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whereby_o it_o may_v be_v more_o or_o less_o full_a great_a or_o lesser_a but_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v couple_v with_o a_o mate_n a_o brat_n of_o man_n invention_n ibi_fw-la de_fw-fr paenitentia_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 2._o munus_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancti_fw-la est_fw-la officium_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la jus_o autem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sarcti_fw-la in_fw-la solvend_fw-mi ligandisque_fw-la criminibuse_v ibi_fw-la deus_fw-mi par_fw-fr jus_o say_v ambrose_n &_o solvendi_fw-la esse_fw-la voluit_fw-la &_o ligandi_fw-la god_n will_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v equal_o as_o a_o right_n of_o lose_v so_o a_o right_a of_o bind_v and_o therefore_o he_o that_o have_v not_o the_o right_a of_o lose_v say_v he_o neither_o have_v he_o the_o right_n of_o bind_v and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o that_o have_v say_v he_o a_o right_a to_o loose_v he_o have_v a_o right_a to_o bind_v and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o same_o father_n say_v that_o this_o right_n or_o power_n of_o lose_v and_o bind_v be_v permit_v only_o to_o priest_n that_o be_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o thence_o conclude_v that_o heretic_n which_o have_v no_o priest_n can_v not_o challenge_v this_o power_n then_o this_o holy_a man_n show_v the_o spring_n of_o the_o same_o power_n he_o that_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v he_o receive_v the_o power_n both_o of_o lose_v and_o of_o bind_v as_o it_o be_v write_v receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 20._o jo._n 20._o who_o sius_fw-la you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n therefore_o he_o that_o can_v loose_v sin_n have_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o be_v 11._o si_fw-mi fictus_fw-la est_fw-la praesbyter_n aut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n disciplinae_fw-la effugiet_fw-la fictum_fw-la deest_fw-la saluti_fw-la ejus_fw-la ministerium_fw-la tamen_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la deserit_fw-la quo_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la salutem_fw-la operatur_fw-la aliorum_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la epist_n parmen_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 11._o as_o make_v he_o a_o able_a minister_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n for_o the_o
belong_v unto_o the_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v to_o see_v that_o all_o the_o presbyter_n do_v their_o duty_n assign_v to_o they_o and_o that_o the_o ministerial_a act_n not_o allot_v to_o any_o special_a presbyter_n be_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o bishop_n himself_o or_o by_o he_o who_o he_o will_v appoint_v to_o do_v they_o hierom_n mention_n one_o thing_n proper_a to_o a_o bishop_n evagriâ—m_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la evagriâ—m_fw-la what_o do_v a_o bishop_n say_v he_o except_v ordination_n which_o a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o do_v where_o he_o make_v ordination_n of_o presbytery_n to_o be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o a_o bishop_n which_o the_o presbyter_n be_v not_o to_o perform_v except_o perhaps_o in_o the_o bishop_n place_n and_o by_o his_o commission_n in_o some_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v hereafter_o not_o that_o the_o presbyter_n have_v no_o hand_n in_o ordination_n but_o that_o the_o principal_a act_n in_o it_o 3._o can._n 3._o be_v only_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n say_v 656._o sed_fw-la sola_fw-la propter_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdot_n o_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o consecratio_fw-la reservata_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-fr a_fw-fr multis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la disciplina_fw-la vendicata_fw-la concordiam_fw-la solveret_fw-la scandala_fw-la geneventur_fw-la isid_n de_fw-fr eccl._n offic_n c._n 7._o can._n 5._o circa_fw-la a_o 656._o when_o a_o presbyter_n be_v ordain_v the_o bishop_n blessing_n he_o and_o hold_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n let_v the_o presbyter_n also_o which_o be_v present_a lay_v their_o hand_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o four_o canon_n when_o a_o deacon_n be_v ordain_v let_v the_o bishop_n alone_o which_o bless_v he_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n because_o he_o be_v not_o consecrate_v to_o the_o priesthood_n but_o to_o a_o service_n where_o we_o be_v to_o observe_v that_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbyter_n be_v a_o condition_n antecedent_n requisite_a to_o the_o consecration_n of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o so_o proper_a to_o it_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v use_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o