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bishop_n must_v be_v mean_v and_o ordination_n peculiar_o derive_v from_o he_o four_o howsoever_o where_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o church_n that_o have_v not_o a_o priest_n he_o be_v in_o reason_n to_o be_v understand_v not_o of_o one_o that_o have_v power_n to_o make_v a_o priest_n but_o of_o a_o priest_n already_o make_v for_o such_o a_o one_o a_o particular_a church_n can_v want_v but_o of_o a_o bishop_n unto_o it_o there_o be_v no_o such_o need_n five_o if_o hierome_n in_o this_o place_n be_v zealous_a against_o schism_n speak_v somewhat_o too_o free_o in_o favour_n of_o bishop_n which_o yet_o be_v doubtful_a though_o more_o probable_a that_o he_o speak_v on_o the_o presbyter_n side_n then_o of_o the_o bishop_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o other_o place_n which_o we_o shall_v observe_v afterward_o he_o express_v himself_o far_o from_o such_o fondness_n of_o affection_n to_o bishop_n as_o his_o lordship_n deduce_v out_o of_o his_o word_n so_o much_o for_o the_o 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congregatis_fw-la inter_fw-la opera_fw-la bernardi_n col_fw-fr 1730._o
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constitution_n or_o practice_n which_o yet_o come_v under_o the_o name_n of_o discipline_n or_o government_n as_o have_v be_v show_v they_o stand_v at_o a_o far_o great_a distance_n from_o necessity_n to_o salvation_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v deny_v by_o the_o 34._o the_o artic._n 34._o doctrine_n and_o 1625._o and_o in_o the_o preface_n of_o the_o communion_n book_n concern_v cerem_fw-la why_o some_o be_v retain_v and_o some_o abolish_v print_v 1625._o liturgy_n of_o our_o church_n to_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v in_o all_o place_n and_o at_o all_o time_n one_o and_o utter_o alike_o and_o if_o general_n counsel_n shall_v decree_v thing_n to_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n which_o can_v be_v so_o declare_v by_o scripture_n the_o 21._o the_o artic._n 21._o same_o doctrine_n teach_v that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v receive_v for_o that_o will_v conclude_v damnation_n on_o such_o church_n as_o be_v without_o they_o there_o be_v degree_n of_o necessity_n we_o grant_v as_o where_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o catechism_n of_o the_o communion_n book_n that_o there_o be_v two_o sacrament_n as_o general_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n only_a two_o sacrament_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n though_o in_o a_o large_a acception_n there_o may_v be_v as_o the_o papist_n say_v five_o more_o as_o one_o say_v 494._o say_v dr._n meyer_n his_o explanat_fw-la of_o the_o catechism_n q._n 181._o p._n 494._o seventeen_o as_o another_o 523._o another_o dr._n reynold_n in_o his_o confer_v with_o hart._n pag._n 523._o twenty_o seven_o general_o necessary_a that_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n in_o general_a without_o which_o it_o can_v be_v a_o true_a save_a church_n not_o necessary_a for_o every_o member_n of_o it_o in_o particular_a or_o necessary_a for_o particular_a person_n if_o god_n give_v convenient_a opportunity_n for_o they_o not_o that_o god_n can_v or_o will_v not_o save_v without_o they_o where_o his_o ordinance_n be_v by_o himself_o deny_v not_o by_o man_n despise_v or_o slight_v thus_o we_o avoid_v the_o 31._o the_o in_o catechismo_fw-la duo_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la quid_fw-la suntne_n alia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la generalia_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la communia_fw-la ut_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la alia_fw-la generalia_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ut_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la didoclau_n altar_n damascen_n p._n 357._o the_o other_o five_o though_o common_o call_v sacrament_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v sacrament_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v such_o as_o have_v grow_v partly_o of_o the_o corrupt_a imitation_n of_o the_o apost_n confer_v at_o hampt_a court_n p._n 31._o acception_n against_o our_o catechism_n make_v by_o some_o mistake_v though_o