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constitute_v to_o this_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d three_o that_o they_o have_v such_o authority_n entru_v into_o their_o hand_n as_o that_o they_o may_v interdict_v such_o as_o be_v scandalous_a from_o the_o public_a assembly_n we_o will_v glad_o know_v whether_o these_o be_v not_o as_o it_o be_v lay_v elder_n that_o there_o be_v such_o in_o the_o church_n distinguish_v from_o other_o that_o be_v call_v to_o teach_v appear_v 137._o augustine_n write_v to_o his_o charge_n direct_v his_o epistle_n dilectissimis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la clero_fw-la senioribus_fw-la &_o universae_fw-la plebi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hipponensis_n where_o first_o there_o be_v the_o general_a compellation_n fratribus_fw-la brethren_n than_o there_o be_v a_o distribution_n of_o these_o brethren_n into_o the_o clergy_n the_o elder_n and_o the_o whole_a people_n so_o that_o there_o be_v in_o that_o church_n elder_n distinguish_v both_o from_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o people_n so_o again_o contra_fw-la cresconium_fw-la grammaticum_fw-la omnes_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cap._n presbyteri_fw-la diaconi_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la scitis_fw-la all_o you_o bishop_n elder_n deacon_n and_o elder_n do_v know_v what_o be_v those_o two_o sort_n of_o elder_n there_o mention_v in_o one_o comma_n &_o ibidem_fw-la cap._n 56._o peregrinus_n presbyter_n &_o seniores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la musticanae_fw-la regiones_fw-la tale_n desiderium_fw-la prosequuntur_fw-la where_o
which_o possible_o they_o can_v and_o dare_v either_o oppose_v themselves_o against_o it_o or_o defer_v and_o hinder_v it_o the_o deficiency_n of_o zeal_n and_o courage_n even_o in_o those_o bishop_n who_o afterward_o prove_v martyr_n witness_v the_o sharp_a contention_n of_o ridley_n against_o hooper_n for_o the_o ceremony_n and_o the_o importunate_a suit_n of_o cranmer_n and_o ridley_n for_o toleration_n of_o the_o mass_n for_o the_o king_n sister_n which_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o king_n not_o only_o reason_n but_o tear_n whereby_o the_o young_a king_n show_v more_o zeal_n than_o his_o best_a bishop_n 839._o the_o inhuman_a butchery_n bloodsheddings_a and_o cruelty_n of_o gardiner_n bonner_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o queen_n mary_n day_n be_v so_o fresh_a in_o every_o man_n memory_n as_o that_o we_o conceive_v it_o a_o thing_n altogether_o unnecessary_a to_o make_v mention_n of_o they_o only_o we_o fear_v lest_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o blood_n then_o shed_v 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outside_n and_o to_o tread_v down_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n insomuch_o as_o it_o be_v come_v to_o a_o ordinary_a proverb_n that_o when_o any_o thing_n be_v spoil_v we_o use_v to_o say_v the_o bishop_n foot_n have_v be_v in_o it_o and_o in_o all_o this_o and_o much_o more_o which_o may_v be_v say_v fulfil_v bishop_n bonner_n prophecy_n who_o when_o he_o see_v that_o in_o king_n edward_n reformation_n there_o be_v a_o reservation_n of_o ceremony_n and_o hierarchy_n be_v credible_o report_v to_o have_v use_v these_o word_n since_o they_o have_v begin_v to_o taste_v of_o our_o broth_n it_o will_v not_o be_v long_o ere_o they_o will_v eat_v of_o our_o beef_n finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 23._o pag._n 1._o pag._n 2._o pag._n 3._o pag._n 6._o pag._n 2._o pag_n 7._o untruth_n râ—moâ—â—_n pag_n 8._o malmesbury_n lib._n 4._o hist._n council_n trid._n pag._n 9_o liturgy_n pag._n 10._o 10._o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la malarum_fw-la deuâ—lutae_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sponâ—a_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la exempla_fw-la sectentuâ—_n &_o ad_fw-la celebranda_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la coelestia_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la lux_fw-la muâ—uetur_fw-la de_fw-la tenebâ—â—â—_n &_o â—d_a faciant_fw-la christiani_fw-la quod_fw-la antichristi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 74._o page_n 13._o iust._n mar._n apost_n 2._o tert._n ap._n ad_fw-la gen._n c._n 39_o iust._n mar._n apost_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n la._n can._n 18._o conc._n carth._n 3_o can._n 23._o anno_fw-la 397._o conc._n milev_n 2._o can._n 12._o an._n 416._o pag._n 10._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 11._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr con._n li_n 4._o cap._n 18._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 12._o pag._n 13._o d._n corbet_n m._n novel_a pag._n 13._o pag._n 13._o pag._n 13_o 14._o abbot_n against_o church_n â—oâ—sakers_n ob._n answ._n pag._n 17._o pag._n 17._o pag._n 17._o 17._o pag._n 2._o 2._o one_o of_o these_o son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n who_o messenger_n this_o remonstrance_n be_v be_v he_o who_o swear_v by_o the_o eternal_a god_n he_o will_v be_v the_o death_n of_o those_o that_o do_v appear_v to_o move_v against_o the_o grievance_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o if_o the_o rest_n of_o these_o million_o mention_v pag._n 2._o who_o be_v thousand_o be_v so_o punctual_o calculate_v p._n 41_o be_v of_o his_o spirit_n they_o be_v a_o army_n of_o very_o peaceable_a &_o right-affected_n man_n pag._n 7._o evaristus_n 100_o dionysius_n 260._o some_o say_v 267._o as_o pol._n virg._n joh._n mayor_n l._n 2._o hist._n the_o gest_n scot._n cap._n 2._o heylins_n geog._n p._n 55._o gener._n hist._n of_o spain_n l._n 22_o pag._n 9_o pag._n 18._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 