deacon_n much_o less_o of_o any_o other_o inferior_a officer_n the_o blessing_n be_v the_o act_n in_o ordination_n which_o be_v appropriate_v to_o the_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o hispâ—lis_n the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n consecrate_v by_o a_o bishop_n who_o have_v sore_a eye_n can_v not_o read_v be_v depose_v from_o the_o degree_n which_o they_o have_v ill_o get_v a_o presbyter_n have_v contrary_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n read_v the_o benediction_n the_o bishop_n perform_v in_o the_o church_n the_o chief_a office_n of_o preach_v and_o administration_n of_o the_o communion_n if_o he_o please_v none_o other_o be_v to_o do_v either_o in_o his_o presence_n but_o by_o his_o call_n sometime_o to_o show_v his_o power_n or_o out_o of_o envy_n idleness_n or_o disdain_n he_o neither_o will_v himself_o exhort_v the_o people_n nor_o require_v a_o presbyter_n to_o do_v it_o clericorum_fw-la ad_fw-la nepotianum_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la clericorum_fw-la which_o great_a fault_n hierom_n reprove_v in_o some_o church_n say_v he_o be_v a_o bad_a custom_n that_o the_o bishop_n be_v present_a the_o presbyter_n hold_v their_o peace_n as_o though_o the_o bishop_n envy_v or_o disdain_v to_o hear_v they_o some_o other_o thing_n be_v in_o some_o sort_n appropriate_v to_o the_o bishop_n but_o be_v not_o make_v so_o peculiar_a to_o he_o as_o ordination_n be_v nor_o be_v they_o all_o of_o they_o so_o ancient_a privilege_n nor_o of_o that_o weight_n for_o confirmation_n be_v the_o chief_a of_o they_o 4._o greg._n epist_n l._n 3._o ep._n 26._o conc._n carth._n 3._o c._n 32._o pseudambros_n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la eph._n c._n 4._o which_o in_o some_o case_n and_o place_n presbyter_n may_v and_o do_v usual_o perform_v the_o make_v of_o the_o chrism_n the_o sign_v of_o the_o baptize_v in_o the_o forehead_n with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n consecration_n of_o virgin_n of_o the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n be_v ceremony_n of_o less_o moment_n and_o some_o of_o they_o of_o a_o latter_a institution_n but_o notwithstanding_o that_o the_o bishop_n have_v in_o some_o thing_n a_o propriety_n and_o in_o all_o thing_n ecclesiastical_a a_o principality_n yet_o the_o presbyter_n have_v a_o subordinate_a power_n ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a in_o the_o one_o and_o in_o the_o other_o for_o the_o bishop_n can_v ordain_v no_o presbyter_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o presbyter_n and_o the_o imposition_n of_o their_o hand_n cyprian_n affirm_v that_o the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n preside_v with_o cornelius_n their_o bishop_n cornelium_n cyprian_n ep._n ad_fw-la cornelium_n the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n prohibit_v the_o bishop_n to_o hear_v any_o man_n cause_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o clergy_n and_o forbid_v he_o to_o give_v 23._o can._n 22._o can._n 23._o sell_v or_o change_v any_o thing_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n without_o consent_n and_o subscription_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o that_o there_o be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n between_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n as_o have_v of_o latter_a time_n be_v keep_v nor_o as_o be_v between_o a_o presbyter_n and_o a_o deacon_n 35._o can._n 34._o can._n 35._o do_v appear_v by_o some_o canon_n of_o the_o same_o ancient_a council_n which_o ordain_v that_o the_o bishop_n sit_v in_o any_o place_n suffer_v not_o a_o presbyter_n to_o stand_v and_o that_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n sit_v among_o the_o presbyter_n in_o a_o high_a seat_n but_o in_o the_o house_n must_v know_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o college_n or_o companion_n of_o the_o presbyter_n concern_v the_o distance_n between_o a_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n the_o canon_n of_o the_o synod_n say_v that_o a_o deacon_n be_v minister_v as_o well_o of_o the_o presbyter_n 21._o vide_fw-la conc._n nicenum_n c._n 14._o &_o arelat_n 1._o c._n 21._o as_o of_o the_o bishop_n that_o a_o deacon_n in_o the_o convention_n of_o the_o presbyter_n may_v speak_v only_o when_o he_o be_v ask_v and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o sit_v but_o when_o he_o be_v command_v by_o the_o presbyter_n 40._o can._n 37._o can._n 39_o can._n 40._o therefore_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o if_o after_o 300_o year_n since_o the_o decease_n of_o the_o apostle_n at_o which_o time_n the_o power_n of_o bishop_n be_v much_o enlarge_v there_o be_v no_o more_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n the_o difference_n be_v far_o less_o at_o that_o time_n between_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n than_o the_o birth_n of_o popery_n have_v make_v between_o they_o 3._o esai_n c._n 3._o hierom_n