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do_v destroy_v that_o distinctione_n mr_n gillespie_n eng_n pop_n cerem_fw-la ames_n conscience_n lib_n 5._o cap._n 11._o mr_n durham_n on_o scandal_n part_n 3_o chap_n 1_o discover_v the_o futility_n of_o his_o doctrine_n on_o this_o head_n page_n 139_o 140_o 141_o 142_o 143_o 144._o the_o doubter_n argument_n for_o presbyterian_a minister_n preach_v in_o the_o manner_n controvert_v take_v from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n preach_v in_o the_o field_n and_o house_n the_o informer_n general_a answer_n anent_o christ_n not_o separate_a people_n from_o the_o synagogue_n weigh_v and_o find_v frivolous_a page_n 145_o 146_o 147._o some_o special_a reason_n wherefore_o our_o lord_n do_v not_o separate_v the_o people_n from_o the_o synagogue_n ibid._n the_o special_a ground_n of_o our_o lord_n practice_n offer_v by_o he_o to_o enervat_fw-la our_o argument_n consider_v and_o answer_v such_o as_o his_o bring_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o the_o messiah_n his_o be_v head_n 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their_o call_n to_o officiate_v therein_o vindicat_fw-la from_o the_o informer_n simple_a cavil_n mr_n rutherfoord_n and_o mr_n durhame_v acknowledgement_n that_o a_o minister_n isnotmade_v a_o catholic_n minister_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n but_o by_o his_o ordination_n restrict_v to_o a_o flock_n will_v not_o help_v the_o informer_n which_o be_v clear_v in_o six_o point_n page_n 159_o 160_o 161_o 162_o his_o dilemma_n which_o he_o offer_v to_o we_o viz._n that_o our_o call_n to_o preach_v be_v either_o ordinary_a or_o extraorninary_a answer_v &_o retort_v upon_o he_o his_o cavil_n in_o relationall_a to_o the_o act_n of_o council_n condemn_v this_o encroachment_n as_o he_o call_v it_o and_o the_o doctor_n of_o aberdeen_n their_o charge_v presbyterian_a minister_n therewith_o repel_v ibid._n his_o charge_n anent_o our_o ordain_v other_o to_o perpetuat_fw-la our_o schism_n a_o manifest_a groundless_a calumny_n page_n 163_o 164._o his_o passage_n cite_v out_o of_o mr_n baxter_n preface_n to_o the_o cure_n of_o church_n division_n answer_v page_n 165_o as_o also_o his_o 5_o heal_a advice_n to_o his_o half-proselyted_n doubter_n page_n 65_o 166_o 167_o 168_o 169_o 170._o mr_n baxter_n rule_n in_o his_o cure_n of_o church_n division_n which_o he_o after_o commend_v unto_o we_o short_o view_v &_o their_o impertinency_n to_o his_o purpose_n discover_v page_n 171_o 172_o 173._o 174._o his_o testimony_n out_o of_o the_o jus_o divinum_fw-la ministerii_fw-la anglicani_fw-la and_o of_o mr_n rutherfoord_n in_o his_o due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n anent_o unwarrantable_a separation_n in_o sufficient_a to_o bear_v the_o weight_n of_o his_o conclusion_n the_o difference_n between_o the_o case_n they_o speak_v to_o and_o our_o case_n clear_v in_o 4._o consideration_n page_n 175_o 176_o 177._o his_o citation_n from_o the_o first_o author_n particular_o consider_v and_o their_o insufficiency_n to_o bear_v the_o weight_n of_o his_o conclusion_n discover_v page_n 178_o 179_o 180_o 181_o the_o citation_n of_o mr_n rutherford_n particular_o examine_v in_o so_o faâ—…_n relate_v to_o his_o scope_n page_n 182_o 183_o 184_o 185_o 186_o 187._o in_o his_o citation_n from_o both_o these_o author_n and_o argue_v therefrom_o he_o be_v find_v inconsistent_a with_o himself_o to_o walk_v upon_o groundless_a supposition_n and_o liable_a to_o a_o manifest_a retorsion_n ibid._n the_o informer_n draw_v out_o no_o conclusion_n upon_o these_o citation_n save_o this_o general_a one_o at_o the_o close_a viz_o that_o real_a much_o less_o suppose_a corruption_n in_o the_o worship_n