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canon_n we_o have_v the_o unanimous_a vote_n of_o two_o hundred_o and_o fourteen_o bishop_n declare_v that_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n tim._n and_o whereas_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o hierome_n and_o chrysostome_n affirm_v bishop_n to_o differ_v from_o presbyter_n in_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n seem_v to_o imply_v that_o that_o power_n be_v sole_o they_o here_o we_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v observe_v first_o that_o these_o father_n put_v all_o the_o difference_n that_o lie_v between_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n to_o be_v in_o point_n of_o ordination_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la presbyter_n exceptá_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la and_o therefore_o chrysostome_n himself_o confess_v that_o in_o his_o day_n there_o be_v little_a or_o no_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyterum_fw-la interest_n fermè_fw-la nihil_fw-la etc._n etc._n tim_n second_o that_o this_o difference_n be_v not_o so_o to_o he_o understand_v as_o if_o these_o father_n do_v hold_v it_o to_o be_v by_o divine_a right_n as_o bellarmin_n and_o our_o episcopal_a man_n will_v make_v we_o believe_v but_o by_o a_o humane_a constitution_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v not_o speak_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la but_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o quid_fw-la debet_fw-la facere_fw-la and_o this_o hierom_n confess_v so_o leo_fw-la prim_fw-la ep_n 88_o upon_o complaint_n of_o unlawful_a ordination_n write_v to_o the_o german_a and_o french_a bishop_n reckon_v up_o what_o thing_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n among_o which_o he_o set_v down_o presbyterorum_fw-la &_o diaconorum_fw-la consecratio_fw-la and_o then_o add_v sacerdoti_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la solis_fw-la deberi_fw-la summis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la canonam_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la so_o that_o for_o this_o power_n of_o ordination_n they_o be_v more_o beholden_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n then_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o god_n word_n three_o we_o answer_v that_o this_o very_a humane_a difference_n be_v not_o in_o the_o primitive_a antiquity_n it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o cyprian_n time_n as_o we_o even_o now_o show_v and_o when_o it_o do_v prevail_v it_o be_v but_o a_o particular_a custom_n and_o sometime_o usurpation_n of_o some_o church_n for_o it_o be_v otherwise_o appoint_v in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n and_o in_o egypt_n and_o other_o place_n as_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o section_n and_o even_o in_o chrysostom_n time_n it_o be_v so_o little_o approve_v of_o that_o it_o be_v one_o great_a accusation_n against_o chrysostome_n himself_o that_o he_o make_v ordination_n without_o the_o presbytery_n and_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o clergy_n this_o be_v quote_v by_o bishop_n downam_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o pag._n 176._o sect_n ix_o 28._o noâ—_n have_v the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n more_o right_a to_o the_o power_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n then_o of_o sole_a ordination_n and_o here_o we_o have_v confitentem_fw-la reum_fw-la our_o very_a adversary_n confess_v the_o vote_n of_o antiquity_n be_v with_o we_o cyprian_n profess_v that_o he_o will_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o clergy_n 97._o nay_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o without_o they_o nay_o he_o dare_v not_o take_v upon_o he_o alone_o to_o determine_v that_o which_o of_o right_n do_v belong_v to_o all_o and_o have_v he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v so_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n condemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n as_o irritanisi_fw-la clericorum_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la confirmetur_fw-la will_v you_o know_v the_o particular_n wherein_o the_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n of_o judicature_n without_o their_o presbyter_n first_o in_o judge_v and_o censure_v presbyter_n themselves_o and_o their_o doctrine_n 6._o for_o this_o the_o canon_n law_n in_o gratian_n be_v full_a and_o clear_a episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconum_fw-la sine_fw-la synodo_fw-la &_o senioribus_fw-la thus_o basill_n counsel_v and_o practise_v epist_n 75._o so_o ambr._n lib._n 10._o epist_n 80._o cyril_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la