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philad._n irenaeus_n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o tertul._n l._n de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la euseb._n l._n 6._o c._n 40._o jerom_n ep_n ad_fw-la nepot_n optatus_n l._n 1._o cont._n parmen._n amb._n in_o eph._n cap._n 4._o basil_n eph._n 70._o *_o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la 75._o p._n 295._o aug._n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la deum_fw-la aëriani_fw-la ab_fw-la aërio_fw-la quodam_fw-la sunt_fw-la nominati_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la esset_fw-la presbytr_n doluisse_fw-la fertur_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la patuit_fw-la ordinari_fw-la dicebat_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la nulla_fw-la differentia_fw-la debere_fw-la discorni_fw-la hieron._n in_o tit._n con._n 1._o art_n 15._o c._n 29._o episcopum_fw-la in_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la gradum_fw-la reducere_fw-la est_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la anatolius_n constant_a episcop_n dixit_fw-la ij_fw-la qui_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopali_fw-la dignitate_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la ordinem_fw-la descendisse_fw-la si_fw-la justis_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la condemaantur_fw-la nec_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la honore_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la see_v art_n 36._o and_o l._n de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi it_o be_v evident_a to_o all_o man_n read_v holy_a scripture_n and_o ancient_a author_n that_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n there_o have_v be_v these_o three_o order_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o a_o bishop_n ought_v to_o correct_v and_o punish_v such_o as_o be_v unquiet_a criminous_a and_o disobedient_a within_o his_o diocese_n according_a to_o such_o authority_n as_o he_o have_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n *_o vide_fw-la record_n in_o exchequer_n i_o will_v preserve_v and_o maintain_v to_o you_o and_o the_o church_n commit_v to_o your_o charge_n all_o canonical_a privilege_n and_o i_o will_v be_v your_o protector_n and_o defender_n to_o my_o power_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n as_o every_o good_a king_n in_o his_o kingdom_n in_o right_a aught_o to_o defend_v the_o bishop_n and_o church_n under_o their_o government_n etc._n etc._n then_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o the_o book_n on_o the_o communion_n table_n he_o say_v the_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v before_o promise_v i_o shall_v perform_v and_o keep_v so_o help_v i_o god_n and_o by_o the_o content_n of_o this_o book_n *_o cic._n tusc._n quast_o ob._n sol._n *_o pro_fw-la mur._n tolle_fw-la nomen_fw-la catonis_fw-la *_o statut._n edw._n 3._o ann._n 25._o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v found_v in_o the_o state_n of_o prelacy_n etc._n etc._n for_o we_o owe_v to_o it_o our_o best_a law_n make_v in_o the_o saxon_a time_n and_o charta_fw-la magna_n itself_o the_o enion_n of_o the_o two_o rose_n york_n and_o lancaster_n the_o marriage_n with_o scotland_n and_o above_o all_o the_o plantation_n and_o reformation_n of_o true_a religion_n see_v vindication_n of_o episcopacy_n pag._n 23_o 24._o see_v also_o the_o statute_n book_n of_o 16_o rich._n 2._o where_o the_o commons_o show_v that_o the_o prelate_n be_v much_o profitable_a and_o necessary_a to_o their_o sovereign_a lord_n the_o king_n and_o the_o realm_n etc._n etc._n †_o jerome_n advers._n luc._n c._n 4._o ecclesiae_fw-la salus_fw-la à _fw-la summi_fw-la sacerdotâ—s_fw-la dignitate_fw-la pendet_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la exhort_fw-la quaedam_fw-la and_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eminens_fw-la detur_fw-la protestas_fw-la tot_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la efficientur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 3._o non_fw-la aliunde_fw-la haereses_fw-la abortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la nata_fw-la schismata_fw-la quan_fw-la inde_fw-la quod_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperatur_fw-la nec_fw-la unus_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la and_o all_o tempus_fw-la judex_fw-la vice_fw-la christi_fw-la cogitatur_fw-la *_o athanas_n apol._n 2._o colithus_fw-la quidam_fw-la presbyter_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la alexandrina_fw-la alios_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la ordinare_fw-la praesumpserat_fw-la sed_fw-la rescissa_fw-la fuit_fw-la ejus_fw-la ordination_n and_o omnes_fw-la ab_fw-la â—o_z constituti_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la in_fw-la laicorum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la redacti_fw-la see_v epiph._n haer._n 75._o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n beget_v father_n in_o the_o church_n but_o the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n son_n in_o baptism_n but_o no_o father_n or_o doctor_n see_v also_o g._n abbot_n in_o his_o tract_n of_o the_o visibility_n of_o the_o church_n and_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o hill_n *_o apol._n confess_v augustan_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr numero_fw-la et_fw-la usu_fw-la sacrament_n not_o saepe_fw-la protestati_fw-la sumnâ—_z summa_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la conservare_fw-la politiam_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la and_o gradus_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la factos_fw-la etiam_fw-la summa_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scimus_fw-la enim_fw-la utili_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la have_v mode_n quo_fw-la veteres_fw-la eam_fw-la describunt_fw-la constitutam_fw-la *_o luther_n tom._n 2._o p._n 320._o nemo_fw-la contra_fw-la statum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la et_fw-la veros_fw-la episcopos_fw-la vel_fw-la bonos_fw-la pastor_fw-la dictum_fw-la putet_fw-la quiquid_fw-la contra_fw-la hos_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la dicitur_fw-la †_o gerard_n de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la eccles._n nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la dicit_fw-la nihil_fw-la imeress_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la and_o presbyterum_fw-la sed_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la graduum_fw-la propter_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la concordia_fw-la conservetur_fw-la *_o calv._n de_fw-fr necess_n reform_v ecclesiae_fw-la talem_fw-la nobis_fw-la hierarchiam_fw-la si_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la sic_fw-la eminâ—ant_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ut_fw-la christo_fw-la subesse_fw-la non_fw-la recusent_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la iâ—o_fw-la tanquam_fw-la unico_fw-la capite_fw-la pendeant_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la referanty_a in_fw-la qua_fw-la sic_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la fraternam_fw-la societatem_fw-la colant_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la quam_fw-la eâ—us_fw-la veritâ—te_fw-la sint_fw-la colligati_fw-la tum_fw-la vero_fw-la nullo_fw-la non_fw-la anathemate_fw-la dignos_fw-la fateor_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la erunt_fw-la qui_fw-la noa_fw-la eam_fw-la reverenter_fw-la summaque_fw-la obedientia_fw-la observent_fw-la †_o beza_n de_fw-fr grad._n minist._n evang._n c._n 18._o sess._n 3._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la nunc_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la instauratae_fw-la anglicanae_fw-la suorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o archi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la suffultae_fw-la perstant_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la nostra_fw-la memoria_fw-la contigit_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ensign_fw-la dei_fw-la martyr_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la praestantissimos_fw-la doctores_fw-la et_fw-la pastor_fw-la habuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n