call_v the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n the_o bishop_n senate_n intimate_v thereby_o that_o the_o bishop_n ought_v to_o hear_v and_o determine_v ecclesiastical_a cause_n in_o the_o presence_n and_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o his_o presbyter_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o 22._o l._n 3._o epist_n 22._o long_o before_o the_o time_n of_o st._n hierome_n the_o holy_a martyr_n cyprian_n have_v with_o consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o place_n where_o he_o than_o be_v be_v absent_a from_o his_o own_o city_n and_o presbyter_n ordain_v one_o a_o reader_n and_o another_o a_o subdeacon_n he_o excuse_v himself_o by_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o presbyter_n of_o his_o own_o cathedral_n say_v that_o nothing_o new_a be_v do_v by_o he_o in_o their_o absence_n but_o what_o be_v begin_v in_o their_o common_a council_n be_v promote_v by_o urgent_a necessity_n their_o council_n therefore_o that_o be_v requisite_a in_o so_o small_a a_o matter_n be_v much_o more_o necessary_a in_o matter_n of_o great_a weight_n it_o be_v opportune_a here_o to_o consider_v the_o famous_a question_n 8._o sect._n 8._o whether_o in_o the_o first_o twenty_o year_n of_o the_o apostle_n preach_v something_a more_a or_o less_o the_o whole_a care_n of_o the_o church_n do_v in_o common_a belong_v to_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n of_o every_o church_n where_o no_o apostle_n be_v present_a nor_o evangelist_n nor_o any_o supply_n the_o place_n of_o a_o apostle_n or_o do_v the_o care_n and_o government_n of_o every_o church_n except_o where_o some_o invincible_a hindrance_n withstand_v belong_v unto_o one_o as_o principal_a and_o head_n and_o to_o the_o presbyter_n only_o as_o his_o senate_n and_o counsellor_n the_o ancient_n vary_v in_o this_o point_n aerii_fw-la contra_fw-la haeres_fw-la aerii_fw-la epiphanius_n and_o some_o other_o affirm_v that_o the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v institute_v by_o the_o apostle_n distinct_a from_o the_o office_n of_o the_o apostle_n evangelist_n prophet_n and_o presbyter_n 2._o ultra_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la gradus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la intra_fw-la hunc_fw-la gradum_fw-la
antonianum_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la heliodorum_n conc._n sardicens_fw-la c._n 13._o canon_n in_o use_n in_o the_o second_o century_n when_o it_o be_v make_v it_o be_v not_o know_v which_o require_v that_o every_o one_o that_o will_v be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n shall_v begin_v with_o and_o for_o some_o set_a time_n officiate_v in_o the_o low_a office_n and_o so_o by_o degree_n ascend_v to_o the_o episcopacy_n if_o the_o church_n do_v desire_v his_o advancement_n yet_o we_o find_v that_o some_o laic_n yea_o some_o unbaptised_a person_n have_v be_v by_o the_o clergy_n and_o people_n choose_v bishop_n as_o ambrose_n nectarius_n and_o other_o 12._o paulinus_n in_o vita_fw-la ambrosij_fw-la niceph._n callist_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 12._o c._n 12._o who_o leap_v over_o the_o inferior_a office_n and_o the_o time_n wherein_o they_o shall_v have_v give_v proof_n of_o their_o faithfulness_n and_o industry_n in_o the_o order_n of_o presbytery_n have_v be_v baptize_v make_v presbyter_n and_o then_o bishop_n within_o few_o day_n and_o some_o it_o may_v be_v take_v these_o two_o last_o order_n in_o the_o same_o hour_n but_o this_o be_v very_o rare_a and_o by_o dispensation_n or_o be_v liable_a to_o a_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n when_o any_o under_o the_o degree_n of_o a_o presbyter_n be_v by_o the_o ignorance_n or_o perverseness_n of_o some_o bishop_n ordain_v a_o bishop_n nothing_o do_v by_o he_o be_v esteem_v valid_a but_o what_o his_o former_a degree_n do_v warrant_v or_o a_o laic_a might_n in_o necessity_n do_v until_o he_o be_v make_v a_o presbyter_n bellarmine_n say_v true_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o one_o shall_v be_v ordain_v a_o bishop_n fit_a to_o officiate_v which_o be_v not_o before_o a_o presbyter_n or_o do_v not_o take_v both_o order_n together_o for_o say_v he_o episcopacy_n include_v presbytery_n in_o its_o essence_n and_o a_o bishop_n no_o presbyter_n be_v a_o figment_n 5._o de_fw-fr sacramento_n ordinis_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 5._o a_o bishop_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o first_o or_o chief_a presbyter_n whence_o he_o do_v right_o infer_v that_o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n compare_v with_o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o presbyter_n be_v be_v in_o itself_o precise_o consider_v inferior_a to_o it_o as_o be_v of_o no_o efficacy_n as_o to_o act_n mere_o ecclesiastical_a and_o which_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n can_v execute_v here_o some_o doubt_n be_v raise_v which_o by_o divers_a be_v diverse_o resolve_v as_o whether_o christ_n do_v ordain_v