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The question to whom it belonged anciently to preach and whether all priests might or did discussed out of antiquity : as also, what preaching is, properly / by Meric Casaubon ...
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Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671.
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Wing C810; ESTC R5468
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so_o the_o author_n of_o the_o comment_n upon_o the_o epistle_n ascribe_v unto_o st._n ambrose_n who_o upon_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o ephesian_n have_v these_o word_n tamen_fw-la postquam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la locis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la constitutae_fw-la &_o officia_fw-la ordinata_fw-la aliter_fw-la composita_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la coeperat_fw-la primùm_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la docebant_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la baptizabant_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la diebus_fw-la vel_fw-la temporibus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la occasio_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la philippus_n etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la ergo_fw-la cresceret_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o multiplicaretur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la inter_fw-la initia_fw-la concessum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o evangelizare_fw-la &_o baptizare_fw-la &_o scripturas_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la explanare_fw-la at_o ubi_fw-la omnta_fw-la loca_fw-la circumplexa_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conventicula_fw-la in_o a_o good_a sense_n as_o frequent_o in_o ancient_a book_n constituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o rectores_fw-la &_o cetera_fw-la officia_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la sunt_fw-la ordinata_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la auderet_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la appoint_v license_v non_fw-la esset_fw-la praesumere_fw-la officium_fw-la quod_fw-la sciret_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la creditum_fw-la vel_fw-la concessum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hinc_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la neque_fw-la diaconi_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la praedicant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o neque_fw-la clerici_fw-la vel_fw-la laici_fw-la baptizant_fw-la so_o all_o edition_n i_o have_v see_v and_o so_o quote_v by_o learned_a man_n but_o i_o know_v not_o what_o sense_n can_v be_v make_v of_o the_o word_n except_o we_o read_v neque_fw-la ubi_fw-la clerici_fw-la laici_fw-la baptizant_fw-la or_o to_o that_o effect_n which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o what_o tertullian_n and_o other_o witness_n of_o those_o time_n that_o where_o a_o 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to_o be_v employ_v by_o they_o according_a to_o their_o degree_n and_o ability_n as_o they_o shall_v see_v occasion_n so_o that_o a_o priest_n may_v not_o baptize_v nor_o administer_v the_o communion_n nor_o teach_v or_o interpret_v the_o scripture_n de_fw-fr loco_fw-la superiore_fw-la sedis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la as_o st._n augustin_n call_v it_o or_o de_fw-fr cathedrâ_fw-la as_o st._n ambrose_n as_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o a_o doctor_n for_o so_o they_o be_v then_o call_v that_o do_v it_o either_o by_o their_o own_o authority_n as_o bishop_n or_o be_v allow_v it_o as_o priests_z which_o be_v the_o preach_v now_o in_o use_n without_o peculiar_a allowance_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n in_o many_o place_n priest_n general_o be_v not_o allow_v it_o it_o be_v not_o then_o think_v to_o belong_v unto_o they_o but_o unto_o bishop_n only_o for_o baptise_v and_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n we_o have_v ignatius_n his_o testimony_n in_o those_o word_n which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o ancient_a copy_n &_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o old_a interpreter_n to_o be_v genuine_a the_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 117_o and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o latin_a there_o be_v nemo_fw-la praeter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agate_n eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinent_a firma_n eucharistia_n reputetur_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la concessa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n propterea_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopo_fw-la neque_fw-la baptizare_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o tertullian_n of_o baptism_n dandi_fw-la quidem_fw-la baptismum_fw-la habet_fw-la jus_o summus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyter_n &_o diaconus_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la honorem_fw-la quo_fw-la salvo_fw-la salva_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la and_o so_o st._n jerome_n ecclesiae_fw-la salus_fw-la in_o summi_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la