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patriarch_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n have_v their_o distinct_a limit_n and_o jurisdiction_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n have_v his_o peculiar_a primacy_n or_o regiment_n and_o be_v not_o to_o intermeddle_v with_o the_o province_n of_o alexandria_n and_o so_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v his_o peculiar_a jurisdiction_n and_o be_v allow_v no_o inspection_n over_o constantinople_n antioch_n or_o alexandria_n and_o these_o distinct_a boundary_n be_v fix_v by_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o because_o it_o conâ—utes_v both_o the_o papal_a supremacy_n and_o puritanical_a anarchy_n i_o will_v give_v you_o the_o copy_n of_o that_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v let_v the_o ancient_a custom_n be_v in_o force_n let_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o egypt_n libya_n and_o pentapolis_n as_o likewise_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v accustom_v to_o have_v in_o his_o province_n and_o so_o let_v the_o church_n of_o antioch_n and_o other_o province_n keep_v their_o peculiar_a privilege_n and_o so_o the_o christian_n dwell_v under_o these_o distinct_a patriarchates_n be_v oblige_v to_o a_o respective_a obedience_n to_o their_o peculiar_a provincial_n and_o to_o divide_v themselves_o from_o their_o proper_a patriarch_n or_o bishop_n be_v account_v schism_n in_o the_o ancient_a church_n timothy_n be_v constitute_v bishop_n of_o all_o the_o diocese_n of_o ephesus_n the_o christian_n reside_v within_o that_o precinct_n be_v oblige_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o order_n to_o submit_v themselves_o to_o his_o peculiar_a inspection_n and_o it_o have_v be_v schism_n to_o have_v disobey_v he_o or_o separate_v themselves_o from_o his_o jurisdiction_n st._n ambrose_n observe_v this_o decorum_n himself_o as_o he_o tell_v we_o by_o st._n augustin_n 113._o in_o a_o epistle_n of_o his_o ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la cum_fw-la romae_fw-la sum_fw-la jejuno_fw-it sabbato_fw-la cum_fw-la hic_fw-la sum_fw-la non_fw-la
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way_n be_v rational_o secure_v of_o my_o relation_n to_o christ_n or_o of_o my_o participation_n of_o all_o the_o advantage_n of_o christianity_n but_o by_o a_o communion_n with_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o its_o ministerial_a authority_n i_o do_v therefore_o assure_v you_o that_o i_o have_v a_o great_a value_n for_o my_o communion_n with_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o temple_n than_o for_o that_o adore_a diana_n of_o english_a property_n and_o if_o any_o unhappy_a circumstance_n shall_v ever_o put_v i_o upon_o the_o experiment_n i_o will_v desert_v this_o to_o enjoy_v the_o other_o sir_n if_o ever_o the_o christian_a world_n become_v wise_a and_o sober_a this_o very_a consideration_n will_v repair_v the_o breach_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o prove_v the_o final_a ruin_n of_o fanatic_a conventicle_n our_o author_n passionate_o declaim_v against_o the_o supremacy_n and_o ambition_n of_o bishop_n i_o confess_v pride_n and_o ambition_n be_v great_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o 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ultra_fw-la non_fw-la faciat_fw-la quia_fw-la vobis_fw-la subtrahitur_fw-la quod_fw-la alteri_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la ratio_fw-la exigit_fw-la praebetur_fw-la and_o we_o must_v not_o look_v upon_o this_o modesty_n as_o the_o poor_a spirit_v humour_n of_o this_o single_a bishop_n for_o he_o assure_v we_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n that_o it_o be_v the_o constant_a humility_n of_o his_o predecessor_n recedant_fw-la verba_fw-la quae_fw-la vanitatem_fw-la inflant_fw-la &_o charitatem_fw-la vulnerant_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la in_o sancta_fw-la chalcedonensi_fw-la synodo_fw-la atque_fw-la post_fw-la à _fw-la subsequentibus_fw-la patribus_fw-la hoc_fw-la decessoribus_fw-la meis_fw-la oblatum_n vestra_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la novit_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la nullus_fw-la eorum_fw-la uti_fw-la hoc_fw-la unquam_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la voluit_fw-la but_o sir_n our_o author_n not_o only_o protest_v against_o the_o ambition_n but_o the_o authority_n of_o bishop_n for_o he_o tell_v we_o they_o do_v but_o abuse_v themselves_o and_o other_o that_o will_v persuade_v we_o that_o bishop_n by_o christ_n institution_n have_v any_o superiority_n over_o other_o man_n than_o that_o of_o reverence_n he_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a reverence_n due_a to_o they_o than_o to_o other_o man_n but_o how_o this_o shall_v become_v a_o duty_n without_o suppose_v a_o just_a superiority_n to_o exact_v it_o i_o can_v understand_v i_o will_v not_o here_o engage_v in_o the_o controversy_n about_o the_o divine_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n but_o i_o be_o sure_a the_o apostle_n have_v a_o superiority_n over_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n by_o christ_n institution_n and_o i_o be_o certain_a that_o the_o ancient_n catholic_n church_n do_v esteem_v bishop_n as_o the_o apostle_n successor_n the_o first_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n that_o ever_o deny_v the_o superiority_n of_o bishop_n be_v aenius_n a_o discontent_a arian_n and_o epiphanius_n record_v he_o for_o a_o heretic_n 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i_o rest_n sir_n your_o affectionate_a friend_n and_o servant_n r._n c._n finis_fw-la lib._n 3._o adv_n haer._n cap._n 3._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 43._o ☞_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epad_v philadelph_n and_o exhort_v to_o obey_v the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n he_o tell_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat._n ep._n ad_fw-la trall_n epist_n 42._o pag._n 34._o aug._n ep._n 113._o tom._n 1._o p._n 781._o ad_fw-la p._n 802._o epiphan_n adv_fw-la haeres_fw-la tom._n 2._o p._n 727._o pag._n 30._o page_n 10._o sect._n 12._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o pag._n 4._o page_n 2._o page_n 2._o page_n 2._o page_n 4._o sect._n 5._o page_n 9_o page_n 2._o page_n 1._o epist_n 118._o page_n 3._o niceph._n l._n 8._o c._n 25._o lang._n int._n 〈◊〉_d tom._n 1._o lib._n 10._o cap._n 5._o sect._n 1_o tom._n 1._o lib._n 16._o cap._n 5._o sect_n 5._o what_o authority_n have_v we_o for_o infant_n baptism_n the_o lord_n day_n the_o dispense_n the_o eucharist_n to_o woman_n but_o the_o authority_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o ancient_n leu._n 17._o 5_o 6._o