our_o lord_n give_v a_o power_n of_o mission_n and_o of_o ordain_v minister_n to_o his_o twelve_o apostle_n a_o power_n to_o plant_v church_n through_o the_o world_n and_o a_o gospel_n ministry_n and_o ordinance_n in_o they_o but_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o their_o mission_n they_o be_v to_o transferr_v their_o apostolic_a office_n and_o authority_n to_o ordinary_a succeed_v officer_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o quaesitum_fw-la or_o question_v which_o the_o dr._n still_o beg_v and_o suppose_v but_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v from_o either_o the_o nature_n and_o intendment_n of_o their_o mission_n or_o the_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o succeed_v officer_n who_o they_o ordain_v as_o we_o have_v above_o evince_v the_o dr_n proof_n be_v pitiful_o claudicant_a he_o tell_v we_o that_o though_o the_o 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