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A47625 A systeme or body of divinity consisting of ten books : wherein the fundamentals and main grounds of religion are opened, the contrary errours refuted, most of the controversies between us, the papists, Arminians, and Socinians discussed and handled, several Scriptures explained and vindicated from corrupt glosses : a work seasonable for these times, wherein so many articles of our faith are questioned, and so many gross errours daily published / by Edward Leigh. Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. 1654 (1654) Wing L1008; ESTC R25452 1,648,569 942

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haereticis_fw-la esse_fw-la rebaptizandos_fw-la and_o the_o donatist_n be_v esteem_v heretic_n for_o that_o reason_n no_o man_n may_v baptize_v himself_o smith_z be_v a_o se-baptist_n he_o baptize_v himself_o which_o neither_o john_n baptist_n nor_o any_o do_v before_o he_o how_o christ_n baptism_n and_o johns_n differ_v there_o be_v the_o same_o doctrine_n the_o same_o rite_n the_o same_o oblation_n of_o grace_n in_o the_o baptism_n of_o john_n and_o christ_n therefore_o it_o be_v the_o same_o baptism_n for_o substance_n and_o of_o the_o same_o efficacy_n vide_fw-la scultet_fw-la exercit._fw-la evangel_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 35._o the_o person_n who_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v 5._o infidel_n convert_v to_o the_o faith_n and_o the_o infant_n of_o one_o or_o both_o christian_a parent_n some_o deny_v baptism_n they_o acknowledge_v not_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n or_o other_o but_o only_o the_o inward_a baptism_n dell._n of_o the_o spirit_n see_v matthew_n 28._o 19_o 20_o mark_n 16._o 26._o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o this_o sacrament_n be_v necessary_a for_o infant_n john_n 3_o the_o scripture_n show_v that_o infant_n be_v in_o covenant_n ezek._n 6._o 20._o that_o be_v at_o the_o birth_n his_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o be_v in_o time_n pass_v seal_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n they_o witness_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n belong_v to_o infant_n matth._n 19_o by_o baptism_n christian_n be_v admit_v into_o the_o society_n 44._o of_o this_o kingdom_n antipoedobaptist_n acknowledge_v from_o matth._n 9_o 14._o rom._n 9_o 11._o that_o infant_n be_v save_v see_v psal._n 103._o 17._o christ_n command_v all_o nation_n to_o be_v baptize_v infant_n be_v part_n of_o a_o nation_n mat._n 28._o 11._o i_o think_v the_o apostle_n do_v plain_o hold_v col._n 2._o that_o baptism_n have_v succeed_v in_o the_o room_n of_o circumcision_n which_o be_v also_o the_o common_a and_o receive_a opinion_n of_o divine_n gillesp._n miscel._n c._n 18._o infant_n of_o christian_a parent_n ought_v to_o be_v baptize_v because_o the_o child_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o covenant_n be_v circumcise_v for_o let_v the_o particular_a difference_n between_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n be_v never_o so_o many_o yet_o in_o this_o they_o agree_v that_o they_o be_v both_o sacrament_n of_o initiation_n and_o so_o belong_v to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o covenant_n the_o faithful_a and_o their_o seed_n m._n ball._n vide_fw-la rivet_n in_o gen._n 17._o that_o which_o confirm_v i_o 15._o in_o the_o belief_n that_o the_o apostle_n do_v baptize_v infant_n where_o they_o baptize_v household_n where_o father_n and_o child_n be_v together_o be_v because_o of_o the_o continue_a practice_n of_o it_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n ever_o since_o of_o which_o we_o have_v as_o good_a evidence_n as_o of_o any_o controvert_v point_n in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n suppose_v infant-baptism_n a_o nullity_n i_o can_v understand_v how_o any_o in_o the_o world_n shall_v this_o day_n be_v lawful_o baptize_v unless_o it_o can_v be_v make_v good_a that_o a_o person_n unbaptise_v himself_o may_v be_v a_o lawful_a minister_n of_o baptism_n to_o other_o for_o certain_o until_o the_o anabaptist_n arise_v in_o germany_n all_o the_o baptize_v world_n be_v baptize_v while_o they_o be_v infant_n and_o consequent_o the_o first_o anabaptist_n be_v baptize_v