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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o combination_n of_o apostle_n yet_o the_o apostolate_a and_o episcopacy_n which_o do_v communicate_v in_o all_o the_o power_n and_o office_n which_o be_v ordinary_a and_o perpetual_a be_v in_o scripture_n clear_o all_o one_o in_o ordinary_a ministration_n and_o their_o name_n be_v often_o use_v in_o common_a to_o signify_v exact_o the_o same_o ordinary_a function_n 1._o the_o name_n be_v borrow_v from_o the_o prophet_n person_n for_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o bishop_n be_v all_o one_o in_o name_n &_o person_n david_n in_o the_o prediction_n of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o judas_n and_o surrogation_n of_o s._n mathias_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o bishopric_n that_o be_v his_o astolate_a let_v another_o take_v the_o same_o word_n according_a to_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o 70._o be_v use_v by_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n in_o a_o evangelicall_n prediction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v give_v thy_o prince_n in_o peace_n and_o thy_o bishop_n in_o 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sancte_fw-la &_o suscipiende_n papa_n *_o forma_fw-la apostolica_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la dominatio_fw-la interdicitur_fw-la indicitur_fw-la ministratio_fw-la considerate_a s._n bernard_n lib._n 10._o the_o considerate_a it_o be_v no_o principality_n that_o the_o apostle_n have_v but_o it_o be_v a_o ministry_n a_o ministry_n in_o chief_a the_o officer_n of_o which_o ministration_n must_v govern_v and_o we_o must_v obey_v they_o must_v govern_v not_o in_o a_o temporal_a regiment_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o episcopacy_n but_o in_o a_o spiritual_a not_o for_o honour_n to_o the_o ruler_n so_o much_o as_o for_o benefit_n and_o service_n to_o the_o subject_n so_o s._n austin_n nomen_fw-la est_fw-la operis_fw-la non_fw-la honoris_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligat_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la 19_o lib._n 19_o the_o civet_n dei_fw-la cap._n 19_o episcopum_fw-la qui_fw-la praeesse_fw-la dilexerit_fw-la non_fw-la prodesse_fw-la and_o in_o the_o fourteen_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n 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ruler_n of_o church_n not_o prince_n of_o kingdom_n by_o virtue_n or_o challenge_n of_o their_o apostolate_a but_o if_o this_o ecclesiastical_a rule_n or_o cheifty_a be_v interdict_v i_o wonder_v how_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o presbyter_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o reform_a church_n will_v acquit_v themselves_o how_o will_v their_o superiority_n be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o place_n though_o it_o be_v but_o temporary_a for_o be_v it_o a_o sin_n if_o it_o continue_v and_o no_o sin_n if_o it_o last_v but_o for_o a_o week_n or_o be_v it_o lawful_a to_o sin_n and_o domineer_v and_o lord_n it_o over_o their_o brethren_n for_o a_o week_n together_o *_o but_o suppose_v it_o be_v what_o will_v they_o say_v that_o be_v perpetual_a dictator_n calvin_n be_v perpetual_a precedent_n and_o beza_n till_o danaeus_n come_v to_o geneva_n even_o for_o many_o year_n together_o *_o but_o beyond_o all_o this_o how_o can_v the_o presbytery_n which_o be_v a_o fix_a last_a body_n rule_v 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his_o diocese_n and_o call_v himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o rom._n 11._o 13._o the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n as_o s._n peter_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n and_o in_o the_o same_o modification_n be_v call_v 8._o galat._n 2._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o those_o who_o be_v of_o the_o circumcision_n and_o thus_o epaphroditus_n be_v call_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o philippian_n who_o clear_o be_v their_o bishop_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v in_o the_o sequel_n that_o be_v he_o have_v a_o apostolate_a limit_v to_o the_o diocese_n of_o philippi_n paulatim_fw-la verò_fw-la tempore_fw-la procedente_fw-la &_o aliè_fw-fr ab_fw-la his_fw-la quos_fw-la dominus_fw-la eleger_fw-la at_o ordinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sicut_fw-la ille_fw-la ad_fw-la philippense_n sermo_fw-la declarat_fw-la dicens_fw-la necessarium_fw-la galat_n in_o 1._o cap._n galat_n autem_fw-la existimo_fw-la epaphroditum_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o s._n jerome_n 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extent_n in_o s._n timothy_n commission_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d command_v as_o teach_v over_o presbyter_n but_o yet_o so_o as_o to_o make_v difference_n between_o they_o and_o the_o neoteric_o in_o christianity_n the_o one_o as_o father_n the_o other_o as_o brethren_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v deny_v to_o be_v use_v towards_o 1._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 1._o either_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v suidas_n a_o dishonourable_a upbraid_v or_o objurgation_n nay_o it_o be_v more_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v castigo_fw-la plagam_fw-la infero_fw-la say_v budaeus_fw-la so_o that_o that_o kind_n of_o rebuke_v the_o bishop_n be_v forbid_v to_o use_v either_o towards_o priest_n or_o deacon_n clergy_n or_o laity_n old_a or_o young_a for_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v no_o striker_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v give_v he_o in_o commission_n both_o to_o old_a and_o young_a presbyter_n and_o catechuman_n that_o be_v require_v they_o postula_fw-la provoca_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d synesius_n to_o be_v provoke_v to_o a_o duel_n to_o be_v challenge_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysostome_n ad_fw-la precandum_fw-la vos_fw-la provoco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n thou_o make_v i_o or_o compelle_v i_o to_o shed_v tear_n suavitèr_fw-la omne_fw-la that_o be_v the_o way_n s._n paul_n take_v meek_o but_o yet_o so_o as_o to_o do_v his_o office_n to_o keep_v all_o in_o their_o several_a duty_n and_o that_o be_v by_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d command_v these_o thing_n for_o so_o he_o sum_v up_o the_o bishop_n duty_n towards_o presbyter_n neophytes_n and_o widow_n give_v all_o these_o thing_n in_o charge_n command_v all_o to_o do_v 7._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 7._o their_o duty_n command_v but_o not_o objurgate_v et_fw-la quid_fw-la negotii_fw-la esset_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ut_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la non_fw-la objurgaret_fw-la si_fw-la super_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la non_fw-la haberet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la so_o epiphanius_n urge_v this_o argument_n to_o advantage_n for_o indeed_o 5._o haeres_fw-la 7_o 5._o it_o have_v be_v to_o little_a purpose_n for_o s._n paul_n to_o have_v give_v order_n to_o timothy_n how_o he_o shall_v exercise_v his_o jurisdiction_n over_o presbyter_n and_o people_n if_o he_o have_v have_v no_o jurisdiction_n and_o coercitive_a authority_n at_o all_o nay_o and_o howsoever_o s._n paul_n forbid_v to_o timothy_n to_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o s._n paul_n in_o his_o second_o epistle_n bid_v he_o use_v it_o intimate_v upon_o great_a occasion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v sure_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o it_o be_v but_o a_o urge_n or_o a_o exhortation_n 2._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 2._o be_v not_o all_o for_o s._n paul_n give_v he_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n as_o well_o as_o directive_n over_o widow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reject_v the_o young_a widow_n viz._n à _fw-la collegio_fw-la viduarum_fw-la ab_fw-la eleemosynis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la over_o presbyter_n for_o he_o command_v he_o to_o have_v sufficient_a probate_n in_o the_o accusation_n of_o presbyter_n of_o which_o if_o he_o be_v not_o to_o take_v cognisance_n it_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o number_v witness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d receive_v not_o a_o public_a accusation_n in_fw-la foro_fw-la externo_fw-la against_o a_o priest_n non_fw-la vocabis_fw-la in_o jus_o nisi_fw-la in_o testimonio_fw-la duorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o wit_n in_o cause_n criminal_a that_o be_v sufficient_a intimation_n of_o the_o bishop_n power_n to_o take_v cognisance_n in_o cause_n criminal_a then_o for_o his_o punish_v in_o such_o cause_n it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 20._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 20._o reprehend_v they_o public_o that_o be_v disgrace_v they_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indecorus_a ...._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d homer_n iliad_n γ._o so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o s._n paul_n be_v to_o call_v they_o to_o public_a account_n that_o be_v one_o part_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o examine_v plato_n epist._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o one_o life_n idem_fw-la in_o apolog._n and_o then_o also_o it_o imply_v punishment_n upon_o conviction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n c._n iliad_n but_o the_o word_n in_o s._n paul_n will_v clear_v this_o business_n let_v they_o that_o sin_n be_v public_o shame_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o rest_n may_v fear_v a_o punishment_n most_o certain_o something_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d malum_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la poenae_fw-la what_o else_o shall_v they_o fear_v to_o sin_n most_o true_a but_o why_o upon_o this_o reprehension_n if_o not_o for_o fear_v of_o be_v punish_v add_v to_o all_o this_o that_o here_o be_v in_o this_o chapter_n the_o plain_a
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sed_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la plurimi_fw-la per_fw-la idem_fw-la 37._o lib._n 3._o hist._n cap._n 37._o tempus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la discipuli_fw-la superstites_fw-la erant_fw-la ...._o nonnulli_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la ardentiores_fw-la divinae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la ...._o animas_fw-la svas_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la consecrabant_fw-la ...._o ut_fw-la si_fw-la quibus_fw-la fortè_fw-la provinciis_fw-la nomen_fw-la fidei_fw-la esset_fw-la incognitum_fw-la praedicarent_fw-la primaque_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la evangelii_n fundamenta_fw-la collocantes_fw-la ...._o evangelistarum_fw-la fungebantur_fw-la officio_fw-la they_o that_o plant_v the_o gospel_n first_o in_o any_o country_n they_o be_v evangelist_n s._n timothy_n may_v be_v such_o a_o one_o and_o yet_o be_v a_o bishop_n afterward_o and_o so_o be_v some_o of_o this_o sort_n of_o evangelist_n for_o so_o eusebius_n primaque_fw-la apudeos_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la evangelii_n collocantes_fw-la atque_fw-la electis_fw-la quibus_fw-la 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the_o word_n evangelist_n this_o office_n do_v not_o imply_v a_o perpetual_a motion_n evangelist_n many_o of_o they_o do_v travel_v but_o they_o be_v never_o the_o more_o evangelist_n for_o that_o but_o only_o their_o office_n be_v write_v or_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o thence_o they_o have_v their_o name_n 4._o the_o office_n of_o a_o evangelist_n be_v but_o temporary_a and_o take_v it_o in_o either_o of_o the_o two_o sense_n of_o eusebius_n or_o oecumenius_n which_o be_v the_o only_a true_a and_o genuine_a be_v to_o expire_v when_o christianity_n be_v plant_v every_o where_o and_o the_o office_n of_o episcopacy_n if_o it_o be_v at_o all_o be_v to_o be_v