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cujus_fw-la capiti_fw-la reliqui_fw-la undecim_fw-la 〈…〉_z eumque_fw-la benedicerent_fw-la &_o patriarcham_fw-la eum_fw-la crearent_fw-la &_o dein_fw-ge virum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la insignem_fw-la eligerent_fw-la eumque_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la secum_fw-la constituerent_fw-la loco_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la patriarcha_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la semper_fw-la extarent_fw-la duodecim_fw-la neque_fw-la desiit_fw-la alexandria_n insâ—â—â—utum_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la crearentur_fw-la è_fw-la prsebyteris_fw-la duodecim_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la tempora_fw-la alexandri_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la alexandrini_n qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la ex_fw-la numero_fw-la illo_fw-la 318._o be_v autem_fw-la vetuit_fw-la nè_fw-la deinceps_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la crearent_fw-la &_o decrevit_fw-la ut_fw-la mortuo_fw-la patriarchâ_fw-la convenirent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la ordinarent_fw-la 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their_o minister_n ordain_v by_o presbyter_n without_o bishop_n they_o maintain_v all_o minister_n to_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o parity_n and_o their_o presbyter_n impose_v hand_n for_o ordination_n ..._o these_o be_v the_o father_n and_o famous_a predecessor_n of_o the_o protestant_n who_o bear_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o day_n they_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o be_v first_o witness_n against_o antichrist_n and_o be_v to_o this_o day_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n call_v they_o the_o pure_a remain_n of_o primitive_a christianity_n from_o they_o the_o fratres_n bohemi_n have_v their_o succession_n of_o minister_n for_o they_o send_v michael_n zambergius_n and_o two_o more_o for_o ordination_n to_o the_o poor_a waldenses_n who_o never_o have_v a_o bishop_n among_o they_o but_o in_o title_n only_o in_o compliance_n with_o their_o desire_n two_o of_o their_o titular_a bishop_n with_o some_o presbyter_n that_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o title_n of_o bishop_n make_v zambergius_n and_o his_o two_o colleague_n bishop_n give_v they_o power_n of_o ordination_n bohem._n we_o dislike_v not_o that_o for_o order_n sake_n the_o exercise_n of_o this_o power_n shall_v be_v ordinary_o restrain_v to_o the_o grave_a minister_n provide_v they_o assume_v it_o not_o as_o proper_a to_o themselves_o by_o a_o divine_a right_n nor_o clog_v it_o with_o unscriptural_a imposition_n xii_o wickliffs_n follower_n here_o in_o england_n hold_v and_o practise_v ordination_n by_o mere_a presbyter_n and_o lest_o any_o shall_v think_v they_o do_v so_o of_o necessity_n for_o want_v of_o bishop_n it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o they_o do_v it_o upon_o this_o principle_n that_o all_o minister_n of_o christ_n have_v equal_a power_n 339._o as_o the_o popish_a historian_n say_v who_o complain_v how_o all_o part_n of_o england_n be_v full_a of_o those_o people_n and_o that_o the_o prelate_n know_v of_o these_o thing_n but_o none_o be_v forward_o to_o prosecute_v the_o guilty_a 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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 resolve_o decline_v these_o or_o be_v depose_v for_o no_o man_n can_v serve_v two_o master_n the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v not_o observe_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o first_o general_n council_n which_o some_o 360._o will_v have_v we_o believe_v be_v the_o measure_n of_o her_o reformation_n next_o the_o scripture_n the_o four_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a require_v the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n at_o least_o by_o three_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o absent_a bishop_n express_v in_o writing_n i_o never_o know_v the_o consent_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n require_v much_o less_o express_v in_o write_v before_o the_o consecration_n of_o english_a bishop_n 〈◊〉_d can._n 5._o require_v provincial_a council_n twice_o a_o year_n this_o be_v not_o observe_v 〈◊〉_d can._n 6._o and_o seven_o establish_v the_o right_n and_o privilege_n of_o metropolitan_n quaere_fw-la whether_o austin_n 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
