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episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyterum_fw-la interest_n fermè_fw-la nihil_fw-la solâ_fw-la quip_n ordinatione_fw-la superiores_fw-la illi_fw-la sunt_fw-la chrys_n in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o hom._n 11._o tom_n 4._o col_fw-fr 1485._o he_o there_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n no_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n only_o in_o ordination_n bishop_n have_v the_o custom_n the_o not_o by_o scripture_n as_o be_v plain_a by_o 1_o tim._n 4.14_o but_o by_o humane_a constitution_n or_o custom_n pre-eminence_n the_o same_o say_v 334._o say_v quid_fw-la facit_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la tom_n 2._o pag._n 334._o hierome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o evagrius_n and_o comment_v upon_o s._n paul_n epistle_n to_o titus_n 2._o titus_n episcopi_fw-la noverint_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quà m_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la veritate_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la esse_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o in_o common_a debere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o tit._n 1.5_o tom_fw-mi 9_o fol._n 153._o pag._n 2._o he_o will_v have_v bishop_n to_o know_v that_o they_o be_v great_a than_o presbyter_n rather_o by_o custom_n then_o by_o truth_n of_o any_o constitution_n or_o disposition_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o that_o they_o ought_v in_o common_a to_o govern_v the_o church_n saint_n 19_o saint_n secundùm_fw-la honorum_fw-la vocabula_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la usus_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la presbyterio_n major_a est_fw-la aug._n epist_n 19_o augustine_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n say_v that_o the_o phrase_n of_o the_o church_n make_v episcopacy_n great_a than_o presbytery_n which_o bishop_n jewel_n render_v thus_o 101._o thus_o bish_n jewel_n in_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o apol._n part_n 2._o c._n 3._o pag._n 101._o the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v above_o the_o office_n of_o a_o priest_n not_o by_o authority_n of_o 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dissertat_fw-la de_fw-fr gubernat_fw-la eccles_n p._n 27._o franc._n long._n annot_fw-mi in_o council_n p._n 142._o divers_a instance_n and_o for_o the_o negative_a it_o will_v not_o pass_v without_o exception_n at_o least_o for_o the_o apostle_n time_n of_o which_o saint_n 1._o saint_n idem_fw-la erat_fw-la presbyter_n qui_fw-la episcopus_fw-la antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la hier._n ep_v ad_fw-la tit._n cap._n 1._o hierome_n say_v that_o a_o presbyter_n be_v the_o same_o with_o a_o bishop_n and_o so_o be_v take_v until_o by_o the_o devil_n instinct_n some_o turn_a religion_n into_o faction_n and_o though_o 1._o though_o epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 75._o l._n 3._o tom_n 1._o contra_fw-la haeres_fw-la p._n 215._o col_fw-fr 1._o aerius_n when_o his_o ambitious_a desire_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n be_v disappoint_v in_o emulation_n and_o anger_n fall_v to_o contemptuous_a comparison_n of_o bishop_n with_o presbyter_n and_o therefore_o 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explain_v that_o clause_n for_o other_o form_n of_o prayer_n have_v be_v impose_v upon_o especial_a occasion_n four_o to_o leave_v we_o at_o more_o liberty_n if_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o change_n our_o word_n be_v take_v without_o a_o oath_n for_o which_o religion_n which_o in_o his_o preface_n of_o the_o article_n of_o religion_n master_n rogers_n commend_v the_o moderation_n of_o our_o governor_n object_n but_o in_o refuse_v of_o the_o oath_n now_o for_o fear_v of_o future_a disobedience_n we_o disobey_v for_o the_o present_a to_o which_o we_o say_v answ_n 1._o that_o our_o not_o swear_v be_v no_o present_a disobedience_n because_o our_o conscience_n can_v consent_v to_o