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compass_n i._o 3â—_n p._n de_fw-fr epise_v ad_fw-la cler._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reside_v cypr._n ep._n 51._o cum_fw-la jampridem_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la provinâ—as_fw-la &_o per_fw-la urbes_fw-la singulas_fw-la ordinari_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la uâ—â—_n ecclesiastici_fw-la ordinis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la câ—nâ—â—â—s_fw-la &_o osserâ—_n &_o â—ngit_fw-la â—sierailosâ—_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la in_o solus_fw-la tert._n exhort_v ad_fw-la castir_n cypr._n ep._n 2d_o heron_n advers._fw-la lucifer_n cypr._n ep._n 4â—_n 4â—_n cou._n antioch_n cap._n 5._o '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cone_n constant._n c._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 5._o cap._n 8._o 8._o 1_o cor._n 15._o as_o i_o have_v ordain_v in_o the_o church_n of_o galatia_n the_o same_o do_v you_o also_o also_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 8_o chrys._n in_o â—_o ad_fw-la tiâ—_n â—palialâ—_n inâ—â—ia_fw-la chrâ—â—â—â—â—_n â—cane_n l_o antioch_n caâ—_n 10._o â—_o â—_o cic._n fam._n ep._n 5._o si_fw-mi quid_fw-la na_fw-mi 〈…〉_z they_o aliquo_fw-la helleâ—â—â—â—â—io_fw-la controversiae_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o illâ—m_fw-la 〈◊〉_d rejicias_fw-la the_o suit_n which_o tully_n make_v wâ—s_o this_o that_o the_o party_n in_o who_o behalf_n he_o write_v to_o the_o propraetor_n may_v have_v his_o cause_n put_v over_o to_o that_o court_n which_o be_v hold_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o hellespont_n where_o the_o man_n do_v abide_v and_o not_o to_o his_o trouble_n be_v force_v to_o foâ—low_v they_o at_o ephesus_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a court_n in_o thâ—t_a province_n province_n cic._n add_v attic_a lib._n 5._o ep._n 12._o item_n 1._o observe_v d._n de_fw-fr officio_fw-la proconsulis_fw-la &_o legati_fw-la legati_fw-la lib._n 1._o tit._n 27._o l._n 1._o sect_n 1._o &_o 2._o sancimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la oriens_fw-la atquâ—_n illyricum_n ita_fw-la &_o africa_n praetoriana_fw-la maxima_fw-la potestate_fw-la specialiter_fw-la à _fw-la nostra_fw-la elementia_fw-la decoretur_fw-la cujus_fw-la sedem_fw-la 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can._n 9_o can._n 16._o can._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 23._o can._n 34._o callind_a in_o vita_fw-la chrysost._n hieron_n ep._n 91._o in_o what_o respect_v episcopal_a regiment_n have_v be_v gainsay_v of_o old_a by_o aerius_n aug._n de_fw-fr haen_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la deu_fw-mi aeriani_n ab_fw-la aerio_fw-la quodam_fw-la sunt_fw-la nominari_fw-la qui_fw-la qinum_fw-la eâ—â—er_fw-la presbyter_n docuisse_fw-la senâ—ur_fw-la quad_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ordioare_n dicibo_n episcopum_fw-la a_o presbytero_fw-la nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la debere_fw-la diseerni_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr haer_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o that_o he_o say_v the_o apostle_n do_v name_n sometime_o presbyter_n and_o not_o bishop_n â—_o tim._n 4._o 14._o sometime_o bishop_n and_o not_o presbyter_n phil_n â—_o â—_o because_o all_o church_n have_v not_o both_o for_o want_v of_o able_a and_o sufficient_a man_n in_o such_o church_n therefore_o as_o 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to_o stand_v thereunto_o it_o be_v a_o sentence_n of_o private_a persuasion_n and_o not_o of_o solemn_a jurisdiction_n albeit_o a_o king_n or_o a_o emperor_n pronounce_v it_o again_o on_o the_o contrary_a part_n when_o governor_n infect_v with_o heresy_n be_v possess_v of_o the_o high_a power_n they_o think_v they_o may_v use_v it_o as_o please_v themselves_o to_o further_a by_o all_o mean_v that_o opinion_n which_o they_o desire_v shall_v prevail_v they_o not_o respect_v at_o all_o what_o be_v meet_v presume_v to_o command_v and_o judge_v all_o man_n in_o all_o cause_n without_o either_o care_n of_o orderly_a proceed_n or_o regard_n to_o such_o law_n and_o custom_n as_o the_o church_n have_v be_v wont_a to_o observe_v so_o that_o the_o one_o sort_n fear_v to_o do_v even_o that_o which_o they_o may_v and_o that_o which_o the_o other_o ought_v not_o they_o bold_o presume_v upon_o the_o