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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 pastor_n some_o doctor_n but_o to_o pastor_n he_o join_v doctor_n that_o pastor_n may_v understand_v it_o belong_v to_o their_o office_n to_o teach_v the_o same_o also_o be_v affirm_v by_o sedulius_n upon_o this_o place_n thus_o it_o be_v in_o scripture_n but_o after_o the_o church_n be_v settle_v &_o bishop_n fix_v upon_o their_o several_a see_v than_o the_o name_n also_o be_v make_v distinct_a only_o those_o name_n which_o do_v design_n temporary_a office_n do_v expire_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n chrysostome_n thus_o far_o the_o name_n be_v common_a viz._n in_o the_o sense_n above_o explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o immediate_o the_o name_n be_v make_v proper_a and_o distinct_a and_o to_o every_o order_n it_o be_v own_o name_n be_v leave_v of_o a_o bishop_n to_o a_o bishop_n of_o a_o presbyter_n to_o a_o presbyter_n *_o this_o can_v not_o be_v suppose_v at_o first_o for_o when_o
let_v it_o rest_v upon_o ignatio_n upon_o apologiae_fw-la pro_fw-la ignatio_n vedelius_fw-la a_o man_n who_o be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v suspect_v as_o a_o party_n for_o episcopacy_n or_o rather_o upon_o the_o credit_n of_o 30._o of_o lib._n 3._o hist._n c._n 30._o eusebius_n eccles._n eusebius_n de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n s._n hierome_n and_o reddidit_fw-la and_o apud_fw-la eusebquem_fw-la latin_a reddidit_fw-la ruffinus_n who_o reckon_v the_o first_o seven_o out_o of_o which_o i_o have_v take_v these_o excerpta_fw-la for_o natural_a and_o genuine_a and_o now_o i_o will_v make_v this_o use_n of_o it_o those_o man_n that_o call_v for_o reduction_n of_o episcopacy_n to_o the_o primitive_a state_n shall_v do_v well_o to_o stand_v close_o to_o their_o principle_n and_o count_v that_o the_o best_a episcopacy_n which_o be_v first_o and_o then_o consider_v but_o what_o s._n ignatius_n have_v tell_v we_o for_o direction_n in_o this_o affair_n and_o see_v what_o be_v get_v in_o the_o bargain_n for_o my_o part_n since_o they_o that_o call_v for_o such_o a_o reduction_n hope_v to_o gain_v by_o it_o and_o then_o will_v most_o certain_o have_v abide_v by_o it_o i_o think_v it_o not_o reasonable_a to_o abate_v any_o thing_n of_o ignatius_n his_o height_n but_o expect_v such_o subordination_n and_o conformity_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o he_o then_o know_v to_o be_v a_o law_n of_o christianity_n but_o let_v this_o be_v remember_v all_o along_o in_o the_o specification_n of_o the_o part_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n but_o as_o yet_o i_o be_o in_o the_o general_a demonstration_n of_o obedience_n the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n have_v specify_v some_o 56._o can._n 56._o particular_a instance_n of_o subordination_n and_o dependence_n to_o the_o bishop_n sum_v they_o up_o thus_o chorepiscopis_fw-la thus_o idem_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la damasum_fw-la epist._n de_fw-fr chorepiscopis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o likewise_o the_o presbyter_n let_v they_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o precept_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o bishop_n so_o be_v the_o translation_n of_o isidore_n ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la this_o council_n be_v ancient_a enough_o for_o it_o be_v before_o the_o first_o nicene_n so_o also_o be_v that_o of_o arles_n command_v the_o same_o thing_n exact_o *_o ut_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sine_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la 19_o can._n 19_o nihil_fw-la faciant_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la civitatis_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la praecepto_fw-la amplius_fw-la aliquid_fw-la imperare_fw-la vel_fw-la sine_fw-la authoritate_fw-la literarum_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o vnaquaque_fw-la parochiâ_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agere_fw-la say_v the_o thirteen_o canon_n of_o the_o ancyran_n council_n according_a to_o the_o latin_a of_o isidore_n the_o same_o thing_n be_v in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o toledo_n the_o very_a 20._o can._n 20._o same_o word_n for_o which_o i_o cite_v the_o first_o council_n of_o arles_n viz._n that_o presbyter_n do_v nothing_o without_o the_o knowledge_n or_o permission_n of_o the_o bishop_n *_o esto_fw-la subiectus_fw-la nepotian_n epist._n add_v nepotian_n pontifici_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la animae_fw-la parentemsuscipe_fw-la it_o be_v the_o counsel_n of_o s._n hierome_n be_v subject_n to_o thy_o bishop_n and_o receive_v he_o as_o the_o father_n of_o thy_o soul_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o derive_v hither_o any_o more_o particular_a instance_n of_o the_o duty_n and_o obedience_n owe_v from_o the_o laity_n to_o the_o bishop_n for_o this_o account_n will_v certain_o be_v admit_v by_o all_o consider_a man_n god_n have_v entrust_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o laity_n to_o the_o care_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a order_n they_o therefore_o be_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o matter_n spiritual_a with_o which_o they_o be_v entrust_v for_o either_o there_o be_v no_o government_n at_o all_o or_o the_o laity_n must_v govern_v the_o church_n or_o else_o the_o clergy_n must_v to_o say_v there_o be_v no_o government_n be_v to_o leave_v the_o church_n in_o worse_a condition_n than_o a_o tyranny_n to_o say_v that_o the_o laity_n shall_v govern_v the_o church_n when_o all_o ecclesiastical_a ministery_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o clergy_n be_v to_o say_v scripture_n mean_v not_o what_o it_o say_v for_o it_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o clergy_n must_v be_v praepositi_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o praelati_fw-la and_o yet_o the_o prelation_n and_o presidency_n and_o rule_n be_v in_o they_o who_o be_v not_o ever_o by_o god_n spirit_n call_v precedent_n or_o prelate_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o they_o who_o be_v call_v so_o *_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n if_o the_o laity_n in_o matter_n spiritual_a be_v inferior_a to_o the_o clergy_n and_o must_v in_o thing_n pertain_v to_o the_o soul_n be_v rule_v by_o they_o with_o who_o their_o soul_n be_v entrust_v then_o also_o much_o rather_o they_o must_v obey_v those_o of_o the_o clergy_n to_o who_o all_o the_o other_o clergy_n themselves_o be_v bind_v to_o be_v obedient_a now_o since_o by_o the_o frequent_a precept_n of_o so_o many_o counsel_n and_o father_n the_o deacon_n and_o presbyter_n must_v submit_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o the_o bishop_n much_o more_o must_v the_o laity_n and_o since_o the_o bishop_n must_v rule_v in_o chief_a and_o the_o presbyter_n at_o the_o most_o can_v but_o rule_v in_o conjunction_n and_o assistance_n but_o ever_o in_o subordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n the_o laity_n must_v obey_v de_fw-la integro_fw-la for_o that_o be_v to_o keep_v they_o in_o that_o state_n in_o which_o god_n have_v place_v they_o but_o for_o the_o main_a s._n clement_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o s._n james_n translate_v by_o ruffinus_n say_v it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o peter_n according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n that_o presbyter_n shall_v be_v obedient_a to_o their_o bishop_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o in_o his_o three_o epistle_n that_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o other_o of_o the_o clergy_n must_v take_v heed_n that_o they_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o licence_n of_o the_o bishop_n *_o and_o to_o make_v this_o business_n up_o complete_a all_o these_o authority_n of_o great_a antiquity_n be_v not_o the_o prime_a constitution_n in_o those_o several_a church_n respective_o but_o mere_a derivation_n from_o tradition_n apostolical_a for_o not_o only_o the_o thing_n but_o the_o word_n so_o often_o mention_v be_v in_o the_o 40_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o be_v repeat_v in_o the_o twenty_o four_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d presbyter_n and_o deacon_n must_v do_v nothing_o without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n for_o to_o he_o the_o lord_n people_n be_v commit_v and_o he_o must_v give_v a_o account_n for_o their_o soul_n *_o and_o if_o a_o presbyter_n shall_v contemn_v his_o own_o bishop_n make_v convention_n apart_o and_o erect_v another_o altar_n he_o be_v to_o be_v depose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o 32._o canon_n as_o a_o lover_n of_o principality_n intimate_v that_o he_o arrogate_v episcopal_a dignity_n and_o so_o be_v ambitious_a of_o a_o principality_n the_o issue_n than_o be_v this_o *_o the_o presbyter_n and_o clergy_n and_o laity_n must_v obey_v therefore_o the_o bishop_n must_v govern_v and_o give_v they_o law_n it_o be_v particular_o instanced_a in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v theodoret_n he_o adorn_v and_o instruct_v pontus_n with_o these_o law_n so_o he_o reckon_v up_o the_o extent_n 28._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 28._o of_o his_o jurisdiction_n *_o but_o now_o descend_v we_o to_o a_o specification_n of_o the_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n *_o of_o bishop_n laity_n §_o 36._o appoint_v they_o to_o be_v judge_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o spiritual_a cause_n of_o the_o laity_n the_o bishop_n be_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n over_o the_o presbyter_n the_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n what_o they_o be_v in_o scripture_n who_o be_v constitute_v in_o presidency_n over_o cause_n spiritual_a i_o have_v already_o twice_o explicate_v and_o from_o hence_o it_o descend_v by_o a_o close_a succession_n that_o they_o who_o watch_v for_o soul_n they_o have_v the_o rule_n over_o they_o and_o because_o no_o regiment_n can_v be_v without_o coërtion_n therefore_o there_o be_v inherent_a in_o they_o a_o power_n of_o cognition_n of_o cause_n and_o coërtion_n of_o person_n *_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n appoint_v censure_n to_o be_v inflict_v on_o delinquent_a person_n make_v the_o bishop_n hand_n to_o do_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 33._o can._n 33._o if_o any_o presbyter_n or_o deacon_n be_v excommunicate_v by_o the_o bishop_n he_o must_v not_o be_v receive_v by_o any_o else_o but_o by_o he_o that_o do_v so_o censure_v he_o unless_o the_o bishop_n that_o censure_v he_o be_v dead_a the_o same_o be_v repeat_v in_o the_o nicene_n council_n only_o
have_v thought_n ambitious_a encroach_a of_o usurpation_n and_o advantage_n of_o purpose_n to_o divest_v their_o brethren_n of_o a_o authority_n entrust_v they_o by_o christ_n and_o then_o too_o when_o all_o the_o advantage_n of_o their_o honour_n do_v only_o set_v they_o upon_o a_o hill_n to_o feel_v a_o strong_a blast_n of_o persecution_n and_o be_v not_o as_o since_o it_o have_v be_v attest_v with_o secular_a assistance_n and_o fair_a argument_n of_o honour_n but_o be_v only_o in_o a_o mere_a spiritual_a estimate_n and_o ten_o thousand_o real_a disadvantage_n this_o will_v not_o be_v suppose_v either_o of_o wise_a or_o holy_a man_n but_o however_o valeat_fw-la quantum_fw-la valere_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o question_n be_v now_o of_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o if_o the_o church_n of_o martyr_n and_o the_o church_n of_o saint_n and_o doctor_n and_o confessor_n now_o regnant_a in_o heaven_n be_v fair_a precedent_n for_o practice_n of_o christianity_n we_o build_v upon_o a_o rock_n though_o we_o have_v dig_v no_o deep_a than_o this_o foundation_n of_o catholic_n practice_n upon_o the_o hope_n of_o these_o advantage_n i_o proceed_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 32_o can._n apost_n 32_o if_o any_o presbyter_n disrespect_v his_o own_o bishop_n shall_v make_v convention_n apart_o or_o erect_v a_o altar_n viz._n without_o the_o bishop_n licence_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v clear_o intimate_v that_o potestas_fw-la faciendi_fw-la concionem_fw-la the_o power_n of_o make_v of_o church-meeting_n and_o assembly_n for_o preach_v or_o other_o office_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o the_o canon_n add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v a_o lover_n of_o rule_n he_o be_v a_o tyrant_n that_o be_v a_o usurper_n of_o that_o power_n &_o government_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n the_o same_o thing_n be_v also_o decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o ca._n 5._o act._n 4._o all_o the_o most_o reverend_a bishop_n cry_v out_o this_o be_v a_o righteous_a law_n this_o be_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n this_n viz._n the_o canon_n apostolical_a now_o cite_v *_o tertullian_n be_v something_o baptism_n de_fw-fr baptism_n more_o particular_a and_o instance_n in_o baptism_n dandi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la jus_o habet_fw-la summus_fw-la sacerdos_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la propter_fw-la honorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quo_fw-la salvo_fw-la salva_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la alioquin_fw-la etiam_fw-la laicis_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la the_o place_n be_v of_o great_a consideration_n and_o carry_v in_o it_o its_o own_o objection_n and_o its_o answer_n the_o bishop_n have_v the_o right_a of_o give_v baptism_n then_o after_o he_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n but_o not_o without_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n so_o far_o the_o testimony_n be_v clear_a and_o this_o be_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n *_o but_o do_v not_o this_o intimate_v it_o be_v only_o by_o positive_a constitution_n and_o neither_o by_o divine_a nor_o apostolical_a ordinance_n no_o indeed_o it_o do_v not_o for_o it_o may_v be_v so_o ordain_v by_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n propter_fw-la honorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o no_o harm_n do_v for_o it_o be_v honourable_a for_o the_o church_n that_o her_o ministration_n shall_v be_v most_o ordinate_a and_o so_o they_o be_v when_o they_o descend_v from_o the_o superior_a to_o the_o subordinate_a but_o the_o next_o word_n do_v of_o themselves_o make_v answer_n otherwise_o lay-man_n have_v right_a to_o baptize_v that_o be_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n layman_n can_v do_v it_o as_o much_o as_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n for_o indeed_o baptism_n confer_v by_o layman_n be_v valid_a and_o not_o to_o be_v repeat_v but_o yet_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o administer_v it_o so_o neither_o ought_v presbyter_n without_o the_o bishop_n licence_n so_o say_v tertullian_n let_v he_o answer_v it_o only_o the_o difference_n be_v this_o layman_n can_v jure_v ordinario_fw-la receive_v a_o leave_n or_o commission_n to_o make_v it_o lawful_a in_o they_o to_o baptize_v any_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n may_v for_o their_o order_n be_v a_o capacity_n or_o possibility_n **_o but_o beside_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n tertullian_n affirm_v lucifer_n de_fw-fr coronâ_fw-la milit_fw-la c._n 3._o vide_fw-la s._n chrysost._n hom_n 11._o in_o 1._o tim._n &_o s._n hieron_n dial_n adv_fw-la lucifer_n the_o same_o of_o the_o venerable_a eucharist_n eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la aliorum_fw-la manu_fw-la quà m_fw-la praesidentium_fw-la sumimus_fw-la the_o former_a place_n will_v expound_v this_o if_o there_o be_v any_o scruple_n in_o praesidentium_fw-la for_o clear_o the_o christian_n receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n from_o none_o 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monastery_n and_o hospital_n but_o extend_v itself_o to_o a_o indefinite_a expression_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o must_v not_o dissent_v or_o differ_v from_o their_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n all_o they_o that_o transgress_v this_o constitution_n in_o any_o way_n not_o submit_v to_o their_o bishop_n let_v they_o be_v punish_v canonical_o so_o that_o now_o these_o general_a expression_n of_o obedience_n and_o subordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o matter_n to_o wit_n the_o ministery_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o their_o several_a office_n the_o canon_n extend_v its_o prohibition_n to_o all_o ministration_n without_o the_o bishop_n authority_n but_o it_o be_v more_o clear_o and_o evident_o law_n and_o practice_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n we_o have_v good_a witness_n for_o it_o s._n leo_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n be_v my_o author_n sed_fw-la neque_fw-la coram_fw-la 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which_o i_o have_v specify_v and_o they_o be_v all_o i_o can_v ever_o meet_v with_o be_v of_o peculiar_a answer_n for_o as_o for_o ignatius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n of_o trallis_n smyrnens_fw-la trallis_n jdem_fw-la ferè_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o epist._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la &_o smyrnens_fw-la he_o call_v the_o presbytery_n or_o company_n of_o priest_n the_o college_n or_o combination_n of_o apostle_n but_o here_o s._n ignatius_n as_o he_o lift_v up_o the_o presbyter_n to_o a_o comparison_n with_o apostle_n so_o he_o also_o raise_v the_o bishop_n to_o the_o similitude_n and_o resemblance_n with_o god_n episcopus_fw-la typum_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la omnium_fw-la gerit_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la verò_fw-la sunt_fw-la conjunctus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la caetus_fw-la so_o that_o although_o presbyter_n grow_v high_a yet_o they_o do_v not_o overtake_v the_o bishop_n or_o apostle_n who_o also_o in_o the_o same_o proportion_n grow_v high_a than_o their_o first_o station_n 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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
