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jerusalem_n appoint_v judge_n there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o priest_n and_o levit_n and_o of_o the_o chief_a or_o principal_a man_n of_o the_o people_n 18._o require_v they_o to_o exercise_v just_a judgement_n but_o especial_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v diligent_a in_o determine_v those_o difficult_a cause_n that_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o they_o from_o inferior_a judgement_n seat_n but_o the_o chief_a or_o precedent_n of_o they_o as_o colleague_n and_o coassessor_n be_v appoint_v amasiah_n the_o priest_n and_o zabadiah_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n and_o relate_v the_o law_n deu._n 17.8_o 8._o he_o say_v if_o the_o judge_n in_o the_o city_n be_v not_o able_a to_o determine_v any_o cause_n it_o be_v entire_o to_o be_v send_v to_o the_o holy_a city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o and_o let_v the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o prophet_n that_o be_v the_o scribe_n or_o doctor_n of_o the_o law_n say_v 22.66_o sigonius_n and_o the_o senate_n assemble_v together_o 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lord_n promise_v by_o isaiah_n to_o restore_v their_o judge_n and_o counsellor_n after_o the_o captivity_n 44.24_o as_o before_o so_o ezekiell_n prophesi_v that_o the_o priest_n after_o the_o captivity_n shall_v not_o only_o teach_v the_o people_n and_o judge_v between_o holy_a and_o profane_a between_o clean_a and_o unclean_a but_o also_o that_o they_o shall_v stand_v up_o to_o judge_v controversy_n judge_v according_a to_o god_n judgement_n josephus_n also_o testify_v that_o the_o priest_n be_v ordain_v by_o moses_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o overseer_n of_o all_o judge_n of_o controversy_n and_o punisher_n of_o such_o as_o be_v by_o the_o law_n condemn_v and_o so_o much_o for_o the_o present_n shall_v suffice_v concern_v the_o counsel_n at_o jerusalem_n until_o i_o come_v to_o answer_v calvin_n opinion_n 103._o as_o touch_v ecclesiastical_a presbyter_n in_o other_o city_n beza_n have_v nothing_o but_o his_o own_o conjecture_n for_o the_o court_n of_o judgement_n which_o 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the_o sole_a power_n thereof_o thus_o be_v resolve_v to_o wrangle_v if_o he_o find_v not_o matter_n to_o cavil_n at_o he_o will_v feign_v it_o i_o do_v not_o say_v there_o can_v be_v no_o ordination_n without_o a_o bishop_n but_o that_o ever_o since_o the_o apostle_n time_n to_o our_o age_n it_o have_v be_v the_o receive_a opinion_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n that_o the_o right_n of_o ordination_n of_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n be_v such_o a_o peculiar_a prerogative_n of_o bb._n as_o that_o ordinary_o and_o regular_o there_o can_v be_v no_o lawful_a ordination_n but_o by_o a_o bishop_n otherwise_o i_o do_v confess_v in_o the_o sermon_n that_o extraordinary_o and_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n presbyter_n may_v ordain_v in_o the_o want_n of_o a_o bishop_n concern_v the_o three_o he_o say_v it_o be_v enough_o to_o preserve_v good_a order_n in_o church_n if_o jurisdiction_n be_v in_o the_o minister_n and_o presbyter_n he_o mean_v in_o the_o several_a parish_n which_o may_v after_o 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the_o power_n of_o each_o parish_n be_v independent_a immediate_o derive_v from_o christ._n now_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a there_o shall_v be_v good_a order_n in_o the_o government_n of_o so_o many_o parish_n in_o a_o kingdom_n where_o be_v no_o subordination_n no_o superior_n nor_o inferior_n but_o all_o equal_a but_o this_o be_v enough_o for_o our_o disciplinarian_o if_o they_o may_v be_v subject_a to_o no_o superior_n but_o that_o each_o of_o they_o may_v be_v the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a officer_n in_o every_o church_n serm._n sect_n 4._o pag._n 32._o as_o touch_v the_o first_o life_n whereas_o there_o be_v many_o presbyter_n in_o one_o city_n etc._n etc._n to_o pag._n 36._o l._n a_o fine_a 8._o in_o this_o section_n i_o prove_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v superior_a to_o other_o minister_n in_o singularity_n of_o preeminence_n for_o term_n of_o life_n which_o be_v a_o point_n very_o material_a prove_v both_o against_o the_o new_a 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odious_a