one_o sort_n of_o modesty_n excuse_v themselves_o where_o they_o scarce_o need_v the_o other_o though_o do_v that_o which_o be_v inexcusable_a bear_v it_o out_o with_o main_a power_n not_o endure_v to_o be_v tell_v by_o any_o man_n how_o far_o they_o rove_v beyond_o their_o bound_n so_o great_a odds_o be_v between_o they_o who_o before_o we_o mention_v and_o such_o as_o the_o young_a valentinian_n by_o who_o st._n ambrose_n be_v command_v to_o yield_v up_o one_o of_o the_o church_n under_o he_o unto_o the_o arrian_n whereas_o they_o which_o be_v send_v on_o his_o message_n allege_v that_o the_o emperor_n do_v but_o use_v his_o own_o right_n forasmuch_o as_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o his_o power_n the_o answer_n which_o the_o holy_a bishop_n give_v they_o be_v that_o the_o church_n be_v the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o that_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v yield_v up_o and_o dispose_v of_o it_o at_o the_o emperor_n will_v and_o pleasure_n his_o palace_n he_o may_v grant_v to_o whosoever_o he_o please_v but_o god_n own_o habitation_n not_o so_o a_o cause_n 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the_o cause_n be_v spiritual_a secular_a court_n do_v not_o meddle_v with_o it_o we_o need_v not_o excuse_v ourselves_o with_o ambrose_n but_o bold_o and_o lawful_o we_o may_v refuse_v to_o answer_v before_o any_o civil_a judge_n in_o a_o matter_n which_o be_v not_o civil_a so_o that_o we_o do_v not_o mistake_v either_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o cause_n or_o of_o the_o court_n as_o we_o easy_o may_v do_v both_o without_o some_o better_a direction_n than_o can_v be_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o this_o new-found_a discipline_n but_o of_o this_o most_o certain_a we_o be_v that_o our_o law_n do_v neither_o suffer_v a_o beat_v spiritual_a court_n to_o entertain_v those_o cause_n which_o by_o the_o law_n be_v civil_a nor_o yet_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v indeed_o spiritual_a a_o mere_a civil_a court_n to_o give_v judgement_n of_o it_o touch_v supreme_a power_n therefore_o to_o command_v all_o man_n and_o in_o all_o manner_n
caur-hoc_a &_o non_fw-la glomeratim_fw-la nee_n pre_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la simull_a iunctain_n pure_a â—â—â—saciendum_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la hor_o ipsu_fw-la invidiâ—_n conciten_v ur_fw-la &_o in_o even_v â—alive_a denegenar_n &_o ilum_fw-la inferiabiles_fw-la multum_fw-la volumus_fw-la â—â—m_fw-la perdamus_fw-la be_v consulite_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o providere_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la temperamento_fw-la be_v egi_fw-la ruid_n poth_a ira_fw-la ur_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la queque_fw-la qui_fw-la ille_fw-la apud_fw-la consessores_fw-la offer_n ant_n sinuâ—h_o cum_fw-la singull_n diaconis_fw-la pervices_fw-fr accâ—rum_fw-la qua_fw-la &_o metatio_fw-la personarum_fw-la &_o vecitiirudo_fw-la converient_a um_o minuis_fw-la invidiam_fw-la ep._n 5._o cypr._n lib._n 1._o ep._n 3._o acts._n 25._o a_o answer_n unto_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v object_v concern_v the_o difference_n between_o that_o power_n which_o bishop_n now_o have_v and_o that_o which_o ancient_a bishop_n have_v more_o than_o other_o presbyter_n liv._o lib._n 1._o dâ—câ—_n quando_fw-la epis._n sect_n igitur_fw-la eccl_n this_o p_o 14_o eccl._n discipl_n fol._n 41._o eccles._n discip._n p._n 41._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la sas_fw-la crae_fw-la aut_fw-la licebat_fw-la ut_fw-la interior_a ordinater_fw-la major_n in_o comment_n q._n ambros._n till_o hutioâ—ur_fw-fr in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cencil_n carthâ—e_n 4._o c._n 23._o cypr_fw-la â—_o ep_n 10._o &_o 14._o l._n â—_o ep._n 8._o concern_v the_o civil_a power_n and_o authority_n which_o our_o bishop_n have_v jer._n 29._o 2d_o 1_o cor._n 6._o vâ—l._n birnah_n eâ—sson_n aneâ—â—_n jer_n lib._n 40._o c._n 16._o aug._n the_o op_n monarch_n c._n 29_o â—_o tim._n 8._o 4._o convenit_fw-la hujuâ—modi_fw-la eligi_fw-la &_o ordinari_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la quibus_fw-la nec_fw-la liberi_fw-la sunt_fw-la nec_fw-la nepotes_fw-la etenim_fw-la fieri_fw-la vix_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la vacans_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quotiâ—â—ae_fw-la