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5.45_o 1_o tim._n 2.2_o gen._n 32.10_o vide_fw-la tert._n apol._n cap._n 30_o 31_o 32._o &_o 39_o rom._n 11.33_o 34._o hab._n 2.4_o jer._n 9.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v pela_n eth_z l._n 3._o ep_n 249._o jer._n 6.14_o job_n 13.4_o eccles_n 7.16_o isa_n 1.5_o mat._n 6.33_o jer._n 22.28_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr respublica_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o republicâ_fw-la optat._n l._n 3._o reipublicae_fw-la christiana_n constitutio_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la pielate_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la nititur_fw-la multaque_fw-la inter_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o rempublicam_fw-la cognatio_fw-la intercedere_fw-la solet_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la inuicem_fw-la pendent_fw-la &_o utraque_fw-la prosperis_fw-la alterius_fw-la successibus_fw-la incrementa_fw-la sumit_fw-la tom._n 1._o council_n bin._n hag._n 1.4_o eph._n 1.23_o anhelantium_n animarum_fw-la sudores_fw-la sunt_fw-la piae_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la rev._n 12.3_o eccl._n 7.7_o zach._n 12.3_o rev._n 18.21_o gen._n 14.25_o amos_n 2.6_o jer._n 45.5_o 2_o king_n 5.26_o jer._n 39.18_o jer._n 8.22_o jerem._n 20.9_o amos_n 5.13_o rom._n 12.20_o jerem._n 30.20_o amos_n 8._o â—_o joh._n 12.15_o numb_a 22.28_o ps_n 122.6_o isa_n 62.7_o isa_n 40.1_o 2._o job_n 42.11_o psal_n 74.6_o psal_n 80.9_o 10_o 11._o 1_o cor._n 12.28_o eph._n 4.11_o 12._o eph._n 4.15_o 1_o pet._n 2._o â—5_n the_o beginning_n of_o episcopacy_n annâ—_n christi_fw-la 30._o joh._n 20.20_o 21._o act_n 2.2_o act_n 1.26_o mat._n 28.19_o rom._n 16._o â—6_n rom._n 10.18_o gal._n 2.7_o gal._n 1.18_o cum_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commâ—rcio_fw-la fermâ—turum_fw-la in_o unâ_fw-la communionis_fw-la sociâ—tate_fw-la concordat_fw-la optat._n l._n 2._o rami_n erroris_fw-la pâ—â—teâ—ti_fw-la de_fw-la mâ—ndacio_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la radice_fw-la veâ—itatis_fw-la id._n the_o complete_n of_o ecclesiastical_a combination_n or_o great_a church_n by_o the_o apostle_n joh._n 13.14_o 15_o and_o 15.12_o the_o succession_n of_o episcopacy_n 1_o tim._n 3.2_o tit._n 1.5_o the_o primitive_a care_n of_o the_o union_n and_o communion_n of_o all_o church_n the_o wither_a decay_n and_o fall_v of_o some_o branch_n mark_v 5.30_o the_o laxation_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n the_o state_n of_o episcopacy_n under_o the_o papacy_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o presbyterian-government_n anno_fw-la 1541._o mr._n calvin_n ground_n for_o presbytery_n be_v not_o against_o episcopacy_n mr._n calvin_n difficulty_n in_o settle_v the_o church-government_n of_o geneva_n the_o growth_n of_o the_o presbyterian_a way_n of_o church-government_n whence_o the_o former_a brotherly_a correspondency_n between_o episcopal_n and_o presbyterian_a church_n mr._n beza_n patrociny_n of_o presbytery_n beyond_o mr._n calvin_n principle_n the_o heat_n about_o church-government_n among_o some_o reform_a the_o first_o plant_n of_o presbytery_n in_o england_n to_o supplant_v episcopacy_n the_o terrible_a equipage_n of_o presbytery_n at_o fiâ—st_n the_o activity_n of_o presbytery_n the_o dwindle_n and_o wither_v of_o presbytery_n in_o england_n the_o soft_a and_o gentle_a rise_n or_o spring_v up_o of_o independency_n an._n 1641._o independency_n supplant_v both_o presbytery_n and_o episcopacy_n the_o advantage_n that_o other_o party_n make_v by_o presbyterian_a and_o independent_a stickling_n against_o episcopacy_n and_o ecclesiastic_a unity_n the_o name_n and_o thing_n the_o title_n and_o truth_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n