succeed_v in_o and_o therefore_o in_o no_o respect_n can_v these_o be_v inconsistent_a at_o least_o not_o always_o *_o and_o how_o s._n paul_n shall_v intend_v that_o timothy_n shall_v keep_v those_o rule_n he_o give_v he_o to_o the_o come_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n if_o the_o office_n for_o the_o execution_n of_o which_o he_o give_v he_o the_o rule_n 14._o 1._o tim._n 6._o 14._o be_v to_o expire_v long_o before_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o imagine_v for_o if_o s._n paul_n do_v direct_v he_o in_o a_o temporary_a and_o expire_a office_n then_o in_o no_o sense_n neither_o in_o person_n nor_o in_o succession_n can_v those_o rule_n of_o s._n paul_n be_v keep_v till_o christ_n come_n to_o wit_n to_o judgement_n but_o if_o he_o instruct_v he_o in_o the_o perpetual_a office_n of_o episcopacy_n than_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o understand_v that_o s._n paul_n give_v that_o caution_n to_o timothy_n to_o intimate_v that_o those_o his_o direction_n be_v not_o personal_a but_o for_o his_o successor_n in_o that_o charge_n to_o which_o he_o have_v ordain_v he_o viz._n in_o the_o sacred_a order_n and_o office_n of_o episcopacy_n 5._o last_o after_o all_o this_o stir_n there_o be_v some_o of_o the_o father_n that_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n admit_v s._n timothy_n to_o have_v be_v a_o evangelist_n so_o s._n chrysostome_n so_o theophylact_v so_o the_o greek_a scholiast_n now_o though_o we_o have_v no_o need_n to_o make_v any_o use_n of_o it_o yet_o if_o it_o be_v 4._o in_o ephes._n 4._o true_a it_o make_v all_o this_o discourse_n needless_a we_o be_v safe_a enough_o without_o it_o if_o it_o be_v false_a than_o itself_o we_o see_v be_v needless_a for_o the_o allegation_n of_o s._n timothy_n be_v a_o evangelist_n be_v absolute_o impertinent_a though_o it_o have_v be_v true_a but_o now_o i_o proceed_v titus_n be_v also_o make_v a_o bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n s._n paul_n also_o be_v his_o ordainer_n 1._o reliqui_fw-la te_fw-la crete_n §_o 15._o s._n titus_n at_o crete_n cretae_fw-la there_o s._n paul_n fix_v his_o seat_n for_o he_o at_o crete_n 2._o his_o work_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o set_v in_o order_n thing_n that_o be_v want_v viz._n to_o constitute_v rite_n and_o form_n of_o public_a liturgy_n to_o erect_v a_o consistory_n for_o cognisance_n of_o cause_n criminal_a to_o dedicate_v house_n for_o prayer_n by_o public_a destination_n for_o divine_a service_n and_o in_o a_o word_n by_o his_o authority_n to_o establish_v such_o discipline_n and_o rituall_n as_o himself_o do_v judge_v to_o be_v most_o for_o edification_n and_o ornament_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o he_o that_o be_v appoint_v by_o s._n paul_n to_o rectify_v and_o set_v thing_n in_o order_n be_v most_o certain_o by_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o obliquity_n which_o he_o be_v to_o rectify_v 2._o the_o next_o work_n be_v episcopal_a too_o and_o it_o be_v the_o ordain_v presbyter_n in_o every_o city_n not_o presbyter_n collective_o in_o every_o city_n but_o distributive_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d city_n by_o city_n that_o be_v elder_n in_o several_a city_n one_o in_o one_o city_n many_o in_o many_o for_o by_o these_o elder_n be_v certain_o mean_v bishop_n of_o the_o identity_n of_o name_n i_o shall_v afterward_o give_v a_o account_n but_o here_o it_o be_v plain_a s._n paul_n expound_v himself_o to_o mean_a bishop_n 1._o in_o term_n and_o express_a word_n to_o ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n if_o any_o be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n etc._n etc._n for_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a that_o be_v the_o elder_n that_o you_o be_v to_o ordain_v in_o several_a city_n must_v be_v blameless_a for_o else_o they_o must_v not_o be_v bishop_n 2._o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v hinder_v this_o exposition_n for_o s._n peter_n call_v himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o s._n john_n presbyter_n electae_fw-la domine_fw-la and_o presbyter_n dilectissimo_fw-la gajo._n such_o presbyter_n as_o these_o be_v apostolical_a and_o that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o episcopal_a to_o be_v sure_a 3._o s._n paul_n add_v far_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a as_o the_o steward_z of_o god._n who_o then_o be_v that_o faithful_a and_o wise_a steward_n who_o his_o lord_n shall_v make_v ruler_n s._n paul_n bishop_n be_v god_n steward_n 1._o titus_n 1._o and_o god_n steward_n be_v the_o ruler_n of_o his_o household_a say_v our_o bless_a saviour_n himself_o and_o therefore_o not_o a_o mere_a presbyter_n among_o who_o indeed_o there_o be_v a_o parity_n but_o no_o superintendency_n of_o god_n make_v 4._o s._n paul_n do_v in_o the_o sequel_n still_o qualify_v his_o elder_n or_o bishop_n with_o more_o propriety_n of_o ruler_n a_o bishop_n must_v be_v no_o striker_n not_o give_v to_o wine_n they_o be_v exact_o the_o requisite_n which_o our_o bless_a saviour_n exact_v in_o his_o steward_n or_o ruler_n account_n if_o the_o steward_n of_o the_o house_n will_v drink_v and_o be_v drink_v and_o beat_v his_o fellow_n servant_n than_o the_o lord_n of_o that_o servant_n shall_v come_v and_o divide_v he_o his_o portion_n with_o unbeliever_n the_o steward_n of_o the_o household_n this_o ruler_n must_v not_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o more_o must_v a_o bishop_n he_o must_v not_o be_v give_v to_o
rome_n at_o antioch_n 2._o where_o no_o bishop_n be_v constitute_v there_o the_o apostle_n keep_v the_o jurisdiction_n in_o their_o own_o hand_n there_o come_v upon_o i_o say_v s._n paul_n daily_o the_o care_n or_o supravision_n of_o all_o the_o church_n not_o all_o absolute_o for_o not_o all_o of_o the_o circumcision_n but_o all_o of_o his_o charge_n with_o which_o he_o be_v once_o charge_v and_o of_o which_o he_o have_v not_o exonerate_v himself_o by_o constitute_v bishop_n there_o for_o of_o these_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n and_o again_o if_o any_o man_n obey_v not_o our_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o 2._o thess._n 3._o 14._o signify_v he_o to_o i_o by_o a_o epistle_n so_o he_o charge_v the_o thessalonian_o and_o therefore_o of_o this_o church_n s._n paul_n as_o yet_o clear_o keep_v the_o power_n in_o his_o own_o hand_n so_o that_o the_o church_n be_v ever_o in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o govern_v by_o episcopal_a or_o apostolical_a authority_n 3._o for_o aught_o appear_v in_o scripture_n the_o apostle_n never_o give_v any_o external_a or_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n in_o public_a and_o criminal_a cause_n nor_o yet_o power_n to_o ordain_v rite_n or_o ceremony_n or_o to_o inflict_v censure_n to_o a_o college_n of_o mere_a presbyter_n *_o the_o contrary_n may_v be_v greedy_o swallow_v and_o i_o know_v not_o with_o how_o great_a confidence_n and_o prescribe_v prejudice_n but_o there_o be_v not_o in_o all_o scripture_n any_o commission_n from_o christ_n any_o ordinance_n or_o warrant_n from_o the_o apostle_n to_o any_o presbyter_n or_o college_n of_o presbyter_n without_o a_o bishop_n or_o express_v delegation_n of_o apostolical_a authority_n tanquam_fw-la vicario_fw-la svo_fw-la as_o to_o his_o substitute_n in_o absense_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o apostle_n to_o inflict_v any_o censure_n or_o take_v cognisance_n of_o person_n and_o cause_n criminal_a presbyter_n may_v be_v surrogati_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la absentis_fw-la but_o never_o have_v any_o ordinary_a jurisdiction_n give_v they_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o ordination_n or_o any_o commission_n from_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n this_o we_o may_v best_o consider_v by_o induction_n of_o particular_n 1._o there_o be_v a_o presbytery_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o they_o have_v a_o bishop_n always_o and_o the_o college_n of_o the_o apostle_n sometime_o therefore_o whatsoever_o act_n they_o do_v it_o be_v in_o conjunction_n with_o and_o subordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n &_o apostles_n now_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v both_o that_o the_o apostle_n be_v superior_a to_o all_o the_o presbyter_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o also_o have_v power_n alone_o to_o govern_v the_o church_n i_o say_v they_o have_v power_n to_o govern_v alone_o for_o they_o have_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n alone_o before_o they_o ordain_v the_o first_o presbyter_n that_o be_v before_o there_o be_v any_o of_o capacity_n to_o join_v with_o they_o they_o must_v do_v it_o themselves_o and_o then_o also_o they_o must_v retain_v the_o same_o power_n for_o they_o can_v not_o loose_v it_o by_o give_v order_n now_o if_o they_o have_v a_o power_n of_o sole_a jurisdiction_n than_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o some_o public_a act_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o apostle_n can_v challenge_v a_o right_n of_o govern_v as_o affix_v to_o their_o order_n they_o only_o assist_v in_o subordination_n and_o by_o dependency_n this_o only_a by_o the_o way_n in_o jerusalem_n the_o presbyter_n be_v some_o thing_n more_o than_o ordinary_a and_o be_v not_o mere_a presbyter_n in_o the_o present_a and_o limit_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n for_o barnabas_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n luke_n call_v they_o be_v of_o that_o presbytery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v ruler_n and_o prophet_n chief_a man_n among_o the_o 15._o act._n 15._o brethren_n &_o yet_o call_v elder_n or_o presbyter_n though_o of_o apostolical_a power_n and_o authority_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v oecumenius_n for_o truth_n be_v apost_n in_o act._n apost_n that_o diverse_a of_o they_o be_v ordain_v apostle_n with_o a_o unlimited_a jurisdiction_n not_o fix_v upon_o any_o see_v that_o they_o also_o may_v together_o with_o the_o twelve_o exire_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la *_o so_o that_o in_o this_o presbytery_n either_o they_o be_v more_o than_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o barnabas_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n man_n of_o apostolical_a power_n and_o they_o may_v well_o be_v in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o twelve_o and_o with_o the_o bishop_n they_o be_v of_o equal_a power_n not_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o presbyterate_a but_o by_o their_o apostolate_a or_o if_o they_o be_v but_o mere_a presbyter_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v certain_a and_o prove_v and_o confess_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v power_n to_o govern_v the_o church_n alone_o this_o their_o take_v mere_a presbyter_n in_o partem_fw-la regiminis_fw-la be_v a_o voluntary_a act_n and_o from_o this_o example_n be_v derive_v to_o other_o church_n and_o then_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o presbyteros_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la be_v rather_o consuetudine_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la then_o dominicae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la veritate_fw-la to_o use_v s._n hierom_n own_o expression_n for_o this_o be_v more_o evident_a than_o that_o bishop_n do_v eminere_fw-la caeteris_fw-la by_o custom_n rather_o than_o divine_a institution_n for_o if_o the_o apostle_n may_v rule_v the_o church_n alone_o then_o that_o the_o presbyter_n be_v take_v into_o the_o number_n be_v a_o voluntary_a act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o although_o fit_v to_o be_v retain_v where_o the_o same_o reason_n do_v remain_v and_o circumstance_n concur_v yet_o not_o necessary_a because_o not_o affix_v to_o their_o order_n not_o dominicae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la veritate_fw-la and_o not_o laudable_a when_o those_o reason_n cease_v and_o there_o be_v a_o emergency_n of_o contrary_a cause_n 2._o the_o next_o presbytery_n we_o read_v of_o be_v at_o