curis_fw-la quae_fw-la liberi_fw-la creant_fw-la parentibus_fw-la maximè_fw-la omne_fw-la studium_fw-la omnemque_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la circa_fw-la divinam_fw-la litugiam_fw-la &_o res_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la consumat_fw-la l._n 42_o sect_n 1_o c_o de_fw-fr episc._n &_o cles_n cles_n cum_fw-la multa_fw-la divinitus_fw-la pontifices_fw-la à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la invenia_fw-la atque_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la tum_fw-la nihil_fw-la praeclarius_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la vos_fw-la eoâ—dem_fw-la &_o religionibus_fw-la deorum_fw-la immortalum_fw-la &_o summae_fw-la reipub._n praesse_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la cic._n pro_fw-la domo_fw-la sua_fw-la ad_fw-la pontif._n pontif._n honour_n sacerdotii_fw-la firmamentum_fw-la porentiae_fw-la assumebatur_fw-la tacit._n hist._n lib._n 5._o he_o show_v the_o reason_n wherefore_o their_o ruler_n be_v also_o priest_n the_o join_n of_o these_o two_o power_n as_o now_o so_o then_o likewise_o profitable_a for_o the_o public_a state_n but_o in_o respect_n clean_o opposite_a and_o contrary_a for_o whereas_o then_o divine_a thing_n be_v more_o esteem_v be_v use_v as_o help_n for_o the_o countenance_n of_o secular_a power_n the_o case_n to_o these_o latter_a age_n be_v turn_v upside_o down_o earth_n have_v now_o bring_v heaven_n under_o foot_n and_o in_o the_o course_n of_o the_o world_n have_v of_o the_o two_o the_o great_a credit_n priesthood_n be_v then_o a_o strengthen_n to_o king_n which_o now_o be_v force_v to_o take_v strength_n and_o credit_n from_o far_o mean_a degree_n of_o civil_a authority_n hic_fw-la mos_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la eosdem_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la haberent_fw-la quorum_fw-la justitia_fw-la religioni_fw-la permixta_fw-la incredibile_fw-la quantum_fw-la evaluere_fw-la just._n hist_o l._n 39_o lib._n 41._o sect_n 22._o c._n de_fw-fr episc._n t._n c._n l._n 1._o p._n 126._o the_o argument_n answer_v whereby_o they_o will_v prove_v that_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o best_a in_o all_o age_n condemn_v the_o roll_a superiority_n of_o one_o minister_n over_o another_o t._n c._n l._n 1._o p._n 12._o t.c._n l._n 1._o p._n 10._o pag._n 95._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 39_o council_n carthag_n de_fw-mi haer_fw-mi baptizandis_fw-la lib._n 2._o ep._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d t._n c._n l._n 1._o p._n 113._o theod._n hist._n eccles._n l._n 1._o c._n â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heronymus_fw-la contra_fw-la lucifer_n saluccin_n ecclesiae_fw-la pemdere_fw-la dâ—cira_fw-la summi_fw-la sacerâ—uris_fw-la digmiate_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la episcopâ—_n idem_fw-la est_fw-la be_v hieronymo_n summos_fw-la sacerdoâ—_n quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o carthaginensi_fw-la concilio_n vide_fw-la c._n oâ—nes_fw-la 38._o do_v iâ—em_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr conseq_fw-fr do_v 5._o the_o second_o main_a thing_n wherein_o the_o state_n of_o bishop_n suffer_v 〈…〉_z their_o honor._n numb_a 16._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 17._o ecclus._n 38._o 1._o levit._fw-la 19_o 32._o ecclus._n 25.6_o prov._n 23._o 22._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 14._o psal._n 72._o 15._o what_o good_a do_v public_o grow_v from_o the_o prelacy_n prelacy_n quis_fw-la est_fw-la eaâ—â—_n vecors_fw-la qui_fw-la â—uâ—â—um_fw-la suspect_v criâ—_n in_o coelum_fw-la deos_fw-la eâ—e_fw-la non_fw-la senâ—aâ—_n &_o en_fw-fr quâ—â—â—anca_fw-la meaâ—â—_n siunt_fw-la ut_fw-la vix_fw-la quis_fw-la quam_fw-la arte_fw-la ulla_fw-la ondinem_fw-la rerum_fw-la ac_fw-la vicissicudinem_fw-la pierce_v qui_fw-la possiâ—_n caâ—â—_n sieri_fw-la poterâ—_n our_o cum_fw-la deos_fw-la esse_fw-la intell_n exerit_fw-la non_fw-fr intelliâ—aâ—_n eorem_fw-la nuralâ—ne_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la imperium_fw-la esse_fw-la narum_fw-la &_o aâ—ctum_fw-la &_o rerentum_fw-la â—_o cie_o orat._n the_o haruâ—_n respond_v respond_v tit._n 1._o l._n 3._o c._n de_fw-fr summatri_fw-la â—_o nit_n nit_n l._n 3._o c._n de_fw-fr episc._n â—â—_o cler._n cler._n l._n 34._o c._n 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