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be_v tarasius_n and_o nicephorus_n intruder_n or_o do_v theodorus_n separate_v upon_o that_o account_n no_o such_o thing_n be_v pretend_v but_o joseph_n have_v be_v guilty_a of_o a_o scandalous_a and_o wicked_a action_n and_o yet_o be_v suffer_v to_o continue_v in_o communion_n and_o hereupon_o theodorus_n withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o church_n for_o which_o he_o be_v blame_v and_o very_o just_o but_o this_o only_a show_n that_o private_a christian_n ought_v not_o to_o forsake_v the_o church_n though_o the_o discipline_n of_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o due_o administer_v as_o they_o can_v wish_v but_o must_v take_v care_n of_o their_o own_o duty_n though_o the_o church_n governor_n shall_v be_v negligent_a of_o they_o after_o so_o much_o say_v in_o so_o short_a a_o 17._o pag._n 17._o book_n beside_o the_o subject_a he_o at_o last_o come_v again_o to_o the_o point_n but_o fall_v upon_o such_o a_o example_n as_o be_v alone_o enough_o to_o disparage_v his_o whole_a performance_n 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vit_fw-mi ignat._n p._n 1222._o banishment_n where_o he_o be_v keep_v under_o so_o close_a confinement_n that_o he_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o perform_v any_o part_n of_o his_o function_n and_o as_o he_o be_v not_o allow_v to_o stir_v out_o so_o no_o body_n be_v permit_v to_o come_v to_o he_o and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n of_o certainty_n in_o all_o the_o history_n of_o those_o affair_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o certain_a than_o that_o ignatius_n and_o photius_n do_v not_o hold_v communion_n with_o each_o other_o for_o nothing_o occur_v more_o frequent_o than_o the_o anathema_n which_o they_o pronounce_v one_o against_o the_o other_o but_o all_o the_o reason_n our_o author_n seem_v to_o have_v in_o this_o and_o some_o other_o instance_n to_o conclude_v that_o the_o depose_v patriarch_n do_v not_o refuse_v communion_n with_o the_o intruder_n be_v because_o both_o their_o name_n be_v read_v in_o the_o diptyck_n whereas_o this_o one_o instance_n of_o ignatius_n and_o photius_n 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the_o greek_n reckon_v the_o eight_o general_n council_n concern_v the_o depose_v of_o photius_n 19_o p._n 18_o 19_o a_o second_o time_n and_o the_o depose_v of_o nicholas_n zonaras_n who_o our_o author_n 113._o zon._n tom._n 3._o p._n 113._o quote_v say_v nothing_o from_o which_o it_o may_v be_v collect_v that_o photius_n continue_v communion_n with_o stephen_n and_o nicholas_n with_o euthymius_n who_o be_v put_v into_o their_o room_n but_o because_o zonaras_n say_v nothing_o to_o the_o contrary_a he_o conclude_v that_o they_o do_v hold_v communion_n with_o they_o which_o be_v a_o very_a fallacious_a way_n of_o argue_v to_o make_v inference_n from_o a_o negative_a without_o any_o other_o reason_n or_o circumstance_n especial_o in_o so_o short_a a_o account_n as_o zonaras_n give_v of_o these_o thing_n who_o only_o say_v in_o as_o few_o word_n as_o he_o can_v well_o express_v himself_o in_o that_o the_o emperor_n pick_v a_o quarrel_n with_o the_o patriarch_n send_v he_o into_o a_o monastery_n and_o appoint_v his_o brother_n stephen_n to_o be_v patriarch_n and_o that_o nicholas_n be_v likewise_o put_v into_o a_o monastery_n and_o euthymius_n constitute_v patriarch_n in_o his_o stead_n and_o the_o same_o author_n in_o s._n chrysostom_n case_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o that_o separation_n which_o be_v occasion_v by_o his_o banishment_n for_o thirty_o five_o year_n together_o in_o the_o church_n which_o the_o more_o ancient_a historian_n enlarge_v so_o much_o upon_o and_o set_v forth_o in_o so_o many_o particular_n and_o to_o be_v convince_v that_o nothing_o ought_v to_o be_v conclude_v from_o the_o silence_n especial_o of_o these_o latter_a historiar_n and_o annalist_n we_o need_v only_o compare_v what_o these_o write_v with_o the_o account_n which_o theodorite_n and_o socrates_n and_o sozomen_n give_v of_o the_o same_o action_n and_o when_o it_o be_v notorious_a that_o they_o common_o omit_v thing_n as_o material_a