office_n of_o power_n and_o great_a authority_n p._n 102_o 21_o not_o lessen_v by_o the_o assistance_n and_o council_n of_o presbyter_n p._n 104_o 22_o and_o all_o this_o have_v be_v the_o faith_n and_o practice_n of_o christendom_n p._n 125_o 23_o who_o first_o distinguish_v name_n use_v before_o in_o common_a p._n 128_o 24_o appropriate_v the_o word_n episcopus_fw-la or_o bishop_n to_o the_o supreme_a church_n officer_n p._n 139_o 25_o call_v the_o bishop_n and_o he_o only_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n p._n 145_o 26_o and_o doctor_n p._n 149_o 27_o and_o pontifex_n and_o sacerdos_n p._n 150_o 28_o and_o these_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n from_o the_o rest_n p._n 156_o 29_o to_o which_o the_o presbyterate_a be_v but_o a_o degree_n p._n 160_o 30_o there_o be_v a_o peculiar_a manner_n of_o ordination_n to_o a_o bishopric_n p._n 161_o 31_o to_o which_o presbyter_n never_o do_v assist_v by_o impose_v hand_n p._n 164_o 32_o bishop_n have_v a_o power_n distinct_a and_o superior_a to_o that_o of_o presbyter_n p._n 175_o 33_o power_n of_o confirmation_n p._n 198_o 34_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n p._n 209_o which_o they_o express_v in_o attribute_n of_o authority_n and_o great_a power_n 35_o universal_a obedience_n give_v to_o bishop_n by_o clergy_n and_o laity_n p._n 214_o 36_o bishop_n be_v appoint_v judge_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o spiritual_a cause_n of_o the_o laity_n p._n 220_o 37_o presbyter_n forbid_v to_o officiate_v without_o episcopal_a licence_n p._n 251_o 38_o church-goods_a reserve_v to_o episcopal_a dispensation_n 264_o 39_o presbyter_n forbid_v to_o leave_v their_o own_o diocese_n or_o to_o travel_v without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n p._n 266_o 40_o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n to_o prefer_v which_o of_o his_o clerk_n he_o please_v p._n 267_o 41_o bishop_n only_o do_v vote_n in_o counsel_n and_o neither_o presbyter_n nor_o people_n p._n 282_o 42_o the_o bishop_n have_v a_o propriety_n in_o the_o person_n of_o his_o clerk_n p._n 292_o 43_o 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11._o the_o church_n and_o to_o make_v supply_n of_o what_o be_v deficient_a in_o discipline_n and_o government_n these_o be_v office_n of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n no_o less_o than_o episcopal_a or_o apostolical_a and_o beside_o the_o angel_n here_o speak_v of_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o the_o people_n of_o the_o diocese_n thou_o haste_v a_o few_o name_n even_o in_o sardis_n they_o be_v the_o bishop_n people_n the_o angel_n have_v a_o right_a to_o they_o and_o good_a reason_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v he_o for_o their_o fault_n be_v attribute_v to_o he_o as_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o pergamus_n and_o diverse_a other_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v deposit_v in_o his_o custody_n he_o be_v to_o be_v their_o ruler_n and_o pastor_n and_o this_o be_v call_v his_o ministry_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o thyatira_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v know_v thy_o ministry_n his_o office_n therefore_o be_v clericall_a it_o be_v a_o angel-minister_n and_o this_o his_o office_n must_v make_v he_o the_o guide_n and_o superior_a to_o the_o rest_n even_o all_o the_o whole_a church_n since_o he_o be_v charge_v with_o all_o 3._o by_o the_o angel_n be_v mean_v a_o singular_a person_n for_o the_o reprehension_n and_o the_o commendation_n respective_o imply_v personal_a delinquency_n or_o suppose_v personal_a excellencye_n add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o compellation_n be_v singular_a and_o of_o determinate_a number_n so_o that_o we_o may_v as_o well_o multiply_v church_n as_o person_n for_o the_o seven_o church_n have_v but_o seven_o star_n and_o these_o seven_o star_n be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n and_o if_o by_o seven_o star_n they_o may_v mean_v 70_o time_n seven_o star_n for_o so_o they_o may_v if_o they_o begin_v to_o multiply_v then_o by_o one_o star_n they_o must_v mean_v many_o star_n and_o so_o they_o may_v multiply_v church_n too_o for_o there_o be_v as_o many_o church_n as_o star_n and_o no_o more_o angel_n than_o 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johannis_n let_v the_o woman_n 11._o in_o 1._o cor._n 11._o have_v a_o cover_n on_o her_o head_n because_o of_o the_o angel_n that_o be_v in_o reverence_n and_o subjection_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n for_o bishop_n be_v the_o angel_n as_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o revelation_n of_o s._n john_n divinâ_fw-la voce_fw-la sub_fw-la angeli_fw-la nomine_fw-la laudatur_fw-la praepositus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la so_o s._n austin_n by_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n the_o bishop_n apocal._n epist._n 162._o &_o in_o apocal._n of_o the_o church_n be_v commend_v under_o the_o title_n of_o a_o angel_n eusebius_n name_v some_o of_o these_o angel_n who_o be_v then_o precedent_n and_o actual_o bishop_n of_o these_o church_n s._n policarpe_a be_v one_o to_o be_v sure_a apud_fw-la smyrnam_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la &_o martyr_n say_v eusebius_n 24._o lib._n 5._o c._n 24._o he_o be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n and_o he_o have_v good_a authority_n for_o it_o for_o he_o report_v it_o out_o of_o polycrates_n who_o a_o little_a after_o be_v himself_o a_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n and_o he_o also_o 10._o lib._n 4_o c._n 10._o quote_v s._n irenaeus_n for_o it_o &_o out_o of_o the_o encyclicall_a epistle_n of_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n itself_o and_o beside_o 15._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o these_o authority_n it_o be_v attest_v by_o s._n policarp_n s._n epist._n ad_fw-la policarp_n ignatius_n and_o praescrip_n and_o de_fw-fr praescrip_n tertullian_n s._n timothy_n be_v another_o angel_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n to_o be_v sure_o have_v be_v and_o most_o likely_a be_v still_o survive_v antipas_n be_v reckon_v by_o name_n in_o the_o revelation_n and_o he_o have_v be_v the_o angel_n of_o pergamus_n but_o before_o this_o book_n write_v apoc._n vide_fw-la aretha_n in_o 1._o apoc._n he_o be_v turn_v from_o a_o angel_n to_o a_o saint_n melito_n in_o all_o probability_n be_v then_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o sardis_n melito_n 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utmost_a part_n of_o italy_n and_o seduce_v or_o entreat_v some_o bishop_n to_o impose_v hand_n on_o he_o as_o cornelius_z witness_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o fabianus_n in_o eusebius_n *_o to_o 33._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 33._o this_o we_o may_v add_v as_o so_o many_o witness_n all_o those_o ordination_n make_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n mention_v in_o the_o pontifical_a book_n of_o damasus_n platina_n and_o other_o habitis_fw-la de_fw-fr more_fw-it sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la decembris_fw-la mense_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la decem_fw-la diaconos_fw-la dvos_fw-la etc._n etc._n create_v s._n clemens_n anacletus_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la quinque_fw-la diaconos_fw-la tres_fw-la episcopos_fw-la diversis_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la sex_n numero_fw-la creavit_fw-la and_o so_o in_o descent_n for_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o succession_n for_o many_o age_n together_o but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o this_o power_n of_o ordination_n go_v in_o the_o bishop_n hand_n alone_o by_o law_n and_o constitution_n for_o particular_a example_n be_v infinite_a in_o the_o council_n of_o ancyra_n it_o be_v determine_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o can._n 13._o that_o rural_a bishop_n shall_v not_o ordain_v presbyter_n or_o deacon_n in_o another_o diocese_n without_o letter_n of_o licence_n from_o the_o bishop_n neither_o shall_v the_o priest_n of_o the_o city_n attempt_v it_o *_o first_o not_o rural_a bishop_n that_o be_v bishop_n that_o be_v take_v in_o adjutorium_fw-la episcopi_fw-la principalis_fw-la vicar_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n they_o must_v not_o ordain_v priest_n and_o deacon_n for_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v another_o diocese_n and_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n but_o then_o they_o may_v with_o licence_n yes_o for_o they_o have_v episcopal_a ordination_n at_o first_o but_o not_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n and_o so_o be_v not_o to_o invade_v the_o territory_n of_o their_o neighbour_n the_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n clear_v this_o part_n the_o word_n be_v these_o as_o they_o be_v render_v by_o dionysius_n exiguus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la &_o vicis_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la chorepiscopi_fw-la tametsi_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sunt_fw-la consecrati_fw-la tamen_fw-la oportet_fw-la eos_fw-la modum_fw-la proprium_fw-la retinere_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o next_o clause_n &_o ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la consecrati_fw-la sunt_fw-la although_o it_o be_v in_o very_o ancient_a latin_a copy_n yet_o be_v not_o find_v in_o the_o greek_a but_o be_v a_o assumentum_fw-la for_o exposition_n of_o the_o greek_a but_o be_v most_o certain_o employ_v in_o it_o for_o else_o what_o description_n can_v this_o be_v of_o chorepiscopi_fw-la above_o presbyteri_fw-la rurale_n to_o say_v that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o have_v country_n priest_n they_o have_v receive_v imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n hand_n either_o then_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la have_v receive_v ordination_n from_o three_o bishop_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o be_v take_v collective_o not_o distributive_o to_o wit_n that_o each_o country_n bishop_n have_v receive_v ordination_n from_o bishop_n many_o bishop_n in_o conjunction_n and_o so_o they_o be_v very_a bishop_n or_o else_o they_o have_v no_o more_o than_o village_n priest_n and_o then_o this_o caution_n have_v be_v impertinent_a *_o but_o the_o city_n priest_n be_v also_o include_v in_o this_o prohibition_n true_a it_o be_v but_o it_o be_v in_o a_o parenthesis_n with_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o there_o be_v some_o particular_a reason_n for_o the_o involve_v they_o not_o that_o they_o ever_o do_v actual_o ordain_v any_o but_o that_o since_o it_o be_v prohibit_v to_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la to_o ordain_v to_o they_o i_o say_v who_o though_o for_o want_n of_o jurisdiction_n they_o may_v not_o
ordain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ischyras_n himself_o be_v reduce_v into_o lay_v communion_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o synod_n of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fall_v from_o the_o imagination_n of_o his_o presbyterate_a say_v philagrium_fw-la apud_fw-la athanas_n apolog._n 2._o epist_n presb._n &_o diacon_n mareotic_a ad_fw-la curiosum_fw-la &_o philagrium_fw-la the_o priest_n and_o deacon_n of_o mareotis_n and_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v ordain_v with_o ischiras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n athanasius_n and_o this_o so_o know_v a_o business_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n make_v scruple_n of_o the_o nullity_n **_o the_o parallel_v case_n be_v of_o the_o presbyter_n ordain_v by_o maximus_n who_o be_v another_o bishop_n in_o the_o air_n too_o all_o his_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v null_n by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n in_o constantinople_n a_o three_o be_v of_o the_o blind_a bishop_n of_o agabra_fw-la impose_v hand_n while_o his_o presbyter_n read_v 4._o cap._n 4._o the_o word_n of_o ordination_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v invalid_a by_o the_o first_o council_n of_o sevill_n these_o case_n be_v so_o know_v i_o need_v not_o insist_v on_o they_o 5._o cap._n 5._o this_o only_a in_o diverse_a case_n of_o transgression_n of_o the_o canon_n clergy_n man_n be_v reduce_v to_o lay_v communion_n either_o be_v suspend_v or_o depose_v that_o be_v from_o their_o place_n of_o honour_n and_o execution_n of_o their_o function_n with_o or_o without_o hope_n of_o restitution_n respective_o but_o then_o still_o they_o have_v their_o order_n and_o the_o sacrament_n confer_v by_o they_o be_v valid_a though_o they_o indeed_o be_v prohibit_v to_o minister_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o present_a instance_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v as_o null_n to_o have_v bestow_v nothing_o and_o to_o be_v mere_o imaginary_a *_o but_o so_o also_o it_o be_v in_o case_n that_o bishop_n ordain_v without_o a_o title_n or_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n as_o in_o the_o council_n of_o 6._o of_o can._n 6._o chalcedon_n and_o of_o 13._o of_o can_v 13._o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o may_v be_v it_o be_v so_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o presbyter_n it_o be_v by_o positive_a constitution_n pronounce_v void_a and_o no_o more_o and_o therefore_o may_v be_v rescind_v by_o the_o countermand_a of_o a_o equal_a power_n a_o council_n at_o most_o may_v do_v it_o and_o therefore_o without_o a_o council_n a_o probable_a necessity_n will_v let_v we_o loose_v but_o to_o this_o the_o answer_n be_v evident_a 1._o the_o expression_n in_o the_o several_a case_n be_v several_a &_o of_o diverse_a issue_n for_o in_o case_n of_o those_o nullity_n which_o be_v mere_o canonical_a they_o be_v express_v as_o then_o first_o make_v but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-bishop_n they_o be_v only_o declare_v void_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o therefore_o in_o that_o decree_n of_o chalcedon_n against_o sinetitular_a ordination_n the_o canon_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d irritam_fw-la existimari_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la to_o be_v esteem_v as_o null_n that_o be_v not_o to_o have_v canonical_a approbation_n but_o be_v not_o declare_v thursday_n in_o naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o forego_n instance_n 2._o in_o the_o case_n of_o antioch_n and_o chalcedon_n the_o decree_n be_v pro_fw-la futuro_fw-la which_o make_v it_o evident_a that_o those_o nullity_n be_v such_o as_o be_v make_v by_o canon_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o colluthus_n and_o maximus_n there_o be_v declaration_n of_o a_o past_a nullity_n and_o that_o before_o any_o canon_n be_v make_v and_o though_o synodall_n declaration_n pronoun_v such_o ordination_n invalid_a yet_o none_o decree_v so_o for_o the_o future_a which_o be_v a_o clear_a evidence_n that_o this_o nullity_n viz_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-presbyter_n be_v not_o make_v by_o canon_n but_o by_o canon_n declare_v to_o be_v invalid_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n 3._o if_o to_o this_o be_v add_v that_o in_o antiquity_n it_o be_v dogmatical_o resolve_v that_o by_o the_o nature_n and_o institution_n of_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n ordination_n be_v appropriate_a to_o they_o than_o it_o will_v also_o from_o hence_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o nullity_n of_o ordination_n without_o a_o bishop_n be_v not_o dependent_a upon_o positive_a constitution_n but_o on_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o institution_n **_o now_o that_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v only_o in_o the_o bishop_n even_o they_o who_o to_o advance_v the_o presbyter_n be_v willing_a enough_o to_o speak_v less_o for_o episcopacy_n give_v testimony_n make_v this_o the_o proper_a distinctive_a cognisance_n of_o a_o bishop_n from_o a_o presbyter_n that_o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n of_o ordination_n the_o presbyter_n have_v not_o so_o s._n jerome_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la except_o â_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la all_o thing_n say_v evagrium_fw-la ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la he_o to_o wit_v all_o thing_n of_o precise_a order_n be_v common_a to_o bishop_n with_o priest_n except_o ordination_n for_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o bishop_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n solâ_fw-la 2._o homil_n 2._o in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o lâ_fw-la quip_n ordinatione_fw-la superiores_fw-la illis_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantùm_fw-la plusquam_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la habere_fw-la videntur_fw-la ordination_n be_v the_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a function_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o not_o give_v he_o by_o positive_a constitution_n of_o the_o canon_n 4._o no_o man_n be_v call_v a_o heretic_n for_o breach_n of_o canon_n but_o for_o deny_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n to_o be_v proper_a to_o a_o