or_o administrator_n will_v not_o warrant_v separation_n the_o impertinency_n of_o this_o position_n to_o help_v he_o clear_v ibid._n he_o plead_v for_o retraction_n and_o present_v at_o the_o close_a a_o character_n of_o schism_n which_o be_v retort_v against_o he_o page_n 187_o 188._o chap_n 7._o misprinted_a chap_n 6._o page_n 189._o animadversion_n upon_o the_o informer_n preface_n and_o title_n page_n prefix_v to_o this_o pamphlet_n he_o pretende_v conscience_n &_o a_o design_n of_o union_n in_o this_o undertake_n how_o unsound_o discover_v page_n 189_o 190._o 191._o his_o testimony_n out_o of_o zanchy_a and_o blondel_n to_o evince_v their_o approbation_n of_o prelacy_n leave_v by_o he_o untranslate_v though_o he_o pretend_v for_o the_o advantadge_n of_o the_o english_a reader_n to_o translate_v all_o other_o testimony_n answer_v a_o confutation_n of_o the_o first_o dialogue_n upon_o the_o point_n of_o episcopacy_n wherein_o it_o be_v demonstrat_fw-la that_o the_o episcopacy_n now_o existent_a both_o in_o its_o diocesian_n &_o erastian_n cut_v be_v contrare_fw-la to_o the_o scripture_n to_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a antiquity_n the_o doctrine_n and_o confession_n of_o reform_a church_n &_o sound_a divine_n and_o the_o informer_n reason_v for_o it_o from_o scripture_n &_o antiquity_n be_v weigh_v and_o find_v want_v chap._n i._n that_o the_o prelate_n now_o establish_v in_o this_o church_n be_v both_o diocesian_n and_o erastian_n clear_v the_o informer_n be_v engage_v to_o defend_v both_o a_o twofold_a state_n of_o the_o question_n propound_v according_o some_o argument_n from_o scripture_n against_o the_o diocesian_a prelate_n as_o a_o pretend_a churchofficer_n such_o as_o 1._o pervert_v the_o scriptural_a term_n episcopus_fw-la common_a to_o all_o pastor_n in_o appropriate_v it_o to_o a_o prelate_n 2._o make_v it_o relate_v to_o pastor_n which_o have_v the_o flock_n for_o its_o immediate_a object_n 3._o invade_v &_o null_v the_o authority_n allow_v unto_o presbyter_n which_o be_v demonstrat_fw-la at_o large_a 4._o impeach_a christ_n kingly_a office_n as_o head_n of_o his_o church_n and_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o word_n in_o obtrude_a one_fw-mi officer_n upon_o the_o church_n of_o a_o different_a moold_v from_o those_o describe_v and_o allow_v by_o he_o the_o state_n of_o the_o first_o question_n in_o the_o first_o conference_n be_v whither_o the_o 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they_o to_o all_o the_o pretend_a privilege_n possess_v be_v they_o in_o anno_fw-la 1637._o what_o time_n their_o power_n be_v at_o the_o great_a height_n since_o of_o themselves_o they_o frame_v the_o book_n of_o canon_n which_o do_v establish_v their_o sole_a power_n and_o dominion_n over_o all_o church_n judicatories_n raze_v classical_a presbytery_n and_o parochial_a session_n and_o draw_v up_o the_o liturgy_n and_o book_n of_o ordination_n without_o the_o least_o shadow_n of_o advice_n from_o this_o church_n threaten_v even_o excommunication_n against_o the_o opposer_n of_o that_o course_n 3._o it_o be_v also_o evident_a that_o all_o this_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o our_o prelate_n be_v fountain_v in_o derive_v from_o and_o referable_a unto_o the_o supremacy_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o act_n restore_v prelacy_n after_o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o supremacy_n as_o his_o majesty_n commissioner_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o ecclesiastic_a government_n and_o in_o 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likeways_o such_o as_o have_v not_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n 1._o tim._n 3_o 5._o 1._o cor._n 14._o 