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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iâ—_n palatium_fw-la in_o gonere_fw-la god_n house_n in_o specâ—â—_n call_v basilica_n but_o that_o be_v not_o enough_o here_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o plural_a number_n signify_v the_o degree_n or_o step_n to_o the_o altar_n 〈…〉_o 5._o when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o royal_a stayâ—â—â—_n be_v wâ—â—â—_n again_o as_o abundant_o as_o when_o he_o first_o enter_v the_o church_n then_o according_a to_o his_o custom_n at_o constantinople_n he_o go_v within_o the_o rail_n but_o s._n ambrose_n by_o a_o deacon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o teach_v he_o that_o place_n be_v to_o be_v distinguish_v in_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v for_o priest_n and_o not_o for_o prince_n to_o come_v within_o the_o rail_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v forth_o and_o communicate_v with_o thy_o own_o rank_n and_o remember_v in_o god_n house_n to_o hold_v the_o perfect_a pattern_n of_o the_o difference_n and_o distinction_n priest_n 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keep_v himself_o in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o he_o may_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n saint_n ignatius_n in_o his_o epistle_n very_o often_o make_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o one_o to_o flow_v from_o the_o communication_n with_o the_o other_o take_v away_o the_o apostle_n fellowship_n and_o you_o take_v away_o the_o break_n of_o bread_n and_o prayer_n at_o the_o lord_n table_n except_o there_o be_v a_o priest_n within_o the_o altar_n the_o people_n be_v whole_o without_o it_o i_o say_v it_o be_v saint_n ignatius_n his_o constant_a determination_n that_o the_o people_n must_v so_o depend_v upon_o their_o pastor_n that_o they_o do_v nothing_o without_o they_o ep._n ad_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o nothing_o must_v be_v do_v without_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o bishop_n so_o the_o bishop_n must_v do_v nothing_o without_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n the_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n he_o make_v next_o to_o god_n in_o the_o church_n he_o acknowledge_v none_o above_o they_o respect_v the_o ecclesia_fw-la sticall_a ministry_n epist_n ad_fw-la trall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v subject_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o to_o christ_n for_o he_o watch_v for_o you_o he_o apply_v the_o apostle_n word_n heb._n 13.17_o to_o the_o bishop_n and_o define_v he_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n lest_o we_o shall_v imagine_v his_o name_n to_o be_v common_a to_o all_o pastor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v a_o bishop_n but_o one_o that_o bear_v sway_n and_o authority_n above_o all_o other_o epist_n ad_fw-la smyrnenses_n he_o say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o all_o the_o world_n there_o be_v none_o great_a than_o god_n so_o in_o the_o church_n and_o order_n ecclesiastical_a there_o be_v none_o great_a than_o the_o bishop_n the_o same_o father_n exhort_v in_o epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o people_n shall_v concur_v in_o their_o consent_n to_o what_o their_o bishop_n teach_v they_o according_a to_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o may_v concur_v and_o accord_v in_o god_n mind_n and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o people_n must_v live_v after_o god_n mind_n and_o the_o bishop_n must_v be_v their_o guide_n therein_o as_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n fellowship_n be_v from_o they_o to_o which_o our_o saviour_n add_v seventie_o disciple_n so_o in_o the_o succession_n the_o bishop_n be_v the_o head_n and_o chief_a to_o which_o the_o presbyter_n be_v add_v and_o of_o they_o saint_n ignatius_n say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n be_v subject_n to_o the_o presbytery_n as_o to_o the_o apostle_n this_o he_o explain_v after_o when_o he_o make_v a_o full_a narration_n epist_n ad_fw-la trall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n be_v the_o type_n of_o he_o which_o be_v the_o father_n of_o all_o priest_n be_v the_o assessor_n with_o god_n &_o the_o band_n of_o apostle_n the_o apostle_n fellowship_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o the_o 12_o apostle_n &_o 70_o disciple_n so_o afterward_o it_o continue_v in_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n and_o as_o the_o apostle_n have_v commit_v unto_o they_o the_o call_n of_o all_o ordinary_a pastor_n and_o correction_n of_o all_o man_n manner_n that_o be_v god_n appoint_v they_o to_o ordain_v and_o censure_v and_o without_o they_o the_o seventie_o can_v not_o execute_v any_o such_o power_n so_o the_o bishop_n above_o all_o other_o pastor_n have_v this_o power_n &_o without_o they_o it_o can_v be_v execute_v by_o any_o inferior_a minister_n and_o i_o never_o read_v testimony_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o any_o ancient_a writer_n to_o the_o contrary_n saint_n paul_n decree_v the_o excommunication_n of_o the_o incestuous_a person_n &_o command_v the_o church_n of_o corinth_n the_o execution_n thereof_o &_o reprehend_v they_o for_o their_o neglect_n as_o we_o be_v to_o receive_v our_o doctrine_n from_o the_o apostle_n so_o