bishop_n aërius_n be_v by_o epiphanius_n philastrius_n and_o s._n austin_n condemn_v and_o brand_v for_o heresy_n and_o by_o the_o catholic_a church_n say_v epiphanius_n this_o power_n therefore_o come_v from_o a_o high_a spring_n then_o positive_a and_o canonical_a sanction_n but_o now_o proceed_v the_o council_n hold_v in_o trullo_n complain_v that_o 37._o can._n 37._o the_o incursion_n of_o the_o barbarous_a people_n upon_o the_o church_n inheritance_n say_v that_o it_o force_v some_o bishop_n from_o their_o residence_n &_o make_v that_o they_o can_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o guise_n of_o the_o church_n give_v order_n and_o do_v such_o thing_n as_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n and_o in_o the_o sequel_n of_o the_o canon_n they_o be_v permit_v in_o such_o case_n ut_fw-la &_o diversorum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la canonicè_fw-la faciant_fw-la to_o make_v canonical_a ordination_n of_o clergy_n man_n give_v of_o order_n be_v proper_a it_o belong_v to_o a_o bishop_n so_o the_o council_n and_o therefore_o theodoret_n expound_v that_o place_n of_o s._n paul_n by_o the_o lay_n on_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n interpret_v it_o of_o bishop_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o presbyter_n do_v not_o impose_v hand_n *_o there_o be_v a_o imperfect_a canon_n in_o the_o arausican_n council_n that_o have_v a_o expression_n very_o pertinent_a to_o 20._o can._n 20._o this_o purpose_n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la episcopos_fw-la geruntur_fw-la those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o do_v but_o by_o bishop_n they_o be_v decree_v still_o to_o be_v do_v by_o bishop_n though_o he_o that_o be_v to_o do_v they_o regular_o do_v fall_v into_o any_o infirmity_n whatsoever_o yet_o non_fw-la sub_fw-la praesentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la agere_fw-la permittat_fw-la sed_fw-la evocet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la here_o be_v clear_o by_o this_o canon_n some_o thing_n suppose_v to_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o action_n of_o which_o presbyter_n must_v in_o no_o case_n be_v admit_v the_o particular_n what_o they_o be_v be_v not_o specify_v in_o the_o canon_n but_o be_v name_v before_o viz_o order_n and_o confirmation_n for_o almost_o the_o whole_a council_n be_v concern_v they_o and_o nothing_o else_o be_v proper_o the_o agendum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o the_o canon_n else_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v *_o to_o the_o same_o issue_n be_v that_o circum-locutory_a description_n or_o name_n of_o a_o bishop_n use_v by_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n that_o be_v to_o ordain_v clerk_n *_o and_o all_o this_o be_v but_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n which_o s._n epiphanius_n oppose_v to_o the_o 75._o haeres_fw-la 75._o doctrine_n of_o aërius_n deny_v episcopacy_n to_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o episcopacy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o presbytery_n the_o order_n of_o bishop_n beget_v father_n to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n beget_v son_n in_o baptism_n but_o no_o father_n or_o doctor_n by_o ordination_n *_o it_o be_v a_o
presbyter_n if_o they_o do_v well_o what_o be_v a_o virtue_n in_o they_o be_v no_o sin_n in_o we_o if_o they_o do_v ill_a from_o what_o principle_n shall_v we_o judge_v of_o the_o right_n of_o ordination_n since_o there_o be_v no_o example_n in_o scripture_n of_o any_o ordination_n make_v but_o by_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n and_o the_o presbytery_n that_o impose_v hand_n on_o timothy_n be_v by_o all_o antiquity_n expound_v either_o of_o the_o office_n or_o of_o a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n and_o s._n paul_n expound_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ordination_n make_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n as_o appear_v by_o compare_v the_o two_o epistle_n to_o s._n timothy_n together_o and_o may_v be_v so_o mean_v by_o the_o principle_n of_o all_o side_n for_o if_o the_o name_n be_v confound_v than_o presbyter_n may_v signify_v a_o bishop_n and_o that_o they_o of_o this_o presbytery_n be_v not_o bishop_n they_o can_v never_o prove_v from_o scripture_n where_o all_o man_n grant_v that_o the_o name_n be_v confound_v *_o so_o that_o whence_o will_v man_n take_v their_o estimate_n for_o the_o rite_n of_o ordination_n from_o scripture_n that_o give_v it_o always_o to_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v and_o that_o a_o priest_n do_v ever_o impose_v hand_n for_o ordination_n can_v never_o be_v show_v from_o thence_o from_o whence_o then_o from_o antiquity_n that_o be_v so_o far_o from_o licens_v ordination_n make_v by_o presbyter_n alone_o that_o presbyter_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n do_v never_o join_v with_o bishop_n in_o collate_v holy_a order_n of_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n till_o the_o 4_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n much_o less_o do_v it_o alone_o right_o and_o with_o effect_n so_o that_o as_o in_o scripture_n there_o be_v nothing_o for_o presbyter_n ordain_v so_o in_o antiquity_n there_o be_v much_o against_o it_o and_o either_o in_o this_o particular_a we_o must_v have_v strange_a thought_n of_o scripture_n and_o antiquity_n or_o not_o so_o fair_a 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great_a learning_n 11._o de_fw-fr eccles._n cap._n 11._o do_v attest_v that_o at_o the_o first_o reformation_n there_o be_v many_o arch-bishop_n and_o cardinal_n in_o germany_n england_n france_n and_o italy_n that_o join_v in_o the_o reformation_n who_o they_o may_v but_o do_v not_o employ_v in_o their_o ordination_n and_o what_o necessity_n then_o can_v be_v pretend_v in_o this_o case_n i_o will_v fain_o learn_v that_o i_o may_v make_v their_o defence_n but_o which_o be_v of_o more_o and_o deep_a consideration_n for_o this_o may_v have_v be_v do_v by_o inconsideration_n and_o irresolution_n as_o often_o happen_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o great_a change_n but_z it_o be_v their_o constant_a and_o resolve_a practice_n at_o least_o in_o france_n that_o if_o any_o return_n to_o they_o they_o will_v reordayne_v he_o by_o their_o presbytery_n though_o he_o have_v before_o episcopal_a 1605._o danaeus_n part_n 2._o isagog_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 22._o perron_n repl_n fol_z 92._o impress_n 1605._o 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the_o 26._o lib._n 6._o hist._n cap._n 26._o bishopric_n of_o the_o precedency_n over_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n *_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o 10._o can._n 10._o council_n of_o sardis_n to_o the_o top_n or_o height_n of_o episcopacy_n apices_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la omnium_fw-la so_o optatus_n call_v bishop_n the_o chief_a and_o head_n of_o all_o and_o s._n denys_n of_o alexandria_n scribit_fw-la ad_fw-la fabianum_fw-la parmen_fw-la lib._n 2._o adv_n parmen_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la alios_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la principes_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la say_v eusebius_n and_o origen_n call_v the_o bishop_n eum_fw-la qui_fw-la jerem._n lib._n 6._o hist._n cap._n 26._o homil._n 7._o in_o jerem._n totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la arcem_fw-la obtinet_fw-la he_o that_o have_v obtain_v the_o tower_n orheight_n of_o the_o church_n the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n in_o trullo_n 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confess_o extraordinary_a therefore_o the_o argument_n be_v still_o firm_a upon_o its_o first_o principle_n 3._o last_o the_o primitive_a church_n do_v the_o facto_fw-la and_o believe_v themselves_o to_o be_v tie_v de_fw-la jure_fw-la to_o use_v this_o rite_n of_o confirmation_n and_o give_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n after_o baptism_n s._n clemens_n alexandrinus_n in_o eusebius_n tell_v a_o story_n 17._o lib_n 3._o hist_o cap._n 17._o of_o a_o young_a man_n who_o s._n john_n have_v convert_v and_o commit_v to_o a_o bishop_n to_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o christendom_n qui_fw-la say_v s._n clement_n eum_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramento_n illuminavit_fw-la posteà _fw-la verò_fw-la sigillo_fw-la domini_fw-la tanquam_fw-la perfectâ_fw-la &_o tutâ_fw-la ejus_fw-la animi_fw-la custodiâ_fw-la obsignavit_fw-la the_o bishop_n first_o baptize_v he_o than_o consign_v he_o justin_n martyr_n say_v speak_v pro_fw-la more_fw-mi orthod_n quaest._n 137._o ad_fw-la orthod_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v oecumenius_n for_o truth_n be_v apost_n in_o act._n apost_n that_o diverse_a of_o they_o be_v ordain_v apostle_n with_o a_o unlimited_a jurisdiction_n not_o fix_v upon_o any_o see_v that_o they_o also_o may_v together_o with_o the_o twelve_o exire_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la *_o so_o that_o in_o this_o presbytery_n either_o they_o be_v more_o than_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o barnabas_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n man_n of_o apostolical_a power_n and_o they_o may_v well_o be_v in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o twelve_o and_o with_o the_o bishop_n they_o be_v of_o equal_a power_n not_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o presbyterate_a but_o by_o their_o apostolate_a or_o if_o they_o be_v but_o mere_a presbyter_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v certain_a and_o prove_v and_o confess_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v power_n to_o govern_v the_o church_n alone_o this_o their_o take_v mere_a presbyter_n in_o partem_fw-la regiminis_fw-la be_v a_o voluntary_a act_n and_o from_o this_o example_n be_v derive_v to_o other_o church_n and_o then_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o presbyteros_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la be_v rather_o consuetudine_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la then_o dominicae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la veritate_fw-la to_o use_v s._n hierom_n own_o expression_n for_o this_o be_v more_o evident_a than_o that_o bishop_n do_v eminere_fw-la caeteris_fw-la by_o custom_n rather_o than_o divine_a institution_n for_o if_o the_o apostle_n may_v rule_v the_o church_n alone_o then_o that_o the_o presbyter_n be_v take_v into_o the_o number_n be_v a_o voluntary_a act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o although_o fit_v to_o be_v retain_v where_o the_o same_o reason_n do_v remain_v and_o circumstance_n concur_v yet_o not_o necessary_a because_o not_o affix_v to_o their_o order_n not_o dominicae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la veritate_fw-la and_o not_o laudable_a when_o those_o reason_n cease_v and_o there_o be_v a_o emergency_n of_o contrary_a cause_n 2._o the_o next_o presbytery_n we_o read_v of_o be_v at_o antioch_n but_o there_o we_o find_v no_o act_n either_o of_o concurrent_a or_o single_a jurisdiction_n but_o of_o ordination_n indeed_o we_o do_v 13._o act._n 13._o and_o that_o perform_v by_o such_o man_n as_o s._n paul_n be_v and_o barnabas_n for_o they_o be_v two_o of_o the_o prophet_n reckon_v in_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n but_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v they_o to_o be_v call_v presbyter_n in_o that_o place_n to_o be_v sure_a they_o be_v not_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o we_o now_o understand_v the_o word_n as_o i_o prove_v former_o 3._o but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n there_o be_v a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n and_o they_o be_v by_o the_o spirit_n 20._o act._n 20._o of_o god_n call_v bishop_n and_o be_v appoint_v by_o he_o to_o be_v pastor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n this_o must_v do_v it_o or_o nothing_o in_o quo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la s._n posuit_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la in_o who_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n there_o must_v lay_v the_o exigence_n of_o the_o argument_n and_o if_o we_o can_v find_v who_o be_v mean_v by_o vos_fw-fr we_o shall_v i_o hope_v gain_v the_o truth_n *_o s._n paul_n send_v for_o the_o presbyter_n or_o elder_n to_o come_v from_o ephesus_n to_o miletus_n and_o to_o they_o he_o speak_v **_o it_o be_v true_a but_o that_o be_v not_o all_o the_o vos_fw-la for_o there_o be_v present_a at_o that_o sermon_n sopater_n and_o aristarchus_n and_o secundus_fw-la and_o gaius_n and_o timothy_n and_o tychicus_n and_o trophimus_n 4._o act._n 20._o 4._o and_o although_o he_o send_v to_o ephesus_n as_o to_o the_o metropolis_n and_o there_o many_o elder_n be_v either_o accidental_o or_o by_o ordinary_a residence_n yet_o those_o be_v not_o all_o elder_n of_o that_o church_n but_o of_o all_o asia_n in_o the_o scripture_n sense_n the_o lessar_n asia_n for_o so_o in_o the_o preface_n of_o his_o sermon_n s._n paul_n intimate_v you_o know_v that_o from_o the_o first_o day_n i_o come_v into_o asia_n after_o what_o manner_n i_o have_v 18._o vers_fw-la 18._o be_v with_o you_o at_o all_o season_n his_o whole_a conversation_n in_o asia_n be_v not_o confine_v to_o ephesus_n and_o yet_o those_o elder_n who_o be_v present_a be_v witness_n of_o it_o all_o and_o therefore_o be_v of_o disperse_a habitation_n and_o so_o it_o be_v more_o clear_o infer_v from_o vers_fw-la 25._o and_o now_o behold_v i_o know_v that_o you_o all_o among_o who_o i_o have_v go_v preach_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n &c_n &c_n it_o be_v a_o travail_n to_o preach_v to_o all_o that_o be_v present_a and_o therefore_o most_o certain_o they_o be_v inhabitant_n of_o place_n very_o considerable_o distant_a now_o upon_o this_o ground_n i_o will_v raise_v these_o consideration_n 1._o if_o there_o be_v a_o confusion_n of_o name_n in_o scripture_n particular_o of_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n as_o it_o be_v contend_v for_o on_o one_o side_n
council_n say_v that_o they_o complain_v that_o some_o from_o arrianisme_n be_v reconcile_v and_o promote_v from_o deacon_n to_o be_v presbyter_n from_o presbyter_n to_o be_v bishop_n calling_z it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a degree_n or_o order_n and_o s._n gregory_n nazianz._n in_o his_o encomium_n of_o s._n athanasius_n speak_v of_o his_o canonical_a ordination_n and_o election_n to_o a_o bishopric_n say_v that_o he_o be_v choose_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o worthy_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v through_o all_o the_o inferior_a order_n the_o same_o commendation_n s._n cyprian_n 52._o epist._n 52._o give_v of_o cornelius_n non_fw-la iste_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la subito_fw-la pervenit_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la officia_fw-la promotus_fw-la &_o in_o divinis_fw-la administrationibus_fw-la dominum_fw-la sepè_fw-la promeritus_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la sublime_a fastigium_fw-la cunctis_fw-la religionis_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la ...._o &_o factus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la à _fw-la plurimis_fw-la collegiis_fw-la nostris_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la româ_fw-la aderant_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la litter_n as_o ...._o de_fw-fr ejus_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la miserunt_fw-la here_o be_v evident_a not_o only_o a_o promotion_n but_o a_o new_a ordination_n of_o s._n cornelius_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n so_o that_o now_o the_o chair_n be_v full_a say_v s._n cyprian_n &_o quis_fw-la quis_fw-la jam_fw-la episcopus_fw-la fieri_fw-la voluerit_fw-la for_o be_v fiat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la habeat_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o man_n else_o can_v receive_v ordination_n to_o the_o bishopric_n 2._o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o his_o chair_n be_v 2._o §_o 30._o there_o be_v a_o peculiar_a manner_n of_o ordination_n to_o a_o bishopric_n can._n apost_n 1_o &_o 2._o do_v de_fw-la novo_fw-la after_o his_o be_v a_o presbyter_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o in_o another_o manner_n than_o he_o have_v when_o he_o be_v make_v priest_n this_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o first_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n that_o be_v make_v after_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o priest_n and_o deacon_n must_v be_v ordain_v of_o one_o bishop_n but_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v ordain_v by_o two_o or_o three_o at_o least_o and_o that_o we_o may_v see_v it_o yet_o more_o to_o be_v apostolical_a s._n anacletus_fw-la in_o his_o second_o epistle_n report_n hierosolymitarum_fw-la primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la b._n jacobus_n à _fw-fr petro_n jacobo_n &_o johanne_n apostolis_n est_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la three_o apostle_n go_v to_o the_o ordain_v of_o s._n james_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n be_v in_o word_n affirm_v by_o