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〈◊〉_d very_o subject_a to_o earthquake_n and_o therefore_o have_v very_o few_o inhabitant_n those_o that_o â—â—â—_o live_v most_o part_n in_o the_o field_n where_o they_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o very_a rich_a soil_n but_o strabo_n for_o all_o that_o wonder_n at_o the_o boldness_n of_o the_o man_n that_o dare_v to_o venture_v their_o life_n there_o and_o most_o of_o all_o admire_v what_o be_v in_o those_o man_n head_n who_o first_o build_v a_o city_n there_o be_v it_o then_o any_o way_n probable_a that_o this_o shall_v be_v choose_v for_o a_o metropolis_n in_o such_o a_o abundance_n of_o fair_a and_o rich_a city_n as_o lay_v thereabouts_o but_o a_o salvo_n be_v find_v out_o for_o plinye_n not_o mention_v they_o as_o metropoles_fw-la because_o the_o addition_n of_o these_o two_o mother_n city_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v make_v when_o vespasian_n add_v those_o many_o new_a province_n to_o the_o old_a government_n which_o suâ—tonius_n speak_v of_o but_o this_o salvo_n do_v 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metropolis_n of_o philadelphia_n but_o what_o validity_n there_o be_v in_o such_o a_o subscription_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o five_o century_n to_o prove_v a_o metropolis_n in_o the_o first_o lâ—t_v any_o one_o judge_n that_o do_v but_o consider_v how_o common_a â—_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o alter_v metropoles_fw-la especial_o after_o the_o new_a disposition_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n by_o constantinâ—_n but_o if_o we_o do_v stand_v to_o the_o notitiâ—_n to_o determine_v this_o controversy_n which_o be_v certain_o more_o to_o be_v value_v then_o a_o single_a subscription_n the_o metropolitanship_n of_o these_o city_n of_o the_o lydian_a asia_n will_v be_v irrecoverable_o overthrow_v for_o in_o the_o old_a notitia_fw-la take_v out_o of_o the_o vatican_n ms._n and_o set_v forth_o with_o the_o rest_n by_o caroâ—â—â—â—_n sancto-paulo_n in_o his_o appendix_n to_o his_o geographia_fw-la sacra_fw-la ephesus_n be_v make_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o province_n of_o asia_n sardis_n of_o lydia_n laodicea_n of_o phrygia_n capatiana_n as_o it_o be_v there_o write_v for_o pacatiana_n but_o pergamus_n place_v in_o the_o province_n of_o caesarla_n cappadocia_n philadelphia_n under_o sardis_n with_o thyatyra_n in_o the_o notitia_fw-la attribute_v to_o hierâ—clâ—s_n under_o the_o metropolis_n of_o ephesus_n be_v place_v smyrna_n and_o pergamuâ—_n under_o sardiâ—_n thyatyra_n and_o philadelphia_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o notitia_fw-la of_o the_o french_a king_n library_n so_o that_o neither_o in_o the_o civil_a noâ—_n ecclesiastical_a sense_n can_v we_o find_v these_o seven_o city_n to_o be_v all_o metropoles_fw-la we_o therefore_o observe_v st._n paul_n course_n and_o leave_v asia_n we_o come_v into_o macedonia_n where_o we_o be_v tell_v that_o philippi_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o macedonia_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o with_o great_a incongruity_n to_o the_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n in_o â—oth_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o philippi_n be_v not_o the_o
use_v to_o say_v that_o their_o god_n beg_v they_o all_o their_o play-day_n after_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o mirth_n and_o jollity_n use_v after_o their_o sacrifice_n 9_o which_o be_v always_o the_o second_o course_n at_o these_o festival_n thence_o the_o jew_n call_v their_o high_a festival_n day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d good_a day_n or_o day_n of_o mirth_n we_o read_v of_o few_o nation_n but_o have_v these_o festival_n solemnity_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o go_n the_o persian_n have_v they_o for_o their_o god_n mithras_n the_o babylonian_n fastis_fw-la say_v athenaeus_n out_o of_o berosus_n have_v their_o feast_n sacaea_n which_o casaubon_n will_v have_v call_v sesacaea_n because_o babylon_n in_o scripture_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sesac_n as_o the_o ludi_fw-la romani_fw-la be_v from_o rome_n it_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o mention_v the_o festival_n observe_v by_o the_o greek_n and_o roman_n in_o honour_n of_o their_o god_n be_v so_o many_o that_o whole_a book_n have_v be_v compose_v of_o they_o that_o which_o i_o observe_v from_o hence_o be_v that_o society_n for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n be_v natural_a because_o of_o their_o solemn_a rest_v from_o their_o ordinary_a labour_n upon_o day_n appoint_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o god_n thereby_o show_v they_o look_v upon_o those_o as_o peculiar_a day_n and_o themselves_o as_o peculiar_a society_n upon_o those_o day_n from_o what_o they_o be_v at_o other_o time_n one_o thing_n more_o evidence_v this_o among_o they_o their_o solemn_a and_o secret_a mystery_n which_o be_v society_n on_o purpose_n as_o pretend_v for_o this_o very_a end_n in_o honour_n of_o their_o go_n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o call_v they_o preserve_v with_o the_o great_a secrecy_n by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o great_a and_o lesser_a eleusinian_n samothracian_a cotyttian_a mithriacal_a mystery_n to_o which_o none_o be_v admit_v without_o pass_v through_o many_o degree_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o they_o come_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perfect_o initiate_v wherein_o they_o be_v much_o imitate_v by_o the_o christian_n eleusiâ—is_n in_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n about_o the_o four_o or_o five_o century_n as_o be_v large_o show_v by_o casaubon_n in_o a_o most_o learned_a diutriba_n on_o this_o subject_a in_o his_o exercitation_n to_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n we_o see_v what_o strict_a rule_n they_o have_v for_o admission_n of_o any_o into_o these_o pretend_o sacred_a but_o true_o most_o impious_a society_n in_o those_o of_o mithras_n as_o suidas_n and_o nonnus_n tell_v we_o they_o pass_v through_o eighty_o degree_n before_o they_o be_v thorough_o initiate_v and_o seldom_o escape_v with_o life_n however_o we_o may_v gain_v from_o they_o this_o general_a notion_n that_o they_o look_v on_o a_o peculiar_a distinct_a society_n as_o necessary_a for_o the_o worship_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o deity_n they_o serve_v thus_o we_o see_v à _fw-fr posteriori_fw-la how_o a_o distinct_a society_n for_o god_n worship_n appear_v to_o be_v a_o dictate_v of_o nature_n we_o shall_v now_o see_v if_o we_o can_v evidence_n à _fw-la priori_fw-la that_o it_o be_v a_o dictate_v of_o nature_n that_o there_o must_v be_v some_o society_n for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n three_o thing_n will_v make_v that_o appear_v first_o the_o sociableness_n of_o man_n nature_n man_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o creature_n that_o love_v to_o herd_n itself_o with_o those_o of_o his_o own_o kind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o if_o a_o man_n have_v all_o other_o comfort_n of_o life_n and_o want_v society_n he_o will_v not_o think_v his_o life_n worth_a lead_n as_o aristotle_n observe_v who_o further_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o sociableness_n of_o man_n nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o general_a commendation_n that_o be_v give_v to_o courteous_a and_o affable_a man_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o in_o the_o enter_v into_o a_o civil_a state_n or_o society_n either_o fear_n or_o profit_n may_v be_v a_o main_a inducement_n to_o it_o but_o though_o it_o be_v a_o inducement_n yet_o there_o must_v be_v suppose_v a_o inclinableness_n to_o a_o society_n or_o a_o commonwealth_n may_v be_v assoon_o set_v up_o among_o tiger_n as_o men._n so_o that_o they_o have_v very_o little_a ground_n of_o reason_n who_o from_o the_o external_a inducement_n of_o fear_n or_o profit_n in_o enter_v into_o civil_a society_n do_v conclude_v against_o the_o sociableness_n of_o man_n nature_n if_o then_o man_n nature_n be_v sociable_a in_o all_o other_o thing_n than_o nature_n will_v tell_v man_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o in_o thing_n of_o common_a concernment_n to_o they_o all_o and_o which_o be_v every_o one_o work_n or_o duty_n as_o religion_n be_v if_o in_o other_o thing_n man_n be_v sociable_a much_o more_o in_o this_o for_o second_o religion_n give_v a_o great_a improvement_n to_o man_n sociable_a nature_n and_o therefore_o plutarch_n well_o call_v religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o foundation_n that_o knit_v and_o joint_n society_n colotem_fw-la together_o and_o thence_o wise_o observe_v that_o in_o the_o constitution_n of_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o and_o great_a thing_n to_o be_v look_v at_o be_v the_o religion_n establish_v or_o the_o opinion_n man_n entertain_v of_o the_o go_n to_o which_o he_o subjoin_v this_o excellent_a reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v more_o impossible_a for_o a_o commonwealth_n either_o to_o be_v form_v or_o subsist_v without_o religion_n than_o a_o city_n to_o si_fw-la and_o without_o