dignitate_fw-la 199._o pendet_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la exhort_v quaedam_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la s_o omnibus_fw-la eminens_fw-la detur_fw-la potestas_fw-la tot_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la efficientur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ind_n venit_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la chrismate_fw-la which_o chrisma_n therefore_o be_v provide_v and_o for_o that_o purpose_n distribute_v to_o the_o priest_n at_o certain_a time_n of_o the_o year_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o every_o see_v as_o by_o ancient_a canon_n do_v appear_v &_o episcopi_fw-la jussione_n neque_fw-la presbyter_n neque_fw-la diaconus_fw-la jus_o habeat_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la as_o for_o the_o communion_n or_o eucharist_n beside_o ignatius_n who_o we_o have_v hear_v but_o now_o the_o author_n of_o the_o epistle_n ad_fw-la rusticum_n narbonensem_fw-la de_fw-la septem_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la by_o divers_a and_o indeed_o it_o have_v much_o of_o jerome_n in_o it_o and_o be_v ancient_a enough_o whosoever_o be_v the_o author_n ascribe_v unto_o st._n jerome_n and_o in_o the_o canon_n law_n decret_a distin_a 95._o c._n 6._o register_v under_o that_o name_n nec_fw-la ego_fw-la dico_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la atque_fw-la astantibus_fw-la altari_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la posse_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la conficere_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la fortè_fw-la usus_fw-la exegerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o may_v add_v to_o those_o the_o suppose_a dionysius_n areopagita_n who_o though_o we_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v under_o that_o name_n and_o can_v give_v some_o reason_n if_o need_n be_v that_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v give_v to_o prove_v he_o counterfeit_n yet_o we_o acknowledge_v he_o and_o all_o man_n must_v ancient_a enough_o to_o bear_v testimony_n in_o this_o cause_n he_o speak_v as_o peremptory_o as_o any_o do_v and_o ascribe_v all_o power_n both_o of_o baptise_v and_o of_o consecrate_v and_o teach_v 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deputation_n this_o be_v well_o express_v by_o the_o forename_a author_n who_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o dionysius_n areop_n where_o he_o do_v tell_v we_o that_o the_o supreme_a order_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n be_v both_o supreme_a and_o low_a too_o as_o comprehend_v all_o other_o within_o its_o self_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v yet_o more_o full_o set_v out_o by_o maximus_n the_o greek_a scholiast_n st._n ambrose_n also_o speak_v much_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n where_o he_o say_v 355._o nam_fw-la in_o episcopo_fw-la omnes_fw-la ordines_fw-la sunt_fw-la quia_fw-la primus_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la &_o princeps_fw-la &_o propheta_fw-la &_o evangelista_n &_o cetera_fw-la ad_fw-la implenda_fw-la officia_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o ministerio_fw-la fidelium_fw-la and_o so_o strict_a be_v they_o in_o those_o time_n to_o preserve_v this_o absoluteness_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o his_o diocese_n that_o by_o some_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n no_o less_o than_o deposition_n be_v the_o mulct_n if_o one_o bishop_n have_v presume_v to_o preach_v in_o another_o diocese_n without_o his_o leave_n first_o obtain_v and_o this_o too_o in_o those_o time_n when_o bishop_n wherever_o they_o be_v at_o home_n within_o their_o own_o diocese_n or_o abroad_o if_o no_o lawful_a impediment_n as_o age_n or_o other_o accidental_a indisposition_n of_o body_n or_o some_o other_o more_o advantageous_a employment_n to_o public_a concernment_n do_v hinder_v thought_n themselves_o bind_v and_o by_o some_o canon_n of_o council_n in_o some_o place_n be_v bind_v to_o preach_v every_o sunday_n i_o have_v hear_v when_o young_a myself_o from_o some_o ancient_a divine_n that_o it_o be_v so_o in_o queen_n elizabeth_n time_n which_o among_o the_o common_a people_n can_v not_o but_o add_v much_o to_o that_o veneration_n which_o be_v due_a from_o all_o man_n unto_o their_o place_n a_o second_o 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chief_o propose_v to_o themselves_o but_o whether_o their_o admirer_n be_v real_o the_o better_a in_o their_o life_n and_o conversation_n for_o what_o they_o hear_v be_v no_o part_n or_o the_o least_o part_n at_o least_o of_o their_o care_n it_o be_v general_o observe_v that_o they_o profit_v or_o edify_v lest_o who_o be_v most_o ready_a to_o applaud_v and_o by_o outward_a expression_n show_v great_a pleasure_n these_o he_o call_v institores_fw-la and_o say_v that_o philosophy_n be_v prostitute_v by_o they_o and_o st._n austin_n have_v much_o to_o that_o purpose_n too_o and_o so_o divers_a other_o father_n but_o this_o be_v not_o my_o business_n when_o that_o be_v do_v we_o may_v think_v of_o it_o again_o in_o the_o end_n that_o insufficiency_n be_v a_o great_a reason_n and_o that_o preach_v such_o pulpit_n preach_v or_o teach_v by_o way_n of_o authority_n which_o give_v they_o the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o