johannem_fw-la antiochen_n thus_o gregory_n ad_fw-la johan._n panor_n mitan_fw-mi lib._n 11._o epist_n 49._o second_o in_o judge_v of_o the_o conversation_n or_o crime_n of_o any_o of_o the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n 7._o penes_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la est_fw-la disciplina_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la homines_fw-la meliores_fw-la that_o discipline_n that_o work_v emendation_n in_o man_n be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o elder_n and_o therefore_o when_o any_o be_v question_v in_o point_n of_o conversation_n he_o be_v bring_v say_v tertullian_n into_o the_o congregation_n where_o be_v exhortation_n castigation_n and_o divine_a censure_n gent._n and_o who_o have_v the_o chief_a stroke_n in_o these_o censure_n he_o tell_v we_o after_o precedent_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la all_o the_o approve_a elder_n sit_v as_o precedent_n and_o those_o censure_n that_o pass_v by_o the_o whole_a presbytery_n be_v more_o approve_v by_o the_o church_n in_o ancient_a time_n than_o such_o as_o be_v pass_v by_o one_o man_n for_o we_o find_v that_o when_o syagrius_n and_o ambrose_n pass_v sentence_n in_o the_o same_o case_n the_o church_n be_v unsatisfied_a in_o the_o sentence_n of_o syagrius_n because_o he_o pass_v it_o sine_fw-la alicujus_fw-la fratris_fw-la consilio_fw-la without_o the_o counsel_n or_o consent_v of_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n but_o be_v pacify_v with_o the_o sentence_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n because_o say_v he_o hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la cum_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o consacerdotibus_fw-la participatum_fw-la processerit_fw-la syagrium_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o kind_n of_o censure_n that_o the_o bishop_n do_v administer_v alone_o admonition_n be_v give_v by_o the_o elder_n augustine_n tell_v we_o the_o elder_n do_v admonish_v such_o as_o be_v offender_n 19_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v origen_n contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la lib._n 3._o sup_n so_o excommunication_n though_o that_o be_v the_o dreadful_a thunder_n of_o the_o church_n and_o as_o tertullian_n call_v it_o sumntum_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicij_fw-la the_o great_a forerunner_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v never_o vibrate_v but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n yet_o be_v no_o one_o man_n in_o the_o church_n invest_v with_o this_o power_n more_o than_o another_o therefore_o say_v demet._n hierom_n presbytero_fw-la si_fw-la peccavero_fw-la licet_fw-la i_o tradere_fw-la satanae_fw-la in_o interitum_fw-la carnis_fw-la if_o i_o sin_n a_o presbyter_n not_o a_o bishop_n only_o may_v deliver_v i_o to_o satan_n to_o the_o destruction_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o reader_n may_v please_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o saint_n hierom_n speak_v not_o of_o one_o particular_a presbyter_n but_o of_o the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n the_o same_o s._n hierom_n say_v again_o sunt_fw-la quos_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la reprehendit_fw-la quos_fw-la interdum_fw-la abijcit_fw-la in_fw-la quos_fw-la non_fw-la nunquam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o clericorum_fw-la censura_fw-la desaevit_fw-la there_o be_v some_o who_o the_o church_n reprove_v and_o some_o which_o she_o cast_v out_o against_o who_o the_o censure_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n sharp_o proceed_v where_o we_o see_v the_o censure_n whereby_o wicked_a man_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o in_o the_o sole_a hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o likewise_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n syricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n signify_v to_o the_o church_n of_o milan_n that_o jovinianus_n auxentius_n etc._n etc._n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n for_o ever_o and_o he_o set_v down_o how_o they_o do_v it_o 80._o omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la tam_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la quam_fw-la diaconâ—rum_fw-la quam_fw-la totius_fw-la etiam_fw-la cleri_fw-la sciscitata_fw-la fuit_fw-la sententia_fw-la there_o be_v a_o concurrence_n of_o all_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o the_o whole_a clergy_n in_o that_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n the_o truth_n herein_o may_v be_v further_o evidence_v by_o this_o because_o the_o whole_a clergy_n as_o well_o as_o the_o bishop_n impose_v hand_n