foundation_n thence_o a_o prudent_a statesman_n call_v religion_n king_n the_o best_a reason_n of_o state_n it_o appear_v then_o evident_o both_o from_o reason_n and_o experience_n that_o religion_n have_v a_o great_a influence_n upon_o the_o model_n and_o order_v civil_a society_n whence_o as_o the_o same_o moralist_n observe_v lycurgus_n do_v as_o it_o be_v consecrate_v the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o religious_a rite_n as_o numa_n the_o roman_n jon_n the_o athenian_n and_o deucalion_n the_o helen_n whence_o some_o half-witted_a man_n but_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o more_o defective_a in_o wit_n or_o grace_n have_v observe_v the_o great_a influence_n religion_n have_v to_o keep_v man_n in_o order_n be_v ready_a to_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o only_o a_o politic_a device_n to_o awe_v man_n with_o great_a ease_n it_o be_v not_o here_o a_o place_n large_o to_o examine_v and_o refute_v this_o unworthy_a pretence_n only_o i_o adjure_v they_o by_o their_o only_a goddess_n reason_n to_o tell_v i_o whence_o come_v man_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o plutarch_n express_v it_o to_o be_v so_o easy_o awe_v by_o the_o hope_n and_o fear_n of_o another_o life_n more_o than_o other_o creature_n be_v why_o be_v they_o at_o all_o affect_a with_o the_o discourse_n of_o they_o why_o can_v they_o shake_v off_o the_o thought_n of_o these_o thing_n when_o they_o please_v be_v not_o man_n hereby_o make_v the_o most_o miserable_a of_o creature_n for_o no_o other_o creature_n can_v be_v persuade_v that_o it_o shall_v ever_o quench_v its_o thirst_n in_o those_o river_n of_o pleasure_n nor_o make_v its_o bed_n in_o everlasting_a flame_n the_o beast_n of_o sardinia_n that_o have_v their_o only_a refreshment_n by_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n yet_o have_v never_o any_o hope_n to_o â—ome_o there_o the_o lion_n never_o keep_v from_o his_o prey_n by_o the_o thought_n and_o fear_n of_o a_o great_a tribunal_n but_o suppose_v only_a mankind_n of_o all_o creature_n shall_v be_v liable_a to_o be_v thus_o impose_v on_o as_o be_v pretend_v how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o in_o no_o age_n of_o the_o world_n this_o imposture_n have_v not_o be_v discover_v confute_v and_o shake_v off_o by_o some_o people_n as_o wise_a as_o themselves_o or_o have_v there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o in_o the_o world_n but_o whence_o come_v some_o man_n then_o to_o be_v wise_a than_o other_o whence_o come_v some_o to_o know_v thing_n which_o all_o the_o reason_n in_o the_o world_n can_v never_o find_v out_o without_o revelation_n whence_o come_v a_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n above_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n if_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o nature_n or_o be_v all_o man_n deceive_v that_o believe_v such_o thing_n if_o so_o then_o there_o must_v be_v somewhat_o that_o must_v deceive_v man_n man_n will_v not_o deceive_v themselves_o and_o they_o can_v not_o be_v so_o long_o impose_v upon_o by_o other_o man_n there_o must_v be_v then_o some_o evil_a spirit_n must_v do_v it_o and_o whence_o shall_v that_o come_v from_o nature_n too_o but_o then_o whence_o come_v nature_n its_o self_n from_o its_o self_n too_o or_o some_o thing_n '_o else_o
where_o by_o read_v find_v in_o matter_n which_o concern_v the_o action_n of_o god_n the_o most_o dutiful_a way_n on_o our_o part_n be_v to_o search_v what_o god_n have_v do_v and_o with_o meekness_n to_o admire_v that_o rather_o than_o to_o dispute_v what_o he_o in_o congruity_n of_o reason_n ought_v to_o do_v thus_o he_o with_o more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n the_o sum_n then_o of_o the_o answer_n to_o this_o argument_n be_v this_o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v infer_v of_o what_o christ_n must_v do_v from_o his_o relation_n to_o his_o church_n but_o what_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o it_o as_o for_o all_o other_o thing_n they_o be_v arbitrary_a constitution_n we_o can_v judge_v no_o more_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o they_o then_o as_o we_o find_v they_o clear_o reveal_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o the_o plea_n must_v be_v remove_v from_o what_o christ_n must_v do_v to_o what_o he_o have_v do_v in_o order_n to_o the_o determine_v the_o particular_a form_n of_o government_n in_o his_o church_n but_o still_o it_o be_v argue_v for_o the_o necessity_n of_o a_o particular_a form_n 9_o of_o government_n in_o the_o church_n from_o the_o similitude_n the_o church_n be_v set_v out_o by_o in_o scripture_n it_o be_v call_v a_o vine_n and_o therefore_o 40._o must_v have_v keeper_n a_o house_n and_o therefore_o must_v have_v government_n a_o city_n and_o therefore_o must_v have_v a_o polity_n a_o body_n and_o therefore_o must_v have_v part_n i_o answer_v first_o all_z these_o similitude_n prove_v only_o that_o which_o none_o deny_v that_o there_o must_v be_v order_n power_n and_o government_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n we_o take_v not_o away_o the_o keeper_n from_o the_o vine_n nor_o the_o government_n from_o the_o house_n nor_o polity_n from_o the_o city_n nor_o distinction_n of_o part_n from_o the_o body_n we_o assert_v all_o these_o thing_n as_o necessary_a in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o keeper_n of_o the_o vine_n to_o defend_v and_o prune_v it_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o house_n to_o rule_v and_o order_v it_o the_o polity_n of_o the_o city_n to_o guide_v and_o direct_v it_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n to_o complete_a and_o adorn_v it_o but_o second_o none_o of_o these_o similitude_n prove_v what_o they_o be_v bring_v for_o viz._n that_o any_o one_o immutable_a form_n of_o government_n be_v determine_v for_o may_v not_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o vine_n use_v their_o own_o discretion_n in_o look_v to_o it_o so_o the_o flourish_a of_o the_o vine_n be_v that_o they_o aim_n at_o and_o if_o there_o be_v many_o of_o they_o may_v there_o not_o be_v different_a order_n among_o they_o and_o some_o as_o supervisor_n of_o the_o other_o work_n the_o house_n must_v have_v governor_n but_o those_o that_o be_v so_o be_v entrust_v with_o the_o power_n of_o order_v thing_n in_o the_o house_n according_a to_o their_o own_o discretion_n and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o multitude_n be_v there_o not_o diversity_n of_o office_n among_o they_o and_o be_v it_o necessary_a that_o every_o house_n must_v have_v office_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n in_o great_a and_o large_a family_n there_o must_v be_v more_o particular_a distinct_a order_n and_o office_n than_o in_o a_o small_a and_o little_a one_o the_o city_n must_v have_v its_o polity_n but_o all_o city_n have_v not_o the_o like_a some_o have_v one_o form_n and_o some_o another_o and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o city_n still_o and_o a_o polity_n too_o a_o body_n must_v have_v all_o its_o part_n but_o be_v all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n equal_a one_o to_o another_o it_o suffice_v that_o there_o be_v a_o proportion_n though_o not_o equality_n in_o they_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o body_n have_v their_o several_a office_n and_o yet_o we_o see_v the_o head_n be_v superintendent_n over_o they_o all_o and_o thus_o if_o we_o make_v every_o particular_a church_n a_o body_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o the_o form_n of_o clothing_n that_o body_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o have_v unfold_v the_o book_n he_o find_v out_o that_o place_n in_o isaiah_n so_o that_o then_o it_o seem_v there_o be_v no_o such_o precise_a observation_n of_o the_o several_a section_n to_o be_v read_v and_o our_o saviour_n read_v the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o synagogue_n put_v we_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o section_n of_o the_o prophet_n answerable_a to_o those_o of_o the_o law_n which_o elias_n 〈◊〉_d levita_n tell_v we_o come_v up_o after_o the_o time_n of_o antiochuâ—_n epiphanes_n who_o so_o severe_o prohibit_v the_o jew_n the_o read_v of_o their_o law_n but_o from_o that_o time_n have_v be_v observe_v ever_o since_o of_o 27._o which_o we_o read_v in_o paul_n sermon_n at_o antioch_n in_o pisidia_n speak_v of_o christ_n for_o they_o that_o dwell_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o their_o ruler_n because_o they_o know_v he_o not_o nor_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o prophet_n emper._n which_o be_v read_v every_o sabbath_n day_n benjamin_n tudelensis_n in_o his_o itinerary_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o same_o custom_n be_v not_o observe_v among_o all_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o read_v the_o section_n of_o the_o law_n for_o in_o mitsraim_n which_o he_o there_o take_v not_o for_o 220._o egypt_n itself_o as_o it_o be_v common_o take_v but_o for_o grand_a cairo_n where_o there_o be_v near_o two_o thousand_o jew_n there_o be_v two_o synagogue_n the_o one_o of_o syrian_a the_o other_o of_o babylonian_a jew_n the_o latter_a read_v over_o every_o week_n a_o entire_a section_n