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matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a custom_n but_o of_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n which_o bid_v the_o bishop_n first_o in_o all_o his_o ordination_n to_o consult_v with_o his_o clergy_n ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sine_fw-la concilio_n clericorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la clericos_fw-la non_fw-la ordinet_fw-la 22._o that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v not_o ordain_v a_o clergy_n man_n without_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o clergy_n this_o be_v cyprian_n practice_n epist._n 33._o second_o in_o his_o ordination_n to_o take_v the_o concurrent_a assistance_n of_o his_o presbyter_n 3._o cum_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la presbyter_n episcopo_fw-la eum_fw-la benedicente_fw-la &_o manum_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la tenente_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la sunt_fw-la manus_fw-la svas_fw-la juxta_fw-la manum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sut_fw-la er_fw-mi caput_fw-la illius_fw-la teneant_fw-la 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 all_o the_o presbyter_n that_o be_v present_a shall_v likewise_o lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n with_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o which_o
canon_n we_o have_v the_o unanimous_a vote_n of_o two_o hundred_o and_o fourteen_o bishop_n declare_v that_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n tim._n and_o whereas_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o hierome_n and_o chrysostome_n affirm_v bishop_n to_o differ_v from_o presbyter_n in_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n seem_v to_o imply_v that_o that_o power_n be_v sole_o they_o here_o we_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v observe_v first_o that_o these_o father_n put_v all_o the_o difference_n that_o lie_v between_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n to_o be_v in_o point_n of_o ordination_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la presbyter_n exceptá_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la and_o therefore_o chrysostome_n himself_o confess_v that_o in_o his_o day_n there_o be_v little_a or_o no_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyterum_fw-la interest_n fermè_fw-la nihil_fw-la etc._n etc._n tim_n second_o that_o this_o difference_n be_v not_o so_o to_o he_o understand_v as_o if_o these_o father_n do_v hold_v it_o to_o be_v by_o divine_a right_n as_o bellarmin_n and_o our_o episcopal_a man_n will_v make_v we_o believe_v but_o by_o a_o humane_a constitution_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v not_o speak_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la but_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o quid_fw-la debet_fw-la facere_fw-la and_o this_o hierom_n confess_v so_o leo_fw-la prim_fw-la ep_n 88_o upon_o complaint_n of_o unlawful_a ordination_n write_v to_o the_o german_a and_o french_a bishop_n reckon_v up_o what_o thing_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n among_o which_o he_o set_v down_o presbyterorum_fw-la &_o diaconorum_fw-la consecratio_fw-la and_o then_o add_v sacerdoti_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la solis_fw-la deberi_fw-la summis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la canonam_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la so_o that_o for_o this_o power_n of_o ordination_n they_o be_v more_o beholden_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n then_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o god_n word_n three_o we_o answer_v that_o this_o very_a humane_a difference_n be_v not_o in_o the_o primitive_a antiquity_n it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o cyprian_n time_n as_o we_o even_o now_o show_v and_o when_o it_o do_v prevail_v it_o be_v but_o a_o particular_a custom_n and_o sometime_o usurpation_n of_o some_o church_n for_o it_o be_v otherwise_o appoint_v in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n and_o in_o egypt_n and_o other_o place_n as_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o section_n and_o even_o in_o chrysostom_n time_n it_o be_v so_o little_o approve_v of_o that_o it_o be_v one_o great_a accusation_n against_o chrysostome_n himself_o that_o he_o make_v ordination_n without_o the_o presbytery_n and_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o clergy_n this_o be_v quote_v by_o bishop_n downam_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o pag._n 176._o sect_n ix_o 28._o noâ—_n have_v the_o bishop_n of_o former_a time_n more_o right_a to_o the_o power_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n then_o of_o sole_a ordination_n and_o here_o we_o have_v confitentem_fw-la reum_fw-la our_o very_a adversary_n confess_v the_o vote_n of_o antiquity_n be_v with_o we_o cyprian_n profess_v that_o he_o will_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o clergy_n 97._o nay_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o without_o they_o nay_o he_o dare_v not_o take_v upon_o he_o alone_o to_o determine_v that_o which_o of_o right_n do_v belong_v to_o all_o and_o have_v he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v so_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n condemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n as_o irritanisi_fw-la clericorum_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la confirmetur_fw-la will_v you_o know_v the_o particular_n wherein_o the_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n of_o judicature_n without_o their_o presbyter_n first_o in_o judge_v and_o censure_v presbyter_n themselves_o and_o their_o doctrine_n 6._o for_o this_o the_o canon_n law_n in_o gratian_n be_v full_a and_o clear_a episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconum_fw-la sine_fw-la synodo_fw-la &_o senioribus_fw-la thus_o basill_n counsel_v and_o practise_v epist_n 75._o so_o ambr._n lib._n 10._o epist_n 80._o cyril_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la johannem_fw-la antiochen_n thus_o gregory_n ad_fw-la johan._n panor_n mitan_fw-mi lib._n 11._o epist_n 49._o second_o in_o judge_v of_o the_o conversation_n or_o crime_n of_o any_o of_o the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n 7._o penes_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la est_fw-la disciplina_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la homines_fw-la meliores_fw-la that_o discipline_n that_o work_v emendation_n in_o man_n be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o elder_n and_o therefore_o when_o any_o be_v question_v in_o point_n of_o conversation_n he_o be_v bring_v say_v tertullian_n into_o the_o congregation_n where_o be_v exhortation_n castigation_n and_o divine_a censure_n gent._n and_o who_o have_v the_o chief_a stroke_n in_o these_o censure_n he_o tell_v we_o after_o precedent_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la all_o the_o approve_a elder_n sit_v as_o precedent_n and_o those_o censure_n that_o pass_v by_o the_o whole_a presbytery_n be_v more_o approve_v by_o the_o church_n in_o ancient_a time_n than_o such_o as_o be_v pass_v by_o one_o man_n for_o we_o find_v that_o when_o syagrius_n and_o ambrose_n pass_v sentence_n in_o the_o same_o case_n the_o church_n be_v unsatisfied_a in_o the_o sentence_n of_o syagrius_n because_o he_o pass_v it_o sine_fw-la alicujus_fw-la fratris_fw-la consilio_fw-la without_o the_o counsel_n or_o consent_v of_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n but_o be_v pacify_v with_o the_o sentence_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n because_o say_v he_o hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la cum_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o consacerdotibus_fw-la participatum_fw-la processerit_fw-la syagrium_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o kind_n of_o censure_n that_o the_o bishop_n do_v administer_v alone_o admonition_n be_v give_v by_o the_o elder_n augustine_n tell_v we_o the_o elder_n do_v admonish_v such_o as_o be_v offender_n 19_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v origen_n contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la lib._n 3._o sup_n so_o excommunication_n though_o that_o be_v the_o dreadful_a thunder_n of_o the_o church_n and_o as_o tertullian_n call_v it_o sumntum_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicij_fw-la the_o great_a forerunner_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n be_v never_o vibrate_v but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n yet_o be_v no_o one_o man_n in_o the_o church_n invest_v with_o this_o power_n more_o than_o another_o therefore_o say_v demet._n hierom_n presbytero_fw-la si_fw-la peccavero_fw-la licet_fw-la i_o tradere_fw-la satanae_fw-la in_o interitum_fw-la carnis_fw-la if_o i_o sin_n a_o presbyter_n not_o a_o bishop_n only_o may_v deliver_v i_o to_o satan_n to_o the_o destruction_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o reader_n may_v please_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o saint_n hierom_n speak_v not_o of_o one_o particular_a presbyter_n but_o of_o the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n the_o same_o s._n hierom_n say_v again_o sunt_fw-la quos_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la reprehendit_fw-la quos_fw-la interdum_fw-la abijcit_fw-la in_fw-la quos_fw-la non_fw-la nunquam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o clericorum_fw-la censura_fw-la desaevit_fw-la there_o be_v some_o who_o the_o church_n reprove_v and_o some_o which_o she_o cast_v out_o against_o who_o the_o censure_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n sharp_o proceed_v where_o we_o see_v the_o censure_n whereby_o wicked_a man_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o in_o the_o sole_a hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o likewise_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n syricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n signify_v to_o the_o church_n of_o milan_n that_o jovinianus_n auxentius_n etc._n etc._n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n for_o ever_o and_o he_o set_v down_o how_o they_o do_v it_o 80._o omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la tam_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la quam_fw-la diaconâ—rum_fw-la quam_fw-la totius_fw-la etiam_fw-la cleri_fw-la sciscitata_fw-la fuit_fw-la sententia_fw-la there_o be_v a_o concurrence_n of_o all_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o the_o whole_a clergy_n in_o that_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n the_o truth_n herein_o may_v be_v further_o evidence_v