antioch_n but_o there_o we_o find_v no_o act_n either_o of_o concurrent_a or_o single_a jurisdiction_n but_o of_o ordination_n indeed_o we_o do_v 13._o act._n 13._o and_o that_o perform_v by_o such_o man_n as_o s._n paul_n be_v and_o barnabas_n for_o they_o be_v two_o of_o the_o prophet_n reckon_v in_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n but_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v they_o to_o be_v call_v presbyter_n in_o that_o place_n to_o be_v sure_a they_o be_v not_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o we_o now_o understand_v the_o word_n as_o i_o prove_v former_o 3._o but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n there_o be_v a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n and_o they_o be_v by_o the_o spirit_n 20._o act._n 20._o of_o god_n call_v bishop_n and_o be_v appoint_v by_o he_o to_o be_v pastor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n this_o must_v do_v it_o or_o nothing_o in_o quo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la s._n posuit_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la in_o who_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n there_o must_v lay_v the_o exigence_n of_o the_o argument_n and_o if_o we_o can_v find_v who_o be_v mean_v by_o vos_fw-fr we_o shall_v i_o hope_v gain_v the_o truth_n *_o s._n paul_n send_v for_o the_o presbyter_n or_o elder_n to_o come_v from_o ephesus_n to_o miletus_n and_o to_o they_o he_o speak_v **_o it_o be_v true_a but_o that_o be_v not_o all_o the_o vos_fw-la for_o there_o be_v present_a at_o that_o sermon_n sopater_n and_o aristarchus_n and_o secundus_fw-la and_o gaius_n and_o timothy_n and_o tychicus_n and_o trophimus_n 4._o act._n 20._o 4._o and_o although_o he_o send_v to_o ephesus_n as_o to_o the_o metropolis_n and_o there_o many_o elder_n be_v either_o accidental_o or_o by_o ordinary_a residence_n yet_o those_o be_v not_o all_o elder_n of_o that_o church_n but_o of_o all_o asia_n in_o the_o scripture_n sense_n the_o lessar_n asia_n for_o so_o in_o the_o preface_n of_o his_o sermon_n s._n paul_n intimate_v you_o know_v that_o from_o the_o first_o day_n i_o come_v into_o asia_n after_o what_o manner_n i_o have_v 18._o vers_fw-la 18._o be_v with_o you_o at_o all_o season_n his_o whole_a conversation_n in_o asia_n be_v not_o confine_v to_o ephesus_n and_o yet_o those_o elder_n who_o be_v present_a be_v witness_n of_o it_o all_o and_o therefore_o be_v of_o disperse_a habitation_n and_o so_o it_o be_v more_o clear_o infer_v from_o vers_fw-la 25._o and_o now_o behold_v i_o know_v that_o you_o all_o among_o who_o i_o have_v go_v preach_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n &c_n &c_n it_o be_v a_o travail_n to_o preach_v to_o all_o that_o be_v present_a and_o therefore_o most_o certain_o they_o be_v inhabitant_n of_o place_n very_o considerable_o distant_a now_o upon_o this_o ground_n i_o will_v raise_v these_o consideration_n 1._o if_o there_o be_v a_o confusion_n of_o name_n in_o scripture_n particular_o of_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n as_o it_o be_v contend_v for_o on_o one_o side_n
and_o grant_v on_o all_o side_n then_o where_o both_o the_o word_n be_v use_v what_o shall_v determine_v the_o signification_n for_o whether_o to_o instance_n in_o this_o place_n shall_v presbyter_n limit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la or_o episcopus_fw-la extend_v presbyter_n why_o may_v not_o presbyter_n signify_v one_o that_o be_v very_o a_o bishop_n as_o episcopus_fw-la signify_v a_o mere_a presbyter_n for_o it_o be_v but_o a_o ignorant_a conceit_n where_o ever_o presbyter_n be_v name_v to_o fancy_v it_o in_o the_o proper_a and_o limit_a sense_n and_o not_o to_o do_v so_o with_o episcopus_fw-la and_o when_o they_o be_v join_v together_o rather_o to_o believe_v it_o in_o the_o limit_a and_o present_a sense_n of_o presbyter_n then_o in_o the_o proper_a and_o present_a sense_n of_o episcopus_fw-la so_o that_o as_o yet_o we_o be_v indifferent_a upon_o the_o term_n these_o man_n send_v for_o from_o ephesus_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elder_n or_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n but_o at_o miletus_n spiritus_fw-la s._n posuit_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la there_o they_o be_v call_v bishop_n or_o overseer_n so_o that_o i_o may_v as_o well_o say_v here_o be_v proper_o so_o call_v bishop_n as_o another_o may_v say_v here_o be_v mere_a presbyter_n *_o and_o lest_o it_o be_v object_v in_o prejudice_n of_o my_o affirmative_a that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v bishop_n because_o they_o be_v of_o ephesus_n there_o never_o be_v but_o one_o bishop_n in_o one_o church_n i_o answer_v that_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n this_o be_v not_o true_a for_o at_o jerusalem_n there_o be_v many_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o have_v episcopal_a and_o apostolical_a authority_n and_o so_o at_o antioch_n as_o at_o jerusalem_n where_o james_n and_o judas_n and_o silas_n and_o the_o apostle_n and_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n at_o antioch_n and_o at_o rome_n at_o the_o same_o time_n peter_n and_o paul_n and_o linus_n and_o clemens_n but_o yet_o but_o one_o of_o they_o be_v fix_v and_o proper_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o place_n but_o 2_o lie_v all_o these_o be_v not_o of_o ephesus_n but_o the_o elder_n of_o all_o asia_n but_o some_o from_o other_o country_n as_o appear_v vers_fw-la 4._o so_o that_o although_o they_o be_v all_o bishop_n we_o may_v easy_o find_v distinct_a diocese_n for_o they_o without_o encumber_v the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n with_o a_o multiply_a incumbency_n thus_o far_o then_o we_o be_v upon_o even_a term_n the_o community_n of_o compellation_n use_v here_o can_v no_o more_o force_v we_o to_o believe_v they_o all_o to_o be_v mere_a presbyter_n than_o bishop_n in_o the_o proper_a sense_n 2._o it_o be_v very_o certain_a that_o they_o be_v not_o all_o mere_a presbyter_n at_o his_o farewell_n sermon_n for_o s._n timothy_n be_v there_o and_o i_o prove_v he_o to_o be_v a_o bishop_n by_o abundant_a testimony_n and_o many_o of_o those_o which_o be_v reckon_v v._n 4._o be_v companion_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o his_o journey_n and_o employ_v in_o 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call_v either_o bishop_n or_o apostle_n it_o can_v never_o be_v bring_v either_o to_o depress_v the_o order_n of_o bishop_n below_o their_o throne_n or_o erect_v mere_a presbyter_n above_o their_o stall_n in_o the_o quire_n for_o we_o may_v as_o well_o confound_v apostle_n and_o deacon_n and_o with_o clear_a probability_n then_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n for_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n be_v in_o scripture_n often_o call_v deacon_n i_o give_v one_o instance_n of_o this_o before_o but_o there_o be_v very_o many_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v say_v of_o s._n mathias_n when_o he_o succeed_v judas_n in_o the_o apostolate_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n paul_n to_o timothy_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n s._n paul_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 4._o a_o deacon_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o 1._o cor._n 3._o 5._o be_v say_v of_o the_o first_o founder_n of_o the_o corinthian_a church_n deacon_n by_o who_o you_o believe_v paul_n and_o apollo_n be_v the_o man_n it_o be_v the_o observation_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philip_n in_o 1._o philip_n and_o a_o bishop_n be_v call_v a_o deacon_n wherefore_o write_v to_o timothy_n he_o say_v to_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n fulfillthy_a deaconship_n *_o add_v to_o this_o that_o there_o be_v no_o word_n or_o designation_n of_o any_o clericall_a office_n but_o be_v give_v to_o bishop_n and_o apostle_n the_o apostle_n be_v call_v prophet_n act_n 13._o the_o prophet_n at_o antioch_n be_v lucius_n and_o manaën_n and_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o then_o they_o be_v call_v pastor_n too_o and_o indeed_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la that_o they_o be_v bishop_n they_o be_v pastor_n spiritus_fw-la s._n posuit_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la pascere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la dei._n whereupon_o trhe_n geeke_v scholiast_n expound_v the_o word_n pastor_n to_o signify_v bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ever_o since_o that_o s._n peter_n set_v we_o a_o copy_n in_o the_o compellation_n of_o the_o prototype_n call_v he_o the_o great_a shepherd_n and_o bishop_n of_o our_o soul_n it_o have_v obtain_v in_o all_o antiquity_n that_o pastor_n and_o bishop_n be_v coincident_a and_o we_o shall_v very_o hardly_o meet_v with_o a_o instance_n to_o the_o contrary_n *_o if_o bishop_n be_v pastor_n than_o they_o be_v doctor_n also_o for_o these_o be_v conjunct_a when_o other_o office_n which_o may_v in_o person_n be_v unite_v yet_o in_o themselves_o be_v make_v disparate_a for_o god_n have_v give_v some_o apostle_n some_o prophet_n some_o evangelist_n some_o pastor_n and_o 4._o ephes._n 4._o teacher_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o pastor_n than_o also_o doctor_n and_o teacher_n and_o this_o be_v observe_v by_o s._n austin_n pastor_n &_o doctor_n who_o you_o will_v paulinum_n epist._n 59_o ad_fw-la paulinum_n have_v i_o to_o distinguish_v i_o think_v be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o for_o paul_n do_v not_o say_v some_o 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appropriate_a to_o the_o supreme_a order_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v do_v with_o fair_a reason_n and_o design_n for_o this_o be_v no_o fastuous_a or_o pompous_a title_n the_o word_n be_v of_o no_o dignity_n and_o imply_v none_o but_o what_o be_v consequent_a to_o the_o just_a and_o fair_a execution_n of_o its_o office_n but_o presbyter_n be_v a_o name_n of_o dignity_n and_o veneration_n rise_v up_o to_o the_o gray_a head_n and_o it_o transplant_v the_o honour_n and_o reverence_n of_o age_n to_o the_o office_n of_o the_o presbyterate_a and_o yet_o this_o the_o bishop_n leave_v and_o take_v that_o which_o signify_v a_o mere_a supra-vision_n and_o overlook_v of_o his_o charge_n so_o that_o if_o we_o take_v estimate_n from_o the_o name_n presbyter_n be_v a_o name_n of_o dignity_n and_o episcopus_fw-la of_o office_n and_o burden_n *_o he_o that_o desire_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n desire_v a_o good_a work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n chrysostome_n nec_fw-la dicit_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la desider_v at_o bonum_fw-la desider_v at_o gradum_fw-la sed_fw-la bonum_fw-la opus_fw-la desider_v at_o quoth_v in_o majore_fw-la ordine_fw-la constitutus_fw-la possit_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la occasionem_fw-la habere_fw-la exercendarum_fw-la virtutum_fw-la so_o s._n hierome_n it_o be_v not_o a_o honourable_a title_n but_o a_o good_a office_n and_o a_o great_a opportunity_n of_o the_o exercise_n of_o excellent_a virtue_n but_o for_o this_o we_o need_v no_o better_a testimony_n then_o of_o s._n isidore_n episcopatus_fw-la autem_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la inde_fw-la dictum_fw-la quòd_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la superefficitur_fw-la 12._o lib._n 7._o etymolog_fw-la c._n 12._o superintendat_fw-la curam_fw-la scil_n gerens_fw-la subditorum_fw-la but_o presbyter_n grecè_fw-la latinè_fw-la senior_fw-la interpretatur_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la aetate_fw-la vel_fw-la decrepitâ_fw-la senectute_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la honorem_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la quam_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v julius_n pollux_n 3._o suppose_v that_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n have_v be_v often_o confound_v in_o scripture_n and_o antiquity_n and_o that_o both_o in_o ascension_n and_o descension_n yet_o as_o priest_n may_v be_v call_v angel_n and_o