wine_n no_o striker_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la pugilem_fw-la describit_fw-la sermo_fw-la apostolicus_n sed_fw-la pontificem_fw-la instituit_fw-la quid_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la debeat_fw-la say_v s._n hierome_n still_o then_o these_o be_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o church_n which_o s._n titus_n be_v to_o ordain_v and_o jovinian_a advers._fw-la jovinian_a therefore_o it_o be_v require_v shall_v rule_v well_o his_o own_o house_n for_o how_o else_o shall_v he_o take_v charge_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n imply_v that_o this_o his_o charge_n be_v to_o rule_v the_o house_n of_o god_n 5._o the_o reason_n why_o s._n paul_n appoint_v he_o to_o ordain_v these_o bishop_n in_o city_n be_v in_o order_n to_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n because_o many_o unruly_a and_o vain_a talker_n be_v creep_v in_o vers_fw-la 10._o and_o they_o be_v to_o be_v silence_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o mouth_n must_v be_v stop_v therefore_o they_o must_v be_v such_o elder_n as_o have_v superiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n over_o these_o impertinent_a preacher_n which_o to_o a_o single_a presbyter_n either_o by_o divine_a or_o apostolical_a institution_n no_o man_n will_v grant_v and_o to_o a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n s._n paul_n do_v not_o intend_v it_o for_o himself_o have_v give_v it_o single_o to_o s._n titus_n for_o i_o consider_v titus_n alone_o have_v coercitive_a jurisdiction_n before_o he_o ordain_v these_o elder_n be_v they_o bishop_n be_v they_o presbyter_n the_o presbyter_n which_o be_v at_o crete_n before_o his_o come_n have_v not_o episcopal_a power_n or_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n for_o why_o then_o be_v titus_n send_v as_o for_o the_o presbyter_n which_o titus_n ordain_v before_o his_o ordain_v they_o to_o be_v sure_a they_o have_v no_o power_n at_o all_o they_o be_v not_o presbyter_n if_o they_o have_v a_o coercitiv_a jurisdiction_n afterward_o to_o wit_n by_o their_o ordination_n than_o titus_n have_v it_o before_o in_o his_o own_o person_n for_o they_o that_o be_v there_o before_o his_o come_n have_v not_o as_o i_o show_v and_o therefore_o he_o must_v also_o have_v it_o still_o for_o he_o can_v not_o loose_v it_o by_o ordain_v other_o or_o if_o he_o have_v it_o not_o before_o how_o can_v he_o give_v it_o unto_o they_o who_o he_o ordain_v for_o plus_fw-la juris_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la transfer_v nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la quà m_fw-la ipse_fw-la habet_fw-la howsoever_o it_o be_v then_o to_o be_v sure_a titus_n have_v it_o in_o his_o own_o person_n and_o then_o it_o follow_v undeniable_o that_o either_o this_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n be_v not_o necessary_a for_o the_o church_n which_o will_v be_v either_o to_o suppose_v man_n impcccable_a or_o the_o church_n to_o be_v expose_v to_o all_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o schism_n and_o tumutuary_n faction_n without_o possibility_n of_o relief_n or_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a then_o because_o it_o be_v in_o titus_n not_o as_o a_o personal_a prerogative_n but_o a_o power_n to_o be_v succeed_v to_o he_o may_v ordain_v other_o he_o have_v authority_n to_o do_v it_o with_o the_o same_o power_n he_o have_v himself_o and_o therefore_o since_o he_o alone_o have_v this_o coërtion_n in_o his_o own_o person_n so_o shall_v his_o successor_n and_o then_o because_o a_o single_a presbyter_n can_v not_o have_v it_o over_o his_o brethren_n by_o the_o confession_n of_o all_o side_n nor_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n which_o be_v there_o before_o his_o come_n have_v it_o not_o for_o why_o then_o be_v titus_n send_v with_o a_o new_a commission_n nor_o those_o which_o he_o be_v to_o ordain_v if_o they_o be_v but_o mere_a presbyter_n can_v not_o have_v it_o no_o more_o than_o the_o presbyte_n that_o be_v there_o before_o his_o come_n it_o follow_v that_o those_o elder_n which_o s._n paul_n send_v titus_n to_o ordain_v be_v such_o as_o be_v to_o be_v constitute_v in_o opposition_n and_o power_n over_o the_o false_a doctor_n and_o prate_a preacher_n and_o with_o authority_n to_o silence_v they_o as_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o that_o epistle_n these_o elder_n i_o say_v be_v very_o and_o indeed_o such_o as_o himself_o call_v bishop_n in_o the_o proper_a sense_n and_o acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n 6._o the_o cretan_a presbyter_n who_o be_v there_o before_o s._n titus_n come_v have_v not_o power_n to_o ordain_v other_o that_o be_v have_v not_o that_o power_n which_o titus_n have_v for_o titus_n be_v send_v thither_o for_o that_o purpose_n therefore_o to_o supply_v the_o want_n of_o that_o power_n and_o now_o because_o to_o ordain_v other_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o conservation_n and_o succession_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v because_o new_a generation_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o continue_v the_o world_n and_o mere_a presbyter_n can_v not_o do_v it_o and_o yet_o this_o must_v be_v do_v not_o only_o by_o titus_n himself_o but_o after_o he_o it_o follow_v undeniable_o that_o s._n paul_n send_v titus_n to_o ordain_v man_n with_o the_o same_o power_n that_o himself_o have_v that_o be_v with_o more_o than_o his_o first_o cretan_a presbyter_n that_o be_v bishop_n and_o he_o mean_v they_o in_o the_o proper_a sense_n 7._o that_o by_o elder_n in_o several_a city_n he_o mean_v bishop_n be_v also_o plain_a from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v to_o be_v ordain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o populous_a city_n not_o in_o village_n town_n for_o no_o bishop_n be_v ever_o suffer_v to_o be_v in_o village_n town_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o council_n of_o 6._o of_o cap._n 6._o sardis_n of_o 17._o of_o can_v 17._o chalcedon_n and_o s._n afric_n s._n epist_n 87._o add_v episc._n afric_n leo_n the_o city_n therefore_o do_v at_o least_o high_o intimate_v that_o the_o person_n to_o be_v ordain_v be_v not_o mere_a presbyter_n the_o issue_n of_o this_o discourse_n be_v that_o since_o titus_n be_v send_v to_o crete_n to_o ordain_v bishop_n himself_o be_v a_o bishop_n to_o be_v sure_a at_o least_o if_o he_o have_v ordain_v only_a presbyter_n it_o will_v have_v prove_v that_o but_o this_o infer_v he_o to_o be_v a_o metropolitan_a forasmuch_o as_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o crete_n and_o yet_o have_v many_o suffragans_fw-la in_o subordination_n to_o he_o of_o his_o own_o constitution_n and_o yet_o of_o proper_a diocese_n however_o if_o this_o discourse_n conclude_v nothing_o peculiar_a it_o free_v the_o place_n from_o popular_a prejudice_n and_o mistake_n upon_o the_o confusion_n of_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n and_o at_o least_o infer_v his_o be_v a_o bishop_n if_o not_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o yea_o but_o do_v not_o s._n titus_n ordain_v no_o mere_a presbyter_n yes_o most_o certain_o but_o so_o he_o do_v deacon_n too_o and_o yet_o neither_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o be_v otherwise_o mention_v in_o this_o epistle_n but_o by_o consequence_n and_o comprehension_n within_o the_o superior_a order_n for_o he_o that_o ordain_v a_o bishop_n first_o make_v he_o a_o deacon_n and_o then_o he_o obtain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o good_a degree_n and_o then_o a_o presbyter_n and_o then_o a_o bishop_n so_o that_o those_o inferior_a order_n be_v presuppose_v in_o the_o authorise_a the_o supreme_a and_o by_o give_v direction_n for_o the_o qualification_n of_o bishop_n he_o sufficient_o instruct_v the_o inferior_a order_n in_o their_o deportment_n insomuch_o as_o they_o be_v probation_n for_o advancement_n to_o the_o high_a 2._o add_v to_o this_o that_o he_o that_o ordain_v bishop_n in_o city_n set_v there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ordinem_fw-la generativum_fw-la patrum_fw-la as_o epiphanius_n call_v episcopacy_n and_o therefore_o most_o certain_o with_o intention_n not_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manus_fw-la mortua_fw-la but_o to_o produce_v other_o and_o therefore_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n 3._o s._n paul_n make_v no_o express_a provision_n for_o village_n and_o yet_o most_o certain_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o leave_v they_o destitute_a and_o therefore_o he_o take_v order_n that_o such_o ordination_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o city_n which_o shall_v be_v provisionary_a for_o village_n and_o that_o be_v of_o such_o man_n as_o have_v power_n to_o ordain_v and_o power_n to_o send_v presbyter_n to_o what_o part_n of_o their_o charge_n they_o please_v for_o since_o presbyter_n can_v not_o ordain_v other_o presbyter_n as_o appear_v by_o s._n paul_n send_v titus_n to_o do_v it_o there_o where_o most_o certain_o many_o presbyter_n before_o be_v actual_o resident_a if_o presbyter_n have_v go_v to_o village_n they_o must_v have_v leave_v the_o city_n destitute_a or_o if_o they_o stay_v in_o city_n the_o village_n will_v have_v perish_v and_o atla_v when_o these_o man_n have_v dye_v both_o one_o and_o the_o other_o have_v be_v make_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o wolf_n for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o
criminal_a and_o particular_a of_o presbyter_n so_o to_o timothy_n in_o the_o instance_n former_o allege_v nay_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o authority_n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o titus_n and_o officium_fw-la regendae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o office_n of_o rule_v the_o church_n so_o to_o they_o all_o who_o the_o apostle_n leave_v in_o the_o several_a church_n respective_o which_o they_o have_v new_o found_v so_o eusebius_n 23._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 23._o for_o the_o bishop_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v over_o all_o clergy_n and_o laity_n say_v s._n clement_n this_o be_v give_v to_o bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o this_o be_v not_o give_v to_o presbyter_n as_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v and_o for_o the_o present_a it_o will_v sufficient_o appear_v in_o this_o that_o bishop_n have_v power_n over_o presbyter_n which_o can_v be_v suppose_v they_o have_v over_o themselves_o unless_o they_o can_v be_v their_o own_o superior_n but_o a_o council_n or_o college_n of_o presbyter_n presbyter_n §._o 21._o not_o lessen_v by_o the_o assistance_n and_o council_n of_o presbyter_n may_v have_v jurisdiction_n over_o any_o one_o and_o such_o college_n there_o be_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o they_o do_v in_o communi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la govern_v the_o church_n in_o common_a with_o the_o bishop_n as_o say_v s._n hierom_n viz._n where_o there_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o where_o there_o be_v none_o they_o rule_v without_o he_o *_o this_o indeed_o will_v call_v we_o to_o a_o new_a account_n and_o it_o rely_v upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o s._n hierome_n which_o i_o will_v set_v down_o here_o that_o we_o may_v leave_v the_o sun_n without_o a_o cloud_n s._n ierom_n word_n be_v these_o titum_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o ep_v ad_fw-la titum_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la presbyter_n quod_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o diceretur_fw-la in_o populis_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pauli_n ego_fw-la apollo_n ego_fw-la autem_fw-la cephae_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consitio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la postquam_fw-la verò_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la baptizabat_fw-la suos_fw-la put_v abat_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la toto_fw-la or_o be_v decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la presbyter_n be_v electus_fw-la superponeretur_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ut_fw-la schismatum_fw-la semina_fw-la tollerentur_fw-la then_o he_o bring_v some_o argument_n to_o confirm_v his_o say_n and_o sum_n they_o up_o thus_o haec_fw-la diximus_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderemus_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la eosdem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la quos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la noverint_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quà m_fw-la dominicae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la veritate_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la esse_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o in_o communi_fw-la debere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o thing_n s_o hierome_n aim_v to_o prove_v be_v the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o their_o government_n of_o the_o church_n in_o common_a *_o for_o their_o identity_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o s._n hierome_n do_v not_o mean_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o order_n as_o if_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n have_v both_o one_o office_n per_fw-la omne_fw-la one_o power_n for_o else_o he_o contradict_v himself_o most_o apert_o for_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la say_v he_o episcopus_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quòd_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la a_o presbyter_n may_v not_o ordain_v a_o bishop_n do_v which_o be_v a_o clear_a difference_n of_o power_n and_o by_o s._n hierome_n be_v not_o express_v in_o matter_n of_o fact_n but_o of_o right_n quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la not_o non_fw-la facit_fw-la that_o a_o priest_n may_v not_o must_v not_o do_v that_o a_o bishop_n do_v viz._n he_o give_v holy_a order_n *_o and_o for_o matter_n of_o fact_n s._n hierome_n know_v that_o in_o his_o time_n a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o govern_v in_o common_a but_o because_o he_o conceive_v it_o be_v fit_a he_o shall_v be_v join_v in_o the_o common_a regiment_n and_o care_n of_o the_o diocese_n therefore_o he_o assert_v it_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v and_o therefore_o if_o s._n hierome_n have_v think_v that_o this_o difference_n of_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n have_v be_v only_o customary_a &_o by_o actual_a indulgence_n or_o encroachment_n or_o positive_a constitution_n and_o no_o matter_n of_o primitive_a and_o original_a right_n s._n hierome_n be_v not_o so_o diffident_a but_o out_o it_o shall_v come_v what_o will_v have_v come_v and_o suppose_v s._n hierome_n in_o this_o distinct_a power_n of_o ordination_n have_v intend_v it_o only_o to_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o fact_n not_o in_o right_n for_o so_o some_o of_o late_o have_v mutter_v then_o s._n hierome_n have_v not_o say_v true_a according_a to_o his_o own_o principle_n for_o quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quòd_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la have_v be_v quick_o answer_v if_o the_o question_n have_v only_o be_v de_fw-la facto_fw-la for_o the_o bishop_n govern_v the_o church_n alone_o and_o so_o in_o jurisdiction_n be_v great_a than_o presbyter_n and_o this_o be_v by_o custom_n and_o in_o fact_n at_o least_o s._n hierome_n say_v it_o and_o the_o bishop_n take_v so_o much_o power_n to_o himself_o that_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la presbyter_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n sine_fw-la literis_fw-la episco_n palibus_fw-la without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o this_o s._n hierome_n complain_v of_o so_o that_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la the_o power_n of_o eccles._n ad_fw-la nepotian_n &_o the_o 7._o ordin_fw-fr eccles._n ordination_n be_v not_o the_o only_a difference_n that_o then_o if_o s._n hierome_n say_v true_a be_v the_o only_a difference_n between_o presbyter_n and_o bishop_n must_v be_v mean_v de_fw-la jure_fw-la in_o matter_n of_o right_n not_o humane_a positive_a for_o that_o be_v coincident_a with_o the_o other_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n which_o the_o facto_fw-la and_o at_o least_o by_o a_o humane_a right_n the_o bishop_n have_v over_o presbyter_n but_o divine_a and_o then_o this_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n by_o s._n hierom_n own_o confession_n can_v be_v mean_v in_o respect_n of_o order_n but_o that_o episcopacy_n be_v by_o divine_a right_n a_o superior_a order_n to_o the_o presbyterate_a *_o add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o argument_n which_o s._n hierome_n use_v in_o this_o discourse_n be_v to_o prove_v that_o bishop_n be_v sometime_o call_v presbyter_n to_o this_o purpose_n he_o urge_v act._n 20._o and_o philippian_n 1._o and_o the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n and_o some_o other_o but_o all_o drive_v to_o 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and_o reconcile_n in_o privato_fw-la foro_fw-la but_o do_v not_o in_o every_o church_n at_o the_o first_o sound_v it_o constitute_v a_o bishop_n this_o be_v evident_a in_o crete_n in_o ephesus_n in_o corinth_n at_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 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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 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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 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proper_o for_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o admiit_v that_o there_o be_v any_o mere_a presbyter_n at_o all_o at_o the_o first_o sound_n of_o this_o church_n it_o can_v neither_o be_v prove_v from_o scripture_n nor_o antiquity_n if_o it_o be_v deny_v for_o indeed_o a_o bishop_n or_o a_o company_n of_o episcopal_a man_n as_o there_o be_v at_o antioch_n may_v do_v all_o that_o presbyter_n can_v and_o much_o more_o and_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v some_o necessity_n of_o a_o church_n which_o a_o presbyter_n can_v supply_v and_o a_o bishop_n can_v it_o be_v more_o imaginable_a that_o there_o be_v no_o presbyter_n then_o that_o there_o be_v no_o bishop_n and_o certain_o it_o be_v most_o unlikely_a that_o what_o be_v not_o express_v to_o wit_n presbyter_n shall_v be_v only_o mean_v and_o that_o which_o be_v express_v shall_v not_o be_v at_o all_o intend_a *_o 3._o with_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v understand_v in_o the_o proper_a sense_n and_o yet_o no_o more_o bishop_n in_o one_o diocese_n than_o one_o of_o a_o fix_a residence_n for_o in_o that_o sense_n be_v s._n chrysostome_n and_o the_o father_n to_o be_v understand_v phil._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n in_o 1._o phil._n in_o their_o commentary_n on_o this_o place_n affirm_v that_o one_o church_n can_v have_v but_o one_o bishop_n but_o then_o take_v this_o along_o that_o it_o be_v not_o then_o unusual_a in_o such_o great_a church_n to_o have_v many_o man_n who_o be_v temporary_a residentiaries_n but_o of_o a_o apostolical_a and_o episcopal_a authority_n as_o in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n rome_n antioch_n there_o be_v as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o the_o premise_n nay_o in_o philippi_n itself_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o as_o instance_n may_v be_v give_v full_a and_o home_n to_o this_o purpose_n salutant_fw-la te_fw-la episcopi_fw-la one_o simus_fw-la bitus_fw-la demas_n polybius_n &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la philippis_n in_o christo_n unde_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la vobis_fw-la scripsi_fw-la say_v ignatius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o hero_n his_o deacon_n so_o that_o many_o bishop_n we_o see_v may_v be_v at_o philippi_n and_o many_o be_v actual_o there_o long_o after_o s._n paul_n dictate_v of_o the_o epistle_n *_o 4._o why_o may_v not_o bishop_n be_n mean_v in_o the_o proper_a sense_n because_o there_o can_v not_o be_v more_o bishop_n than_o one_o in_o a_o diocese_n no_o by_o what_o law_n if_o by_o