by_o a_o unbaptised_a person_n and_o so_o in_o conclusion_n we_o must_v all_o turn_v seeker_n and_o be_v content_a without_o baptism_n till_o christ_n give_v some_o extraordinary_a commission_n from_o heaven_n unto_o some_o man_n to_o be_v apostle_n in_o this_o business_n m._n marshal_n def._n of_o infant-bap_n p._n 245._o a_o man_n by_o embrace_v one_o error_n undertake_v for_o all_o of_o the_o same_o cognation_n and_o 3._o line_n as_o for_o example_n he_o that_o be_v entangle_v with_o the_o error_n of_o those_o who_o deny_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o infant-baptism_n stand_v oblige_v through_o his_o engagement_n 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especial_o when_o he_o have_v no_o power_n commit_v unto_o he_o by_o god_n and_o the_o church_n of_o repel_v the_o wicked_a from_o this_o holy_a communion_n 4._o because_o the_o punishment_n denounce_v against_o unworthy_a receiver_n be_v appropriate_v to_o they_o who_o thus_o offend_v and_o reach_v not_o to_o the_o innocent_a because_o they_o be_v in_o their_o company_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 29._o it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v desire_v say_v m._n downame_n that_o all_o wicked_a person_n be_v exclude_v from_o this_o outward_a communion_n with_o the_o saint_n for_o what_o have_v dog_n to_o do_v with_o holy_a thing_n or_o swine_n with_o pearl_n and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a comfort_n to_o the_o godly_a if_o none_o but_o such_o as_o be_v like_a unto_o themselves_o have_v fellowship_n with_o they_o at_o this_o feast_n our_o love_n zeal_n and_o devotion_n be_v more_o enliven_v in_o this_o action_n by_o our_o mutual_a prayer_n when_o with_o one_o mind_n and_o heart_n we_o join_v together_o yet_o it_o 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blood_n which_o speech_n do_v so_o startle_v he_o that_o he_o go_v away_o and_o be_v humble_v for_o his_o sin_n and_o afterward_o come_v and_o make_v his_o public_a confession_n and_o then_o be_v receive_v in_o whence_o we_o may_v see_v that_o king_n yea_o emperor_n have_v be_v keep_v back_o from_o the_o sacrament_n 28._o the_o canon_n of_o our_o church_n can._n 26._o strait_o charge_v every_o minister_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a admit_v to_o the_o communion_n any_o of_o his_o flock_n which_o be_v open_o know_v to_o live_v in_o notorious_a sin_n without_o repentance_n whether_o judas_n receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n m._n gillespie_n in_o his_o aaron_n rod_n blossome_a chap._n 8._o hold_v he_o do_v not_o and_o chap._n 9_o est_fw-la question_n whether_o he_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o passeover_n that_o night_n in_o which_o our_o lord_n be_v betray_v and_o chap._n 10._o say_v if_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o judas_n receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n it_o make_v nothing_o against_o the_o suspension_n of_o know_a wicked_a person_n from_o the_o sacrament_n one_o say_v the_o evidence_n of_o this_o fact_n have_v ever_o appear_v so_o full_o to_o the_o church_n that_o this_o alone_a have_v be_v ground_n sufficient_a to_o deduce_v their_o right_n of_o free_a admission_n s._n d._n drake_n in_o his_o bar_n to_o free_a admission_n to_o the_o sacrament_n pag._n 5_o 6._o urge_v reason_n that_o judas_n do_v not_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n and_o say_v that_o it_o make_v nothing_o for_o free_a admission_n if_o he_o do_v m._n selden_n de_fw-fr synedriis_fw-la veterum_fw-la ebraeorum_n cap._n 8._o say_v seriò_fw-la perpendatur_fw-la judam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la furem_fw-la proditorem_fw-la scelestissimum_fw-la hisque_fw-la nominibus_fw-la satis_fw-la notum_fw-la &_o publicè_fw-la 2._o peccantem_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la institutione_n cum_fw-la reliquis_fw-la undecim_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la juxta_fw-la plerosque_fw-la &_o veterum_fw-la &_o recentiorum_fw-la participem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la nec_fw-la omninò_fw-la ea_fw-la interdictum_fw-la he_o have_v much_o more_o there_o out_o of_o divers_a ancient_a and_o modern_a writer_n to_o confirm_v that_o opinion_n at_o what_o time_n