our_o fellowship_n and_o all_o proof_n of_o succession_n in_o the_o ministry_n be_v take_v from_o thence_o tertull._n lib._n the_o prescript_n c._n 32._o evolvant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la it_o a_o per_fw-la successiones_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la decurrentem_fw-la ut_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolis_n vel_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolis_n perseverarit_fw-la habuerint_fw-la auctorem_fw-la &_o antecessorem_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la medo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la census_fw-la suos_fw-la deferunt_fw-la sic_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la habens_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la à _fw-la joanne_n collocatumrefert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la let_v they_o examine_v the_o order_n of_o their_o bishop_n that_o so_o have_v hold_v by_o succession_n from_o the_o beginning_n that_o that_o first_o bishop_n may_v have_v for_o his_o author_n and_o predecessor_n some_o of_o the_o apostle_n or_o apostolical_a man_n yet_o such_o as_o have_v persevere_v with_o the_o apostle_n for_o so_o the_o apostolical_a church_n give_v their_o suffrage_n so_o he_o relate_v of_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n where_o polycarpe_n be_v place_v by_o saint_n john_n and_o show_v the_o like_a of_o clement_n ordain_v by_o peter_n for_o the_o roman_n cyprianus_n l._n 2._o epist_n 20._o or_o pamelii_n 42._o laborare_fw-la debemus_fw-la ut_fw-la unitatem_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la &_o per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la nobis_fw-la successoribus_fw-la traditam_fw-la obtinere_fw-la curemus_fw-la we_o ought_v to_o labour_n that_o the_o unity_n from_o the_o lord_n and_o by_o the_o apostle_n to_o we_o his_o successor_n give_v through_o our_o care_n may_v be_v retain_v s._n augustine_n in_o psal_n 44._o quid_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la patribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tobi_fw-la silij_fw-la patres_fw-la missi_fw-la sunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pro_fw-la apostolis_n silij_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la hodie_fw-la enim_fw-la episcopi_fw-la quisunt_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la unde_fw-la natisunt_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la patres_fw-la illos_fw-la appellat_fw-la ipsaillos_fw-la genuit_fw-la &_o ipsaillos_fw-la constituit_fw-la in_o sedibus_fw-la patrum_fw-la what_o mean_v this_o in_o stead_n of_o father_n son_n be_v bear_v to_o thou_o the_o apostle_n be_v send_v father_n for_o apostle_n son_n be_v send_v to_o thou_o bishop_n be_v constitute_v for_o the_o bishop_n at_o this_o time_n that_o be_v through_o all_o the_o world_n whence_o be_v they_o bear_v the_o church_n itself_o call_v they_o father_n that_o beget_v they_o and_o that_o constitute_v they_o in_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o father_n many_o more_o such_o passage_n may_v be_v cite_v and_o send_v both_o to_o rome_n and_o some_o other_o church_n as_o citation_n nay_o as_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n for_o two_o error_n both_o contrary_a to_o this_o truth_n as_o they_o be_v also_o contrary_a one_o to_o another_o and_o agree_v in_o nothing_o but_o falsehood_n first_o bellarmine_n l._n 4._o the_o pontific_a cap._n 25._o say_v thus_o magnum_fw-la est_fw-la discrimen_fw-la inter_fw-la successionem_fw-la petri_n &_o aliorum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la nam_fw-la romanus_n pontifex_fw-la propree_n succedit_fw-la petro_n non_fw-la ut_fw-la apostolo_n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la pastori_fw-la ordinario_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la at_o episcopi_fw-la non_fw-la succedunt_fw-la proprtè_fw-la apostolis_n quoniam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la non_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ordinarii_fw-la sed_fw-la extraordinarii_fw-la pastor_n quibus_fw-la non_fw-la suceeditur_fw-la nisi_fw-la improprié_fw-fr but_o god_n appoint_v his_o apostle_n such_o as_o shall_v be_v succeed_v for_o how_o otherwise_o be_v his_o promise_n make_v good_a of_o be_v with_o they_o to_o the_o world_n end_n other_o to_o avoid_v the_o pope_n and_o all_o bishop_n say_v this_o fellowship_n may_v come_v from_o all_o pastor_n and_o that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o ordain_v nay_o some_o be_v so_o absurd_a that_o they_o stick_v not_o to_o say_v pastor_n maybe_o make_v by_o the_o people_n and_o magistrate_n may_v set_v up_o minister_n and_o never_o be_v behold_v to_o rome_n or_o any_o bishop_n or_o pastor_n that_o be_v ever_o ordain_v by_o they_o saint_n ignatius_n epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obey_v the_o bishop_n and_o presbytery_n with_o immovable_a and_o steadfast_a mind_n break_v one_o bread_n etc._n etc._n he_o show_v plain_o that_o break_n of_o bread_n must_v follow_v our_o undivided_a fellowship_n from_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n and_o sure_o how_o can_v we_o have_v the_o sacrament_n due_o administer_v if_o we_o be_v not_o true_o inform_v of_o our_o pastors_n calling_n and_o the_o come_n of_o it_o from_o the_o apostle_n let_v i_o exhort_v all_o good_a 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