yet_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n the_o angel_n for_o his_o excellency_n of_o the_o church_n for_o his_o appropriate_a pre-eminence_n and_o singularity_n so_o though_o presbyter_n have_v be_v call_v bishop_n in_o scripture_n of_o which_o there_o be_v not_o one_o example_n but_o in_o the_o sense_n above_o explicate_v to_o wit_n in_o conjunction_n and_o comprehension_n yet_o the_o bishop_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o way_n of_o eminence_n the_o bishop_n and_o in_o descent_n of_o time_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o compellation_n which_o be_v always_o he_o by_o way_n of_o eminence_n be_v make_v he_o by_o appropriation_n and_o a_o fair_a precedent_n of_o it_o we_o have_v from_o the_o compellation_n give_v to_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a shepherd_n and_o bishop_n of_o our_o soul_n the_o name_n bishop_n be_v make_v sacred_a by_o be_v the_o appellative_a of_o his_o person_n and_o by_o fair_a intimation_n it_o do_v more_o immediate_o descend_v upon_o they_o who_o have_v from_o christ_n more_o immediate_a mission_n and_o more_o ample_a power_n and_o therefore_o episcopus_fw-la and_o pastor_n by_o way_n of_o eminence_n be_v the_o most_o fit_a appellative_n for_o they_o who_o in_o the_o church_n have_v the_o great_a power_n office_n and_o dignity_n as_o participate_v of_o the_o fullness_n of_o that_o power_n and_o authority_n for_o which_o christ_n be_v call_v the_o bishop_n of_o our_o soul_n *_o and_o beside_o this_o so_o fair_a a_o copy_n beside_o the_o use_v of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o apostolate_a of_o mathias_n and_o in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n and_o often_o in_o scripture_n as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o any_o one_o whereof_o be_v abundant_o enough_o for_o the_o fix_v a_o appellative_a upon_o a_o church_n officer_n this_o name_n may_v also_o be_v intimate_v as_o a_o distinctive_a compellation_n of_o a_o bishop_n over_o a_o priest_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v indeed_o often_o use_v for_o the_o office_n of_o bishop_n as_o in_o the_o instance_n above_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v for_o the_o office_n of_o the_o inferior_n for_o s._n paul_n write_v to_o the_o roman_n who_o then_o have_v no_o bishop_n fix_v in_o the_o chair_n of_o rome_n do_v command_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 17._o rom._n 16._o 17._o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o for_o the_o bishop_n that_o for_o the_o subordinate_a clergy_n so_o then_o the_o word_n episcopus_fw-la be_v fix_v at_o first_o and_o that_o by_o derivation_n and_o example_n of_o scripture_n and_o fair_a congruity_n of_o reason_n but_o the_o church_n use_v other_o appellative_n for_o bishop_n church_n §_o 25._o call_v the_o bishop_n and_o he_o only_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n which_o it_o be_v very_o requisite_a to_o specify_v that_o we_o may_v understand_v diverse_a authority_n of_o the_o father_n use_v those_o word_n in_o appropriation_n to_o bishop_n which_o of_o late_o have_v be_v give_v to_o presbyter_n ever_o since_o they_o have_v begin_v to_o set_v presbyter_n in_o the_o room_n of_o bishop_n and_o first_o bishop_n be_v call_v pastor_n in_o antiquity_n in_o imitation_n of_o their_o be_v call_v so_o in_o scripture_n eusebius_n write_v the_o story_n of_o s._n ignatius_n 36._o lib._n 3._o hist._n c._n 36._o denique_fw-la cùm_fw-la smyrnam_fw-la venisset_fw-la ubi_fw-la polycarpus_n erat_fw-la scribit_fw-la inde_fw-la unam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la ad_fw-la ephesios_fw-gr eorumque_fw-la pastorem_fw-la that_o be_v onesimus_n for_o so_o follow_v in_o quâmeminit_fw-la onesimi_fw-la now_o that_o onesimus_n be_v their_o bishop_n ephes_n epist._n ad_fw-la ephes_n himself_o witness_v in_o the_o epistle_n here_o mention_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n onesimus_n be_v their_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o their_o pastor_n and_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la antiochenos_n himself_o make_v mention_v of_o evodius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d your_o most_o bless_a and_o worthy_a pastor_n *_o when_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la first_fw-mi broach_v his_o heresy_n against_o the_o divinity_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n present_o a_o council_n be_v call_v where_o s._n denis_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n can_v not_o be_v present_a caeteri_fw-la verò_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pastor_n diversis_fw-la è_fw-la locis_fw-la &_o urbibus_fw-la ...._o convenerunt_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la in_o sign_n &_o caeteris_fw-la praecellentes_fw-la erant_fw-la firmilianus_n à _fw-la caesareá_fw-la cappadociae_fw-la gregorius_n &_o athenodorus_n fratres_n ...._o &_o 24._o euseb._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 24._o helenus_n sardensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ...._o sed_fw-la &_o maximus_fw-la bostrensis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dignus_fw-la eorum_fw-la consortio_fw-la cohaerebat_fw-la these_o bishop_n firmilianus_n and_o helenus_n and_o maximus_n be_v the_o pastor_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o presbyter_n be_v not_o call_v pastor_n for_o he_o proceed_v sed_fw-la &_o prebyteri_fw-la quamplurimi_fw-la &_o diaconiad_n supradictam_fw-la urbem_fw-la ...._o conventrunt_fw-la so_o that_o these_o be_v not_o under_o the_o general_a appellative_a of_o pastor_n *_o and_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n 6._o can._n 6._o make_v provision_n for_o the_o manner_n of_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o a_o widdow-church_n when_o the_o people_n be_v urgent_a for_o the_o speedy_a institution_n of_o a_o bishop_n if_o any_o of_o the_o comprovincialls_n be_v want_v he_o must_v be_v certify_v by_o the_o primate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o multitude_n require_v a_o pastor_n to_o be_v give_v 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church_n catholic_a and_o christian._n if_o a_o ordinary_a necessity_n will_v not_o excuse_v this_o will_v not_o a_o extraordinary_a call_n justify_v it_o yea_o most_o certain_o can_v we_o but_o see_v a_o ordinary_a proof_n for_o a_o extraordinary_a call_n viz_o a_o evident_a prophecy_n demonstration_n of_o miracle_n certainty_n of_o reason_n clarity_n of_o sense_n or_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v make_v faith_n of_o a_o extraordinary_a mission_n but_o shall_v we_o then_o condemn_v those_o few_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n who_o ordination_n always_o have_v be_v without_o bishop_n no_o indeed_o that_o must_v not_o be_v they_o stand_v or_o fall_v to_o their_o own_o master_n and_o though_o i_o can_v justify_v their_o ordination_n yet_o what_o degree_n their_o necessity_n be_v of_o what_o their_o desire_n of_o episcopal_a ordination_n may_v do_v for_o their_o personal_a excuse_n and_o how_o far_o a_o good_a life_n and_o a_o catholic_a belief_n may_v lead_v a_o man_n in_o the_o way_n to_o 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priùs_fw-la amittere_fw-la quà m_fw-la episcopum_fw-la mallent_fw-la if_o it_o be_v put_v to_o our_o choice_n rather_o to_o die_v to_o wit_n the_o death_n of_o martyr_n not_o rebel_n then_o loose_a the_o sacred_a order_n and_o office_n of_o episcopacy_n without_o which_o no_o priest_n no_o ordination_n no_o consecration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n no_o absolution_n no_o rite_n or_o sacrament_n legitimate_o can_v be_v perform_v in_o order_n to_o eternity_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o if_o the_o canon_n and_o sanction_n apostolical_a if_o the_o decree_n of_o eight_o famous_a counsel_n in_o christendom_n of_o ancyra_n of_o antioch_n of_o sardis_n of_o alexandria_n two_o of_o constantinople_n the_o arausican_n council_n and_o that_o of_o hispalis_n if_o the_o constant_a successive_a act_n of_o the_o famous_a martyr_n bishop_n of_o rome_n make_v ordination_n if_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o whole_a pontifical_a book_n if_o the_o dogmatic_a resolution_n of_o so_o many_o father_n s._n denis_n s._n cornelius_n s._n athanasius_n s._n hierome_n s._n chrysostome_n s._n epiphanius_n s._n austin_n and_o diverse_a other_o all_o appropriate_a ordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n hand_n if_o the_o constant_a voice_n of_o christendom_n declare_v ordination_n make_v by_o presbyter_n to_o be_v null_a and_o void_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o never_o any_o act_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-bishop_n approve_a by_o any_o council_n decretal_a or_o single_a suffrage_n of_o any_o famous_a man_n in_o christendom_n if_o that_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n be_v always_o make_v and_o they_o ever_o do_v by_o bishop_n and_o no_o pretence_n of_o priest_n join_v with_o they_o in_o their_o consecration_n and_o after_o all_o this_o it_o be_v declare_v heresy_n to_o communicate_v the_o power_n of_o give_v order_n to_o presbyter_n either_o alone_o or_o in_o conjunction_n with_o bishop_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o aërius_n if_o all_o this_o that_o be_v if_o whatsoever_o can_v be_v imagine_v be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v faith_n in_o this_o particular_a than_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o power_n and_o order_n of_o bishop_n be_v great_a than_o the_o power_n and_o order_n of_o presbyter_n to_o wit_n in_o this_o great_a particular_a of_o ordination_n and_o that_o by_o this_o loud_a voice_n and_o unite_a vote_n of_o christendom_n *_o but_o this_o be_v but_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o power_n confirmation_n §_o 33._o and_o confirmation_n which_o catholic_n antiquity_n affix_v to_o the_o order_n of_o episcopacy_n the_o next_o be_v of_o confirmation_n of_o baptize_v people_n and_o here_o the_o rule_n be_v this_o which_o be_v thus_o express_v by_o damascen_n apostolorum_fw-la &_o successorum_fw-la eorum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la donum_fw-la chorepisc_n epist._n de_fw-fr chorepisc_n spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la tradere_fw-la it_o belong_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n to_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o see_v this_o in_o particular_a instance_n the_o council_n of_o eliberis_n give_v permission_n to_o faithful_a people_n of_o the_o laity_n to_o baptize_v catechuman_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o exigence_n of_o journey_n it_o a_o tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la supervixerit_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la eum_fw-la perducat_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la proficere_fw-la possit_fw-la let_v he_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v improve_v by_o imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n hand_n this_o be_v law_n it_o be_v also_o custom_n say_v s._n cyprian_n quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la jubaian_a epist._n add_v jubaian_a quoque_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la geritur_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la per_fw-la praepositos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la offerantur_fw-la &_o per_fw-la nostram_fw-la orationem_fw-la &_o manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la consequantur_fw-la &_o signaculo_fw-la dominico_n consummentur_fw-la and_o this_o custom_n be_v catholic_n too_o and_o the_o law_n be_v of_o universal_a concernment_n omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la per_fw-la manuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la ut_fw-la pleni_fw-la christiani_n accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la so_o s._n vrbane_n in_o his_o decretal_a epistle_n and_o omnibus_fw-la festinandum_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la council_n apud_fw-la seu._n binium_n in_o 1._o tom_n council_n morâ_fw-la renasci_fw-la &_o demùm_fw-la consignari_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la et_fw-la septiformem_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sanctigratiam_fw-la recipere_fw-la so_o say_v the_o old_a author_n of_o the_o four_o epistle_n under_o the_o name_n of_o s._n clement_n all_o faithful_a baptize_v people_n must_v go_v to_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v consign_v and_o so_o by_o imposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n hand_n to_o obtain_v the_o seven_o fold_n gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n meltiades_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n affirm_v confirmation_n in_o this_o to_o have_v a_o special_a excellency_n beside_o baptism_n quòd_fw-la solùm_fw-la à _fw-la summis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la confertur_fw-la because_o bishop_n only_o can_v give_v confirmation_n and_o the_o same_o be_v say_v &_o prove_v by_o s._n eusebius_n in_o his_o three_o epistle_n enjoin_v great_a veneration_n to_o this_o holy_a mystery_n quod_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la perfici_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la summis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la it_o can_v it_o may_v not_o be_v perform_v by_o any_o but_o by_o the_o bishop_n thus_o s._n chrysostome_n speak_v of_o s._n philip_n convert_v act._n homil._n 18._o in_o act._n the_o samaritan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philip_n baptise_v the_o man_n of_o samaria_n give_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o they_o who_o he_o have_v baptize_v for_o he_o have_v not_o power_n for_o this_o gift_n be_v only_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o principal_a and_o
