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presidentship_n over_o they_o and_o so_o after_o a_o sort_n a_o majoritie_n of_o administration_n henrici-petrina_n administration_n majoritas_fw-la administrationis_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la administratio_fw-la à _fw-la jurisdictione_n pender_n ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la suljectionalt_a partim_fw-la constuâ—â—tur_fw-la sâ—â—ut_fw-la dicunus_fw-la â—lectum_fw-la in_o cligence_n ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la administrationem_fw-la ordinariam_fw-la habere_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la conc._n carth._n l._n 2._o c._n 13._o p._n 7.7_o ed._n bas_n cum_fw-la priv_fw-la case_n majest_n ex_fw-la off_o henrici-petrina_n ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la subjectionali_fw-la as_o cardinal_n cusanus_fw-la have_v it_o from_o the_o free_a and_o voluntary_a act_n of_o those_o who_o consent_v to_o the_o prelation_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o subject_v themselves_o unto_o he_o ordination_n be_v one_o of_o those_o act_n the_o power_n whereof_o the_o bishop_n do_v challenge_v as_o one_o of_o those_o 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the_o reason_n why_o they_o may_v not_o meddle_v with_o this_o and_o other_o act_n ibid._n act_n quoniam_fw-la quamquam_fw-la consecrationem_fw-la habeant_fw-la pontificatue_n tamen_fw-la apicem_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la quem_fw-la satis_fw-la deberi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la â—â—thoritate_fw-la canonum_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la â—â—_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o discâ—â—â—io_fw-la graduum_fw-la &_o dignitatis_fw-la sastâ—gium_fw-la summi_fw-la pontificit_fw-la demâ—nsâ—â—etur_fw-la ibid._n the_o name_n and_o title_n of_o bishop_n be_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n limit_v unto_o one_o and_o by_o the_o same_o power_n be_v these_o office_n limit_v also_o that_o so_o the_o difference_n of_o degree_n which_o the_o church_n have_v put_v between_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v manifest_v so_o the_o father_n in_o that_o council_n the_o same_o be_v acknowledge_v in_o the_o 784._o the_o solum_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la sum_n sacerdeti_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o consecratio_fw-la reservata_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-fr a_fw-fr multis_fw-la discipline_n ecclesiae_fw-la vindicata_fw-la concordiam_fw-la soiveret_fw-la scandala_fw-la generaret_fw-la conceit_fw-la aquisgran_n ap_fw-mi eocbel_n decret_n eccl._n gall_a 5._o tit_n 8._o ca._n 88_o pag_n 784._o council_n of_o aquisgran_n a_o 816._o in_o the_o day_n of_o ludovicus_n the_o first_o ordination_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n only_o for_o authority_n or_o as_o a_o ensign_n of_o his_o honour_n and_o for_o the_o prevention_n of_o scandal_n and_o division_n in_o the_o church_n but_o as_o for_o a_o difference_n out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n they_o prove_v at_o large_a from_o the_o apostle_n word_n to_o titus_n timothy_n and_o act._n 20._o that_o there_o be_v none_o but_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o yet_o do_v not_o this_o reservation_n by_o a_o 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locum_fw-la vide_fw-la etianâ—_n do_v 67._o cap._n 1._o &_o glos_n in_o ver_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la semeca_n do_v answer_v a_o objection_n make_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o prove_v that_o the_o word_n solus_fw-la where_o it_o be_v say_v the_o bishop_n alone_o may_v give_v honour_n and_o alone_o may_v take_v it_o away_o do_v exclude_v other_o bishop_n but_o not_o his_o own_o clergy_n so_o that_o a_o bishop_n with_o his_o own_o clergy_n may_v ordain_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o other_o bishop_n but_o not_o do_v it_o alone_o by_o his_o own_o peerless_a power_n without_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o clergy_n consent_v to_o and_o concur_v with_o he_o in_o the_o action_n in_o this_o regard_n it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o eleven_o council_n of_o toledo_n in_o spain_n presbyter_n spain_n dist_n 23._o cap._n presbyter_n when_o a_o bishop_n do_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o the_o head_n of_o he_o who_o be_v to_o be_v ordain_v let_v all_o the_o presbyter_n who_o be_v present_a lay_n on_o their_o hand_n 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if_o we_o shall_v look_v for_o the_o same_o condition_n and_o qualification_n in_o many_o of_o we_o which_o st_n paul_n command_v to_o be_v in_o those_o bishop_n there_o mention_v by_o he_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o we_o be_v dub_v be_v hujusmedi_fw-la conditione_n siquu_fw-la exactè_fw-la consideret_fw-la &_o conferat_fw-la cum_fw-la nostrae_fw-la aetatis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la videbitur_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la orbe_fw-la &_o in_o peregrina_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o