swear_v and_o they_o that_o require_v the_o oath_n will_v not_o have_v we_o to_o swear_v against_o our_o conscience_n nor_o against_o our_o good_a will_n for_o one_o condition_n express_v in_o it_o be_v that_o we_o do_v it_o hearty_o and_o willing_o nor_o do_v we_o conceive_v that_o the_o premise_n due_o consider_v they_o will_v have_v we_o to_o swear_v second_o our_o not_o swear_v in_o this_o case_n be_v rather_o a_o obedience_n to_o our_o superior_n because_o we_o have_v already_o swear_v to_o their_o authority_n and_o power_n for_o such_o alteration_n both_o for_o the_o present_a and_o for_o their_o heir_n and_o successor_n and_o so_o our_o promissory_a oath_n in_o this_o case_n if_o we_o shall_v take_v it_o will_v be_v with_o certain_a prejudice_n to_o another_o man_n right_a and_o consequent_o can_v not_o be_v attend_v with_o justice_n and_o the_o prejudice_n will_v be_v more_o unjust_a because_o do_v to_o the_o right_n of_o public_a and_o sovereign_a authority_n as_o 4._o as_o bish_n hall_n irrefrag_n propos_fw-fr prop._n p._n 3_o 4._o bishop_n hall_n observe_v in_o his_o irrefragable_a proposition_n and_o three_o for_o ourselves_o we_o doubt_v it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o swear_v that_o we_o will_v not_o consent_v to_o any_o alteration_n in_o government_n since_o we_o can_v but_o like_v it_o well_o enough_o if_o in_o some_o particular_n it_o be_v more_o conformable_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n as_o if_o it_o shall_v please_v his_o sacred_a majesty_n in_o the_o election_n of_o bishop_n to_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o vacant_a diocese_n as_o the_o 641._o the_o sacrorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la non_fw-la ignari_fw-la at_o in_o dei_fw-la nomine_fw-la sancta_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la svo_fw-la liberiùs_fw-la potiretur_fw-la honore_fw-la baron_fw-fr annal._n come_v 9_o nu_fw-la 21._o col_fw-fr 641._o emperor_n charles_n the_o great_a have_v when_o he_o publish_v a_o decree_n to_o that_o purpose_n according_a to_o the_o 448._o the_o cypr._n â—p_n anton._n episl_o 52._o pag._n 57_o col_fw-fr 2._o contil._n aurelian_a 9_o can._n 10._o council_n parisiens_fw-la 1._o can._n 6._o hieron_n testatur_fw-la alexandrinos_n presbyteros_fw-la spatio_fw-la 140._o annorum_fw-la sibi_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la numero_fw-la unum_fw-la cligisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n chamier_n tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 10._o ca_fw-mi 3._o p._n 350._o nu_fw-la 3._o leo_n epist_n 82._o spalat_n de_fw-fr republ._n eccleslib_n 3._o c._n 3._o pag._n 339_o 340_o 400._o bernard_n de_fw-fr considerate_a ad_fw-la eugen_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 2._o col_fw-fr 878._o fox_n martyrol_n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 5._o col_fw-fr 2._o council_n basil_n sis_fw-la 3._o fol._n 448._o ancient_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o if_o when_o bishop_n be_v elect_v that_o either_o love_n or_o some_o law_n of_o authority_n may_v restore_v presbyter_n to_o their_o ancient_a right_n and_o participation_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n which_o they_o have_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n whereof_o st._n 153._o st._n communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regebantur_fw-la hicron_n in_o tit._n 1.5_o tom_fw-mi 9_o sol_fw-la 153._o hierome_n say_v that_o the_o church_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o presbyter_n which_o 572._o which_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la pariter_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la admissi_fw-la erant_fw-la tempore_fw-la primaevo_fw-la baron_fw-fr annal._n add_v a_o 58._o nu_fw-la 10_o 11._o tom_n 1._o col_fw-fr 572._o baronius_n acknowledge_v and_o 178._o and_o bish_n downham_n defence_n of_o his_o consecrat_fw-mi serm._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o p._n 142_o 143._o &_o c._n 8._o pag._n 178._o bishop_n downham_n say_v no_o man_n deni_v and_o this_o not_o only_o until_o