whether_o peter_n euodius_n or_o ignatius_n succeed_v peter_n or_o paul_n or_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o paul_n at_o alexandria_n where_o the_o succession_n seem_v to_o run_v clear_a the_o original_a of_o the_o power_n be_v impute_v to_o the_o choice_n of_o presbyter_n and_o to_o no_o divine_a institution_n as_o we_o observe_v already_o 7._o if_o there_o be_v any_o certainty_n in_o this_o succession_n the_o father_n ascribe_v it_o to_o presbyter_n as_o much_o as_o to_o bishop_n edit_n ignatius_n say_v concern_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o presbyter_n succeed_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o bench_n of_o the_o apostle_n irenaeus_n affirm_v the_o same_o cum_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la iterum_fw-la traditionem_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n quae_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la presbyteriorum_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la custoditur_fw-la provocamus_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la adversantur_fw-la traditioni_fw-la dicent_fw-la se_fw-la 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council_n of_o niâ—e_n make_v a_o canon_n wherein_o they_o declare_v that_o if_o any_o bishop_n shall_v ordain_v any_o of_o the_o clergy_n belong_v to_o another_o bishop_n diocese_n without_o his_o consent_n their_o ordination_n shall_v be_v null_a you_o see_v then_o the_o irregular_a ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v as_o null_a as_o the_o irregular_a ordination_n of_o a_o presbyter_n therefore_o the_o irregular_a bishop_n and_o the_o irregular_a presbyter_n be_v of_o the_o same_o order_n of_o the_o same_o authority_n neither_o able_a to_o ordain_v object_n 4._o it_o be_v object_v out_o of_o jerom_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la presbyter_n exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la answ._n jerom_n speak_v of_o canonical_a restraint_n and_o not_o of_o scriptural_a for_o the_o design_n of_o his_o discourse_n be_v to_o prove_v the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o have_v bring_v many_o argument_n from_o scripture_n to_o prove_v it_o he_o 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malta_n anno_fw-la 1692._o with_o a_o particular_a historical_a account_n of_o those_o and_o divers_a other_o earthquake_n by_o john_n shower_n earthquake_n explain_v and_o practical_o improve_v occasion_v by_o the_o late_a earthquake_n on_o sept._n 18._o 1692._o in_o london_n and_o many_o other_o part_n in_o england_n and_o beyond_o sea_n by_o tho._n doolittle_n m.a._n the_o duty_n and_o blessing_n of_o a_o tender_a conscience_n plain_o state_v and_o earnest_o recommend_v to_o all_o that_o regard_v acceptance_n with_o god_n and_o the_o prosperity_n of_o their_o soul_n by_o t._n cruso_n the_o christian_a laver_n or_o a_o discourse_n open_v the_o nature_n of_o participation_n with_o and_o demonstrate_v the_o necessity_n of_o purification_n by_o christ_n by_o t._n cruso_n four_o sermon_n on_o several_a occasion_n by_o t._n cruso_n barbarian_a cruelty_n be_v a_o true_a history_n of_o the_o distress_a condition_n of_o the_o christian_a captive_n under_o the_o tyranny_n of_o mulai_n ishmael_n emperor_n of_o morocco_n etc._n etc._n by_o francis_n brooks_n the_o mirror_n of_o divine_a love_n unveil_v in_o a_o paraphrase_n on_o the_o song_n of_o solomon_n by_o robert_n fleming_n v._o d._n m._n m._n perrin_n hist._n p._n 53_o 62._o hist._n of_o the_o vaudois_n c._n 3_o 3_o contra_fw-la walden_n cap._n 4._o walse_v hist._n p._n 339._o 339._o dr._n stillingfl_fw-mi iren._n p._n 393._o 393._o hier._n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la tit._n tit._n communin_n concitio_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la gubernabatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la hieron_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la evagr._fw-la see_v la_fw-fr rocque_n conform_v of_o discipline_n cap._n 1._o art_n 3._o isa._n 53._o 12._o rom._n 8._o 36_o 37._o eph._n 4._o 11_o 14._o arg._n 1._o 1._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 1_o 2._o 2._o rev._n 2._o 27_o 27_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o tim_n 3._o phil._n 1._o 1._o 1._o act_n 20._o 17_o 28._o 28._o act_n 14._o 21_o 22_o 23._o 23._o walt._n praef._n the_o edit_n bib._n polygl_n p._n 30_o 40._o 40._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 17._o 17._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 1._o object_n object_n spen_v contra_fw-la bucer_n answ._n answ._n act_n 20._o 28._o 28._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 1._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 4._o 11._o 11._o act_n 20._o 17_o 28._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 1_o 2._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o eph._n 4._o 11._o object_n answ._n 1._o 1._o vid._n turr._n sophis_n inter_fw-la sadeel_n op._n p._n 598._o 598._o eph._n 4._o 11_o 11_o euseb._n hist._n 111._o 34._o 34._o in_o eph_n 4._o 4._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o 22._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 1._o 2._o 2._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 14._o 14._o act_n 14._o 23._o 23._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 3_o &_o 4._o 13_o 14._o 14._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 14_o 15._o 15._o whitt_n contr_n 5._o q._n 1._o c._n 2._o s._n 16._o 16._o cypr._n ep._n 64_o 68_o 68_o act_n 20._o 17_o 28._o 28._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 14._o 15._o &_o 4._o 13._o 13._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 13._o 13._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 15._o 15._o 2_o tim_n 4._o 9_o 10_o 11._o 11._o heb._n 13._o 23._o 23._o act_n 20._o 17_o 28._o 28._o act_n 20._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 13_o 14._o 14._o ib._n v._n 25._o 25._o 1_o tim._n 4_o 14._o 1_o tim._n 1._o