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rank_n shall_v charge_v any_o clergyman_n with_o crime_n which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v good_a he_o himself_o shall_v be_v public_o account_v vile_a and_o infamous_a it_o be_v but_o just_a and_o equal_a say_v the_o law_n that_o as_o guilt_n shall_v be_v punish_v and_o offender_n reckon_v as_o spot_n and_o blemish_n to_o the_o church_n so_o that_o injure_a innocency_n shall_v be_v right_v and_o maintain_v how_o infinite_o tender_v the_o first_o general_a council_n of_o constantinople_n be_v in_o this_o case_n to_o secure_v the_o honour_n and_o good_a name_n of_o bishop_n and_o clergyman_n against_o the_o malicious_a insinuation_n and_o charge_n of_o false_a accuser_n may_v appear_v by_o the_o large_a provision_n which_o they_o make_v about_o it_o in_o the_o six_o canon_n of_o that_o council_n and_o because_o it_o sometime_o so_o happen_v that_o a_o man_n enemy_n be_v those_o of_o his_o own_o house_n therefore_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n ordain_v 56._o that_o if_o any_o clergyman_n reproach_n and_o defame_v a_o bishop_n he_o shall_v be_v depose_v from_o his_o ministry_n for_o thou_o may_v not_o say_v the_o canon_n speak_v evil_a of_o the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o presbyter_n or_o deacon_n who_o he_o thus_o reproach_n he_o shall_v be_v suspend_v from_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o office_n so_o sacred_a and_o venerable_a do_v they_o then_o account_v the_o person_n and_o concernment_n of_o those_o who_o minister_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o divine_a worship_n chap._n ix_o of_o their_o usual_a worship_n both_o private_a and_o public_a the_o christian_n worship_n of_o god_n in_o their_o family_n discover_v their_o usual_a time_n of_o prayer_n pray_v before_o and_o after_o meal_n sing_v of_o psalm_n and_o read_v the_o scripture_n at_o the_o same_o time_n frequency_n in_o prayer_n note_v in_o divers_a instance_n their_o great_a reverence_n for_o the_o holy_a scripture_n in_o read_v expound_v commit_v they_o to_o memory_n several_a 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according_o among_o the_o ancient_n in_o their_o public_a office_n and_o devotion_n in_o speak_v to_o which_o i_o shall_v much_o what_o observe_v the_o same_o method_n i_o do_v in_o treat_v concern_v baptism_n consider_v the_o person_n the_o time_n the_o place_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o its_o celebration_n the_o person_n administer_a be_v the_o ordinary_a pastor_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n those_o who_o be_v set_v apart_o for_o the_o ministration_n of_o holy_a office_n the_o institution_n be_v begin_v by_o our_o lord_n himself_o and_o the_o administration_n of_o it_o by_o he_o commit_v to_o his_o apostle_n and_o to_o their_o ordinary_a successor_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n 102._o we_o find_v in_o tertullian_n that_o they_o never_o receive_v it_o from_o any_o but_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o precedent_n which_o must_v either_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o particular_a custom_n of_o that_o church_n where_o he_o live_v or_o of_o consecration_n only_o for_o otherwise_o the_o 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