there_o be_v a_o schism_n and_o the_o people_n divide_v themselves_o under_o the_o name_n of_o paul_n apollo_n and_o cephas_n but_o afterward_o as_o be_v plain_a by_o several_a testimony_n of_o saint_n cyprian_n beside_o other_o for_o he_o write_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o deacon_n call_v they_o brethren_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v his_o 12_o his_o ut_fw-la quae_fw-la circa_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la utilitas_fw-la communis_fw-la exposcit_fw-la tractare_fw-la simul_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n 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that_o in_o a_o 647._o a_o ibid._n cap._n 49._o pag._n 647._o council_n of_o lateran_n
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quote_v bellarm._n de_fw-fr ro._n po._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n make_v account_n his_o word_n be_v a_o confession_n of_o the_o truth_n against_o his_o own_o side_n so_o in_o relat_n of_o his_o conference_n pag._n 168_o 200_o 202_o 380._o see_v bishop_n hall_n of_o episcopacy_n part_n 2._o pag._n 13._o equal_a as_o a_o aristocratical_a college_n no_o prince_n or_o monarch_n rule_v over_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o romanist_n pretend_v and_o assume_v in_o the_o name_n of_o st._n peter_n wherein_o saint_n 459._o saint_n jam_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la considera_fw-la quà m_fw-la petrus_n agit_fw-fr omne_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la discipulorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la nihil_fw-la authoritate_fw-la suâ_fw-la nihil_fw-la cum_fw-la imperio_fw-la chrysost_n bom_n 3._o in_o act._n apost_n cap._n 1._o tom_n 3._o col_fw-fr 459._o chrysostome_n be_v direct_o opposite_a unto_o they_o observing_z how_o saint_n peter_n in_o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o disciple_n do_v all_o by_o their_o common_a consent_n nothing_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n nothing_o in_o a_o lofty_a or_o a_o lordly_a manner_n for_o that_o authority_n which_o they_o take_v up_o as_o saint_n peter_n right_a his_o master_n and_o we_o think_v too_o much_o for_o he_o or_o any_o one_o man_n else_o foreseeing_a as_o the_o archbish_n of_o spalleto_n note_v 138._o note_v spalat_n de_fw-fr repub._n eccles_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o p._n 138._o that_o a_o monarchy_n in_o a_o churchman_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o break_v out_o into_o a_o tyranny_n over_o the_o church_n and_o for_o the_o tenure_n of_o archiepiscopall_a authority_n we_o may_v believe_v bishop_n 110._o bishop_n bish_n jewel_n defence_n of_o his_o apolog_n part_n 2._o c._n 3._o divis_fw-la 5._o pag._n 110._o jewel_n where_o he_o say_v in_o answer_n to_o master_n harding_n that_o though_o primate_fw-la or_o archbishop_n have_v authority_n over_o the_o inferior_a bishop_n yet_o they_o have_v it_o but_o by_o agreement_n and_o custom_n neither_o by_o christ_n nor_o by_o peter_n nor_o paul_n nor_o by_o any_o right_n of_o god_n word_n object_n if_o it_o be_v object_v as_o by_o some_o it_o have_v be_v that_o though_o the_o apostle_n have_v no_o archbishop_n among_o themselves_o who_o have_v a_o priority_n of_o order_n and_o a_o majority_n of_o rule_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o fundamental_a function_n yet_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o bishop_n constitute_v by_o they_o they_o be_v all_o archbishop_n to_o those_o that_o be_v under_o they_o it_o may_v be_v answer_v answ_n 1._o that_o the_o right_n of_o episcopacy_n have_v not_o be_v so_o well_o clear_v by_o scripture_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v take_v for_o a_o undoubted_a ground_n whereon_o to_o erect_v a_o archiepiscopall_a power_n for_o there_o be_v so_o much_o difficulty_n and_o dispute_n about_o that_o as_o make_v it_o to_o we_o uncapable_a of_o the_o assurance_n of_o a_o oath_n second_o our_o protestant_a divine_n when_o the_o papist_n plead_v for_o peter_n episcopal_a or_o archiepiscopall_a supremacy_n at_o rome_n