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the_o bishop_n know_v that_o he_o be_v not_o a_o lord_n over_o but_o colleague_n of_o the_o presbyter_n in_o this_o regard_n in_o the_o same_o canonist_n the_o 2._o the_o episcopi_fw-la se_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la esse_fw-la noverint_fw-la non_fw-la dominos_fw-la bonorent_fw-la clericos_fw-la quasi_fw-la clericos_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o it_o sis_fw-la à _fw-la clericis_fw-la quasi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la honos_fw-la eseratur_fw-la grat._n do_v 95._o ca._n esâo_n subjectus_fw-la ex_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la nepot_n epist_n 2._o bishop_n be_v command_v to_o honour_v their_o clergy_n as_o clergyman_n that_o so_o the_o clergy_n may_v reciprocal_o honour_v they_o as_o their_o bishop_n and_o the_o foremention_v clerices_fw-la foremention_v hoc_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la supercilium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la qui_fw-la subdiros_fw-la appellant_n siâios_fw-la cum_fw-la debeant_fw-la choose_fw-la appel_n lare_fw-la fratres_fw-la caus_n 8._o q._n 1._o cap._n quid_fw-la autem_fw-la vol_fw-it sociâs_fw-la 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confess_v induce_v thereunto_o by_o the_o clear_a testimony_n of_o ambrose_n 2._o ambrose_n de_fw-fr rep_n eccl_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o n._n 2._o at_o the_o beginning_n whensoever_o a_o bishop_n die_v and_o the_o episcopal_a throne_n be_v vacant_a there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o election_n of_o he_o that_o be_v to_o succeed_v much_o less_o any_o new_a ordination_n but_o the_o elder_a presbyter_n come_v prosent_o in_o the_o room_n of_o the_o decease_a bishop_n the_o word_n of_o ambrose_n be_v express_v for_o it_o eph._n it_o primi_fw-la pretbyteri_fw-la episcopi_fw-la appellabautur_fw-la ut_fw-la recedente_fw-la co_fw-la sequent_a ei_fw-la succederet_fw-la in_o 4_o ca._n ad_fw-la eph._n the_o first_o presbyter_n be_v call_v bishop_n so_o as_o that_o when_o he_o to_o wit_n the_o first_o or_o elder_a presbyter_n depart_v the_o next_o do_v succeed_v he_o thus_o it_o be_v at_o first_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o order_n be_v change_v that_o episcopacy_n shall_v be_v confer_v by_o election_n not_o by_o succession_n be_v there_o give_v by_o the_o same_o father_n ibid._n father_n quia_fw-la caperunt_fw-la sequentes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la indigul_n inveniri_fw-la ad_fw-la primatus_fw-la tenendes_fw-la immatata_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la prospiciente_fw-la concilie_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la ordo_fw-la sed_fw-la meritum_fw-la crearet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la multerum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la judlcio_fw-la constitutum_fw-la ne_fw-la indigum_fw-la temerâ_n usurparer_n &_o esset_fw-la