than_o this_o s._n 4._o in_o ephes._n 4._o ambrose_n tell_v of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n that_o they_o in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o bishop_n do_v confirm_v denique_fw-la apud_fw-la egyptum_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la consignant_fw-la si_fw-la praesens_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la but_o 1._o the_o passage_n be_v suspicious_a for_o it_o interrupt_v a_o discourse_n of_o s._n ambrose_n concern_v the_o primitive_a order_n of_o election_n to_o the_o bishopric_n and_o be_v no_o way_n pertinent_a to_o the_o discourse_n but_o be_v encircle_v with_o a_o story_n of_o a_o far_o different_a consequence_n which_o be_v not_o easy_o think_v to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o any_o consider_v and_o intelligent_a author_n 2._o but_o suppose_v the_o clause_n be_v not_o surreptitious_a but_o natural_a to_o the_o discourse_n and_o bear_v with_o it_o yet_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o fact_n not_o of_o right_a for_o s._n ambrose_n neither_o approve_v nor_o disprove_v it_o and_o so_o it_o must_v go_v for_o a_o singular_a act_n against_o the_o catholic_a practice_n and_o law_n of_o christendom_n 3._o if_o the_o whole_a clause_n be_v not_o surreptitious_a yet_o the_o word_n consignant_fw-la be_v for_o s._n austin_n who_o have_v the_o same_o discourse_n the_o same_o thing_n viz_o of_o the_o dignity_n of_o presbyter_n tell_v this_o story_n of_o the_o act_n and_o honour_n of_o presbyter_n in_o alexandria_n and_o all_o egypt_n almost_o in_o the_o other_o word_n of_o his_o master_n s._n ambrose_n but_o he_o tell_v it_o thus_o nam_n &_o in_fw-la alexandriâ_fw-la &_o per_fw-la totum_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la si_fw-la desit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la consecrat_fw-mi presbyter_n so_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v consignat_fw-la but_o consecrat_fw-mi basileae_n quaest._n 101._o vet._n &_o n._n testam_fw-la basileae_n for_o no_o story_n tell_v of_o any_o confirmation_n do_v in_o egypt_n by_o presbyter_n but_o of_o consecrate_v the_o eucharist_n in_o case_n of_o episcopal_a absence_n or_o commission_n i_o shall_v give_v account_n in_o the_o question_n of_o jurisdiction_n that_o be_v indeed_o permit_v in_o egypt_n and_o some_o other_o place_n but_o confirmation_n never_o that_o we_o can_v find_v else_o where_o and_o this_o be_v too_o improbable_a to_o bear_v weight_n against_o evidence_n and_o practice_v apostolical_a and_o four_o counsel_n and_o 16_o ancient_a catholic_a father_n testify_v that_o it_o be_v a_o practice_n and_o a_o law_n of_o christendom_n that_o bishop_n only_o shall_v confirm_v and_o not_o priest_n so_o that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o scruple_n this_o question_n be_v quick_o at_o a_o end_n **_o but_o s._n gregory_n be_v also_o pretend_a in_o objection_n for_o he_o give_v dispensation_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o sardinia_n ut_fw-la baptizatos_fw-la vguant_fw-la to_o aneale_n baptize_v 26._o lib._n 3._o eist_n p._n 26._o people_n now_o anoint_v the_o forehead_n of_o the_o baptize_v person_n be_v one_o of_o the_o solemnity_n of_o confirmation_n so_o that_o this_o indulgence_n do_v arise_v to_o a_o power_n of_o confirm_v for_o vnctio_fw-la and_o chrismatio_fw-la in_o the_o first_o arausican_n council_n and_o since_o that_o time_n sacramentum_fw-la chrismatis_fw-la have_v be_v the_o usual_a word_n for_o confirmation_n but_o this_o will_v not_o much_o trouble_n the_o business_n because_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o mean_v it_o not_o of_o confirmation_n but_o of_o the_o chrism_n in_o those_o time_n by_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n use_v in_o baptism_n for_o in_o his_o 9_o the_o epistle_n he_o forbid_v priest_n to_o anoint_v baptize_v people_n now_o here_o be_v precept_n against_o precept_n therefore_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o several_a anoynting_n and_o so_o s._n gregory_n expound_v himself_o in_o this_o 9_o the_o epistle_n presbyteri_fw-la baptizatos_fw-la infant_n signare_fw-la bis_fw-la in_o front_n chrismate_fw-la non_fw-la praesumant_fw-la presbyter_n may_v not_o anoint_v baptize_v people_n twice_o oncethey_a might_n now_o 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bishop_n hold_v the_o reins_n or_o the_o stern_a of_o the_o roman_a church_n say_v theodoret_n 12._o hist_o tripart_v lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o but_o the_o instance_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v infinite_a two_o may_v be_v as_o good_a as_o twenty_o and_o these_o they_o be_v the_o first_o be_v of_o s._n ambrose_n honour_n &_o sublimitas_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la 2._o de_fw-fr dignit_fw-la sacerdot_n c._n 2._o nullis_fw-la poterit_fw-la comparationibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la the_o honour_n and_o sublimity_n of_o the_o episcopal_a order_n be_v beyond_o all_o comparison_n great_a and_o their_o commission_n he_o specifyes_n to_o be_v in_o pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la vnde_fw-la regendae_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la contraduntur_fw-la meritò_fw-la rectoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la subdi_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la &c_n &c_n the_o sheep_n be_v deliver_v to_o bishop_n as_o to_z ruler_n and_o be_v make_v their_o subject_n and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n haec_fw-la verò_fw-la cuncta_fw-la fratres_n 3._o cap._n 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court_n of_o life_n and_o death_n can_v be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n and_o than_o if_o any_o man_n or_o company_n of_o man_n shall_v persuade_v the_o church_n not_o to_o inflict_v her_o censure_n upon_o delinquent_n in_o some_o case_n in_o which_o she_o may_v lawful_o inflict_v they_o and_o pretend_v to_o give_v she_o another_o compulsory_n they_o take_v away_o the_o church-consistory_n and_o erect_v a_o very_a secular_a court_n dependent_a on_o themselves_o and_o by_o consequence_n to_o be_v appeal_v to_o from_o themselves_o and_o so_o also_o to_o be_v prohibit_v as_o the_o lay-superiour_a shall_v see_v cause_n for_o *_o whoever_o therefore_o shall_v be_v consent_v to_o any_o such_o permutation_n of_o power_n be_v traditor_fw-la potestatis_fw-la quam_fw-la s._n mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la à _fw-la sponso_fw-la svo_fw-la acceperat_fw-la he_o betray_v the_o individual_a and_o inseparable_a right_n of_o holy_a church_n for_o her_o censure_n she_o may_v inflict_v upon_o her_o delinquent_a child_n without_o ask_v leave_n christ_n be_v her_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o he_o be_v her_o warrant_n and_o security_n the_o other_o be_v beg_v or_o borrow_a none_o of_o her_o own_o nor_o of_o a_o fit_a edge_n to_o be_v use_v in_o her_o abscission_n and_o coërtion_n *_o i_o end_n this_o consideration_n with_o that_o memorable_a canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n of_o 39_o can._n 39_o so_o frequent_a use_n in_o this_o question_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o bishop_n have_v the_o care_n or_o provision_n for_o all_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o let_v he_o dispense_v they_o velut_fw-la deo_fw-la contemplante_fw-la as_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n to_o who_o he_o must_v be_v responsive_a for_o all_o his_o diocese_n the_o next_o consideration_n concern_v the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n be_v of_o what_o person_n he_o be_v judge_n and_o because_o our_o scene_n lie_v herein_o church-practice_n i_o shall_v only_o set_v down_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n in_o this_o affair_n and_o leave_v it_o under_o that_o representation_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o inferior_a clerk_n and_o the_o laity_n be_v already_o involve_v in_o the_o precedent_a canon_n no_o man_n there_o be_v exempt_v of_o who_o soul_n any_o bishop_n have_v charge_n and_o all_o christ_n sheep_n hear_v his_o voice_n and_o the_o call_v of_o his_o sheap-heard-minister_n *_o theodoret_n tell_v a_o story_n that_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n be_v assemble_v by_o the_o command_n of_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n for_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o successor_n to_o auxentius_n in_o the_o see_v of_o millayne_n the_o emperor_n wish_v they_o to_o be_v careful_a in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o theodoret._n lib._n 4._o c._n 5._o set_a such_o a_o one_o in_o the_o archiepiscopall_a throne_n that_o we_o who_o rule_v the_o kingdom_n may_v sincere_o submit_v our_o head_n unto_o he_o viz_o in_o matter_n of_o spiritual_a import_n *_o and_o since_o all_o power_n be_v derive_v from_o christ_n who_o be_v a_o king_n and_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o prophet_n christian_a king_n be_v christi_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o vicar_n in_o his_o regal_a power_n but_o bishop_n in_o his_o sacerdotal_a and_o prophetical_a *_o so_o that_o the_o king_n have_v a_o supreme_a regal_a power_n in_o cause_n of_o the_o church_n ever_o since_o his_o kingdom_n become_v christian_n and_o it_o consist_v in_o all_o thing_n in_o which_o the_o priestly_a office_n be_v not_o precise_o by_o god_n law_n employ_v for_o regiment_n and_o cure_v of_o soul_n and_o in_o these_o also_o all_o the_o external_a compulsory_n and_o jurisdiction_n in_o his_o own_o for_o when_o his_o subject_n become_v christian_a subject_n himself_o also_o upon_o the_o same_o term_n become_v a_o christian_a ruler_n and_o in_o both_o capacity_n he_o be_v to_o rule_v viz_o both_o as_o subject_n and_o as_o christian_a subject_n except_o only_o in_o the_o precise_a issue_n of_o sacerdotal_a authority_n and_o therefore_o the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o priesthood_n be_v excel_v by_o each_o other_o in_o their_o several_a capacity_n for_o superiority_n be_v usual_o express_v in_o three_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excellency_n empery_n and_o power_n the_o king_n be_v supreme_a to_o the_o bishop_n in_o empery_n the_o bishop_n have_v a_o excellency_n viz._n of_o spiritual_a ministration_n which_o christ_n have_v not_o concredit_v to_o the_o king_n but_o in_o power_n both_o king_n and_o bishop_n have_v it_o distinct_o