of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o jew_n in_o spain_n in_o his_o time_n do_v and_o so_o finish_v the_o law_n in_o a_o year_n space_n the_o syrian_a jew_n or_o those_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o judea_n divide_v every_o section_n into_o three_o part_n and_o read_v not_o the_o law_n through_o but_o in_o three_o year_n time_n these_o synagogue_n be_v very_o much_o multiply_v both_o in_o jerusalem_n and_o elsewhere_o about_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v in_o the_o world_n when_o the_o common_a tradition_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v that_o in_o jerusalem_n 32._o its_o self_n there_o be_v four_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o one_o synagogue_n which_o they_o ridiculous_o observe_v by_o their_o gematry_n from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v isa._n 1._o 20._o who_o numeral_a 9_o letter_n be_v put_v together_o amount_v to_o that_o number_n but_o â—_o 23_o clear_a evidence_n of_o the_o multitude_n of_o synagogue_n be_v our_o saviour_n 17._o so_n often_o appear_v in_o they_o and_o so_o likewise_o the_o apostle_n 20._o when_o they_o go_v abroad_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n we_o find_v in_o most_o 8._o place_n that_o they_o first_o enter_v into_o the_o synagogue_n which_o be_v by_o the_o liberty_n give_v to_o the_o jew_n allow_v they_o in_o all_o the_o city_n where_o they_o inhabit_v by_o the_o roman_a governor_n and_o so_o in_o all_o their_o dispersion_n both_o in_o babylon_n egypt_n and_o the_o western_a part_n we_o read_v of_o the_o synagogue_n which_o the_o jew_n enjoy_v and_o the_o liberty_n they_o have_v therein_o for_o exercise_n of_o their_o own_o way_n of_o worship_n and_o discipline_n and_o therefore_o even_o at_o rome_n we_o read_v of_o their_o proseuchae_n ede_fw-mi ubi_fw-la consistas_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la te_fw-la quaero_fw-la proseucha_fw-la 3._o which_o by_o the_o old_a scholiast_n upon_o juvenal_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o place_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la convenire_fw-la solebant_fw-la mendici_fw-la ad_fw-la stipem_fw-la petendam_fw-la of_o which_o turnebus_n give_v this_o account_n proseuchae_fw-la fana_fw-la judaeorum_n erant_fw-la ut_fw-la alexandria_n &_o romae_fw-la alibique_fw-la sic_fw-la nomen_fw-la adeptae_fw-la quòd_fw-la oracula_fw-la quaedam_fw-la essent_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la christiani_n loquuntur_fw-la oratoria_fw-la 19_o cum_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la eleemosynam_fw-la judaei_n dandam_fw-la essent_fw-la propensissimi_fw-la eo_fw-la ceu_fw-la mendicorum_fw-la conventus_fw-la coibat_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o judaei_n &_o ipsi_fw-la mendici_fw-la invisi_fw-la erant_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o mendici_fw-la ea_fw-la loca_fw-la quod_fw-la domicilia_fw-la non_fw-la haberent_fw-la diversores_fw-la interdum_fw-la occupabant_fw-la in_fw-la iisque_fw-la cubabant_fw-la ideoque_fw-la proseuches_n nomen_fw-la in_o contemptum_fw-la abierat_fw-la scaliger_n think_v that_o the_o proseucha_fw-la differ_v from_o the_o caâ—um_fw-la synagogue_n for_o which_o he_o be_v check_v by_o grotius_n from_o that_o place_n of_o philo_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o augustus_n give_v the_o jew_n the_o liberty_n of_o their_o proseucha_fw-la for_o the_o learning_n the_o religion_n of_o their_o country_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o brief_a be_v that_o the_o proseuchae_n be_v the_o school_n of_o all_o religion_n and_o learning_n by_o which_o word_n he_o seem_v to_o confound_v not_o only_o the_o synagogue_n and_o the_o proseucha_fw-la together_o but_o the_o synagogue_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o which_o be_v their_o divinity-school_n whither_o they_o use_v to_o repair_v after_o dinner_n upon_o sabbath_n day_n and_o where_o the_o question_n about_o their_o law_n be_v discuss_v but_o though_o i_o can_v say_v these_o be_v always_o distinguish_v yet_o in_o some_o place_n they_o be_v such_o seem_v the_o school_n of_o tyrannus_n to_o be_v where_o paul_n 9_o teach_v have_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o synagogue_n and_o so_o sometime_o the_o proseuchae_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o synagogue_n as_o grotius_n himself_o elsewhere_o acknowlede_v viz_o 13_o either_o where_o there_o be_v not_o a_o competent_a number_n of_o jew_n for_o ten_o student_n in_o the_o law_n be_v require_v to_o make_v a_o synagogue_n or_o else_o where_o the_o magistrate_n will_v not_o permit_v the_o use_n of_o they_o in_o which_o case_n the_o poor_a jew_n be_v fain_o to_o content_v themselves_o with_o a_o place_n remote_a from_o the_o city_n either_o by_o some_o river_n as_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mention_v act_v 16._o 13_o or_o by_o some_o grove_n or_o wood_n whence_o that_o of_o juvenal_n nunc_fw-la sacri_fw-la fontis_fw-la nemus_fw-la &_o delubra_fw-la locantur_fw-la judaeis_n quorum_fw-la cophinus_fw-la foenumque_fw-la suppellex_fw-la which_o fountain_n as_o vossius_fw-la obseru_v be_v extra_fw-la portam_fw-la capenam_fw-la 25._o in_o luco_fw-la quem_fw-la medium_n irrigabat_fw-la and_o from_o hence_o scaliger_n gather_v judaeos_fw-la in_o nemoribus_fw-la proseuchas_fw-es collocâsse_fw-mi thus_o it_o appear_v now_o what_o privilege_n the_o jew_n general_o enjoy_v in_o their_o dispersion_n for_o their_o synagogue_n and_o public_a place_n to_o meet_v pray_v and_o discourse_n in_o we_o now_o come_v to_o inquire_v after_o what_o manner_n the_o government_n 6._o of_o the_o synagogue_n be_v model_v wherein_o we_o must_v first_o inquire_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o peculiar_a government_n belong_v to_o the_o synagogue_n distinct_a from_o the_o civil_a consistory_n which_o be_v in_o use_n among_o they_o this_o be_v often_o leave_v untouched_a by_o learned_a man_n in_o their_o discourse_n of_o synagogue_n some_o indeed_o 70._o make_v the_o least_o consistory_n or_o sanhedrin_n in_o use_n among_o the_o jew_n viz._n the_o triumvirate_n to_o be_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o part_n of_o the_o ten_o who_o be_v to_o be_v where_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o synagogue_n but_o although_o i_o can_v see_v sufficient_a evidence_n for_o a_o great_a ecclesiastical_a sanhedrin_n found_v by_o moses_n answer_v to_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n of_o lxxi_o yet_o i_o conceive_v it_o probable_a that_o when_o synagogue_n be_v so_o multiply_v both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o there_o be_v a_o distinct_a bench_n of_o officer_n who_o do_v particular_o belong_v to_o the_o synagogue_n to_o superintend_v the_o affair_n of_o that_o which_o i_o shall_v now_o endeavour_v to_o make_v out_o by_o these_o follow_a reason_n first_o 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domui_fw-la synagogae_fw-la manè_fw-la &_o vesperi_fw-la and_o there_o add_v that_o every_o city_n though_o it_o be_v wall_v where_o ten_o such_o person_n be_v
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o one_o place_n be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o other_o ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o church_n and_o ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n which_o imply_v that_o by_o church_n then_o be_v mean_v the_o body_n of_o christian_n reside_v in_o the_o city_n over_o which_o the_o apostle_n ordain_v elder_n to_o rule_v they_o so_o act_v 16._o 4._o 5._o as_o they_o go_v through_o the_o city_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o be_v the_o church_n establish_v in_o the_o faith_n the_o church_n here_o be_v the_o christian_n of_o those_o city_n which_o they_o go_v through_o so_o act_v 20._o 17._o he_o send_v to_o ephesus_n and_o call_v the_o elder_n of_o the_o church_n if_o by_o the_o elder_n we_o mean_v as_o all_o those_o do_v we_o now_o deal_v with_o the_o elder_n of_o ephesus_n than_o it_o be_v here_o evident_a that_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o the_o city_n be_v all_o one_o but_o what_o be_v more_o observable_a ver_fw-la 28._o he_o call_v the_o church_n of_o that_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o and_o to_o the_o flock_n over_o which_o god_n have_v make_v you_o overseer_n to_o feed_v the_o church_n of_o god_n where_o several_a thing_n be_v observable_a to_o our_o purpose_n first_o that_o the_o body_n of_o christian_n in_o ephesus_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o flock_n of_o the_o church_n and_o not_o the_o several_a flock_n and_o church_n over_o which_o god_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n second_o that_o all_o these_o speak_v to_o be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o pastoral_a charge_n of_o this_o one_o flock_n paul_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o charge_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o do_v the_o work_n of_o a_o pastor_n towards_o it_o so_o
