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alexandria_n take_v upon_o he_o ordain_v presbyter_n for_o this_o he_o be_v convent_v in_o the_o general_a council_n before_o hosius_n and_o other_o bishop_n and_o with_o deserve_a check_n remand_v to_o keep_v within_o his_o own_o tether_n and_o a_o nullity_n pronounce_v of_o those_o his_o misordained_a ischiras_n who_o pretend_v to_o be_v one_o of_o those_o his_o mis-made_a presbyter_n be_v in_o his_o administration_n of_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n while_o he_o have_v the_o holy_a cup_n in_o his_o hand_n violent_o oppose_v and_o that_o upon_o the_o instigation_n of_o athanasius_n by_o macarius_n he_o complain_v there_o of_o a_o sacrilegious_a assault_n about_o a_o hundred_o bishop_n be_v assemble_v in_o egypt_n ischiras_n himself_o be_v convent_v his_o ordination_n examine_v and_o he_o find_v to_o be_v no_o presbyter_n because_o only_o ordain_v by_o a_o presbyter_n he_o be_v send_v away_o without_o remedy_n with_o a_o devestitute_a from_o his_o pretend_a order_n and_o together_o 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and_o practise_v by_o bishop_n that_o in_o vain_a shall_v we_o search_v through_o all_o antiquity_n for_o a_o instance_n of_o any_o regular_a performance_n to_o the_o contrary_n neither_o can_v the_o opposite_n hope_v to_o find_v shelter_n under_o that_o note_a text_n of_o st._n paul_n to_o timothy_n 3._o 1_o tim._n 4_o 14._o calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o neglect_v not_o the_o gift_n that_o be_v in_o the_o etc._n etc._n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n when_o calvin_n himself_o interpret_v the_o place_n not_o of_o the_o man_n but_o of_o the_o office_n follow_v herein_o jerome_n and_o anselme_n haimo_n lyra_n and_o other_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o gift_n not_o to_o the_o hand_n who_o reason_n also_o be_v more_o strong_a than_o his_o authority_n for_o if_o timothy_n be_v ordain_v by_o a_o presbytery_n then_o by_o more_o than_o one_o but_o st._n paul_n in_o another_o place_n say_v that_o his_o hand_n and_o no_o other_o be_v impose_v on_o timothy_n 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tolerable_o tyrannical_a it_o be_v in_o the_o bishop_n power_n to_o raise_v the_o clergy_n from_o one_o degree_n to_o another_o neither_o may_v they_o refuse_v his_o designation_n they_o may_v not_o remove_v from_o one_o diocese_n to_o another_o without_o his_o consent_n which_o be_v still_o laudable_o continue_v in_o that_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ordinary_a still_o be_v require_v or_o if_o they_o do_v the_o bishop_n have_v power_n to_o recall_v they_o they_o may_v not_o so_o much_o as_o travel_v from_o one_o diocese_n to_o another_o without_o his_o reverendae_fw-la much_o less_o may_v they_o fix_v there_o or_o if_o they_o do_v the_o act_n be_v reversible_a by_o the_o diocesan_n for_o the_o particular_n whereof_o i_o refer_v my_o reader_n to_o our_o learned_a doctor_n downham_n 5._o defence_n 2_o part_n ch._n 5._o who_o be_v very_o large_a in_o this_o subject_n as_o for_o matter_n of_o censure_n wherein_o the_o proof_n of_o jurisidiction_n main_o consist_v how_o particular_o be_v this_o ever_o manage_v by_o episcopal_a power_n and_o that_o not_o only_o in_o case_n of_o excommunication_n of_o laic_n which_o have_v wont_a of_o old_a to_o be_v therefore_o call_v mucro_n episcopi_fw-la for_o as_o for_o that_o giddy_a conceit_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n interposition_n and_o act_n dâ—labr_n vivald_v câ—â—_n dâ—labr_n in_o these_o sentence_n which_o our_o tileno-mastix_a stand_n upon_o it_o be_v long_o since_o cry_v down_o not_o by_o calvin_n only_o but_o even_o by_o our_o late_a separatist_n among_o who_o this_o case_n have_v be_v thorough_o sift_v but_o even_o of_o correction_n excommunication_n deposition_n of_o clerk_n 9_o conc._n agath_fw-mi c_o 1._o de_fw-fr contumac_fw-la clericis_fw-la conc._n agath_fw-mi c._n 2._o de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la minimis_fw-la causis_fw-la excommunicant_a conc._n sardiâ—_n c._n 16._o de_fw-la clericorum_fw-la excommunicatione_n conc_fw-fr ephes_n 6.5_o conc._n chalc._n c._n 23._o conc._n antioch_n c_o 4._o cypr._n l._n ep._n 9_o deacon_n and_o presbyter_n correction_n so_o the_o council_n of_o agatha_n excommunication_n so_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n deposition_n so_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n so_o arrius_n be_v depose_v by_o bishop_n