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diaconus_fw-la jus_o habeat_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la quoth_v frequenter_a si_fw-la tamen_fw-la necessitas_fw-la cogit_fw-la scimus_fw-la licere_fw-la laicis_fw-la hier._n contra_fw-la lucifer_n first_o that_o we_o can_v find_v in_o corinth_n after_o in_o many_o other_o place_n put_v a_o necessity_n upon_o the_o church_n to_o provide_v a_o convenient_a remedy_n against_o so_o dangerous_a a_o disease_n which_o remedy_n be_v the_o commit_n of_o every_o church_n to_o one_o chief_a minister_n to_o who_o the_o rest_n be_v to_o be_v subordinate_a in_o the_o manner_n before_o specify_v here_o observe_v 1._o that_o according_a to_o st._n hierom_n every_o bishop_n ought_v to_o rule_v the_o church_n in_o common_a with_o the_o presbyter_n 2._o that_o hierom_n say_v that_o the_o decree_n of_o make_v one_o chief_a in_o every_o church_n be_v in_o all_o the_o world_n whereby_o he_o intimate_v this_o institution_n of_o bishop_n to_o have_v its_o beginning_n after_o the_o plant_n of_o the_o church_n in_o most_o part_n of_o the_o then_o know_a world_n 3._o that_o he_o affirm_v that_o paulatim_fw-la by_o little_a and_o little_a or_o by_o degree_n the_o care_n of_o every_o church_n be_v commit_v to_o one_o which_o do_v insinuate_v that_o the_o decree_n institute_v a_o bishop_n be_v not_o in_o a_o synod_n of_o the_o apostle_n or_o church_n but_o enact_v in_o every_o church_n first_o in_o some_o then_o in_o other_o and_o in_o a_o short_a time_n in_o all_o over_o all_o the_o world_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o a_o general_a custom_n be_v create_v and_o therefore_o he_o say_v that_o the_o presbyter_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o bishop_n great_a