the_o apostle_n in_o the_o first_o place_n presbyter_n and_o after_o that_o bishop_n and_o if_o so_o when_o be_v this_o do_v or_o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o christ_n make_v they_o apostle_n presbyter_n and_o bishop_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o ordination_n how_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v that_o christ_n give_v the_o apostle_n the_o power_n now_o proper_a to_o bishop_n not_o only_o as_o they_o be_v extraordinary_a officer_n but_o also_o as_o they_o be_v to_o have_v successor_n and_o not_o rather_o that_o christ_n reserve_v those_o power_n as_o they_o be_v to_o be_v convey_v by_o succession_n to_o be_v give_v in_o a_o more_o convenient_a time_n it_o be_v general_o acknowledge_v that_o presbyter_n be_v virtual_o ordain_v when_o the_o apostle_n be_v ordain_v if_o christ_n make_v the_o apostle_n both_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n in_o one_o ordination_n how_o dare_v the_o church_n alter_v our_o saviour_n ordinance_n as_o to_o ordain_v they_o by_o two_o actual_a ordination_n who_o he_o himself_o have_v ordain_v in_o one_o virtual_a ordination_n to_o say_v that_o our_o bless_a saviour_n ordain_v the_o apostle_n first_o presbyter_n and_o afterward_o bishop_n be_v to_o affirm_v that_o which_o the_o evangelist_n do_v not_o mention_v to_o preach_v baptise_v administer_v the_o lord_n supper_n to_o feed_v the_o sheep_n to_o bind_v and_o loose_v all_o these_o office_n appear_v by_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o 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they_o be_v beg_v of_o god_n in_o the_o precede_a and_o also_o in_o the_o subsequent_a prayer_n and_o as_o they_o be_v pronounce_v by_o the_o bishop_n supply_v the_o place_n and_o instead_o of_o christ_n they_o be_v christ_n benediction_n and_o a_o signification_n of_o his_o operative_a will_n in_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n unto_o some_o that_o be_v presbyter_n in_o their_o ordination_n to_o authorise_v they_o to_o do_v the_o external_a act_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v etc._n etc._n and_o to_o accompany_v those_o act_n due_o exercise_v in_o the_o union_n and_o communion_n of_o the_o true_o catholic_n church_n and_o unto_o other_o that_o be_v bishop_n in_o their_o ordination_n to_o authorise_v and_o enable_v they_o for_o the_o eminent_a universal_a and_o presidential_a use_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v before_o receive_v in_o their_o presbyterial_a ordination_n and_o for_o the_o sole_a exercise_n of_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n and_o to_o 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of_o that_o first_o key_n be_v extend_v thus_o far_o he_o who_o flourish_v about_o the_o year_n 1240._o in_o the_o word_n who_o sin_n you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n remission_n must_v not_o be_v take_v precise_o for_o the_o take_v away_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n or_o the_o reconcile_n of_o paenitent_o upon_o their_o private_a or_o public_a repentance_n for_o sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n but_o also_o for_o the_o take_v away_o the_o power_n and_o reign_v of_o sin_n which_o be_v do_v by_o infuse_a grace_n which_o have_v remove_v the_o spiritual_a darkness_n and_o death_n illuminate_v the_o soul_n and_o make_v it_o alive_a to_o god_n every_o part_n of_o the_o presbyterial_a function_n tend_v to_o this_o last_o effect_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o former_a although_o one_o pastoral_a office_n may_v be_v more_o especial_o direct_v to_o the_o former_a and_o another_o in_o a_o more_o special_a manner_n to_o the_o latter_a effect_n the_o father_n do_v often_o apply_v those_o word_n in_o st._n 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people_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n and_o the_o encouragement_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o after_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n incline_v the_o people_n to_o make_v confession_n of_o their_o secret_a enormity_n to_o the_o church_n or_o pastor_n not_o because_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o because_o it_o be_v find_v very_o profitable_a as_o the_o time_n and_o person_n be_v then_o qualify_v and_o public_a offender_n be_v bring_v to_o public_a repentance_n and_o this_o be_v due_o perform_v be_v public_o reconcile_v to_o god_n and_o his_o church_n these_o thing_n be_v so_o frequent_a and_o solemn_a yet_o very_o irksome_a and_o grievous_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n it_o be_v very_o necessary_a for_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n to_o put_v the_o people_n daily_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o those_o confession_n and_o penitence_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o both_o as_o to_o scandalous_a offence_n in_o order_n to_o a_o public_a reconciliation_n which_o they_o 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