well-minded_a brethren_n and_o so_o also_o shun_v the_o popish_a necessity_n of_o that_o sacrament_n which_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o salvation_n of_o little_a child_n depart_v this_o life_n before_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n but_o thus_o we_o can_v salve_v the_o necessity_n of_o discipline_n for_o though_o discipline_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o church_n yet_o the_o particular_a discipline_n of_o our_o church_n be_v not_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n so_o that_o they_o can_v be_v true_a church_n and_o salvation_n in_o they_o which_o have_v it_o not_o 220._o not_o adversarii_fw-la nullam_fw-la per_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la esse_fw-la validam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la i_fw-it quando_fw-la desunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la episcopi_fw-la aut_fw-la deficiunt_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la ibid._n p._n 220._o for_o where_o there_o be_v a_o defect_n of_o bishop_n or_o bishop_n make_v a_o defection_n from_o the_o faith_n there_o a_o ordination_n by_o presbyter_n be_v confess_v to_o be_v valid_a by_o those_o who_o be_v no_o friend_n unto_o the_o presbytery_n a_o ordination_n not_o only_o of_o presbyter_n but_o of_o bishop_n as_o 704._o as_o dr._n field_n of_o the_o church_n lib._n 5._o c._n 56._o pag._n 704._o doctor_z field_n have_v determine_v for_o say_v he_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o in_o revolt_n from_o the_o faith_n or_o where_o bishop_n will_v not_o ordain_v but_o such_o as_o consent_v to_o their_o heresy_n when_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o better_a presbyter_n may_v choose_v out_o one_o among_o themselves_o to_o be_v chief_a and_o so_o add_v other_o to_o their_o number_n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o he_o and_o their_o hand_n which_o give_v we_o occasion_n rather_o to_o admire_v then_o to_o believe_v that_o priest_n make_v at_o rome_n or_o rheims_n revolt_a from_o their_o popish_a religion_n shall_v be_v admit_v to_o benefice_n in_o our_o church_n without_o a_o new_a ordination_n and_o that_o they_o who_o be_v make_v minister_n in_o transmarine_a church_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v unless_o first_o they_o be_v by_o bishop_n ordain_v deacon_n and_o presbyter_n as_o 220._o as_o sacerdotibus_fw-la pontificiis_fw-la ordinatis_fw-la regnante_fw-la mariâ_fw-la sive_fw-la romae_fw-la sive_fw-la rhemis_n non_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la nouâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la sed_fw-la mariani_n sacerdotes_fw-la retenti_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la usque_fw-la diem_fw-la terellus_n tytherus_n etc._n etc._n contra_fw-la qui_fw-la erant_fw-la legitimi_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la ministri_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la capaces_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la donec_fw-la priùs_fw-la creati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la diaconi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la per_fw-la praelatos_fw-la ut_fw-la oftendit_fw-la exemplis_fw-la whitingami_fw-la traversi_fw-la etc._n etc._n didoclau_n altar_n damascen_n pag._n 220._o didoclavius_n report_v out_o of_o johnson_n the_o brownist_n and_o some_o of_o we_o remember_v that_o some_o of_o those_o who_o prefer_v episcopacy_n above_o the_o presbytery_n as_o gold_n above_o silver_n do_v yet_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v maintain_v in_o the_o divinity_n school_n divino_fw-la school_n ordinatio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la reformatis_fw-la est_fw-la legitima_fw-la this_o be_v public_o hold_v in_o doctor_n holland_n time_n who_o in_o the_o act_n july_n 9_o a_o 1608._o conclude_v quod_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ordo_fw-la distinctus_fw-la à _fw-la presbyteratu_fw-la coque_fw-la superior_a jure_fw-la divino_fw-la that_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n in_o outlandish_a church_n be_v lawful_a though_o without_o bishop_n there_o be_v then_o no_o necessity_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v ordain_v again_o to_o make_v they_o capable_a of_o benefice_n