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the_o jurisdiction_n to_o be_v minister_v by_o himself_o will_v arrogant_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o bishop_n without_o apostolical_a ordination_n obtrude_a himself_o upon_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n so_o become_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o busy_a man_n in_o another_o diocese_n this_o and_o such_o impostor_n as_o this_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n do_v try_v and_o discover_v and_o convict_v and_o in_o it_o he_o be_v assist_v by_o s._n john_n himself_o as_o be_v intimate_v in_o s._n johns_n three_o epistle_n write_v to_o this_o gajus_n v._n 9_o i_o write_v unto_o the_o church_n to_o wit_n of_o asia_n but_o diotrephes_n who_o love_v to_o have_v the_o pre-eminence_n among_o they_o receive_v we_o not_o clear_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v have_v be_v a_o bishop_n it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o ambition_n a_o quarrel_n for_o superintendency_n and_o pre-eminence_n that_o trouble_v he_o and_o this_o also_o appear_v further_o in_o that_o he_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d while_o these_o man_n be_v minister_a the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v to_o they_o separate_z i_o barnabas_n and_o saul_n they_o do_v so_o they_o fast_v they_o pray_v they_o lay_v their_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o send_v they_o away_o so_o they_o be_v send_v forth_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n depart_v into_o seleucia_n this_o be_v the_o story_n now_o let_v we_o make_v our_o best_a on_o it_o here_o then_o be_v the_o ordination_n and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n complete_a and_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o prophet_n of_o antioch_n for_o they_o send_v they_o away_o and_o yet_o the_o next_o word_n be_v so_o they_o be_v send_v forth_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o that_o here_o be_v the_o thing_n do_v and_o that_o by_o the_o prophet_n alone_a and_o that_o by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o
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and_o therefore_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o christ_n give_v it_o they_o for_o none_o of_o the_o apostle_n take_v this_o honour_n but_o he_o that_o be_v call_v of_o god_n as_o be_v aaron_n 1._o our_o bless_a saviour_n give_v to_o the_o apostle_n plenitudinem_fw-la potestatis_fw-la it_o be_v sicut_fw-la misit_fw-la i_o pater_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o my_o father_n send_v so_o i_o send_v you_o my_o apostle_n who_o i_o have_v choose_v this_o be_v not_o say_v to_o presbyter_n for_o they_o have_v no_o commission_n at_o all_o give_v to_o they_o by_o christ_n but_o at_o their_o first_o mission_n to_o preach_v repentance_n i_o say_v no_o commission_n at_o all_o they_o be_v not_o speak_v to_o they_o be_v not_o present_a now_o then_o consider_v suppose_v that_o as_o aërius_n do_v deny_v the_o divine_a institution_n of_o bishop_n over_o the_o presbyter_n cum_fw-la grege_fw-la another_o as_o confident_a as_o he_o shall_v deny_v the_o divine_a institution_n of_o presbyter_n what_o proof_n be_v 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from_o s._n paul_n and_o s._n timothy_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n so_o that_o the_o read_n must_v be_v thus_o paul_n and_o timothy_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n to_o all_o the_o saint_n at_o philippi_n etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la paulo_n &_o timotheo_n qui_fw-la utique_fw-la episcopi_fw-la erant_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o significavit_fw-la diaconos_fw-la qui_fw-la ministrabant_fw-la ei_fw-la ad_fw-la plebem_fw-la enim_fw-la scribit_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la episcopis_fw-la scriberet_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la ad_fw-la personas_fw-la eorum_fw-la scriberet_fw-la &_o loci_fw-la ipsius_fw-la episcopo_fw-la scribendum_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la duobus_fw-la vel_fw-la tribus_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la titum_fw-la &_o timotheum_n *_o 7._o the_o like_a expression_n to_o this_o be_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n clement_n to_o the_o corinthian_n which_o may_v give_v another_o light_n to_o this_o speak_v of_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 54._o pag._n 54._o they_o deliver_v their_o first_o fruit_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n bishop_n here_o indeed_o may_v be_v take_v distributive_o and_o so_o will_v not_o infer_v that_o many_o bishop_n be_v collective_o in_o any_o one_o church_n but_o