by_o this_o because_o the_o whole_a clergy_n as_o well_o as_o the_o bishop_n impose_v hand_n upon_o such_o as_o repent_v be_v absolve_v nec_fw-la ad_fw-la communicationem_fw-la say_v cyprian_n venire_fw-la quis_fw-la possit_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la manus_fw-la illi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la imposita_fw-la 12._o no_o man_n that_o have_v be_v excommunicate_v may_v return_v to_o church-communion_n delictis_fw-la before_o hand_n have_v be_v lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n also_o write_v to_o his_o clergy_n concern_v lapse_v christian_n he_o tell_v they_o exomologesi_fw-la facta_fw-la &_o manu_fw-la eye_v à _fw-la vobis_fw-la in_o poenitentiam_fw-la impositâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o after_o confession_n and_o the_o lay_n on_o their_o hand_n they_o may_v be_v commend_v unto_o god_n so_o when_o certain_a return_v from_o their_o heresy_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n
the_o crime_n be_v so_o public_a that_o it_o may_v deserve_o be_v call_v notorious_a which_o law_n further_a determine_v what_o be_v notorious_a say_v offensam_fw-la illam_fw-la nos_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la manifestam_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la confessionem_fw-la vel_fw-la probationem_fw-la legitime_fw-la nota_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la evidentiâ_fw-la rei_fw-la quae_fw-la nulla_fw-la possit_fw-la tergiversatione_fw-la celari_fw-la we_o count_v that_o offence_n manifest_a which_o either_o by_o confession_n or_o by_o lawful_a proof_n come_v to_o be_v know_v or_o by_o evidence_n of_o fact_n so_o as_o it_o can_v be_v hide_v by_o no_o tergiversation_n so_o that_o all_o be_v do_v in_o former_a time_n with_o mature_a deliberation_n upon_o examination_n and_o evidence_n produce_v and_o prove_v by_o such_o witness_n as_o against_o who_o the_o defendant_n can_v lay_v in_o no_o just_a exception_n and_o not_o as_o now_o a_o accusation_n whisper_v against_o a_o man_n he_o know_v not_o by_o who_o to_o which_o he_o must_v take_v his_o oath_n to_o answer_v before_o he_o know_v what_o his_o accusation_n be_v which_o oath_n if_o he_o take_v without_o further_a witness_n he_o be_v censure_v upon_o the_o witness_n of_o his_o own_o oath_n if_o he_o take_v it_o not_o he_o be_v send_v present_o to_o prison_n there_o to_o lie_v without_o bail_n or_o mainprize_n till_o the_o insupportable_a misery_n of_o his_o long_a durance_n compel_v he_o to_o take_v on_o oath_n against_o nature_n scripture_n conscience_n and_o the_o just_a defence_n of_o his_o own_o innocency_n that_o our_o bishop_n therefore_o and_o former_a bishop_n be_v two_o in_o the_o point_n of_o execute_v their_o judicatory_a power_n we_o need_v spend_v no_o more_o time_n to_o prove_v but_o come_v to_o the_o three_o thing_n in_o which_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o former_a bishop_n be_v to_o be_v evidence_v sect_n xii_o and_o that_o be_v state_n employment_n or_o attendance_n upon_o civil_a and_o secular_a affair_n etc._n etc._n which_o both_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n prohibit_v which_o prohibition_n reach_v every_o bishop_n to_o speak_v in_o chrysostom_n word_n as_o well_o as_o timothy_n tim_n to_o who_o it_o be_v direct_v nullus_fw-la ergo_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la praeditus_fw-la haec_fw-la audire_fw-la detrectet_fw-la sed_fw-la agere_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la detrectet_fw-la let_v no_o man_n that_o be_v a_o bishop_n refuse_v to_o hear_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v but_o to_o do_v what_o the_o apostle_n forbid_v we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o bishop_n be_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n often_o encumber_v with_o secular_a business_n but_o these_o be_v put_v upon_o they_o sometime_o by_o emperor_n who_o seek_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o church_n as_o julian_n of_o who_o niceph._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 13._o do_v report_n â—1_n that_o in_o clerum_fw-la coaptatos_fw-la senatorum_fw-la munere_fw-la &_o ministerio_fw-la perverse_a fungi_fw-la jussit_fw-la sometime_o the_o gracious_a disposition_n of_o prince_n towards_o christian_a religion_n make_v they_o thus_o to_o honour_v bishop_n think_v thereby_o to_o advance_v religion_n as_o constantine_n the_o great_a enact_v that_o such_o as_o be_v to_o be_v try_v before_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v have_v leave_n to_o appeal_v ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la atque_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ratam_fw-la esse_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la imperatore_n prolatum_fw-la and_o this_o the_o historian_n reckon_v as_o one_o argument_n of_o his_o reverend_a respect_n to_o religion_n sometime_o the_o excellency_n of_o their_o singular_a part_n cast_v civil_a dignity_n upon_o they_o tiberius_n grant_v a_o questor_n dignity_n unto_o a_o bishop_n for_o his_o eloquence_n chrysostome_n for_o his_o notable_a stoutness_n and_o freedom_n of_o speech_n be_v send_v as_o the_o fit_a man_n to_o gainas_n with_o the_o emperor_n command_n sometime_o the_o people_n observe_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v much_o honour_v 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