Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	bishop_n	church_n	presbyter_n	1,031	5	10.3609	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52055	Smectymnuus redivivus Being an answer to a book, entituled, An humble remonstrance. In which, the original of liturgy episcopacy is discussed, and quæries propounded concerning both. The parity of bishops and presbyters in scripture demonstrated. The occasion of the imparity in antiquity discovered. The disparity of the ancient and our moderne bishops manifested. The antiquity of ruling elders in the church vindicated. The prelaticall church bounded.	Smectymnuus.; Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Young, Thomas, 1587-1655.; Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.; Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666.	1654 (1654)	Wing M784; ESTC R223740	77,642	91

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of_o cornelius_n they_o come_v before_o the_o presbytery_n and_o therefore_o confess_v their_o sin_n 6._o and_o so_o be_v admit_v but_o though_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n be_v manage_v only_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n yet_o we_o will_v not_o conceal_v from_o you_o that_o neither_o excommunication_n not_o absolution_n do_v pass_v without_o the_o knowledge_n and_o approbation_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o the_o delinquent_n do_v belong_v so_o we_o have_v learn_v out_o of_o tertullian_n 59_o that_o their_o censure_n be_v order_v in_o their_o public_a assembly_n and_o good_a reason_n because_o the_o people_n be_v to_o forbear_v communion_n with_o such_o 2_o thes._n 3.6_o 14_o 15._o and_o public_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v inflict_v not_o only_o for_o the_o emendation_n of_o delinquent_n but_o for_o the_o admonition_n of_o other_o and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v admistr●d_v in_o public_a that_o other_o may_v fear_v 1_o tim._n 5.20_o origen_n speak_v of_o the_o duty_n and_o power_n of_o the_o church_n in_o cut_v off_o a_o scandalous_a person_n though_o a_o presbyter_n josh._n make_v the_o case_n his_o own_o he_o say_v thus_o in_o uno_fw-la consensu_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la universa_fw-la conspirans_fw-la excidat_fw-la i_o d●xtram_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o projiciat_fw-la a_o se_fw-la he_o will_v have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o that_o act._n and_o when_o the_o lapse_v christian_n be_v receive_v again_o into_o the_o church_n the_o people_n consent_n be_v require_v therein_o else_o why_o shall_v cyprian_n say_v vix_fw-la plebi_fw-la per_fw-la suadeo_fw-la imò_fw-la extorqueo_fw-la ut_fw-la tale_n patiantur_fw-la admitti_fw-la 55._o i_o can_v scarce_o persuade_v the_o people_n to_o suffer_v such_o to_o be_v admit_v and_o in_o another_o epistle_n write_v to_o his_o people_n in_o his_o banishment_n he_o promise_v to_o examine_v all_o thing_n they_o be_v present_a and_o judge_a plebem_fw-la examinabuntur_fw-la singula_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la &_o judicantibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la but_o of_o this_o power_n of_o the_o people_n we_o shall_v have_v a_o further_a occasion_n to_o speak_v afterward_o when_o we_o come_v to_o discourse_v of_o govern_v elder_n only_o may_v it_o please_v your_o honour_n from_o hence_o to_o take_v notice_n how_o unjust_o our_o bishop_n have_v invade_v this_o right_a and_o power_n of_o presbyter_n and_o people_n in_o church_n censure_n and_o divest_v both_o of_o it_o have_v gird_v it_o whole_o upon_o themselves_o and_o how_o herein_o they_o and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n be_v two_o sect_n x._o and_o as_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n be_v two_o in_o point_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n so_o also_o in_o the_o delegation_n of_o this_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n unto_o other_o to_o their_o chancellor_n commissary_n officer_n 2._o etc._n etc._n be_v ever_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o hear_v of_o in_o the_o best_a primitive_a time_n that_o man_n that_o never_o receive_v imposition_n of_o hand_n shall_v not_o only_o be_v receive_v into_o assistance_n but_o be_v whole_o entrust_v with_o the_o power_n of_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n even_o then_o when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v exercise_v over_o such_o person_n as_o have_v have_v hand_n lay_v upon_o they_o we_o may_v observe_v in_o cyprian_a whilst_o persecution_n separate_v he_o from_o his_o church_n when_o question_n do_v arise_v among_o his_o people_n he_o do_v not_o send_v they_o to_o his_o chancellor_n or_o commissary_n no_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o substitute_v any_o man_n much_o less_o a_o lay_v man_n to_o determene_n or_o give_v judgement_n in_o such_o case_n that_o he_o will_v not_o assume_v that_o power_n whole_o to_o himself_o but_o suspend_v his_o judgement_n till_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n shall_v restore_v he_o to_o his_o church_n again_o that_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o presbyter_n he_o may_v give_v sentence_n as_o may_v appear_v to_o any_o that_o shall_v peruse_v his_o epistle_n sure_o if_o god_n have_v ever_o lead_v