34_o 35._o a_o 3d._a absurdity_n be_v that_o the_o church_n government_n upon_o earth_n may_v be_v monarchical_a and_o that_o one_o man_n may_v be_v her_o supreme_a head_n legislator_n and_o architectonick_a monarch_n and_o ruler_n for_o aquatenus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la valet_fw-la consequentia_fw-la upon_o the_o same_o ground_n that_o the_o suprem_fw-mi civil_a ruler_n be_v chieff_n head_n and_o ruler_n over_o the_o church_n in_o his_o dominion_n the_o church_n in_o all_o other_o place_n be_v a_o body_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n shall_v the_o christian_a church_n be_v contract_v within_o his_o dominion_n he_o be_v her_o supreme_a universal_a head_n and_o it_o be_v so_o if_o his_o civil_a dominion_n shall_v be_v extend_v over_o all_o the_o church_n by_o this_o same_o reason_n of_o his_o headship_n over_o one_o he_o may_v be_v head_n over_o all_o and_o exercise_v one_fw-mi 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shift_v and_o obscure_v the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o question_n anent_o episcopacy_n and_o flinch_v from_o the_o point_n debatable_a discover_v several_a way_n he_o decline_v a_o direct_a plead_n for_o prelate_n civil_a office_n yet_o offer_v some_o argument_n defence_n thereof_o wherein_o his_o prevarication_n and_o contradiction_n to_o himself_o be_v make_v appear_v to_o come_v now_o to_o examine_v what_o this_o new_a dialogist_n have_v produce_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o present_a prelacy_n establish_v among_o we_o and_o to_o examine_v his_o answer_n to_o our_o plea_n against_o it_o we_o shall_v not_o stand_v upon_o the_o trifle_a debate_n about_o the_o personal_a good_a quality_n of_o some_o that_o have_v be_v prelate_n with_o which_o he_o preface_v this_o dialogue_n it_o be_v altogether_o extrinsic_a to_o the_o question_n anent_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o office_n itself_o and_o will_v be_v no_o argument_n in_o our_o case_n against_o he_o as_o this_o man_n can_v but_o acknowledge_v else_o he_o must_v give_v up_o the_o cause_n upon_o his_o concession_n of_o the_o unquestionable_a eminent_a piety_n and_o integrity_n of_o many_o burn_a and_o shine_v light_n who_o have_v be_v the_o lord_n constant_a witness_n against_o prelacy_n that_o which_o be_v here_o main_o considerable_a be_v his_o prevarication_n in_o state_v the_o question_n anent_o prelacy_n viz._n whither_o the_o ancient_a bishope_n have_v a_o superiority_n over_o other_o minister_n wherein_o he_o utter_o â—…ches_v away_o from_o the_o point_n debeatable_a 1._o in_o make_v this_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n what_o bishopes_n be_v in_o the_o primitive_a church_n whereas_o the_o true_a state_n of_o our_o question_n be_v whither_o the_o prelate_n now_o existent_a in_o this_o church_n be_v a_o scripture_n bishop_n and_o consonant_n thereunto_o or_o one_fw-mi officer_n appoint_v by_o christ_n in_o his_o house_n yea_o or_o not_o and_o not_o whither_o there_o have_v be_v bishop_n or_o such_o 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from_o the_o molchill_n that_o can_v see_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o these_o either_o this_o informer_n must_v account_v the_o prelate_n present_a state_n act_v lawful_a or_o not_o if_o he_o account_v they_o lawful_a than_o he_o fall_v under_o a_o three_o fold_v praemunire_n in_o this_o point_n 1._o in_o deâ—…lyning_v the_o defence_n of_o one_o of_o the_o prelate_n unquestionable_a legal_a privilege_n disoun_v by_o presbyterian_n and_o by_o he_o esteem_v lawful_a notwithstanding_o of_o his_o undertakeing_n to_o plead_v for_o they_o 2._o in_o undertake_v only_a to_n plead_v for_o their_o act_n