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ministerii_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la pedes_fw-la tibi_fw-la lavat_fw-la say_v st._n 1._o ambrose_n thou_o do_v arise_v out_o of_o the_o font_n what_o be_v next_o the_o chief_a priest_n be_v gird_v wash_v thy_o foot_n for_o though_o the_o presbyter_n officiate_v yet_o the_o derivation_n of_o his_o power_n be_v from_o the_o chief_a priest_n where_o he_o seem_v to_o make_v this_o ceremony_n proper_a only_o to_o the_o bishop_n as_o indeed_o so_o be_v all_o relate_n to_o baptism_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o antiquity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v smyrn_n ignatius_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o baptise_v without_o licence_n from_o the_o bishop_n dandi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la ius_fw-la habet_fw-la summus_fw-la sacerdos_n dein_fw-ge presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la so_o baptism_n tertullian_n the_o chief_a priest_n have_v power_n to_o administer_v baptism_n so_o also_o have_v 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episcoporum_fw-la est_fw-la preceptor_n &_o tomporibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la archiepiscopus_a cantuariensis_n solemniter_fw-la celebrat_fw-la divina_fw-la praesente_fw-la collegio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la chorum_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_n regere_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la observantia_fw-la &_o consuetudine_fw-la antiqua_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n in_o the_o college_n of_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v the_o preceptor_n and_o at_o such_o time_n as_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n officiate_v all_o the_o college_n of_o bishop_n be_v present_a he_o ought_v to_o govern_v and_o direct_v the_o choir_n insacred_a office_n and_o this_o he_o be_v to_o do_v by_o ancient_a custom_n and_o observation_n and_o perhaps_o upon_o this_o very_a score_n if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o some_o romanist_n affirm_v the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n be_v before_o the_o reformation_n constant_o and_o of_o course_n dean_n of_o the_o king_n chapel_n and_o chief_a appointer_n of_o the_o rite_n and_o 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