a_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n after_o the_o apostle_n time_n that_o hinder_v not_o but_o it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n if_o by_o a_o law_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n than_o we_o have_v obtain_v the_o main_a question_n by_o the_o shift_n and_o the_o apostle_n do_v ordain_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v one_o and_o but_o one_o bishop_n in_o a_o church_n although_o it_o be_v evident_a they_o appoint_v many_o presbyter_n and_o then_o let_v this_o objection_n be_v admit_v how_o it_o will_v and_o do_v its_o worst_a we_o be_v safe_a enough_o *_o 5._o with_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v take_v distributive_o for_o philippi_n be_v a_o metropolis_n and_o have_v diverse_a bishopric_n under_o it_o and_o s._n paul_n write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o philippi_n write_v also_o to_o all_o the_o daughter_n church_n within_o its_o circuit_n and_o therefore_o may_v well_o salute_v many_o bishop_n though_o write_v to_o one_o metropolis_n and_o this_o be_v the_o more_o probable_a if_o the_o read_n of_o this_o place_n be_v accept_v according_a to_o oecumenius_n for_o he_o read_v it_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d coepiscopis_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la paul_n and_o timothy_n to_o the_o saint_n at_o philippi_n and_o to_o our_o fellow_n bishop_n *_o 6._o s._n ambrose_n refer_v this_o clause_n of_o cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la to_o s._n paul_n and_o s._n timothy_n intimate_v philip._n in_o 1._o philip._n that_o the_o benediction_n and_o salutation_n be_v send_v to_o the_o saint_n at_o philippi_n from_o s._n paul_n and_o s._n timothy_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n so_o that_o the_o read_n must_v be_v thus_o paul_n and_o timothy_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n to_o all_o the_o saint_n at_o philippi_n etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la paulo_n &_o timotheo_n qui_fw-la utique_fw-la episcopi_fw-la erant_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o significavit_fw-la diaconos_fw-la qui_fw-la ministrabant_fw-la ei_fw-la ad_fw-la plebem_fw-la enim_fw-la scribit_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la episcopis_fw-la scriberet_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la ad_fw-la personas_fw-la eorum_fw-la scriberet_fw-la &_o loci_fw-la ipsius_fw-la episcopo_fw-la scribendum_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la duobus_fw-la vel_fw-la tribus_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la titum_fw-la &_o timotheum_n *_o 7._o the_o like_a expression_n to_o this_o be_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n clement_n to_o the_o corinthian_n which_o may_v give_v another_o light_n to_o this_o speak_v of_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 54._o pag._n 54._o they_o deliver_v their_o first_o fruit_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n bishop_n here_o indeed_o may_v be_v take_v distributive_o and_o so_o will_v not_o infer_v that_o many_o bishop_n be_v collective_o in_o any_o one_o church_n but_o yet_o this_o give_v intimation_n for_o another_o exposition_n of_o this_o clause_n to_o the_o philippian_n for_o here_o either_o presbyter_n be_v mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minister_n or_o else_o presbyter_n be_v not_o take_v care_n of_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a provision_n which_o no_o man_n imagine_v of_o what_o interest_n soever_o he_o be_v it_o follow_v then_o that_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n be_v no_o more_o but_o majores_fw-la and_o minores_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la in_o both_o place_n for_o as_o presbyter_n and_o episcopus_fw-la be_v confound_v so_o also_o presbyter_n and_o diaconus_fw-la and_o i_o think_v it_o will_v easy_o be_v show_v in_o scripture_n that_o the_o
they_o be_v to_o borrow_v word_n from_o the_o title_n of_o secular_a honour_n or_o office_n and_o to_o transplant_v they_o to_o a_o artificial_a and_o impose_v sense_n use_v which_o be_v the_o master_n of_o language_n must_v rule_v we_o in_o this_o affair_n and_o use_v be_v not_o contract_v but_o in_o some_o process_n and_o descent_n of_o time_n *_o for_o at_o first_o christendom_n itself_o want_v a_o name_n and_o the_o disciple_n of_o the_o glorious_a nazarene_n be_v christen_v first_o in_o antioch_n for_o they_o have_v their_o baptism_n some_o year_n before_o they_o have_v their_o name_n it_o have_v be_v no_o wonder_n then_o if_o per_fw-la omne_fw-la it_o have_v so_o happen_v in_o the_o compellation_n of_o all_o the_o office_n and_o order_n of_o the_o church_n but_o immediate_o after_o the_o apostle_n and_o still_o more_o church-officer_n §_o 24._o appropriate_v the_o word_n episcopus_fw-la or_o bishop_n to_o the_o supreme_a church-officer_n in_o descend_v ages_fw-la episcopus_fw-la signify_v only_o the_o superintendent_n of_o the_o church_n the_o bishop_n in_o the_o present_a &_o vulgar_a conception_n some_o few_o example_n i_o shall_v give_v instead_o of_o myriad_o in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o bishop_n be_v use_v 36_o time_n in_o appropriation_n to_o he_o that_o be_v the_o ordinary_a ruler_n &_o precedent_n of_o the_o church_n above_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n be_v 24_o time_n express_o distinguish_v from_o presbyter_n and_o in_o the_o other_o 14_o have_v particular_a care_n for_o government_n jurisdiction_n censure_n and_o ordination_n commit_v to_o he_o as_o i_o shall_v show_v hereafter_o and_o all_o this_o be_v within_o the_o verge_n of_o the_o first_o 50_o which_o be_v receive_v as_o authentic_a by_o the_o council_n of_o 16._o of_o can._n 15._o &_o 16._o nice_a of_o alibi_fw-la of_o c._n 9_o &_o alibi_fw-la antioch_n 25_o canon_n whereof_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o council_n of_o gangra_n call_v they_o canon_n ecclesiasticos_fw-la and_o apostolicas_fw-la traditiones_fw-la by_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n to_o damasus_n which_o theodoret_n have_v insert_v into_o his_o story_n by_o the_o cypri_n the_o post_fw-la advent_n episc._n cypri_n council_n of_o ephesus_n by_o praxeam_n by_o advers._fw-la praxeam_n tertullian_n by_o const._n by_o lib._n 3._o c._n 59_o de_fw-la vitâ_fw-la const._n constantine_n the_o great_a and_o be_v sometime_o by_o way_n of_o eminency_n call_v the_o canon_n sometime_o the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n sometime_o the_o ancient_a and_o receive_v canon_n of_o our_o father_n sometime_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n in_o fide_fw-la ca._n 4._o cap._n 18._o de_fw-fr ortbod_n fide_fw-la trullo_n and_o damascen_n put_v they_o in_o order_n next_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o holy_a scripture_n so_o in_o effect_n do_v i_o sidore_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o counsel_n for_o he_o set_v these_o canon_n in_o front_n because_o sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententias_fw-la authoritate_fw-la synodali_n roborarunt_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la canonicas_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la the_o h._n father_n have_v establish_v these_o canon_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o counsel_n and_o have_v put_v they_o among_o the_o canonical_a constitution_n and_o great_a reason_n for_o in_o pope_n stephen_n time_n they_o be_v translate_v into_o latin_a by_o one_o dionysius_n at_o the_o entreaty_n of_o laurentius_n because_o then_o 257._o anno_fw-la dom_fw-la 257._o the_o old_a latin_a copy_n be_v rude_a and_o barbarous_a now_o than_o this_o second_o translation_n of_o they_o be_v make_v in_o pope_n stephen_n time_n who_o be_v contemporary_a with_o s._n irenaeus_n and_o s._n cyprian_n the_o old_a copy_n elder_a than_o this_o and_o yet_o after_o the_o original_a to_o be_v sure_a show_v they_o to_o be_v of_o prime_a antiquity_n and_o they_o be_v mention_v by_o s._n stephen_n in_o a_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o bishop_n hilarius_n where_o he_o be_v severe_a in_o censure_n of_o they_o who_o do_v prevaricate_v these_o canon_n *_o but_o for_o far_a satisfaction_n i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o epistle_n of_o gregory_n holloander_n to_o the_o moderator_n of_o the_o city_n of_o norimberg_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o they_o be_v call_v apocryphal_a by_o gratian_n and_o some_o other_o viz._n in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n just_a as_o the_o wisdom_n of_o solomon_n or_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la but_o yet_o by_o most_o believe_v to_o be_v write_v by_o s._n clement_n from_o the_o dictate_v of_o the_o apostle_n and_o without_o all_o question_n be_v so_o far_o canonical_a as_o to_o be_v of_o undoubted_a ecclesiastical_a authority_n and_o of_o the_o first_o antiquity_n ignatius_n his_o testimony_n be_v next_o in_o time_n and_o in_o authority_n trall_n epist._n ad_fw-la trall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n bear_v the_o image_n and_o representment_n of_o the_o father_n of_o all_o and_o a_o little_a after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n what_o be_v the_o bishop_n but_o he_o that_o have_v all_o authority_n and_o rule_n what_o be_v the_o presbytery_n but_o a_o sacred_a college_n counsellor_n and_o helper_n or_o assessor_n to_o the_o bishop_n what_o be_v deacon_n &c_n &c_n so_o that_o here_o be_v the_o real_a and_o exact_a distinction_n of_o dignity_n the_o appropriation_n of_o name_n and_o intimation_n of_o office_n the_o bishop_n be_v above_o all_o the_o presbyter_n his_o helper_n the_o deacon_n his_o minister_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d imitator_n of_o the_o angel_n who_o be_v minister_a spirit_n but_o this_o be_v of_o so_o know_v so_o evident_a a_o truth_n that_o it_o be_v but_o impertinent_a to_o insist_v long_o upon_o it_o himself_o in_o three_o of_o his_o epistle_n use_v it_o nine_o time_n in_o distinct_a enumeration_n viz._n to_o the_o trallian_n to_o the_o philadelphian_o to_o the_o philippian_n *_o and_o now_o i_o shall_v insert_v these_o consideration_n 1._o although_o it_o be_v so_o that_o episcopus_fw-la and_o presbyter_n be_v distinct_a in_o the_o begin_n after_o the_o apostle_n death_n yet_o sometime_o the_o name_n be_v use_v promiscuous_o which_o be_v a_o evidence_n that_o confusion_n of_o name_n be_v no_o intimation_n much_o less_o a_o argument_n for_o the_o parity_n of_o office_n since_o themselves_o who_o sometime_o though_o indeed_o very_o seldom_o confound_v the_o name_n yet_o distinguish_v the_o office_n frequent_o and_o dogmatical_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heron_n epist._n ad_fw-la heron_n where_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o mean_v the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n so_o indeed_o some_o say_v and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o admit_v this_o meaning_n because_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o may_v mean_v the_o suffragan_a bishop_n of_o syria_n yet_o the_o other_o may_v be_v fair_o admit_v for_o himself_o their_o bishop_n be_v absent_a from_o his_o church_n and_o have_v delegated_a to_o the_o presbytery_n episcopal_a jurisdiction_n to_o rule_v the_o church_n till_o he_o be_v dead_a another_o bishop_n shall_v be_v choose_v so_o that_o they_o be_v episcopi_fw-la vicarii_fw-la and_o by_o representment_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o execution_n of_o the_o bishop_n power_n by_o delegation_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v do_v lest_o the_o church_n shall_v not_o be_v only_o without_o a_o father_n but_o without_o a_o guardian_n too_o &_o yet_o what_o a_o bishop_n be_v and_o of_o what_o authority_n no_o man_n more_o confident_a and_o frequent_a than_o ignatius_n *_o another_o example_n of_o this_o be_v in_o eusebius_n speak_v of_o the_o youth_n who_o s._n john_n have_v convert_v and_o commend_v to_o a_o bishop_n clemens_n who_o story_n this_o be_v proceed_v in_o the_o relation_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o the_o presbyter_n unless_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o s._n clement_n mean_v not_o the_o order_n but_o age_n of_o the_o man_n as_o it_o be_v like_a enough_o he_o do_v for_o a_o little_a after_o he_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o old_a man_n tum_o verò_fw-la presbyter_n in_fw-la domum_fw-la svam_fw-la suscipit_fw-la adolescentem_fw-la red_a depositum_fw-la o_o episcope_n say_v s._n john_n to_o he_o tunc_fw-la graviter_fw-la suspirans_fw-la senior_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o s._n clement_n *_o but_o this_o as_o it_o be_v very_o unusual_a so_o it_o be_v just_a as_o in_o scripture_n viz._n in_o descent_n and_o comprehension_n for_o this_o bishop_n also_o be_v a_o presbyter_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n or_o else_o in_o the_o delegation_n of_o episcopal_a power_n for_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o allegation_n of_o ignatius_n 2._o that_o this_o name_n episcopus_fw-la or_o bishop_n be_v choose_v to_o be_v
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 unto_o they_o *_o the_o same_o expression_n be_v also_o in_o the_o epistle_n of_o julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o the_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o people_n of_o alexandria_n in_o behalf_n of_o their_o bishop_n athanasius_n suscipite_fw-la itaque_fw-la fratres_n 29._o hist._n tripartlib_a 4._o c._n 29._o charissimi_fw-la cumomni_fw-la divinâ_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la pastorem_fw-la vestrum_fw-la acpraesulem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la verè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o little_a after_o &_o gaudere_fw-la fruentes_fw-la orationibus_fw-la qui_fw-la pastorem_fw-la vestrum_fw-la esuritis_fw-la &_o sititis_fw-la &c_n &c_n the_o same_o be_v often_o use_v in_o s._n hilary_n and_o s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n where_o bishop_n be_v call_v pastor_n magni_fw-la great_a shepherd_n or_o pastor_n *_o when_o eusebius_n the_o bishop_n of_o samosata_n be_v banish_v vniversi_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la prosecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ereptionem_fw-la pastoris_fw-la svi_fw-la say_v theodoret_n they_o weep_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o pastor_n and_o 14._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 14._o eulogius_n a_o presbyter_n of_o edessa_n when_o he_o be_v argue_v with_o the_o perfect_a in_o behalf_n of_o christianity_n &_o pastorem_fw-la inquit_fw-la habemus_fw-la &_o nutus_fw-la illius_fw-la sequimur_fw-la we_o have_v a_o pastor_n a_o
bishop_n certain_o for_o himself_o be_v a_o priest_n and_o his_o command_n we_o follow_v but_o i_o 18._o theodoret._n lib._n 4._o c._n 18._o need_v not_o specify_v any_o more_o particular_a instance_n i_o touch_v upon_o it_o before_o *_o he_o that_o shall_v consider_v that_o to_o bishop_n the_o regiment_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v concredit_v at_o the_o first_o and_o the_o presbyter_n be_v but_o his_o assistant_n in_o city_n and_o village_n and_o be_v admit_v in_o partem_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la first_o casual_o and_o cursory_o &_o then_o by_o station_n and_o fix_a residency_n when_o parish_n be_v divide_v and_o endow_v will_v easy_o see_v that_o this_o word_n pastor_n must_v needs_o be_v appropriate_v to_o bishop_n to_o who_o according_a to_o the_o conjunctive_a expression_n of_o s._n peter_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o infant_n christendom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v entrust_v first_o sole_o then_o in_o communication_n with_o other_o but_o always_o principal_o *_o but_o now_o of_o late_a especial_o in_o those_o place_n where_o bishop_n be_v exauctorate_v and_o no_o where_o else_o that_o i_o know_v but_o among_o those_o man_n that_o have_v comply_v design_n the_o word_n pastor_n be_v give_v to_o parish_n priest_n against_o the_o manner_n and_o usage_n of_o ancient_n christendom_n and_o though_o priest_n may_v be_v call_v pastor_n in_o a_o limit_a subordinate_a sense_n and_o by_o way_n of_o participation_n just_a as_o they_o may_v be_v call_v angel_n when_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o angel_n and_o so_o pastor_n when_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o pastor_n and_o so_o they_o be_v call_v pastor_n ovium_fw-la in_o s._n cyprian_a but_o never_o be_v they_o call_v pastor_n simple_o or_o pastor_n ecclesiae_fw-la for_o above_o 600_o 11._o epist._n 11._o year_n in_o the_o church_n and_o i_o think_v 800_o more_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v good_a counsel_n which_o s._n paul_n give_v to_o avoid_v vocum_fw-la novitates_fw-la because_o there_o be_v never_o any_o affectation_n of_o new_a word_n contrary_a to_o the_o ancient_a voice_n of_o christendom_n but_o there_o be_v some_o design_n in_o the_o thing_n too_o to_o make_v a_o innovation_n and_o of_o this_o we_o have_v have_v long_a warning_n in_o the_o new_a use_n of_o the_o word_n pastor_n if_o bishop_n be_v the_o pastor_n than_o doctor_n also_o it_o doctor_n §_o 26._o and_o doctor_n be_v the_o observation_n which_o s._n austin_n make_v out_o of_o ephes._n 4._o as_o i_o quote_v he_o even_o now_o for_o god_n have_v give_v some_o apostle_n some_o prophet_n ...._o some_o pastor_n and_o doctor_n so_o the_o church_n have_v learn_v to_o speak_v in_o the_o greek_n council_n of_o carthage_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o place_n which_o never_o have_v a_o bishop_n of_o their_o own_o shall_v not_o now_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o doctor_n of_o their_o own_o that_o be_v a_o bishop_n but_o still_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n to_o who_o former_o they_o give_v obedience_n and_o the_o title_n of_o the_o chapter_n be_v that_o the_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n without_o the_o bishop_n consent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v not_o have_v another_o bishop_n he_o who_o in_o the_o title_n be_v call_v bishop_n in_o the_o chapter_n be_v call_v the_o doctor_z and_o thus_o also_o epiphanius_n 75._o haeres_fw-la 75._o speak_v of_o bishop_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d father_n and_o doctor_n gratia_n enim_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la laus_fw-la doctoris_fw-la est_fw-la say_v s._n ambrose_n speak_v of_o the_o eminence_n of_o the_o bishop_n over_o the_o presbyter_n and_o subordinate_a clergy_n the_o same_o also_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o s._n 59_o s._n epist_n 59_o austin_n sedulius_n and_o diverse_a other_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o it_o be_v in_o this_o appellative_a as_o in_o diverse_a of_o the_o rest_n that_o the_o presbyter_n may_v in_o subordination_n be_v also_o call_v doctor_n for_o every_o presbyter_n must_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apt_a to_o teach_v but_o yet_o this_o be_v express_v as_o a_o requisite_a in_o the_o particular_a office_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o not_o 3._o 1._o tim._n 3._o where_o express_o of_o a_o presbyter_n that_o i_o can_v find_v in_o scripture_n but_o yet_o because_o in_o all_o church_n it_o be_v by_o licence_n