his_o church_n to_o such_o a_o way_n of_o deputation_n it_o will_v have_v be_v in_o such_o a_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o this_o be_v or_o have_v any_o footstep_n of_o such_o a_o course_n as_o this_o be_v visible_a by_o this_o holy_a martyr_n in_o the_o go_n of_o former_a age_n he_o need_v not_o have_v defer_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o question_n about_o the_o receive_n of_o some_o penitent_a lapse_v one_o into_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n again_o till_o his_o return_n and_o the_o return_n of_o his_o clergy_n as_o he_o do_v 28._o we_o will_v instance_n in_o his_o 28_o epistle_n wherein_o give_v direction_n for_o the_o excommunicate_v of_o such_o as_o will_v rash_o communicate_v with_o lapse_v christian_n he_o give_v this_o charge_n not_o to_o his_o chancellor_n or_o commissary_n or_o any_o other_o man_n upon_o who_o he_o have_v devolve_v his_o power_n and_o set_v he_o as_o his_o deputy_n or_o vicar_n general_a in_o his_o absence_n but_o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la to_o the_o whole_a presbytery_n this_o truth_n be_v so_o clear_a that_o bishop_n downam_n the_o great_a advocate_n of_o episcopacy_n confess_v son_n that_o in_o ambrose_n his_o time_n and_o a_o good_a while_n after_o which_o be_v about_o 400_o year_n till_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n 〈…〉_z sect_n xi_o a_o three_o branch_n wherein_o the_o difference_n between_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n in_o point_n of_o exercise_v their_o jurisdiction_n be_v visible_a be_v the_o way_n or_o manner_n of_o exercise_v that_o power_n for_o brevity_n sake_n we_o will_v only_o instance_n in_o their_o proceed_n in_o cause_n criminal_a where_o let_v they_o tell_v we_o whether_o any_o good_a antiquity_n can_v yield_v they_o one_o precedent_n for_o their_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la which_o have_v be_v to_o their_o court_n as_o purgatory_n fire_n to_o the_o pope_n kitchen_n they_o have_v forget_v that_o old_a maxim_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n nemo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la prodere_fw-la seipsum_fw-la which_o as_o it_o be_v ground_v upon_o natural_a equity_n so_o it_o be_v confirm_v by_o a_o law_n enact_v by_o dioclesian_n and_o maximilian_n nimis_fw-la grave_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la petitis_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v too_o grievous_a that_o the_o adverse_a part_n shall_v be_v require_v to_o the_o exhibition_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o shall_v create_v trouble_n to_o themselves_o 7._o understand_v therefore_o that_o you_o ought_v to_o bring_v proof_n of_o your_o intention_n and_o not_o to_o extort_v they_o from_o your_o adversary_n against_o themselves_o shall_v the_o lamp_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o night_n of_o ehtnicism_n enable_v heathen_a prince_n yea_o persecutor_n to_o see_v and_o enact_v thus_o much_o and_o shall_v not_o the_o glorious_a sun_n of_o the_o gospel_n convince_v these_o of_o their_o iniquity_n in_o transgress_v this_o law_n that_o call_v themselves_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n if_o neither_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n nor_o gospel_n light_n can_v yet_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o they_o so_o oft_o appeal_v may_v both_o convince_v they_o of_o this_o iniquity_n and_o discover_v to_o all_o the_o world_n the_o contrariety_n of_o their_o proceed_n to_o the_o proceed_n of_o former_a time_n in_o this_o particular_a for_o of_o old_a both_o the_o plantiffe_n and_o defendant_n be_v bring_v face_n to_o face_n before_o the_o party_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o judge_v 2._o which_o way_n of_o proceed_v athanasius_n affirm_v to_o be_v according_a to_o scripture_n the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o because_o those_o that_o condemn_v macarius_n do_v not_o thus_o proceed_v he_o condemn_v their_o sentence_n as_o malicious_a and_o unjust_a of_o old_a no_o sentence_n pass_v against_o any_o man_n but_o upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o other_o witness_n beside_o the_o 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ut_fw-la meritò_fw-la debeat_fw-la appellari_fw-la notorium_fw-la if_o

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place_n be_v of_o divine_a right_n and_o apostolical_a institution_n we_o affirm_v both_o to_o be_v occasional_a and_o of_o humane_a invention_n and_o undertake_v to_o show_v out_o of_o antiquity_n both_o the_o occasion_n upon_o which_o and_o ●he_v person_n by_o who_o this_o imparity_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o church_n on_o our_o part_n stand_v jerome_n and_o ambrose_n and_o other_o who_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o our_o remonstrant_n will_v grant_v a_o place_n among_o his_o glossator_n saint_n jerome_n tell_v we_o in_o 1_o tit._n idem_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la presbyter_n qui_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o diceretur_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la eco_fw-la sum_fw-la pauli_n ego_fw-la apollo_n ego_fw-la cephae_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorun_n consilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la