anicetus_n ut_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la duorum_fw-la veltrium_fw-la stet_fw-la omnis_fw-la veritas_fw-la and_o s._n cyprian_n observe_v that_o when_o cornelius_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n there_o happen_v vnica_fw-la epist._n vnica_fw-la to_o be_v many_o of_o his_o fellow_n bishop_n there_o &_o factus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la à _fw-la plurimis_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la româ_fw-la aderant_fw-la these_o collegae_fw-la can_v not_o be_v mere_a priest_n for_o then_o the_o ordination_n of_o novatus_n have_v be_v more_o canonical_a then_o that_o of_o cornelius_n and_o all_o christendom_n have_v be_v deceive_v for_o not_o novatus_n who_o be_v ordain_v by_o three_o bishop_n but_o cornelius_n have_v be_v the_o schismatic_a as_o be_v ordain_v by_o priest_n against_o the_o canon_n but_o here_o i_o observe_v it_o for_o the_o word_n plurimis_fw-la there_o be_v many_o of_o they_o ordination_n *_o in_o pursuance_n of_o this_o apostolical_a ordinance_n nicene_n father_n decree_v that_o a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v ordain_v 4._o can._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o all_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o province_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o then_o it_o must_v be_v do_v by_o three_o be_v gather_v together_o and_o the_o rest_n consent_v so_o the_o ordination_n to_o be_v perform_v *_o the_o same_o be_v ratify_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antiech_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 19_o can._n 19_o a_o bishop_n be_v not_o to_o be_v ordain_v without_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o the_o province_n but_o if_o this_o can_v be_v do_v convinient_o yet_o however_o it_o be_v require_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ordination_n must_v be_v perform_v by_o many_o the_o same_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n can_v 12._o in_o the_o 13._o canon_n of_o the_o african_a code_n in_o the_o 22_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o arles_n and_o the_o 12._o can._n 12._o five_o canon_n of_o the_o second_o council_n of_o arles_n and_o be_v ever_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o we_o may_v see_v it_o descend_v through_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n to_o the_o inferior_a age_n episcopus_fw-la 4._o can._n 4._o qunm_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la duo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ponant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la evangeliorum_fw-la codicem_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la &_o cervicem_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o uno_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la fundente_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la reliquiomnes_n episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la adsunt_fw-la manibus_fw-la suis_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la tangant_fw-la the_o thing_n be_v catholic_a and_o canonical_a it_o be_v prima_fw-la &_o immutabilis_fw-la constitutio_fw-la so_o the_o first_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o 509._o of_o a._n d._n 509._o epaunum_n call_v it_o and_o therefore_o after_o the_o death_n of_o meletius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n a_o schism_n be_v make_v about_o his_o successor_n &_o evagrius_n his_o ordination_n 44._o theodoret._n l._n 9_o cap_n 44._o condemn_v because_o praeter_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la regulam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la it_o be_v against_o the_o rule_n of_o holy_a church_n why_o so_o solus_fw-la enim_fw-la paulinus_n eum_fw-la instituerat_fw-la plurimas_fw-la regulas_fw-la praevaricatus_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la praecipiunt_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la quilibet_fw-la ordinare_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la convocare_fw-la vniversos_fw-la provinciae_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la tres_fw-la pontifices_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la penitùs_fw-la fieri_fw-la interdicunt_fw-la which_o because_o it_o be_v not_o observe_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o evagrius_n who_o be_v not_o ordain_v by_o three_o bishop_n the_o ordination_n be_v cassated_a in_o the_o council_n of_o rhegium_n and_o we_o read_v that_o when_o novatus_n will_v fain_o be_v make_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o schism_n against_o cornelius_n he_o do_v it_o tribus_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 2._o cap._n 1._o 2._o say_v eusebius_n he_o obtain_v three_o bishop_n for_o performance_n 33._o lib._n 6._o hist._n cap._n 33._o of_o the_o action_n now_o beside_o these_o apostolical_a and_o catholic_a canon_n and_o precedent_n this_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o constant_a and_o unite_a interpretation_n of_o the_o greek_a father_n be_v actual_o do_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o s._n timothy_n to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o ephesus_n neglect_v not_o the_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n the_o latin_a father_n expound_v it_o abstract_o viz._n to_o signify_v the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n that_o be_v neglect_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o priesthood_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o this_o erasmus_n help_v by_o make_v presbyterij_fw-la to_o pertain_v to_o gratiam_fw-la by_o a_o new_a inter-punction_n of_o the_o word_n but_o however_o presbyterij_fw-la with_o the_o latin_a father_n signify_v presbyteratû_n not_o presbyterorum_fw-la and_o this_o presbyteratus_n be_v in_o their_o sense_n use_v for_o episcopatus_fw-la too_o but_o the_o greek_a father_n understand_v it_o collective_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o simple_o such_o but_o bishop_n too_o all_o agree_v in_o that_o that_o episcopacy_n be_v either_o mean_v in_o office_n or_o in_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o oecumenius_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o theophilact_v so_o theodoret._n the_o probation_n of_o this_o lie_v upon_o right_a reason_n and_o catholic_a tradition_n for_o 3._o the_o bishop_n ordination_n be_v peculiar_a in_o hand_n §_o 31._o to_o which_o presbyter_n never_o do_v assist_v by_o impose_v hand_n this_o respect_n above_o the_o presbyter_n for_o a_o presbyter_n do_v never_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n on_o a_o presbyter_n they_o do_v ever_o since_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n but_o never_o on_o a_o bishop_n and_o that_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o former_a exposition_n by_o the_o presbytery_n s_o paul_n mean_v bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d presbyter_n do_v not_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o presbyterium_fw-la be_v not_o a_o college_n of_o mere_a presbyter_n for_o such_o can_v never_o ordain_v s._n timothy_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n the_o
ordain_v without_o licence_n it_o be_v in_o alienâ_fw-la parochiâ_fw-la yet_o they_o have_v capacity_n by_o their_o order_n to_o do_v it_o if_o these_o shall_v do_v it_o the_o city_n presbyter_n who_o be_v often_o dispatch_v into_o the_o village_n upon_o the_o same_o employment_n by_o a_o temporary_a mission_n that_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v by_o a_o ordinary_a and_o fix_v residence_n may_v perhaps_o think_v that_o their_o commission_n may_v extend_v far_o than_o it_o do_v or_o that_o they_o may_v go_v beyond_o it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la and_o therefore_o their_o way_n be_v obstruct_v by_o this_o clause_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d *_o add_v to_o this_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o city_n be_v of_o great_a honour_n and_o peculiar_a privilege_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o thirteen_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o neo-caesarea_n and_o therefore_o may_v easy_o exceed_v if_o the_o canon_n have_v not_o be_v their_o bridle_n the_o sum_n of_o the_o canon_n be_v this_o with_o the_o bishop_n licence_n the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la may_v ordain_v for_o themselves_o have_v episcopal_a ordination_n but_o without_o licence_n they_o may_v not_o for_o they_o have_v but_o delegate_v and_o subordinate_a jurisdiction_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o fourteen_o canon_n of_o neo-caesarea_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d like_o the_o 70_o disciple_n that_o be_v inferior_a to_o bishop_n and_o the_o 70_o be_v to_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n viz._n in_o hoc_fw-la particulari_fw-la not_o in_o order_n but_o like_o they_o in_o subordination_n and_o inferiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n but_o the_o city_n presbyter_n may_v not_o ordain_v neither_o with_o nor_o without_o licence_n for_o they_o be_v in_o the_o canon_n only_o by_o way_n of_o parenthesis_n and_o the_o sequence_n of_o procure_v a_o faculty_n from_o the_o bishop_n to_o collate_v order_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o chorepiscopi_fw-la not_o to_o presbyteri_fw-la civitatis_fw-la unless_o we_o 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order_n and_o jurisdiction_n for_o ordination_n for_o reddendo_fw-la singula_fw-la singulis_fw-la and_o expound_v this_o canon_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n and_o exigence_n of_o catholic_a custom_n the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v exclude_v from_o give_v order_n for_o want_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o city_n for_o want_v of_o order_n the_o first_o may_v be_v supply_v by_o a_o delegate_v power_n in_o litter_n be_v episcopalibus_fw-la the_o second_o can_v but_o by_o a_o new_a ordination_n that_o be_v by_o make_v the_o priest_n a_o bishop_n for_o if_o a_o priest_n of_o the_o city_n have_v not_o so_o much_o power_n as_o a_o chorepiscopus_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v he_o have_v not_o by_o show_v that_o the_o chorepiscopus_n then_o have_v episcopal_a ordination_n and_o yet_o the_o chorepiscopus_n may_v not_o collate_v order_n without_o a_o faculty_n from_o the_o bishop_n the_o city_n priest_n may_v not_o do_v it_o unless_o more_o be_v add_v to_o 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city_n in_o who_o jurisdiction_n he_o be_v which_o be_v clear_o ordination_n to_o the_o order_n of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o no_o more_o and_o ever_o after_o this_o all_o the_o ordination_n they_o make_v be_v only_o to_o the_o inferior_a ministery_n with_o the_o bishop_n licence_n too_o but_o they_o never_o ordain_v any_o to_o be_v deacon_n or_o priest_n for_o these_o be_v order_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n appoint_v and_o therefore_o be_v gratiae_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la and_o issue_n of_o order_n but_o the_o inferior_a ministery_n as_o of_o a_o reader_n a_o ostiary_n etc._n etc._n be_v humane_a constitution_n and_o require_v not_o the_o capacity_n of_o episcopal_a order_n to_o collate_v they_o for_o they_o be_v not_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o all_o order_n proper_o so_o call_v be_v but_o may_v by_o humane_a dispensation_n be_v bestow_v as_o well_o as_o by_o humane_a ordinance_n they_o have_v their_o first_o constitution_n *_o *_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la last_v 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the_o epistle_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n theodoret._n tripart_fw-fr hist._n lib._n 2._o c._n 12._o ex_fw-la theodoret._n *_o but_o however_o all_o this_o while_n the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v so_o fast_o hold_v in_o the_o bishop_n hand_n that_o it_o be_v communicate_v to_o none_o though_o of_o the_o great_a privilege_n *_o ay_o find_v the_o like_a care_n take_v in_o the_o council_n 19_o can_n 19_o of_o sardis_n for_o when_o musaeus_n and_o eutychianus_n have_v ordain_v some_o clerk_n themselves_o not_o be_v bishop_n gaudentius_n one_o of_o the_o moderate_a man_n it_o be_v likely_a for_o quietness_n sake_n and_o to_o comply_v with_o the_o time_n will_v fain_o have_v have_v those_o clerk_n receive_v into_o clericall_a communion_n but_o the_o council_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n admit_v that_o any_o shall_v be_v receive_v into_o the_o clergy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o balsamon_n express_v upon_o that_o canon_n but_o such_o as_o be_v ordain_v by_o they_o who_o be_v bishop_n very_o and_o indeed_o but_o with_o those_o who_o be_v ordain_v by_o musaeus_n and_o eutychianus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o will_v communicate_v as_o with_o layman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o they_o be_v no_o bishop_n that_o impose_v hand_n on_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o clerk_n be_v not_o ordain_v true_o but_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dissembler_n of_o ordination_n quae_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la musaeo_n &_o eutychiano_n dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la trahe_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la alios_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ordinati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v balsamon_n intimate_v that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n and_o of_o public_a interest_n *_o the_o same_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o those_o two_o famous_a case_n the_o one_o of_o ischiras_n ordain_v of_o colluthus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o dream_v only_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n ischiras_n be_v ordain_v by_o he_o can_v be_v no_o priest_n nor_o any_o 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church_n catholic_a and_o christian._n if_o a_o ordinary_a necessity_n will_v not_o excuse_v this_o will_v not_o a_o extraordinary_a call_n justify_v it_o yea_o most_o certain_o can_v we_o but_o see_v a_o ordinary_a proof_n for_o a_o extraordinary_a call_n viz_o a_o evident_a prophecy_n demonstration_n of_o miracle_n certainty_n of_o reason_n clarity_n of_o sense_n or_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v make_v faith_n of_o a_o extraordinary_a mission_n but_o shall_v we_o then_o condemn_v those_o few_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n who_o ordination_n always_o have_v be_v without_o bishop_n no_o indeed_o that_o must_v not_o be_v they_o stand_v or_o fall_v to_o their_o own_o master_n and_o though_o i_o can_v justify_v their_o ordination_n yet_o what_o degree_n their_o necessity_n be_v of_o what_o their_o desire_n of_o episcopal_a ordination_n may_v do_v for_o their_o personal_a excuse_n and_o how_o far_o a_o good_a life_n and_o a_o catholic_a belief_n may_v lead_v a_o man_n in_o the_o way_n to_o heaven_n although_o the_o form_n of_o external_a communion_n be_v not_o observe_v i_o can_v determine_v *_o for_o ought_v i_o know_v their_o condition_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o the_o church_n of_o pergamus_n i_o know_v thy_o work_n and_o where_o thou_o dwell_v even_o where_o satan_n seat_n be_v and_o thou_o helde_v fast_v my_o faith_n and_o have_v not_o deny_v my_o name_n nihilominus_fw-la habeo_fw-la adversus_fw-la te_fw-la pauca_fw-la some_o few_o thing_n i_o have_v against_o thou_o and_o yet_o of_o they_o the_o want_n of_o canonical_a ordination_n be_v a_o defect_n which_o i_o trust_v themselves_o desire_v to_o be_v remedy_v but_o if_o it_o can_v be_v do_v their_o sin_n indeed_o be_v the_o less_o but_o their_o misery_n the_o great_a *_o ay_o be_o sure_a i_o have_v say_v sooth_n but_o whether_o or_o no_o it_o will_v be_v think_v so_o i_o can_v tell_v and_o yet_o why_o it_o may_v not_o i_o can_v guess_v unless_o they_o only_o be_v impeccable_a which_o i_o suppose_v will_v not_o so_o easy_o be_v think_v of_o they_o who_o themselves_o think_v that_o all_o the_o church_n possible_o may_v fail_v but_o this_o i_o will_v not_o have_v declare_v so_o free_o have_v not_o the_o necessity_n of_o our_o own_o church_n require_v it_o and_o that_o the_o first_o pretence_n of_o the_o legality_n and_o validity_n of_o their_o ordination_n be_v boy_v up_o to_o the_o height_n of_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o else_o why_o shall_v it_o be_v call_v tyranny_n in_o we_o to_o call_v on_o they_o to_o conform_v to_o we_o and_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n and_o yet_o in_o they_o be_v call_v a_o good_a and_o a_o holy_a zeal_n to_o exact_v our_o conformity_n to_o they_o but_o i_o hope_v it_o will_v so_o happen_v to_o we_o that_o it_o will_v be_v verify_v here_o what_o be_v once_o say_v of_o the_o catholic_n under_o the_o fury_n of_o justina_n sed_fw-la tanta_fw-la fuit_fw-la persevere_v antia_fw-la fidelium_fw-la populorum_fw-la ut_fw-la animas_fw-la priùs_fw-la amittere_fw-la quà m_fw-la episcopum_fw-la mallent_fw-la if_o it_o be_v put_v to_o our_o choice_n rather_o to_o die_v to_o wit_n the_o death_n of_o martyr_n not_o rebel_n then_o loose_a the_o sacred_a order_n and_o office_n of_o episcopacy_n without_o which_o