sometime_o which_o as_o i_o say_v i_o far_o from_o the_o point_n and_o matter_n of_o fact_n which_o he_o must_v defend_v 3._o in_o confess_v at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o page_n that_o church_n man_n shall_v not_o needlesslie_o or_o of_o choice_n entangle_v themselves_o in_o these_o incumberance_n wherein_o he_o palpable_o contradict_v himself_o as_o to_o his_o scope_n for_o do_v not_o our_o prelate_n of_o most_o free_a choice_n and_o deliberate_o assume_v state_n employment_n or_o be_v their_o shoulder_n burden_v against_o their_o will_n with_o these_o state_n honour_v beside_o he_o cite_v 2._o tim._n 2._o 4._o in_o acknowledge_v this_o intanglement_n in_o worldly_a affair_n to_o be_v unlawful_a in_o church_n man_n the_o text_n say_v no_o man_n that_o war_v entangle_v himself_n in_o affair_n of_o this_o life_n now_o if_o this_o text_n discharge_v universal_o and_o absolute_o a_o minister_n intanglement_n in_o worldly_a affair_n how_o come_v he_o to_o foist_v in_o his_o limitation_n of_o needless_o or_o of_o choice_n where_o be_v this_o limitation_n in_o the_o text_n if_o all_o entanglement_n or_o in_o cumberance_n as_o such_o be_v unlawful_a as_o be_v here_o express_o assert_v as_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o nature_n and_o importance_n of_o the_o minister_n spiritual_a function_n which_o require_v the_o great_a abstractednes_n from_o all_o worldly_a thing_n and_o 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and_o have_v they_o not_o the_o facto_fw-la frequent_o do_v so_o so_o that_o upon_o this_o account_n also_o they_o be_v new_o mint_v gentleman_n 5._o the_o power_n and_o government_n of_o the_o ancient_a bishop_n in_o church_n judicatory_n be_v not_o sole_a and_o singular_a as_o that_o of_o our_o prelate_n nor_o do_v they_o invad_v or_o inhanse_v their_o decisive_a conclusive_a suffrage_n as_o they_o do_v who_o be_v prince_n in_o all_o the_o present_a church_n meeting_n which_o must_v only_o give_v they_o advice_n and_o not_o that_o unless_o this_o high_a priest_n judge_v they_o of_o know_a loyalty_n and_o prudence_n and_o may_v do_v with_o their_o advice_n what_o he_o please_v whereas_o cyprian_n epist._n 6._o and_o 28_o profess_v that_o he_o neither_o can_v nor_o will_v do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o 4â—…_n council_n of_o carthage_n condemn_v the_o bishop_n decision_n unless_o fortify_v by_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o clergy_n can._n 23._o where_o be_v the_o 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canitiem_fw-la reverenter_fw-la habeant_fw-la aetate_fw-la posteriores_fw-la fac_fw-la tamen_fw-la apostolis_n non_fw-la modo_fw-la nonimprobantibus_fw-la sed_fw-la palam_fw-la laudantibus_fw-la ortam_fw-la ego_fw-la sane_fw-la libere_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la observatam_fw-la christianisque_fw-la sive_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n sive_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la discipulis_fw-la traditam_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la mutabilem_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la usu_fw-la &_o arbitrio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la mutandam_fw-la prout_fw-la in_fw-la causa_fw-la consimili_fw-la piae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la crakanthorpus_fw-la sensit_fw-la crediderim_fw-la in_o which_o passage_n he_o plead_v only_o for_o this_o fix_a moderator_n and_o do_v not_o positiu_o assert_v the_o apostolic_a institution_n for_o it_o but_o come_v near_o bezaes_n expressiones_fw-la in_fw-la reference_n to_o the_o episcopus_fw-la humanus_fw-la as_o for_o blondel_n confess_v this_o primus_fw-la presbyter_n to_o have_v have_v