yet_o this_o give_v intimation_n for_o another_o exposition_n of_o this_o clause_n to_o the_o philippian_n for_o here_o either_o presbyter_n be_v mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minister_n or_o else_o presbyter_n be_v not_o take_v care_n of_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a provision_n which_o no_o man_n imagine_v of_o what_o interest_n soever_o he_o be_v it_o follow_v then_o that_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n be_v no_o more_o but_o majores_fw-la and_o minores_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la in_o both_o place_n for_o as_o presbyter_n and_o episcopus_fw-la be_v confound_v so_o also_o presbyter_n and_o diaconus_fw-la and_o i_o think_v it_o will_v easy_o be_v show_v in_o scripture_n that_o the_o
same_o reason_n be_v give_v by_o the_o latin_a father_n why_o they_o expound_v presbyterium_fw-la to_o signify_v episcopacy_n for_o say_v s._n ambrose_n s._n paul_n have_v ordain_v timothy_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n vnde_fw-la &_o quemadmodum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la ordinet_fw-la ostendit_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la fas_fw-la erat_fw-la aut_fw-la licebat_fw-la ut_fw-la inferior_a ordinaret_fw-la majorem_fw-la so_o he_o and_o subjoin_v this_o reason_n nemo_fw-la n._n tribuit_fw-la quodnon_fw-la accepit_fw-la the_o same_o be_v affirm_v by_o s._n chrysostome_n and_o general_o by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o former_a exposition_n that_o be_v the_o father_n both_o of_o the_o east_n and_o west_n for_o it_o be_v so_o general_n and_o catholic_a a_o truth_n that_o priest_n can_v not_o may_v not_o lay_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n that_o there_o be_v never_o any_o example_n of_o it_o in_o christendom_n till_o almost_o 600_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o that_o but_o once_o and_o that_o 555._o a._n d._n 555._o irregular_a and_o that_o without_o imitation_n in_o his_o successor_n or_o example_n in_o his_o antecessor_n it_o be_v the_o case_n of_o pope_n pelagius_n the_o first_o &_o dum_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la ordinarent_fw-la inventi_fw-la sunt_fw-la duo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr perusio_n &_o bone_fw-la de_fw-fr ferentino_n &_o andraeas_n presbyter_n de_fw-fr o_fw-fr stiâ_fw-la &_o ordinaverunt_fw-la eum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la possent_fw-la promovere_fw-la say_v damasus_n it_o be_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n 1._o in_o libr._n pontificali_fw-la vit_fw-mi pelag._n 1._o because_o there_o be_v not_o three_o bishop_n therefore_o he_o procure_v two_o and_o a_o priest_n of_o o_o stia_fw-la to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o the_o three_o that_o three_o according_a to_o the_o direction_n apostolical_a and_o canon_n of_o nice_a antioch_n and_o carthage_n make_v episcopal_a ordination_n *_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v concern_v in_o the_o business_n to_o make_v fair_a this_o ordination_n and_o to_o reconcile_v it_o to_o the_o council_n of_o rhegium_n and_o the_o other_o before_o mentine_v who_o if_o ask_v will_v declare_v it_o to_o be_v invalid_a *_o but_o certain_o as_o the_o canon_n do_v command_v three_o to_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n so_o also_o they_o command_v that_o those_o three_o shall_v be_v three_o bishop_n and_o pelagius_n may_v as_o well_o not_o have_v have_v three_o as_o not_o three_o bishop_n and_o better_o because_o so_o they_o be_v bishop_n the_o first_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n approve_v the_o ordination_n if_o do_v by_o two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o nicene_n canon_n be_v as_o much_o exact_a in_o require_v the_o capacity_n of_o the_o person_n as_o the_o number_n of_o the_o ordainer_n but_o let_v they_o answer_v it_o for_o my_o part_n i_o believe_v that_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n by_o andreas_n be_v no_o more_o in_o that_o case_n than_o if_o a_o lay_v man_n have_v do_v it_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o though_o the_o ordination_n be_v absolute_o un-canonicall_a yet_o it_o be_v in_o the_o exigence_n of_o necessity_n and_o be_v do_v by_o two_o bishop_n according_a to_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n it_o be_v valid_a in_o naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la though_o not_o in_o formâ_fw-la canonis_fw-la and_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v but_o to_o cheat_v the_o canon_n and_o cozen_v himself_o into_o a_o impertinent_a belief_n of_o a_o canonical_a ordination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sardic_n can._n 6._o council_n sardic_n