unless_o some_o positive_a constitution_n of_o our_o church_n require_v it_o much_o less_o be_v it_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n either_o their_o own_o or_o other_o that_o bishop_n shall_v confer_v any_o new_a order_n upon_o they_o doctor_n 274._o doctor_n doct._n willet_n synop._n papism_n 5._o gen._n controv_n append_v ad_fw-la 3._o quaest_n p._n 274._o willet_n mention_v another_o necessity_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o bishop_n and_o priest_n and_o so_o of_o episcopal_a government_n or_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o that_o be_v for_o the_o avoid_n of_o schism_n for_o else_o as_o luciserian_n as_o tot_o essent_fw-la schismatà _fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la hieron_n advers._fw-la luciserian_n hierome_n say_v there_o will_v be_v as_o many_o schism_n as_o priest_n but_o this_o necessity_n will_v not_o serve_v to_o make_v the_o crosier-staffe_n of_o discipline_n equal_a to_o the_o marble_n pillar_n of_o doctrine_n for_o support_v of_o salvation_n there_o be_v yet_o another_o necessity_n conceive_v of_o a_o contrary_a discipline_n 351._o discipline_n the_o king_n large_a declarat_fw-la pag._n 351._o for_o in_o scotland_n a_o parity_n of_o minister_n be_v prefer_v as_o god_n ordinance_n to_o episcopacy_n a_o humane_a consuetude_n and_o this_o ordinance_n of_o discipline_n without_o bishop_n be_v conceive_v by_o the_o divine_n of_o 4._o of_o mr._n hooker_n prefat_n pag._n 4._o geneva_n as_o everlasting_o require_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o lord_n against_o who_o statute_n there_o be_v no_o exception_n to_o be_v take_v and_o of_o this_o we_o may_v suppose_v master_n cartwright_n speak_v when_o he_o say_v 44._o say_v mr._n cartwrig_n see_v archbish_n whitgif_n reply_v pag._n
franciscus_n à _fw-la sancta_fw-la clara_n provincial_n of_o the_o minorite_n friar_n who_o hold_v 151._o hold_v ubi_fw-la nulli_fw-la praeesse_fw-la solent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la deesse_fw-la debent_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la hos_fw-la si_fw-la domas_fw-la quam_fw-la miserenda_fw-la quaeso_fw-la &_o horrenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la necessariò_fw-la subsequentur_fw-la nam_fw-la ubi_fw-la nulli_fw-la sunt_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la nulla_fw-la erunt_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la &_o baptismus_fw-la franc._n à _fw-la sancta_fw-la clara_n apolog._n episcop_n pag._n 151._o that_o where_o bishop_n do_v not_o rule_v there_o be_v no_o presbyter_n where_o no_o presbyter_n no_o sacrament_n he_o except_v according_a to_o the_o tenet_n of_o his_o church_n matrimony_n and_o baptism_n the_o former_a as_o a_o sacrament_n the_o late_a as_o a_o sacrament_n and_o more_o than_o that_o in_o the_o popish_a opinion_n as_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o he_o so_o far_o 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in_o as_o a_o consequence_n of_o the_o bishop_n tenet_n of_o the_o authority_n of_o bishop_n that_o reverend_a prelate_n very_o wise_o and_o religious_o shun_v say_v opusc_fw-la say_v caecus_n sit_v qui_fw-la non_fw-la videat_fw-la stantes_fw-la sine_fw-la ea_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ferreus_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la salutem_fw-la iis_fw-la neget_fw-la episc_n winton_n resp_n ad_fw-la epist_n 2._o pet._n du_fw-fr moulin_n pag._n 176._o opusc_fw-la he_o want_v his_o sight_n that_o see_v not_o church_n stand_v without_o that_o discipline_n and_o have_v a_o iron_n heart_n that_o consent_v not_o that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v and_o therefore_o our_o late_a learned_a sovereign_a king_n james_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v mistake_v in_o some_o of_o his_o speech_n of_o some_o of_o those_o who_o have_v no_o good_a conceit_n of_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o english_a church_n when_o his_o monitory_a preface_n wherein_o he_o touch_v most_o upon_o such_o matter_n be_v publish_v in_o latin_a that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o condemn_v the_o church_n who_o discipline_n be_v different_a from_o we_o he_o express_o profess_v 1609._o profess_v puritanorum_fw-la nomine_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la