to_o maintain_v the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n upon_o all_o other_o church_n answer_v that_o as_o we_o conceive_v according_a to_o the_o truth_n that_o to_o be_v a_o bishop_n or_o archbishop_n and_o a_o apostle_n import_v a_o repugnancy_n for_o both_o bishop_n and_o archbishop_n be_v confine_v to_o a_o certain_a compass_n for_o their_o authority_n but_o the_o apostle_n be_v of_o a_o unlimited_a liberty_n and_o power_n both_o for_o plant_v and_o govern_v church_n all_o over_o the_o world_n wherein_o they_o have_v every_o one_o of_o they_o such_o a_o equal_a and_o universal_a interest_n that_o 424._o that_o non_fw-la erat_fw-la ea_fw-la facta_fw-la divisio_fw-la scil_n inter_fw-la apostolos_fw-la ut_fw-la alter_fw-la ab_fw-la alterius_fw-la abstineret_fw-la apostolatu_fw-la baron_fw-fr annal._n tom_n 1._o a_o 51._o 27._o col_fw-fr 424._o no_o apostle_n have_v any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n to_o himself_o wherein_o the_o rest_n have_v not_o a_o apostolical_a and_o pastoral_n right_a as_o well_o as_o he_o which_o be_v not_o nor_o can_v be_v so_o in_o episcopal_a or_o archiepiscopall_a calling_n object_n if_o the_o opinion_n of_o 809._o of_o estius_fw-la comment_n in_o 1_o tim._n 5.19_o col_fw-fr 809._o estius_n be_v interpose_v viz._n that_o archiepiscopacy_n be_v found_v when_o timothy_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n the_o metropolis_n of_o asia_n wherein_o he_o have_v 273._o have_v bish_n hall_n reckon_v 36._o bishopric_n under_o ephes_n part_n 2._o p._n 24.43_o see_v will._n synop_n papis_fw-la controv_fw-mi 5._o in_o append_v ad_fw-la quaest_n 3._o p._n 273._o many_o bishop_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n that_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o unbishoping_a of_o timothy_n and_o titus_n in_o a_o particular_a book_n of_o that_o title_n be_v bring_v in_o without_o proof_n will_v be_v as_o ready_o 175._o ready_o didoclau_n altar_n damascen_n pag._n 175._o deny_v by_o some_o as_o it_o be_v easy_o affirm_v by_o any_o and_o if_o we_o shall_v say_v that_o until_o pope_n zepherinus_n in_o the_o three_o century_n name_v himself_o a_o 275._o a_o cent._n 3._o c._n 10._o
col_fw-fr 275._o archbishop_n or_o until_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n as_o a_o very_a learned_a 353.20_o learned_a archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o patriarchae_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la abierunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la ante_fw-la constantini_n tempora_fw-la altum_fw-la silentium_fw-la dan._n chamier_n de_fw-fr oecumen_fw-la pontiff_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 6._o tom_n 2._o pag._n 353.20_o writer_n have_v observe_v there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o archbishop_n it_o will_v not_o be_v easy_a perhaps_o for_o any_o by_o legitimate_a testimony_n to_o bring_v in_o a_o instance_n to_o disprove_v the_o observation_n in_o the_o eastern_a church_n and_o for_o the_o western_a it_o come_v late_a thither_o as_o the_o sunsetting_a come_v after_o the_o sunrising_n and_o filasacus_n a_o divine_a of_o paris_n say_v 4._o say_v filasac_n de_fw-fr sacr_n ep_v anth._n ch_n 19_o sect_n 1._o council_n matisc_n 1._o can._n 4._o it_o be_v not_o use_v in_o these_o part_n until_o the_o first_o matiscon_n council_n scil_n anno_o 587._o which_o may_v be_v to_o we_o the_o more_o probable_a because_o we_o have_v have_v experience_n in_o our_o own_o time_n of_o a_o 90._o a_o doct._n saravia_n say_v the_o assembly_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o be_v no_o synod_n but_o conventicle_n because_o he_o read_v not_o of_o any_o synod_n without_o a_o archbishop_n sarav_fw-mi de_fw-fr triplic_n ep_v q._n 3._o p._n 90._o principal_a point_n of_o now-archiepiscopall_a government_n the_o presidentship_n of_o a_o provincial_n synod_n without_o a_o archbishop_n so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o year_n 1603._o when_v the_o bishop_n of_o london_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o synod_n then_o assemble_v archbish_n 432._o