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quoties_fw-la martyrum_fw-la passiones_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la annuâ_fw-la commemoratione_n celebâ—an_v we_o we_o always_o offer_v sacrifice_n for_o they_o as_o you_o remember_v when_o we_o celebrate_v the_o yearly_a commemoration_n of_o the_o martyr_n suffer_v day_n therefore_o where_o the_o â—ame_n s_o cyprian_n forbid_v offer_v the_o name_n of_o those_o that_o have_v fall_v away_o in_o persecution_n and_o offer_v for_o they_o epist_n ix_o xi_o he_o forbid_v the_o receive_n of_o their_o offering_n and_o by_o consequence_n pray_v for_o they_o at_o the_o eucharist_n epiphanius_n haer._n xxx_o speak_v of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o jew_n baptize_v in_o private_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o say_v patriarâ—â—â—aâ—inâ—â—â—_n his_o hand_n a_o very_a considerable_a sum_n of_o gold_n stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n and_o give_v it_o to_o â—â—e_z bishop_n say_v offer_v for_o i_o s._n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n catech._n mystag_n v._o eâ—roe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o that_o 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keep_v possession_n for_o above_o xx_o year_n for_o pretend_v that_o the_o neighbour_n bishop_n do_v he_o wronâ—_n in_o not_o consecrate_v he_o he_o may_v by_o favour_n at_o court_n hold_v the_o possession_n which_o he_o have_v get_v not_o meddle_v with_o imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o the_o christianity_n of_o scotland_n make_v a_o great_a noise_n even_o during_o those_o time_n when_o it_o can_v be_v make_v to_o appear_v that_o any_o scot_n dwell_v in_o scotland_n which_o make_v i_o marvel_n that_o this_o objection_n shall_v be_v sound_a in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o x_o english_a history_n for_o that_o the_o relation_n of_o hector_n boise_n or_o john_n more_o or_o buchanan_n as_o ignorant_a as_o his_o predecessor_n though_o in_o better_a latin_a shall_v be_v swallow_v by_o those_o that_o can_v not_o judge_n though_o it_o have_v be_v against_o their_o interest_n it_o have_v not_o be_v strange_a but_o that_o a_o man_n of_o such_o skill_n in_o all_o antiquity_n shall_v repeat_v a_o ungrounded_a relation_n of_o certain_a priest_n call_v câ—ldâ—i_n that_o â—aâ—e_v their_o own_o bishop_n without_o any_o mark_n of_o historical_a truth_n upon_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o more_o will_n than_o skill_n to_o do_v mischief_n in_o the_o church_n but_o after_o christianity_n be_v plant_v as_o well_o among_o the_o pict_n as_o the_o scot_n in_o scotland_n by_o s._n columb_n it_o be_v argue_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o duresme_fw-fr and_o oâ—hers_n in_o england_n that_o spring_v from_o that_o plantation_n be_v make_v by_o priest_n only_o of_o s._n columb_n monastery_n in_o his_o island_n which_o man_n of_o learning_n will_v not_o do_v if_o common_a sense_n can_v persuade_v they_o not_o to_o employ_v their_o learning_n to_o make_v man_n believe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o light_a at_o noon_n s._n columb_n himself_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o ireland_n of_o s._n patrick_n plantation_n to_o penance_n for_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o blood_n as_o you_o may_v see_v by_o the_o collection_n already_o quote_v a_o bishop_n sea_n be_v plant_v in_o the_o island_n where_o he_o build_v his_o monastery_n shall_v we_o imagine_v s._n columb_n make_v he_o a_o bishop_n who_o live_v and_o die_v a_o priest_n and_o a_o abbot_n or_o the_o bishop_n that_o send_v s._n columb_n upon_o this_o worthy_a employment_n for_o a_o abatement_n or_o commutation_n of_o his_o penance_n it_o be_v the_o time_n when_o s._n kentigerne_n his_o good_a friend_n go_v to_o rome_n to_o clear_v himself_o that_o he_o be_v make_v but_o by_o one_o bishop_n as_o his_o life_n relate_v be_v there_o any_o age_n in_o which_o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o there_o be_v christianity_n among_o the_o scot_n and_o not_o bishop_n unless_o it_o be_v the_o time_n of_o buchanan_n fable_n and_o therefore_o though_o as_o bede_n say_v that_o monastery_n rule_v even_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o reverence_n of_o their_o learning_n and_o holiness_n yet_o for_o the_o authority_n of_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n there_o 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not_o that_o which_o be_v invisible_a by_o their_o authority_n in_o point_n of_o right_n for_o want_v of_o this_o authority_n whatsoever_o be_v do_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o usurpation_n be_v void_a before_o god_n i_o will_v not_o examine_v whether_o the_o form_n wherein_o they_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o the_o church_n which_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o exercise_v agree_v with_o the_o ground_n and_o intent_n of_o the_o church_n or_o not_o only_o i_o charge_v a_o peculiar_a nullity_n in_o their_o consecrate_v the_o eucharist_n by_o neglect_v the_o prayer_n for_o make_v the_o element_n the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n without_o which_o the_o church_n never_o think_v it_o can_v consecrate_v the_o eucharist_n whether_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o church_n presbytery_n and_o congregation_n scorn_v to_o learn_v any_o part_n of_o their_o duty_n from_o the_o church_n lest_o that_o may_v seem_v to_o weaken_v the_o ground_n of_o their_o departure_n or_o whether_o they_o intend_v 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