the_o lord_n supper_n be_v institute_v christ_n institute_v it_o at_o night_n because_o occasion_n so_o require_v we_o have_v not_o the_o like_a occasion_n therefore_o be_v not_o bind_v unto_o it_o in_o trajan's_n and_o tertullia_n time_n christian_n 5._o do_v celebrate_v the_o sacrament_n before_o day_n militis_fw-la tempore_fw-la antelucano_fw-mi because_o of_o persecution_n they_o dare_v not_o receive_v it_o in_o the_o day_n time_n in_o st_n augustine_n time_n tempore_fw-la antemeridiano_n so_o now_o it_o behove_v that_o christ_n shall_v suffer_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o passeover_n to_o show_v himself_o the_o true_a passeover_n 1_o cor._n 5._o 7._o and_o immediate_o after_o the_o eat_n of_o the_o last_o passeover_n shall_v institute_v this_o sacrament_n to_o show_v that_o now_o he_o abrogate_a the_o jewish_a ordinance_n and_o do_v appoint_v this_o in_o stead_n of_o it_o a_o fair_a intimation_n that_o baptism_n follow_v in_o the_o room_n of_o circumcision_n as_o the_o lord_n supper_n do_v the_o passeover_n the_o consideration_n of_o this_o circumstance_n shall_v be_v of_o great_a force_n to_o make_v we_o respect_n and_o reverence_v the_o sacrament_n see_v christ_n institute_v it_o then_o when_o he_o be_v about_o to_o depart_v out_o of_o this_o life_n and_o to_o suffer_v death_n for_o we_o we_o usual_o remember_v the_o word_n of_o a_o die_a friend_n the_o element_n of_o the_o eucharist_n they_o be_v two_o not_o only_o differ_v in_o number_n but_o also_o in_o their_o kind_n bread_n and_o 5._o wine_n the_o first_o of_o which_o be_v solid_a and_o belong_v to_o meat_n the_o late_a liquid_a and_o serve_v for_o drink_v the_o body_n be_v sufficient_o nourish_v if_o it_o have_v bread_n and_o drink_n christ_n call_v himself_o both_o john_n 6._o 58._o bread_n because_o it_o strengthen_v the_o body_n be_v therefore_o call_v christ_n body_n and_o wine_n because_o it_o turn_v into_o blood_n be_v therefore_o call_v christ_n blood_n isidor_n these_o two_o creature_n be_v 1._o of_o ordinary_a use_n not_o rare_a get_v in_o every_o country_n 2._o such_o creature_n as_o god_n of_o old_a make_v representation_n of_o his_o grace_n isa._n 25._o 6._o and_o 55._o 3._o 3._o they_o be_v creature_n best_o in_o their_o kind_n of_o all_o thing_n we_o eat_v bread_n be_v most_o nourish_a and_o universal_o necessary_a for_o all_o kind_n of_o body_n panis_n à_fw-la pascendo_fw-la and_o wine_n of_o all_o drink_v 1_o cor._n 10._o 17._o we_o be_v all_o one_o body_n in_o as_o much_o as_o we_o be_v partaker_n of_o one_o bread_n the_o analogy_n stand_v thus_o as_o many_o grain_n of_o corn_n make_v one_o loaf_n of_o bread_n and_o many_o grape_n make_v one_o measure_n of_o wine_n in_o the_o cup_n so_o many_o christian_n partake_v faithful_o of_o this_o sacrament_n become_v one_o mystical_a body_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o union_n of_o faith_n and_o love_n the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v those_o element_n to_o show_v that_o man_n shall_v come_v with_o a_o appetite_n and_o thirst_v to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n in_o ancient_a time_n be_v as_o much_o as_o desiderare_fw-la è_fw-la cujus_fw-la manu_fw-la desideravit_fw-la in_o baptism_n we_o have_v one_o sign_n as_o the_o material_a part_n in_o the_o supper_n we_o have_v two_o sign_n partly_o to_o note_v out_o our_o whole_a full_a and_o perfect_a nourishment_n in_o christ_n have_v whatsoever_o be_v requisite_a for_o our_o salvation_n and_o partly_o to_o show_v a_o full_a remembrance_n of_o his_o death_n for_o the_o wine_n which_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o his_o blood_n do_v as_o it_o be_v represent_v it_o before_o our_o eye_n attersol_n of_o the_o sacr._n l._n 3_o c._n 5._o vide_fw-la aquin._n sum_n part_n 3_o quaest._n 74._o art_n 1._o there_o be_v two_o represent_v sign_n in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n 1._o that_o we_o may_v know_v tha●●●_n christ_n w●_n have_v whole_a and_o perfect_a spiritual_a nourishment_n catech_v and_o whatsoever_o be_v ●●q●isite_a to_o ●al●●●ion_n 2._o for_o a_o more_o ●●vely_a representation_n of_o christ_n his_o death_n and_o passion_n in_o which_o his_o blood_n be_v separate_v from_o his_o body_n these_o element_n be_v to_o be_v administer_v in_o both_o kind_n several_o christ_n at_o his_o last_o supper_n deliver_v first_o bread_n by_o itself_o and_o then_o wine_n and_o not_o bread_n and_o wine_n together_o in_o a_o sop_n or_o bread_n dip_v in_o wine_n in_o the_o sop_n the_o wine_n be_v not_o d●un●_n but_o eat_v of_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n in_o both_o kind_n bread_n and_o wine_n the_o communion_n be_v institute_v by_o christ_n in_o both_o kind_n as_o three_o evangelist_n 287._o show_v mark_v 14._o 23._o &_o luke_n 22._o 20._o matth._n 26._o 27._o it_o be_v