upon_o such_o as_o repent_v be_v absolve_v nec_fw-la ad_fw-la communicationem_fw-la say_v cyprian_n venire_fw-la quis_fw-la possit_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la manus_fw-la illi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la imposita_fw-la 12._o no_o man_n that_o have_v be_v excommunicate_v may_v return_v to_o church-communion_n delictis_fw-la before_o hand_n have_v be_v lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n also_o write_v to_o his_o clergy_n concern_v lapse_v christian_n he_o tell_v they_o exomologesi_fw-la facta_fw-la &_o manu_fw-la eye_v à _fw-la vobis_fw-la in_o poenitentiam_fw-la impositâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o after_o confession_n and_o the_o lay_n on_o their_o hand_n they_o may_v be_v commend_v unto_o god_n so_o when_o certain_a return_v from_o their_o heresy_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n
the_o lord_n yet_o we_o will_v follow_v he_o thither_o and_o there_o show_v he_o that_o hierome_n from_o the_o scripture_n prove_v more_o than_o once_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o same_o and_o chrysostome_n in_o philip._n 1._o homil._n 2._o with_o his_o admirer_n theophilact_v in_o philip._n 1._o affirm_v that_o while_n the_o apostle_n live_v ocea_n the_o name_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v not_o distinguish_v and_o not_o only_o while_o the_o apostle_n live_v but_o in_o after_o age_n do_v not_o irenaeus_n use_v the_o name_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 43.44_o in_o a_o promiscuous_a sense_n be_v not_o anicetus_n pius_n hyginus_n telesphorus_n sixtus_n who_o the_o papist_n call_v bishop_n and_o the_o pope_n predecessor_n term_v by_o eusebius_n presbyter_n nor_o be_v it_o strange_a in_o the_o primitive_a time_n to_o hear_v bishop_n call_v presbyter_n 23._o when_o presbyter_n write_v to_o their_o bishop_n have_v call_v he_o frater_fw-la so_o cyprian_n epist._n 26._o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v style_v by_o his_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o confessor_n nor_o be_v that_o holy_a martyr_n offend_v with_o that_o title_n nor_o they_o condemn_v of_o insolency_n that_o use_v it_o but_o what_o shall_v we_o burden_n your_o patience_n with_o more_o testimony_n when_o the_o evidence_n of_o this_o truth_n have_v shine_v with_o so_o strong_a a_o beam_n that_o even_o our_o adversary_n have_v stoop_v to_o it_o and_o confess_v that_o their_o name_n be_v the_o same_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n 15._o but_o yet_o say_v they_o the_o office_n be_v distinct_a now_o here_o we_o will_v glad_o know_v what_o these_o man_n make_v the_o distinct_a office_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v it_o to_o edify_v the_o church_n by_o word_n and_o sacrament_n be_v it_o to_o ordain_v other_o to_o that_o work_n be_v it_o to_o rule_v to_o govern_v by_o admonition_n and_o other_o censure_n if_o any_o of_o these_o if_o all_o these_o make_v up_o the_o proper_a work_n of_o a_o bishop_n we_o can_v prove_v from_o scripture_n that_o all_o these_o belong_v unto_o the_o presbytery_n episcoporum_fw-la which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o be_v grant_v by_o a_o council_n for_o the_o first_o edify_v of_o the_o church_n by_o word_n and_o sacrament_n though_o we_o fear_v they_o will_v some_o of_o they_o at_o least_o scarce_o own_o this_o as_o their_o proper_a work_n for_o some_o have_v be_v cite_v into_o the_o high_a commissision_n for_o say_v it_o belong_v to_o they_o yet_o sir_n we_o be_v sure_a scripture_n make_v it_o a_o part_n a_o chief_a of_o the_o episcopal_a office_n 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o in_o the_o 1_o pet._n 5.2_o they_o be_v say_v to_o do_v the_o work_n of_o a_o bishop_n when_o they_o do_v feed_v the_o flock_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v such_o a_o work_n as_o we_o hope_v their_o lordship_n will_v give_v the_o poor_a presbyter_n leave_v to_o share_v with_o they_o in_o or_o if_o not_o we_o will_v tell_v they_o that_o the_o apostle_n peter_n in_o that_o forecited_a place_n and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n acts._n 20._o bind_v this_o work_n upon_o our_o hand_n and_o woe_n unto_o we_o if_o we_o preach_v not_o the_o gospel_n but_o this_o branch_n of_o episcopal_n and_o presbyterial_a office_n we_o pass_v with_o brevity_n because_o in_o this_o there_o lie_v not_o so_o much_o controversy_n as_o in_o the_o next_o which_o they_o do_v more_o whole_o impropriate_a to_o themselves_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n which_o power_n that_o it_o be_v in_o former_a time_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n appear_v 1_o tim._n 4.14_o neglect_v not_o the_o gift_n which_o be_v give_v thou_o by_o