say_v the_o council_n of_o sardis_n bishop_n must_v ordain_v bishop_n it_o be_v never_o hear_v that_o priest_n do_v or_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la might_n these_o premise_n do_v most_o certain_o infer_v a_o real_a difference_n between_o episcopacy_n and_o the_o presbyterate_a but_o whether_o or_o no_o they_o infer_v a_o difference_n of_o order_n or_o only_o of_o degree_n or_o whether_o degree_n and_o order_n be_v all_o one_o or_o no_o be_v of_o great_a consideration_n in_o the_o present_a and_o in_o relation_n to_o many_o other_o question_n 1._o then_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o all_o antiquity_n ordo_fw-la and_o gradus_fw-la be_v use_v promiscuous_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o greek_a word_n and_o for_o it_o the_o latin_n use_v ordo_fw-la as_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o instance_n above_o mention_v to_o which_o add_v that_o anacletus_fw-la say_v that_o 3._o epist._n 3._o christ_n do_v instituere_fw-la dvos_fw-la ordines_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o sacerdotum_fw-la and_o s._n leo_n affirm_v primum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la 4._o epist._n 84._o c._n 4._o esse_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la secundum_fw-la presbyteralem_fw-la tertium_fw-la leviticum_fw-la and_o these_o among_o the_o greek_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d three_o degree_n so_o the_o order_n of_o deaconship_n in_o s._n paul_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o good_a degree_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n be_v a_o censure_n use_v alike_o in_o the_o censure_n of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n they_o be_v all_o of_o the_o same_o name_n and_o the_o same_o consideration_n for_o order_n distance_z and_o degree_n among_o the_o father_n gradus_fw-la and_o ordo_fw-la be_v equal_o affirm_v of_o they_o all_o and_o the_o word_n gradus_fw-la be_v use_v sometime_o for_o that_o which_o be_v call_v ordo_fw-la most_o frequent_o so_o felix_n write_v to_o s._n manich_n lib._n 1_o c._n 12._o the_o act_n be_v cum_fw-la felice_n manich_n austin_n non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ego_fw-la possum_fw-la contrà tuam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la quià _fw-la mira_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la gradus_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la and_o s._n cyprian_n of_o cornelius_n ad_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la sublime_a 2._o lib_n 4._o epist._n 2._o fastigium_fw-la cunctis_fw-la religionis_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la degree_n and_o order_n be_v use_v in_o common_a for_o he_o that_o speak_v most_o proper_o will_v call_v that_o a_o order_n in_o person_n which_o correspond_v to_o a_o degree_n in_o quality_n and_o neither_o of_o the_o word_n be_v wrong_v by_o a_o mutual_a substitution_n 2._o the_o promotion_n of_o a_o bishop_n ad_fw-la munus_fw-la episcopale_n be_v at_o first_o call_v ordinatio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la stir_v up_o the_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o the_o juxta_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la tuam_fw-la in_o episcopatum_fw-la say_v sedulius_n and_o s._n hierome_n prophetiae_fw-la gratiam_fw-la habebat_fw-la cum_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la *_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la fas_fw-la erat_fw-la aut_fw-la licebat_fw-la ut_fw-la inferior_a ordinaret_fw-la majorem_fw-la say_v s._n ambrose_n 3._o in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o prove_v that_o presbyter_n may_v not_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n *_o romanorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la say_v tertullian_n and_o s._n hierome_n affirm_v that_o s._n james_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n 32._o de_fw-fr prescript_n cap._n 32._o of_o jerusalem_n immediate_o after_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n ordinatus_fw-la be_v the_o word_n at_o first_o and_o afterward_o consecratus_fw-la come_v in_o conjunction_n with_o it_o when_o moses_n the_o monk_n be_v to_o be_v ordain_v to_o wit_n a_o bishop_n for_o that_o be_v the_o title_n of_o the_o story_n in_o theodoret_n and_o spy_v that_o lucius_n be_v there_o ready_a to_o impose_v hand_n on_o he_o absit_fw-la say_v he_o ut_fw-la manus_fw-la tua_fw-la 23._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 23._o i_o consecret_fw-la 3._o in_o all_o order_n there_o be_v the_o impress_n of_o a_o distinct_a character_n that_o be_v the_o person_n be_v qualify_v with_o a_o new_a capacity_n to_o do_v certain_a office_n which_o before_o his_o ordination_n he_o have_v no_o