correspondent_n to_o which_o 31._o the_o canon_n call_v apostolical_a 5._o and_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n ordain_v that_o if_o any_o presbyter_n set_v light_n by_o his_o own_o bishop_n shall_v withdraw_v and_o set_v up_o separate_a meeting_n and_o erect_v another_o altar_n i._n e._n say_v zonaras_n keep_v unlawful_a conventicle_n preach_v private_o and_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n that_o in_o such_o a_o case_n he_o shall_v be_v depose_v as_o ambitious_a and_o tyrannical_a and_o the_o people_n communicate_v with_o he_o be_v excommunicate_a as_o be_v factious_a and_o schismatical_a only_o this_o not_o to_o be_v do_v till_o after_o the_o three_o admonition_n after_o all_o that_o have_v be_v say_v i_o may_v further_o show_v what_o esteem_n and_o value_v the_o first_o christian_n have_v of_o the_o lord_n day_n by_o those_o great_a and_o honourable_a thing_n they_o have_v speak_v concern_v it_o of_o which_o i_o will_v produce_v but_o two_o passage_n the_o one_o be_v that_o in_o 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necessary_a to_o be_v defer_v so_o long_o and_o that_o it_o be_v their_o universal_a judgement_n and_o resolution_n that_o the_o mercy_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v to_o any_o though_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v bear_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o council_n that_o none_o ought_v to_o be_v forbid_v baptism_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v and_o retain_v towards_o all_o man_n so_o much_o more_o towards_o infant_n and_o newborn_a child_n 108._o and_o that_o this_o sentence_n of_o they_o be_v no_o novel_a doctrine_n s._n augustine_n assure_v we_o where_o speak_v concern_v this_o synodical_a determination_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o in_o this_o cyprian_a do_v not_o make_v any_o new_a decree_n but_o keep_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n most_o firm_a and_o sure_a i_o shall_v only_o take_v notice_n of_o one_o place_n more_o out_o of_o cyprian_a 171._o which_o methinks_v evident_o make_v for_o 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 _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr clemens_n romanus_n 70_o epist_n ad_fw-la cor._n oxon._n 1633_o dionysius_n areopagita_n  _fw-fr opera_fw-la antw._n 1634_o ignatius_n antiochenus_fw-la 101_o epistolae_fw-la amster_n 1646_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr append._n usher_n lond._n 1647_o polycarpus_n 130_o epistol_n apud_fw-la euseb_n abdias_n babylonius_n  _fw-fr histor_n apostol_n par._n 1566_o justinus_n martyr_n 155_o opera_fw-la par._n 1636_o smyrnensi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 168_o epistol_n apud_fw-la euseb_n melito_n sardensis_n 170_o orat._n apolog._n apud_fw-la euseb_n athenagoras_n 170_o legat._n pro_fw-la christ_n par._n 1636_o dionysius_n corinth_n episc_n 172_o epistolae_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n theophilus_n antioch_n 180_o lib._n 3._o ad_fw-la autolyc_a par._n 1636_o tatianus_n 180_o orat._n ad_fw-la graecos_n ibid._n hegesippus_n 180_o commentar_n apud_fw-la euseb_n irenaeus_n 184_o adv_n haereses_fw-la par._n 1639_o polycrates_n ephes_n episc_n 197_o epistol_n apud_fw-la euseb_n tertullianus_n 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caesariensis_n 329_o chronic._n amster_n 1658_o athanasius_n 350_o opera_fw-la heidel_n 1601_o julius_n firmicus_n 350_o the_o
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