authority_n with_o his_o 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inter_fw-la nos_fw-la jure_fw-la modoque_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la vice_n pares_fw-la inter_fw-la compare_v vel_fw-la delegata_fw-la a_o paribus_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la potestate_fw-la praesunt_fw-la quo_fw-la inter_fw-la christianismi_fw-la primordia_fw-la aeâ—…o_fw-la honoris_fw-la inter_fw-la conseniores_fw-la primas_fw-la fuit_fw-la where_o he_o deny_v that_o this_o singular_a head_n of_o the_o consistory_n or_o moderator_n his_o power_n do_v justle_v with_o or_o evert_v the_o common_a vote_n or_o episcopacy_n of_o the_o pastoure_n and_o consequent_o their_o joint_n presbyterial_a government_n because_o the_o consistory_n or_o meeting_n can_v neither_o be_v without_o a_o head_n or_o mouth_n nor_o have_v many_o head_n which_o he_o assimilate_v to_o the_o then_o power_n of_o their_o moderator_n choose_v from_o among_o his_o equal_n and_o co-presbyters_a either_o by_o turn_n or_o a_o delegated_a power_n of_o presidency_n for_o some_o time_n the_o informer_n citation_n of_o 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be_v a_o voluntary_a deed_n of_o our_o own_o as_o he_o gratis_o suppose_v with_o the_o informer_n can_v prejudge_v the_o command_n of_o our_o superior_n which_o be_v god_n own_o immediate_a command_n they_o shall_v know_v as_o timorcus_n long_o since_o inform_v they_o chap._n 6._o sect_n 35._o that_o the_o topick_n of_o this_o argument_n be_v the_o dominion_n of_o the_o superior_a over_o the_o inferior_a if_o the_o command_n or_o law_n be_v the_o exercise_n of_o a_o dominion_n in_o thing_n wherein_o he_o have_v no_o dominion_n the_o oath_n will_v bind_v against_o such_o law_n this_o man_n and_o his_o fellow_n be_v still_o talk_v of_o the_o prior_n obligation_n of_o obedience_n to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o they_o must_v know_v that_o the_o magistrate_n dominion_n in_o this_o point_n must_v be_v instruct_v by_o a_o patent_n from_o god_n the_o supreme_a legislator_n before_o we_o can_v acknowledge_v it_o and_o if_o our_o oath_n interferre_v with_o the_o exercise_n
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express_v in_o the_o text_n from_o his_o own_o rule_n and_o law_n touch_v the_o strict_a observation_n of_o voluntary_a lawful_a vow_n so_o that_o the_o rule_n and_o law_n seem_v to_o reach_v all_o other_o case_n as_o to_o free_a vow_n except_o only_o this_o 2_o in_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o chap._n we_o find_v that_o moses_n speak_v this_o to_o the_o ruler_n and_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n but_o the_o text_n be_v silent_a as_o to_o his_o apply_v of_o this_o exception_n anent_o the_o father_n and_o husband_n power_n in_o absolve_a vow_n unto_o these_o head_n &_o ruler_n which_o shall_v have_v be_v especial_o intimate_fw-la to_o they_o hence_o it_o may_v be_v probaby_n conclude_v that_o the_o rule_n and_o law_n touch_v the_o observation_n of_o vow_n stand_v fast_o in_o all_o other_o case_n except_o these_o here_o express_o exclude_v by_o the_o great_a lawgiver_n so_o that_o ere_o his_o argument_n can_v reach_v we_o he_o most_o give_v in_o sufficient_a proof_n that_o the_o 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ecclesiastical_a officer_n who_o be_v there_o abjure_v nay_o do_v not_o timorcus_n tell_v we_o that_o in_o england_n the_o commissary_n exercise_v a_o power_n in_o church_n discipline_n by_o a_o delegation_n from_o the_o bishop_n and_o do_v not_o bishop_n lighton_n deny_v this_o to_o be_v competent_a to_o our_o commissary_n here_o for_o in_o that_o passage_n of_o the_o letter_n now_o cite_v he_o say_v we_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o