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word_n which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o ancient_a copy_n &_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o old_a interpreter_n to_o be_v genuine_a the_o word_n be_v these_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 117_o and_o a_o little_a after_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n the_o latin_a there_o be_v nemo_fw-la praeter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agate_n eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinent_a firma_n eucharistia_n reputetur_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la concessa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n propterea_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopo_fw-la neque_fw-la baptizare_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o tertullian_n of_o baptism_n dandi_fw-la quidem_fw-la baptismum_fw-la habet_fw-la jus_o summus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyter_n &_o diaconus_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la honorem_fw-la quo_fw-la salvo_fw-la salva_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la and_o so_o st._n jerome_n ecclesiae_fw-la salus_fw-la in_o summi_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la dignitate_fw-la 199._o pendet_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la exhort_v quaedam_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la s_o omnibus_fw-la eminens_fw-la detur_fw-la potestas_fw-la tot_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la efficientur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ind_n venit_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la chrismate_fw-la which_o chrisma_n therefore_o be_v provide_v and_o for_o that_o purpose_n distribute_v to_o the_o priest_n at_o certain_a time_n of_o the_o year_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o every_o see_v as_o by_o ancient_a canon_n do_v appear_v &_o episcopi_fw-la jussione_n neque_fw-la presbyter_n neque_fw-la diaconus_fw-la jus_o habeat_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la as_o for_o the_o communion_n or_o eucharist_n beside_o ignatius_n who_o we_o have_v hear_v but_o now_o the_o author_n of_o the_o epistle_n ad_fw-la rusticum_n narbonensem_fw-la de_fw-la septem_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la by_o divers_a and_o indeed_o it_o have_v much_o of_o jerome_n in_o it_o and_o be_v ancient_a enough_o whosoever_o be_v the_o author_n ascribe_v unto_o st._n jerome_n and_o in_o the_o canon_n law_n decret_a distin_a 95._o c._n 6._o register_v under_o that_o name_n nec_fw-la ego_fw-la dico_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la atque_fw-la astantibus_fw-la altari_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la posse_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la conficere_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la fortè_fw-la usus_fw-la exegerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o may_v add_v to_o those_o the_o suppose_a dionysius_n areopagita_n who_o though_o we_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v under_o that_o name_n and_o can_v give_v some_o reason_n if_o need_n be_v that_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v give_v to_o prove_v he_o counterfeit_n yet_o we_o acknowledge_v he_o and_o all_o man_n must_v ancient_a enough_o to_o bear_v testimony_n in_o this_o cause_n he_o speak_v as_o peremptory_o as_o any_o do_v and_o ascribe_v all_o power_n both_o of_o baptise_v and_o of_o consecrate_v and_o teach_v 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