and_o absurd_a assertion_n to_o i_o but_o why_o be_v not_o the_o maiority_n of_o rule_n in_o the_o bishop_n hence_o prove_v and_o the_o subjection_n of_o presbyter_n to_o he_o as_o to_o their_o ruler_n to_o be_v guide_v and_o direct_v by_o he_o see_v they_o be_v charge_v to_o do_v nothing_o without_o his_o direction_n and_o warrant_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a forsooth_o the_o like_a phrase_n be_v use_v can._n 35._o and_o conc._n antioch_n c._n 9_o where_o bb._n be_v enjoin_v to_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o archbishop_n nor_o he_o in_o their_o parish_n without_o the_o sentence_n or_o appointment_n of_o they_o all_o if_o therefore_o the_o maiority_n of_o rule_n in_o bb._n may_v be_v prove_v from_o this_o canon_n then_o in_o like_a manner_n from_o the_o other_o two_o canon_n the_o maiority_n of_o rule_n not_o only_o in_o archbishop_n in_o those_o day_n over_o bb._n but_o also_o of_o bishop_n in_o their_o parish_n over_o the_o archbishop_n but_o 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or_o exceed_v their_o own_o bound_n for_o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o canon_n the_o word_n follow_v do_v plain_o declare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o they_o do_v only_o those_o thing_n which_o appertain_v to_o their_o own_o see_v and_o the_o country_n under_o it_o but_o more_o plain_o in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n 9_o that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nothing_o more_o than_o those_o thing_n only_o which_o concern_v every_o man_n own_o church_n and_o country_n which_o be_v under_o it_o and_o that_o you_o shall_v not_o understand_v they_o as_o the_o refuter_fw-la do_v without_o understanding_n they_o add_v for_o every_o bishop_n have_v authority_n of_o his_o own_o city_n both_o to_o govern_v according_a to_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v and_o to_o have_v care_n of_o all_o the_o country_n as_o also_o to_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o to_o administer_v everthe_v with_o judgement_n and_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o the_o metropolitan_n be_v superior_a to_o their_o comprovinciall_a bishop_n in_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n although_o all_o bishop_n whatsoever_o be_v equal_a in_o the_o power_n of_o order_n neither_o shall_v the_o bishop_n by_o the_o like_a reason_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o archbishop_n in_o their_o parish_n as_o he_o ignorant_o add_v for_o the_o canon_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o the_o several_a bishop_n in_o their_o diocese_n which_o he_o absurd_o call_v parish_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a company_n of_o they_o assemble_v in_o a_o provincial_a synod_n say_v that_o he_o must_v do_v nothing_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o the_o consent_n of_o they_o all_o howsoever_o therefore_o either_o the_o metropolitan_a or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o own_o several_a diocese_n may_v do_v those_o thing_n which_o concern_v their_o own_o proper_a charge_n yet_o 2._o provincial_a business_n which_o exceed_v the_o 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mention_v c._n 35_o alias_o 34._o therefore_o these_o canon_n be_v none_o of_o the_o apostle_n nor_o any_o other_o above_o a_o hundred_o he_o will_v not_o say_v whatsoever_o he_o think_v two_o hundred_o year_n after_o they_o for_o archbishop_n be_v not_o hatch_v so_o reverentlie_o he_o speak_v a_o long_a time_n after_o all_o man_n be_v judge_n the_o antiquity_n of_o these_o canon_n i_o have_v touch_v before_o show_v that_o within_o little_o more_o than_o two_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o apostle_n time_n they_o be_v then_o account_v ancient_a canon_n but_o to_o the_o point_n if_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o name_n archbishop_n it_o be_v not_o mention_v in_o the_o canon_n call_v the_o apostle_n if_o of_o the_o office_n of_o a_o metropolitan_a which_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o aforesaid_a canon_n i_o have_v prove_v before_o that_o it_o have_v be_v ever_o since_o the_o apostle_n time_n those_o learned_a man_n which_o hold_v archbishop_n to_o be_v of_o a_o latter_a edition_n by_o that_o name_n understand_v patriarch_n and_o those_o of_o 2._o sort_n be_v either_o so_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o