of_o the_o bishop_n that_o presbyter_n do_v preach_v if_o at_o all_o and_o in_o some_o church_n the_o bishop_n only_o do_v it_o particular_o of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v sozomen_n therefore_o it_o be_v that_o the_o 19_o lib._n 7._o c._n 19_o presbyter_n in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o but_o the_o bishop_n be_v often_o call_v doctor_n of_o the_o church_n the_o next_o word_n which_o the_o primitive_a church_n pontifex_n §_o 27._o and_o pontifex_n do_v use_v as_o proper_a to_o express_v the_o office_n and_o eminence_n of_o bishop_n in_o pontifex_n and_o pontificatus_fw-la for_o episcopacy_n sed_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la edocti_fw-la consequentiam_fw-la rerum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la pontificatus_fw-la munera_fw-la assignavimus_fw-la say_v the_o apostle_n as_o constitut_o as_o lib._n 8._o c._n ult_n apost_n constitut_o s._n clement_n report_v pontificale_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n john_n the_o apostle_n wear_v in_o his_o forehead_n as_o a_o ensign_n of_o his_o apostleship_n a_o gold_n plate_n or_o medal_n when_o he_o be_v in_o pontificalibus_fw-la in_o his_o pontifical_a or_o apostolical_a habit_n say_v eusebius_n 31._o eusebius_n lib._n 3._o hist._n cap._n 31._o *_o de_fw-fr dispensationibus_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la antiqua_fw-la sanctio_fw-la tenuit_fw-la &_o definitio_fw-la ss_z patrum_fw-la in_o nicaeâ_fw-la convenientium_fw-la ...._o &_o si_fw-la pontifices_fw-la voluerint_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la cis_fw-la vicini_fw-la propter_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la celebrent_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la say_a the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n tripart_v 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ordain_v that_o the_o bishop_n dispossess_v of_o their_o church_n by_o encroachment_n of_o barbarous_a people_n upon_o the_o church_n pale_a so_o as_o the_o bishop_n have_v in_o effect_n no_o diocese_n yet_o they_o shall_v enjoy_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o authority_n of_o their_o presidency_n according_a to_o their_o proper_a state_n their_o appropriate_a presidency_n and_o the_o same_o council_n call_v the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o prelate_n or_o perfect_a of_o the_o church_n i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o expound_v it_o better_o but_o it_o be_v something_o more_o full_a in_o the_o greek_n council_n of_o carthage_n command_v that_o the_o convert_v 69._o can._n 69._o donatist_n shall_v be_v receive_v according_a to_o the_o will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o govern_v the_o church_n in_o that_o place_n *_o and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 25._o can._n 25._o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n overdo_n the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n *_o hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la tempore_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sylvester_n retinacula_fw-la gubernabat_fw-la s._n sylvester_n the_o
authority_n command_v he_o than_o he_o may_v undertake_v it_o that_o be_v if_o either_o the_o emperor_n command_v he_o or_o if_o the_o bishop_n permit_v he_o than_o it_o be_v lawful_a but_o without_o such_o command_n or_o license_v it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o therefore_o s._n cyprian_n do_v himself_o severe_o punish_v geminius_n faustinus_n one_o of_o the_o priest_n of_o carthage_n for_o undertake_v the_o executorship_n of_o the_o testament_n of_o geminius_n victor_n he_o 66._o epist._n 66._o have_v no_o leave_n of_o his_o bishop_n so_o to_o do_v and_o for_o he_o of_o his_o own_o head_n to_o undertake_v that_o which_o will_v be_v a_o avocation_n of_o he_o from_o his_o office_n do_v in_o s._n cyprian_n consistory_n deserve_v a_o censure_n 3._o by_o this_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n any_o clerk_n may_v be_v the_o oeconomus_fw-la or_o steward_n of_o a_o church_n and_o dispense_v her_o revenue_n if_o the_o bishop_n command_v he_o 4._o he_o may_v undertake_v the_o patronage_n or_o assistance_n of_o any_o distress_a person_n that_o need_v the_o church_n aid_n *_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o secular_a employment_n do_v not_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la avocate_v a_o clergyman_n from_o his_o necessary_a office_n and_o duty_n for_o some_o secular_a employment_n be_v permit_v he_o all_o cause_n of_o piety_n of_o charity_n all_o occurrence_n concern_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n and_o nothing_o for_o covetousness_n but_o any_o thing_n in_o obedience_n any_o thing_n ibid._n vide_fw-la synod_n roman_n sub_fw-la sylvestr_n c._n 4._o council_n chalce_v c._n 26._o &_o zonar_n ibid._n i_o mean_v of_o the_o forenamed_a instance_n nay_o the_o affair_n of_o church_n revenue_n and_o dispensation_n of_o ecclesiastical_a patrimony_n be_v impose_v on_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o canon_n apostolical_a and_o then_o consider_v how_o many_o possession_n be_v deposit_v first_o at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o bishop_n hand_n we_o may_v quick_o perceive_v that_o a_o case_n may_v occur_v in_o which_o something_o else_o may_v be_v do_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o his_o clergy_n beside_o prayer_n and_o preach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v ignatius_n to_o s._n polycarpe_n of_o smyrna_n let_v not_o the_o widow_n be_v neglect_v after_o god_n do_v thou_o take_v care_n of_o they_o *_o qui_fw-la locuplete_v sunt_fw-la &_o volunt_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la 2._o justin._n martyr_n apolog._n 2._o cuique_fw-la svo_fw-la quod_fw-la libitum_fw-la est_fw-la contribuit_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la collectum_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la praesidem_fw-la deponitur_fw-la atque_fw-la be_v inde_fw-la opitulatur_fw-la orphanis_fw-la &_o viduis_fw-la iisque_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la morbo_fw-la vel_fw-la aliâ_fw-la de_fw-la causâ_fw-la egent_fw-la tum_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la vincti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o peregrè_fw-la advenientibus_fw-la hospitibus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la uno_fw-la verbo_fw-la dicam_fw-la omnium_fw-la indigentium_fw-la curator_n est_fw-la all_o the_o collect_v and_o offering_n of_o faithful_a people_n be_v deposit_v with_o the_o bishop_n and_o thence_o he_o dispense_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o widow_n and_o orphan_n thence_o he_o provide_v for_o traveller_n and_o in_o one_o word_n he_o take_v care_n of_o all_o indigent_a and_o necessitous_a people_n so_o it_o be_v in_o justin_n martyr_n time_n and_o all_o this_o a_o man_n will_v think_v require_v a_o considerable_a portion_n of_o his_o time_n beside_o his_o study_n and_o prayer_n and_o preach_v this_o be_v also_o do_v even_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n for_o first_o they_o have_v the_o provision_n of_o all_o the_o good_n and_o person_n of_o the_o coenobium_fw-la of_o the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n this_o they_o themselves_o administer_v till_o a_o complaint_n arise_v which_o may_v have_v prove_v a_o scandal_n then_o they_o choose_v seven_o man_n man_n full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n man_n that_o be_v priest_n for_o they_o be_v of_o the_o 70_o disciple_n say_v epiphanius_n and_o such_o man_n as_o preach_v and_o baptise_a so_o s._n stephen_n and_o s._n philip_n therefore_o to_o be_v sure_o they_o be_v clergyman_n and_o yet_o they_o leave_v their_o preach_n for_o a_o time_n at_o least_o abate_v of_o the_o height_n of_o the_o employment_n for_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n appoint_v they_o that_o themselves_o may_v not_o leave_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o serve_v table_n plain_o imply_v that_o such_o man_n who_o be_v to_o serve_v these_o table_n must_v leave_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n in_o some_o sense_n or_o degree_n and_o yet_o they_o choose_v presbyter_n and_o no_o harm_n neither_o and_o for_o a_o while_n themselves_o have_v the_o employment_n i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o harm_n do_v by_o this_o temporary_a office_n to_o their_o priestly_a function_n and_o employment_n for_o to_o i_o it_o be_v considerable_a if_o the_o call_n of_o a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n than_o what_o inconvenience_n though_o his_o employment_n be_v mix_v with_o secular_a allay_n but_o if_o it_o do_v take_v up_o the_o whole_a man_n than_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a for_o any_o presbyter_n ever_o to_o become_v a_o bishop_n which_o be_v a_o dignity_n of_o a_o far_o great_a burden_n and_o require_v more_o than_o a_o man_n be_v all_o if_o all_o be_v require_v to_o the_o function_n of_o a_o presbyter_n but_o i_o proceed_v 4._o the_o church_n prohibit_v secular_a employment_n to_o bishop_n and_o clerk_n do_v prohibit_v it_o only_o in_o gradu_fw-la impedimenti_fw-la officii_fw-la clericalis_fw-la and_o therefore_o when_o the_o office_n be_v supply_v by_o any_o of_o the_o order_n it_o be_v never_o prohibit_v but_o that_o the_o personal_a ability_n of_o any_o man_n may_v be_v employ_v for_o the_o fair_a advantage_n either_o of_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o canon_n provide_v that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o destitute_a not_o that_o such_o a_o particular_a clerk_n shall_v there_o officiate_v thus_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n decree_v ut_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sicut_fw-la hactenus_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la indiscrete_a per_fw-la diver_n 99_o apud_fw-la burchard_n lib._n 2._o decret_a cap._n 99_o sa_fw-fr non_fw-fr mittantur_fw-la loca_fw-la ...._o ne_o fortè_fw-la propter_fw-la eorum_fw-la absentiam_fw-la &_o animarum_fw-la pericula_fw-la &_o ecclesiarum_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la negligantur_fw-la officia_fw-la so_o that_o here_o we_o see_v 1._o that_o it_o have_v be_v usual_a to_o send_v priest_n on_o embassyes_n sicut_fw-la hactenus_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o the_o canon_n forbid_v the_o indiscreet_a or_o promiscuous_a do_v of_o it_o not_o that_o man_n of_o great_a ability_n &_o choice_n be_v not_o employ_v but_o that_o there_o be_v discretion_n or_o discern_v in_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o man_n viz._n that_o such_o man_n be_v choose_v who_o particular_a worth_n do_v by_o advance_v the_o legation_n make_v compensation_n for_o absence_n from_o their_o church_n and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v no_o indiscretion_n in_o the_o embassy_n quoad_fw-la hoc_fw-la at_o least_o for_o the_o ordinary_a office_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v dispense_v by_o man_n of_o even_a ability_n but_o the_o extraordinary_a affair_n of_o both_o state_n require_v man_n of_o a_o heighten_v apprehension_n 3._o the_o canon_n only_o take_v care_n that_o the_o cùre_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o parish_n be_v not_o relinquish_v for_o so_o be_v the_o title_n of_o the_o canon_n ne_o presbyteri_fw-la causâ_fw-la legationis_fw-la per_fw-la diversa_fw-la mittantur_fw-la loca_fw-la curâ_fw-la animarum_fw-la relictâ_fw-la but_o then_o if_o the_o cure_n be_v supply_v by_o delegation_n the_o fear_n of_o the_o canon_n be_v prevent_v *_o in_o pursuance_n of_o this_o consideration_n the_o church_n forbid_v clergyman_n to_o receive_v honour_n or_o secular_a preferment_n and_o so_o it_o be_v express_v where_o the_o prohibition_n be_v make_v it_o be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n qui_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la deputati_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la monachorum_fw-la 7._o part._n 2._o act._n 15._o can._n 7._o vitam_fw-la expetiverunt_fw-la statuimus_fw-la neque_fw-la ad_fw-la militiam_fw-la neque_fw-la ad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la venire_fw-la mundanam_fw-la that_o be_v the_o inhibition_n but_o the_o canon_n subjoin_v a_o temper_n aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la tentantes_fw-la &_o non_fw-la agentes_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la quo_fw-la minùs_fw-la redeant_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la primitùs_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la anathematizari_fw-la they_o must_v not_o turn_v soldier_n or_o enter_v upon_o any_o worldy_a dignity_n to_o make_v they_o leave_v their_o function_n which_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n they_o have_v first_o choose_v for_o then_o it_o seem_v he_o that_o take_v on_o he_o military_a honour_n or_o secular_a prefecture_n or_o consular_a dignity_n can_v not_o officiate_v in_o holy_a order_n but_o must_v renounce_v they_o to_o assume_v the_o other_o it_o be_v in_o obstruction_n of_o this_o abuse_n that_o the_o canon_n direct_v its_o prohibition_n
be_v intend_v if_o it_o be_v say_v it_o be_v use_v so_o here_o that_o be_v the_o question_n and_o must_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o prove_v itself_o 4._o the_o presbyter_n that_o be_v here_o speak_v of_o must_v be_v maintain_v by_o ecclesiastical_a revenue_n for_o so_o s._n paul_n expound_v honour_n in_o the_o next_o verse_n presbyter_n that_o rule_v well_o must_v be_v honour_v etc._n etc._n for_o it_o be_v write_v thou_o shall_v not_o muzzle_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o ox_n that_o tread_v out_o the_o corn_n but_o now_o the_o patron_n of_o this_o new_a devise_n be_v not_o so_o greedy_a of_o their_o lay-bishop_n as_o to_o be_v at_o charge_n with_o they_o they_o will_v rather_o let_v they_o stand_v alone_o on_o their_o own_o rot_a leg_n and_o so_o perish_v then_o fix_v he_o upon_o this_o place_n with_o their_o hand_n in_o their_o purse_n but_o it_o have_v be_v most_o fit_a for_o they_o to_o have_v keep_v he_o be_v he_o be_v of_o their_o own_o beget_n 5._o this_o place_n speak_v not_o of_o divers_a person_n but_o divers_a part_n of_o the_o pastoral_n office_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o rule_v and_o to_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n just_o as_o if_o the_o expression_n have_v be_v in_o materiâ_fw-la politicâ_fw-la all_o good_a counsellor_n of_o state_n be_v worthy_a of_o double_a honour_n especial_o they_o that_o disregard_v their_o own_o private_a aim_v at_o the_o public_a good_a this_o imply_v not_o two_o sort_n of_o counsellor_n but_o two_o part_n of_o a_o counsellor_n worth_a and_o quality_n judge_n that_o do_v righteousness_n be_v worthy_a of_o double_a honour_n especial_o if_o they_o right_v the_o cause_n of_o orphan_n and_o widow_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o righteous_a judge_n that_o refuse_v to_o do_v both_o 6._o all_o minister_n of_o h._n church_n do_v not_o preach_v at_o least_o not_o frequent_o the_o seven_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v over_o the_o widow_n be_v presbyter_n but_o yet_o they_o be_v force_v to_o leave_v the_o constant_a ministration_n of_o the_o word_n to_o attend_v that_o employment_n as_o i_o show_v 48._o show_v §._o 48._o former_o and_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o descent_n too_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 22._o lib._n 5_o cap._n 22._o say_v socrates_n a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o preach_v in_o alexandria_n the_o bishop_n only_o do_v it_o and_o then_o the_o allegation_n be_v easy_o understand_v for_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n do_v not_o signify_v only_o make_v homily_n or_o exhortation_n to_o the_o people_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v by_o word_n or_o write_v or_o travel_v from_o place_n to_o place_n still_o the_o great_a the_o sedulity_n of_o the_o person_n be_v and_o difficulty_n of_o the_o labour_n the_o great_a increment_n of_o honour_n be_v to_o be_v give_v he_o so_o that_o here_o be_v no_o lay-elders_a for_o all_o the_o presbyter_n s_o paul_n speak_v of_o be_v to_o be_v honour_v but_o especial_o those_o who_o take_v extraordinary_a pain_n in_o propagate_a the_o gospel_n for_o though_o all_o preach_v suppose_v that_o yet_o all_o do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v such_o great_a pain_n in_o it_o as_o be_v intimate_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o take_v bodily_a labour_n and_o travail_n usque_fw-la adlassitudinem_fw-la so_o budaeus_fw-la render_v it_o and_o so_o it_o be_v likely_a s._n paul_n here_o mean_v honour_n the_o good_a presbyter_n but_o especial_o they_o that_o travel_n for_o disseminate_v the_o gospel_n and_o the_o word_n be_v often_o so_o use_v in_o scripture_n s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v travel_v in_o the_o word_n more_o than_o they_o all_o not_o that_o s._n paul_n preach_v more_o than_o all_o the_o apostle_n for_o most_o certain_o they_o make_v it_o their_o business_n as_o well_o as_o he_o but_o he_o travel_v further_a and_o more_o than_o they_o all_o for_o the_o spread_a it_o and_o thus_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o good_a woman_n that_o travel_v with_o the_o aposty_n for_o supply_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o their_o diet_n and_o household_n office_n they_o labour_v much_o in_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o word_n for_o they_o too_o so_o it_o be_v say_v of_o persis_n of_o mary_n of_o tryphaena_n of_o triphosa_n and_o 16._o rom._n 16._o since_o these_o woman_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o travel_v with_o the_o apostolical_a man_n and_o evangelist_n the_o man_n also_o travel_v to_o and_o preach_v and_o therefore_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v traveller_n in_o the_o word_n we_o aught_o therefore_o to_o receive_v such_o say_v s._n john_n 3._o 1._o epist._n cap._n 3._o intimate_v a_o particular_a reception_n of_o they_o as_o be_v towards_o we_o of_o a_o peculiar_a merit_n so_o that_o the_o sense_n of_o s._n paul_n may_v be_v this_o also_o all_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v all_o bishop_n apostle_n and_o apostolic_a man_n be_v to_o be_v honour_v but_o 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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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the_o jurisdiction_n to_o be_v minister_v by_o himself_o will_v arrogant_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o bishop_n without_o apostolical_a ordination_n obtrude_a himself_o upon_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n so_o become_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o busy_a man_n in_o another_o diocese_n this_o and_o such_o impostor_n as_o this_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n do_v try_v and_o discover_v and_o convict_v and_o in_o it_o he_o be_v assist_v by_o s._n john_n himself_o as_o be_v intimate_v in_o s._n johns_n three_o epistle_n write_v to_o this_o gajus_n v._n 9_o i_o write_v unto_o the_o church_n to_o wit_n of_o asia_n but_o diotrephes_n who_o love_v to_o have_v the_o pre-eminence_n among_o they_o receive_v we_o not_o clear_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v