no_o priest_n no_o ordination_n no_o consecration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n no_o absolution_n no_o rite_n or_o sacrament_n legitimate_o can_v be_v perform_v in_o order_n to_o eternity_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o if_o the_o canon_n and_o sanction_n apostolical_a if_o the_o decree_n of_o eight_o famous_a counsel_n in_o christendom_n of_o ancyra_n of_o antioch_n of_o sardis_n of_o alexandria_n two_o of_o constantinople_n the_o arausican_n council_n and_o that_o of_o hispalis_n if_o the_o constant_a successive_a act_n of_o the_o famous_a martyr_n bishop_n of_o rome_n make_v ordination_n if_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o whole_a pontifical_a book_n if_o the_o dogmatic_a resolution_n of_o so_o many_o father_n s._n denis_n s._n cornelius_n s._n athanasius_n s._n hierome_n s._n chrysostome_n s._n epiphanius_n s._n austin_n and_o diverse_a other_o all_o appropriate_a ordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n hand_n if_o the_o constant_a voice_n of_o christendom_n declare_v ordination_n make_v by_o presbyter_n to_o be_v null_a and_o void_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o never_o any_o act_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-bishop_n approve_a by_o any_o council_n decretal_a or_o single_a suffrage_n of_o any_o famous_a man_n in_o christendom_n if_o that_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n be_v always_o make_v and_o they_o ever_o do_v by_o bishop_n and_o no_o pretence_n of_o priest_n join_v with_o they_o in_o their_o consecration_n and_o after_o all_o this_o it_o be_v declare_v heresy_n to_o communicate_v the_o power_n of_o give_v order_n to_o presbyter_n either_o alone_o or_o in_o conjunction_n with_o bishop_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o aërius_n if_o all_o this_o that_o be_v if_o whatsoever_o can_v be_v imagine_v be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v faith_n in_o this_o particular_a than_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o power_n and_o order_n of_o bishop_n be_v great_a than_o the_o power_n and_o order_n of_o presbyter_n to_o wit_n in_o this_o great_a particular_a of_o ordination_n and_o that_o by_o this_o loud_a voice_n and_o unite_a vote_n of_o christendom_n *_o but_o this_o be_v but_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o power_n confirmation_n §_o 33._o and_o confirmation_n which_o catholic_n antiquity_n affix_v to_o the_o order_n of_o episcopacy_n the_o next_o be_v of_o confirmation_n of_o baptize_v people_n and_o here_o the_o rule_n be_v this_o which_o be_v thus_o express_v by_o damascen_n apostolorum_fw-la &_o successorum_fw-la eorum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la donum_fw-la chorepisc_n epist._n de_fw-fr chorepisc_n spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la tradere_fw-la it_o belong_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n to_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o see_v this_o in_o particular_a instance_n the_o council_n of_o eliberis_n give_v permission_n to_o faithful_a people_n of_o the_o laity_n to_o baptize_v catechuman_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o exigence_n of_o journey_n it_o a_o tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la supervixerit_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la eum_fw-la perducat_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la proficere_fw-la possit_fw-la let_v he_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v improve_v by_o imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n hand_n this_o be_v law_n it_o be_v also_o custom_n say_v s._n cyprian_n quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la jubaian_a epist._n add_v jubaian_a quoque_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la geritur_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la per_fw-la praepositos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la offerantur_fw-la &_o per_fw-la nostram_fw-la orationem_fw-la &_o manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la consequantur_fw-la &_o signaculo_fw-la dominico_n consummentur_fw-la and_o this_o custom_n be_v catholic_n too_o and_o the_o law_n be_v of_o universal_a concernment_n omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la per_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la ut_fw-la pleni_fw-la christiani_n accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la so_o s._n vrbane_n in_o his_o decretal_a epistle_n and_o omnibus_fw-la festinandum_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la council_n apud_fw-la seu._n binium_n in_o 1._o tom_n council_n morâ_fw-la renasci_fw-la &_o demùm_fw-la consignari_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la et_fw-la septiformem_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sanctigratiam_fw-la recipere_fw-la so_o say_v the_o old_a author_n of_o the_o four_o epistle_n under_o the_o name_n of_o s._n clement_n all_o faithful_a baptize_v people_n must_v go_v to_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v consign_v and_o so_o by_o imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n hand_n to_o obtain_v the_o seven_o fold_n gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n meltiades_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n affirm_v confirmation_n in_o this_o to_o have_v a_o special_a excellency_n beside_o baptism_n quòd_fw-la solùm_fw-la à _fw-la summis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la confertur_fw-la because_o bishop_n only_o can_v give_v confirmation_n and_o the_o same_o be_v say_v &_o prove_v by_o s._n eusebius_n in_o his_o three_o epistle_n enjoin_v great_a veneration_n to_o this_o holy_a mystery_n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la perfici_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la summis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la it_o can_v it_o may_v not_o be_v perform_v by_o any_o but_o by_o the_o bishop_n thus_o s._n chrysostome_n speak_v of_o s._n philip_n convert_v act._n homil._n 18._o in_o act._n the_o samaritan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philip_n baptise_v the_o man_n of_o samaria_n give_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o they_o who_o he_o have_v baptize_v for_o he_o have_v not_o power_n for_o this_o gift_n be_v only_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o principal_a and_o
let_v it_o rest_v upon_o ignatio_n upon_o apologiae_fw-la pro_fw-la ignatio_n vedelius_fw-la a_o man_n who_o be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v suspect_v as_o a_o party_n for_o episcopacy_n or_o rather_o upon_o the_o credit_n of_o 30._o of_o lib._n 3._o hist._n c._n 30._o eusebius_n eccles._n eusebius_n de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n s._n hierome_n and_o reddidit_fw-la and_o apud_fw-la eusebquem_fw-la latin_a reddidit_fw-la ruffinus_n who_o reckon_v the_o first_o seven_o out_o of_o which_o i_o have_v take_v these_o excerpta_fw-la for_o natural_a and_o genuine_a and_o now_o i_o will_v make_v this_o use_n of_o it_o those_o man_n that_o call_v for_o reduction_n of_o episcopacy_n to_o the_o primitive_a state_n shall_v do_v well_o to_o stand_v close_o to_o their_o principle_n and_o count_v that_o the_o best_a episcopacy_n which_o be_v first_o and_o then_o consider_v but_o what_o s._n ignatius_n have_v tell_v we_o for_o direction_n in_o this_o affair_n and_o see_v what_o be_v get_v in_o the_o bargain_n for_o my_o part_n since_o they_o that_o call_v for_o such_o a_o reduction_n hope_v to_o gain_v by_o it_o and_o then_o will_v most_o certain_o have_v abide_v by_o it_o i_o think_v it_o not_o reasonable_a to_o abate_v any_o thing_n of_o ignatius_n his_o height_n but_o expect_v such_o subordination_n and_o conformity_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o he_o then_o know_v to_o be_v a_o law_n of_o christianity_n but_o let_v this_o be_v remember_v all_o along_o in_o the_o specification_n of_o the_o part_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n but_o as_o yet_o i_o be_o in_o the_o general_a demonstration_n of_o obedience_n the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n have_v specify_v some_o 56._o can._n 56._o particular_a instance_n of_o subordination_n and_o dependence_n to_o the_o bishop_n sum_v they_o up_o thus_o chorepiscopis_fw-la thus_o idem_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la damasum_fw-la epist._n de_fw-fr chorepiscopis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o likewise_o the_o presbyter_n let_v they_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o precept_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o bishop_n so_o be_v the_o translation_n of_o isidore_n ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la this_o council_n be_v ancient_a enough_o for_o it_o be_v before_o the_o first_o nicene_n so_o also_o be_v that_o of_o arles_n command_v the_o same_o thing_n exact_o *_o ut_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sine_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la 19_o can._n 19_o nihil_fw-la faciant_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la civitatis_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la praecepto_fw-la amplius_fw-la aliquid_fw-la imperare_fw-la vel_fw-la sine_fw-la authoritate_fw-la literarum_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o vnaquaque_fw-la parochiâ_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agere_fw-la say_v the_o thirteen_o canon_n of_o the_o ancyran_n council_n according_a to_o the_o latin_a of_o isidore_n the_o same_o thing_n be_v in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o toledo_n the_o very_a 20._o can._n 20._o same_o word_n for_o which_o i_o cite_v the_o first_o council_n of_o arles_n viz._n that_o presbyter_n do_v nothing_o without_o the_o knowledge_n or_o permission_n of_o the_o bishop_n *_o esto_fw-la subiectus_fw-la nepotian_n epist._n add_v nepotian_n pontifici_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la animae_fw-la parentemsuscipe_fw-la it_o be_v the_o counsel_n of_o s._n hierome_n be_v subject_n to_o thy_o bishop_n and_o receive_v he_o as_o the_o father_n of_o thy_o soul_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o derive_v hither_o any_o more_o particular_a instance_n of_o the_o duty_n and_o obedience_n owe_v from_o the_o laity_n to_o the_o bishop_n for_o this_o account_n will_v certain_o be_v admit_v by_o all_o consider_a man_n god_n have_v entrust_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o laity_n to_o the_o care_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a order_n they_o therefore_o be_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o matter_n spiritual_a with_o which_o they_o be_v entrust_v for_o either_o there_o be_v no_o government_n at_o all_o or_o the_o laity_n must_v govern_v the_o church_n or_o else_o the_o clergy_n must_v to_o say_v there_o be_v no_o government_n be_v to_o leave_v the_o church_n in_o worse_a condition_n than_o a_o tyranny_n to_o say_v that_o the_o laity_n shall_v govern_v the_o church_n when_o all_o ecclesiastical_a ministery_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o clergy_n be_v to_o say_v scripture_n mean_v not_o what_o it_o say_v for_o it_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o clergy_n must_v be_v praepositi_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o praelati_fw-la and_o yet_o the_o prelation_n and_o presidency_n and_o rule_n be_v in_o they_o who_o be_v not_o ever_o by_o god_n spirit_n call_v precedent_n or_o prelate_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o they_o who_o be_v call_v so_o *_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n if_o the_o laity_n in_o matter_n spiritual_a be_v inferior_a to_o the_o clergy_n and_o must_v in_o thing_n pertain_v to_o the_o soul_n be_v rule_v by_o they_o with_o who_o their_o soul_n be_v entrust_v then_o also_o much_o rather_o they_o must_v obey_v those_o of_o the_o clergy_n to_o who_o all_o the_o other_o clergy_n themselves_o be_v bind_v to_o be_v obedient_a now_o since_o by_o the_o frequent_a precept_n of_o so_o many_o counsel_n and_o father_n the_o deacon_n and_o presbyter_n must_v submit_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o the_o bishop_n much_o more_o must_v the_o laity_n and_o since_o the_o bishop_n must_v rule_v in_o chief_a and_o the_o presbyter_n at_o the_o most_o can_v but_o rule_v in_o conjunction_n and_o assistance_n but_o ever_o in_o subordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n the_o laity_n must_v obey_v de_fw-la integro_fw-la for_o that_o be_v to_o keep_v they_o in_o that_o state_n in_o which_o god_n have_v place_v they_o but_o for_o the_o main_a s._n clement_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o s._n james_n translate_v by_o ruffinus_n say_v it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o peter_n according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n that_o presbyter_n shall_v be_v obedient_a to_o their_o bishop_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o in_o his_o three_o epistle_n that_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o other_o of_o the_o clergy_n must_v take_v heed_n that_o they_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o licence_n of_o the_o bishop_n *_o and_o to_o make_v this_o business_n up_o complete_a all_o these_o authority_n of_o great_a antiquity_n be_v not_o the_o prime_a constitution_n in_o those_o several_a church_n respective_o but_o mere_a derivation_n from_o tradition_n apostolical_a for_o not_o only_o the_o thing_n but_o the_o word_n so_o often_o mention_v be_v in_o the_o 40_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o be_v repeat_v in_o the_o twenty_o four_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d presbyter_n and_o deacon_n must_v do_v nothing_o without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n for_o to_o he_o the_o lord_n people_n be_v commit_v and_o he_o must_v give_v a_o account_n for_o their_o soul_n *_o and_o if_o a_o presbyter_n shall_v contemn_v his_o own_o bishop_n make_v convention_n apart_o and_o erect_v another_o altar_n he_o be_v to_o be_v depose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o 32._o canon_n as_o a_o lover_n of_o principality_n intimate_v that_o he_o arrogate_v episcopal_a dignity_n and_o so_o be_v ambitious_a of_o a_o principality_n the_o issue_n than_o be_v this_o *_o the_o presbyter_n and_o clergy_n and_o laity_n must_v obey_v therefore_o the_o bishop_n must_v govern_v and_o give_v they_o law_n it_o be_v particular_o instanced_a in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v theodoret_n he_o adorn_v and_o instruct_v pontus_n with_o these_o law_n so_o he_o reckon_v up_o the_o extent_n 28._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 28._o of_o his_o jurisdiction_n *_o but_o now_o descend_v we_o to_o a_o specification_n of_o the_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n *_o of_o bishop_n laity_n §_o 36._o appoint_v they_o to_o be_v judge_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o spiritual_a cause_n of_o the_o laity_n the_o bishop_n be_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n over_o the_o presbyter_n the_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n what_o they_o be_v in_o scripture_n who_o be_v constitute_v in_o presidency_n over_o cause_n spiritual_a i_o have_v already_o twice_o explicate_v and_o from_o hence_o it_o descend_v by_o a_o close_a succession_n that_o they_o who_o watch_v for_o soul_n they_o have_v the_o rule_n over_o they_o and_o because_o no_o regiment_n can_v be_v without_o coërtion_n therefore_o there_o be_v inherent_a in_o they_o a_o power_n of_o cognition_n of_o cause_n and_o coërtion_n of_o person_n *_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n appoint_v censure_n to_o be_v inflict_v on_o delinquent_a person_n make_v the_o bishop_n hand_n to_o do_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 33._o can._n 33._o if_o any_o presbyter_n or_o deacon_n be_v excommunicate_v by_o the_o bishop_n he_o must_v not_o be_v receive_v by_o any_o else_o but_o by_o he_o that_o do_v so_o censure_v he_o unless_o the_o bishop_n that_o censure_v he_o be_v dead_a the_o same_o be_v repeat_v in_o the_o nicene_n council_n only_o
sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholicâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la and_o these_o very_a word_n the_o people_n also_o use_v in_o the_o contestation_n about_o liberius_n and_o faelix_fw-la for_o when_o the_o emperor_n be_v willing_a that_o liberius_n shall_v return_v to_o his_o see_n on_o condition_n that_o faelix_fw-la the_o arian_n may_v be_v bishop_n there_o too_o they_o deride_v the_o suggestion_n cry_v out_o one_o god_n one_o christ_n one_o bishop_n so_o theodoret_n report_v but_o who_o list_v to_o see_v more_o of_o this_o may_v be_v satisfy_v 11._o lib._n 2._o c._n 11._o if_o plenty_n will_v do_v it_o in_o philip._n in_o in_o 1._o philip._n s._n chrysostome_n philip_n chrysostome_n in_o 1._o philip_n theodoret_n s._n philip_n s._n in_o 1._o philip_n hierom_n philip_n hierom_n in_o 1._o philip_n oecumenius_n parmen_fw-la oecumenius_n lib._n 2._o contr_n parmen_fw-la optatus_n s._n phil._n s._n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o &_o in_o 1._o phil._n ambrose_n and_o if_o he_o please_v he_o may_v read_v a_o whole_a book_n of_o it_o write_v by_o s._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la singularitate_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la 6_o suppose_v the_o ordinary_a diocese_n have_v be_v parish_n yet_o what_o be_v the_o metropolitan_o and_o the_o primate_fw-la be_v they_o also_o parish-bishop_n sure_o if_o bishop_n be_v parochial_a than_o these_o be_v at_o least_o diocesan_n by_o their_o own_o argument_n for_o to_o be_v sure_a they_o have_v many_o bishop_n under_o they_o but_o there_o be_v none_o such_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n yes_o most_o certain_o the_o 35_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o so_o most_o plain_o and_o at_o the_o worst_a they_o be_v a_o very_a primitive_a record_n episcopos_fw-la gentium_fw-la singularum_fw-la scire_fw-la convenit_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la habeatur_fw-la quem_fw-la velut_fw-la caput_fw-la existiment_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la amplius_fw-la praeter_fw-la ejus_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la gerant_fw-la quà m_fw-la ea_fw-la sola_fw-la quae_fw-la parochiae_fw-la propriae_fw-la &_o villis_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la eâ_fw-la sunt_fw-la competunt_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o every_o nation_n must_v know_v who_o be_v their_o primate_n and_o esteem_v he_o as_o their_o head_n and_o do_v nothing_o without_o his_o consent_n but_o those_o thing_n that_o appertain_v to_o their_o own_o diocese_n and_o from_o hence_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n derive_v their_o sanction_n per_fw-la singulas_fw-la regiones_fw-la episcopos_fw-la convenit_fw-la nosse_fw-la metropolitanum_n 9_o council_n antioch_n ca._n 9_o episcopum_fw-la sollicitudinem_fw-la totius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la gerere_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o bishop_n of_o every_o province_n must_v know_v that_o their_o metropolitan_a bishop_n do_v take_v cure_n of_o all_o the_o province_n for_o this_o be_v a_o apostolical_a constitution_n say_v s._n clement_n that_o in_o the_o conversion_n of_o gentile_a domini_fw-la epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la domini_fw-la city_n in_o place_n of_o the_o archflamine_n archbishop_n primate_fw-la or_o patriarch_n shall_v be_v place_v qui_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la judicia_fw-la &_o majora_fw-la quoties_fw-la necesse_fw-la foret_fw-la negotia_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la agitarent_fw-la &_o secundùm_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la sicut_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la apostoli_fw-la definirent_fw-la *_o alexandria_n be_v a_o metropolitical_a see_v long_o before_o the_o nicene_n council_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o six_o canon_n before_o cite_v nay_o dioscorus_n the_o bishop_n of_o imp._n vide_fw-la council_n chalced._n act_n 1._o in_o epist_n theod._n &_o valentin_n imp._n that_o church_n be_v require_v to_o bring_v ten_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o that_o he_o have_v under_o he_o to_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n by_o theodosius_n and_o valentinian_n emperor_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o patriarchat_n these_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v metropolitan_a bishop_n now_o than_o either_o bishop_n be_v parochial_a or_o no_o if_o not_o than_o they_o be_v diocesan_n if_o yea_o then_o at_o least_o many_o of_o they_o be_v diocesan_n for_o they_o have_v according_a to_o this_o rate_n many_o parochial_a bishop_n under_o they_o *_o but_o i_o have_v stand_v too_o long_o upon_o this_o impertinent_a trifle_n but_o as_o nowadays_o it_o be_v make_v the_o consideration_n of_o it_o be_v material_a to_o the_o main_a question_n only_o this_o i_o add_v that_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v trouble_v the_o world_n with_o any_o other_o fancy_n of_o his_o own_o and_o say_v that_o our_o bishop_n be_v nothing_o like_o the_o primitive_a because_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n have_v only_o two_o town_n in_o their_o charge_n and_o no_o more_o and_o each_o of_o these_o town_n have_v in_o they_o 170_o family_n and_o be_v bind_v to_o have_v no_o more_o how_o shall_v this_o man_n be_v confute_v it_o be_v just_a such_o a_o device_n as_o this_o in_o they_o that_o first_o mean_v to_o disturb_v this_o question_n by_o pretend_v that_o the_o bishop_n be_v only_o parochial_a not_o diocesan_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o bishop_n but_o the_o parish-priest_n most_o certain_o themselves_o can_v not_o believe_v the_o allegation_n only_o they_o know_v it_o will_v raise_v a_o dust_n but_o by_o god_n providence_n there_o be_v water_n enough_o in_o the_o primitive_a fountain_n to_o allay_v it_o another_o consideration_n must_v here_o be_v interpose_v 44._o §._o 44._o concern_v the_o intervening_a of_o presbyter_n in_o impair_v and_o be_v aid_v by_o presbyter_n but_o not_o impair_v the_o regiment_n of_o the_o several_a church_n for_o though_o i_o have_v twice_o already_o show_v that_o they_o can_v not_o challenge_v it_o of_o right_a either_o by_o divine_a institution_n or_o apostolical_a ordinance_n yet_o here_o also_o it_o must_v be_v consider_v how_o it_o be_v in_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n for_o those_o man_n that_o call_v the_o bishop_n a_o pope_n be_v themselves_o desirous_a to_o make_v a_o conclave_n of_o cardinal_n too_o &_o to_o make_v every_o diocese_n a_o roman_a consistory_n 1._o then_o the_o first_o thing_n we_o hear_v of_o presbyter_n after_o scripture_n i_o mean_v for_o of_o it_o i_o have_v already_o give_v account_n be_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o s._n hierome_n 1._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la cap._n 1._o antequam_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o diceretur_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pauli_n &c_n &c_n communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la before_o faction_n arise_v in_o the_o church_n the_o church_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o common_a counsel_n of_o presbyter_n here_o s._n hierome_n either_o mean_n it_o of_o the_o time_n before_o bishop_n be_v constitute_v in_o particular_a church_n or_o after_o bishop_n be_v appoint_v if_o before_o bishop_n be_v appoint_v no_o hurt_n do_v the_o presbyter_n may_v well_o rule_v in_o common_a before_o themselves_o have_v a_o ruler_n appoint_v to_o govern_v both_o they_o and_o all_o the_o diocese_n beside_o for_o so_o s._n ignatius_n write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n antioch_n epist._n ad_fw-la antioch_n exhort_v the_o pres_n byter_n to_o feed_v the_o flock_n until_o god_n shall_v declare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o he_o will_v make_v their_o ruler_n and_o s._n cyprian_n speak_v of_o etecusa_n 1._o epist._n 2._o 1._o and_o some_o other_o woman_n that_o have_v make_v defaillance_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n and_o so_o be_v put_v to_o penance_n praeceperunt_fw-la eas_fw-la praepositi_fw-la tantispèr_fw-la sic_fw-la esse_fw-la donec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la constituatur_fw-la the_o presbyter_n who_o seed_n vacant_a he_o praeter_fw-la morem_fw-la suum_fw-la call_v praepositos_fw-la they_o give_v order_n that_o they_o shall_v so_o remain_v till_o the_o consecration_n of_o a_o bishop_n *_o but_o if_o s._n hierome_n mean_v this_o say_n of_o he_o after_o bishop_n be_v fix_v than_o his_o expression_n answer_v the_o allegation_n for_o it_o be_v but_o communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la the_o judicium_fw-la may_v be_v sole_o in_o the_o bishop_n he_o be_v the_o judge_n though_o the_o presbyter_n be_v the_o counsellor_n for_o so_o himself_o add_v that_o upon_o occasion_n of_o those_o first_o schism_n in_o corinth_n it_o be_v decree_v in_o all_o the_o world_n ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cura_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la pertineret_fw-la all_o the_o care_n of_o the_o diocese_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o all_o the_o power_n for_o it_o be_v unimaginable_a that_o the_o burden_n shall_v be_v lay_v on_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o strength_n put_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbyter_n *_o and_o so_o s._n ignatius_n style_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d assessor_n and_o counsellor_n to_o the_o bishop_n but_o yet_o if_o we_o take_v our_o estimate_n from_o ignatius_n the_o bishop_n be_v the_o ruler_n without_o he_o though_o all_o concur_v yet_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v nothing_o attempt_v the_o bishop_n be_v superior_a in_o all_o power_n
authority_n command_v he_o than_o he_o may_v undertake_v it_o that_o be_v if_o either_o the_o emperor_n command_v he_o or_o if_o the_o bishop_n permit_v he_o than_o it_o be_v lawful_a but_o without_o such_o command_n or_o license_v it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o therefore_o s._n cyprian_n do_v himself_o severe_o punish_v geminius_n faustinus_n one_o of_o the_o priest_n of_o carthage_n for_o undertake_v the_o executorship_n of_o the_o testament_n of_o geminius_n victor_n he_o 66._o epist._n 66._o have_v no_o leave_n of_o his_o bishop_n so_o to_o do_v and_o for_o he_o of_o his_o own_o head_n to_o undertake_v that_o which_o will_v be_v a_o avocation_n of_o he_o from_o his_o office_n do_v in_o s._n cyprian_n consistory_n deserve_v a_o censure_n 3._o by_o this_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n any_o clerk_n may_v be_v the_o oeconomus_fw-la or_o steward_n of_o a_o church_n and_o dispense_v her_o revenue_n if_o the_o bishop_n command_v he_o 4._o he_o may_v undertake_v the_o patronage_n or_o assistance_n of_o any_o distress_a person_n that_o need_v the_o church_n aid_n *_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o secular_a employment_n do_v not_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la avocate_v a_o clergyman_n from_o his_o necessary_a office_n and_o duty_n for_o some_o secular_a employment_n be_v permit_v he_o all_o cause_n of_o piety_n of_o charity_n all_o occurrence_n concern_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n and_o nothing_o for_o covetousness_n but_o any_o thing_n in_o obedience_n any_o thing_n ibid._n vide_fw-la synod_n roman_n sub_fw-la sylvestr_n c._n 4._o council_n chalce_v c._n 26._o &_o zonar_n ibid._n i_o mean_v of_o the_o forenamed_a instance_n nay_o the_o affair_n of_o church_n revenue_n and_o dispensation_n of_o ecclesiastical_a patrimony_n be_v impose_v on_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o canon_n apostolical_a and_o then_o consider_v how_o many_o possession_n be_v deposit_v first_o at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o bishop_n hand_n we_o may_v quick_o perceive_v that_o a_o case_n may_v occur_v in_o which_o something_o else_o may_v be_v do_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o his_o clergy_n beside_o prayer_n and_o preach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v ignatius_n to_o s._n polycarpe_n of_o smyrna_n let_v not_o the_o widow_n be_v neglect_v after_o god_n do_v thou_o take_v care_n of_o they_o *_o qui_fw-la locuplete_v sunt_fw-la &_o volunt_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la 2._o justin._n martyr_n apolog._n 2._o cuique_fw-la svo_fw-la quod_fw-la libitum_fw-la est_fw-la contribuit_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la collectum_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la praesidem_fw-la deponitur_fw-la atque_fw-la be_v inde_fw-la opitulatur_fw-la orphanis_fw-la &_o viduis_fw-la iisque_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la morbo_fw-la vel_fw-la aliâ_fw-la de_fw-la causâ_fw-la egent_fw-la tum_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la vincti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o peregrè_fw-la advenientibus_fw-la hospitibus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la uno_fw-la verbo_fw-la dicam_fw-la omnium_fw-la indigentium_fw-la curator_n est_fw-la all_o the_o collect_v and_o offering_n of_o faithful_a people_n be_v deposit_v with_o the_o bishop_n and_o thence_o he_o dispense_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o widow_n and_o orphan_n thence_o he_o provide_v for_o traveller_n and_o in_o one_o word_n he_o take_v care_n of_o all_o indigent_a and_o necessitous_a people_n so_o it_o be_v in_o justin_n martyr_n time_n and_o all_o this_o a_o man_n will_v think_v require_v a_o considerable_a portion_n of_o his_o time_n beside_o his_o study_n and_o prayer_n and_o preach_v this_o be_v also_o do_v even_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n for_o first_o they_o have_v the_o provision_n of_o all_o the_o good_n and_o person_n of_o the_o coenobium_fw-la of_o the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n this_o they_o themselves_o administer_v till_o a_o complaint_n arise_v which_o may_v have_v prove_v a_o scandal_n then_o they_o choose_v seven_o man_n man_n full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n man_n that_o be_v priest_n for_o they_o be_v of_o the_o 70_o disciple_n say_v epiphanius_n and_o such_o man_n as_o preach_v and_o baptise_a so_o s._n stephen_n and_o s._n philip_n therefore_o to_o be_v sure_o they_o be_v clergyman_n and_o yet_o they_o leave_v their_o preach_n for_o a_o time_n at_o least_o abate_v of_o the_o height_n of_o the_o employment_n for_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n appoint_v they_o that_o themselves_o may_v not_o leave_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o serve_v table_n plain_o imply_v that_o such_o man_n who_o be_v to_o serve_v these_o table_n must_v leave_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n in_o some_o sense_n or_o degree_n and_o yet_o they_o choose_v presbyter_n and_o no_o harm_n neither_o and_o for_o a_o while_n themselves_o have_v the_o employment_n i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o harm_n do_v by_o this_o temporary_a office_n to_o their_o priestly_a function_n and_o employment_n for_o to_o i_o it_o be_v considerable_a if_o the_o call_n of_o a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n than_o what_o inconvenience_n though_o his_o employment_n be_v mix_v with_o secular_a allay_n but_o if_o it_o do_v take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n than_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a for_o any_o presbyter_n ever_o to_o become_v a_o bishop_n which_o be_v a_o dignity_n of_o a_o far_o great_a burden_n and_o require_v more_o than_o a_o man_n be_v all_o if_o all_o be_v require_v to_o the_o function_n of_o a_o presbyter_n but_o i_o proceed_v 4._o the_o church_n prohibit_v secular_a employment_n to_o bishop_n and_o clerk_n do_v prohibit_v it_o only_o in_o gradu_fw-la impedimenti_fw-la officii_fw-la clericalis_fw-la and_o therefore_o when_o the_o office_n be_v supply_v by_o any_o of_o the_o order_n it_o be_v never_o prohibit_v but_o that_o the_o personal_a ability_n of_o any_o man_n may_v be_v employ_v for_o the_o fair_a advantage_n either_o of_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o canon_n provide_v that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o destitute_a not_o that_o such_o a_o particular_a clerk_n shall_v there_o officiate_v thus_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n decree_v ut_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sicut_fw-la hactenus_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la indiscrete_a per_fw-la diver_n 99_o apud_fw-la burchard_n lib._n 2._o decret_a cap._n 99_o sa_fw-fr non_fw-fr mittantur_fw-la loca_fw-la ...._o ne_o fortè_fw-la propter_fw-la eorum_fw-la absentiam_fw-la &_o animarum_fw-la pericula_fw-la &_o ecclesiarum_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la negligantur_fw-la officia_fw-la so_o that_o here_o we_o see_v 1._o that_o it_o have_v be_v usual_a to_o send_v priest_n on_o embassyes_n sicut_fw-la hactenus_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o the_o canon_n forbid_v the_o indiscreet_a or_o promiscuous_a do_v of_o it_o not_o that_o man_n of_o great_a ability_n &_o choice_n be_v not_o employ_v but_o that_o there_o be_v discretion_n or_o discern_v in_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o man_n viz._n that_o such_o man_n be_v choose_v who_o particular_a worth_n do_v by_o advance_v the_o legation_n make_v compensation_n for_o absence_n from_o their_o church_n and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v no_o indiscretion_n in_o the_o embassy_n quoad_fw-la hoc_fw-la at_o least_o for_o the_o ordinary_a office_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v dispense_v by_o man_n of_o even_a ability_n but_o the_o extraordinary_a affair_n of_o both_o state_n require_v man_n of_o a_o heighten_v apprehension_n 3._o the_o canon_n only_o take_v care_n that_o the_o cùre_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o parish_n be_v not_o relinquish_v for_o so_o be_v the_o title_n of_o the_o canon_n ne_o presbyteri_fw-la causâ_fw-la legationis_fw-la per_fw-la diversa_fw-la mittantur_fw-la loca_fw-la curâ_fw-la animarum_fw-la relictâ_fw-la but_o then_o if_o the_o cure_n be_v supply_v by_o delegation_n the_o fear_n of_o the_o canon_n be_v prevent_v *_o in_o pursuance_n of_o this_o consideration_n the_o church_n forbid_v clergyman_n to_o receive_v honour_n or_o secular_a preferment_n and_o so_o it_o be_v express_v where_o the_o prohibition_n be_v make_v it_o be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n qui_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la deputati_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la monachorum_fw-la 7._o part._n 2._o act._n 15._o can._n 7._o vitam_fw-la expetiverunt_fw-la statuimus_fw-la neque_fw-la ad_fw-la militiam_fw-la neque_fw-la ad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la venire_fw-la mundanam_fw-la that_o be_v the_o inhibition_n but_o the_o canon_n subjoin_v a_o temper_n aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la tentantes_fw-la &_o non_fw-la agentes_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la quo_fw-la minùs_fw-la redeant_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la primitùs_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la anathematizari_fw-la they_o must_v not_o turn_v soldier_n or_o enter_v upon_o any_o worldy_a dignity_n to_o make_v they_o leave_v their_o function_n which_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n they_o have_v first_o choose_v for_o then_o it_o seem_v he_o that_o take_v on_o he_o military_a honour_n or_o secular_a prefecture_n or_o consular_a dignity_n can_v not_o officiate_v in_o holy_a order_n but_o must_v renounce_v they_o to_o assume_v the_o other_o it_o be_v in_o obstruction_n of_o this_o abuse_n that_o the_o canon_n direct_v its_o prohibition_n