as_o those_o they_o take_v notice_n of_o nothing_o more_o need_v be_v say_v to_o show_v how_o little_a regard_n be_v to_o be_v have_v to_o their_o omission_n of_o thing_n it_o be_v well_o if_o we_o may_v depend_v upon_o what_o they_o relate_v but_o to_o say_v such_o a_o thing_n never_o be_v because_o they_o do_v not_o relate_v it_o be_v such_o a_o way_n of_o argue_v as_o only_o betray_v the_o weakness_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o show_v how_o great_a want_n there_o be_v of_o better_a argument_n and_o as_o for_o the_o ordination_n of_o euthymius_n 20._o pag._n 20._o which_o he_o say_v be_v not_o reject_v after_o nicholas_n be_v restore_v again_o i_o have_v show_v how_o insignificant_a a_o argument_n that_o be_v when_o even_o after_o heretic_n be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n upon_o their_o conversion_n their_o order_n be_v not_o disallow_v but_o his_o account_n of_o cosmas_n atticus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o bold_a stroke_n we_o have_v have_v yet_o for_o when_o nicetas_n choniates_n who_o authority_n he_o allege_v say_v in_o express_a term_n 54._o term_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d niceâ—_n choniat_n de_fw-fr imperat._n mâ—nuel_n lib_n 2._o p._n 54._o that_o he_o excommunicate_v some_o of_o the_o courtier_n and_o the_o synod_n too_o which_o depose_v he_o this_o author_n have_v the_o confidence_n to_o quote_v nicetas_n to_o vouch_v for_o he_o that_o cosmas_n atticus_n never_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o deposer_n but_o we_o have_v have_v experience_n enough_o of_o our_o author_n by_o this_o time_n not_o to_o wonder_v much_o now_o at_o whatever_o he_o be_v please_v to_o say_v of_o the_o depose_v the_o patriarch_n basilius_n 21._o pag._n 21._o camaterus_n and_o nicetas_n we_o have_v only_o a_o bare_a narrative_n in_o nicetas_n choniates_n but_o upon_o the_o promotion_n of_o dositheus_n in_o the_o room_n of_o leontius_n he_o express_o say_v that_o the_o chief_a bishop_n look_v upon_o his_o translation_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o constantinople_n to_o be_v contrary_a
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the_o laic_n excommunicate_v but_o all_o this_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v after_o the_o first_o the_o second_o and_o three_o admonition_n of_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o vi_o canon_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o gangra_n if_o any_o man_n hold_v a_o private_a meeting_n 6._o synod_n gangr_n can._n 6._o out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o despise_v the_o church_n shall_v presume_v to_o perform_v the_o office_n of_o the_o church_n it_o church_n note_v that_o in_o the_o original_a it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o print_a canon_n have_v it_o the_o officiate_a presbyter_n not_o be_v thereunto_o license_v by_o the_o bishop_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o v._o canon_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o antioch_n if_o any_o presbyter_n or_o deacon_n despise_v 5._o syn._n antioch_n can._n 5._o his_o own_o bishop_n have_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o church_n and_o set_v up_o a_o altar_n in_o a_o private_a meeting_n and_o shall_v disobey_v the_o admonition_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o will_v not_o be_v persuade_v by_o he_o nor_o submit_v to_o he_o exhort_v he_o again_o and_o again_o he_o be_v absolute_o to_o be_v depose_v and_o ought_v no_o long_o to_o be_v treat_v as_o a_o curable_a person_n neither_o as_o one_o who_o can_v retain_v his_o honour_n and_o if_o he_o shall_v persevere_v to_o make_v tumult_n and_o disturbance_n in_o the_o church_n he_o be_v to_o be_v turn_v over_o as_o a_o seditious_a person_n to_o the_o secular_a power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xv._o canon_n of_o the_o same_o synod_n if_o any_o bishop_n accuse_v of_o any_o crime_n 15._o eiusd_v synodi_fw-la can._n 15._o be_v condemn_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n who_o have_v all_o with_o one_o accord_n denounce_v the_o same_o sentence_n against_o he_o such_o a_o one_o by_o no_o mean_n ought_v