have_v be_v a_o bishop_n it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o ambition_n a_o quarrel_n for_o superintendency_n and_o pre-eminence_n that_o trouble_v he_o and_o this_o also_o appear_v further_o in_o that_o he_o exercise_v jurisdiction_n and_o excommunication_n where_o he_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v v._n 10._o he_o forbid_v they_o that_o will_v receive_v the_o brethren_n and_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o the_o church_n so_o that_o here_o it_o be_v clear_a this_o false_a apostolate_a be_v his_o ambitious_a seek_v of_o episcopal_a pre-eminence_n and_o jurisdiction_n without_o lawful_a ordination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v his_o design_n he_o love_v to_o be_v the_o first_o in_o the_o church_n esse_fw-la apostolum_n esse_fw-la episcopum_fw-la to_o be_v a_o apostle_n or_o a_o bishop_n but_o this_o office_n of_o the_o ordinary_a apostleship_n or_o episcopacy_n presbyter_n §_o 6._o which_o christ_n himself_o have_v make_v distinct_a from_o presbyter_n derive_v its_o fountain_n from_o a_o rock_n christ_n own_o distinguish_v the_o apostolate_a from_o the_o function_n of_o presbyter_n for_o when_o our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v gather_v many_o disciple_n who_o believe_v he_o at_o his_o 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office_n to_o the_o high_a order_n first_o the_o apostle_n impose_v hand_n in_o ordination_n ordination_n as_o of_o ordination_n which_o the_o 72_o do_v not_o the_o case_n be_v know_v act._n 6._o the_o apostle_n call_v the_o disciple_n will_v they_o to_o choose_v seven_o man_n who_o they_o may_v constitute_v in_o the_o ministration_n and_o oversight_n of_o the_o poor_a they_o do_v so_o and_o set_v they_o before_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n so_o they_o be_v specify_v and_o number_v vers_fw-la 2._o cum_fw-la 6._o and_o when_o they_o have_v pray_v they_o lay_v their_o hand_n on_o they_o they_o not_o the_o disciple_n not_o the_o 72_o who_o be_v there_o actual_o present_a and_o seven_o of_o they_o be_v then_o ordain_v to_o this_o ministry_n for_o they_o be_v not_o now_o ordain_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o 16._o the_o in_o trullo_n can_v 16._o council_n of_o constantinople_n call_v they_o and_o that_o these_o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o 72._o disciple_n epiphanius_n bear_v witness_v he_o send_v other_o 72._o to_o 20._o haeres_fw-la 20._o preach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o number_n be_v those_o seven_o ordain_v and_o set_v over_o the_o widow_n and_o the_o same_o be_v intimate_v by_o s._n chrysostome_n if_o i_o understand_v he_o right_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o homil._n 14._o in_o act._n 6._o what_o dignity_n have_v these_o seven_o here_o ordain_v of_o deacon_n no_o for_o this_o dispensation_n be_v make_v by_o priest_n not_o deacon_n and_o theophylact_v more_o clear_o repeat_v the_o locum_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la word_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n promore_fw-la svo_fw-la add_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o name_n and_o dignity_n of_o these_o seven_o be_v not_o less_o but_o even_o the_o dignity_n of_o presbyter_n only_o for_o the_o time_n they_o be_v appoint_v to_o dispense_v the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o faithful_a people_n presbyter_n they_o be_v say_v s._n chrysostome_n and_o theophylact_fw-mi of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o 72._o say_v epiphanius_n but_o however_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o 72._o be_v present_a for_o the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o the_o disciple_n be_v as_o yet_o there_o resident_a they_o be_v not_o yet_o send_v abroad_o they_o be_v not_o scatter_v with_o persecution_n till_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n stephen_n but_o the_o twelve_o call_v the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o the_o disciple_n to_o they_o about_o this_o affair_n vers_fw-la 2._o but_o yet_o themselves_o only_a do_v ordain_v they_o 2._o a_o instance_n parallel_v to_o this_o be_v in_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n upon_o s._n paul_n and_o barnabas_n in_o the_o 13._o acts._n 13._o first_o ordination_n that_o be_v hold_v at_o antioch_n now_o there_o be_v in_o the_o church_n that_o be_v at_o antioch_n certain_a prophet_n and_o teacher_n as_o barnabas_n and_o simeon_n and_o lucius_n and_o manäen_o and_o saul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d while_o these_o man_n be_v minister_a the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v to_o they_o separate_z i_o barnabas_n and_o saul_n they_o do_v so_o they_o fast_v they_o pray_v they_o lay_v their_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o send_v they_o away_o so_o they_o be_v send_v forth_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n depart_v into_o seleucia_n this_o be_v the_o story_n now_o let_v we_o make_v our_o best_a on_o it_o here_o then_o be_v the_o ordination_n and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n complete_a and_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o prophet_n of_o antioch_n for_o they_o send_v they_o away_o and_o yet_o the_o next_o word_n be_v so_o they_o be_v send_v forth_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o that_o here_o be_v the_o thing_n do_v and_o that_o by_o the_o prophet_n alone_a and_o that_o by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o
suffer_v false_a apostle_n so_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n which_o be_v clear_o a_o power_n of_o cognisance_n and_o coërtion_n in_o causis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la to_o be_v watchful_a and_o strengthen_v the_o thing_n that_o remain_v as_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n in_o sardis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o be_v the_o office_n of_o ruler_n for_o they_o watch_v for_o your_o soul_n and_o the_o 13._o hebr._n 13._o second_o of_o apostle_n and_o apostolic_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d judas_n and_o silas_n confirm_v the_o brethren_n for_o these_o man_n although_o they_o be_v but_o of_o the_o 72_o at_o first_o yet_o by_o this_o time_n be_v make_v apostle_n and_o chief_a man_n among_o the_o brethren_n s._n paul_n also_o be_v join_v in_o this_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15._o act._n 15._o he_o go_v up_o and_o down_o confirm_v the_o church_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n paul_n to_o confirm_v 11._o 1._o cor._n 11._o the_o church_n and_o to_o make_v supply_n of_o what_o be_v deficient_a in_o discipline_n and_o government_n these_o be_v office_n of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n no_o less_o than_o episcopal_a or_o apostolical_a and_o beside_o the_o angel_n here_o speak_v of_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o the_o people_n of_o the_o diocese_n thou_o haste_v a_o few_o name_n even_o in_o sardis_n they_o be_v the_o bishop_n people_n the_o angel_n have_v a_o right_a to_o they_o and_o good_a reason_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v he_o for_o their_o fault_n be_v attribute_v to_o he_o as_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o pergamus_n and_o diverse_a other_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v deposit_v in_o his_o custody_n he_o be_v to_o be_v their_o ruler_n and_o pastor_n and_o this_o be_v call_v his_o ministry_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o thyatira_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v know_v thy_o ministry_n his_o office_n therefore_o be_v clericall_a it_o be_v a_o angel-minister_n and_o this_o his_o office_n must_v make_v he_o the_o guide_n and_o superior_a to_o the_o rest_n even_o all_o the_o whole_a church_n since_o he_o be_v charge_v with_o all_o 3._o by_o the_o angel_n be_v mean_v a_o singular_a person_n for_o the_o reprehension_n and_o the_o commendation_n respective_o imply_v personal_a delinquency_n or_o suppose_v personal_a excellencye_n add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o compellation_n be_v singular_a and_o of_o determinate_a number_n so_o that_o we_o may_v as_o well_o multiply_v church_n as_o person_n for_o the_o seven_o church_n have_v but_o seven_o star_n and_o these_o seven_o star_n be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n and_o if_o by_o seven_o star_n they_o may_v mean_v 70_o time_n seven_o star_n for_o so_o they_o may_v if_o they_o begin_v to_o multiply_v then_o by_o one_o star_n they_o must_v mean_v many_o star_n and_o so_o they_o may_v multiply_v church_n too_o for_o there_o be_v as_o many_o church_n as_o star_n and_o no_o more_o angel_n than_o church_n and_o it_o be_v as_o reasonable_a to_o multiply_v these_o seven_o church_n into_o 7000_o as_o every_o star_n into_o a_o constellation_n or_o every_o angel_n into_o a_o legion_n but_o beside_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o these_o seven_o angel_n be_v by_o antiquity_n call_v the_o seven_o governor_n or_o bishop_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n &_o their_o very_a name_n be_v commemorate_a unto_o these_o seven_o church_n s._n john_n say_v arethas_n reckon_v apocal._n in_o 1._o apocal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o equal_a number_n of_o angel-governour_n and_o oecumenius_n in_o his_o scholia_fw-la upon_o this_o place_n say_v the_o very_a same_o word_n septem_fw-la igitur_fw-la angelos_n rectores_fw-la septem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la debemus_fw-la intelligere_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la angelus_n nuntius_fw-la interpretatur_fw-la say_v s._n ambrosc_n and_o again_o angelos_n episcopos_fw-la dicit_fw-la sicut_fw-la docetur_fw-la in_o apocalypsi_fw-la johannis_n let_v the_o woman_n 11._o in_o 1._o cor._n 11._o have_v a_o cover_n on_o her_o head_n because_o of_o the_o angel_n that_o be_v in_o reverence_n and_o subjection_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n for_o bishop_n be_v the_o angel_n as_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o revelation_n of_o s._n john_n divinâ_fw-la voce_fw-la sub_fw-la angeli_fw-la nomine_fw-la laudatur_fw-la praepositus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la so_o s._n austin_n by_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n the_o bishop_n apocal._n epist._n 162._o &_o in_o apocal._n of_o the_o church_n be_v commend_v under_o the_o title_n of_o a_o angel_n eusebius_n name_v some_o of_o these_o angel_n who_o be_v then_o precedent_n and_o actual_o bishop_n of_o these_o church_n s._n policarpe_a be_v one_o to_o be_v sure_a apud_fw-la smyrnam_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la &_o martyr_n say_v eusebius_n 24._o lib._n 5._o c._n 24._o he_o be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n and_o he_o have_v good_a authority_n for_o it_o for_o he_o report_v it_o out_o of_o polycrates_n who_o a_o little_a after_o be_v himself_o a_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n and_o he_o also_o 10._o lib._n 4_o c._n 10._o quote_v s._n irenaeus_n for_o it_o &_o out_o of_o the_o encyclicall_a epistle_n of_o the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n itself_o and_o beside_o 15._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o these_o authority_n it_o be_v attest_v by_o s._n policarp_n s._n epist._n ad_fw-la policarp_n ignatius_n and_o praescrip_n and_o de_fw-fr praescrip_n tertullian_n s._n timothy_n be_v another_o angel_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n to_o be_v sure_o have_v be_v and_o most_o likely_a be_v still_o survive_v antipas_n be_v reckon_v by_o name_n in_o the_o revelation_n and_o he_o have_v be_v the_o angel_n of_o pergamus_n but_o before_o this_o book_n write_v apoc._n vide_fw-la aretha_n in_o 1._o apoc._n he_o be_v turn_v from_o a_o angel_n to_o a_o saint_n melito_n in_o all_o probability_n be_v then_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o sardis_n melito_n quoque_fw-la sardensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la antistes_fw-la &_o apollinaris_n apud_fw-la hierapolim_n ecclesiam_fw-la regens_fw-la celeberrimi_fw-la inter_fw-la caeteros_fw-la habebantur_fw-la say_v eusebius_n these_o man_n be_v actual_o live_v when_o s._n john_n write_v 26._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 26._o his_o revelation_n for_o melito_n write_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr paschate_n when_o sergius_n paulus_n be_v proconsul_n of_o asia_n and_o write_v after_o the_o revelation_n for_o he_o write_v a_o treatise_n of_o it_o as_o say_v eusebius_n however_o at_o least_o some_o of_o these_o be_v then_o and_o all_o of_o these_o about_o that_o time_n be_v bishop_n of_o these_o church_n and_o the_o angel_n s_o john_n speak_v of_o be_v such_o who_o have_v jurisdiction_n over_o their_o whole_a diocese_n therefore_o these_o or_o such_o as_o these_o be_v the_o angel_n to_o who_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n write_v hortatory_n and_o commendatory_a letter_n such_o who_o christ_n hold_v in_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o fix_v they_o in_o the_o church_n like_o light_n set_v on_o a_o candlestick_n that_o they_o may_v give_v shine_n to_o the_o whole_a house_n the_o sum_n of_o all_o be_v this_o that_o christ_n do_v institute_v apostle_n and_o presbyter_n or_o 72_o disciple_n to_o the_o apostle_n he_o give_v a_o plenitude_n of_o power_n for_o the_o whole_a commission_n be_v give_v to_o they_o in_o as_o great_a and_o comprehensive_a clause_n as_o be_v imaginable_a for_o by_o virtue_n of_o it_o they_o receive_v a_o power_n of_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o confirmation_n and_o of_o give_v his_o grace_n in_o the_o collation_n of_o holy_a order_n a_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o authority_n to_o govern_v the_o church_n and_o this_o power_n be_v not_o temporary_a but_o successive_a and_o perpetual_a and_o be_v intend_v as_o a_o ordinary_a office_n in_o the_o church_n so_o that_o the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v the_o same_o right_a and_o institution_n that_o the_o apostle_n 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stone_n leave_v upon_o another_o be_v the_o fate_n of_o that_o rebellious_a city_n by_o christ_n own_o prediction_n which_o themselves_o record_v in_o scripture_n and_o to_o say_v they_o understand_v not_o what_o they_o write_v be_v to_o make_v they_o enthusiast_n and_o neither_o good_a doctor_n nor_o wise_a seer_n but_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o holy_a spirit_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o lead_v they_o into_o all_o truth_n will_v instruct_v they_o in_o so_o concern_v a_o issue_n of_o public_a affair_n as_o be_v so_o great_a desolation_n and_o therefore_o they_o begin_v betimes_o to_o establish_v that_o church_n and_o to_o fix_v it_o upon_o its_o perpetual_a base_a 2_o lie_v the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v to_o be_v the_o precedent_n and_o platform_n for_o other_o church_n the_o word_n of_o god_n go_v forth_o into_o all_o the_o world_n begin_v first_o at_o jerusalem_n and_o therefore_o also_o it_o be_v more_o necessary_a a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v there_o 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6._o office_n concredit_v to_o he_o 1._o he_o be_v to_o be_v 3_o be_v 1._o tim._n 1._o 3_o resident_a at_o ephesus_n and_o although_o for_o the_o public_a necessity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o for_o assistance_n to_o s._n paul_n he_o may_v be_v call_v sometime_o from_o his_o charge_n yet_o there_o he_o live_v and_o dye_v as_o the_o church_n story_n write_v there_o be_v his_o ordinary_a residence_n and_o his_o avocation_n be_v but_o temporary_a and_o occasional_a and_o when_o it_o be_v his_o cure_n be_v supply_v by_o tychicus_n who_o s._n paul_n send_v to_o ephesus_n as_o his_o vicar_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v hereafter_o 2._o s._n paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o he_o give_v direction_n to_o he_o for_o episcopal_a deportment_n as_o be_v plain_a a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n etc._n etc._n 3._o 1._o tim._n 3._o 3._o s._n paul_n concredit_v jurisdiction_n to_o s._n timothy_n over_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o as_o great_a 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
give_v of_o a_o jurisdiction_n a_o erection_n of_o a_o judicatory_a and_o be_v all_o the_o way_n direction_n for_o his_o proceed_n in_o cause_n criminal_a appear_v most_o evident_o v._o 21._o i_o charge_v thou_o before_o god_n and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o elect_a angel_n that_o thou_o observe_v these_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o prejudging_a the_o cause_n of_o any_o man_n before_o it_o come_v in_o open_a contestation_n under_o public_a test_n of_o witness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v nothing_o for_o favour_n or_o partiality_n nothing_o in_o the_o world_n be_v plain_a for_o the_o erection_n of_o a_o consistory_n then_o these_o mandate_n of_o s._n paul_n last_o to_o make_v up_o his_o episcopal_a function_n complete_a s._n paul_n give_v he_o also_o direction_n concern_v give_v of_o order_n lay_n hand_n sudden_o on_o no_o man_n sub_fw-la testatione_fw-la ergo_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la mandat_fw-la 22._o vers._n 22._o custodiri_fw-la ...._o ne_fw-fr facilè_fw-la aliquis_fw-la accipiat_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ...._o peccat_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la probat_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la ordinet_fw-la melior_fw-la enim_fw-la caeteris_fw-la debet_fw-la probari_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinandus_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la custodiens_fw-la castum_fw-la se_fw-la exhibebit_fw-la religioni_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la praemium_fw-la consequetur_fw-la so_o s._n ambrose_n upon_o the_o place_n who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o exempt_n presbyter_n from_o be_v submit_v to_o the_o bishop_n consistory_n that_o he_o do_v appropriate_v all_o his_o former_a caution_n concern_v the_o judicature_n and_o coercitive_a jurisdiction_n to_o cause_n of_o the_o clergy_n add_v to_o this_o evidence_n of_o scripture_n the_o testimony_n of_o catholic_a and_o unquestioned_a antiquity_n affirm_v s._n timothy_n to_o have_v be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n by_o s._n paul_n eusebius_n speak_v of_o the_o succession_n to_o s._n paul_n sed_fw-la &_o lucas_n say_v he_o in_o actibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la 4._o lib._n 3._o c._n 4._o plurimos_fw-la ejus_fw-la socios_fw-la memorat_fw-la sicut_fw-la timothei_n &_o titi_fw-la quorum_fw-la alter_fw-la in_o ephesi_n episcopus_fw-la ..._o ab_fw-la eo_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la praeficitur_fw-la s._n ambrose_n affirm_v that_o s._n paul_n have_v tim._n praefat._n in_o 1._o tim._n ordain_v he_o bishop_n write_v his_o first_o epistle_n to_o he_o to_o instruct_v he_o in_o his_o episcopal_a office_n hunc_fw-la igitur_fw-la jam_fw-la creatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la instruit_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la deberet_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ordinare_fw-la