patriarch_n of_o rome_n constantinople_n alexandria_n antioch_n and_o jerusalem_n or_o such_o as_o be_v more_o usual_o call_v archbishop_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d governor_n of_o large_a province_n be_v in_o a_o degree_n between_o metropolitan_n and_o patriarch_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v ordain_v in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n as_o socrates_n 8._o witness_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o isidor_n clericis_fw-la say_v ordo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quadripartitus_fw-la est_fw-la i._o in_o patriarchis_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la metropolitis_fw-la atque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la and_o the_o same_o distinction_n be_v note_v in_o the_o council_n of_o 17._o chalcedon_n and_o in_o the_o audientia_fw-la code_n 22._o and_o constitution_n of_o justinian_n and_o in_o the_o 88_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v by_o leo_n the_o emperor_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n i_o allege_v the_o ancient_a council_n of_o arles_n 19_o that_o presbyter_n may_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o knowledge_n and_o consent_n of_o their_o bb._n and_o of_o ancyra_n the_o most_o ancient_a approve_a council_n that_o be_v extant_a defective_a non_fw-la licere_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la civitatis_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la praecepto_fw-la amplius_fw-la aliquid_fw-la imperare_fw-la nec_fw-la sine_fw-la authoritate_fw-la literarum_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o unaquaque_fw-la parochia_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agere_fw-la that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o city_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n of_o importance_n without_o the_o bishop_n appointment_n noâ—_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n in_o any_o parish_n without_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o letter_n to_o these_o i_o add_v the_o first_o council_n of_o toledo_n 20._o sine_fw-la conscientia_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nihil_fw-la pâ—nitâ—â—_n presbyteri_fw-la agere_fw-la praesummunt_fw-la let_v the_o presbyter_n presume_v to_o do_v nothing_o at_o all_o without_o the_o knowledge_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o for_o a_o poor_a evasion_n he_o allege_v that_o these_o council_n by_o i_o cite_v though_o the_o ancient_a that_o be_v extant_a be_v under_o age_n which_o ill_o become_v he_o to_o object_n who_o have_v no_o witness_n to_o the_o contrary_a before_o this_o present_a age_n i_o will_v therefore_o produce_v one_o or_o two_o more_o who_o live_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o converse_v with_o they_o ignatius_n therefore_o in_o a_o epistle_n which_o the_o refuter_fw-la have_v before_o cite_v say_v magnes_fw-la that_o neither_o presbyter_n nor_o deacon_n ought_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o let_v any_o thing_n seem_v reasonable_a unto_o you_o which_o be_v do_v without_o his_o warrant_n to_o he_o i_o will_v adjoine_v a_o testimony_n of_o clement_n wish_v the_o reader_n to_o credit_v 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the_o cause_n but_o yet_o what_o shall_v these_o witness_n testify_v forsooth_o two_o thing_n first_o that_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n bb._n and_o minister_n be_v all_o one_o whereunto_o in_o the_o first_o place_n i_o answer_v that_o this_o deposition_n be_v not_o to_o the_o purpose_n in_o this_o argument_n i_o speak_v of_o what_o be_v in_o the_o first_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n but_o he_o will_v make_v his_o witness_n to_o depose_v what_o be_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n perhaps_o he_o will_v say_v the_o conscience_n must_v build_v itself_o upon_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n time_n but_o say_v i_o in_o this_o reason_n i_o prove_v that_o the_o episcopal_a government_n be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n because_o it_o be_v general_o and_o perpetual_o use_v in_o the_o next_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o apostle_n time_n which_o consequence_n himself_o have_v grant_v â—gainst_a the_o assumption_n therefore_o he_o 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