in_o several_a capacity_n the_o king_n in_o potentiâ_fw-la gladii_fw-la the_o bishop_n in_o potestate_fw-la clavium_fw-la the_o sword_n and_o the_o key_n be_v the_o emblem_n of_o their_o distinct_a power_n something_o like_o this_o be_v in_o the_o three_o epistle_n of_o s._n clement_n translate_v by_o ruffinus_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la saeculo_fw-la prophet_n â_fw-la gloriosius_fw-la pontifice_fw-la clarius_fw-la rege_fw-la sublimius_fw-la king_n and_o priest_n and_o prophet_n be_v in_o their_o several_a excellency_n the_o high_a power_n under_o heaven_n ***_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o understand_v those_o expression_n often_o use_v in_o antiquity_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o make_v entrenchment_n upon_o the_o sacrednesse_n of_o royal_a prerogative_n be_v not_o both_o the_o piety_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n sufficient_o clear_a in_o the_o issue_n of_o her_o humble_a obedience_n *_o and_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o s._n ignatius_n that_o holy_a martyr_n and_o philadelph_n epist._n ad_fw-la philadelph_n disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n diaconi_fw-la &_o reliquus_fw-la clerus_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la populo_fw-la vniverso_fw-la militibus_fw-la principibus_fw-la &_o caesare_n ipsi_fw-la episcopopareant_n let_v the_o deacon_n and_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o all_o the_o people_n the_o soldier_n the_o prince_n and_o caesar_n himself_o obey_v the_o bishop_n *_o this_o be_v it_o which_o s._n ambrose_n say_v sublimitas_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la 2._o lib._n de_fw-fr dignit_fw-la sacerd_v cap._n 2._o nullis_fw-la poterit_fw-la comparationibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la si_fw-mi regum_fw-la fulgori_fw-la compare_v &_o principum_fw-la diademati_fw-la erit_fw-la inferius_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o also_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o great_a constantine_n that_o most_o bless_a prince_n deus_fw-la vos_fw-la constituit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la vobis_fw-la dedit_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la quoque_fw-la judicandi_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la nos_fw-la à _fw-la vobis_fw-la rectè_fw-la judicamur_fw-la vos_fw-fr autem_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la be_v ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la judicari_fw-la viz._n saecularibus_fw-la and_o incausis_fw-la simplicis_fw-la religionis_fw-la so_o that_o good_a emperor_n in_o his_o oration_n to_o 2._o lib._n 10._o eccles_n hist._n c._n 2._o the_o nicene_n father_n it_o be_v a_o famous_a contestation_n that_o s._n ambrose_n have_v with_o auxentius_n the_o arian_n pretend_v the_o emperor_n command_v to_o he_o to_o deliver_v up_o some_o certain_a church_n in_o his_o diocese_n to_o the_o arian_n his_o answer_n be_v that_o palace_n belong_v to_o the_o emperor_n but_o church_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o so_o they_o do_v by_o all_o the_o law_n of_o christendom_n the_o like_a be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n athanasius_n and_o constantius_n the_o emperor_n exact_o the_o same_o per_fw-la omniae_fw-la as_o it_o be_v relate_v by_o ruffinus_n *_o s._n ambrose_n his_o send_v his_o deacon_n to_o the_o emperor_n 19_o lib._n 10._o eccles_n hist._n cap._n 19_o to_o desire_v he_o to_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o cancelli_fw-la in_o his_o church_n at_o milan_n show_v that_o then_o the_o power_n be_v so_o distinct_a that_o they_o make_v no_o entrenchment_n upon_o each_o other_o *_o it_o be_v no_o great_a power_n but_o a_o more_o considerable_a act_n and_o high_a exercise_n the_o forbid_v the_o communion_n to_o theodosius_n till_o he_o have_v 18._o theodor._n lib._n 5_o c._n 18._o by_o repentance_n wash_v out_o the_o blood_n that_o stick_v upon_o he_o ever_o since_o the_o massacre_n at_o thessalonica_n it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a concurrence_n of_o piety_n in_o the_o emperor_n and_o resolution_n and_o authority_n in_o the_o bishop_n but_o he_o be_v not_o the_o first_o that_o do_v it_o for_o philip_n the_o emperor_n be_v also_o guide_v by_o the_o pastoral_n rod_n and_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o bishop_n de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la traditum_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la 25._o euseb_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 25._o quod_fw-la christianus_n fuerit_fw-la &_o in_o die_v paschae_fw-la i._n e._n in_o ipsis_fw-la vigiliis_fw-la cùm_fw-la interest_n voluerit_fw-la &_o communicare_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la loci_fw-la non_fw-la priùs_fw-la esse_fw-la permissum_fw-la nisi_fw-la confiteretur_fw-la peccata_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la staret_fw-la nec_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la sibi_fw-la copiam_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la futuram_fw-la nisi_fw-la priùs_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la culpas_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la ferebantur_fw-la plurimae_fw-la deluisset_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o the_o place_n will_v not_o
32._o conditores_fw-la basilicarum_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la quas_fw-la eisdem_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la conferunt_fw-la nullam_fw-la se_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habere_fw-la sed_fw-la juxta_fw-la canonum_fw-la instituta_fw-la sicut_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o dotem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la pertinere_fw-la these_o counsel_n i_o produce_v not_o as_o judge_n but_o as_o witness_n in_o the_o business_n for_o they_o give_v concurrent_a testimony_n that_o as_o the_o church_n itself_o so_o the_o dowry_n of_o it_o too_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n disposition_n by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n for_o so_o the_o three_o council_n of_o toledo_n call_v it_o antiquam_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la and_o itself_o be_v almost_o 1100._o year_n old_a so_o that_o still_o i_o be_o precise_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n though_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o narrow_a sense_n for_o so_o it_o be_v determine_v canonem_fw-la can._n 26._o vide_fw-la zonaram_n in_fw-la hunc_fw-la canonem_fw-la in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o chalcedon_n command_v that_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v dispense_v by_o a_o clergy_n steward_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d martyris_fw-la videatur_fw-la council_n carthag_n graec._n can_v 36._o 38._o &_o 41._o &_o balsam_n ibid._n &_o apologia_fw-la 2._o justini_n martyris_fw-la according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n or_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n add_v to_o this_o that_o without_o the_o bishop_n dimissory_a letter_n presbyter_n may_v not_o go_v to_o another_o diocese_n so_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o fifteen_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n under_o pain_n of_o suspension_n or_o deposition_n bishop_n §_o 39_o forbid_v presbyter_n to_o leave_v their_o own_o diocese_n or_o to_o travel_v without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o censure_n and_o that_o especial_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o he_o will_v not_o return_v when_o his_o bishop_n call_v he_o the_o same_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n cap._n 3._o and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n in_o trullo_n cap._n 17._o the_o censure_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v he_o be_v depose_v that_o shall_v without_o dimissory_a letter_n from_o his_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fix_v himself_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n but_o with_o licence_n of_o his_o bishop_n he_o may_v sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la alii_fw-la clerici_fw-la concessione_n suorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la possunt_fw-la ad_fw-la alius_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la transmigrare_fw-la but_o this_o be_v frequent_o renew_v 10._o vide_fw-la council_n epaun._n c._n 5._o &_o venet_n c._n 10._o in_o many_o other_o synodall_n decree_n these_o may_v suffice_v for_o this_o instance_n *_o but_o this_o not_o leave_v the_o diocese_n be_v not_o only_o mean_v of_o promotion_n in_o another_o church_n but_o clergy_n man_n may_v not_o travail_v from_o city_n to_o city_n without_o the_o bishop_n licence_n which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o argument_n of_o his_o regiment_n in_o genere_fw-la politico_fw-la but_o extend_v it_o almost_o to_o a_o despotic_a but_o so_o strict_a be_v the_o primitive_a church_n in_o preserve_v the_o strict_a tie_n of_o duty_n and_o clericall_a subordination_n to_o their_o bishop_n the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n command_v a_o priest_n or_o clergy_n 41._o can._n 41._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o travail_v without_o canonical_a or_o dimissory_a letter_n and_o who_o be_v to_o grant_v these_o letter_n be_v express_v in_o the_o next_o canon_n which_o repeat_v the_o same_o prohibition_n 42._o can._n 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o priest_n or_o a_o clerk_n must_v not_o travail_v without_o the_o command_n of_o his_o bishop_n and_o this_o prohibition_n be_v insert_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi do_v 5._o can_n non_fw-la oportet_fw-la which_o put_v in_o the_o clause_n of_o neque_fw-la etiam_fw-la laicum_fw-la but_o this_o be_v beyond_o the_o council_n the_o same_o be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o 38._o of_o can._n 38._o agatho_n the_o council_n of_o 5._o of_o can._n 5._o venice_n add_v a_o censure_n that_o those_o clerk_n shall_v be_v like_a person_n excommunicate_a in_o all_o those_o place_n whither_o they_o go_v without_o letter_n of_o licence_n from_o their_o bishop_n the_o same_o penalty_n be_v inflict_v by_o the_o council_n of_o epaunum_n presbytero_fw-la vel_fw-la diacono_fw-la 6._o can._n 6._o sine_fw-la antistitis_fw-la svi_fw-la epistolis_fw-la ambulanti_fw-la communionem_fw-la nullus_fw-la impendat_fw-la the_o first_o council_n of_o tourayne_n in_o france_n and_o the_o three_o council_n of_o orleans_n attest_v the_o self_n same_o power_n in_o the_o bishop_n and_o duty_n in_o all_o his_o clergy_n but_o a_o coërcitive_a authority_n make_v not_o a_o complete_a please_v §_o 40._o and_o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n to_o prefer_v which_o of_o his_o clerk_n he_o please_v jurisdiction_n unless_o it_o be_v also_o remunerative_a &_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d benefactor_n for_o it_o be_v but_o half_a a_o tie_n to_o endear_v obedience_n when_o the_o subject_a only_o fear_v quod_fw-la prodesse_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la that_o which_o can_v profit_v and_o therefore_o the_o primitive_a church_n to_o make_v the_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n up_o entire_a give_v power_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o present_v the_o clerk_n of_o his_o diocese_n to_o the_o high_a order_n and_o near_a degree_n of_o approximation_n to_o himself_o and_o the_o clerk_n may_v not_o refuse_v to_o be_v so_o promote_v item_n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la clerici_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconi_fw-la pro_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la ecclesiarnm_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperaverint_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la volentibus_fw-la eos_n ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la ampliorem_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la promovere_fw-la nec_fw-la illic_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o gradu_fw-la