power_n to_o do_v a_o deacon_n have_v a_o order_n or_o power_n quo_fw-la pocula_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la misceat_fw-la &_o latices_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_a porrigat_fw-la agni_fw-la as_o arator_fw-la himself_o a_o deacon_n express_v it_o a_o presbyter_n have_v a_o high_a order_n or_o degree_n in_o the_o office_n or_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n whereby_o he_o be_v enable_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o council_n of_o ancyra_n do_v intimate_v but_o a_o bishop_n have_v a_o high_a yet_o for_o beside_o all_o the_o office_n communicate_v to_o priest_n and_o deacon_n he_o can_v give_v 1._o cap._n 1._o order_n which_o very_o one_o thing_n make_v episcopacy_n to_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n for_o ordo_fw-la be_v define_v by_o the_o school_n to_o be_v traditio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la &_o collatio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ad_fw-la obeunda_fw-la ministeria_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la a_o give_v a_o spiritual_a power_n and_o a_o confer_v grace_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o ecclesiastical_a ministration_n since_o than_o episcopacy_n have_v a_o new_a ordination_n and_o a_o distinct_a power_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v in_o the_o descent_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n both_o according_a to_o the_o name_n give_v it_o by_o antiquity_n and_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o the_o
ordain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ischyras_n himself_o be_v reduce_v into_o lay_v communion_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o synod_n of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fall_v from_o the_o imagination_n of_o his_o presbyterate_a say_v philagrium_fw-la apud_fw-la athanas_n apolog._n 2._o epist_n presb._n &_o diacon_n mareotic_a ad_fw-la curiosum_fw-la &_o philagrium_fw-la the_o priest_n and_o deacon_n of_o mareotis_n and_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v ordain_v with_o ischiras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n athanasius_n and_o this_o so_o know_v a_o business_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n make_v scruple_n of_o the_o nullity_n **_o the_o parallel_v case_n be_v of_o the_o presbyter_n ordain_v by_o maximus_n who_o be_v another_o bishop_n in_o the_o air_n too_o all_o his_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v null_n by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n in_o constantinople_n a_o three_o be_v of_o the_o blind_a bishop_n of_o agabra_fw-la impose_v hand_n while_o his_o presbyter_n read_v 4._o cap._n 4._o the_o word_n of_o ordination_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v invalid_a by_o the_o first_o council_n of_o sevill_n these_o case_n be_v so_o know_v i_o need_v not_o insist_v on_o they_o 5._o cap._n 5._o this_o only_a in_o diverse_a case_n of_o transgression_n of_o the_o canon_n clergy_n man_n be_v reduce_v to_o lay_v communion_n either_o be_v suspend_v or_o depose_v that_o be_v from_o their_o place_n of_o honour_n and_o execution_n of_o their_o function_n with_o or_o without_o hope_n of_o restitution_n respective_o but_o then_o still_o they_o have_v their_o order_n and_o the_o sacrament_n confer_v by_o they_o be_v valid_a though_o they_o indeed_o be_v prohibit_v to_o minister_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o present_a instance_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v as_o null_n to_o have_v bestow_v nothing_o and_o to_o be_v mere_o imaginary_a *_o but_o so_o also_o it_o be_v in_o case_n that_o bishop_n ordain_v without_o a_o title_n or_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n as_o in_o the_o council_n of_o 6._o of_o can._n 6._o chalcedon_n and_o of_o 13._o of_o can_v 13._o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o may_v be_v it_o be_v so_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o presbyter_n it_o be_v by_o positive_a constitution_n pronounce_v void_a and_o no_o more_o and_o therefore_o may_v be_v rescind_v by_o the_o countermand_a of_o a_o equal_a power_n a_o council_n at_o most_o may_v do_v it_o and_o therefore_o without_o a_o council_n a_o probable_a necessity_n will_v let_v we_o loose_v but_o to_o this_o the_o answer_n be_v evident_a 1._o the_o expression_n in_o the_o several_a case_n be_v several_a &_o of_o diverse_a issue_n for_o in_o case_n of_o those_o nullity_n which_o be_v mere_o canonical_a they_o be_v express_v as_o then_o first_o make_v but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-bishop_n they_o be_v only_o declare_v void_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o therefore_o in_o