de_fw-la habendis_fw-la concionibus_fw-la ecclesiast_n c._n 6._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n vide_fw-la ames_n de_fw-fr cons_n l._n 4._o 6._o 26._o 26._o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o remonst_z m._n wheatleys_n new-birth_n see_v m._n ward_n coal_n from_o the_o altar_n doctrina_fw-la est_fw-la axioma_fw-la theologicum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o scripturae_fw-la verbis_fw-la positum_fw-la express_v vel_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la per_fw-la immediatam_fw-la consequentiam_fw-la fluens_fw-la ames_n medul_a theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 35._o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n who_o be_v infallible_a confirm_v all_o by_o scripture_n usus_fw-la est_fw-la axioma_fw-la theologicum_fw-la ex_fw-la doctrina_fw-la deductum_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la sinem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ostendens_fw-la amesius_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la 1_o cor._n 14._o 3._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 2._o oportet_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la sine_fw-la praedicetur_fw-la christus_fw-la quo_fw-la ●ides_fw-la in_o cum_fw-la promoveatur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la sed_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la luther_n loc_n commun_n class_n 1._o cap._n 4._o quod_fw-la philosophi_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la omuis_fw-la actio_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la contactum_fw-la id_fw-la in_o sacra_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la actione_n vel_fw-la maxim_n locum_fw-la habet_fw-la davenant_n in_o colos._n 1._o 21._o see_v m._n gillespies_n aaron_n rod_n blossom_a l._n 1._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3._o &_o his_o misc._n c._n 19_o and_o the_o london_n minister_n ius_n drvinum_fw-la of_o church-government_n potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la à_fw-la pelitica_fw-la realiter_fw-la distincta_fw-la est_fw-la 2_o paral._n 1_o 1._o 19_o joh._n 18._o 36._o 2_o cor._n 10._o 3._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 3._o luc._n 22._o 25._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 5._o col._n cum_fw-la rom._n 13._o 14._o voetius_fw-la voetius_fw-la bishop_n usher_v speech_n in_o the_o castle-chamber_n at_o dublin_n concern_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n the_o key_n be_v a_o ensign_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n in_o some_o corporation_n as_o in_o other_o the_o mace_n and_o sword_n m._n udall_n tell_v they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n that_o if_o they_o will_v not_o set_v up_o the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o church_n christ_n will_v set_v it_o up_o himself_o in_o a_o way_n that_o will_v make_v their_o heart_n to_o ache_v discipline_n be_v use_v sometime_o large_o so_o as_o it_o extend_v to_o all_o rule_n and_o order_n appoint_v or_o leave_v for_o the_o right_a manage_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n or_o strict_o for_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n so_o there_o may_v be_v a_o true_a church_n without_o discipline_n the_o helvetian_o and_o those_o of_o switzerland_n have_v no_o suspension_n at_o all_o but_o what_o offence_n other_o church_n suspend_v for_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n punish_v other_o way_n the_o papist_n turn_v all_o ecclesiastical_a power_n into_o a_o mere_a civil_a and_o worldly_a power_n vide_fw-la spanhem_n epist._n ad_fw-la buchanan_n q._n 2._o m._n ball_n trial_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o