reformatas_fw-la earumveregimen_fw-la non_fw-la designari_fw-la mihi_fw-la est_fw-la decretissimum_fw-la rebus_fw-la alienis_fw-la i_o non_fw-la immiscere_fw-la sed_fw-la illas_fw-la reformatae_fw-la religionis_fw-la libertati_fw-la permittere_fw-la sic_fw-la ad_fw-la fin_n praefat._n monitor_fw-la in_o 8o._o print_v lond._n 1609._o that_o by_o that_o he_o have_v say_v therein_o he_o intend_v neither_o reproach_n nor_o reproof_n to_o the_o reform_a church_n or_o to_o their_o form_n of_o government_n but_o leave_v they_o free_a to_o their_o christian_a liberty_n and_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaffe_n assert_v the_o ecclesiastical_a imparity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n at_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n he_o do_v not_o seek_v to_o obtrude_v it_o as_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o use_v this_o caution_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o speech_n 17._o speech_n haec_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la harum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la offensionem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrae_fw-la anglicanae_n defensionem_fw-la the_o joint_a attestation_n that_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v not_o impeach_v at_o the_o synod_n at_o dort_n pag._n 17._o this_o i_o say_v say_v he_o not_o to_o give_v offence_n to_o these_o church_n scil_n those_o who_o clergy_n assemble_v at_o that_o synod_n but_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o our_o church_n the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n sure_o at_o that_o time_n be_v far_o from_o the_o conceit_n of_o the_o franciscan_a friar_n forementioned_a when_o he_o and_o other_o learned_a divine_n be_v send_v to_o that_o synod_n the_o most_o general_a synod_n of_o the_o reform_a side_n that_o have_v be_v hold_v since_o the_o reformation_n of_o religion_n to_o assist_v with_o 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bishop_n in_o a_o meet_a and_o moderate_a imparity_n as_o the_o same_o 6._o same_o bishop_n hall_n his_o prop_n of_o church_n government_n add_v to_o his_o irrefrag_n prop._n pag._n 6._o author_n state_v their_o pre-eminence_n but_o only_a against_o the_o necessity_n of_o their_o superiority_n to_o salvation_n which_o be_v the_o point_n we_o have_v now_o in_o hand_n whereto_o agree_v that_o of_o epiphanius_n who_o conceive_v more_o necessity_n of_o a_o deacon_n to_o a_o bishop_n then_o of_o a_o bishop_n to_o a_o church_n say_v 215._o say_v ubi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la inventus_fw-la quis_fw-la dignus_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la permansit_fw-la locus_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopo_fw-la verùm_fw-la sine_fw-la diacono_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopum_fw-la epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 75._o l._n 3._o tom_n 1._o pag._n 215._o that_o where_o there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n of_o sufficient_a worth_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n the_o place_n may_v be_v without_o one_o but_o it_o be_v 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express_v viz._n archbishop_n bishop_n dean_n and_o archdeacon_n doubt_v 6._o whether_o the_o degree_n here_o specify_v be_v propound_v to_o be_v allow_v in_o the_o same_o doubt_n 6._o particular_a doubt_n or_o in_o a_o different_a degree_n of_o assent_n and_o approbation_n the_o reason_n because_o there_o be_v no_o distinction_n of_o they_o in_o the_o oath_n but_o in_o title_n and_o order_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v so_o much_o difference_n betwixt_o they_o in_o respect_n of_o approbation_n that_o dean_n and_o archdeacon_n before_o now_o be_v never_o by_o attestation_n or_o subscription_n so_o far_o approve_v as_o archbishop_n but_o especial_o as_o bishop_n have_v be_v how_o then_o can_v we_o be_v so_o certain_a of_o they_o as_o now_o to_o give_v they_o as_o it_o be_v per_fw-la saltum_fw-la the_o high_a degree_n of_o ratification_n at_o once_o viz._n a_o solemn_a oath_n when_o hitherto_o we_o be_v never_o require_v to_o give_v our_o hand_n or_o pass_v our_o word_n on_o their_o behalf_n 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