alexander_n eutyches_n by_o his_o diocesan_n so_o the_o holy_a martyr_n cyprian_n in_o that_o famous_a epistle_n to_o r_n gatianus_fw-la tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o abuse_v by_o his_o deacon_n may_v by_o the_o vigour_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o chair_n proceed_v in_o censure_n of_o such_o contumacy_n and_o advise_v if_o the_o offender_n hold_v on_o to_o exercise_v upon_o he_o potestatim_fw-la honoris_fw-la the_o power_n of_o his_o honour_n and_o either_o to_o depose_v or_o excommunicate_v he_o and_o yet_o who_o dare_v say_v that_o our_o bless_a martyr_n be_v proud_o tyrannical_a and_o not_o holy_o zealous_a in_o observation_n of_o lawful_a discipline_n and_o last_o for_o it_o be_v easy_a
see_v and_o converse_v with_o the_o apostle_n irenaeus_n see_v polycarpus_n by_o their_o hand_n be_v he_o ordain_v bishop_n constant_o live_v and_o die_v a_o martyr_n in_o that_o holy_a function_n tertullian_n be_v not_o much_o below_o irenaeus_n in_o age_n not_o at_o all_o below_o he_o in_o the_o clearness_n of_o his_o suffrage_n haer_fw-mi edant_fw-la origines_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la evolant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la ita_fw-la par_fw-fr successiones_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la decurrentem_fw-la ut_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolis_n aut_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la habuerit_fw-la authorem_fw-la &_o antecessorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertull._n the_o praescription_n advers._fw-la haer_fw-mi edant_fw-la origines_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v they_o say_v he_o set_v forth_o the_o original_n of_o their_o church_n let_v they_o reckon_v upon_o the_o order_n of_o their_o bishop_n so_o run_v down_o by_o their_o succession_n from_o the_o beginning_n as_o that_o their_o first_o bishop_n have_v one_o of_o the_o apostle_n or_o apostolical_a man_n for_o his_o author_n and_o predecessor_n thus_o do_v the_o apostolical_a church_n bring_v in_o their_o account_n as_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n hâ—_n ving_z polycarpus_n place_v there_o by_o st._n john_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n show_v clement_n ordain_v by_o st._n peter_n and_o so_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n show_v what_o sprout_n they_o have_v of_o the_o apostolic_a seed_n even_o those_o which_o be_v first_o place_v in_o their_o episcopacy_n by_o the_o apostle_n what_o can_v be_v speak_v more_o full_o for_o the_o apostolic_a institution_n of_o episcopacy_n this_o be_v more_o than_o enough_o to_o show_v the_o state_n of_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o church_n under_o and_o after_o the_o apostle_n and_o therein_o the_o superiority_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o bishop_n receive_v from_o their_o sacred_a hand_n now_o if_o we_o think_v good_a to_o descend_v with_o the_o time_n which_o way_n soever_o we_o shall_v cast_v our_o eye_n upon_o ecclesiastical_a history_n upon_o father_n upon_o counsel_n i_o speak_v it_o know_o we_o shall_v meet_v with_o no_o other_o relation_n shall_v i_o undertake_v to_o gather_v in_o some_o proof_n which_o be_v every_o where_o scatter_v in_o their_o undeniable_a record_n one_o tome_n will_v not_o be_v enough_o and_o you_o may_v well_o ask_v the_o meaning_n of_o such_o waste_n i_o shall_v content_v myself_o to_o glean_v out_o some_o few_o ear_n out_o of_o a_o large_a and_o plentiful_a field_n §._o 14._o the_o confess_a superiority_n of_o bishop_n from_o several_a argument_n out_o of_o antiquity_n and_o here_o in_o the_o first_o place_n it_o be_v well_o worthy_a to_o weigh_v much_o with_o we_o that_o all_o antiquity_n make_v bishop_n the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o testimony_n of_o irenaeus_n citato_fw-la vide_fw-la bill_n loco_fw-la citato_fw-la tertullian_n cyprian_n basil_n theodoret_n hierome_n ambrose_n augustine_n sidonius_n and_o other_o be_v so_o familiar_o quote_v by_o all_o writer_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o urge_v they_o in_o the_o next_o those_o title_n of_o superiority_n and_o jurisdiction_n which_o be_v give_v by_o all_o antiquity_n to_o bishop_n above_o presbyter_n 4._o ambros_n in_o ephes_n 4_o idea_n optatus_n l_o 1._o contra_fw-la parmen_fw-la hieron_n in_o ep._n 60.17_o hierarch_n ecles_n c._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n in_o haeres_fw-la 75._o conc._n carthag_n c._n 68_o