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which_o god_n have_v give_v to_o his_o church_n be_v reckon_v doctor_n teacher_n and_o 28._o and_o 1._o cor._n ca_fw-mi 12._o v._o 28._o help_v in_o government_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v this_o advantage_n that_o the_o service_n of_o churchman_n be_v rewardable_a upon_o the_o church_n stock_n no_o need_n to_o disimprove_v the_o royal_a bank_n to_o pay_v thanks_o to_o bishop_n but_o sir_n i_o grow_v troublesome_a let_v this_o discourse_n have_v what_o end_v it_o can_v the_o use_n i_o make_v of_o it_o be_v but_o to_o pretend_v reason_n for_o my_o boldness_n and_o to_o entitle_v you_o to_o my_o book_n for_o i_o be_o confident_a you_o will_v own_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v but_o a_o friend_n friend_n to_o a_o cause_n of_o loyalty_n i_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o plead_v for_o your_o acceptance_n but_o the_o confidence_n of_o your_o goodness_n and_o that_o i_o be_o a_o person_n capable_a of_o your_o pardon_n and_o of_o a_o fair_a interpretation_n of_o my_o address_n to_o you_o by_z being_z sir_n your_o most_o affectionate_a servant_n j._n taylor_n syllabus_n paragraphorum_fw-la §_o 1._o christ_n do_v institute_v a_o government_n in_o his_o church_n p._n 7_o 2._o this_o government_n be_v first_o commit_v to_o the_o apostle_n by_o christ_n p._n 12_o 3._o with_o a_o power_n of_o join_v other_o and_o appoint_v successor_n in_o the_o apostolate_a p._n 13_o 4._o this_o succession_n into_o the_o ordinary_a office_n of_o apostolate_a be_v make_v by_o bishop_n p._n 15._o for_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o bishop_n be_v all_o one_o in_o name_n and_o person_n 5._o and_o office_n p._n 20._o 6._o which_o christ_n himself_o have_v make_v distinct_a from_o presbyter_n p._n 22_o 7._o give_v to_o apostle_n a_o power_n to_o do_v some_o office_n perpetual_o necessary_a which_o to_o other_o he_o give_v not_o p._n 23_o as_o of_o ordination_n 8._o and_o confirmation_n p._n 28_o 9_o and_o superiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n p._n 35_o 10._o so_o that_o bishop_n be_v successor_n in_o the_o office_n of_o apostleship_n according_a to_o the_o general_a tenant_n of_o antiquity_n p._n 49_o 11_o and_o particular_o of_o s._n peter_n p._n 54_o 12_o and_o the_o institution_n of_o episcopacy_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o apostolate_a express_v to_o be_v divine_a by_o primitive_a authority_n p._n 62_o 13_o in_o pursuance_n of_o the_o divine_a institution_n the_o apostle_n do_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o several_a church_n p._n 68_o as_o s_n t_o james_n at_o jerusalem_n s._n simeon_n to_o he_o his_o successor_n 14_o s._n timothy_n at_o ephesus_n p_o 75_o 15_o s._n titus_n at_o crect_n p._n 85_o 16_o s._n mark_v at_o alexandria_n p._n 93_o 17_o s._n linus_n and_o s._n clement_n at_o rome_n p._n 96_o 18_o s._n polycarp_n at_o smyrna_n and_o divers_a other_o p._n 97_o 19_o so_o that_o episcopacy_n be_v at_o least_o a_o apostolical_a ordinance_n of_o the_o same_o authority_n with_o many_o other_o point_v general_o believe_v p._n 100_o 20_o and_o be_v a_o
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expire_v with_o the_o person_n of_o s._n james_n and_o the_o successor_n s._n simeon_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n first_o apostle_n but_o a_o regiment_n of_o ordinary_a and_o successive_a duty_n in_o the_o church_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o ordination_n of_o s._n simeon_n the_o son_n of_o cleophas_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n it_o be_v witness_v by_o eusebius_n post_fw-la martyrium_fw-la lacobi_fw-la ...._o traditur_fw-la apostolos_n etc._n etc._n habuisse_fw-la in_o common_a 11._o lib._n 3._o hist._n cap._n 11._o concilium_fw-la quem_fw-la oporteret_fw-la dignum_fw-la successione_n jacobi_fw-la judicari_fw-la omnesque_fw-la uno_fw-la consilio_fw-la atque_fw-la uno_fw-la consensu_fw-la simeonem_fw-la cleophae_fw-la filium_fw-la decrevisse_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la sedem_fw-la susciperet_fw-la the_o same_o also_o he_o transcribe_v out_o of_o hegesippus_n posteaquam_fw-la jacobus_n martyr_n effectus_fw-la est_fw-fr 22._o lib_n 4._o cap._n 22._o ...._o electione_n divinâ_fw-la simeon_n cleophae_fw-la filius_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la electus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la esset_fw-la consobrinus_fw-la domini_fw-la s._n simeon_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n by_o a_o divine_a election_n and_o epiphanius_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n reckon_v first_o 66._o haeres_fw-la 66._o jame_v and_o next_o simeon_n qui_fw-la sub_fw-la trajano_n crucifixus_fw-la est_fw-la the_o next_o bishop_n we_o find_v ordain_v by_o the_o apostle_n ephesus_n §_o 14._o s._n timothy_n at_o ephesus_n be_v timothy_n at_o ephesus_n that_o he_o be_v ordain_v by_o a_o apostle_n appear_v in_o scripture_n for_o s._n paul_n impose_v hand_n on_o he_o that_o be_v certain_a excita_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o te_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la impositionem_fw-la manuum_fw-la mearum_fw-la by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o my_o hand_n that_o he_o be_v there_o a_o bishop_n be_v also_o apparent_a from_o the_o power_n and_o 6._o 2._o tim._n 1._o 6._o office_n concredit_v to_o he_o 1._o he_o be_v to_o be_v 3_o be_v 1._o tim._n 1._o 3_o resident_a at_o ephesus_n and_o although_o for_o the_o public_a necessity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o for_o assistance_n to_o s._n paul_n he_o may_v be_v call_v sometime_o from_o his_o charge_n yet_o there_o he_o live_v and_o dye_v as_o the_o church_n story_n write_v there_o be_v his_o ordinary_a residence_n and_o his_o avocation_n be_v but_o temporary_a and_o occasional_a and_o when_o it_o be_v his_o cure_n be_v supply_v by_o tychicus_n who_o s._n paul_n send_v to_o ephesus_n as_o his_o vicar_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v hereafter_o 2._o s._n paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o he_o give_v direction_n to_o he_o for_o episcopal_a deportment_n as_o be_v plain_a a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n etc._n etc._n 3._o 1._o tim._n 3._o 3._o s._n paul_n concredit_v jurisdiction_n to_o s._n timothy_n over_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o as_o great_a extent_n in_o s._n timothy_n commission_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d command_v as_o teach_v over_o presbyter_n but_o yet_o so_o as_o to_o make_v difference_n between_o they_o and_o the_o neoteric_o in_o christianity_n the_o one_o as_o father_n the_o other_o as_o brethren_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v deny_v to_o be_v use_v towards_o 1._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 1._o either_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v suidas_n a_o dishonourable_a upbraid_v or_o objurgation_n nay_o it_o be_v more_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v castigo_fw-la plagam_fw-la infero_fw-la say_v budaeus_fw-la so_o that_o that_o kind_n of_o rebuke_v the_o bishop_n be_v forbid_v to_o use_v either_o towards_o priest_n or_o deacon_n clergy_n or_o laity_n old_a or_o young_a for_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v no_o striker_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v give_v he_o in_o commission_n both_o to_o old_a and_o young_a presbyter_n and_o catechuman_n that_o be_v require_v they_o postula_fw-la provoca_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d synesius_n to_o be_v provoke_v to_o a_o duel_n to_o be_v challenge_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysostome_n ad_fw-la precandum_fw-la vos_fw-la provoco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n thou_o make_v i_o or_o compelle_v i_o to_o shed_v tear_n suavitèr_fw-la omne_fw-la that_o be_v the_o way_n s._n paul_n take_v meek_o but_o yet_o so_o as_o to_o do_v his_o office_n to_o keep_v all_o in_o their_o several_a duty_n and_o that_o be_v by_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d command_v these_o thing_n for_o so_o he_o sum_v up_o the_o bishop_n duty_n towards_o presbyter_n neophytes_n and_o widow_n give_v all_o these_o thing_n in_o charge_n command_v all_o to_o do_v 7._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 7._o their_o duty_n command_v but_o not_o objurgate_v et_fw-la quid_fw-la negotii_fw-la esset_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ut_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la non_fw-la objurgaret_fw-la si_fw-la super_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la non_fw-la haberet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la so_o epiphanius_n urge_v this_o argument_n to_o advantage_n for_o indeed_o 5._o haeres_fw-la 7_o 5._o it_o have_v be_v to_o little_a purpose_n for_o s._n paul_n to_o have_v give_v order_n to_o timothy_n how_o he_o shall_v exercise_v his_o jurisdiction_n over_o presbyter_n and_o people_n if_o he_o have_v have_v no_o jurisdiction_n and_o coercitive_a authority_n at_o all_o nay_o and_o howsoever_o s._n paul_n forbid_v to_o timothy_n to_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o s._n paul_n in_o his_o second_o epistle_n bid_v he_o use_v it_o intimate_v upon_o great_a occasion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v sure_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o it_o be_v but_o a_o urge_n or_o a_o exhortation_n 2._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 2._o be_v not_o all_o for_o s._n paul_n give_v he_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n as_o well_o as_o directive_n over_o widow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reject_v the_o young_a widow_n viz._n à _fw-la collegio_fw-la viduarum_fw-la ab_fw-la eleemosynis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la over_o presbyter_n for_o he_o command_v he_o to_o have_v sufficient_a probate_n in_o the_o accusation_n of_o presbyter_n of_o which_o if_o he_o be_v not_o to_o take_v cognisance_n it_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o number_v witness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d receive_v not_o a_o public_a accusation_n in_fw-la foro_fw-la externo_fw-la against_o a_o priest_n non_fw-la vocabis_fw-la in_o jus_o nisi_fw-la in_o testimonio_fw-la duorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n in_o cause_n criminal_a that_o be_v sufficient_a intimation_n of_o the_o bishop_n power_n to_o take_v cognisance_n in_o cause_n criminal_a then_o for_o his_o punish_v in_o such_o cause_n it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 20._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 20._o reprehend_v they_o public_o that_o be_v disgrace_v they_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indecorus_a ...._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d homer_n iliad_n γ._o so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o s._n paul_n be_v to_o call_v they_o to_o public_a account_n that_o be_v one_o part_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o examine_v plato_n epist._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o one_o life_n idem_fw-la in_o apolog._n and_o then_o also_o it_o imply_v punishment_n upon_o conviction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n c._n iliad_n but_o the_o word_n in_o s._n paul_n will_v clear_v this_o business_n let_v they_o that_o sin_n be_v public_o shame_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o rest_n may_v fear_v a_o punishment_n most_o certain_o something_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d malum_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la poenae_fw-la what_o else_o shall_v they_o fear_v to_o sin_n most_o true_a but_o why_o upon_o this_o reprehension_n if_o not_o for_o fear_v of_o be_v punish_v add_v to_o all_o this_o that_o here_o be_v in_o this_o chapter_n the_o plain_a
marco_n evagr_n epist._n ad_fw-la evagr_n evangelistâ_fw-la ad_fw-la heraclam_fw-la usque_fw-la &_o dionysium_fw-la episcopos_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la egypti_n semper_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la electum_fw-la in_o celsiori_fw-la gradu_fw-la collocatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nominabant_fw-la and_o again_o marcus_n interpres_fw-la apostoli_fw-la petri_n &_o alexandrinae_n ecclesiae_fw-la primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la the_o same_o be_v matth._n de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n &_o in_o proëm_n in_o matth._n witness_v by_o 371._o by_o lib._n 6._o epist._n 371._o s._n gregory_n 39_o gregory_n lib_n 14._o cap_n 39_o nicephorus_n and_o divers_a other_o now_o although_o the_o ordination_n of_o s._n mark_n be_v not_o specify_v in_o the_o act_n as_o innumerable_a multitude_n of_o thing_n more_o and_o scarce_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o of_o any_o of_o the_o twelve_o but_o s._n peter_n nothing_o of_o s._n james_n the_o son_n of_o thaddaeus_n nor_o of_o alpheus_n but_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o one_o of_o they_o nothing_o of_o s._n bartholomew_n of_o s._n thomas_n of_o simon_n zelote_v of_o s._n jude_n the_o apostle_n scarce_o any_o of_o their_o name_n record_v yet_o no_o wise_a man_n can_v distrust_v the_o faith_n of_o such_o record_n which_o all_o christendom_n hitherto_o so_o far_o as_o we_o know_v have_v acknowledge_v as_o authentic_a and_o these_o ordination_n can_v possible_o go_v less_o than_o apostolical_a be_v do_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n to_o who_o the_o care_n of_o all_o the_o church_n be_v concredit_v they_o see_v and_o behold_v several_a succession_n in_o several_a church_n before_o their_o death_n as_o here_o at_o alexandria_n first_o saint_n mark_v than_o anianus_n make_v bishop_n five_o or_o six_o year_n before_o the_o death_n of_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n but_o yet_o who_o it_o be_v that_o ordain_v s._n mark_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n for_o bishop_n he_o be_v most_o certain_o be_v not_o obscure_o intimate_v by_o the_o most_o excellent_a man_n s._n gelasius_n in_o the_o roman_a council_n marcus_n à _fw-fr petro_n apostolo_n in_o aegyptum_fw-la directus_fw-la verbum_fw-la veritatis_fw-la praedicavit_fw-la apocryph_n in_o decret_a de_fw-fr lib._n authent_fw-fr &_o apocryph_n &_o gloriosè_fw-la consummavit_fw-la martyrium_fw-la s._n peter_n send_v he_o into_o egypt_n to_o found_v a_o church_n and_o therefore_o will_v furnish_v he_o with_o all_o thing_n requisite_a for_o so_o great_a employment_n and_o that_o can_v be_v no_o less_o than_o the_o ordinary_a power_n apostolical_a but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o ordination_n of_o rome_n §_o 17._o s._n linus_n and_o s._n clement_n at_o rome_n bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o succession_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v very_o manifest_a by_o a_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o old_a writer_n fundantes_n igitur_fw-la &_o instruentes_fw-la beati_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la lino_n episcopatum_fw-la administrandae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la huius_fw-la lini_fw-la paulus_n in_o his_o quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la timotheum_n epistolis_fw-la meminit_fw-la succedit_fw-la autem_fw-la ei_fw-la anacletus_fw-la post_fw-la eum_fw-la tertiò_fw-la loco_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n episcopatum_fw-la sortitur_fw-la clemens_n qui_fw-la &_o vidit_fw-la ipsos_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o conâ—ulit_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n cùm_fw-la adhuc_fw-la insonantem_fw-la praedicationem_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la &_o traditionem_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la haberet_fw-la so_o s._n irenaeus_n 3._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o 4._o 3._o euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o