svo_fw-la unde_fw-la recedere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la so_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o african_a code_n they_o that_o will_v not_o by_o their_o bishop_n be_v promote_v to_o a_o great_a honour_n 31._o can._n 31._o in_o the_o church_n must_v not_o enjoy_v what_o they_o have_v already_o but_o it_o be_v a_o question_n of_o great_a consideration_n and_o worth_a a_o strict_a inquiry_n in_o who_o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o elect_a clerk_n be_v resident_a in_o the_o primitive_a church_n for_o the_o right_n and_o the_o power_n do_v not_o always_o go_v together_o and_o also_o several_a order_n have_v several_a manner_n of_o election_n presbyter_n and_o inferior_a clergy_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o bishop_n alone_o the_o bishop_n by_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n or_o by_o their_o chapter_n and_o last_o because_o of_o late_a strong_a outcry_n be_v make_v upon_o several_a pretension_n among_o which_o the_o people_n make_v the_o big_a noise_n though_o of_o all_o their_o title_n to_o election_n of_o clerk_n be_v most_o empty_a therefore_o let_v we_o consider_v it_o upon_o all_o its_o ground_n 1._o in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o be_v most_o certain_o the_o best_a precedent_n for_o all_o act_n of_o holy_a church_n we_o find_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n ordain_v elder_n in_o every_o church_n and_o they_o pass_v through_o lystra_n iconium_n antioch_n and_o derbe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appoint_v they_o elder_n *_o s._n paul_n choose_v timothy_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n and_o he_o say_v of_o himself_o and_o titus_n for_o this_o cause_n i_o send_v thou_o to_o crete_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o thou_o shall_v oppoint_z presbyter_n or_o bishop_n be_v they_o which_o they_o will_v in_o every_o city_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v that_o the_o whole_a action_n be_v he_o for_o that_o he_o ordain_v they_o no_o man_n question_n but_o he_o also_o appoint_v they_o and_o that_o be_v say_v s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o 1._o titus_n v_o 5._o as_o i_o command_v thou_o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o apostolical_a ordinance_n that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v appoint_v presbyter_n let_v there_o be_v half_a so_o much_o show_v for_o the_o people_n and_o i_o will_v also_o endeavour_v to_o promote_v their_o interest_n ****_o there_o be_v only_o one_o pretence_n of_o a_o popular_a election_n in_o scripture_n it_o be_v of_o the_o seven_o that_o be_v set_v over_o the_o widow_n *_o but_o first_o this_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o hierarchy_n this_o be_v no_o cure_n of_o soul_n this_o be_v no_o divine_a institution_n it_o be_v in_o the_o dispensation_n of_o money_n it_o be_v by_o command_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o election_n be_v make_v and_o they_o may_v recede_v from_o their_o own_o right_n it_o be_v to_o satisfy_v the_o multitude_n it_o be_v to_o avoid_v scandal_n which_o in_o the_o dispensation_n of_o money_n may_v easy_o arise_v it_o be_v in_o a_o temporary_a office_n it_o be_v with_o such_o limitation_n and_o condition_n as_o the_o apostle_n prescribe_v they_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o number_n
enough_o to_o furnish_v both_o with_o variety_n and_o yet_o neither_o to_o admit_v mere_a presbyter_n in_o the_o present_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n nor_o yet_o the_o laity_n to_o a_o decision_n of_o the_o question_n nor_o authorise_v the_o decretal_a for_o beside_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n there_o be_v apostolical_a man_n which_o be_v presbyter_n and_o something_o more_o as_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o silas_n and_o evangelist_n and_o pastor_n beside_o which_o may_v furnish_v out_o the_o last_o appellative_a sufficient_o but_o however_o without_o any_o further_o trouble_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o word_n brethren_n do_v not_o distinguish_v the_o laity_n from_o the_o clergy_n now_o when_o they_o hear_v this_o they_o be_v prick_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o say_v unto_o peter_n and_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v judas_n and_o silas_n who_o be_v apostolical_a man_n be_v call_v in_o scripture_n chief_a man_n among_o the_o brethren_n but_o this_o be_v too_o know_v to_o need_v a_o contestation_n i_o only_o insert_v the_o say_n of_o basilius_n the_o emperor_n in_o the_o 8_o the_o synod_n de_fw-fr vobis_fw-la autem_fw-la laicis_fw-la tam_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o dignitatibus_fw-la quà m_fw-la qui_fw-la absolutè_fw-la versamini_fw-la quid_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la dicam_fw-la non_fw-la habeo_fw-la quà m_fw-la quòd_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la vobis_fw-la licet_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la causis_fw-la sermonem_fw-la movere_fw-la neque_fw-la penitùs_fw-la resistere_fw-la integritati_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o universali_fw-la synodo_fw-la adversari_fw-la layman_n say_v the_o emperor_n must_v by_o no_o mean_n meddle_v with_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a nor_o oppose_v themselves_o to_o the_o catholic_n church_n or_o counsel_n ecumenical_a they_o must_v not_o meddle_v for_o these_o thing_n appertain_v to_o the_o cognisance_n of_o bishop_n and_o their_o decision_n *_o and_o now_o after_o all_o this_o what_o authority_n be_v equal_a to_o this_o legislative_a of_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v aristotle_n 15._o lib._n 4._o polit_fw-la c._n 15._o they_o be_v all_o evidence_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n to_o deliberate_v to_o determine_v or_o judge_n to_o make_v law_n but_o to_o make_v law_n be_v the_o great_a power_n that_o be_v imaginable_a the_o first_o may_v belong_v fair_o enough_o to_o presbyter_n but_o i_o have_v prove_v the_o two_o latter_a to_o be_v appropriate_a to_o bishop_n last_o as_o if_o all_o the_o act_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o every_o 42._o §_o 42._o imaginable_a part_n of_o power_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n over_o clerk_n and_o the_o bishop_n have_v a_o propriety_n in_o the_o person_n of_o his_o clerk_n the_o presbyter_n &_o subordinate_a clergy_n the_o presbyter_n be_v say_v to_o be_v episcoporum_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la the_o bishop_n presbyter_n as_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o a_o superiority_n over_o they_o and_o as_o the_o bishop_n be_v a_o dispenser_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o bonis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la so_o he_o be_v of_o the_o person_n too_o a_o ruler_n in_o propriety_n *_o s._n hilary_n in_o the_o book_n which_o himself_o deliver_v to_o constantine_n ecclesiae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la say_v he_o per_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la meos_fw-la communionem_fw-la distribuens_fw-la i_o still_o give_v the_o holy_a communion_n to_o the_o faithful_a people_n by_o my_o presbyter_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o three_o council_n of_o carthage_n a_o great_a deliberation_n be_v have_v about_o require_v a_o clerk_n of_o his_o bishop_n to_o be_v promote_v in_o another_o church_n ...._o denique_fw-la qui_fw-la unum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la numquid_fw-la debet_fw-la illi_fw-la ipse_fw-la unus_fw-la presbyter_n auferri_fw-la say_v posthumianus_n if_o the_o bishop_n have_v 3._o can._n 45._o council_n carthag_n 3._o but_o one_o presbyter_n must_v that_o one_o be_v take_v from_o he_o idsequor_fw-la say_v aurelius_n ut_fw-la conveniam_fw-la episcopum_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la ei_fw-la inculcem_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la clericus_fw-la à _fw-la quâlibet_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la postuletur_fw-la and_o it_o be_v resolve_v ut_fw-la clericum_fw-la alienum_fw-la nisi_fw-la concedente_fw-la ejus_fw-la episcopo_fw-la no_o man_n shall_v retain_v another_o bishop_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o clerk_n he_o be_v *_o when_o athanasius_n be_v abuse_v by_o the_o calumny_n of_o the_o heretic_n his_o adversary_n and_o enter_v to_o purge_v himself_o athanasius_n ingreditur_fw-la cum_fw-la timotheo_n presbytero_fw-la 17._o eccles._n hist._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 17._o svo_fw-la he_o come_v in_o with_o timothy_n his_o presbyter_n and_o arsenius_n cujus_fw-la brachium_fw-la dicebatur_fw-la excisum_fw-la lector_n aliquando_fw-la fuerat_fw-la athanasii_fw-la arsenius_n be_v athanasius_n his_o reader_n vbi_fw-la autem_fw-la ventum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la rumores_fw-la de_fw-la poculo_fw-la fracto_fw-la à _fw-la macario_fw-la presbytero_fw-la athanasii_fw-la etc._n etc._n macarius_n be_v another_o of_o athanasius_n his_o priest_n so_o theodoret._n peter_n and_o irenaeus_n be_v two_o 8._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o more_o of_o his_o presbyter_n as_o himself_o witness_n paulinianus_n come_v sometime_o to_o visit_v we_o say_v s._n hierome_n to_o pammachius_n but_o not_o as_o your_o clerk_n sed_fw-la agentes_fw-la athanas._o epist_n aâ—_n vitam_fw-la solitar_n agentes_fw-la ejus_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la his_o clerk_n who_o do_v ordain_v he_o but_o these_o thing_n be_v too_o know_v to_o need_v a_o multiplication_n of_o instance_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o or_o no_o and_o how_o far_o the_o bishop_n have_v superiority_n over_o presbyter_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n their_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n have_v furnish_v we_o with_o these_o particular_n the_o power_n of_o church_n good_n and_o the_o sole_a dispensation_n of_o they_o and_o a_o propriety_n of_o person_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o clergy_n and_o church_n possession_n be_v in_o his_o power_n in_o his_o administration_n the_o clergy_n may_v not_o travail_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n they_o may_v not_o be_v prefer_v in_o another_o diocese_n without_o licence_n of_o their_o own_o bishop_n in_o their_o own_o church_n the_o bishop_n have_v sole_a power_n to_o prefer_v they_o and_o they_o must_v undertake_v the_o burden_n of_o any_o promotion_n if_o he_o call_v they_o to_o it_o without_o he_o they_o may_v not_o baptize_v not_o consecrate_v the_o eucharist_n not_o communicate_v not_o reconcile_v penitent_n not_o preach_v not_o only_o not_o without_o his_o ordination_n but_o not_o without_o a_o special_a faculty_n beside_o the_o capacity_n of_o their_o order_n the_o presbyter_n be_v bind_v to_o obey_v their_o bishop_n in_o their_o sanction_n and_o canonical_a imposition_n even_o by_o the_o decrce_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o ignatius_n and_o the_o constitution_n of_o s._n clement_n of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n ancyra_n and_o toledo_n and_o many_o other_o the_o bishop_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v judge_n in_o ordinary_a of_o the_o clergy_n and_o people_n of_o their_o diocese_n by_o the_o concurrent_a suffrage_n of_o almost_o 2000_o holy_a father_n assemble_v in_o nice_a ephesus_n chalcedon_n in_o carthage_n antioch_n sardis_n aquileia_n taurinum_n agatho_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n and_o by_o the_o apostle_n and_o all_o this_o attest_v by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n inflict_v censure_n upon_o delinquent_n and_o absolve_v they_o as_o they_o see_v cause_n and_o by_o the_o dogmatic_a resolution_n of_o the_o old_a catholic_n declare_v in_o their_o attribute_n and_o appellative_n of_o the_o episcopal_a function_n that_o they_o have_v supreme_a and_o universal_a spiritual_a power_n viz._n in_o the_o sense_n above_o explicate_v over_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n of_o their_o diocese_n as_o that_o they_o be_v high_a than_o all_o power_n the_o image_n of_o god_n the_o figure_n of_o christ_n christ_n vicar_n precedent_n of_o the_o church_n prince_n of_o priest_n of_o authority_n incomparable_a unparalleled_a power_n and_o many_o more_o if_o all_o this_o be_v witness_n enough_o of_o the_o superiority_n of_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n we_o have_v their_o deposition_n we_o may_v proceed_v as_o we_o see_v cause_n for_o and_o reduce_v our_o episcopacy_n to_o the_o primitive_a state_n for_o that_o be_v true_o a_o reformation_n id_fw-la dominicum_fw-la quod_fw-la primum_fw-la id_fw-la haereticum_fw-la quod_fw-la posterius_fw-la and_o then_o we_o shall_v be_v sure_a episcopacy_n will_v loose_v nothing_o by_o these_o unfortunate_a contestation_n but_o against_o the_o cause_n it_o be_v object_v super_fw-la totam_fw-la 43._o §._o 43._o parish_n their_o jurisdiction_n be_v over_o many_o congregation_n or_o parish_n materiam_fw-la that_o bishop_n be_v not_o diocesan_n but_o parochial_a and_o therefore_o of_o so_o confine_v a_o jurisdiction_n that_o perhaps_o our_o village_n or_o city_n priest_n shall_v advance_v their_o pulpit_n as_o high_a as_o the_o bishop_n throne_n *_o well!_o put_v case_n they_o be_v not_o diocesan_n but_o parish_n bishop_n what_o
