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do_v not_o prejudice_v our_o cause_n for_o the_o canon_n limit_n the_o power_n of_o confirmation_n as_o well_o as_o ordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o be_v also_o the_o power_n of_o consecrate_v church_n if_o any_o shall_v take_v the_o word_n in_o that_o sense_n we_o may_v understand_v the_o meaning_n by_o a_o parallel_n place_n of_o hilary_n in_o ambrose_n 4._o who_o thus_o speak_v ideo_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la scripta_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsa_fw-la primordia_fw-la sunt_fw-la scripta_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o timotheum_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 14._o 2_o tim._n 1._o 6._o presbyterum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la creatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la vocat_fw-la quia_fw-la primum_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la episcopi_fw-la appellabantur_fw-la ut_fw-la recedente_fw-la uno_fw-la sequens_fw-la ei_fw-la succederet_fw-la denique_fw-la apud_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la consignant_fw-la si_fw-la praesens_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la caeperunt_fw-la sequentes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la indigni_fw-la inveniri_fw-la ad_fw-la primatus_fw-la tenendos_fw-la immutata_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la prospiciente_fw-la concilio_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la ordo_fw-la sed_fw-la meritum_fw-la crearet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la multorum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la judicio_fw-la constitutum_fw-la nè_fw-la indignus_fw-la temerè_fw-la usurparet_fw-la &_o esset_fw-la multis_fw-la scandalum_fw-la the_o same_o author_n say_v also_o 3._o in_o tim._n 3._o post_fw-la episcopum_fw-la diaconi_fw-la ordinem_fw-la subjicit_fw-la quare_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la una_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la est_fw-la uterque_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdos_n est_fw-la sed_fw-la episcopus_fw-la primus_fw-la est_fw-la here_o note_n 1._o that_o the_o ordination_n in_o hilary_n time_n do_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n agree_v with_o the_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n be_v evident_a by_o the_o follow_a word_n presbyterum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la creatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o at_o first_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n be_v of_o the_o same_o order_n and_o office_n and_o have_v but_o one_o odination_n episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la una_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la est_fw-la which_o show_v the_o meaning_n of_o ordinatio_fw-la in_o the_o former_a paragraph_n the_o bishop_n in_o hilary_n time_n which_o be_v about_o the_o year_n 380_o under_o damasus_n ib._n be_v but_o primus_fw-la sacerdos_n and_o not_o of_o a_o superior_a order_n peter_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d primus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la matth._n 10._o 2._o and_o yet_o protestant_n hold_v all_o the_o apostle_n to_o be_v equal_a 3._o 3_o spalatensis_n infer_v from_o this_o quotation_n that_o at_o the_o beginning_n when_o a_o bishop_n die_v there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o election_n of_o he_o that_o be_v to_o succeed_v much_o less_o any_o new_a ordination_n but_o the_o elder_a presbyter_n come_v into_o the_o room_n of_o the_o decease_a bishop_n see_v the_o preface_n to_o blondel_n apology_n p._n 11._o &_o 31._o 4._o there_o be_v a_o change_n in_o the_o way_n of_o choose_v their_o bishop_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la ordo_fw-la sed_fw-la meritum_fw-la crearet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la and_o this_o be_v prospiciente_fw-la concilio_n whether_o that_o council_n be_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a can._n 4._o as_o blondel_n think_v for_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o before_o that_o time_n neither_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n nor_o the_o concurrence_n of_o three_o bishop_n in_o ordination_n be_v account_v necessary_a for_o the_o make_n of_o a_o bishop_n though_o it_o may_v be_v the_o custom_n for_o the_o keep_n up_o of_o unity_n in_o some_o place_n or_o whether_o it_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o that_o which_o jerom_n call_v concilium_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la the_o bench_n of_o presbyter_n who_o may_v make_v this_o change_n by_o general_a consent_n multorum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la judicio_fw-la as_o hilarius_n speak_v or_o whether_o it_o be_v some_o council_n of_o which_o we_o have_v no_o further_o account_v in_o antiquity_n most_o of_o the_o record_n of_o the_o three_o first_o century_n be_v lose_v 4._o be_v not_o very_o material_a it_o may_v be_v some_o provincial_a synod_n of_o which_o there_o be_v several_a before_o that_o of_o nice_n 23._o it_o be_v presumption_n in_o we_o that_o live_v at_o this_o distance_n to_o say_v there_o be_v no_o such_o council_n when_o a_o ancient_a writer_n so_o positive_o affirm_v it_o such_o a_o change_n there_o be_v and_o that_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o some_o council_n they_o that_o say_v there_o be_v no_o such_o council_n must_v disprove_v it_o by_o some_o positive_a authentic_a testimony_n 5._o after_o this_o change_n the_o presbyter_n choose_v and_o make_v their_o bishop_n for_o so_o hilarius_n affirm_v he_o to_o be_v multorum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la judicio_fw-la constitutum_fw-la 6._o he_o add_v that_o in_o egypt_n presbyteri_fw-la consignant_fw-la si_fw-la praesens_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la he_o speak_v in_o the_o forego_n word_n of_o the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o he_o bring_v this_o as_o a_o confirmation_n of_o it_o that_o in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o bishop_n they_o may_v do_v those_o thing_n which_o custom_n have_v appropriate_v to_o the_o bishop_n consignare_fw-la be_v some_o act_n of_o prerogative_n that_o the_o bishop_n challenge_v to_o themselves_o which_o yet_o in_o their_o absence_n the_o presbyter_n may_v perform_v whether_o we_o understand_v it_o of_o ordination_n or_o confirmation_n in_o which_o they_o do_v chrysmate_n consignare_fw-la it_o be_v not_o material_a for_o both_o be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o canon_n though_o by_o compare_v this_o with_o the_o scope_n of_o hilary_n discoarse_n and_o with_o the_o quotation_n out_o 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