prophecy_n and_o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n the_o gift_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v the_o ministerial_a gift_n the_o exercise_n whereof_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v timothy_n not_o to_o neglect_v which_o say_v he_o he_o have_v receive_v not_o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o single_a man_n whether_o apostle_n or_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o presbytery_n that_o be_v the_o whole_a company_n of_o presbyter_n for_o in_o that_o sense_n only_o we_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v in_o scripture_n as_o in_o luke_n 22._o vers_fw-la 66._o act._n 22._o vers_fw-la 5._o which_o the_o christian_a church_n call_v the_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n as_o jerom_n in_o isaiah_n 3_o 3._o nos_fw-la habemus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la senatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la coetum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la &_o a_o apostolical_a senate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignatius_n epis_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la and_o some_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n ancyr_n can._n 18._o 18._o and_o though_o the_o apostle_n in_o his_o second_o epistle_n to_o tim._n 1.6_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o his_o hand_n yet_o to_o maintain_v the_o harmony_n of_o scripture_n it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v but_o there_o be_v imposition_n of_o hand_n by_o the_o presbytery_n as_o well_o as_o by_o himself_o and_o so_o it_o be_v a_o joint_a act_n so_o that_o in_o this_o there_o be_v no_o more_o difference_n then_o in_o the_o former_a and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o presbyter_n in_o feed_v or_o ordain_v let_v we_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o in_o the_o three_o part_n of_o their_o office_n of_o rule_v which_o though_o our_o bishop_n assume_v whole_o to_o themselves_o yet_o we_o shall_v discover_v that_o it_o have_v be_v commit_v to_o and_o exercise_v by_o presbyterial_a hand_n for_o who_o be_v they_o of_o who_o the_o scripture_n speak_v heb._n 13.17_o obey_v they_o that_o have_v the_o rule_n over_o you_o for_o they_o watch_v for_o your_o soul_n as_o they_o that_o must_v give_v a_o account_n etc._n etc._n here_o all_o such_o as_o watch_v over_o the_o soul_n of_o god_n people_n be_v entitle_v to_o rule_v over_o they_o so_o that_o unless_o bishop_n will_v say_v that_o they_o only_o watch_v over_o the_o soul_n of_o god_n people_n and_o be_v only_o to_o give_v a_o account_n for_o they_o they_o can_v challenge_v to_o themselves_o the_o sole_a rule_n over_o they_o and_o if_o the_o bishopâ—_n can_v give_v we_o good_a security_n that_o they_o will_v acquit_v we_o from_o give_v up_o our_o account_n to_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o people_n we_o will_v quit_v our_o plea_n and_o resign_v to_o they_o the_o sole_a rule_n over_o thâ—m_n so_o again_o in_o the_o 1_o thessa._n 5.12_o know_v they_o which_o labour_n among_o you_o and_o be_v over_o you_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o admonish_v you_o in_o which_o word_n be_v contain_v these_o truth_n first_o that_o in_o one_o church_n for_o the_o thessalonion_o be_v but_o one_o church_n 1_o ca._n there_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o one_o chief_a bishop_n or_o precedent_n but_o the_o presidency_n be_v in_o many_o second_o that_o this_o presidency_n be_v of_o such_o as_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n three_o 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have_v devolve_v his_o power_n and_o set_v he_o as_o his_o deputy_n or_o vicar_n general_a in_o his_o absence_n but_o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la to_o the_o whole_a presbytery_n this_o truth_n be_v so_o clear_a that_o bishop_n downam_n the_o great_a advocate_n of_o episcopacy_n confess_v son_n that_o in_o ambrose_n his_o time_n and_o a_o good_a while_n after_o which_o be_v about_o 400_o year_n till_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n 〈…〉_z sect_n xi_o a_o three_o branch_n wherein_o the_o difference_n between_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n in_o point_n of_o exercise_v their_o jurisdiction_n be_v visible_a be_v the_o way_n or_o manner_n of_o exercise_v that_o power_n for_o brevity_n sake_n we_o will_v only_o instance_n in_o their_o proceed_n in_o cause_n criminal_a where_o let_v they_o tell_v we_o whether_o any_o good_a antiquity_n can_v yield_v they_o one_o precedent_n for_o their_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la which_o have_v be_v to_o their_o court_n 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