and_o that_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v to_o instruct_v s._n timothy_n for_o his_o own_o person_n and_o all_o bishop_n in_o he_o for_o their_o deportment_n in_o the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v the_o unite_a concurrent_a testimony_n of_o s._n contrhaere_n s._n contrhaere_n vincentius_n 5._o vincentius_n contr_n martion_n l._n 5._o tertullian_n s._n timoth._n s._n hom_n â—0_n in_o 1._o timoth._n chrysostome_n s._n tim._n s._n in_o 6._o cap._n in_o 1._o tim._n ambrose_n c._n ambrose_n in_o 1._o tim._n 4._o c._n &_o 5._o c._n oecumenius_n 75._o oecumenius_n hoeres_fw-la 75._o epiphanius_n 4._o epiphanius_n ad_fw-la timoth._n cap._n 4._o primasius_n and_o s._n 11._o s._n in_o pastor_n part_n 2._o c._n 11._o acts._n 11._o gregory_n as_o for_o epiphanius_n in_o the_o place_n now_o quote_v he_o use_v it_o as_o a_o argument_n against_o the_o madness_n and_o stupidity_n of_o aërius_n contend_v a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n to_o be_v all_o one_o docet_fw-la divinus_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sermo_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o quis_fw-la presbyter_n quum_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la timotheum_n qui_fw-la erat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ne_fw-la objurges_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v transcribe_v no_o more_o testimony_n for_o this_o particular_a but_o that_o of_o the_o general_a council_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o the_o case_n of_o bassianus_n and_o stephanus_n leontius_n the_o bishop_n of_o magnesia_n speak_v it_o in_o full_a council_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o s._n timothy_n until_o now_o there_o have_v be_v 27_o bishop_n or_o dayn_v in_o ephesus_n who_o desire_v a_o multitude_n of_o testimony_n though_o enough_o already_o have_v depose_v in_o the_o cause_n beside_o the_o evidence_n of_o scripture_n may_v to_o these_o add_v that_o say_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n that_o to_o timothy_n be_v commit_v 3._o in_o titum_fw-la &_o 1_o philip._n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o theodoret_n call_v he_o episcopum_fw-la asianorum_n the_o subscription_n to_o the_o first_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o write_v by_o s._n paul_n yet_o at_o least_o will_v prove_v a_o primitive_a record_n and_o very_o ancient_a the_o fragment_n of_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n timothy_n in_o photius_n eccles._n photius_n de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n s._n jerome_n timoth._n jerome_n in_o praefat_fw-la in_o 1._o timoth._n theophylact_fw-mi 254._o biblioth_n photij_fw-la n._n 254._o 88_o 254._o de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la 88_o 87_o &_o 88_o isidore_n and_o 5._o and_o lib._n 2._o c._n 34._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 5._o nicephorus_n and_o now_o all_o be_v well_o if_o after_o all_o this_o timothy_n do_v not_o prove_v a_o evangelist_n for_o this_o one_o objection_n will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o catch_v at_o to_o support_v a_o drown_a cause_n and_o though_o neither_o pertinent_a nor_o true_a yet_o shall_v be_v lay_v in_o the_o balance_n against_o all_o the_o evidence_n of_o scripture_n and_o catholic_n antiquity_n but_o do_v the_o work_n of_o a_o evangelist_n say_v s._n paul_n therefore_o it_o be_v clear_a s._n timothy_n be_v no_o bishop_n no_o be_v not_o that_o be_v hard_a but_o let_v we_o try_v however_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o be_v the_o next_o word_n fulfil_v thy_o deaconship_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v no_o bishop_n as_o well_o this_o as_o the_o other_o for_o if_o deaconship_n do_v not_o exclude_v episcopacy_n why_o shall_v his_o be_v a_o evangelist_n exclude_v it_o or_o why_o may_v not_o his_o be_v a_o deacon_n exclude_v his_o be_v a_o evangelist_n as_o well_o as_o his_o be_v a_o evangelist_n exclude_v his_o be_v a_o bishop_n whether_o be_v high_a a_o bishopric_n or_o the_o office_n of_o a_o evangelist_n if_o a_o bishop_n office_n be_v high_a and_o therefore_o can_v consist_v with_o a_o evangelist_n than_o a_o bishop_n can_v be_v a_o priest_n and_o a_o priest_n can_v be_v a_o deacon_n and_o a_o evangelist_n can_v be_v neither_o for_o that_o also_o be_v think_v to_o be_v high_a than_o they_o both_o but_o if_o the_o office_n of_o a_o evangelist_n be_v high_o then_o as_o long_o as_o they_o be_v not_o disparate_a much_o less_o destructive_a of_o each_o other_o they_o may_v have_v leave_n to_o consist_v in_o 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practice_n be_v the_o next_o basis_n of_o the_o power_n and_o order_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o this_o shall_v be_v in_o subsidium_fw-la to_o they_o also_o that_o call_v for_o reduction_n of_o the_o state_n episcopal_a to_o a_o primitive_a consistence_n and_o for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o all_o those_o pious_a son_n of_o holy_a church_n who_o have_v a_o venerable_a estimate_n of_o the_o public_a and_o authorise_a fact_n of_o catholic_a christendom_n *_o for_o consider_v we_o be_v it_o imaginable_a that_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v immediate_o after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o apostle_n conspire_v together_o to_o seek_v themselves_o and_o not_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la to_o erect_v a_o government_n of_o their_o own_o devise_v not_o ordain_v by_o christ_n not_o deliver_v by_o his_o apostle_n and_o to_o relinquish_v a_o divine_a foundation_n and_o the_o apostolical_a superstructure_n which_o if_o it_o be_v at_o all_o be_v a_o part_n of_o our_o master_n will_v which_o whosoever_o know_v and_o observe_v not_o be_v to_o be_v beat_v with_o many_o stripe_n be_v it_o imaginable_a that_o those_o gallant_a man_n who_o can_v not_o be_v bring_v off_o from_o the_o prescription_n of_o gentilism_n to_o the_o seem_a impossibility_n of_o christianity_n without_o evidence_n of_o miracle_n and_o clarity_n of_o demonstration_n upon_o agree_v principle_n shall_v all_o upon_o their_o first_o adhesion_n to_o christianity_n make_v a_o universal_a dereliction_n of_o so_o considerable_a a_o part_n of_o their_o master_n will_v and_o leave_v gentilism_n to_o destroy_v christianity_n for_o he_o that_o erect_v another_o oeconomy_n then_o what_o the_o master_n of_o the_o family_n have_v ordain_v destroy_v all_o those_o relation_n of_o mutual_a dependence_n which_o christ_n have_v make_v for_o the_o coadunation_n of_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o and_o so_o destroy_v it_o in_o the_o formality_n of_o a_o christian_a congregation_n or_o family_n *_o be_v it_o imaginable_a that_o all_o those_o glorious_a martyr_n that_o be_v so_o curious_a observer_n of_o divine_a sanction_n and_o canon_n apostolical_a that_o so_o long_o as_o that_o ordinance_n of_o the_o apostle_n concern_v abstinence_n from_o blood_n be_v of_o force_n they_o will_v rather_o die_v then_o eat_v a_o strangle_a hen_n or_o a_o pudding_n for_o so_o eusebius_n relate_v of_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o particular_a instance_n of_o biblis_n and_o blandina_fw-la that_o they_o will_v be_v so_o sedulous_a in_o the_o contemn_v the_o government_n that_o christ_n leave_v for_o his_o family_n and_o erect_v another_o *_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v all_o their_o watch_n their_o banishment_n their_o fear_n their_o fasting_n their_o penance_n and_o formidable_a austerity_n and_o final_o their_o so_o frequent_a martyrdom_n of_o what_o excellency_n or_o avail_v if_o after_o all_o they_o shall_v be_v hurry_v out_o of_o this_o world_n and_o all_o their_o fortune_n and_o possession_n by_o untimely_a by_o disgraceful_a by_o dolorous_a death_n to_o be_v set_v before_o a_o tribunal_n to_o give_v account_n of_o their_o universal_a neglect_n and_o contemn_v of_o christ_n last_o testament_n in_o so_o great_a a_o affair_n as_o the_o whole_a government_n of_o his_o church_n *_o if_o all_o christendom_n shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o so_o open_a so_o unite_v a_o defiance_n against_o their_o master_n by_o what_o argument_n or_o confidence_n can_v any_o misbeliever_n be_v persuade_v to_o christianity_n which_o in_o all_o its_o member_n for_o so_o many_o age_n together_o be_v so_o unlike_o its_o first_o institution_n as_o in_o its_o most_o public_a affair_n and_o for_o matter_n of_o order_n of_o the_o most_o general_a concernment_n be_v so_o contrary_a to_o the_o first_o birth_n *_o where_o be_v the_o promise_n of_o christ_n perpetual_a assistance_n of_o the_o impregnable_a permanence_n of_o the_o church_n against_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n to_o lead_v it_o into_o all_o truth_n if_o she_o be_v guilty_a of_o so_o grand_a a_o error_n as_o to_o erect_v a_o throne_n where_o christ_n have_v make_v all_o level_n or_o appoint_v other_o to_o sit_v in_o it_o than_o who_o he_o suffer_v *_o either_o christ_n have_v leave_v no_o government_n or_o most_o certain_o the_o church_n have_v retain_v that_o government_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v for_o the_o contradictory_n to_o these_o will_v either_o make_v christ_n improvident_a or_o the_o catholic_n church_n extreme_o negligent_a to_o say_v no_o worse_o and_o incurious_a of_o she_o depositum_fw-la *_o but_o upon_o the_o confidence_n of_o all_o *_o christendom_n if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o in_o it_o i_o *_o suppose_n we_o may_v fair_o venture_v sit_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la *_o cum_fw-la christianis_fw-la the_o first_o thing_n do_v in_o christendom_n upon_o the_o common_a §_o 23._o who_o first_o distinguish_v name_n use_v before_o in_o common_a death_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o this_o matter_n of_o episcopacy_n be_v the_o distinguish_n of_o name_n which_o before_o be_v common_a for_o in_o holy_a scripture_n all_o the_o name_n of_o clericall_a office_n be_v give_v to_o the_o superior_a order_n and_o particular_o all_o office_n and_o part_n and_o person_n design_v in_o any_o employment_n of_o the_o sacred_a preisthood_n be_v signify_v by_o presbyter_n and_o presbyterium_fw-la and_o therefore_o lest_o the_o confusion_n of_o name_n may_v persuade_v a_o identity_n and_o indistinction_n of_o office_n the_o wisdom_n of_o h._n church_n find_v it_o necessary_a to_o distinguish_v and_o separate_v order_n and_o office_n by_o distinct_a and_o proper_a appellation_n for_o the_o apostle_n do_v know_v by_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n that_o contention_n will_v arise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o name_n of_o episcopacy_n say_v s._n clement_n and_o so_o it_o do_v in_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n as_o soon_o as_o their_o apostle_n have_v expire_v his_o corinth_n epist._n ad_fw-la corinth_n last_o breath_n but_o so_o it_o be_v 1._o the_o apostle_n which_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o be_v the_o supreme_a ordinary_a office_n in_o the_o church_n and_o to_o be_v succeed_v in_o we_o call_v in_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elder_n or_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n the_o elder_n 1._o 1._o pet._n 5._o 1._o or_o presbyter_n that_o be_v among_o you_o i_o also_o who_o be_o a_o elder_a or_o presbyter_n do_v entreat_v such_o elder_n s._n peter_n speak_v to_o as_o he_o be_v himself_o to_o wit_n those_o to_o who_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o church_n be_v commit_v the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n pontus_n galatia_n cappadocia_n and_o bythinia_n that_o be_v to_o timothy_n to_o titus_n to_o tychicus_n to_o sosipater_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o asian_a church_n and_o all_o other_o who_o himself_o in_o the_o next_o word_n point_v out_o by_o the_o description_n of_o their_o office_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n feed_v the_o flock_n of_o god_n as_o bishop_n or_o be_v bishop_n and_o overseer_n over_o it_o and_o that_o to_o ruler_n he_o then_o speak_v be_v evident_a by_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o it_o be_v impertinent_a to_o have_v warn_v they_o of_o tyranny_n that_o have_v no_o rule_n at_o all_o *_o the_o mere_a presbyter_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o be_v include_v in_o this_o admonition_n for_o as_o their_o office_n be_v involve_v in_o the_o bishop_n office_n the_o bishop_n be_v bishop_n and_o presbyter_n too_o so_o be_v his_o duty_n also_o in_o the_o bishop_n so_o that_o pro_fw-la ratâ_fw-la the_o presbyter_n know_v what_o lie_v on_o he_o by_o proportion_n and_o intuition_n to_o the_o bishop_n admonition_n but_o again_o *_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n john_n the_o apostle_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o presbyter_n to_o gajus_n the_o presbyter_n to_o the_o elect_a lady_n 2._o *_o if_o apostle_n be_v call_v presbyter_n no_o harm_n though_o bishop_n be_v call_v so_o too_o for_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n be_v all_o one_o in_o ordinary_a office_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v former_o thus_o be_v those_o apostolical_a man_n in_o the_o college_n at_o jerusalem_n call_v presbyter_n who_o yet_o the_o holy_a ghost_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d principal_a man_n rule_v man_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o presbyter_n that_o rule_v well_o by_o presbyter_n be_v mean_v bishop_n to_o who_o only_o according_a to_o the_o intention_n and_o exigence_n of_o divine_a institution_n the_o apostle_n have_v concredit_v the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n and_o the_o neighbour_a city_n ut_fw-la solus_fw-la cuique_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praesit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la as_o appear_v in_o the_o former_a discourse_n the_o same_o also_o be_v act_n 20._o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n and_o yet_o the_o same_o man_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o one_o place_n expound_v the_o other_o for_o they_o be_v
council_n say_v that_o they_o complain_v that_o some_o from_o arrianisme_n be_v reconcile_v and_o promote_v from_o deacon_n to_o be_v presbyter_n from_o presbyter_n to_o be_v bishop_n calling_z it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a degree_n or_o order_n and_o s._n gregory_n nazianz._n in_o his_o encomium_n of_o s._n athanasius_n speak_v of_o his_o canonical_a ordination_n and_o election_n to_o a_o bishopric_n say_v that_o he_o be_v choose_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o worthy_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v through_o all_o the_o inferior_a order_n the_o same_o commendation_n s._n cyprian_n 52._o epist._n 52._o give_v of_o cornelius_n non_fw-la iste_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la subito_fw-la pervenit_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la officia_fw-la promotus_fw-la &_o in_o divinis_fw-la administrationibus_fw-la dominum_fw-la sepè_fw-la promeritus_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la sublime_a fastigium_fw-la cunctis_fw-la religionis_fw-la gradibus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la ...._o &_o factus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la à _fw-la plurimis_fw-la collegiis_fw-la nostris_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la româ_fw-la aderant_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la litter_n as_o ...._o de_fw-fr ejus_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la miserunt_fw-la here_o be_v evident_a not_o only_o a_o promotion_n but_o a_o new_a ordination_n of_o s._n cornelius_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n so_o that_o now_o the_o chair_n be_v full_a say_v s._n cyprian_n &_o quis_fw-la quis_fw-la jam_fw-la episcopus_fw-la fieri_fw-la voluerit_fw-la for_o be_v fiat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la habeat_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o man_n else_o can_v receive_v ordination_n to_o the_o bishopric_n 2._o the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o his_o chair_n be_v 2._o §_o 30._o there_o be_v a_o peculiar_a manner_n of_o ordination_n to_o a_o bishopric_n can._n apost_n 1_o &_o 2._o do_v de_fw-la novo_fw-la after_o his_o be_v a_o presbyter_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o in_o another_o manner_n than_o he_o have_v when_o he_o be_v make_v priest_n this_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o first_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n that_o be_v make_v after_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o priest_n and_o deacon_n must_v be_v ordain_v of_o one_o bishop_n but_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v ordain_v by_o two_o or_o three_o at_o least_o and_o that_o we_o may_v see_v it_o yet_o more_o to_o be_v apostolical_a s._n anacletus_fw-la in_o his_o second_o epistle_n report_n hierosolymitarum_fw-la primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la b._n jacobus_n à _fw-fr petro_n jacobo_n &_o johanne_n apostolis_n est_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la three_o apostle_n go_v to_o the_o ordain_v of_o s._n james_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n be_v in_o word_n affirm_v by_o anicetus_n ut_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la duorum_fw-la veltrium_fw-la stet_fw-la omnis_fw-la veritas_fw-la and_o s._n cyprian_n observe_v that_o when_o cornelius_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n there_o happen_v vnica_fw-la epist._n vnica_fw-la to_o be_v many_o of_o his_o fellow_n bishop_n there_o &_o factus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la à _fw-la plurimis_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la româ_fw-la aderant_fw-la these_o collegae_fw-la can_v not_o be_v mere_a priest_n for_o then_o the_o ordination_n of_o novatus_n have_v be_v more_o canonical_a then_o that_o of_o cornelius_n and_o all_o christendom_n have_v be_v deceive_v for_o not_o novatus_n who_o be_v ordain_v by_o three_o bishop_n but_o cornelius_n have_v be_v the_o schismatic_a as_o be_v ordain_v by_o priest_n against_o the_o canon_n but_o here_o i_o observe_v it_o for_o the_o word_n plurimis_fw-la there_o be_v many_o of_o they_o ordination_n *_o in_o pursuance_n of_o this_o apostolical_a ordinance_n nicene_n father_n decree_v that_o a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v ordain_v 4._o can._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o all_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o province_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o then_o it_o must_v be_v do_v by_o three_o be_v gather_v together_o and_o the_o rest_n consent_v so_o the_o ordination_n to_o be_v perform_v *_o the_o same_o be_v ratify_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antiech_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 19_o can._n 19_o a_o bishop_n be_v not_o to_o be_v ordain_v without_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o the_o province_n but_o if_o this_o can_v be_v do_v convinient_o yet_o however_o it_o be_v require_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ordination_n must_v be_v perform_v by_o many_o the_o same_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n