18._o 18._o frustra_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la nobis_fw-la opponunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la major_a sit_fw-la uâ—riâ—tate_n aut_fw-la non_fw-la id_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la sâ—quenduâ—_n quoth_v in_o melius_fw-la â—uerit_fw-la à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it râ—velatum_fw-la cypr_fw-la ep._n 73._o 73._o it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o gerhaâ—d_n that_o a_o bishop_n â—hrasi_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la that_o be_v a_o bishop_n that_o be_v the_o same_o with_o a_o presbyter_n be_v of_o fifteen_o hundred_o year_n stand_v but_o a_o bishop_n â—hrosi_fw-la ponâ—_n siâ—iâ_fw-la that_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n superior_a to_o a_o presbyter_n invest_v with_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n and_o jurisdiction_n be_v but_o a_o novel_a invention_n pag._n 19_o pag._n 19_o 19_o what_o the_o establishment_n of_o episcopacy_n by_o the_o law_n iâ—_n and_o upon_o what_o ground_v the_o learned_a sir_n edward_n cook_n inform_v we_o who_o report_v that_o in_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n hold_v at_o carlisle_n in_o the_o 25._o year_n of_o edw._n 1._o it_o be_v declare_v that_o the_o holy_a church_n of_o england_n be_v found_v in_o the_o state_n of_o prelacy_n within_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n by_o the_o king_n and_o hâ—s_a progenitour_n etc._n etc._n for_o they_o to_o inform_v the_o people_n in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o to_o keep_v hospitality_n and_o give_v almeâ—_n and_o do_v other_o work_n of_o charity_n and_o the_o say_a king_n in_o time_n past_a be_v wont_a to_o have_v their_o advice_n and_o counsel_n for_o the_o safeguard_n of_o the_o realm_n when_o they_o have_v need_n of_o such_o prelate_n and_o clerk_n so_o advance_v cook_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regis_fw-la ecclesiastâ—co_fw-la but_o whether_o bishop_n have_v observe_v the_o order_n of_o their_o first_o foundation_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 19_o 20._o pag._n 21._o pag._n 8._o pag._n 24._o hierony_n ep._n ad_fw-la euag._n &_o ad_fw-la ocea_n iren._n adver_o haer_fw-mi l._n 4._o cap._n 43.44_o hist._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 23._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr cleric_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 15._o 15._o presbyte_v 〈◊〉_d secut_fw-la epâ—sâ—â—pis_fw-la 〈…〉_z dâ—icommissa_fw-la est_fw-la presunt_fw-la eum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o consecratâ—one_n domiâ—ici_n 〈…〉_z conserve_n 〈…〉_z eâ—iâ—copis_n &_o 〈◊〉_d in_o doctrina_fw-la populorum_fw-la &_o in_fw-la 〈…〉_z proptâ—r_o autoritâ—tem_fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdott_n clericorum_fw-la ordinaâ—io_fw-la reseruâ—â—a_fw-la â—st_fw-la coâ—â—â—_n 1_o 〈◊〉_d priâ—_n m_o can._n 8._o eâ—â—ngeliâ—m_fw-la â—â—but_fw-la he_o qui_fw-la praeâ—unt_fw-la ecclesie_n maâ—â—atum_fw-la docendi_fw-la evangâ—lii_fw-la remâ—ttâ—â—di_fw-la pecâ—â—â—â—_n admâ—â—â—straâ—di_fw-la saâ—ramenta_fw-la praeâ—erea_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la videlicet_fw-la maâ—datum_fw-la excommâ—nâ—andi_fw-la choose_fw-la qâ—â—rum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o resipiscen_n es_fw-la rursum_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la ac_fw-la omaâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d etiam_fw-la adversâ—rioruâ—_n 〈◊〉_d hinc_fw-la potestaâ—em_fw-la jare_fw-la divino_fw-la commâ—â—_n 〈…〉_z qui_fw-fr presant_fw-mi ecclesiae_fw-la sive_fw-la pastor_n voâ—â—atur_fw-la sive_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sive_fw-la eâ—isâ—opi_n sâ—ripâ—â—â—_n philip._n melanch_n in_o conventu_fw-la smalcald_a anno._n 1540_o a_fw-fr precipuis_fw-fr illarâ—m_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dictoribus_fw-la commani_fw-la consensu_fw-la comprobatum_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la &_o jurisdictione_n episcâ—porum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jerom._n isa._n 3._o igna._n epis._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la conc._n ancyr_n can._n 18._o pag._n 20._o tertull._n tertull._n at_o ubi_fw-la omne_fw-la â—oca_fw-la circumplexa_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la â—conventicula_n conâ—itula_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o caeperunt_fw-la râ—ctores_fw-la &_o caetera_fw-la ossiâ—â—a_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sunt_fw-la ordinata_fw-la caepit_fw-la aliot_n ordine_fw-la &_o providentia_fw-la gâ—bernari_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ideo_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la scâ—ipta_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la inter_fw-la iâ—sa_fw-la primordia_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la naâ—_n &_o timotheâ—m_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la creatum_fw-la episcopam_fw-la uncap_n etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la quia_fw-la caeâ—erunt_fw-la sequentes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la indign_n inventri_fw-la ad_fw-la pruratus_fw-la tâ—nendos_fw-la immuâ—ata_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n hierom_n ad_fw-la evag._n ambros._n ubi_fw-la prius_fw-la grego_n naz._n orat._n 28._o pag._n 21.22_o greg._n nazi_n ubi_fw-la prius_fw-la pag._n 22._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 23._o 23._o plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la maximè_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la vel_fw-la eligendi_fw-la dignos_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la indignos_fw-la