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council_n chalcedon_n can._n 29._o of_o civil_a assistance_n from_o layman_n to_o restore_v this_o church_n and_o religion_n act._n 16.9_o euseb_n in_o vita_fw-la const_n tit._n 3.10_o a_o scrutiny_n of_o what_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a in_o all_o party_n 1._o the_o best_a and_o worst_a of_o episcopacy_n 2._o trial_o of_o presbytery_n 3._o the_o trial_n of_o independency_n the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o real_a interest_n of_o episcopacy_n presbytery_n and_o independency_n of_o sacramental_a scrutiny_n to_o be_v use_v cypr_fw-la ep_n 10._o &_o 26._o prosanâ_fw-la sacilitate_v sanctum_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la prosanare_fw-la 1_o cor._n 2.10_o 1_o joh._n 4.2_o 13._o rom._n 10._o 9_o 10._o act_n 8.13_o 1_o sam._n 6.7_o fancy_n singulorum_fw-la videmus_fw-la corda_fw-la scâ—utari_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la dâ—_n his_o judicat_fw-la occuliotum_fw-la scrutator_fw-la câ—_n to_o venturus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr arcanis_fw-la cordis_fw-la jud_v catulus_o cyp._n ep_n 53._o true_a episcopacy_n state_v and_o represent_v to_o its_o antagonist_n phil._n 4.5_o 4.5_o postquam_fw-la comperisset_fw-la presbyterialem_fw-la statum_fw-la citra_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la coâ—sistere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la salmâ—siii_n vitam_fw-la p._n 50._o consulebat_fw-la episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la omnino_fw-la tollendos_fw-la etc._n etc._n objection_n against_o episcopacy_n discuss_v 1._o object_n from_o the_o sameness_n of_o their_o name_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n signify_v but_o one_o office_n and_o power_n 1_o cor._n 10._o obj._n second_o that_o presbyter_n do_v choose_v and_o empower_v their_o bishop_n of_o old_a ans_fw-fr obj._n 3d._n that_o presbyter_n be_v as_o able_a and_o willing_a to_o ordain_v as_o any_o bishop_n ans_fw-fr 2_o tim._n 2.2_o obj._n 4._o that_o episcopacy_n be_v the_o root_n of_o the_o papacy_n ans_fw-fr obj._n 5._o that_o bishop_n be_v prone_a to_o be_v severe_a and_o tyrannic_a ans_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ign._n council_n carth._n 4_o can_n â—3_n consessus_fw-la honorem_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopo_fw-la habent_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la cyp._n ep_n 46._o &_o 55._o &_o saepealibi_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la regebantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la â—en_n epist_n ad_fw-la euag._n obj._n 6._o the_o jealousy_n lest_o bishop_n shall_v recover_v their_o land_n ans_fw-fr earnest_o exhort_v minister_n of_o all_o side_n to_o a_o happy_a composure_n and_o union_n 1_o cor._n 3.3_o 4._o sacerdos_n plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la sub_fw-la omnium_fw-la oâ—ulis_fw-la deligatur_fw-la &_o dignus_fw-la atque_fw-la idoneus_fw-la omnium_fw-la publico_fw-la judicio_fw-la ac_fw-la testimony_n comprobetur_fw-la cyp._n ep._n 68_o tertul._n de_fw-fr praes_fw-la c._n 43._o ubi_fw-la metus_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la ibi_fw-la gravitas_fw-la modesta_fw-la diligentia_fw-la attonita_fw-la cura_fw-la solicita_fw-la communicatio_fw-la deliberata_fw-la promotio_fw-la emerita_fw-la subjectio_fw-la religiosa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la unita_fw-la dei_fw-la omne_fw-la hier._n ep_n 36._o amb._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi .1_o c._n 16._o sulcarunt_fw-la lacrim_n genas_fw-la &_o vultum_fw-la fletibus_fw-la exarabant_n mortis_fw-la speciem_fw-la in_o spiranti_fw-la corpore_fw-la praeferebant_fw-la num._n 16.3_o humble_o exhort_v magistrate_n to_o assist_v in_o so_o good_a a_o work_n isa_n 40.2_o zech_n 3.3_o 4._o jer._n 38._o sueton._n in_o vita_fw-la aug._n council_n or_o synod_n the_o proper_a mean_n to_o restore_v lapse_v religion_n euseb_n vit_fw-mi const_n of_o ecclesiastic_a council_n call_v by_o christian_a prince_n deut._n 17.8_o to_o v_o 14_o numb_a 16.48_o 1_o sam._n 6.7_o etc._n etc._n mark_v 15.16_o 17._o luke_n 23.11_o mat._n 2.9_o act._n 15.22_o ver_fw-la 28._o the_o great_a use_n of_o national_n and_o frequent_a synod_n the_o method_n of_o restore_v a_o settle_a church_n and_o unite_a ministry_n the_o essential_o of_o a_o true_a ministry_n 1._o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o ministry_n must_v be_v able_a and_o apt_a man_n 2_o cor._n 2.16_o 2_o cor._n 4.7_o second_o the_o essential_a form_n of_o a_o true_a minister_n right_a ordination_n ordinatos_fw-la suisse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la à _fw-la solis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la nullo_n exemplo_fw-la nulla_fw-la authoritate_fw-la probari_fw-la potest_fw-la sarav_fw-mi cont._n bez._n de_fw-fr grad_v min._n c._n 22._o heb._n 6.2_o eph._n 4._o mr._n mason_n preface_n to_o his_o defence_n etc._n etc._n tertul._n l._n de_fw-la praes_fw-la adv_fw-la haer._n l._n 32_o &_o 34._o