assert_v eph._n 3.30_o hos_fw-la 1.10_o 1.10_o rom._n 2.28_o asserimus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la visibiâ—en_fw-la in_o saint_n scriptura_fw-la descriptam_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la parochialem_fw-la seu_fw-la particularem_fw-la sed_fw-la esse_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quandam_fw-la nationalem_fw-la unius_fw-la gentis_fw-la aut_fw-la regni_fw-la quae_fw-la constatex_fw-la diversis_fw-la &_o multis_fw-la ecclesâ—is_fw-la parochialibus_fw-la uno_fw-la regimine_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la junctis_fw-la mutua_fw-la communione_fw-la &_o societate_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la visibili_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la devinctis_fw-la apollonius_n consid_n c._n 3._o ass_n 2._o svam_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la potiùs_fw-la considerantes_fw-la quam_fw-la unitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n iren._n l._n 4._o c._n 62._o damasus_n of_o rome_n aurelius_n of_o carthage_n calinicus_fw-la of_o pelusium_n be_v call_v bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n in_o those_o city_n by_o eusebius_n socrates_n sozomen_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n l._n 4._o hist_o c._n 16._o rom._n 16.5_o col._n 4.15_o 1_o cor._n 16.19_o ubi_fw-la tres_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la licèt_fw-la laici_fw-la tertul._n ecclesiae_fw-la entitativae_fw-la non_fw-la organicae_fw-la materialiteâ—_n non_fw-la formaliter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la paroeciarum_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la convenitur_fw-la numerus_fw-la accidentaria_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la particularis_fw-la essentiam_fw-la pertinens_fw-la quae_fw-la uni_fw-la presbyterio_n subjuncta_fw-la sacros_fw-la conventus_fw-la pluribus_fw-la locis_fw-la aut_fw-la uno_fw-la potest_fw-la agitare_fw-la bucer_n de_fw-fr gubern_n eccl_n p._n 10._o corpus_fw-la sumus_fw-la de_fw-la conscientia_fw-la religionis_fw-la &_o disciplina_fw-la unitate_fw-la &_o spei_fw-la foedere_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 39_o luke_n 15.10_o 15.10_o 2_o cor._n 8.5_o 8.5_o zach._n 2.11_o 2.11_o ps_n 72.11_o 17._o all_o nation_n shall_v serve_v he_o isa_n 52.10_o 15._o c._n 66.20.65.1_o he_o shall_v sprinkle_v many_o nation_n zach._n 2.11_o and_o many_o nation_n shall_v be_v join_v to_o the_o lord_n in_o that_o day_n &_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n isa_n 55.5_o thou_o shall_v call_v a_o nation_n who_o thou_o know_v not_o and_o nation_n which_o know_v not_o thou_o shall_v run_v unto_o thou_o mat._n 21.43_o ro._n 10.19_o 10.19_o ecclesia_fw-la in_o episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la &_o in_o omnibus_fw-la stantibus_fw-la est_fw-la constituta_fw-la cyp._n ep_n 27._o radiâ—_n christianae_n societatis_fw-la per_fw-la sedes_fw-la apostolorun_n &_o successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la certâ_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la propagatione_fw-la diffunditur_fw-la aug._n ep_n 42._o 42._o 1_o tim._n 1.3_o i_o beseech_v thou_o to_o abide_v still_o at_o ephesus_n that_o thou_o may_v charge_v etc._n etc._n tit._n 1.5_o for_o this_o cause_n i_o leave_v thou_o in_o crete_n crete_n 2_o phil._n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 8.