conc._n sardic_n c._n 10._o sidon_n apoll._n l_o 9_o ep._n 4._o may_v well_o settle_v our_o assurance_n in_o it_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n in_o ignatius_n principes_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la in_o ambrose_n the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o dionysius_n a_o order_n generative_a of_o other_o father_n as_o epiphanius_n they_o have_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v they_o by_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n excelsiorem_fw-la gradum_fw-la by_o jerome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n eminence_n of_o oversight_n by_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n incomparable_o eminent_a apostleship_n by_o sidonius_n apollinaris_n excellent_a dignity_n and_o authority_n by_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n in_o trullo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n antioch_n c._n 25._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v tedious_a in_o this_o kind_n if_o now_o the_o bishop_n of_o this_o island_n challenge_v no_o more_o than_o be_v give_v to_o those_o church-governors_n of_o the_o primitive_a time_n certain_o either_o they_o must_v be_v condemn_v or_o not_o justify_v in_o the_o three_o place_n it_o will_v easy_o be_v make_v to_o appear_v that_o in_o all_o the_o passage_n of_o father_n and_o counsel_n the_o presbyter_n be_v call_v the_o bishop_n presbyter_n indeed_o how_o shall_v it_o be_v otherwise_o molin_n winton_n epist_n ad_fw-la molin_n for_o as_o our_o 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those_o who_o shall_v be_v both_o godly_a and_o wise_a he_o who_o epiphanius_n in_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n church_n style_v magnum_fw-la mundo_fw-la malum_fw-la a_o great_a mischief_n to_o the_o world_n be_v now_o applaud_v by_o those_o who_o pretend_v to_o holiness_n for_o a_o great_a patron_n of_o truth_n §._o 20._o the_o vindication_n of_o those_o father_n that_o be_v pretend_v to_o second_o aerius_n but_o what_o noise_n be_v this_o i_o hear_v from_o our_o antepiscopists_n of_o many_o father_n who_o favour_v and_o cry_v up_o this_o opinion_n of_o aerius_n sure_o if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o such_o the_o world_n will_v have_v ring_v of_o it_o ere_o now_o the_o then-present_a church_n will_v soon_o have_v note_v it_o than_o those_o that_o lag_v after_o they_o so_o many_o hundred_o pace_n of_o year_n but_o to_o make_v this_o good_a more_o than_o once_o be_v lay_v in_o our_o dish_n by_o parker_n 7_o paracle_n l._n 1._o c._n 7_o and_o the_o censure_n of_o tilenus_n the_o quotation_n of_o medina_n which_o our_o reverend_n and_o learned_a bishop_n of_o durham_n dr._n morton_n in_o his_o apology_n cite_v 12._o apol._n p_o 2._o c._n 12._o non_fw-la dubito_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o doubt_v not_o say_v medina_n to_o affirm_v that_o st._n jerome_n sedulius_n primasius_n theodoret_n hold_v with_o the_o aerian_a heretic_n that_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v jure_v divino_fw-la the_o very_a same_o it_o be_v well_o that_o he_o omit_v st._n augustine_n ambrose_n chrysostome_n oecumenius_n well_o what_o of_o this_o the_o learned_a bishop_n cite_v medina_n but_o do_v he_o approve_v he_o he_o scorn_v the_o motion_n medina_n cite_v those_o father_n as_o for_o this_o opinion_n the_o more_o shameless_a he_o be_v it_o ever_o the_o true_a because_o a_o swear_a champion_n of_o the_o tyranny_n of_o rome_n and_o a_o profess_a enemy_n to_o the_o reform_a religion_n impudent_o aver_v it_o it_o be_v enough_o for_o i_o to_o leave_v he_o to_o the_o castigation_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o though_o i_o may_v spend_v paper_n in_o vindicate_v these_o sacred_a name_n from_o the_o aspersion_n of_o the_o favour_n of_o arianism_n yet_o for_o that_o it_o be_v but_o incident_o in_o our_o way_n 3._o intolerabilis_fw-la est_fw-la medirae_fw-la impudentia_fw-la spalat_n de_fw-fr rep._n eccles_n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o i_o shall_v rather_o remit_v my_o reader_n to_o the_o learned_a and_o satisfactory_a discourse_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o spalleto_n who_o have_v prevent_v that_o labour_n all_o the_o rest_n be_v easy_o free_v st._n jerome_n and_o st._n ambrose_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o seem_v to_o take_v in_o water_n for_o the_o former_a as_o he_o be_v natural_o a_o waspish_a and_o hot_a good_a man_n so_o now_o be_v vex_v with_o some_o cross_a proceed_n as_o he_o think_v of_o john_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n heflew_v out_o into_o some_o expression_n indeed_o but_o