themselves_o as_o one_o body_n and_o meet_v together_o as_o occasion_n serve_v they_o where_o either_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o justin_n martyr_n language_n do_v perform_v the_o solemn_a part_n of_o divine_a worship_n or_o some_o other_o of_o the_o elder_n that_o be_v present_a with_o they_o be_v it_o not_o strange_a for_o man_n to_o dream_v of_o set-time_n and_o canonical_a hour_n and_o public_a place_n of_o assembly_n at_o that_o time_n when_o their_o chief_a time_n of_o meeting_n be_v in_o the_o night_n or_o very_o early_a 10._o in_o the_o morning_n which_o pliny_n call_v conventus_fw-la antelucanus_fw-la whence_o they_o be_v call_v latebrosa_fw-la &_o lucifugax_fw-la natio_fw-la and_o samas_n be_v fain_o to_o make_v use_n of_o wax-light_n which_o from_o that_o custom_n the_o papist_n continue_v still_o in_o their_o taper_n always_o burn_v upon_o the_o altar_n from_o what_o reason_n i_o know_v not_o unless_o 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ordiâ—is_fw-la the_o bench_n of_o officer_n in_o the_o church_n which_o do_v in_o common_a consult_v for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n without_o any_o cantonize_a the_o christian_n into_o several_a distinct_a and_o fix_a congregation_n but_o after_o that_o believer_n be_v much_o increase_v and_o any_o peace_n or_o liberty_n obtain_v they_o then_o begin_v to_o contrive_v the_o distribution_n of_o the_o work_n among_o the_o several_a officer_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o settle_v the_o several_a bound_n over_o which_o every_o presbyter_n be_v to_o take_v his_o charge_n but_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o every_o presbyter_n retain_v a_o double_a aspect_n of_o his_o office_n the_o one_o particular_a to_o his_o charge_n the_o other_o general_a respect_v the_o church_n in_o common_a for_o it_o be_v but_o a_o weak_a conceit_n to_o imagine_v that_o after_o the_o settle_n of_o congregation_n every_o one_o have_v a_o distinct_a presbytery_n to_o rule_v it_o which_o we_o find_v not_o any_o obseure_fw-fr footstep_n of_o in_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_a church_n but_o there_o be_v still_o one_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n which_o rule_v all_o the_o several_a congregation_n of_o those_o city_n in_o common_a of_o which_o the_o several_a presbyter_n of_o the_o congregation_n be_v member_n and_o in_o which_o the_o bishop_n act_v as_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o senate_n for_o the_o better_a govern_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o thus_o we_o find_v cornelius_n at_o rome_n sit_v there_o cum_fw-la florentissimo_fw-la clero_fw-la thus_o cyprian_n at_o carthage_n 21._o one_o who_o plead_v as_o much_o as_o any_o for_o obedience_n to_o bishop_n and_o yet_o none_o more_o evident_a for_o the_o presence_n and_o joint_a concurrence_n and_o assistance_n of_o the_o clergy_n at_o all_o church_n debate_v who_o resolution_n from_o his_o first_o entrance_n into_o his_o bishopric_n be_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n communi_fw-la concilio_fw-la clericorum_fw-la with_o the_o common-council_n 32._o of_o the_o clergy_n and_o say_v they_o be_v cum_fw-la episcopo_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la honore_fw-la conjuncti_fw-la victor_n at_o rome_n decree_v easter_n to_o be_v keep_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n collatione_fw-la facta_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconibus_fw-la according_a to_o the_o latin_a of_o that_o age_n as_o damasus_n 91._o the_o suppose_a author_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o pope_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o proceed_n against_o novatus_n at_o rome_n we_o have_v a_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o concurrence_n of_o presbyter_n where_o a_o great_a synod_n be_v call_v as_o eâ—sebius_n express_v it_o of_o sixty_o bishop_n but_o 43._o more_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o what_o be_v more_o full_a to_o our_o purpose_n not_o only_o the_o several_a presbyter_n of_o the_o city_n but_o the_o country_n pastor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v likewise_o give_v their_o advice_n about_o that_o business_n at_o this_o time_n cornelius_n tell_v we_o there_o be_v forty_o six_o presbyter_n in_o that_o one_o city_n of_o rome_n who_o concur_v with_o he_o in_o condemn_v novatus_n 30._o so_o at_o antioch_n in_o the_o case_n of_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la we_o find_v a_o synod_n gather_v consist_v of_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o in_o their_o name_n the_o synodal_n epistle_n be_v pen_v and_o direct_v to_o the_o same_o in_o all_o the_o catholic_n church_n at_o the_o council_n of_o eliberis_n in_o spain_n be_v present_a but_o ninteen_o bishop_n and_o twenty_o six_o presbyter_n the_o case_n between_o sylvanus_n consul_n bishop_n of_o cirta_n in_o africa_n and_o nundinaris_n the_o deacon_n be_v refer_v by_o purpuriuâ—_n to_o the_o clergy_n to_o decide_v it_o for_o the_o presence_n of_o presbyter_n at_o synod_n instance_n be_v bring_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o blondel_n in_o his_o apology_n and_o that_o they_o concur_v 200._o in_o govern_v the_o church_n and_o not_o only_o by_o their_o counsel_n but_o authority_n appear_v from_o the_o general_a sense_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n even_o when_o episcopacy_n be_v at_o the_o high_a nazianzen_n speak_v of_o the_o office_n of_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o he_o know_v not_o whither_o to_o call_v it_o ministry_n or_o superintendency_n and_o those_o who_o be_v make_v presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o be_v rule_v they_o ascend_v to_o be_v ruler_n themselves_o and_o their_o power_n by_o he_o be_v in_o several_a 11._o place_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v call_v by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysostome_n give_v this_o as_o the_o reason_n of_o paul_n pass_v over_o from_o bishop_n to_o deacon_n without_o name_v presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o there_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n of_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n for_o these_o likewise_o have_v the_o instruction_n and_o charge_n of_o the_o church_n commit_v to_o they_o which_o word_n theophylact_fw-mi chrysostom_n echo_n repeat_v after_o he_o 1._o which_o the_o council_n of_o aquen_n thus_o express_v presbyterorum_fw-la verô_o qui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la ecclesiâ—_n christi_fw-la ministerium_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la praesint_fw-la populis_fw-la &_o in_fw-la officio_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la desides_fw-la inuâ—nti_fw-la appareant_fw-la clemens_n alexandrinus_n before_o all_o these_o speak_v of_o himself_o and_o his_o fellow-presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o be_v pastor_n 6._o and_o ruler_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o proper_a act_n of_o discipline_n be_v perform_v by_o they_o appear_v both_o by_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o roman_a clergy_n about_o their_o preserve_a discipline_n to_o cyprian_a and_o likewise_o by_o the_o act_n of_o that_o clergy_n in_o exclude_v martion_n from_o communion_n with_o they_o so_o the_o presbyter_n 4â—_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n excommunicate_v noetus_n for_o after_o they_o have_v cite_v he_o before_o they_o and_o find_v he_o obstinate_a in_o his_o heresy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o put_v both_o he_o and_o his_o disciple_n 1._o out_o of_o the_o church_n together_o thus_o we_o see_v what_o the_o
manner_n of_o government_n in_o the_o church_n be_v now_o the_o bishop_n sit_v as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o sanhedrin_n and_o the_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o ignatius_n express_v it_o act_v as_o the_o common-council_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o bishop_n the_o bishop_n be_v as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d answer_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o presbytery_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d answer_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 129._o as_o origen_n compare_v they_o whereby_o he_o full_o describe_v the_o form_n of_o government_n in_o his_o time_n in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v by_o a_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n and_o a_o precedent_n in_o it_o rule_v the_o society_n of_o christian_n in_o every_o city_n so_o that_o the_o presbytery_n of_o a_o great_a city_n join_v together_o for_o government_n be_v never_o account_v a_o provincial_a assembly_n but_o only_o the_o senate_n for_o government_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o whole_a city_n the_o erect_v presbytery_n for_o every_o particular_a congregation_n in_o a_o city_n be_v a_o stranger_n to_o the_o ancient_a constitution_n of_o church_n and_o have_v give_v the_o great_a rise_n to_o the_o independency_n of_o particular_a congregation_n for_o if_o every_o particular_a congregation_n be_v furnish_v with_o a_o government_n within_o its_o self_n than_o man_n be_v apt_a present_o to_o think_v that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o subordination_n of_o it_o to_o any_o high_a church-power_n whereas_o if_o that_o primitive_a constitution_n of_o church_n be_v hold_v that_o they_o be_v society_n of_o christian_n