archbish_n archb._n whitgifl_fw-mi in_o his_o reply_n to_o master_n cartwr_n p._n 310_o 313_o 427_o 432._o whitgift_n against_o master_n cartwright_n endeavour_v to_o maintain_v that_o the_o office_n of_o a_o archbishop_n be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o by_o their_o whitgi_n their_o can._n 33._o or_o 34._o as_o some_o account_n p._n 470._o archb._n whitgi_n appointment_n in_o a_o apostolical_a canon_n and_o that_o 400._o that_o ibid._n pag._n 400._o titus_n be_v a_o archbishop_n over_o crete_n and_o 470._o and_o pag._n 470._o dionysius_n areopagita_n the_o scholar_n of_o s._n paul_n archbishop_n of_o athens_n but_o his_o proof_n as_o some_o of_o we_o upon_o examination_n have_v find_v they_o be_v too_o low_a and_o too_o flat_a for_o the_o height_n and_o compass_n of_o the_o arch_n of_o his_o asseveration_n especial_o as_o apply_v to_o the_o state_n and_o authority_n of_o archbishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o prelation_n particular_o oppose_v by_o master_n cartwright_n who_o conceive_v both_o the_o authority_n and_o title_n of_o a_o archbishop_n by_o scripture_n to_o belong_v peculiarly_a to_o christ_n and_o not_o find_v the_o name_n 300._o name_n the_o title_n archbishop_n be_v proper_a to_o christ_n as_o appear_v by_o saint_n peter_n where_o he_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o archshepheard_n or_o archbishop_n for_o bishop_n and_o shepheard_n be_v all_o one_o ibid._n p._n 300._o archbishop_n there_o take_v up_o the_o title_n archshepheard_n 1_o pet._n 5.4_o as_o equivalent_a to_o it_o the_o great_a antiquity_n and_o best_a authority_n that_o we_o find_v for_o that_o title_n be_v that_o which_o 146._o which_o archb._n whitgift_n reply_n to_o mast_n cartwr_n pag._n 323._o ex_fw-la mr._n fox_n martyrol_n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 146._o archbishop_n whitgift_n cit_v out_o of_o master_n fox_n viz._n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o eleutherius_fw-la a_o 180._o there_o be_v in_o britain_n 28._o head_n priest_n which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o paganism_n they_o call_v flamen_fw-la and_o three_o archpriest_n among_o they_o which_o be_v call_v archiflamines_fw-la as_o judge_n over_o the_o rest_n these_o 28._o flamen_fw-la upon_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o britain_n be_v turn_v to_o 28._o bishop_n and_o the_o three_o archiflamines_fw-la to_o three_o archbishop_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a yet_o it_o be_v far_o below_o that_o which_o be_v allege_v for_o the_o call_n of_o archbishop_n and_o yet_o more_o ancient_a than_o honourable_a for_o the_o conformity_n to_o pagan_a pre-eminence_n nor_o will_v it_o serve_v to_o say_v as_o pope_n 201._o pope_n eugen._n 4._o epist_n ad_fw-la episcop_n cantuarien_n ait_fw-fr cardinalium_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la nascentis_fw-la eccles_n expressum_fw-la munus_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o officium_fw-la à _fw-la b._n petro_n &_o ejus_fw-la successoribus_fw-la evidenter_fw-la crat_fw-mi institutum_fw-la fran._n long._n annot_fw-mi in_o 2._o council_n rom._n pag._n 201._o eugenius_n the_o four_o say_v of_o the_o name_n cardinal_n that_o though_o it_o be_v not_o express_o mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n yet_o the_o office_n be_v institute_v by_o saint_n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n for_o not_o to_o insist_v upon_o the_o name_n cardinal_n of_o which_o the_o say_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v a_o unprobable_a fiction_n superiority_n among_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v reduce_v rather_o to_o a_o secular_a then_o to_o a_o sacred_a original_a for_o our_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n that_o now_o be_v say_v 176._o say_v archb._n laud_v in_o his_o relat_n of_o his_o confer_v pag._n 176._o it_o be_v insinuate_v if_o not_o order_v that_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v follow_v honour_n of_o the_o state_n as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o 16._o of_o