cyprian_n cum_fw-la episcopo_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la honore_fw-la conjuncti_fw-la the_o presbyter_n join_v with_o the_o bishop_n in_o priestly_a honour_n l._n 3._o ep_v 1._o 1._o cypr._n l._n 3._o ep._n 1._o what_o shall_v i_o need_v to_o urge_v how_o often_o in_o the_o ancient_a counsel_n they_o be_v style_v by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d priest_n and_o how_o by_o those_o venerable_a synod_n they_o have_v the_o office_n and_o employment_n of_o only_a priest_n and_o clergiman_n put_v upon_o they_o our_o two_o learned_a bishop_n d._n bilson_n and_o d._n downam_n have_v so_o clear_v this_o point_n that_o my_o labour_n herein_o will_v be_v but_o superfluous_a i_o refer_v my_o reader_n to_o their_o unquestionable_a instance_n one_o thing_n let_v i_o add_v not_o unworthy_a of_o observation_n i_o shall_v desire_v no_o other_o author_n to_o confute_v this_o opinion_n of_o the_o lay-presbyterie_a than_o aerius_n himself_o the_o only_a ancient_a enemy_n of_o episcopacy_n what_o be_v a_o bishop_n say_v he_o other_o than_o a_o presbyter_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v but_o one_o order_n one_o honour_n of_o both_o do_v the_o bishop_n impose_v hand_n so_o do_v the_o presbyter_n do_v the_o bishop_n administer_v baptism_n so_o do_v the_o presbyter_n the_o bishop_n dispense_v god_n service_n so_o do_v the_o presbyter_n etc._n etc._n thus_o he_o lo_o there_o be_v but_o one_o profess_a enemy_n to_o bishop_n in_o all_o the_o history_n of_o the_o church_n and_o he_o in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o his_o opposition_n to_o episcopacy_n mar_v the_o fashion_n of_o the_o lay-presbytery_a he_o can_v not_o in_o terminis_fw-la direct_o oppose_v it_o indeed_o how_o shall_v he_o oppose_v that_o which_o never_o be_v but_o he_o attribute_n such_o act_n and_o office_n to_o a_o presbyter_n as_o never_o any_o laic_a dare_v usurp_v such_o as_o never_o be_v never_o can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o any_o that_o be_v not_o consecrate_v to_o god_n by_o a_o holy_a ordination_n 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but_o a_o counterfeit_n even_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o great_a favourer_n of_o the_o lay-presbyterie_a eccl._n park_n polit._n eccl._n who_o that_o they_o will_v thus_o easy_o turn_v off_o the_o chief_a if_o not_o the_o only_a countenance_n of_o their_o cause_n it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o wonder_n but_o they_o well_o see_v if_o they_o have_v not_o do_v it_o it_o will_v have_v be_v do_v for_o they_o possevine_n think_v he_o find_v pelagianism_n in_o this_o commentary_n upon_o the_o epistle_n 8._o bellar._n tom._n 4._o the_o amiss_o great_a c._n 5._o &_o l._n 4._o the_o justif_a c._n 8._o both_o whitaker_n and_o bellarmine_n disclaim_v it_o for_o ambrose_n the_o late_a pitch_v it_o upon_o a_o heretic_n even_o the_o same_o which_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o question_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n hilary_n the_o deacon_n and_o the_o former_a do_v little_a other_o while_o he_o cite_v and_o seem_v to_o allow_v the_o censor_n of_o louvain_n to_o this_o 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to_o christ_n that_o they_o depend_v upon_o he_o as_o their_o only_a head_n etc._n etc._n then_o sure_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o that_o shall_v not_o submit_v themselves_o to_o that_o hierarchy_n reverent_o and_o with_o the_o great_a obedience_n that_o may_v be_v i_o confess_v there_o be_v no_o anathema_n of_o which_o they_o be_v not_o worthy_a thus_o he_o in_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o reform_v the_o church_n do_v you_o hear_v your_o doom_n from_o your_o own_o oracle_n loe_o such_o and_o no_o other_o be_v that_o hierarchy_n wherein_o you_o late_o bear_v a_o part_n and_o which_o you_o have_v now_o condemn_v make_v account_n therefore_o of_o the_o merit_n and_o danger_n of_o calvin_n just_a anathema_n eccles_n interea_fw-la tamen_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la vel_fw-la pastâ—rum_fw-la &_o superintendentium_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la râ—gendae_fw-la provinâ—â—a_fw-la mandata_fw-la est_fw-la sublatam_fw-la nâ—lumus_fw-la fatemur_fw-la 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