Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	bishop_n	paul_n	timothy_n	1,948	5	11.2588	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52055	Smectymnuus redivivus Being an answer to a book, entituled, An humble remonstrance. In which, the original of liturgy episcopacy is discussed, and quæries propounded concerning both. The parity of bishops and presbyters in scripture demonstrated. The occasion of the imparity in antiquity discovered. The disparity of the ancient and our moderne bishops manifested. The antiquity of ruling elders in the church vindicated. The prelaticall church bounded.	Smectymnuus.; Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Young, Thomas, 1587-1655.; Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.; Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666.	1654 (1654)	Wing M784; ESTC R223740	77,642	91

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no●_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 diacon●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

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