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certum_fw-la a_o true_a and_o certain_a or_o indelible_a character_n secundùm_fw-la placitum_fw-la patris_fw-la according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o father_n and_o this_o also_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o s._n ambrose_n ideò_fw-la quanquam_fw-la melior_fw-la 12._o in_o 1._o corinth_n 12._o apostolus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la tamen_fw-la eget_fw-la prophetis_fw-la &_o quià _fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la deo_fw-la patre_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la singulos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la praeesse_fw-la decrevit_fw-la god_n from_o who_o all_o good_a thing_n do_v come_v do_v decree_n that_o every_o church_n shall_v be_v govern_v by_o a_o bishop_n and_o again_o 2._o de_fw-fr dignit_fw-la sacerd_v cap._n 2._o honorigitur_fw-la fratres_n &_o sublimit_v as_o episcopalis_fw-la nullis_fw-la poterit_fw-la comparationibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la si_fw-la regum_fw-la fulgori_fw-la compare_v &c_n &c_n and_o a_o little_a after_o quid_fw-la jam_fw-la de_fw-la plebeiâ_fw-la 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at_o miletus_n spiritus_fw-la s._n posuit_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la 20._o act_n 20._o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n &_o to_o be_v sure_a s._n timothy_n be_v among_o they_o and_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o so_o be_v diverse_a other_o there_o present_a therefore_o the_o order_n itself_o be_v a_o ray_n stream_v from_o the_o divine_a beauty_n since_o a_o single_a person_n be_v make_v bishop_n by_o revelation_n i_o may_v multiply_v authority_n in_o this_o particular_a which_o be_v very_o frequent_a and_o confident_a for_o the_o divine_a institution_n of_o episcopacy_n in_o johan._n in_o hom._n 32._o in_o johan._n origen_n in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n record_v by_o s._n cyprian_n in_o the_o collection_n of_o the_o 6._o the_o can._n 6._o oriental_a canon_n by_o martinus_n bracarensis_n in_o the_o counsel_n of_o 25._o of_o c._n 25._o aquisgrane_fw-la and_o 7._o and_o octawm_fw-la can._n 7._o toledo_n and_o many_o more_o the_o sum_n be_v that_o which_o be_v 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authority_n than_o the_o practise_v apostolical_a apostoli_fw-la enim_fw-la discipuli_fw-la 5._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 5._o veritatis_fw-la existentes_fw-la extra_fw-la omne_fw-la mendacium_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la communicate_v mendacium_fw-la veritati_fw-la sicut_fw-la non_fw-la communicant_a tenebraeluci_fw-la sed_fw-la praesentia_fw-la alterius_fw-la church_n §_o 13._o in_o pursuance_n of_o the_o divine_a institution_n the_o apostle_n do_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o several_a church_n excludit_fw-la alterum_fw-la say_v s._n irenaeus_n first_o then_o the_o apostle_n do_v present_o after_o the_o ascension_n fix_v a_o apostle_n or_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o chair_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o they_o know_v that_o jerusalem_n be_v short_o to_o be_v destroy_v they_o themselves_o foretell_v of_o misery_n and_o desolation_n to_o ensue_v petrus_n &_o paulus_n praedicunt_fw-la cladem_fw-la hierosolymitanam_fw-la say_v lactantius_n l._n 4._o inst_z famine_v and_o war_n and_o not_o a_o stone_n leave_v upon_o another_o be_v the_o fate_n of_o that_o rebellious_a city_n by_o christ_n own_o prediction_n which_o themselves_o record_v in_o scripture_n and_o to_o say_v they_o understand_v not_o what_o they_o write_v be_v to_o make_v they_o enthusiast_n and_o neither_o good_a doctor_n nor_o wise_a seer_n but_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o holy_a spirit_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o lead_v they_o into_o all_o truth_n will_v instruct_v they_o in_o so_o concern_v a_o issue_n of_o public_a affair_n as_o be_v so_o great_a desolation_n and_o therefore_o they_o begin_v betimes_o to_o establish_v that_o church_n and_o to_o fix_v it_o upon_o its_o perpetual_a base_a 2_o lie_v the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v to_o be_v the_o precedent_n and_o platform_n for_o other_o church_n the_o word_n of_o god_n go_v forth_o into_o all_o the_o world_n begin_v first_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o therefore_o also_o it_o be_v more_o necessary_a a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v there_o 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enough_o to_o furnish_v both_o with_o variety_n and_o yet_o neither_o to_o admit_v mere_a presbyter_n in_o the_o present_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n nor_o yet_o the_o laity_n to_o a_o decision_n of_o the_o question_n nor_o authorise_v the_o decretal_a for_o beside_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n there_o be_v apostolical_a man_n which_o be_v presbyter_n and_o something_o more_o as_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o silas_n and_o evangelist_n and_o pastor_n beside_o which_o may_v furnish_v out_o the_o last_o appellative_a sufficient_o but_o however_o without_o any_o further_o trouble_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o word_n brethren_n do_v not_o distinguish_v the_o laity_n from_o the_o clergy_n now_o when_o they_o hear_v this_o they_o be_v prick_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o say_v unto_o peter_n and_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v judas_n and_o silas_n who_o be_v apostolical_a man_n be_v call_v in_o scripture_n chief_a man_n among_o 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long_o before_o he_o hegesippus_n go_v to_o rome_n and_o by_o the_o way_n call_v 22._o euseb._n lib._n 4._o c._n 22._o in_o at_o corinth_n and_o divers_a other_o church_n discourse_v with_o their_o several_a bishop_n and_o find_v they_o catholic_n and_o holy_a and_o then_o stay_v at_o rome_n three_o succession_n of_o bishop_n anicetus_n soter_n and_o eleutherius_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ist_fw-mi be_v ordinationibus_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o caeteris_fw-la quas_fw-la per_fw-la reliquas_fw-la urbes_fw-la videram_fw-la it_o a_o omne_fw-la habebantur_fw-la sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la antiquitùs_fw-la tradidit_fw-la &_o prophetae_fw-la indicaverunt_fw-la et_fw-la dominus_fw-la statuit_fw-la all_o thing_n in_o these_o ordination_n or_o succession_n be_v as_o our_o lord_n have_v appoint_v all_o thing_n therefore_o both_o of_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n and_o therefore_o the_o ordination_n themselves_o too_o further_o yet_o and_o it_o be_v worth_a observe_n there_o be_v never_o any_o bishop_n of_o rome_n from_o s._n peter_n to_o s._n sylvester_n that_o ever_o write_v decretal_a epistle_n now_o extant_a and_o transmit_v to_o we_o but_o either_o profess_o or_o accidental_o he_o say_v or_o intimate_v that_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n do_v come_v from_o god_n s._n irenaeus_n speak_v of_o bishop_n successor_n to_o the_o 43._o lib._n 4._o c._n 43._o apostle_n say_v that_o with_o their_o order_n of_o bishopric_n they_o have_v receive_v charisma_n veritatis_fw-la