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of_o ordination_n the_o father_n in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o carthage_n a._n d._n 428._o do_v observe_v that_o until_o that_o time_n some_o diocese_n never_o have_v any_o bishop_n at_o all_o and_o thereupon_o ordain_v they_o shall_v have_v none_o for_o the_o future_a 5._o they_o will_v never_o have_v make_v such_o a_o canon_n have_v they_o conclude_v the_o government_n by_o bishop_n to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la chap._n xi_o objection_n against_o ordination_n by_o presbyter_n answer_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n so_o be_v episcopal_a ordination_n 2._o it_o destroy_v the_o line_n of_o succession_n answer_v in_o seven_o particular_n 3._o the_o case_n of_o ischyras_n consider_v a_o passage_n in_o jerom_n explain_v i_o will_v brief_o reflect_v upon_o the_o most_o material_a objection_n that_o be_v make_v against_o the_o ordination_n i_o plead_v for_o object_n 1._o ordination_n by_o presbyter_n without_o bishop_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o old_a canon_n answ._n 1._o many_o thing_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o old_a canon_n mere_o to_o support_v their_o grandeur_n 2._o for_o this_o reason_n the_o consecration_n of_o church_n the_o erect_v of_o altar_n the_o make_n of_o chrysm_n the_o reconcile_n of_o penitent_n the_o vail_v of_o nun_n etc._n etc._n be_v appropriate_v to_o the_o bishop_n all_o this_o be_v ingenious_o acknowledge_v by_o the_o council_n of_o hispalis_n let_v the_o presbyter_n know_v that_o the_o power_n of_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n be_v forbid_v they_o by_o the_o apostolical_a see_v by_o virtue_n of_o novel_a ecclesiastical_a constitution_n etc._n they_o add_v that_o this_o be_v do_v to_o bear_v up_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o bishop_n 7._o for_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la or_o country_n bishop_n be_v restrain_v from_o ordain_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n 3â—4_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n a._n d._n 347._o that_o no_o village_n or_o lesser_a town_n must_v have_v a_o bishop_n nè_fw-la vilescat_fw-la nomen_fw-la episcopi_fw-la 2._o episcopal_a ordination_n also_o as_o they_o be_v now_o manage_v will_v prove_v nullity_n by_o the_o old_a canon_n the_o ancient_a canon_n call_v the_o apostle_n which_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o six_o general_n council_n at_o 2._o constantinople_n do_v depose_v all_o bishop_n that_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n can._n 29._o 〈◊〉_d if_o any_o bishop_n obtain_v a_o church_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o secular_a power_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v and_o separate_v from_o communion_n with_o all_o his_o adherent_n this_o canon_n be_v revive_v by_o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a 3._o which_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o seven_o general_n council_n all_o our_o english_a bishop_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o not_o by_o other_o bishop_n or_o the_o presbyter_n and_o people_n of_o their_o diocese_n the_o king_n be_v write_v of_o congee_n d'esly_o to_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n to_o choose_v their_o bishop_n be_v only_a matter_n of_o form_n for_o the_o king_n choose_v proper_o and_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n can_v reject_v the_o person_n who_o he_o recommend_v nor_o be_v they_o the_o just_a representative_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o people_n of_o the_o diocese_n who_o suffrage_n be_v require_v of_o old_a in_o the_o designation_n of_o a_o bishop_n 68_o can._n 6._o forbid_v bishop_n to_o intermeddle_v with_o secular_a affair_n upon_o pain_n of_o deprivatiion_n 〈◊〉_d let_v not_o a_o bishop_n presbyter_n or_o deacon_n assume_v worldly_a care_n and_o if_o he_o do_v let_v he_o be_v depose_v bishop_n at_o this_o time_n be_v not_o judge_n in_o civil_a matter_n nor_o minister_n of_o state_n as_o be_v a_o thing_n inconsistent_a with_o their_o office_n 2_o tim._n 2.4_o can._n 80._o add_v 〈◊〉_d a_o bishop_n must_v not_o engage_v in_o public_a administration_n that_o he_o may_v give_v himself_o to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n let_v he_o 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the_o monk_n who_o the_o pope_n make_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n do_v not_o wrongful_o invade_v the_o right_n of_o the_o british_a bishop_n over_o who_o pope_n gregory_n can_v give_v he_o no_o just_a power_n notwithstanding_o his_o pretend_a grant_n mention_v by_o 29._o bede_n which_o be_v not_o restore_v to_o this_o day_n and_o if_o so_o whether_o this_o do_v not_o make_v a_o canonical_a nullity_n in_o the_o whole_a succession_n of_o english_a bishop_n who_o derive_v their_o line_n from_o that_o usurp_a prelate_n can._n 15_o and_o 16_o 〈◊〉_d forbid_v minister_n to_o remove_v from_o the_o church_n in_o which_o they_o be_v ordain_v i_o may_v mention_v several_a other_o canon_n in_o this_o council_n which_o be_v not_o observe_v as_o the_o three_o the_o eleven_o the_o fourteen_o which_o in_o the_o greek_a be_v the_o eighteen_o the_o nineteen_o and_o 〈◊〉_d twenty_o which_o forbid_v kneel_v upon_o the_o lord_n day_n no_o more_o be_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o great_a
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 of_o the_o question_n under_o augustine_n name_n si_fw-la desit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la consecrat_fw-mi presbyter_n it_o shall_v seem_v evident_o mean_v of_o ordination_n especial_o when_o we_o find_v consignare_fw-la to_o be_v take_v for_o consecrare_fw-la in_o several_a author_n arnob._n lib._n 3._o cypr._n ep._n 2._o tu_fw-la tantum_fw-la quem_fw-la jà m_fw-la spiritalibus_fw-la castris_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la militia_n signavit_fw-la viii_o pelagius_n the_o first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v ordain_v by_o john_n bishop_n of_o perusia_n 53._o bonus_n bishop_n of_o florence_n and_o andrea_n presbyter_n de_fw-fr hostia_fw-la whereas_o by_o the_o canon_n three_o bishop_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n either_o then_o pelagius_n be_v no_o canonical_a bishop_n and_o the_o succession_n be_v interrupt_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o consequent_o the_o english_a bishop_n have_v no_o canonical_a succession_n or_o else_o a_o presbyter_n have_v the_o same_o intrinsical_a power_n of_o ordination_n with_o a_o bishop_n but_o it_o be_v only_o restrain_v by_o ecclesiastical_a law_n this_o instance_n be_v quote_v in_o dr._n stillingfl_fw-mi iren._n ix_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la or_o country-bishop_n ordain_v presbyter_n until_o they_o be_v restrain_v by_o a_o canon_n in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n a._n d._n 344._o 10._o now_o these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v either_o of_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n or_o not_o if_o they_o be_v than_o it_o appear_v that_o bishop_n be_v make_v not_o only_o in_o city_n but_o in_o country_n village_n which_o be_v but_o thin_o people_v with_o christian_n when_o the_o majority_n be_v heathen_n or_o at_o least_o be_v great_a number_n by_o which_o we_o may_v guess_v at_o the_o bigness_n of_o primitive_a diocese_n which_o be_v scarce_o as_o large_a as_o our_o lesser_a parish_n such_o bishop_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o power_n which_o christ_n give_v they_o without_o canonical_a restraint_n we_o 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