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rev._n 2._o &_o 3._o ch_n see_v the_o primate_n of_o armagh_n discourse_n of_o the_o lydian_a or_o proconsular_a asia_n ecclesiae_fw-la salus_fw-la in_o summi_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la dignitate_fw-la pendet_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la exhort_v quaedam_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eminens_fw-la detur_fw-la potestas_fw-la tot_fw-la in_o ecclesâ—is_fw-la efficientur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la hier._n advers._fw-la lucis_fw-la quia_fw-la principali_fw-la successione_n absistunt_fw-la iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 40._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la aliunde_fw-la haereses_fw-la obortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la nata_fw-la schismata_fw-la quà minde_v quod_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperatur_fw-la nec_fw-la unus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la judex_fw-la vice_fw-la christi_fw-la cogitatur_fw-la cyp._n ep_n 55._o summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la tert._n apol._n c._n 39_o cant._n 6.4_o 1â—_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la participant_fw-la spiritum_fw-la neque_fw-la à _fw-la mamillis_fw-la matris_fw-la autriuntur_fw-la in_o vitam_fw-la neque_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la procedentem_fw-la nitidissimum_fw-la â—â—ntem_fw-la etc._n etc._n putidam_fw-la bibuâ—t_fw-la aquam_fw-la etc._n etc._n irâ—n_n l._n 3._o c._n 40._o 40._o 1_o cor._n 4.15_o summus_n sacerdos_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la tert._n the_o bap_n c._n 17._o tot_o in_o ecclesiis_fw-la efficâ—entur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la nisi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la exhort_v quaedam_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eminens_fw-la detur_fw-la potestas_fw-la hieron_n adv_fw-la lucif_n judicabit_fw-la dominus_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la schismata_fw-la operantur_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la immanes_a non_fw-la habentes_fw-la dei_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la suamque_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la potiùs_fw-la considerantes_fw-la quam_fw-la unitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la propter_fw-la modicas_fw-la &_o quaslibet_fw-la causas_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o gloriosum_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la conscindunt_fw-la &_o dividunt_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la est_fw-la interficiunt_fw-la pacem_fw-la loquentes_fw-la &_o bellum_fw-la operantes_fw-la very_fw-la liquantes_fw-la eulicem_fw-la &_o camelum_fw-la deglutientes_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n tanta_fw-la potest_fw-la sieri_fw-la correptio_fw-la quanta_fw-la est_fw-la schismatis_fw-la pernicies_fw-la iren._n l._n 4._o c._n 62._o câ—imus_fw-la in_o coetum_fw-la &_o congregationem_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la quasi_fw-la manu_fw-la fâ—cta_fw-la prâ—caâ—ionibus_fw-la ambiamus_fw-la oraâ—â—es_fw-la tertul._n apol._n c_o 39_o ecclesias_fw-la vocat_fw-la tertullianus_n etiam_fw-la eas_fw-la quae_fw-la ordinis_fw-la consessum_fw-la non_fw-la habebant_fw-la ubi_fw-la cuique_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la erat_fw-la sibi_fw-la quorum_fw-la erat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n at_o excommunicare_fw-la non_fw-la common_a est_fw-la sed_fw-la proprium_fw-la coetus_fw-la habentis_fw-la ordinem_fw-la grot._n appen_n de_fw-fr antichrist_n mar._n 3.24_o si_fw-mi duo_fw-la unanimes_fw-la tantum_fw-la possunt_fw-la quid_fw-la si_fw-la unanimitas_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la esset_fw-la quid_fw-la si_fw-la secundum_fw-la pacem_fw-la quam_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobis_fw-la dedit_fw-la universis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la conveniret_fw-la cyp._n ep_n 8._o gen._n 26.4_o 2_o sam._n 10.4_o