memoratur_fw-la autem_fw-la ex_fw-la comitibus_fw-la pauli_n crescens_n quidam_fw-la ad_fw-la gallias_n esse_fw-la praefectus_fw-la linus_n vero_fw-la &_o clemens_n in_o urbe_fw-la româ_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praefuisse_fw-la many_o more_o testimony_n there_o be_v of_o these_o man_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o rome_n by_o the_o apostle_n as_o of_o prescript_n of_o de_fw-fr prescript_n tertullian_n parmen_fw-la tertullian_n lib_n 2._o contr_n parmen_fw-la optatus_n 165._o optatus_n epist._n 165._o s._n austin_n and_o eccles._n and_o de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n s._n hierome_n but_o i_o will_v not_o cloy_v my_o reader_n with_o variety_n of_o one_o dish_n and_o be_v tedious_a in_o a_o thing_n so_o evident_a and_o know_v s._n john_n ordain_v s._n polycarpe_n bishop_n at_o smyrna_n ...._o sicut_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la habens_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la other_o §_o 18._o s._n polycarpe_n at_o smyrna_n &_o diverse_a other_o ab_fw-la johanne_n conlocatum_fw-la refert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la proinde_fw-la utique_fw-la &_o caeterae_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quos_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la constitutos_fw-la apostolici_fw-la scminis_fw-la traduce_v habeant_fw-la so_o tertullian_n the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n say_v that_o polycarpe_n prescript_n de_fw-fr prescript_n be_v place_v there_o by_o s._n john_n as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n say_v that_o clement_n be_v ordain_v there_o by_o s._n peter_n and_o other_o church_n have_v those_o who_o the_o apostle_n make_v to_o be_v their_o bishop_n polycarpus_n autem_fw-la 35._o de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n lib._n 3._o c._n 35._o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n edoctus_fw-la ...._o sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la asiâ_fw-la in_fw-la eâ_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la smyrnis_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la constitutus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ...._o &_o testimonium_fw-la his_fw-la perhibent_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o asiâ_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la usque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la successerunt_fw-la polycarpo_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o also_o be_v witness_v by_o s._n jerome_n and_o roman_n and_o in_o martyrologio_fw-la roman_n eusebius_n quoniam_fw-la autem_fw-la valdè_fw-la longum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o tali_fw-la volumine_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la successiones_fw-la enumerare_fw-la to_o use_v s._n irenaeus_n his_o expression_n it_o be_v a_o infinite_a labour_n to_o reckon_v up_o all_o those_o who_o the_o apostle_n make_v bishop_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n as_o 4._o as_o euseb._n l._n 4._o c._n 23._o &_o lib._n 3._o c._n 4._o s._n dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n at_o athens_n rom._n athens_n origen_n lib._n 10._o in_o 16._o rom._n cajus_n at_o thessalonica_n coloss._n thessalonica_n s._n ambros._n in_o 4_o coloss._n archippus_n at_o colosse_n 35._o colosse_n jgnatius_n epist_n ad_fw-la ephes._n &_o euseb._n lib._n 3._o c._n 35._o onesimus_n at_o ephesus_n apocal._n ephesus_n arethas_n in_o 1._o apocal._n antipas_n at_o pergamus_n 3._o pergamus_n epist._n ad_fw-la philip._n &_o theodoret._n ib._n &_o in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o epaphroditus_n at_o philippi_n martyrol_n philippi_n euseb._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o apud_fw-la galtias_n so_o ruffinus_n read_v it_o in_o galatia_n so_o be_v intimate_v in_o scripture_n and_o so_o the_o roman_a martyrol_n crescens_n among_o the_o gaul_n 22._o gaul_n ignatius_n epist._n ad_fw-la antioch_n &_o euseb._n lib_n 3._o c._n 22._o evodias_n at_o antioch_n roman_n antioch_n in_o martyrologio_fw-la roman_n sosipater_n at_o iconium_n erastus_n in_o macedonia_n trophimus_n at_o arles_n jason_n at_o tarsus_n silas_n at_o corinth_n onesiphorus_n at_o colophon_n quartus_fw-la at_o berytus_n paul_n the_o proconsul_n at_o narbona_n beside_o many_o more_o who_o name_n be_v not_o record_v in_o scripture_n as_o these_o forecited_a be_v so_o many_o as_o 37._o as_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 37._o eusebius_n count_v impossible_a to_o enumerate_v it_o shall_v therefore_o suffice_v to_o sum_n up_o this_o digest_v of_o their_o act_n and_o ordination_n in_o those_o general_a folding_n use_v by_o the_o father_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n do_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o all_o church_n that_o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n down_o from_o the_o apostle_n first_o ordination_n of_o they_o be_v the_o only_a argument_n to_o prove_v their_o church_n catholic_n and_o their_o adversary_n who_o can_v not_o do_v so_o to_o be_v heretical_a this_o also_o be_v very_o evident_a and_o of_o great_a consideration_n in_o the_o first_o age_n while_o their_o tradition_n be_v clear_a and_o evident_a and_o not_o so_o be_v pudle_v as_o it_o since_o have_v be_v with_o the_o mixture_n of_o heretic_n strive_v to_o spoil_v that_o which_o do_v so_o much_o mischief_n to_o their_o cause_n edant_fw-la origines_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la evolvant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la it_o a_o per_fw-la successiones_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la decurrentem_fw-la ut_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquemex_fw-la apostolis_n aut_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la habuerit_fw-la authorem_fw-la &_o antecessorem_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la census_fw-la suos_fw-la deferunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o when_o s._n irenaeus_n have_v reckon_v 3._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o twelve_o succession_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n from_o the_o apostle_n nunc_fw-la duodecimo_fw-la loco_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n episcopatum_fw-la habet_fw-la eleutherius_fw-la hâc_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la say_v he_o &_o successione_n &_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la traditio_fw-la &_o veritat_fw-la be_v praeconiatio_fw-la pervenit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o est_fw-la plenissima_fw-la haec_fw-la ostensio_fw-la unam_fw-la &_o eandem_fw-la vivatricem_fw-la fidem_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n usque_fw-la nunc_fw-la sit_fw-la conservata_fw-la &_o tradita_fw-la
criminal_a and_o particular_a of_o presbyter_n so_o to_o timothy_n in_o the_o instance_n former_o allege_v nay_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o authority_n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o titus_n and_o officium_fw-la regendae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o office_n of_o rule_v the_o church_n so_o to_o they_o all_o who_o the_o apostle_n leave_v in_o the_o several_a church_n respective_o which_o they_o have_v new_o found_v so_o eusebius_n 23._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 23._o for_o the_o bishop_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v over_o all_o clergy_n and_o laity_n say_v s._n clement_n this_o be_v give_v to_o bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o this_o be_v not_o give_v to_o presbyter_n as_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v and_o for_o the_o present_a it_o will_v sufficient_o appear_v in_o this_o that_o bishop_n have_v power_n over_o presbyter_n which_o can_v be_v suppose_v they_o have_v over_o themselves_o unless_o they_o can_v be_v their_o own_o superior_n but_o a_o council_n or_o college_n of_o presbyter_n presbyter_n §._o 21._o not_o lessen_v by_o the_o assistance_n and_o council_n of_o presbyter_n may_v have_v jurisdiction_n over_o any_o one_o and_o such_o college_n there_o be_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o they_o do_v in_o communi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la govern_v the_o church_n in_o common_a with_o the_o bishop_n as_o say_v s._n hierom_n viz._n where_o there_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o where_o there_o be_v none_o they_o rule_v without_o he_o *_o this_o indeed_o will_v call_v we_o to_o a_o new_a account_n and_o it_o rely_v upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o s._n hierome_n which_o i_o will_v set_v down_o here_o that_o we_o may_v leave_v the_o sun_n without_o a_o cloud_n s._n ierom_n word_n be_v these_o titum_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o ep_v ad_fw-la titum_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la presbyter_n quod_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o diceretur_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pauli_n ego_fw-la apollo_n ego_fw-la autem_fw-la cephae_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consitio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la postquam_fw-la verò_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la baptizabat_fw-la suos_fw-la put_v abat_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la toto_fw-la or_o be_v decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la presbyter_n be_v electus_fw-la superponeretur_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ut_fw-la schismatum_fw-la semina_fw-la tollerentur_fw-la then_o he_o bring_v some_o argument_n to_o confirm_v his_o say_n and_o sum_n they_o up_o thus_o haec_fw-la diximus_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderemus_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la eosdem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la quos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la noverint_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quà m_fw-la dominicae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la veritate_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la esse_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o in_o communi_fw-la debere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o thing_n s_o hierome_n aim_v to_o prove_v be_v the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o their_o government_n of_o the_o church_n in_o common_a *_o for_o their_o identity_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o s._n hierome_n do_v not_o mean_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o order_n as_o if_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n have_v both_o one_o office_n per_fw-la omne_fw-la one_o power_n for_o else_o he_o contradict_v himself_o most_o apert_o for_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la say_v he_o episcopus_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quòd_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la a_o presbyter_n may_v not_o ordain_v a_o bishop_n do_v which_o be_v a_o clear_a difference_n of_o power_n and_o by_o s._n hierome_n be_v not_o express_v in_o matter_n of_o fact_n but_o of_o right_n quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la not_o non_fw-la facit_fw-la that_o a_o priest_n may_v not_o must_v not_o do_v that_o a_o bishop_n do_v viz._n he_o give_v holy_a order_n *_o and_o for_o matter_n of_o fact_n s._n hierome_n know_v that_o in_o his_o time_n a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o govern_v in_o common_a but_o because_o he_o conceive_v it_o be_v fit_a he_o shall_v be_v join_v in_o the_o common_a regiment_n and_o care_n of_o the_o diocese_n therefore_o he_o assert_v it_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v and_o therefore_o if_o s._n hierome_n have_v think_v that_o this_o difference_n of_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n have_v be_v only_o customary_a &_o by_o actual_a indulgence_n or_o encroachment_n or_o positive_a constitution_n and_o no_o matter_n of_o primitive_a and_o original_a right_n s._n hierome_n be_v not_o so_o diffident_a but_o out_o it_o shall_v come_v what_o will_v have_v come_v and_o suppose_v s._n hierome_n in_o this_o distinct_a power_n of_o ordination_n have_v intend_v it_o only_o to_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o fact_n not_o in_o right_n 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that_o then_o if_o s._n hierome_n say_v true_a be_v the_o only_a difference_n between_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n must_v be_v mean_v de_fw-la jure_fw-la in_o matter_n of_o right_n not_o humane_a positive_a for_o that_o be_v coincident_a with_o the_o other_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n which_o the_o facto_fw-la and_o at_o least_o by_o a_o humane_a right_n the_o bishop_n have_v over_o presbyter_n but_o divine_a and_o then_o this_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n by_o s._n hierom_n own_o confession_n can_v be_v mean_v in_o respect_n of_o order_n but_o that_o episcopacy_n be_v by_o divine_a right_n a_o superior_a order_n to_o the_o presbyterate_a *_o add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o argument_n which_o s._n hierome_n use_v in_o this_o discourse_n be_v to_o prove_v that_o bishop_n be_v sometime_o call_v presbyter_n to_o this_o purpose_n he_o urge_v act._n 20._o and_o philippian_n 1._o and_o the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n and_o some_o other_o but_o all_o drive_v to_o the_o same_o issue_n to_o what_o not_o to_o prove_v that_o presbyter_n be_v sometime_o call_v presbyter_n for_o who_o doubt_v that_o but_o that_o bishop_n be_v so_o may_v be_v of_o some_o consideration_n and_o needs_o a_o proof_n and_o this_o he_o undertake_v now_o that_o they_o be_v so_o call_v must_v needs_o infer_v a_o identity_n and_o a_o disparity_n in_o several_a respect_n a_o identity_n at_o least_o of_o name_n for_o else_o it_o have_v be_v whole_o impertinent_a a_o disparity_n or_o else_o his_o argument_n be_v to_o prove_v idem_fw-la affirmari_fw-la de_fw-la eodem_fw-la which_o be_v a_o business_n next_o to_o tell_v pin_n now_o than_o this_o disparity_n must_v be_v either_o in_o order_n or_o jurisdiction_n by_o the_o former_a probation_n it_o be_v sure_a that_o he_o mean_v the_o order_n to_o be_v disparate_a if_o jurisdiction_n too_o i_o be_o content_a but_o the_o former_a be_v most_o certain_a if_o he_o stand_v to_o his_o own_o principle_n this_o identity_n then_o which_o s._n hierome_n express_v of_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n must_v be_v either_o in_o name_n or_o in_o jurisdiction_n i_o know_v not_o certain_o which_o he_o mean_v for_o his_o argument_n conclude_v only_o for_o the_o identity_n of_o name_n but_o his_o conclusion_n be_v for_o identity_n of_o jurisdiction_n &_o in_o communi_fw-la debere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la be_v the_o intent_n of_o his_o discourse_n if_o he_o mean_v the_o first_o viz_o that_o of_o name_n it_o be_v well_o enough_o there_o be_v no_o harm_n do_v it_o be_v in_o confesso_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la but_o conclude_v nothing_o as_o i_o shall_v show_v hereafter_o but_o because_o he_o intend_v so_o far_o as_o may_v be_v guess_v by_o his_o word_n a_o parity_n and_o concurrence_n of_o jurisdiction_n this_o must_v be_v consider_v distinct_o 1._o then_o in_o the_o first_o sound_n of_o church_n the_o apostle_n do_v appoint_v presbyter_n and_o inferior_a minister_n with_o a_o power_n of_o baptise_v preach_v consecrate_v and_o reconcile_n in_o privato_fw-la foro_fw-la but_o do_v not_o in_o every_o church_n at_o the_o first_o sound_v it_o constitute_v a_o bishop_n this_o be_v evident_a in_o crete_n in_o ephesus_n in_o corinth_n at_o