can_v 12._o in_o the_o 13._o canon_n of_o the_o african_a code_n in_o the_o 22_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o arles_n and_o the_o 12._o can._n 12._o five_o canon_n of_o the_o second_o council_n of_o arles_n and_o be_v ever_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o we_o may_v see_v it_o descend_v through_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n to_o the_o inferior_a age_n episcopus_fw-la 4._o can._n 4._o qunm_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la duo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ponant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la evangeliorum_fw-la codicem_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la &_o cervicem_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o uno_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la fundente_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la reliquiomnes_n episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la adsunt_fw-la manibus_fw-la suis_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la tangant_fw-la the_o thing_n be_v catholic_a and_o canonical_a it_o be_v prima_fw-la &_o immutabilis_fw-la constitutio_fw-la so_o the_o first_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o 509._o of_o a._n d._n 509._o epaunum_n call_v it_o and_o therefore_o after_o the_o death_n of_o meletius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n a_o schism_n be_v make_v about_o his_o successor_n &_o evagrius_n his_o ordination_n 44._o theodoret._n l._n 9_o cap_n 44._o condemn_v because_o praeter_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la regulam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la it_o be_v against_o the_o rule_n of_o holy_a church_n why_o so_o solus_fw-la enim_fw-la paulinus_n eum_fw-la instituerat_fw-la plurimas_fw-la regulas_fw-la praevaricatus_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la praecipiunt_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la quilibet_fw-la ordinare_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la convocare_fw-la vniversos_fw-la provinciae_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la tres_fw-la pontifices_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la penitùs_fw-la fieri_fw-la interdicunt_fw-la which_o because_o it_o be_v not_o observe_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o evagrius_n who_o be_v not_o ordain_v by_o three_o bishop_n the_o ordination_n be_v cassated_a in_o the_o council_n of_o rhegium_n and_o we_o read_v that_o when_o novatus_n will_v fain_o be_v make_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o schism_n against_o cornelius_n he_o do_v it_o tribus_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 2._o cap._n 1._o 2._o say_v eusebius_n he_o obtain_v three_o bishop_n for_o performance_n 33._o lib._n 6._o hist._n cap._n 33._o of_o the_o action_n now_o beside_o these_o apostolical_a and_o catholic_a canon_n and_o precedent_n this_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o constant_a and_o unite_a interpretation_n of_o the_o greek_a father_n be_v actual_o do_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o s._n timothy_n to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o ephesus_n neglect_v not_o the_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n the_o latin_a father_n expound_v it_o abstract_o viz._n to_o signify_v the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n that_o be_v neglect_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o priesthood_n that_o be_v in_o thou_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o this_o erasmus_n help_v by_o make_v presbyterij_fw-la to_o pertain_v to_o gratiam_fw-la by_o a_o new_a inter-punction_n of_o the_o word_n but_o however_o presbyterij_fw-la with_o the_o latin_a father_n signify_v presbyteratû_n not_o presbyterorum_fw-la and_o this_o presbyteratus_n be_v in_o their_o sense_n use_v for_o episcopatus_fw-la too_o but_o the_o greek_a father_n understand_v it_o collective_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o simple_o such_o but_o bishop_n too_o all_o agree_v in_o that_o that_o episcopacy_n be_v either_o mean_v in_o office_n or_o in_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o oecumenius_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o theophilact_v so_o theodoret._n the_o probation_n of_o this_o lie_v upon_o right_a reason_n and_o catholic_a tradition_n for_o 3._o the_o bishop_n ordination_n be_v peculiar_a in_o hand_n §_o 31._o to_o which_o presbyter_n never_o do_v assist_v by_o impose_v hand_n this_o respect_n above_o the_o presbyter_n for_o a_o presbyter_n do_v never_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n on_o a_o presbyter_n they_o do_v ever_o since_o the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n but_o never_o on_o a_o bishop_n and_o that_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o former_a exposition_n by_o the_o presbytery_n s_o paul_n mean_v bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d presbyter_n do_v not_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o presbyterium_fw-la be_v not_o a_o college_n of_o mere_a presbyter_n for_o such_o can_v never_o ordain_v s._n timothy_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n the_o
ordain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ischyras_n himself_o be_v reduce_v into_o lay_v communion_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o synod_n of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fall_v from_o the_o imagination_n of_o his_o presbyterate_a say_v philagrium_fw-la apud_fw-la athanas_n apolog._n 2._o epist_n presb._n &_o diacon_n mareotic_a ad_fw-la curiosum_fw-la &_o philagrium_fw-la the_o priest_n and_o deacon_n of_o mareotis_n and_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v ordain_v with_o ischiras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n athanasius_n and_o this_o so_o know_v a_o business_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n make_v scruple_n of_o the_o nullity_n **_o the_o parallel_v case_n be_v of_o the_o presbyter_n ordain_v by_o maximus_n who_o be_v another_o bishop_n in_o the_o air_n too_o all_o his_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v null_n by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n in_o constantinople_n a_o three_o be_v of_o the_o blind_a bishop_n of_o agabra_fw-la impose_v hand_n while_o his_o presbyter_n read_v 4._o cap._n 4._o the_o word_n of_o ordination_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v invalid_a by_o the_o first_o council_n of_o sevill_n these_o case_n be_v so_o know_v i_o need_v not_o insist_v on_o they_o 5._o cap._n 5._o this_o only_a in_o diverse_a case_n of_o transgression_n of_o the_o canon_n clergy_n man_n be_v reduce_v to_o lay_v communion_n either_o be_v suspend_v or_o depose_v that_o be_v from_o their_o place_n of_o honour_n and_o execution_n of_o their_o function_n with_o or_o without_o hope_n of_o restitution_n respective_o but_o then_o still_o they_o have_v their_o order_n and_o the_o sacrament_n confer_v by_o they_o be_v valid_a though_o they_o indeed_o be_v prohibit_v to_o minister_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o present_a instance_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v as_o null_n to_o have_v bestow_v nothing_o and_o to_o be_v mere_o imaginary_a *_o but_o so_o also_o it_o be_v in_o case_n that_o bishop_n ordain_v without_o a_o title_n or_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n as_o in_o the_o council_n of_o 6._o of_o can._n 6._o chalcedon_n and_o of_o 13._o of_o can_v 13._o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o may_v be_v it_o be_v so_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o presbyter_n it_o be_v by_o positive_a constitution_n pronounce_v void_a and_o no_o more_o and_o therefore_o may_v be_v rescind_v by_o the_o countermand_a of_o a_o equal_a power_n a_o council_n at_o most_o may_v do_v it_o and_o therefore_o without_o a_o council_n a_o probable_a necessity_n will_v let_v we_o loose_v but_o to_o this_o the_o answer_n be_v evident_a 1._o the_o expression_n in_o the_o several_a case_n be_v several_a &_o of_o diverse_a issue_n for_o in_o case_n of_o those_o nullity_n which_o be_v mere_o canonical_a they_o be_v express_v as_o then_o first_o make_v but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-bishop_n they_o be_v only_o declare_v void_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o therefore_o in_o that_o decree_n of_o chalcedon_n against_o sinetitular_a ordination_n the_o canon_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d irritam_fw-la existimari_fw-la manûs_fw-la impositionem_fw-la to_o be_v esteem_v as_o null_n that_o be_v not_o to_o have_v canonical_a approbation_n but_o be_v not_o declare_v thursday_n in_o naturâ_fw-la rei_fw-la as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o forego_n instance_n 2._o in_o the_o case_n of_o antioch_n and_o chalcedon_n the_o decree_n be_v pro_fw-la futuro_fw-la which_o make_v it_o evident_a that_o those_o nullity_n be_v such_o as_o be_v make_v by_o canon_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o colluthus_n and_o maximus_n there_o be_v declaration_n of_o a_o past_a nullity_n and_o that_o before_o any_o canon_n be_v make_v and_o though_o synodall_n declaration_n pronoun_v such_o ordination_n invalid_a yet_o none_o decree_v so_o for_o the_o future_a which_o be_v a_o clear_a evidence_n that_o this_o nullity_n viz_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o non-presbyter_n be_v not_o make_v by_o canon_n but_o by_o canon_n declare_v to_o be_v invalid_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n 3._o if_o to_o this_o be_v add_v that_o in_o antiquity_n it_o be_v dogmatical_o resolve_v that_o by_o the_o nature_n and_o institution_n of_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n ordination_n be_v appropriate_a to_o they_o than_o it_o will_v also_o from_o hence_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o nullity_n of_o ordination_n without_o a_o bishop_n be_v not_o dependent_a upon_o positive_a constitution_n but_o on_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o institution_n **_o now_o that_o the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v only_o in_o the_o bishop_n even_o they_o who_o to_o advance_v the_o presbyter_n be_v willing_a enough_o to_o speak_v less_o for_o episcopacy_n give_v testimony_n make_v this_o the_o proper_a distinctive_a cognisance_n of_o a_o bishop_n from_o a_o presbyter_n that_o the_o bishop_n have_v power_n of_o ordination_n the_o presbyter_n have_v not_o so_o s._n jerome_n quid_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la except_o â_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la faciat_fw-la all_o thing_n say_v evagrium_fw-la ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la he_o to_o wit_v all_o thing_n of_o precise_a order_n be_v common_a to_o bishop_n with_o priest_n except_o ordination_n for_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o bishop_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n solâ_fw-la 2._o homil_n 2._o in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o lâ_fw-la quip_n ordinatione_fw-la superiores_fw-la illis_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantùm_fw-la plusquam_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la habere_fw-la videntur_fw-la ordination_n be_v the_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a function_n of_o a_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o not_o give_v he_o by_o positive_a constitution_n of_o the_o canon_n 4._o no_o man_n be_v call_v a_o heretic_n for_o breach_n of_o canon_n but_o for_o deny_v the_o power_n of_o ordination_n to_o be_v proper_a to_o a_o bishop_n aërius_n be_v by_o epiphanius_n philastrius_n and_o s._n austin_n condemn_v and_o brand_v for_o heresy_n and_o by_o the_o catholic_a church_n say_v epiphanius_n this_o power_n therefore_o come_v from_o a_o high_a spring_n then_o positive_a and_o canonical_a sanction_n but_o now_o proceed_v the_o council_n hold_v in_o trullo_n complain_v that_o 37._o can._n 37._o the_o incursion_n of_o the_o barbarous_a people_n upon_o the_o church_n inheritance_n say_v that_o it_o force_v some_o bishop_n from_o their_o residence_n &_o make_v that_o they_o can_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o guise_n of_o the_o church_n give_v order_n and_o do_v such_o thing_n as_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n and_o in_o the_o sequel_n of_o the_o canon_n they_o be_v permit_v in_o such_o case_n ut_fw-la &_o diversorum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la canonicè_fw-la faciant_fw-la to_o make_v canonical_a ordination_n of_o clergy_n man_n give_v of_o order_n be_v proper_a it_o belong_v to_o a_o bishop_n so_o the_o council_n and_o therefore_o theodoret_n expound_v that_o place_n of_o s._n paul_n by_o the_o lay_n on_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n interpret_v it_o of_o bishop_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o presbyter_n do_v not_o impose_v hand_n *_o there_o be_v a_o imperfect_a canon_n in_o the_o arausican_n council_n that_o have_v a_o expression_n very_o pertinent_a to_o 20._o can._n 20._o this_o purpose_n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la episcopos_fw-la geruntur_fw-la those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o do_v but_o by_o bishop_n they_o be_v decree_v still_o to_o be_v do_v by_o bishop_n though_o he_o that_o be_v to_o do_v they_o regular_o do_v fall_v into_o any_o infirmity_n whatsoever_o yet_o non_fw-la sub_fw-la praesentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la agere_fw-la permittat_fw-la sed_fw-la evocet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la here_o be_v clear_o by_o this_o canon_n some_o thing_n suppose_v to_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o action_n of_o which_o presbyter_n must_v in_o no_o case_n be_v admit_v the_o particular_n what_o they_o be_v be_v not_o specify_v in_o the_o canon_n but_o be_v name_v before_o viz_o order_n and_o confirmation_n for_o almost_o the_o whole_a council_n be_v concern_v they_o and_o nothing_o else_o be_v proper_o the_o agendum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o the_o canon_n else_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v *_o to_o the_o same_o issue_n be_v that_o circum-locutory_a description_n or_o name_n of_o a_o bishop_n use_v by_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n that_o be_v to_o ordain_v clerk_n *_o and_o all_o this_o be_v but_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n which_o s._n epiphanius_n oppose_v to_o the_o 75._o haeres_fw-la 75._o doctrine_n of_o aërius_n deny_v episcopacy_n to_o be_v a_o distinct_a order_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o episcopacy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o presbytery_n the_o order_n of_o bishop_n beget_v father_n to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n beget_v son_n in_o baptism_n but_o no_o father_n or_o doctor_n by_o ordination_n *_o it_o be_v a_o
chief_a of_o the_o church_n do_v it_o and_o none_o else_o and_o george_n pachymeres_n the_o paraphra_v of_o s._n dionysius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierarch_n in_o cap._n 5._o de_fw-fr eccles._n hierarch_n it_o be_v require_v that_o a_o bishop_n shall_v consign_v faithful_a people_n baptize_v for_o this_o be_v the_o ancient_a practice_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o instance_n in_o too_o many_o particular_n for_o that_o the_o ministry_n of_o confirmation_n be_v by_o catholic_n custom_n appropriate_a to_o bishop_n in_o all_o age_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v to_o be_v see_v by_o the_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o counsel_n &_o father_n particular_o of_o s._n clemens_n alexandrinus_n in_o 17._o in_o lib._n 3._o hist._n cap._n 17._o eusebius_n baptismo_fw-la eusebius_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la tertullian_n s._n decent_a s._n epist._n 1._o cap._n 3._o ad_fw-la decent_a innocentius_n the_o first_o 4._o first_o epist._n 4._o damasus_n 88_o damasus_n epist._n 88_o s._n leo_n 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it_o be_v 5._o can._n 5._o permit_v that_o any_o one_o may_v appeal_v to_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n si_fw-la fortè_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la indignatione_fw-la aut_fw-la contentione_n aut_fw-la qualibet_fw-la commotione_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la sint_fw-la if_o he_o think_v himself_o wrong_v by_o prejudice_n or_o passion_n and_o when_o the_o synod_n be_v meet_v hujusmodi_fw-la examinent_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la but_o by_o the_o way_n it_o must_v be_v synodus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la so_o the_o canon_n ut_fw-la ita_fw-la demum_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la ob_fw-la culpas_fw-la svas_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la offensas_fw-la meritò_fw-la contraxerunt_fw-la dignè_fw-la etiam_fw-la à _fw-la caeteris_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la habeantur_fw-la quousque_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la uisum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la humaniorum_fw-la circà _fw-la eos_fw-la far_o sententiam_fw-la the_o synod_n of_o bishop_n must_v ratify_v the_o excommunication_n 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the_o nicene_n canon_n or_o a_o priest_n or_o deacon_n by_o his_o own_o bishop_n if_o he_o meddle_v with_o any_o sacred_a office_n he_o shall_v be_v hopeless_a of_o absolution_n but_o here_o we_o see_v that_o the_o ordinary_a judge_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n but_o of_o priest_n and_o deacon_n the_o bishop_n alone_o and_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v make_v firm_a omnimodò_fw-la in_o the_o next_o canon_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la presbyter_n vel_fw-la diaconus_fw-la proprio_fw-la contempto_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ...._o privatim_fw-la congregationem_fw-la effecerit_fw-la &_o altar_n erexerit_fw-la &_o episcopo_fw-la accersente_n non_fw-la obedierit_fw-la nec_fw-la velit_fw-la ei_fw-la parere_fw-la nec_fw-la morem_fw-la gerere_fw-la primò_fw-la &_o secundò_fw-la vocanti_fw-la hic_fw-la damnetur_fw-la omni_fw-la modo_fw-la ....._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la conturbare_fw-la &_o sollicitare_fw-la persistat_fw-la tanquam_fw-la seditiosus_fw-la per_fw-la potestates_fw-la ext_a as_o opprimatur_fw-la what_o presbyter_n soever_o refuse_v to_o obey_v his_o bishop_n and_o will_v not_o appear_v at_o his_o first_o or_o second_o summons_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v and_o if_o he_o shall_v persist_v to_o disturb_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v give_v over_o to_o the_o secular_a power_n *_o add_v to_o this_o the_o first_o canon_n of_o the_o same_o council_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n if_o any_o one_o be_v excommunicate_a by_o his_o own_o bishop_n &c_n &c_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o forego_n canon_n of_o nice_a and_o the_o apostle_n the_o result_n of_o these_o sanction_n be_v this_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o judge_n the_o bishop_n be_v to_o inflict_v censure_n the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n be_v either_o to_o obey_v or_o to_o be_v