that_o decree_n of_o chalcedon_n against_o sinetitular_a ordination_n the_o canon_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d irritam_fw-la existimari_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la to_o be_v esteem_v as_o null_n that_o be_v not_o to_o have_v canonical_a approbation_n but_o be_v not_o declare_v thursday_n in_o naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o forego_n instance_n 2._o in_o the_o case_n of_o antioch_n and_o chalcedon_n the_o decree_n be_v pro_fw-la futuro_fw-la which_o make_v it_o evident_a that_o those_o nullity_n be_v such_o as_o be_v make_v by_o canon_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o colluthus_n and_o maximus_n there_o be_v declaration_n of_o a_o past_a nullity_n and_o that_o before_o any_o canon_n be_v make_v and_o though_o synodall_n declaration_n pronoun_v such_o ordination_n invalid_a yet_o none_o decree_v so_o for_o the_o future_a which_o be_v a_o clear_a evidence_n that_o this_o nullity_n viz_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-presbyter_n be_v not_o make_v by_o canon_n but_o by_o canon_n declare_v to_o be_v invalid_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n 3._o if_o to_o this_o be_v add_v that_o in_o antiquity_n it_o be_v dogmatical_o resolve_v that_o by_o the_o nature_n and_o institution_n of_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n ordination_n be_v appropriate_a to_o they_o than_o it_o will_v also_o from_o hence_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o nullity_n of_o ordination_n without_o a_o bishop_n be_v not_o dependent_a upon_o positive_a constitution_n but_o on_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o institution_n **_o now_o that_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v only_o in_o the_o bishop_n even_o they_o who_o to_o advance_v the_o presbyter_n be_v willing_a enough_o to_o speak_v less_o for_o episcopacy_n give_v testimony_n make_v this_o the_o proper_a distinctive_a cognisance_n of_o a_o bishop_n from_o a_o presbyter_n that_o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n of_o ordination_n the_o presbyter_n have_v not_o so_o s._n jerome_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la except_o â_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la all_o thing_n say_v evagrium_fw-la ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la he_o to_o wit_v all_o thing_n of_o precise_a order_n be_v common_a to_o bishop_n with_o priest_n except_o ordination_n for_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o bishop_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n solâ_fw-la 2._o homil_n 2._o in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o lâ_fw-la quip_n ordinatione_fw-la superiores_fw-la illis_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantùm_fw-la plusquam_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la habere_fw-la videntur_fw-la ordination_n be_v the_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a function_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o not_o give_v he_o by_o positive_a constitution_n of_o the_o canon_n 4._o no_o man_n be_v call_v a_o heretic_n for_o breach_n of_o canon_n but_o for_o deny_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n to_o be_v proper_a to_o a_o bishop_n aërius_n be_v by_o epiphanius_n philastrius_n and_o s._n austin_n condemn_v and_o brand_v for_o heresy_n and_o by_o the_o catholic_a church_n say_v epiphanius_n this_o power_n therefore_o come_v from_o a_o high_a spring_n then_o positive_a and_o canonical_a sanction_n but_o now_o proceed_v the_o council_n hold_v in_o trullo_n complain_v that_o 37._o can._n 37._o the_o incursion_n of_o the_o barbarous_a people_n upon_o the_o church_n inheritance_n say_v that_o it_o force_v some_o bishop_n from_o their_o residence_n &_o make_v that_o they_o can_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o guise_n of_o the_o church_n give_v order_n and_o do_v such_o thing_n as_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n and_o in_o the_o sequel_n of_o the_o canon_n they_o be_v permit_v in_o such_o case_n ut_fw-la &_o diversorum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la canonicè_fw-la faciant_fw-la to_o make_v canonical_a ordination_n of_o clergy_n man_n give_v of_o order_n be_v proper_a it_o belong_v to_o a_o bishop_n so_o the_o council_n and_o therefore_o theodoret_n expound_v that_o place_n of_o s._n paul_n by_o the_o lay_n on_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n interpret_v it_o of_o bishop_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o presbyter_n do_v not_o impose_v hand_n *_o there_o be_v a_o imperfect_a canon_n in_o the_o arausican_n council_n that_o have_v a_o expression_n very_o pertinent_a to_o 20._o can._n 20._o this_o