separation_n see_v m._n cawdry_n review_n of_o m._n hooker_n survey_v c._n 11._o 11._o adversus_fw-la apollon_n c._n 4._o ius_n excommunicandi_fw-la ante_fw-la papisticam_fw-la illam_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la nunquam_fw-la penes_fw-la unum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la comperietur_fw-la sed_fw-la penes_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la non_fw-la excluso_fw-la penitus_fw-la populo_fw-la bern._n epist._n summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ita_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la ut_fw-la à_fw-la communicatione_n orationis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la tertul._n in_o apol._n it_o be_v that_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n whereby_o she_o eject_v wicked_a sinner_n out_o of_o her_o communion_n d._n field_n see_v m._n gillesp._n aaron_n rod_n bloss_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o the_o schoolman_n say_v excommunication_n be_v purgativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeservativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la sidelium_fw-la sanativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la delinquentis_fw-la vide_fw-la aquin._n partem_fw-la tertiam_fw-la qu●st_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o d._n white_a in_o a_o sermon_n at_o paul_n crosse._n apostoli_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la populo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la praesiciatur_fw-la penes_fw-la quem_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o manuum_fw-la impositio_fw-la sive_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o consiliorum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la directio_fw-la scultet_fw-la in_o subscriptionem_fw-la titi._n presbyteri_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la numero_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la unum_fw-la eligebant_fw-la evi_fw-fr specialiter_fw-la dabant_fw-la titulum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la aequalitate_fw-la ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la dissi●ia_fw-la nascerentur_fw-la calvin_n instit._fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o m._n thorndike_n of_o primitive_a government_n of_o church_n cap._n 6._o ●_o tim._n 5._o 22._o tit._n ●_o 5._o exit_fw-la usu_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la nihil_fw-la differt_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ne_o in_o ecclesia_fw-la quidem_fw-la ulla_fw-la saltem_fw-la essentiali_fw-la differentia_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la accidentali_fw-la chamier_n vide_fw-la collationem_fw-la rainoldi_n cum_fw-la harto_fw-la cap._n 8._o pag._n 461._o &_o 541._o danaeum_n in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 1._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr alius_fw-la ordo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ab_fw-la ordine_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sed_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la differunt_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la presbyter●rum_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o electione_n unus_fw-la presbyter_n in_fw-la altiori_fw-la gradu_fw-la collocaretur_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la videri_fw-la possunt_fw-la qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la materiam_fw-la nuper_fw-la accuratissimè_fw-la tractarunt_fw-la illustris_fw-la salmasius_n &_o clarissimus_fw-la david_n blondellus_fw-la rivet_n grot._fw-la discus_fw-la dialys_n sect._n 11._o nos_fw-la putamus_fw-la parum_fw-la differre_fw-la utrum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la a_o à_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la modo_fw-la graviter_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la obeant_fw-la munus_fw-la suum_fw-la quiqui_fw-la tandem_fw-la ad_fw-la clavum_fw-la sedeant_fw-la si_fw-mi de_fw-fr antiquitater●s_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la hieronymo_n planè_fw-la sentio_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la aetate_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuisse_fw-la discriminis_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la