same_o reason_n be_v give_v by_o the_o latin_a father_n why_o they_o expound_v presbyterium_fw-la to_o signify_v episcopacy_n for_o say_v s._n ambrose_n s._n paul_n have_v ordain_v timothy_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n vnde_fw-la &_o quemadmodum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la ordinet_fw-la ostendit_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la fas_fw-la erat_fw-la aut_fw-la licebat_fw-la ut_fw-la inferior_a ordinaret_fw-la majorem_fw-la so_o he_o and_o subjoin_v this_o reason_n nemo_fw-la n._n tribuit_fw-la quodnon_fw-la accepit_fw-la the_o same_o be_v affirm_v by_o s._n chrysostome_n and_o general_o by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o former_a exposition_n that_o be_v the_o father_n both_o of_o the_o east_n and_o west_n for_o it_o be_v so_o general_n and_o catholic_a a_o truth_n that_o priest_n can_v not_o may_v not_o lay_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n that_o there_o be_v never_o any_o example_n of_o it_o in_o christendom_n till_o almost_o 600_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o that_o but_o once_o and_o that_o 555._o a._n d._n 555._o irregular_a and_o that_o without_o imitation_n in_o his_o successor_n or_o example_n in_o his_o antecessor_n it_o be_v the_o case_n of_o pope_n pelagius_n the_o first_o &_o dum_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la ordinarent_fw-la inventi_fw-la sunt_fw-la duo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr perusio_n &_o bone_fw-la de_fw-fr ferentino_n &_o andraeas_n presbyter_n de_fw-fr o_fw-fr stiâ_fw-la &_o ordinaverunt_fw-la eum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la possent_fw-la promovere_fw-la say_v damasus_n it_o be_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n 1._o in_o libr._n pontificali_fw-la vit_fw-mi pelag._n 1._o because_o there_o be_v not_o three_o bishop_n therefore_o he_o procure_v two_o and_o a_o priest_n of_o o_o stia_fw-la to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o the_o three_o that_o three_o according_a to_o the_o direction_n apostolical_a and_o canon_n of_o nice_a antioch_n and_o carthage_n make_v episcopal_a ordination_n *_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v concern_v in_o the_o business_n to_o make_v fair_a this_o ordination_n and_o to_o reconcile_v it_o to_o the_o council_n of_o rhegium_n and_o the_o other_o before_o mentine_v who_o if_o ask_v will_v declare_v it_o to_o be_v invalid_a *_o but_o certain_o as_o the_o canon_n do_v command_v three_o to_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n so_o also_o they_o command_v that_o those_o three_o shall_v be_v three_o bishop_n and_o pelagius_n may_v as_o well_o not_o have_v have_v three_o as_o not_o three_o bishop_n and_o better_o because_o so_o they_o be_v bishop_n the_o first_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n approve_v the_o ordination_n if_o do_v by_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o nicene_n canon_n be_v as_o much_o exact_a in_o require_v the_o capacity_n of_o the_o person_n as_o the_o number_n of_o the_o ordainer_n but_o let_v they_o answer_v it_o for_o my_o part_n i_o believe_v that_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n by_o andreas_n be_v no_o more_o in_o that_o case_n than_o if_o a_o lay_v man_n have_v do_v it_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o though_o the_o ordination_n be_v absolute_o un-canonicall_a yet_o it_o be_v in_o the_o exigence_n of_o necessity_n and_o be_v do_v by_o two_o bishop_n according_a to_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n it_o be_v valid_a in_o naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la though_o not_o in_o formâ_fw-la canonis_fw-la and_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v but_o to_o cheat_v the_o canon_n and_o cozen_v himself_o into_o a_o impertinent_a belief_n of_o a_o canonical_a ordination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sardic_n can._n 6._o council_n sardic_n say_v the_o council_n of_o sardis_n bishop_n must_v ordain_v bishop_n it_o be_v never_o hear_v that_o priest_n do_v or_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la might_n these_o premise_n do_v most_o certain_o infer_v a_o real_a difference_n between_o episcopacy_n and_o the_o presbyterate_a but_o whether_o or_o no_o they_o infer_v a_o difference_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o good_a degree_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n be_v a_o censure_n use_v alike_o in_o the_o censure_n of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n they_o be_v all_o of_o the_o same_o name_n and_o the_o same_o consideration_n for_o order_n distance_z and_o degree_n among_o the_o father_n gradus_fw-la and_o ordo_fw-la be_v equal_o affirm_v of_o they_o all_o and_o the_o word_n gradus_fw-la be_v use_v sometime_o for_o that_o which_o be_v call_v ordo_fw-la most_o frequent_o so_o felix_n write_v to_o s._n manich_n lib._n 1_o c._n 12._o the_o act_n be_v cum_fw-la felice_n manich_n austin_n non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ego_fw-la possum_fw-la contrà tuam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la quià _fw-la mira_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la gradus_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la and_o s._n cyprian_n of_o cornelius_n ad_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la sublime_a 2._o lib_n 4._o epist._n 2._o fastigium_fw-la cunctis_fw-la religionis_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la degree_n and_o order_n be_v use_v in_o common_a for_o he_o that_o speak_v most_o proper_o will_v call_v that_o a_o order_n in_o person_n which_o correspond_v to_o a_o degree_n in_o quality_n and_o neither_o of_o the_o word_n be_v wrong_v by_o a_o mutual_a substitution_n 2._o the_o promotion_n of_o a_o bishop_n ad_fw-la munus_fw-la episcopale_n be_v at_o first_o call_v ordinatio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la stir_v up_o the_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o the_o juxta_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la tuam_fw-la in_o episcopatum_fw-la say_v sedulius_n and_o s._n hierome_n prophetiae_fw-la gratiam_fw-la habebat_fw-la cum_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la *_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la fas_fw-la erat_fw-la aut_fw-la licebat_fw-la ut_fw-la inferior_a ordinaret_fw-la majorem_fw-la say_v s._n ambrose_n 3._o in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o prove_v that_o presbyter_n may_v not_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n *_o romanorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la say_v tertullian_n and_o s._n hierome_n affirm_v that_o s._n james_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n 32._o de_fw-fr prescript_n cap._n 32._o of_o jerusalem_n immediate_o after_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n ordinatus_fw-la be_v the_o word_n at_o first_o and_o afterward_o consecratus_fw-la come_v in_o conjunction_n with_o it_o when_o moses_n the_o monk_n be_v to_o be_v ordain_v to_o wit_n a_o bishop_n for_o that_o be_v the_o title_n of_o the_o story_n in_o theodoret_n and_o spy_v that_o lucius_n be_v there_o ready_a to_o impose_v hand_n on_o he_o absit_fw-la say_v he_o ut_fw-la manus_fw-la tua_fw-la 23._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 23._o i_o consecret_fw-la 3._o in_o all_o order_n there_o be_v the_o impress_n of_o a_o distinct_a character_n that_o be_v the_o person_n be_v qualify_v with_o a_o new_a capacity_n to_o do_v certain_a office_n which_o before_o his_o ordination_n he_o have_v no_o power_n to_o do_v a_o deacon_n have_v a_o order_n or_o power_n quo_fw-la pocula_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la misceat_fw-la &_o latices_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_a porrigat_fw-la agni_fw-la as_o arator_fw-la himself_o a_o deacon_n express_v it_o a_o presbyter_n have_v a_o high_a order_n or_o degree_n in_o the_o office_n or_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n whereby_o he_o be_v enable_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o council_n of_o ancyra_n do_v intimate_v but_o a_o bishop_n have_v a_o high_a yet_o for_o beside_o all_o the_o office_n communicate_v to_o priest_n and_o deacon_n he_o can_v give_v 1._o cap._n 1._o order_n which_o very_o one_o thing_n make_v episcopacy_n to_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n for_o ordo_fw-la be_v define_v by_o the_o school_n to_o be_v traditio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la &_o collatio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ad_fw-la obeunda_fw-la ministeria_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la a_o give_v a_o spiritual_a power_n and_o a_o confer_v grace_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o ecclesiastical_a ministration_n since_o than_o episcopacy_n have_v a_o new_a ordination_n and_o a_o distinct_a power_n as_o i_o shall_v 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of_o the_o 70_o that_o the_o election_n be_v make_v if_o we_o may_v believe_v s._n epiphanus_n so_o that_o they_o be_v presbyter_n before_o this_o choice_n and_o last_o it_o be_v only_o a_o nomination_n of_o seven_o man_n the_o determination_n of_o the_o business_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o rejection_n be_v still_o in_o the_o apostle_n and_o indeed_o the_o whole_a power_n who_o we_o may_v appoint_v over_o this_o business_n &_o after_o all_o this_o there_o can_v be_v no_o hurt_n do_v by_o the_o objection_n especial_o since_o clear_o and_o indubious_o the_o election_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v in_o the_o apostle_n own_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n ignatius_n of_o evodias_n evodias_n be_v first_o appoint_v to_o be_v your_o governor_n or_o bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o themselves_o do_v commit_v antioch_n epist._n ad_fw-la antioch_n it_o to_o other_o that_o be_v bishop_n as_o in_o the_o instance_n before_o reckon_v thus_o the_o case_n stand_v in_o scripture_n 2._o in_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n it_o go_v according_a to_o the_o same_o law_n and_o practise_v apostolical_a the_o people_n do_v not_o may_v not_o choose_v the_o minister_n of_o holy_a church_n so_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o can._n 13._o the_o people_n must_v not_o choose_v those_o that_o be_v to_o be_v promote_v to_o the_o priesthood_n the_o prohibition_n extend_v to_o their_o nonelection_n of_o all_o the_o superior_a clergy_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n but_o who_o then_o must_v elect_v they_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a determine_v that_o for_o in_o 16_o and_o 17_o canon_n the_o council_n forbid_v any_o promotion_n of_o clerk_n to_o be_v make_v but_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n where_o they_o be_v first_o ordain_v which_o clear_o reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n the_o power_n of_o retain_v or_o promote_a all_o his_o clergy_n *_o 3._o all_o ordination_n be_v make_v by_o bishop_n alone_o as_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v now_o let_v this_o be_v confront_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o primitive_a christendom_n that_o no_o presbyter_n may_v be_v ordain_v sine_fw-la titulo_fw-la without_o a_o particular_a charge_n which_o be_v always_o custom_n and_o at_o last_o grow_v to_o be_v a_o law_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o we_o shall_v perceive_v that_o the_o ordainer_n be_v the_o only_a chooser_n for_o then_o to_o ordain_v a_o presbyter_n be_v also_o to_o give_v he_o a_o charge_n and_o the_o patronage_n of_o a_o church_n be_v not_o a_o lie_v inheritance_n but_o part_n of_o the_o bishop_n cure_n for_o he_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o care_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o the_o diocese_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v and_o therefore_o when_o s._n jerome_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o christendom_n have_v specify_v some_o particular_a ordination_n or_o election_n of_o presbyter_n by_o bishop_n 62._o epist._n 61._o &_o 62._o as_o how_o himself_o be_v make_v priest_n by_o paulinus_n and_o paulinus_n by_o epiphanius_n of_o cyprus_n gaudeat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la judicio_fw-la svo_fw-la cùm_fw-la tale_n christo_fw-la elegerit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la nepotian_n hieron_n ad_fw-la nepotian_n let_v the_o bishop_n rejoice_v in_o his_o own_o act_n have_v choose_v such_o worthy_a priest_n for_o the_o service_n of_o christ._n thus_o s._n ambrose_n give_v intimation_n that_o the_o dispense_n all_o the_o office_n in_o the_o clergy_n be_v sole_o in_o the_o bishop_n haec_fw-la spectet_fw-la sacerdos_n &_o quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la congruat_fw-la 44._o lib._n 1._o offic_n cap._n 44._o id_fw-la officij_fw-la deputet_fw-la let_v the_o bishop_n observe_v these_o rule_n and_o appoint_v every_o one_o his_o office_n as_o be_v best_a answerable_a to_o his_o condition_n and_o capacity_n and_o theodoret_n report_v of_o leontius_n the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n how_o be_v a_o arian_n adversarios_fw-la recti_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la suscipiens_fw-la licèt_fw-la 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bishop_n and_o this_o come_v to_o they_o from_o divine_a authority_n no_o such_o matter_n the_o follow_a word_n expound_v he_o better_o quod_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la videmus_fw-la de_fw-la divinâ_fw-la authoritate_fw-la descendere_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_n plebe_n praesente_fw-la sub_fw-la omnium_fw-la oculis_fw-la deligatur_fw-la &_o dignus_fw-la atque_fw-la idoneus_fw-la publico_fw-la judicio_fw-la ac_fw-la testimonio_fw-la comprobetur_fw-la that_o the_o bishop_n be_v choose_v public_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o people_n and_o he_o only_o be_v think_v fit_a who_o be_v approve_v by_o public_a judgement_n and_o testimony_n or_o as_o s._n paul_n phrase_n be_v he_o must_v have_v a_o good_a report_n of_o all_o man_n that_o be_v indeed_o a_o divine_a institution_n and_o that_o to_o this_o purpose_n and_o for_o the_o public_a attestation_n of_o the_o act_n of_o election_n and_o ordination_n the_o people_n presence_n be_v require_v appear_v clear_o by_o s._n cyprian_n discourse_n in_o 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est_fw-la but_o i_o need_v not_o more_o particular_a argument_n for_o till_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n the_o church_n never_o admit_v presbyter_n as_o in_o their_o own_o right_n to_o voice_n in_o counsel_n and_o that_o council_n we_o know_v savourd_a too_o much_o of_o the_o schismatic_a but_o before_o this_o council_n no_o example_n no_o precedent_n of_o subscription_n of_o the_o presbyter_n either_o to_o ecumenical_a or_o provincial_n synod_n indeed_o to_o a_o diocesan_n synod_n viz._n that_o of_o auxerre_n in_o burgundy_n i_o find_v 32_o presbyter_n subscribe_v this_o synod_n be_v neither_o ecumenical_a nor_o provincial_n but_o mere_o the_o convocation_n of_o a_o diocese_n for_o here_o be_v but_o one_o bishop_n and_o some_o few_o abbot_n and_o 32_o presbyter_n it_o be_v indeed_o no_o more_o than_o a_o visitation_n or_o the_o call_n of_o a_o chapter_n for_o of_o this_o we_o receive_v intimation_n in_o the_o seven_o canon_n of_o that_o assembly_n ut_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la maio_n omnes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la ad_fw-la 7._o council_n antisiodor_n can_v 7._o synodum_fw-la venirent_fw-la that_o be_v their_o summons_n &_o in_o novembri_fw-la omnes_fw-la abbates_n ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la so_o that_o here_o be_v intimation_n of_o a_o yearly_a synod_n beside_o the_o first_o convention_n the_o great_a of_o they_o but_o diocesan_n and_o therefore_o the_o lesser_a but_o conventus_fw-la capitularis_fw-la or_o however_o not_o enough_o to_o give_v evidence_n of_o a_o subscription_n of_o presbyter_n to_o so_o much_o as_o a_o provincial_n council_n for_o the_o guise_n of_o christendom_n be_v always_o otherwise_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o best_a argument_n that_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o arian_n hurry_v use_v to_o acquit_v themselves_o from_o the_o suspicion_n of_o heresy_n neque_fw-la nos_fw-la sumus_fw-la arii_n sectatores_fw-la quî_fw-la namque_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la cùm_fw-la simus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ario_n presbytero_fw-la auscultemus_fw-la 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as_o a_o pilot_n in_o a_o ship_n or_o a_o master_n in_o a_o family_n or_o rather_o as_o a_o steward_n and_o guardian_n to_o rule_v in_o his_o master_n absence_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n the_o synod_n of_o the_o nicene_n bishop_n be_v call_v in_o eusebius_n conventus_fw-la orbis_fw-la 18._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-la vitâ_fw-la constant._n lib._n de_fw-fr baptis_fw-la cap._n 18._o terrarum_fw-la and_o by_o s._n austin_n consensus_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la not_o that_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v there_o present_a in_o their_o several_a person_n but_o be_v there_o represent_v by_o the_o catholic_a bishop_n and_o if_o this_o representment_n be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o obligation_n to_o all_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n but_o the_o lady_n too_o may_v vote_n in_o counsel_n for_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o have_v soul_n too_o but_o however_o if_o this_o argument_n be_v conclude_v in_o itself_o yet_o it_o lose_v its_o force_n in_o england_n where_o the_o clergy_n be_v bind_v by_o 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that_o if_o a_o church_n want_v a_o presbyter_n to_o become_v her_o bishop_n they_o may_v demand_v one_o from_o any_o bishop_n it_o be_v grant_v but_o posthumianus_n the_o bishop_n put_v this_o case_n deinde_fw-la qui_fw-la unum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la numquid_fw-la debet_fw-la illi_fw-la ipse_fw-la unus_fw-la presbyter_n auferri_fw-la how_o if_o the_o bishop_n have_v but_o one_o priest_n must_v his_o bishop_n part_n with_o he_o to_o supply_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o neighbour_n widdow-church_n yea_o that_o he_o must_v but_o how_o then_o shall_v he_o keep_v ordination_n when_o he_o have_v never_o a_o presbyter_n to_o assist_v he_o that_o indeed_o will_v have_v be_v the_o objection_n now_o but_o it_o be_v none_o then_o for_o aurelius_n tell_v they_o plain_o there_o be_v no_o inconvenience_n in_o it_o for_o though_o a_o bishop_n have_v never_o a_o presbyter_n no_o great_a matter_n he_o can_v himself_o ordain_v many_o and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v sole_a ordination_n but_o 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