council_n chalce_v can._n 9_o &_o act._n 16._o chalcedon_n and_o antioch_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a therefore_o though_o as_o saint_n est_fw-la saint_n cypr._n the_o simplic_a praelat_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la cyprian_n speak_v there_o be_v one_o episcopacy_n the_o call_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o that_o yet_o among_o bishop_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o certain_a subor_n dination_n and_o subjection_n the_o empire_n therefore_o be_v cast_v into_o several_a division_n which_o they_o then_o call_v diocese_n every_o diocese_n contain_v several_a province_n every_o province_n several_a bishop_n the_o chief_a of_o a_o diocese_n in_o that_o large_a sense_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sometime_o a_o patriarch_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o province_n a_o metropolitan_a next_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o several_a diocese_n as_o we_o now_o use_v the_o word_n among_o these_o there_o be_v effectual_a subjection_n ground_v upon_o canon_n and_o positive_a law_n in_o their_o several_a quarter_n all_o the_o difference_n there_o be_v but_o honorary_a not_o authoritative_a so_o far_o he_o where_o though_o he_o name_v the_o title_n bishop_n patriarch_n and_o metropolitan_a he_o do_v not_o mention_v the_o title_n archbishop_n and_o though_o he_o grant_v that_o 168._o that_o archb._n laud_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 168._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v have_v and_o have_v yet_o a_o more_o powerful_a principality_n than_o any_o other_o church_n yet_o he_o say_v she_o have_v not_o that_o power_n from_o christ_n the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n say_v he_o may_v perhaps_o have_v a_o primacy_n of_o order_n but_o for_o principality_n of_o power_n they_o be_v all_o equal_a as_o the_o apostle_n be_v before_o they_o and_o he_o may_v have_v say_v so_o much_o as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o of_o patriarch_n for_o except_o for_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n and_o positive_a law_n they_o be_v not_o subordinate_a one_o to_o another_o neither_o the_o authority_n nor_o title_n then_o of_o metropolitan_a or_o archbishop_n be_v take_v to_o be_v so_o ancient_a or_o warrantable_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o that_o of_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o such_o as_o be_v the_o dear_a friend_n to_o prelatical_a dignity_n yet_o as_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o a_o inequality_n betwixt_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v as_o 2._o as_o inaequalitatem_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyterum_fw-la esse_fw-la vetustissimam_fw-la &_o vicinam_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ultrò_fw-la fatemur_fw-la fr._n chamier_n de_fw-fr oecumen_fw-la pontiff_n l._n 10._o c._n 6._o tom_n 2._o p._n 85.3_o col_fw-fr 2._o chamier_n confess_v most_o ancient_a and_o very_o near_o the_o apostle_n time_n so_o we_o yield_v it_o as_o probable_a that_o archbishop_n be_v very_o ancient_a also_o and_o as_o certain_a that_o there_o have_v be_v and_o be_v very_o many_o as_o worthy_a to_o be_v archbishop_n as_o other_o to_o be_v bishop_n and_o that_o there_o have_v be_v of_o that_o elevation_n man_n of_o as_o eminent_a desert_n for_o learning_n and_o devotion_n both_o in_o ancient_a and_o late_a time_n as_o any_o that_o have_v live_v in_o the_o same_o age_n with_o they_o but_o in_o regard_n of_o more_o doubt_n of_o their_o authentic_a tenure_n then_o of_o that_o of_o bishop_n though_o that_o also_o be_v very_o much_o doubt_v of_o we_o have_v the_o less_o heart_n to_o swear_v to_o archiepiscopall_a pre-eminence_n object_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o 386