cont._n marci_n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o euseb_n hist_o l._n 5_o 6_o 7._o irenaeus_n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o lib._n 5._o c._n 20._o cyp._n ep_n 52._o &_o passim_fw-la which_o authority_n be_v afterward_o at_o large_a cite_v in_o this_o book_n veritatis_fw-la praedicatorem_fw-la unius_fw-la diei_fw-la spatio_fw-la velut_fw-la è_fw-la luto_fw-la statuam_fw-la fingunt_fw-la nazian_n of_o the_o well-being_n of_o the_o clergy_n or_o ministry_n 1._o in_o point_n of_o maintenance_n and_o support_v 1_o tim._n 5.17_o 1_o cor._n 9.6_o act._n 4.34_o 35._o gen._n 14.18_o num._n 18.20_o 21._o deut._n 10_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 9.14_o gal._n 6.6_o heb._n 7.9_o mat._n 10.42_o eccl._n 9.15_o theod._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 4._o of_o meet_v order_n government_n and_o subordination_n among_o the_o clergy_n 1_o cor._n 11.16_o episcopatus_fw-la aemulatio_fw-la sâ—hâ—smatum_fw-la mater_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr bap._n c._n 17._o reperiemus_fw-la veteres_fw-la episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la aliam_fw-la regendae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formam_fw-la voluisse_fw-la fingere_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ—_n quam_fw-la verbo_fw-la svo_fw-la deus_fw-la praescripsit_fw-la calv._n inst_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o sect._n 4._o act._n 6._o 1_o tim._n 3.8_o deacon_n presbyter_n bishop_n act_n 1.20_o 1_o ep._n to_o tim._n cap._n 3._o &_o 5._o and_o ep._n to_o tâ—tus_n cap._n 1._o episcopi_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o apostoli_fw-la successores_fw-la relinquebant_fw-la ipsis_fw-la suum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la locâ—m_fw-la tradentes_fw-la irenae_n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o habemus_fw-la enumerare_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la corum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la irenae_n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o &_o lib._n 5._o c._n â—0_n ordo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la originem_fw-la recensus_fw-la in_o johannem_fw-la stabit_fw-la authorem_fw-la tertul._n adv_o marc._n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o sicut_fw-la smyâ—naeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la à _fw-la johanne_n colloâ—atum_fw-la refert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la perinde_v utique_fw-la &_o caeterae_fw-la exhibent_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quos_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la constitutâ—s_fw-la apostolici_fw-la seminis_fw-la traduce_v hubent_fw-la tertul._n lib._n de_fw-la praesc_fw-la adv_fw-la haer._n c._n 32._o &_o 34._o de_fw-fr johanne_n apost_n clâ—mâ—ns_v alexandrinus_n narrat_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la domiâ—â—anâ—_n &_o reditum_fw-la suum_fw-la à _fw-la patmo_fw-la in_o ephesum_fw-la in_o vicinas_fw-la gentes_fw-la abiit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopos_fw-la constituens_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la in_o ordinem_fw-la digerens_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr diu._n sal._n origeni_n falsò_fw-la ascripto_o ex_fw-la judicio_fw-la cl_o usserii_fw-la armachani_fw-la jampridem_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la provincias_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la ordinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyp._n ep_n 52._o successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolos_fw-la sequuâ—i_fw-la sunt_fw-la 7._o libris_fw-la descripsimus_fw-la euseb_n l._n 4._o hist_o cap._n 1._o so._n theod._n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 27._o 27._o calv._n inst_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o sect._n 4._o 4._o apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la locit_fw-la tenent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la hier._n ep_n 54._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 quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o silij_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la erant_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la vindicent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la euag._n euag._n episcopus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la regendis_fw-la unicus_fw-la praepositus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la pluâ—ibus_fw-la unius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la praeesser_n bono_n sine_fw-la hoc_fw-la institutum_fw-la esse_fw-la nemo_fw-la negat_fw-la quum_fw-la optima_fw-la ratio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ita_fw-la instituendi_fw-la salmas_n walo_n messal_n pag._n 413._o 413._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la hieronymus_n quum_fw-la diceret_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la initio_fw-la fuisse_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la