can._n 17._o chalcedon_n and_o of_o constantinople_n in_o 38._o in_o can._n 38._o trullo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n follow_v the_o order_n and_o guise_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n viz._n in_o her_o regiment_n and_o prefefecture_n *_o but_o in_o the_o modern_a sense_n of_o this_o division_n a_o bishop_n charge_n be_v neither_o a_o parish_n nor_o a_o diocese_n as_o they_o be_v take_v in_o relation_n but_o a_o bishop_n have_v the_o supreme_a care_n of_o all_o the_o christian_n which_o he_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o presbyter_n have_v convert_v and_o he_o also_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o endeavour_v the_o conversion_n of_o all_o the_o country_n so_o that_o although_o he_o have_v not_o all_o the_o diocese_n actual_o in_o communion_n and_o subjection_n yet_o his_o charge_n his_o diocese_n be_v so_o much_o just_o as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o apostle_n to_o who_o christ_n give_v all_o the_o world_n for_o a_o diocese_n yet_o at_o first_o they_o have_v but_o a_o small_a congregation_n that_o do_v actual_o obey_v they_o and_o now_o to_o the_o question_n which_o be_v first_o a_o particular_a congregation_n or_o a_o diocese_n i_o answer_v that_o a_o diocese_n be_v first_o that_o be_v the_o apostle_n have_v a_o charge_n before_o they_o have_v a_o congregation_n of_o convert_n and_o s._n mark_n be_v send_v bishop_n to_o alexandria_n by_o s._n peter_n before_o any_o be_v convert_v *_o but_o ordinary_o the_o apostle_n when_o they_o have_v convert_v a_o city_n or_o nation_n than_o fix_a bishop_n upon_o their_o charge_n and_o there_o indeed_o the_o particular_a congregation_n be_v before_o the_o bishop_n take_v of_o the_o diocese_n but_o then_o this_o city_n or_o nation_n although_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bishop_n diocese_n before_o it_o be_v a_o particular_a congregation_n yet_o it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o apostle_n diocese_n and_o this_o they_o concredit_v to_o the_o bishop_n respective_o s._n paul_n be_v ordain_v by_o the_o prophet_n at_o antioch_n apostle_n of_o the_o uncircumcision_n all_o the_o gentile_n be_v his_o diocese_n and_o even_o of_o those_o place_n he_o then_o receive_v power_n which_o as_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o convert_v so_o that_o absolute_o a_o diocese_n be_v before_o a_o particular_a congregation_n but_o if_o a_o diocese_n be_v take_v collective_o as_o now_o it_o be_v for_o a_o multitude_n of_o parish_n unite_v under_o one_o bishop_n than_o one_o must_v needs_o be_v before_o 20_o and_o a_o particular_a congregation_n before_o a_o diocese_n but_o then_o that_o particular_a congregation_n be_v not_o a_o parish_n in_o the_o present_a sense_n for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o a_o diocese_n take_v a_o diocese_n for_o a_o collection_n of_o parish_n but_o that_o particular_a congregation_n be_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o his_o diocese_n and_o like_o a_o grain_n of_o mustardseed_n that_o in_o time_n may_v and_o do_v grow_v up_o to_o a_o considerable_a height_n even_o to_o a_o necessity_n of_o distinguish_a title_n and_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n assign_v several_a part_n to_o several_a priest_n 2._o we_o see_v that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n before_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n have_v the_o city_n and_o country_n and_o after_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n have_v they_o all_o under_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o ever_o even_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n have_v several_a province_n some_o of_o they_o i_o mean_v within_o their_o limit_n and_o charge_n *_o the_o 35_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n give_v power_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o dispose_v only_o of_o those_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v under_o his_o diocese_n &_o the_o neighbour-village_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v repeat_v in_o the_o nine_o and_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a canon_n of_o our_o forefather_n and_o yet_o itself_o be_v elder_a than_o three_o of_o the_o general_a counsel_n and_o if_o then_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a canon_n of_o the_o father_n that_o the_o city_n and_o village_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n sure_o a_o primitive_a bishop_n be_v a_o diocesan_n but_o a_o little_a before_o this_o be_v the_o nicene_n council_n 6._o can._n 6._o and_o there_o i_o be_o sure_a we_o have_v a_o bishop_n that_o be_v at_o least_o a_o diocesan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o old_a custom_n be_v keep_v what_o be_v those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v power_n over_o all_z egypt_n libya_n and_o pentapolis_n it_o be_v a_o good_a large_a parish_n and_o yet_o this_o parish_n if_o we_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o call_v it_o so_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o old_a custom_n of_o their_o forefather_n and_o yet_o that_o be_v so_o early_a that_o s._n anthony_n be_v then_o alive_a who_o be_v bear_v in_o s._n irenaeus_n his_o time_n who_o be_v himself_o but_o second_o from_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v also_o a_o good_a large_a parish_n that_o ignatius_n be_v bishop_n of_o even_o all_o syria_n caelesyria_n mesopotamia_n and_o both_o the_o ciliciae_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n of_o syria_n he_o call_v himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o theodoret_n and_o beside_o 23._o lib._n 5._o ca._n 23._o all_o these_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n have_v the_o two_o phaeniciae_fw-la and_o arabia_n yield_v 7._o action_n 7._o to_o they_o by_o composition_n these_o alone_a will_v have_v make_v two_o or_o three_o reasonable_a good_a parish_n and_o will_v have_v take_v up_o time_n enough_o to_o perambulate_v have_v that_o be_v then_o the_o guise_n of_o christendom_n *_o but_o example_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v infinite_a theodorus_n bishop_n 68_o epist._n ad_fw-la leon_n 1._o episc._n rom._n haeres_fw-la 68_o of_o cyrus_n be_v pastor_n over_o 800_o parish_n athanasius_n be_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n egypt_n thebais_n mareotis_n libya_n ammoniaca_n and_o pentapolis_n say_v s._n epiphanius_n and_o his_o predecessor_n julianus_n successor_n of_o agrippinus_n be_v bishop_n 16._o bishop_n council_n chalce_v act_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o church_n about_o alexandria_n either_o it_o be_v a_o diocese_n or_o at_o least_o a_o plurality_n *_o 28._o *_o theodoret._n lib._n 5._o c._n 28._o s._n chrysostome_n have_v pontus_n asia_n and_o all_o thrace_n in_o his_o parish_n even_o as_o much_o as_o come_v to_o sixteen_o prefecture_n a_o fair_a bound_n sure_o and_o so_o it_o be_v with_o all_o the_o bishop_n a_o great_a or_o a_o lesser_a diocese_n they_o have_v but_o all_o be_v diocesan_n for_o they_o have_v several_a parish_n singuli_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la habent_fw-la sub_fw-la se_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la say_v epiphanius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o john_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o his_o 69._o apud_fw-la s._n hieron_n haeres_fw-la 69._o book_n contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la quotquot_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o alexandriâ_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la uno_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la sunt_fw-la privatimque_fw-la ad_fw-la have_v destinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la necessitate_v it_o aut_fw-la habitatores_fw-la vicini_fw-la sint_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la *_o all_o italy_n be_v the_o parish_n of_o 22._o lib._n 4._o c._n 12._o encom_n cyprian_a sozom._n lib._n 5._o c._n 18._o vide_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n â—_o c._n 22._o liberius_n say_v socrates_n africa_n be_v s._n cyprian_n parish_n say_v s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n and_o s._n basil_n the_o great_a be_v parish-priest_n to_o all_o cappadocia_n but_o i_o rather_o believe_v if_o we_o examine_v their_o several_a story_n they_o will_v rather_o prove_v metropolitan_o then_o mere_a parochian_n 3_o lie_v the_o ancient_a canon_n forbid_v a_o bishop_n to_o be_v ordain_v in_o a_o village_n castle_n or_o town_n it_o be_v so_o decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n before_o the_o first_o nicene_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 56._o can._n 56._o in_o the_o village_n or_o country_n bishop_n must_v not_o be_v constitute_v and_o this_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o can._n 6._o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o ordain_v bishop_n in_o village_n or_o little_a town_n to_o which_o one_o presbyter_n be_v sufficient_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o bishop_n must_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o those_o city_n where_o bishop_n former_o have_v be_v *_o so_o that_o this_o canon_n do_v not_o make_v a_o new_a constitution_n but_o perpetuate_v the_o old_a sanction_n bishop_n ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la be_v only_o ordain_v in_o great_a city_n and_o presbyter_n to_o little_a village_n who_o then_o be_v the_o parish_n curate_n the_o bishop_n or_o the_o priest_n the_o case_n be_v too_o apparent_a only_o here_o it_o be_v object_v that_o some_o
prince_n court_n be_v it_o be_v i_o diantibus_fw-la mansuescit_fw-la circa_fw-la simplices_fw-la judiciarius_fw-la rigour_n admittitur_fw-la clamour_n pauperum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dignitas_fw-la erigitur_fw-la relevatur_fw-la pauperum_fw-la indigentia_fw-la firmatur_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la libertas_fw-la pax_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la in_fw-la monasteriis_fw-la quies_fw-la justitia_fw-la liberè_fw-la exercetur_fw-la superbia_fw-la opprimitur_fw-la augetur_fw-la laicorum_fw-la devotio_fw-la religio_fw-la fovetur_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la judicia_fw-la etc._n etc._n when_o pious_a bishop_n be_v employ_v in_o prince_n counsel_n than_o the_o rigour_n of_o law_n be_v abate_v equity_n introduce_v the_o cry_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v hear_v their_o necessity_n be_v make_v know_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n be_v conserve_v the_o peace_n of_o kingdom_n labour_v for_o pride_n be_v depress_v religion_n increase_v the_o devotion_n of_o the_o laity_n multiply_v and_o tribunal_n be_v make_v 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jurisdiction_n to_o tychicus_n who_o for_o