apostolos_n penitus_fw-la ignoraverit_fw-la ve_fw-la sari_fw-la salm._n in_o tit._n 1._o disp_n 1._o ad_fw-la 4_o â—â—â—_o dub_v in_o a_o new_a world_n as_o salmeron_n the_o jesuit_n once_o speak_v and_o in_o a_o strange_a church_n that_o never_o hear_v of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n this_o by_o the_o way_n from_o all_o that_o be_v cull_v out_o of_o these_o epistle_n the_o argument_n by_o which_o they_o must_v prove_v episcopacy_n to_o have_v be_v erect_v by_o the_o apostle_n 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est_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la primus_fw-la he_o be_v the_o bishop_n who_o be_v the_o first_o among_o the_o presbyter_n be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n confirm_v what_o have_v be_v deliver_v for_o it_o do_v declare_v manifest_o as_o ministriasset_fw-la as_o pau_v tom_fw-mi â—_o l._n 9_o de_fw-la oec_fw-la pont._n c._n 5._o n._n 8._o nihil_fw-la abud_fw-la quam_fw-la inter_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la plures_fw-la annâ—s_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la muncie_n presbyteratus_n ministriasset_fw-la chamier_n have_v well_o observe_v what_o be_v the_o degree_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a time_n of_o the_o church_n that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o he_o be_v account_v the_o bishop_n who_o among_o the_o presbyter_n have_v minister_v long_a in_o the_o office_n of_o a_o presbyter_n hence_o the_o forename_a french_a divine_a do_v conclude_v ibid._n conclude_v ibid._n that_o at_o first_o there_o be_v no_o other_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n 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the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n be_v by_o ordinary_a right_n his_o equal_n in_o all_o thing_n except_v age_n and_o that_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o in_o respect_n of_o it_o the_o precedency_n of_o primogeniture_n which_o do_v not_o invest_v he_o with_o any_o command_a power_n over_o they_o or_o put_v they_o in_o subjection_n unto_o he_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n be_v thus_o limit_v to_o he_o that_o be_v the_o elder_a presbyter_n occasion_v the_o mention_n of_o one_o alone_a in_o the_o writing_n of_o those_o who_o set_v down_o the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n learned_a salmasius_n have_v illustrate_v this_o by_o two_o example_n 274._o example_n dissert_n 1._o the_o presb_n &_o episc_n ca._n â—_o p._n 274._o when_o athens_n be_v govern_v by_o nine_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o rider_n the_o first_o of_o they_o only_o give_v the_o name_n to_o the_o year_n whence_o he_o be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o roman_a emperor_n do_v ofttimes_o make_v many_o consul_n in_o a_o year_n which_o be_v call_v consules_a per_fw-la suffectionem_fw-la yet_o these_o though_o they_o have_v full_a consular_a authority_n be_v not_o register_v among_o the_o consul_n but_o only_o those_o which_o be_v create_v in_o it_o he_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n because_o they_o be_v the_o elder_a the_o first_o consul_n 2._o that_o primacy_n which_o be_v grant_v unto_o he_o which_o be_v the_o first_o and_o elder_a presbyter_n and_o be_v now_o peculiar_o call_v the_o bishop_n be_v only_o at_o first_o a_o primacy_n of_o order_n no_o superiority_n of_o power_n or_o jurisdictive_a dominion_n that_o church_n affair_n shall_v be_v order_v by_o he_o alone_o without_o the_o consent_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o presbyter_n observable_a to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o expression_n of_o pius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o his_o second_o epistle_n to_o justus_n bishop_n of_o vienna_n 275._o vienna_n presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la majorem_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la christi_fw-la ministrum_fw-la te_fw-la observent_fw-la ap_fw-mi sal._n p._n 275._o let_v the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n observe_v you_o not_o as_o one_o great_a than_o they_o but_o at_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n in_o which_o you_o see_v he_o do_v in_o plain_a term_n deny_v that_o justus_n the_o bishop_n be_v great_a in_o point_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n than_o the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n you_o know_v reverend_a and_o belove_a what_o be_v the_o resolution_n of_o 10._o of_o ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la mibi_fw-la compresbyteri_fw-la nostri_fw-la donatus_n &_o fortunatus_n novatus_n &_o gurdius_n solus_fw-la rescribere_fw-la nibil_n poâ—ui_fw-la quande_fw-fr à _fw-fr primordio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la mei_fw-la staâ—uerim_n nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestâ—o_fw-la &_o fine_a consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la meae_fw-la privata_fw-la sententiagerere_fw-la ep._n â—_o exedit_fw-la gonlart_n aliis_fw-la lib._n 3._o ep_v 10._o cyprian_a bishop_n 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