purpose_n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la episcopos_fw-la geruntur_fw-la those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o do_v but_o by_o bishop_n they_o be_v decree_v still_o to_o be_v do_v by_o bishop_n though_o he_o that_o be_v to_o do_v they_o regular_o do_v fall_v into_o any_o infirmity_n whatsoever_o yet_o non_fw-la sub_fw-la praesentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la agere_fw-la permittat_fw-la sed_fw-la evocet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la here_o be_v clear_o by_o this_o canon_n some_o thing_n suppose_v to_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o action_n of_o which_o presbyter_n must_v in_o no_o case_n be_v admit_v the_o particular_n what_o they_o be_v 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they_o be_v in_o ecclesiastical_a regiment_n and_o it_o be_v so_o upon_o great_a reason_n for_o when_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o church_n be_v extend_v just_a so_o as_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n it_o be_v of_o less_o suspicion_n to_o the_o secular_a power_n while_o the_o church_n regiment_n be_v just_o fix_v together_o with_o the_o political_a as_o if_o of_o purpose_n to_o show_v their_o mutual_a consistence_n and_o it_o be_v own_o subordination_n **_o and_o beside_o this_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o necessity_n for_o the_o subject_n of_o another_o province_n or_o diocese_n can_v not_o either_o safe_o or_o convenient_o meet_v where_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n do_v not_o engage_v they_o but_o be_v all_o of_o one_o prefecture_n and_o diocese_n the_o necessity_n of_o public_a meeting_n in_o order_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n will_v be_v fair_a opportunity_n for_o the_o advancement_n of_o their_o christendom_n and_o this_o which_o at_o first_o be_v a_o 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can._n 17._o chalcedon_n and_o of_o constantinople_n in_o 38._o in_o can._n 38._o trullo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n follow_v the_o order_n and_o guise_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n viz._n in_o her_o regiment_n and_o prefefecture_n *_o but_o in_o the_o modern_a sense_n of_o this_o division_n a_o bishop_n charge_n be_v neither_o a_o parish_n nor_o a_o diocese_n as_o they_o be_v take_v in_o relation_n but_o a_o bishop_n have_v the_o supreme_a care_n of_o all_o the_o christian_n which_o he_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o presbyter_n have_v convert_v and_o he_o also_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o endeavour_v the_o conversion_n of_o all_o the_o country_n so_o that_o although_o he_o have_v not_o all_o the_o diocese_n actual_o in_o communion_n and_o subjection_n yet_o his_o charge_n his_o diocese_n be_v so_o much_o just_o as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o apostle_n to_o who_o christ_n give_v all_o the_o world_n for_o a_o diocese_n yet_o at_o first_o they_o 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distinguish_a title_n and_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n assign_v several_a part_n to_o several_a priest_n 2._o we_o see_v that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n before_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n have_v the_o city_n and_o country_n and_o after_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n have_v they_o all_o under_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o ever_o even_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n have_v several_a province_n some_o of_o they_o i_o mean_v within_o their_o limit_n and_o charge_n *_o the_o 35_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n give_v power_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o dispose_v only_o of_o those_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v under_o his_o diocese_n &_o the_o neighbour-village_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v repeat_v in_o the_o nine_o and_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a canon_n of_o our_o forefather_n and_o yet_o itself_o be_v elder_a than_o three_o of_o the_o general_a counsel_n and_o if_o then_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a canon_n of_o the_o father_n that_o the_o city_n and_o village_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n sure_o a_o primitive_a bishop_n be_v a_o diocesan_n but_o a_o little_a before_o this_o be_v the_o nicene_n council_n 6._o can._n 6._o and_o there_o i_o be_o sure_a we_o have_v a_o bishop_n that_o be_v at_o least_o a_o diocesan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o old_a custom_n be_v keep_v what_o be_v those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v power_n over_o all_z egypt_n libya_n