under_o a_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n in_o a_o city_n then_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o congregation_n must_v truckle_n under_o the_o great_a body_n as_o receive_v their_o government_n by_o and_o their_o officer_n from_o that_o senate_n of_o the_o church_n which_o superintend_v and_o order_n the_o affair_n of_o that_o whole_a body_n of_o christian_n reside_v in_o such_o a_o place_n and_o this_o crumble_a of_o church-power_n into_o every_o congregation_n be_v a_o thing_n absolute_o disow_v by_o the_o great_a and_o most_o learned_a patron_n of_o presbytery_n beyond_o the_o sea_n as_o may_v be_v see_v both_o in_o calvin_n bâ—za_n salmasius_n blondel_n gersome_n bucer_n and_o other_o it_o be_v much_o dispute_v when_o the_o first_o division_n of_o parochial_a congregation_n in_o city_n begin_v platina_n attribute_n it_o to_o evaristus_n and_o so_o do_v damasus_n hic_fw-la titulos_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it divisit_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la he_o divide_v the_o several_a parish_n church_n to_o the_o presbyter_n these_o be_v call_v then_o tituli_fw-la baronius_n give_v a_o double_a reason_n 6._o of_o the_o name_n either_o from_o good_n belong_v to_o the_o prince_n exchequer_n which_o have_v some_o sign_n imprint_v upon_o they_o that_o it_o may_v be_v know_v who_o they_o be_v so_o say_v he_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v put_v upon_o the_o church_n to_o make_v it_o know_v that_o they_o be_v devote_v to_o god_n service_n or_o else_o they_o be_v call_v tituli_fw-la because_o the_o several_a presbyter_n do_v receive_v their_o title_n from_o they_o but_o by_o the_o leave_n of_o the_o great_a cardinal_n another_o reason_n may_v be_v give_v of_o the_o name_n more_o proper_a then_o either_o of_o these_o it_o have_v be_v observe_v by_o learned_a man_n that_o the_o general_a meeting_n of_o the_o christian_n be_v in_o the_o coemeteria_fw-la or_o dormitory_n of_o christian_n so_o they_o call_v the_o sepulcher_n then_o which_o be_v great_a and_o capacious_a vault_n fit_a to_o receive_v many_o people_n in_o they_o two_o chief_a ground_n of_o the_o christian_n meet_v in_o those_o place_n the_o first_o be_v their_o own_o security_n because_o the_o heathen_n look_v on_o it_o as_o a_o matter_n of_o religion_n manes_fw-la temerare_fw-la sepultos_fw-la to_o disturb_v the_o ash_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o the_o chief_a reason_n be_v to_o encourage_v themselves_o to_o suffeâ—_n martyrdom_n by_o the_o example_n of_o those_o who_o have_v go_v before_o they_o and_o lay_v bury_v there_o thence_o they_o be_v call_v martyrum_fw-la memoriae_fw-la because_o they_o do_v call_v to_o mind_v their_o action_n and_o constancy_n in_o the_o faith_n now_o from_o these_o coemeteria_fw-la be_v afterward_o the_o original_n of_o church_n whence_o person_n most_o reverence_v for_o piety_n be_v wont_n still_o to_o be_v bury_v in_o church_n not_o for_o any_o holiness_n of_o the_o place_n but_o because_o in_o such_o place_n the_o martyr_n lay_v bury_v the_o church_n be_v raise_v over_o the_o vault_n wherein_o the_o martyra_n lie_v entomb_v now_o church_n be_v raise_v from_o these_o coemetery_n which_o be_v call_v memoriae_fw-la martyrum_fw-la that_o they_o may_v still_o retain_v somewhat_o intimate_v their_o former_a use_n be_v call_v tituli_fw-la for_o 15._o titulus_fw-la as_o santius_n observe_v be_v signum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la aut_fw-la monumentum_fw-la quod_fw-la docet_fw-la ibi_fw-la latere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aut_fw-la accidisse_fw-la cujus_fw-la nolumus_fw-la perire_fw-la memoriam_fw-la thence_o statue_n be_v call_v tituli_fw-la so_o gen._n 35._o 20._o erexit_fw-la jacob_n titulum_fw-la super_fw-la sepulchrum_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a render_v it_o and_o gen._n 28._o 18._o surgens_fw-la ergo_fw-la jacob_n mane_n tulit_fw-la lapidem_fw-la quem_fw-la suâ—posuerat_fw-la capiti_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o erexit_fw-la in_o titulum_fw-la so_o absalon_n 2_o sam._n 18._o 18._o erexit_fw-la sibi_fw-la titulum_fw-la so_o that_o what_o be_v erect_v to_o maintain_v and_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v call_v titulus_fw-la and_o thence_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o the_o coemitery_n of_o the_o martyr_n be_v on_o that_o account_n call_v tituli_fw-la because_o intend_v for_o the_o preservation_n of_o their_o memory_n this_o account_n of_o the_o original_a of_o the_o name_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o learned_a man_n but_o to_o proceed_v i_o confess_v it_o seem_v not_o probable_a to_o i_o that_o these_o tituli_fw-la be_v so_o soon_o divide_v as_o the_o time_n of_o evaristus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o trajan_n when_o the_o persecution_n be_v hot_a against_o the_o christian_n but_o damasus_n seem_v not_o to_o believe_v himself_o for_o in_o the_o life_n of_o dionysius_n â—e_n say_v hic_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la divisit_fw-la coemeteria_fw-la paroecias_fw-la &_o dioeceses_fw-la instituit_fw-la but_o most_o probable_o it_o begin_v assoon_o as_o the_o church_n enjoy_v any_o ease_n and_o peace_n it_o be_v so_o necessary_a for_o the_o convenient_a meeting_n of_o such_o a_o multitude_n of_o christian_n as_o there_o be_v then_o in_o the_o life_n of_o marcellus_n about_o forty_o year_n after_o dionysius_n we_o read_v of_o twenty_o five_o title_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n of_o which_o number_n what_o use_n be_v make_v for_o interpret_n the_o number_n 666._o may_v be_v see_v in_o mr._n potter_n ingenuous_a tract_n on_o that_o subject_a but_o when_o afterward_o these_o title_n be_v much_o increase_v those_o presbyter_n that_o be_v place_v in_o the_o ancient_a title_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a among_o they_o be_v call_v cardinals_z presbyteri_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la which_o be_v then_o look_v on_o as_o chief_a of_o the_o clergy_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o chief_a member_n of_o the_o council_n of_o presbyter_n to_o the_o bishop_n so_o that_o at_o this_o day_n the_o conclave_n at_o rome_n and_o the_o pope_n consistory_n be_v a_o evident_a argument_n in_o this_o great_a degeneracy_n of_o it_o of_o the_o primitive_a constitution_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n there_o by_o a_o bishop_n act_v with_o his_o college_n of_o presbyter_n neither_o be_v this_o proper_a to_o rome_n alone_o but_o to_o all_o other_o great_a city_n which_o when_o the_o number_n of_o presbyter_n be_v grow_v so_o great_a that_o they_o can_v not_o convenient_o meet_v and_o join_v with_o the_o bishop_n for_o order_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v some_o as_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o choose_v out_o from_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v as_o the_o bishop_n council_n and_o these_o in_o many_o place_n as_o at_o milan_n ravenna_n naples_n etc._n etc._n be_v call_v cardinals_z presbyteri_fw-la as_o well_o as_o at_o rome_n which_o be_v abrogate_a by_o pius_n quintus_fw-la 1568_o but_o the_o memory_n of_o they_o be_v preserve_v still_o in_o cathedral_n church_n in_o the_o chapter_n there_o where_o the_o dean_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o archipresbytâ—r_n and_o both_o dean_n and_o prebendary_n be_v to_o be_v assistant_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o regulate_v the_o church-affair_n belong_v to_o the_o city_n while_o the_o church_n be_v contain_v therein_o so_o much_o shall_v suffice_v for_o the_o model_n of_o government_n in_o the_o church_n while_o they_o be_v contain_v within_o the_o same_o precinct_n with_o the_o city_n its_o self_n we_o come_v in_o the_o
metropolis_n of_o macedonia_n and_o therefore_o the_o bishop_n there_o mention_v can_v not_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o several_a city_n under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o philippi_n but_o must_v be_v understand_v â—_o of_o the_o bishop_n resident_a in_o that_o city_n we_o begin_v with_o it_o in_o the_o civil_a sense_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o other_o it_o be_v confess_v not_o to_o have_v be_v a_o metropolis_n during_o its_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v by_o pausanias_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 182._o by_o theophylact_v out_o of_o a_o old_a geographer_n as_o it_o be_v suppose_v it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v it_o not_o very_o improbable_a that_o so_o 47._o small_a a_o city_n as_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v by_o dio_fw-mi and_o other_o shall_v be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o macedonia_n where_o be_v at_o least_o 2._o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o city_n as_o pliny_n and_o pomponius_n mela_n tell_v we_o by_o boâ—h_n who_o philippi_n be_v place_v in_o thracia_n and_o not_o in_o macedonia_n but_o two_o argument_n be_v bring_v to_o prove_v philippi_n to_o have_v be_v a_o metropolis_n the_o first_o be_v from_o st._n luke_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_v 16._o 12._o the_o first_o city_n of_o that_o part_n of_o macedonia_n