that_o archb._n whitgift_n in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o answ_n to_o the_o admon_n p._n 386._o archbishop_n be_v set_v up_o for_o the_o keep_n out_o of_o schism_n among_o bishop_n as_o bishop_n for_o that_o end_n be_v set_v over_o presbyter_n we_o do_v not_o gainsay_v it_o but_o say_v that_o our_o doubt_n be_v not_o now_o of_o the_o politic_a end_n but_o of_o the_o original_a right_n of_o their_o exaltation_n and_o withal_o we_o may_v note_v that_o this_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o prevention_n of_o schism_n may_v climb_v too_o high_a and_o indeed_o it_o have_v do_v so_o for_o at_o the_o next_o step_n it_o lift_v up_o patriarch_n above_o archbishop_n and_o at_o the_o next_o after_o that_o a_o pope_n above_o patriarch_n and_o all_o this_o upon_o the_o same_o pretence_n of_o prevent_v of_o schism_n but_o the_o further_a it_o have_v advance_v the_o worse_a it_o have_v succeed_v for_o the_o welfare_n of_o the_o church_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n for_o bellarmine_n say_v 74._o say_v omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la patriarchale_n praeter_fw-la romanam_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la per_fw-la long_fw-mi tempora_fw-la manifestos_fw-la haereticos_fw-la bel._n de_fw-fr notis_fw-la eccl._n 4._o not_o 5._o c._n 8._o p._n 74._o all_o the_o patriarchall_a church_n except_o the_o roman_a for_o a_o long_a time_n have_v have_v bishop_n which_o be_v manifest_a heretic_n if_o his_o observation_n be_v as_o true_a for_o the_o most_o which_o for_o a_o great_a part_n we_o may_v believe_v though_o we_o dare_v not_o take_v it_o upon_o his_o bare_a word_n as_o his_o exception_n be_v false_a for_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n for_o he_o be_v the_o most_o heretical_a and_o schismatical_a prelate_n in_o the_o world_n we_o can_v have_v no_o great_a confidence_n in_o the_o end_n the_o keep_n out_o of_o schism_n unless_o the_o mean_n the_o raise_n up_o of_o bishop_n to_o that_o height_n be_v find_v to_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n yet_o we_o make_v great_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o pope_n claim_n of_o universal_a and_o unlimited_a supremacy_n upon_o this_o ground_n and_o that_o of_o archbishop_n and_o patriarch_n confine_v within_o the_o reach_n and_o under_o the_o check_n and_o restraint_n of_o a_o temporal_a potentate_n for_o the_o other_o office_n of_o government_n name_v in_o the_o oath_n or_o involve_v in_o the_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v none_o that_o plead_v a_o divine_a right_n and_o we_o may_v say_v of_o most_o of_o they_o as_o 185._o as_o bish_n downh_o in_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o consecr_n serm._n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o pag._n 185._o bishop_n downham_n do_v of_o some_o of_o they_o as_o for_o ordinary_a vicar_n that_o be_v vicar_n which_o be_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n in_o ordinary_a chancellor_n or_o commissary_n scil_n of_o the_o laity_n the_o bishop_n in_o these_o time_n i._n of_o saint_n augustine_n and_o ambrose_n have_v none_o not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o steward_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v a_o layman_n they_o neither_o do_v then_o nor_o right_o can_v they_o claim_v a_o divine_a and_o apostolical_a right_n for_o their_o calling_n which_o we_o may_v the_o rather_o say_v for_o the_o say_n of_o anacletus_fw-la who_o about_o the_o year_n 103._o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v in_o one_o of_o his_o epistle_n write_v that_o there_o be_v but_o two_o order_n ordain_v by_o our_o saviour_n viz._n of_o bishop_n and_o priest_n nor_o be_v any_o more_o either_o order_n or_o degree_n either_o appoint_v by_o god_n or_o teach_v by_o the_o apostle_n whereof_o though_o many_o doubt_n in_o regard_n of_o that_o he_o affirm_v of_o the_o original_n of_o bishop_n yet_o they_o will_v easy_o assent_v to_o his_o denial_n of_o the_o rest_n and_o what_o their_o right_n be_v either_o by_o custom_n or_o humane_a constitution_n we_o be_v very_o doubtful_a and_o while_o we_o doubt_v we_o dare_v not_o swear_v 4._o partic._n their_o perpetuity_n not_o to_o be_v change_v the_o 17._o doubt_n how_o far_o this_o perpetuity_n 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