to_o be_v judge_v again_o by_o other_o but_o the_o 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difference_n for_o not_o long_o before_o he_o exhort_v 51._o exhort_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 51._o all_o who_o have_v be_v the_o principal_a author_n and_o abettor_n of_o sedition_n and_o dissension_n to_o regard_v the_o common_a good_a more_o than_o their_o own_o private_a interest_n for_o those_o who_o live_v in_o charity_n will_v rather_o condemn_v themselves_o than_o destroy_v the_o order_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n and_o it_o be_v better_a for_o man_n to_o confess_v their_o sin_n than_o to_o harden_v their_o heart_n as_o corah_n and_o his_o associate_n do_v who_o raise_v a_o sedition_n against_o moses_n and_o as_o pharaoh_n and_o the_o egyptian_n have_v likewise_o do_v then_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o the_o confession_n of_o 52._o c._n 52._o their_o sin_n from_o several_a passage_n out_o of_o the_o psalm_n and_o afterward_o set_v before_o they_o the_o example_n of_o moses_n who_o in_o a_o 53._o c._n 53._o wonderful_a ecstasy_n of_o zeal_n and_o charity_n for_o the_o people_n who_o have_v sacrifice_v to_o the_o melt_a calf_n desire_v rather_o to_o be_v himself_o blot_v out_o of_o god_n book_n than_o that_o they_o shall_v perish_v and_o then_o say_v that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o among_o they_o of_o a_o generous_a and_o charitable_a and_o 54._o c._n 54._o true_o christian_a spirit_n he_o will_v depart_v and_o go_v whither_o they_o please_v if_o so_o be_v the_o people_n will_v live_v quiet_o and_o peaceable_o under_o the_o presbyter_n constitute_v over_o they_o and_o beside_o 55._o c._n 55._o the_o example_n of_o moses_n he_o proceed_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o among_o the_o gentile_n themselves_o king_n and_o other_o magistrate_n have_v often_o expose_v their_o own_o person_n to_o danger_n and_o ruin_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o their_o people_n and_o other_o have_v leave_v their_o country_n rather_o than_o they_o will_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o any_o disturbance_n in_o it_o nay_o that_o many_o christian_n have_v to_o his_o own_o knowledge_n deliver_v themselves_o up_o into_o captivity_n to_o redeem_v other_o and_o many_o have_v sell_v themselves_o for_o slave_n to_o feed_v other_o with_o the_o price_n of_o their_o own_o servitude_n and_o among_o the_o jew_n judith_n and_o esther_n refuse_v no_o danger_n for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o their_o nation_n 56._o nation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n c._n 56._o let_v we_o then_o say_v he_o pray_v for_o those_o who_o be_v in_o fault_n margin_n fault_n so_o it_o must_v be_v translate_v if_o we_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o text_n and_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v by_o conjecture_n only_o put_v in_o the_o margin_n that_o meekness_n and_o humility_n may_v be_v give_v they_o that_o they_o may_v yield_v not_o to_o we_o but_o to_o the_o wâ—ll_n of_o god_n and_o because_o this_o may_v seem_v a_o hard_a say_n to_o many_o and_o too_o difficult_a to_o be_v put_v in_o practice_n he_o show_v they_o that_o they_o ought_v patient_o to_o receive_v admonition_n and_o to_o submit_v to_o that_o correction_n and_o chastisement_n which_o god_n shall_v be_v please_v to_o inflict_v either_o by_o his_o own_o hand_n upon_o they_o or_o by_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n you_o therefore_o that_o have_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o sedition_n submit_v yourselves_o to_o the_o presbyter_n in_o order_n to_o your_o repentance_n and_o be_v humble_a 57_o c._n 57_o and_o learn_v to_o be_v obedient_a lay_v aside_o the_o proud_a and_o boast_a arrogance_n of_o your_o tongue_n for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o little_a one_o who_o be_v approve_v of_o in_o the_o flock_n of_o christ_n than_o by_o aspire_v too_o high_a to_o fall_v short_a of_o your_o hope_n or_o mark_fw-mi or_o 16_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mark_fw-mi to_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o fold_n