but_o render_v by_o the_o learned_a doctor_n the_o prime_a city_n of_o the_o province_n of_o macedonia_n but_o it_o will_v be_v worth_a know_v where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o all_o the_o notitiae_fw-la of_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v translate_v a_o province_n and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o luke_n call_v it_o the_o first_o city_n not_o ratione_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la but_o ratione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o regard_n of_o its_o situation_n and_o not_o its_o dignity_n so_o camerarius_fw-la understand_v luke_n hanc_fw-la esse_fw-la primam_fw-la coloniam_fw-la paâ—tis_fw-la seu_fw-la plagae_fw-la macedonicae_fw-la nimirum_fw-la a_fw-fr thracia_n vicinia_fw-la iter_fw-la in_o macedoniam_fw-la ordiens_n it_o be_v the_o first_o city_n of_o that_o part_n of_o macedonia_n when_o one_o go_v from_o thracia_n into_o it_o and_o so_o it_o appear_v 397._o by_o dio_n describe_v the_o situation_n of_o philippi_n that_o it_o be_v the_o next_o town_n to_o neapolis_n only_o the_o mountain_n symbolon_n come_v between_o they_o and_o neapolis_n be_v upon_o the_o shore_n and_o philippi_n build_v up_o in_o the_o plain_a near_o the_o mountain_n pangaeus_n where_o brutus_n and_o cassius_n encamp_v themselves_o its_o be_v then_o the_o first_o city_n of_o entrance_n into_o macedonia_n prove_v no_o more_o that_o it_o be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o macodonia_n then_o that_o calais_n be_v of_o france_n or_o dover_n of_o england_n but_o it_o be_v further_o plead_v that_o philippi_n be_v a_o colony_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o roman_a judicature_n be_v there_o but_o to_o this_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o philippi_n be_v not_o the_o only_a colony_n in_o macedonia_n for_o pliny_n reckon_v up_o cassandria_n paria_fw-la and_o other_o for_o which_o 37._o we_o must_v understand_v that_o macedonia_n be_v long_o since_o make_v a_o province_n by_o paulus_n and_o in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o roman_a province_n by_o augustus_n strabo_n reckon_v it_o with_o illyricum_n among_o the_o province_n belong_v to_o the_o roman_a people_n and_o senate_n and_o so_o likewise_o do_v dio._n but_o it_o appear_v by_o suetonius_n that_o tiberius_n 25._o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n in_o the_o danger_n of_o war_n in_o the_o province_n take_v it_o into_o his_o own_o hand_n but_o it_o be_v return_v by_o claudius_n to_o the_o senatâ—_n again_o together_o with_o achaia_n thence_o dio_n speak_v of_o macedonia_n 57_o in_o the_o time_n of_o tiberius_n say_v it_o be_v govern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v by_o those_o who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o praefecti_fw-la casaris_fw-la such_o as_o be_v send_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o be_v his_o precedent_n in_o the_o province_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o proconsuli_n who_o be_v choose_v by_o lot_n after_o their_o consulship_n into_o the_o several_a province_n and_o therefore_o dio_n express_v claudius_n his_o return_v macedonia_n into_o the_o senate_n hand_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o put_v it_o to_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o senate_n again_o now_o macedonia_n have_v be_v thus_o long_o a_o province_n oâ—_n the_o roman_a empire_n what_o probability_n be_v there_o because_o philippi_n be_v a_o colony_n therefore_o it_o must_v be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o macedonia_n second_o we_o find_v not_o the_o least_o evidence_n either_o in_o scripture_n or_o elsewhere_o that_o the_o proconsul_n of_o macedonia_n have_v his_o residence_n at_o philippi_n yea_o we_o have_v some_o evidence_n against_o it_o out_o of_o scripture_n act_n 16_o 20_o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o bring_v they_o to_o the_o magistrate_n if_o there_o have_v be_v the_o tribunal_n of_o a_o proconsul_n here_o we_o shall_v certain_o have_v have_v it_o mention_v as_o gallio_n proconsul_n of_o achaia_n be_v mention_v in_o a_o like_a case_n at_o corinth_n act_v 18._o 12._o two_o sort_n of_o magistrate_n be_v here_o express_v 8._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o city_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v the_o duumviri_fw-la of_o the_o colony_n or_o else_o the_o deputy_n of_o the_o proconsul_n reside_v there_o but_o i_o incline_v rather_o to_o the_o former_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v only_o a_o duumvir_fw-la but_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o praetor_n as_o heinsius_n observe_v from_o the_o glossary_a of_o h._n stephen_n for_o every_o colony_n have_v a_o duumvirate_n to_o rule_v it_o answer_v to_o the_o consul_n and_o praetor_n at_o rome_n but_o all_o this_o may_v have_v be_v spare_v when_o we_o consider_v how_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o thessalonica_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o macedonia_n as_o appear_v by_o antipater_n in_o the_o greek_a epigram_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o praefectus_fw-la prâ—torio_n illyâ—ici_fw-la have_v 〈…〉_z dence_z aâ—_n thâ—ssalonica_n as_o theodoreâ—_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 12._o thâ—ssalonica_n be_v a_o great_a populous_a city_n where_o the_o lieutenant_n of_o illyricum_n do_v reside_v and_o so_o in_o probability_n do_v the_o viâ—arius_n macedonia_n it_o be_v call_v the_o metropolis_n of_o macedonia_n likewise_o by_o socrâ—â—â—s_n and_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n it_o be_v so_o call_v by_o aetius_n the_o bishop_n thereof_o in_o the_o council_n of_o sardicaâ—_n and_o carolus_n à _fw-it sancto_fw-it paulo_n think_v it_o be_v not_o only_o 16._o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o province_n of_o macedonia_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a diocèâ—s_n which_o in_o the_o east_n be_v much_o large_a than_o the_o province_n i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v that_o which_o answer_v to_o the_o 14._o vâ—carius_n macedoniae_n and_o thence_o in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n and_o chalcedon_n the_o subscription_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o thâ—ssalonicâ—_n waâ—_n next_o to_o the_o patriarch_n but_o for_o philippi_n the_o same_o author_n acknowledge_v it_o not_o to_o have_v be_v a_o metropolitan_a church_n in_o the_o first_o six_o century_n but_o after_o that_o macedonia_n be_v divide_v into_o prima_fw-la and_o secunda_fw-la which_o be_v after_o the_o division_n of_o it_o in_o the_o empire_n into_o prima_fw-la and_o salutaris_fw-la than_o philippi_n come_v to_o have_v the_o honorary_a title_n of_o a_o metropolitan_a although_o in_o hierocles_n his_o notitia_fw-la philippi_n be_v place_v as_o the_o twenty_o first_o city_n under_o the_o metropoles_fw-la of_o thâ—ssalonica_n so_o much_o to_o evidence_n the_o weakness_n of_o the_o first_o pillar_n viz._n that_o these_o city_n be_v metropoles_fw-la in_o the_o civil_a sense_n and_o this_o be_v take_v away_o the_o other_o fall_v of_o its_o self_n for_o if_o the_o apostle_n do_v model_n the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n according_a to_o the_o civil_a then_o metropolitan_a church_n be_v plant_v only_o in_o metropolitan_a city_n and_o these_o be_v clear_v not_o to_o have_v be_v the_o latter_a it_o be_v evident_a they_o be_v not_o the_o former_a but_o however_o let_v we_o see_v what_o evidence_n be_v bring_v of_o such_o a_o subordination_n of_o all_o other_o church_n to_o the_o metropolitan_o by_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o only_a evidence_n produce_v out_o of_o scripture_n for_o such_o a_o subordination_n and_o dependence_n of_o the_o church_n of_o lesser_a city_n upon_o the_o great_a be_v from_o actâ—_n 16._o 1_o 4_o compare_v with_o act_n 15._o 23._o the_o argument_n run_v thus_o the_o