and_o pentapolis_n it_o be_v a_o good_a large_a parish_n and_o yet_o this_o parish_n if_o we_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o call_v it_o so_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o old_a custom_n of_o their_o forefather_n and_o yet_o that_o be_v so_o early_a that_o s._n anthony_n be_v then_o alive_a who_o be_v bear_v in_o s._n irenaeus_n his_o time_n who_o be_v himself_o but_o second_o from_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v also_o a_o good_a large_a parish_n that_o ignatius_n be_v bishop_n of_o even_o all_o syria_n caelesyria_n mesopotamia_n and_o both_o the_o ciliciae_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n of_o syria_n he_o call_v himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o theodoret_n and_o beside_o 23._o lib._n 5._o ca._n 23._o all_o these_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n have_v the_o two_o phaeniciae_fw-la and_o arabia_n yield_v 7._o action_n 7._o to_o they_o by_o composition_n these_o alone_a will_v have_v make_v two_o or_o three_o reasonable_a good_a parish_n and_o will_v have_v take_v up_o time_n enough_o to_o perambulate_v have_v that_o be_v then_o the_o guise_n of_o christendom_n *_o but_o example_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v infinite_a theodorus_n bishop_n 68_o epist._n ad_fw-la leon_n 1._o episc._n rom._n haeres_fw-la 68_o of_o cyrus_n be_v pastor_n over_o 800_o parish_n athanasius_n be_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n egypt_n thebais_n mareotis_n libya_n ammoniaca_n and_o pentapolis_n say_v s._n epiphanius_n and_o his_o predecessor_n julianus_n successor_n of_o agrippinus_n be_v bishop_n 16._o bishop_n council_n chalce_v act_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o church_n about_o alexandria_n either_o it_o be_v a_o diocese_n or_o at_o least_o a_o plurality_n *_o 28._o *_o theodoret._n lib._n 5._o c._n 28._o s._n chrysostome_n have_v pontus_n asia_n and_o all_o thrace_n in_o his_o parish_n even_o as_o much_o as_o come_v to_o sixteen_o prefecture_n a_o fair_a bound_n sure_o and_o so_o it_o be_v with_o all_o the_o bishop_n a_o great_a or_o a_o lesser_a diocese_n they_o have_v but_o all_o be_v diocesan_n for_o they_o have_v several_a parish_n singuli_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la habent_fw-la sub_fw-la se_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la say_v epiphanius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o john_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o his_o 69._o apud_fw-la s._n hieron_n haeres_fw-la 69._o book_n contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la quotquot_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o alexandriâ_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la uno_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la sunt_fw-la privatimque_fw-la ad_fw-la have_v destinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la necessitate_v it_o aut_fw-la habitatores_fw-la vicini_fw-la sint_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la *_o all_o italy_n be_v the_o parish_n of_o 22._o lib._n 4._o c._n 12._o encom_n cyprian_a sozom._n lib._n 5._o c._n 18._o vide_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n â—_o c._n 22._o liberius_n say_v socrates_n africa_n be_v s._n cyprian_n parish_n say_v s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n and_o s._n basil_n the_o great_a be_v parish-priest_n to_o all_o cappadocia_n but_o i_o rather_o believe_v if_o we_o examine_v their_o several_a story_n they_o will_v rather_o prove_v metropolitan_o then_o mere_a parochian_n 3_o lie_v the_o ancient_a canon_n forbid_v a_o bishop_n to_o be_v ordain_v in_o a_o village_n castle_n or_o town_n it_o be_v so_o decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n before_o the_o first_o nicene_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 56._o can._n 56._o in_o the_o village_n or_o country_n bishop_n must_v not_o be_v constitute_v and_o this_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o can._n 6._o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o ordain_v bishop_n in_o village_n or_o little_a town_n to_o which_o one_o presbyter_n be_v sufficient_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o bishop_n must_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o those_o city_n where_o bishop_n former_o have_v be_v *_o so_o that_o this_o canon_n do_v not_o make_v a_o new_a constitution_n but_o perpetuate_v the_o old_a sanction_n bishop_n ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la be_v only_o ordain_v in_o great_a city_n and_o presbyter_n to_o little_a village_n who_o then_o be_v the_o parish_n curate_n the_o bishop_n or_o the_o priest_n the_o case_n be_v too_o apparent_a only_o here_o it_o be_v object_v that_o some_o