name_n of_o commissary_n he_o mean_v in_o respect_n of_o these_o in_o england_n who_o exercise_v ecclesiastical_a discipline_n under_o the_o bishop_n didoclavius_n pag._n 458._o cites_n cowellus_fw-la in_o interpret_v about_o the_o office_n of_o the_o bishop_n commissary_n in_o england_n speak_v thus_o commissarij_fw-la vox_fw-la titulus_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la saltem_fw-la quousque_fw-la commissio_fw-la permittit_fw-la in_fw-la partibus_fw-la diocesios_fw-gr a_fw-la primaria_fw-la civitate_fw-la tam_fw-la long_o dissitis_fw-la ut_fw-la cancellarius_fw-la subditos_fw-la ad_fw-la principale_v consistorium_fw-la episcopi_fw-la citare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v that_o commissary_n in_o england_n be_v a_o title_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n so_o faras_fw-mi his_o commission_n will_v allow_v in_o place_n which_o be_v so_o far_o remote_a from_o the_o chief_n city_n of_o the_o diocese_n that_o the_o chancellor_n without_o great_a molestation_n can_v cite_v they_o to_o the_o bishop_n chief_n court_n didoclavius_n tell_v we_o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la that_o according_a to_o the_o statute_n of_o england_n the_o chancellor_n be_v the_o bishop_n principal_a official_a &_o the_o commissary_n the_o bishop_n foraneous_a official_a to_o conclude_v 1._o the_o bishop_n power_n as_o to_o civill_n and_o their_o deputation_n of_o this_o their_o power_n to_o chancellor_n be_v a_o most_o gross_a usurpation_n contrary_a to_o the_o scripture_n which_o forbid_v the_o minister_n to_o entangle_v himself_o with_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n our_o lord_n himself_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o be_v a_o arbyter_n in_o a_o civil_a cause_n paul_n speak_v of_o the_o ministerial_a duty_n say_v who_o be_v sufficient_a for_o these_o thing_n the_o apostle_n must_v give_v themselves_o continual_o to_o the_o word_n cartwright_n against_o the_o rhemist_n upon_o 2._o of_o tim._n 2._o 4._o prove_v that_o pure_a antiquity_n know_v nothing_o of_o prelate_n thus_o meddle_v cite_v jerome_n super_fw-la sophon_n cap._n 1._o who_o expound_v that_o place_n against_o minister_n meddle_v in_o secular_a affair_n and_o cyprian_a who_o apply_v this_o place_n against_o one_o who_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v executor_n of_o a_o testament_n lib._n 1._o epist._n 9_o council_n carthag_n 4._o cap._n 20._o apostol_n can_v can._n 6._o seculares_fw-la curas_fw-la non_fw-la suscipite_fw-la likewise_o ambrose_n who_o affirm_v that_o worldly_a government_n be_v the_o weaken_n of_o the_o priest_n lib._n 5._o epist._n 33._o smectimnuus_n pag._n 32._o sect._n 10._o cite_v council_n hispall_n 2._o cyprian_n epist._n 28._o against_o this_o deputation_n of_o prelate_n power_n to_o chancellor_n commissary_n etc._n etc._n and_o bring_v in_o bishop_n dounham_n aknowledge_v defence_n lib._n 1._o that_o in_o ambrose_n time_n and_o a_o good_a while_n after_o which_o be_v about_o the_o year_n 400._o till_o presbyter_n be_v whole_o neglect_v the_o bishop_n have_v no_o ordinary_n vicar_n chancellor_n commissary_n that_o be_v not_o clergy_n man_n but_o this_o restriction_n they_o affirm_v to_o be_v a_o mere_a blind_a and_o challenge_v he_o to_o show_v any_o such_o under-officer_n of_o bishop_n in_o those_o time_n so_o that_o they_o hold_v this_o to_o be_v one_o main_a point_n of_o difference_n betwixt_o their_o bishop_n and_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n two_o in_o england_n not_o only_o have_v the_o commissary_n a_o civil_a administration_n under_o the_o bishop_n but_o have_v likewise_o power_n of_o 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