question_n be_v start_v at_o antioch_n act_v 14._o 26._o with_o act_n 15._o 2._o from_o thence_o they_o send_v to_o jerusalem_n for_o a_o resolution_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n there_o concern_v not_o only_a aâ—tioch_n but_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n which_o be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o antioch_n and_o therefore_o metropolitan_a church_n 〈…〉_z e_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la i_o be_o afraid_a the_o argument_n will_v sc_v 〈…〉_z owe_v its_o self_n in_o the_o dress_n of_o a_o syllogism_n thus_o it_o run_v if_o upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o question_n at_o antioch_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o apostle_n make_v at_o jerusalem_n concern_v all_o the_o church_n of_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n than_o all_o these_o church_n have_v a_o dependence_n upon_o the_o metropolis_n of_o antioch_n but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a therefore_o the_o consequent_a let_v we_o see_v how_o the_o argument_n will_v do_v in_o another_o â—orm_n if_o upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o question_n at_o antioch_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o apostle_n concern_v all_o the_o church_n of_o christian_n converse_v with_o jew_n then_o all_o these_o church_n have_v dependence_n upon_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n but_o etc._n etc._n how_o thankful_a will_v the_o papist_n have_v be_v if_o only_a rome_n have_v be_v put_v instead_o of_o antiochâ—_n and_o then_o the_o conclusion_n have_v be_v true_a what_o ever_o the_o premise_n be_v but_o in_o good_a earnest_n do_v the_o church_n of_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n be_v bind_v by_o this_o decree_n prove_v their_o subordination_n to_o antioch_n or_o to_o the_o apostle_n be_v they_o bind_v because_o antioch_n be_v their_o metropolis_n or_o because_o they_o be_v the_o apostle_n who_o resolve_v the_o question_n but_o be_v not_o the_o church_n of_o phrygia_n and_o galatia_n bind_v to_o observe_v these_o decree_n as_o well_o as_o other_o for_o of_o these_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o apostle_n go_v through_o the_o city_n of_o they_o deliver_v the_o decree_n to_o keep_v as_o it_o be_v express_v act_n 16._o 4._o compare_v with_o the_o 6._o verse_n or_o do_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o apostle_n concern_v only_o those_o to_o who_o they_o be_v inscribe_v and_o upon_o who_o occasion_n they_o be_v pen_v then_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n paul_n epistle_n be_v write_v many_o of_o they_o upon_o occasion_n as_o that_o to_o the_o corinthian_n be_v direct_v to_o the_o metropolis_n of_o corinth_n do_v only_o concern_v the_o church_n of_o that_o city_n and_o those_o of_o achaia_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o city_n and_o so_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o epistle_n a_o fair_a way_n to_o make_v the_o word_n of_o god_n of_o no_o effect_n to_o we_o because_o for_o sooth_n we_o live_v not_o in_o obedience_n to_o those_o metropoles_fw-la to_o which_o the_o epistle_n be_v direct_v from_o whence_o we_o be_v tell_v how_o many_o thing_n we_o may_v understand_v by_o this_o notion_n of_o metropolitan_o especial_o why_o ignatius_n superscribe_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o church_n which_o preâ—ides_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o roman_a region_n or_o the_o suburbicarian_a province_n but_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o this_o place_n may_v not_o be_v understand_v better_a without_o the_o help_n of_o this_o notion_n casaubon_n call_v it_o locutionem_fw-la barbarâ—m_fw-la 2._o vedelius_fw-la be_v more_o favourable_a to_o it_o and_o think_v si_fw-la non_fw-la elegans_fw-la saltem_fw-la viâ—ii_fw-la libera_fw-la est_fw-la and_o explain_v it_o by_o the_o suburbicarian_a province_n and_o make_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o place_n which_o be_v the_o roman_a region_n and_o parallel_v it_o with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luke_n 9_o 10._o bellarmine_n think_v he_o have_v â—ound_v the_o pope_n universal_a power_n in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o methinks_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v hardly_o be_v render_v orbis_n universus_fw-la unless_o bellarmine_n be_v no_o more_o skill_v in_o greek_a than_o casaubon_n think_v he_o be_v who_o he_o call_v in_o the_o pâ—ace_n forecited_a hominem_fw-la graecarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la prorsus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o ingenuous_a conjecture_n concern_v this_o place_n be_v that_o of_o our_o learned_a mr._n thorndike_n the_o word_n 164._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o be_v here_o use_v as_o many_o time_n beside_o speak_v of_o those_o place_n which_o a_o man_n will_v neither_o call_v city_n nor_o town_n as_o act_n 27_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o sail_v by_o the_o place_n of_o asia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v plain_a it_o signify_v the_o country_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o must_v necessary_o signify_v here_o the_o vatican_n lie_v in_o the_o field_n as_o a_o suburb_n to_o rome_n and_o be_v the_o place_n where_o st._n peter_n be_v bury_v and_o where_o the_o jew_n of_o rome_n then_o dwell_v as_o we_o learn_v by_o philo_n legatione_fw-la ad_fw-la caium_fw-la out_o of_o who_o he_o produce_v a_o large_a place_n to_o that_o purpose_n and_o so_o make_v this_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jewish_a christian_n the_o vatican_n be_v then_o the_o jewry_n of_o rome_n but_o there_o be_v no_o clear_a evidence_n of_o any_o such_o distinction_n of_o church_n there_o and_o as_o little_a reason_n why_o ignatius_n shall_v write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jewish_a christian_n and_o not_o to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_a christian_n i_o therefore_o embrace_v his_o sense_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o vatican_n but_o explain_v it_o in_o another_o way_n viz._n as_o we_o have_v already_o show_v that_o the_o chief_a place_n of_o meeting_n for_o the_o christian_n in_o gentile_n rome_n be_v in_o the_o coemetery_n of_o the_o martyr_n now_o these_o coemeteria_fw-la be_v all_o of_o they_o without_o the_o city_n and_o the_o coemeteria_fw-la where_o peter_n linus_n cletus_n and_o some_o other_o of_o the_o primitive_a martyr_n lay_v inter_v in_o the_o vatican_n beyond_o the_o river_n tiber._n so_o damasus_n in_o the_o life_n of_o cletus_n qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la sepultus_fw-la est_fw-la juxta_fw-la corpus_fw-la b._n petri_n in_o vaticano_n the_o church_n then_o in_o the_o pâ—ace_n of_o the_o region_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v the_o christian-church_n of_o rome_n assemble_v chief_o in_o the_o coemetery_n of_o the_o vatican_n or_o any_o other_o of_o those_o vault_n which_o be_v in_o the_o field_n at_o a_o good_a distance_n from_o the_o city_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v one_o argument_n more_o for_o metropolitan_n and_o that_o be_v from_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v take_v to_o signify_v both_o the_o city_n and_o country_n and_o so_o the_o inscription_n of_o clemens_n his_o epistle_n be_v explain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n the_o church_n of_o god_n dwell_v about_o rome_n to_o the_o church_n dwell_v about_o corinth_n whereby_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v comprehend_v the_o whole_a territory_n which_o be_v these_o be_v metropoles_fw-la take_v in_o the_o whole_a province_n and_o so_o polycarp_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o all_o this_o arise_v from_o a_o mistake_n of_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v not_o so_o much_o accolere_fw-la as_o incolere_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o old_a latin_a version_n render_v it_o ecclâ—siae_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la philippis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o remove_v from_o one_o city_n to_o sojourn_v in_o another_o and_o the_o ground_n of_o attribute_v that_o name_n to_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v either_o because_o that_o many_o of_o the_o first_o christian_n be_v jew_n they_o do_v true_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v as_o stranger_n out_o of_o their_o own_o country_n or_o else_o among_o the_o christian_n because_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o continual_a persecution_n they_o be_v still_o put_v in_o mind_n of_o their_o flit_a uncertain_a condition_n â—0_n in_o the_o world_n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d country_n citizenship_n be_v in_o heaven_n of_o this_o the_o apostle_n often_o tell_v they_o from_o hence_o iâ—_n come_v to_o signify_v the_o society_n of_o such_o christian_n so_o live_v together_o which_o as_o it_o increase_v so_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d increase_v and_o so_o go_v from_o the_o city_n into_o the_o country_n and_o come_v not_o from_o the_o country_n into_o the_o city_n for_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v take_v for_o accolere_fw-la than_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v signify_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o territory_n belong_v to_o it_o but_o the_o church_n adjacent_a to_o
ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n subscriptio_fw-la clericorum_fw-la honoratorum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la ordinis_fw-la consensus_fw-la &_o plebis_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n speak_v 90._o of_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o bishop_n he_o say_v it_o be_v do_v subscribentibus_fw-la plus_fw-la minus_fw-la septuagintâ—_n presbyteris_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o be_v observe_v that_o all_o the_o clergy_n concur_v to_o the_o choice_n even_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n till_o after_o the_o time_n of_o that_o hildebrand_n call_v greg._n 7._o in_o who_o time_n popery_n come_v to_o age_n thence_o 52._o casaubon_n call_v it_o haeresin_fw-la hildebrandinam_fw-la cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v choose_v clericoram_n pene_fw-la omnium_fw-la testimonio_fw-la and_o in_o the_o council_n at_o rome_n under_o syluâ—ster_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o none_o of_o the_o clergy_n shall_v be_v ordain_v nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la adunata_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 11._o many_o instance_n be_v bring_v from_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n which_o i_o pass_v over_o as_o common_o know_v it_o be_v account_v the_o matter_n of_o a_o accusation_n against_o chrysostom_n by_o his_o enemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15._o that_o he_o ordain_v without_o the_o council_n and_o assistance_n of_o his_o clergy_n the_o presence_n of_o the_o clergy_n at_o council_n have_v be_v already_o show_v thus_o we_o see_v how_o when_o the_o church_n of_o the_o city_n be_v enlarge_v into_o the_o country_n the_o power_n of_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o city_n be_v extend_v with_o it_o the_o next_o step_n observable_a in_o the_o church_n increase_n be_v 5._o when_o several_a of_o these_o church_n lie_v together_o in_o one_o province_n do_v associate_v one_o with_o another_o the_o primitive_a church_n have_v a_o great_a eye_n to_o the_o preserve_a unity_n among_o all_o the_o member_n of_o it_o and_o thence_o they_o keep_v so_o strict_a a_o correspondency_n among_o the_o several_a bishop_n in_o the_o commercium_fw-la formatarum_fw-la the_o formula_fw-la of_o writing_n which_o to_o prevent_v deceit_n may_v be_v see_v in_o justellus_n his_o note_n on_o the_o codex_fw-la canonum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la africanae_n and_o for_o a_o maintain_n 127._o of_o near_a correspondency_n among_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o of_o a_o province_n it_o be_v agree_v among_o themselves_o for_o the_o better_a carry_v on_o of_o their_o common_a work_n to_o call_v a_o provincial_a synod_n twice_o every_o year_n to_o debate_v all_o cause_n of_o concernment_n there_o among_o themselves_o and_o to_o agree_v upon_o such_o way_n as_o might_n most_o conduce_v to_o the_o advance_v the_o common_a interest_n of_o christianity_n of_o these_o tertullian_n speak_v aguntur_fw-la precept_n per_fw-la gracias_fw-la illas_fw-la certis_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la concilia_fw-la ex_fw-la universis_fw-la ecclesâ—is_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o altiora_fw-la quaeque_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la tractantur_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la psych_n repraesentatio_fw-la nominis_fw-la christiani_n magna_fw-la uâ—neratione_n celebratur_fw-la of_o these_o the_o thirty_o eight_o canon_n apostolical_a as_o it_o be_v call_v express_o speak_v which_o canon_n though_o not_o of_o authority_n sufficient_a to_o ground_v any_o right_n upon_o may_v yet_o be_v allow_v the_o place_n of_o a_o testimony_n of_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n especial_o towards_o the_o three_o century_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 38._o twice_o a_o year_n a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v for_o discuss_v matter_n of_o faith_n and_o resolve_v matter_n of_o practice_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n the_o council_n of_o antioch_n a._n d._n 343_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 99_o to_o these_o council_n the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n come_v as_o appear_v by_o that_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n and_o in_o the_o seven_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n by_o alphon_n we_o pisanus_n the_o same_o custom_n be_v decree_v but_o no_o such_o thing_n occurr_v in_o the_o codex_fw-la canonum_fw-la either_o of_o tilius_fw-la or_o justellus_n his_o edition_n and_o the_o arabic_a ediâ—â—â—â—_n of_o that_o council_n be_v conceive_v to_o have_v be_v compile_v above_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o council_n set_v but_o however_o we_o see_v evidence_n enough_o of_o this_o practice_n of_o celebrate_v provincial_a synod_n twice_o a_o year_n now_o in_o the_o assemble_v of_o these_o bishop_n together_o for_o mutual_a counsel_n in_o their_o affair_n there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o some_o order_n to_o be_v observe_v there_o be_v no_o difference_n as_o to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o who_o have_v all_o equal_a authority_n in_o their_o several_a church_n and_o none_o over_o one_o another_o for_o episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la â—st_fw-la cujus_fw-la â—_o singulis_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la pars_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ecceles_n as_o cyprian_n speak_v and_o as_o jerome_n ubicunq_n episcopus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sive_fw-la romae_fw-la sive_fw-la eugubii_n sive_fw-la constantinopoli_fw-it sive_fw-la râ—egii_fw-la sive_fw-la alexandria_n sive_fw-la tanis_n ejusdem_fw-la est_fw-la meriti_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sacerdotii_fw-la evagrun_n potentia_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la &_o paupertatis_fw-la humilitas_fw-la vel_fw-la sublimiorem_fw-la vel_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la caterum_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la successores_fw-la sunt_fw-la there_o be_v then_o no_o difference_n between_o they_o no_o man_n call_z himself_z episcopum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la as_o cyprian_a elsewhere_o speak_v some_o other_o way_n must_v be_v find_v out_o to_o preserve_v order_n among_o they_o and_o to_o moderate_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o council_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v determine_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n that_o he_o that_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o metropolis_n shall_v have_v the_o honour_n of_o metropolitan_a among_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 17._o because_o of_o the_o great_a confluence_n of_o people_n to_o that_o city_n therefore_o he_o shall_v have_v the_o pre-eminence_n above_o the_o rest_n we_o see_v how_o far_o they_o be_v from_o attribute_v any_o divine_a right_n to_o metropolitaus_n and_o therefore_o the_o right_n of_o metropolitan_o be_v call_v by_o the_o six_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v be_v a_o dishonourable_a introduction_n for_o the_o metropolitan_a right_n have_v they_o think_v they_o ground_v upon_o apostolical_a institution_n nothing_o more_o evident_a in_o antiquity_n then_o the_o honour_n of_o metropolitan_o depend_v upon_o their_o see_z thence_o when_o any_o city_n be_v raise_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o metropoles_fw-la their_o bishop_n become_v a_o metropolitan_a as_o be_v most_o evident_a in_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la and_o for_o it_o there_o be_v canon_n in_o the_o council_n decree_a it_o but_o of_o this_o more_o afterward_o the_o chief_a bishop_n of_o africa_n be_v only_o call_v primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcop_n 〈…〉_z thence_o we_o have_v a_o canon_n in_o the_o codex_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la africanâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 39_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o chief_a see_v shall_v not_o be_v call_v the_o exarch_n of_o the_o priest_n or_o chief_a priest_n or_o any_o thing_n of_o like_a nature_n but_o only_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o chief_a seat_n therefore_o it_o have_v be_v well_o observe_v that_o the_o african_a church_n do_v retain_v long_o the_o primitive_a simplicity_n and_o humility_n among_o they_o and_o when_o the_o voice_n be_v say_v to_o be_v hear_v in_o the_o church_n upon_o the_o flow_a in_o of_o riches_n hodie_fw-la venenum_fw-la effusum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la by_o the_o work_n of_o which_o poison_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o prelate_n begin_v to_o swell_v with_o pride_n and_o ambition_n as_o be_v too_o evident_a in_o church_n history_n only_a africa_n escape_v the_o infection_n most_o and_o resist_v the_o tyrannical_a encroachment_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n with_o the_o great_a magnanimity_n and_o courage_n as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o the_o excellent_a epistle_n of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n to_o boniface_n bishop_n of_o rome_n 341_o in_o the_o codex_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la africanae_n so_o thaâ—_n however_o africa_n have_v be_v always_o fruitful_a of_o monster_n yet_o in_o that_o ambitious_a age_n it_o have_v no_o other_o wonder_n but_o only_o this_o that_o it_o shall_v escape_v so_o free_a from_o that_o typhus_fw-la saecularis_fw-la as_o they_o then_o call_v it_o that_o monstrous_a itch_n of_o pride_n and_o ambition_n from_o whence_o we_o may_v well_o rise_v to_o the_o last_o step_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v after_o the_o empire_n grow_v christian_n and_o many_o province_n do_v associate_v together_o than_o the_o honour_n and_o power_n of_o patriarch_n come_v upon_o the_o stage_n and_o now_o begin_v the_o whole_a christian_a world_n to_o be_v the_o cock_n pit_n wherein_o the_o two_o great_a prelate_n of_o rome_n and_o constantinople_n strive_v with_o their_o great_a force_n for_o mastery_n of_o one_o another_o and_o the_o whole_a world_n
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