postquam_fw-la vero_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la bap●izaverat_fw-la suos_fw-la 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etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la ergo_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sciant_fw-la se_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la praepositus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la esse_fw-la subjectos_fw-la ita_fw-la episcopi_fw-la noverint_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quam_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la veritate_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la esse_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o in_o communi_fw-la debere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la a_o presbyter_n and_o a_o bishop_n be_v the_o same_o and_o before_o there_o be_v through_o the_o devil_n instinct_n division_n in_o religion_n and_o the_o people_n begin_v to_o say_v i_o be_o of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n and_o i_o o●_n cephas_n the_o church_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o common-council_n of_o the_o presbyter_n but_o after_o that_o each_o man_n begin_v to_o account_v those_o who_o he_o have_v baptize_v his_o own_o and_o not_o christ_n it_o be_v decree_v through_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o one_o of_o the_o 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the_o counsel_n of_o the_o presbyter_n in_o common_a and_o that_o even_o after_o this_o imparity_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o govern_v sciant_fw-la episcopi_fw-la se_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la debere_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la regere_fw-la five_o that_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o imparity_n and_o superiority_n of_o bishop_n above_o elder_n be_v the_o division_n which_o through_o the_o devil_n instinct_n fall_v among_o the_o church_n postquam_fw-la verò_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la saravia_n will_v take_v advantage_n of_o this_o place_n to_o deduce_v this_o imparity_n as_o high_a as_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n because_o even_o then_o they_o begin_v to_o say_v i_o be_o of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n but_o sure_a s._n jerome_n be_v not_o so_o weak_a as_o this_o man_n will_v make_v he_o to_o speak_v inconsistency_n and_o when_o he_o propound_v it_o to_o himself_o to_o prove_v that_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v in_o scripture_n the_o same_o to_o let_v fall_v word_n that_o shall_v confute_v his_o own_o proposition_n whereas_o therefore_o s._n jerome_n say_v that_o after_o man_n begin_v to_o say_v i_o be_o of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v decree_v that_o one_o of_o the_o presbyter_n shall_v be_v set_v over_o the_o rest_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v speak_v indeed_o in_o the_o apostle_n phrase_n but_o not_o of_o the_o apostle_n time_n else_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v that_o coacervation_n of_o text_n that_o follow_v but_o suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v grant_v to_o be_v of_o apostolical_a antiquity_n which_o yet_o we_o grant_v not_o have_v prove_v the_o contrary_a yet_o it_o appear_v it_o be_v not_o of_o apostolical_a intention_n but_o of_o diabolical_a occasion_n and_o though_o the_o devil_n by_o kindle_v division_n in_o the_o church_n do_v minister_v occasion_n to_o the_o invention_n of_o the_o primacy_n or_o prelacy_n or_o one_o for_o the_o suppress_n of_o schism_n yet_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n to_o think_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o his_o apostle_n be_v never_o the_o author_n of_o this_o invention_n first_o because_o we_o read_v in_o the_o apostle_n day_n there_o be_v division_n rom._n 16.7_o and_o schism_n 1_o cor._n 3.3_o and_o 11.18_o yet_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o direct_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o ordain_v bishop_n for_o the_o take_v away_o of_o those_o division_n neither_o in_o the_o rule_v he_o prescribe_v for_o the_o heal_n of_o those_o breach_n do_v he_o mention_v bishop_n for_o that_o end_n nor_o in_o the_o direction_n give_v to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n for_o the_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n or_o elder_n do_v he_o mention_v this_o as_o one_o end_n of_o their_o ordination_n or_o one_o peculiar_a duty_n of_o their_o office_n and_o though_o the_o apostle_n say_v oportet_fw-la haereses_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la probati_fw-la sunt_fw-la manifesti_fw-la fiant_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la yet_o the_o apostle_n no_o where_o say_v oportet_fw-la episcopos_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la tollantur_fw-la haereses_fw-la quae_fw-la manifestae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la second_o because_o as_o doctor_n whitaker_n say_v the_o remedy_n devise_v have_v prove_v worse_a than_o the_o disease_n which_o do_v never_o happen_v to_o that_o remedy_n whereof_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o author_n three_o because_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o can_v foresee_v what_o will_v