doctores_fw-la be_v think_v too_o great_a a_o work_n then_o for_o every_o priest_n who_o may_v find_v work_n enough_o otherwise_o if_o they_o acquit_v themselves_o as_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o undertake_v or_o to_o be_v trust_v with_o one_o passage_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n will_v so_o clear_o evidence_n that_o we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o seek_v further_o upon_o those_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n in_o his_o first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n and_o first_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 17._o for_o christ_n send_v i_o not_o to_o baptize_v but_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n treat_v of_o the_o labour_n and_o toylesomness_n of_o it_o beside_o the_o danger_n which_o he_o do_v not_o here_o mention_v but_o elsewhere_o he_o do_v vain_a glory_n and_o popularity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n out_o of_o the_o pulpit_n as_o a_o doctor_n must_v be_v supply_v in_o the_o word_n it_o be_v well_o if_o one_o or_o two_o may_v be_v find_v that_o be_v fit_a but_o to_o baptize_v any_o man_n that_o be_v but_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o say_v he_o to_o this_o day_n we_o commit_v that_o baptise_v he_o do_v only_o mention_v baptise_v though_o much_o more_o do_v belong_v unto_o priest_n because_o baptise_v only_o be_v mention_v by_o s._n paul_n to_o the_o weak_a but_o the_o business_n of_o preach_v or_o teach_v to_o they_o that_o be_v more_o learned_a or_o wise_a nothing_o can_v be_v clear_a or_o more_o express_v than_o this_o to_o st._n chrysostome_n we_o shall_v add_v balsamon_n who_o be_v well_o acquaint_v with_o ecclesiastical_a business_n both_o of_o his_o time_n and_o of_o former_a time_n and_o though_o no_o friend_n to_o the_o pope_n yet_o be_v commend_v for_o his_o diligence_n by_o divers_a papist_n who_o assertion_n upon_o the_o council_n inmore_o than_o one_o place_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o priest_n be_v not_o preacher_n or_o teacher_n and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o to_o teach_v the_o people_n that_o be_v de_fw-fr loco_fw-la superiore_fw-la or_o out_o trull_n of_o the_o pulpit_n be_v grant_v unto_o the_o bishop_n only_o or_o unto_o they_o who_o have_v authority_n from_o the_o bishop_n must_v be_v supply_v out_o of_o other_o though_o not_o here_o express_v the_o same_o more_o full_o upon_o the_o sixty_o four_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n in_o trullo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 439._o etc._n etc._n to_o teach_v the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o to_o interpret_v the_o divine_a decree_n 〈…〉_z the_o scripture_n be_v grant_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n unto_o bishop_n only_o and_o unto_o they_o that_o be_v permit_v or_o authorize_v by_o they_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o same_o balsamon_n elsewhere_o do_v seem_v to_o contradict_v himself_o when_o upon_o the_o fifty_o eight_o canon_n of_o those_o call_v the_o apostle_n have_v first_o lay_v down_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o such_o also_o teacher_n priest_n aught_o to_o be_v as_o they_o that_o have_v the_o privilege_n of_o high_a seat_n in_o the_o choir_n or_o church_n next_o unto_o the_o bishop_n but_o in_o effect_n there_o be_v no_o repugnancy_n neither_o in_o the_o word_n of_o balsamon_n nor_o in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o canon_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o expression_n of_o the_o canon_n to_o instruct_v to_o godliness_n in_o general_a there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o priest_n also_o be_v bind_v by_o their_o office_n as_o priest_n and_o in_o case_n they_o be_v allow_v by_o the_o bishop_n as_o doctor_n to_o teach_v or_o to_o preach_v out_o of_o the_o pulpit_n and_o neglect_v it_o which_o be_v all_o that_o can_v be_v make_v of_o balsamons_n interpretation_n of_o the_o canon_n compare_v with_o other_o place_n they_o be_v liable_a to_o censure_v indeed_o upon_o the_o twenty_o canon_n of_o the_o synodus_fw-la trull_n we_o find_v somewhat_o that_o have_v much_o more_o appearance_n of_o repugnancy_n in_o those_o word_n sacerdotis_fw-la autem_fw-la munus_fw-la accipe_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la docendi_fw-la munere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la de_fw-la sola_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la celebratione_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la enim_fw-la antiquitùs_fw-la necesse_fw-la habebant_fw-la etiam_fw-la docere_fw-la but_o who_o word_n these_o be_v i_o know_v not_o for_o i_o find_v no_o greek_a in_o the_o text_n to_o answer_v to_o this_o latin_n now_o for_o the_o latin_a church_n of_o the_o church_n of_o africa_n so_o numerous_a in_o those_o day_n we_o have_v good_a record_n attest_v by_o the_o most_o eminent_a of_o the_o latin_a father_n as_o st._n jerome_n and_o st._n augustin_n that_o till_o valerius_n his_o time_n by_o who_o st._n augustin_n be_v consecrate_v priest_n be_v not_o allow_v to_o preach_v or_o to_o speak_v more_o proper_o that_o the_o pulpit_n be_v one_o of_o the_o bishop_n peculiar_a privilege_n valerius_n they_o all_o say_v be_v the_o first_o that_o do_v alter_v