fuisle_n administratas_fw-la itaque_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la episcopis_fw-la omninò_fw-la sunt_fw-la antiquiores_fw-la interim_n episcopale_n regimen_fw-la est_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la &_o paulò_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la fructu_fw-la obtinuisse_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la compertissimum_fw-la bocharti_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la quastionem_fw-la de_fw-fr presbyterate_a &_o episcopati_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o in_fw-la remotissima_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la autiquitate_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la monarchicum_fw-la sed_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la aristocratica_fw-la &_o democratica_fw-la mixtum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la propriè_fw-la &_o sanè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la eavoces_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la usurpari_fw-la non_fw-la debeant_fw-la vedel_n exercit._n in_o epist._n ignat._n ad_fw-la mariam_n vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n in_o co_fw-la nobis_fw-la imponunt_fw-la quod_fw-la vocant_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la judaica_n pontificem_fw-la maximum_fw-la nam_fw-la scriptura_fw-la eum_fw-la vocat_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la cujus_fw-la in_o consacerdotes_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la loquar_fw-la nullum_fw-la suis_fw-la imperium_fw-la tantum_fw-la iis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praeibat_fw-la itaque_fw-la regimen_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la monarchi●um_fw-la sed_fw-la aristocraticum_fw-la quale_fw-la regimen_fw-la est_fw-la venetae_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la tamen_fw-la dux_n est_fw-la &_o princeps_fw-la cameron_n de_fw-fr eccles._n idem_fw-la est_fw-la graecis_fw-la synodus_fw-la quod_fw-la latinis_fw-la concilium_fw-la per_fw-la c_o à_fw-la conciendo_fw-la synodus_fw-la est_fw-la legitimus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetus_fw-la &_o sacer_fw-la ex_fw-la diversis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ac_fw-la regionibus_fw-la coiens_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la sacris_fw-la babetur_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la profanis_fw-la aut_fw-la merè_fw-la politicis_fw-la &_o à_fw-la personis_fw-la propter_fw-la vocationem_fw-la sacris_fw-la danaeus_n isag._n christ._n part_n 4._o de_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 35._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n concilium_fw-la dictum_fw-la à_fw-la communi_fw-la intention_n eo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la omnes_fw-la dirigant_fw-la mentis_fw-la obtutum_fw-la cilia_fw-la enim_fw-la ●culorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la isidore_n concilium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la à_fw-la consulendo_fw-la aut_fw-la consentiendo_fw-la ut_fw-la vul●_n festus_n sed_fw-la à_fw-la concalando_fw-la ho_o est_fw-la convocando_fw-la sive_fw-la congregando_fw-la quod_fw-la reivim_fw-la naturamque_fw-la declarat_fw-la concilium_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetus_fw-la aut_fw-la concio_fw-la aut_fw-la convocatio_fw-la aut_fw-la conventus_fw-la aut_fw-la multitudo_fw-la collecta_fw-la ac_fw-la convocata_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la ad_fw-la consultandum_fw-la of_o it_o dijudicandum_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la communibus_fw-la whitakerus_n de_fw-fr conciliis_fw-la quaest._n 1._o c._n 2._o sic_fw-la priscas_fw-la illas_fw-la synod_n ut_fw-la nicenam_fw-la constantinopolitanam_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la primam_fw-la chalcedonensem_fw-la ac_fw-la simile_n quae_fw-la confutandis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la habitae_fw-la sunt_fw-la libenter_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la reveremurque_fw-la ut_fw-la sacro_fw-la sanctas_fw-la quantum_fw-la attinet_fw-la ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la continent_n quam_fw-la puram_fw-la &_o