depose_v no_o great_a evidence_n in_o the_o world_n of_o a_o superior_a jurisdiction_n and_o this_o establish_v by_o all_o the_o power_n they_o have_v and_o this_o do_v extend_v not_o only_o to_o the_o clergy_n but_o to_o the_o laity_n for_o that_o be_v the_o close_a of_o the_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o constitution_n be_v concern_v the_o laity_n and_o the_o presbyter_n and_o the_o deacon_n and_o all_o that_o be_v within_o the_o rule_n viz_o that_o if_o their_o bishop_n have_v sequester_v they_o from_o the_o holy_a communion_n they_o must_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o communicate_v elsewhere_o but_o the_o audientia_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la the_o bishop_n audience-court_n be_v of_o large_a power_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o can._n 9_o if_o any_o clergy_n man_n have_v any_o cause_n against_o a_o clergy_n man_n let_v he_o by_o no_o mean_n leave_v his_o own_o bishop_n and_o run_v to_o secular_a court_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o first_o let_v the_o cause_n be_v examine_v before_o their_o own_o bishop_n or_o by_o the_o bishop_n leave_v before_o such_o person_n as_o the_o contest_a party_n shall_v desire_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whosoever_o do_v otherwise_o let_v he_o suffer_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n here_o be_v not_o only_o a_o subordination_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o matter_n criminal_a but_o also_o the_o civil_a cause_n of_o the_o clergy_n must_v be_v submit_v to_o the_o bishop_n under_o pain_n of_o the_o canon_n *_o i_o end_n this_o with_o the_o at_o estation_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n exact_o of_o the_o same_o spirit_n the_o same_o injunction_n and_o almost_o the_o same_o word_n with_o the_o former_a canon_n hosius_n the_o precedent_n say_v if_o any_o deacon_n or_o priest_n or_o 14._o can._n 13._o &_o 14._o of_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n be_v excommunicate_v shall_v go_v to_o another_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d know_v he_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v by_o his_o own_o bishop_n that_o other_o bishop_n must_v by_o no_o mean_n receive_v he_o into_o his_o communion_n thus_o far_o we_o have_v matter_n of_o public_a right_n and_o authority_n declare_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v the_o ordinary_a judge_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o person_n of_o clergy_n man_n and_o have_v power_n of_o inflict_a censure_n both_o upon_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o weight_n in_o the_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n of_o the_o general_n counsel_n of_o nice_a and_o of_o chalcedon_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o antioch_n of_o sardis_n of_o carthage_n than_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o ordinary_a judge_n in_o all_o matter_n of_o spiritual_a cognisance_n and_o have_v power_n of_o censure_n and_o therefore_o a_o superiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n this_o thing_n only_o by_o the_o way_n in_o all_o these_o canon_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o any_o presbyter_n assistant_n with_o the_o bishop_n in_o his_o court_n for_o though_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o presbyter_n be_v in_o some_o church_n and_o in_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o s._n ignatius_n call_v they_o counsellor_n and_o assessor_n with_o the_o bishop_n yet_o the_o power_n and_o the_o right_n of_o inflict_a censure_n be_v only_o express_v to_o be_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o no_o concurrent_a jurisdiction_n mention_v in_o the_o presbytery_n but_o of_o this_o hereafter_o more_o particular_o *_o now_o we_o may_v see_v these_o canon_n attest_v by_o practice_n and_o dogmatic_a resolution_n s._n cyprian_n be_v the_o man_n who_o i_o will_v choose_v in_o all_o the_o world_n to_o depose_v in_o this_o cause_n because_o he_o if_o any_o man_n have_v give_v all_o due_n to_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n and_o yet_o if_o he_o reserve_v the_o superiority_n of_o jurisdiction_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o that_o absolute_o and_o independent_o of_o conjunction_n with_o the_o presbytery_n we_o be_v all_o well_o enough_o and_o without_o suspicion_n *_o diù_fw-fr patientiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tenui_fw-la fratres_n charissimi_fw-la say_v he_o write_v 10._o epist._n 10._o to_o the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n of_o his_o church_n he_o be_v angry_a with_o they_o for_o admit_v the_o lapsi_fw-la without_o his_o consent_n and_o though_o he_o be_v
ejus_fw-la catholicus_n ordinetur_fw-la *_o the_o same_o also_o be_v the_o case_n of_o marcellus_n bishop_n of_o ancyra_n in_o galatia_n who_o for_o heresy_n the_o bishop_n at_o constantinople_n depose_v eusebius_n give_v sentence_n and_o choose_v basilius_n in_o his_o 9_o tripart_n hist._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 9_o room_n *_o but_o their_o grandfather_n be_v serve_v no_o better_o alexander_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n serve_v he_o neither_o better_o nor_o worse_o so_o theodoret._n alexander_n 12._o tripart_n hist._n lib._n 1._o c._n 12._o autem_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la dogmatum_fw-la praedicator_n priùs_fw-la quidem_fw-la revocare_fw-la eum_fw-la admonitionibus_fw-la &_o consilijs_fw-la nâ—tebatur_fw-la cùm_fw-la verò_fw-la eum_fw-la superbire_fw-la vidisset_fw-la &_o apertè_fw-la impietatis_fw-la facinora_fw-la praedicare_fw-la ex_fw-la ordine_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la removit_fw-la the_o bishop_n first_o admonish_v the_o heretic_n but_o when_o to_o his_o false_a doctrine_n he_o add_v pertinacy_n he_o deprive_v he_o of_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o priestly_a function_n this_o crime_n indeed_o deserve_v it_o high_o it_o be_v for_o a_o less_o matter_n that_o triferius_fw-la the_o bishop_n excommunicate_v exuperantius_n a_o presbyter_n viz._n for_o a_o personal_a misdemeanour_n and_o yet_o this_o censure_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o council_n of_o taurinum_n and_o his_o restitution_n be_v 397._o can._n 4._o ann._n dom._n 397._o leave_v arbitrio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la to_o the_o good_a will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o have_v censure_v he_o statuit_fw-la quoque_fw-la de_fw-la exuperantio_fw-la presbytero_fw-la sancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la injuriam_fw-la sancti_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la triferii_fw-la gravia_fw-la &_o multa_fw-la congesserat_fw-la &_o frequentibus_fw-la eum_fw-la contumeliis_fw-la provocaverat_fw-la ...._o propter_fw-mi quam_fw-la causam_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la fuerat_fw-la dominicâ_fw-la communione_fw-la privatus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la sit_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la restitutio_fw-la ipsius_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la potestate_fw-la ejus_fw-la fuit_fw-la abjectio_fw-la his_o restitution_n be_v therefore_o leave_v in_o his_o power_n because_o original_o his_o censure_n be_v *_o the_o like_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o palladius_n a_o laic_a in_o the_o same_o council_n qui_fw-la à _fw-la triferio_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la fuerat_fw-la mulctatus_fw-la who_o be_v punish_v by_o triferius_fw-la the_o bishop_n hoc_fw-la ei_fw-la humanitate_fw-la concilii_fw-la reservato_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la triferius_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la habeat_fw-la quando_fw-la voluerit_fw-la eirelaxare_fw-la here_o be_v the_o bishop_n censure_v palladius_n the_o laic_a and_o excommunicate_v exuperantius_n the_o priest_n and_o this_o have_v be_v do_v by_o his_o own_o sole_a authority_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o council_n and_o the_o absolution_n reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n too_o which_o indeed_o be_v a_o act_n of_o favour_n for_o they_o have_v complain_v to_o the_o council_n by_o the_o council_n may_v have_v be_v absolve_v but_o they_o be_v please_v to_o reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n his_o own_o power_n these_o be_v particular_a instance_n and_o make_v public_a by_o act_n conciliary_a intervening_a but_o it_o be_v the_o general_n canon_n and_o law_n of_o h_n church_n thus_o we_o have_v it_o express_v in_o the_o council_n of_o agatho_n 2._o cap._n 2._o contumaces_n verò_fw-la clerici_fw-la prout_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la ordo_fw-la permiserit_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la corrigantur_fw-la refractory_a clerk_n must_v be_v punish_v by_o their_o bishop_n according_a as_o the_o order_n of_o their_o dignity_n allow_v i_o end_v this_o particular_a with_o some_o canon_n command_v clerk_n to_o submit_v to_o the_o judgement_n and_o censure_n of_o their_o bishop_n under_o a_o canonical_a penalty_n and_o so_o go_v on_o ad_fw-la alia_fw-la in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o carthage_n alypius_n episcopus_fw-la 8._o ca._n 8._o dixit_fw-la nec_fw-la illud_fw-la praetermittendum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la fortè_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la correptus_fw-la aut_fw-la excommunicatus_fw-la rumore_fw-la vel_fw-la superbiâ_fw-la inflatus_fw-la putaverit_fw-la separatim_fw-la deosacrificia_n offerenda_fw-la vel_fw-la aliud_fw-la erigendum_fw-la altar_n contra_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la fidem_fw-la disciplinamque_fw-la crediderit_fw-la non_fw-la exeat_fw-la impunitus_fw-la and_o the_o same_o be_v repeat_v in_o the_o greek_a code_n of_o the_o african_a canon_n if_o any_o presbyter_n be_v excommunicate_v or_o 10._o can._n 10._o otherwise_o punish_v by_o his_o bishop_n shall_v not_o desist_v but_o contest_v with_o his_o bishop_n let_v he_o by_o no_o mean_n go_v unpunished_a *_o the_o like_a be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n 83._o act._n 4._o can_n 83._o the_o word_n be_v the_o same_o that_o i_o before_o cite_v out_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n and_o of_o the_o apostle_n but_o carosus_n the_o archimandrite_n speak_v home_o in_o that_o action_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rehabilitatione_n post_n epist_n archimandritarum_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la pro_fw-la dioscori_n rehabilitatione_n the_o faith_n of_o the_o 318_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a into_o which_o i_o be_v baptize_v i_o know_v other_o faith_n i_o know_v not_o they_o be_v bishop_n they_o have_v power_n to_o excommunicate_v and_o condemn_v and_o they_o have_v power_n to_o do_v what_o they_o please_v other_o faith_n then_o this_o i_o know_v none_o *_o this_o be_v to_o purpose_n and_o it_o be_v in_o one_o of_o the_o four_o great_a counsel_n of_o christendom_n which_o all_o age_n since_o have_v receive_v with_o all_o veneration_n and_o devout_a estimate_n another_o of_o they_o be_v that_o of_o ephesus_n convene_v 5._o council_n ephes._n c._n 5._o against_o nestorius_n and_o this_o ratify_v those_o act_n of_o condemnation_n which_o the_o bishop_n have_v pass_v upon_o delinquent_a clerk_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n they_o who_o be_v for_o their_o unworthy_a practice_n condemn_v by_o the_o synod_n or_o by_o their_o own_o bishop_n although_o nestorius_n do_v endeavour_v to_o restore_v they_o yet_o their_o condemnation_n shall_v still_o remain_v vigorous_a and_o confirm_v upon_o which_o canon_n balsamon_n make_v this_o observation_n which_o indeed_o of_o itself_o be_v clear_a enough_o in_o the_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hence_o you_o have_v learn_v that_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n can_v judge_v their_o clergy_n and_o suspend_v they_o and_o sometime_o depose_v they_o nay_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o it_o pastoralis_fw-la tamen_fw-la necessitas_fw-la habet_fw-la ne_fw-la per_fw-la plures_fw-la serpant_fw-la dira_fw-la contagia_fw-la separare_fw-la ab_fw-la ovibus_fw-la sanis_fw-la morbidam_fw-la it_o be_v necessary_a that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v separate_v the_o scab_a sheep_n from_o the_o sound_n lest_o their_o infection_n scatter_v so_o s._n austin_n 55._o austin_n can._n 55._o and_o therefore_o gratiâ_fw-la cap._n 15._o the_o corrept_v &_o gratiâ_fw-la the_o four_o council_n of_o 55._o of_o can._n 55._o carthage_n command_v ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la accusatores_fw-la fratrum_fw-la excommunicet_fw-la that_o the_o bishop_n excommunicate_v the_o accuser_n of_o their_o brethren_n viz._n such_o as_o bring_v clergy-cause_n and_o catholic_n doctrine_n to_o be_v punish_v in_o secular_a tribunal_n for_o excommunication_n be_v call_v by_o the_o father_n mucro_n episcopalis_n the_o bishop_n sword_n to_o cut_v offender_n off_o from_o the_o catholic_a communion_n i_o add_v no_o more_o but_o that_o excellent_a say_n of_o s._n austin_n which_o do_v free_o attest_v both_o the_o preceptive_a 3._o ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la cap._n 3._o and_o vindictive_a power_n of_o the_o bishop_n over_o his_o whole_a diocese_n ergo_fw-la praecipiant_fw-la tantummodò_fw-la nobis_fw-la quid_fw-la facere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la qui_fw-la nobis_fw-la praesunt_fw-la &_o faciamus_fw-la orent_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la nos_fw-la corripiant_fw-la &_o arguant_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fecerimus_fw-la imò_fw-la omne_fw-la fiant_fw-la quoniam_fw-la doctores_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la apostoli_fw-la omne_fw-la faciebant_fw-la &_o praecipiebant_fw-la quae_fw-la fierent_fw-la &_o corripiebant_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fierent_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o corripiantur_fw-la itaque_fw-la à _fw-la praepositis_fw-la suis_fw-la subditi_fw-la correptionibus_fw-la de_fw-la charitate_fw-la venientibus_fw-la pro_fw-la culparum_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 15_o ibid._n diversitate_fw-la diversis_fw-la vel_fw-la minoribus_fw-la vel_fw-la amplioribus_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la damnatio_fw-la nominatur_fw-la quam_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopale_n judicium_fw-la quâ_fw-la poenâ_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la nulla_fw-la major_a est_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-la deus_fw-la voluerit_fw-la in_fw-la correptionem_fw-la saluberrimam_fw-la cedere_fw-la atque_fw-la proficere_fw-la here_o the_o bishop_n have_v a_o power_n acknowledge_v in_o they_o to_o command_v their_o diocese_n and_o to_o punish_v the_o disobedient_a and_o of_o excommunication_n by_o way_n of_o proper_a ministry_n damnatio_fw-la quam_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopale_n judicium_fw-la a_o condemnation_n of_o the_o bishop_n infliction_n thus_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o primitive_a christendom_n by_o the_o canon_n of_o three_o general_n counsel_n and_o divers_a other_o provincial_n which_o be_v make_v catholic_n by_o adoption_n and_o insert_v they_o into_o the_o code_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n that_o
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 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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 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let_v he_o communicate_v till_o he_o have_v wash_v away_o his_o sin_n by_o repentance_n and_o the_o emperor_n do_v so_o ferunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la libenter_fw-la eum_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdote_fw-la imperatum_fw-la fuer_n at_o suscepisse_fw-la he_o do_v it_o willing_o undertake_v the_o imposition_n lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o bishop_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o the_o world_n believe_v the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n entire_o to_o belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a ministry_n it_o be_v s._n chrysostom_n command_n matth._n homil._n 83._o in_o 26._o matth._n to_o his_o presbyter_n to_o reject_v all_o wicked_a person_n from_o the_o holy_a communion_n if_o he_o be_v a_o captain_n a_o consul_n or_o a_o crown_a king_n that_o come_v unworthy_o forbid_v he_o and_o keep_v he_o off_o thy_o power_n be_v great_a than_o he_o if_o thou_o dare_v not_o remove_v he_o tell_v it_o i_o i_o will_v not_o suffer_v it_o etc._n etc._n and_o have_v there_o never_o be_v more_o error_n in_o 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then_o they_o have_v power_n to_o nullify_v all_o court_n and_o judicatories_n beside_o their_o own_o and_o be_v for_o this_o their_o cognisance_n they_o pretend_v divine_a institution_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o cause_n imperfect_a in_o their_o consistory_n no_o appeal_n from_o they_o but_o they_o shall_v hear_v and_o determine_v with_o final_a resolution_n and_o it_o will_v be_v sin_n and_o therefore_o punishable_a to_o complain_v of_o injustice_n and_o illegality_n *_o if_o this_o be_v confront_v but_o with_o the_o pretence_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o the_o modesty_n of_o their_o several_a demand_n and_o the_o reasonableness_n and_o divinity_n of_o each_o vindication_n examine_v i_o suppose_v be_v there_o nothing_o but_o prudentiall_a motive_n to_o be_v put_v into_o balance_n to_o weigh_v down_o this_o question_n the_o cause_n will_v soon_o be_v determine_v and_o the_o little_a finger_n of_o presbytery_n not_o only_o in_o its_o exemplary_a and_o try_v practice_n but_o in_o its_o 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eucharist_n say_v he_o be_v hold_v valid_a which_o be_v celebrate_v under_o the_o bishop_n or_o under_o he_o to_o who_o the_o bishop_n shall_v permit_v ***_o *_o i_o do_v not_o here_o dispute_v the_o matter_n of_o right_n and_o whether_o or_o no_o the_o presbyter_n may_v the_o jure_v do_v any_o office_n without_o episcopal_a licence_n but_o whether_o or_o no_o the_o facto_fw-la it_o be_v permit_v they_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v to_o what_o issue_n the_o reduction_n of_o episcopacy_n to_o a_o primitive_a consistence_n will_v drive_v and_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o it_o be_v at_o least_o a_o very_a probable_a determination_n of_o the_o question_n of_o right_n too_o for_o who_o will_v imagine_v that_o bishop_n shall_v at_o the_o first_o in_o the_o calenture_n of_o their_o infant_n devotion_n in_o the_o new_a spring_n of_o christianity_n in_o the_o time_n of_o persecution_n in_o all_o the_o public_a disadvantage_n of_o state_n and_o fortune_n 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eo_fw-la praesente_fw-la nisi_fw-la illo_fw-la jubente_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la conficere_fw-la nec_fw-la eo_fw-la corà m_fw-la posito_fw-la populum_fw-la docere_fw-la vel_fw-la benedicere_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o presbyter_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o baptistery_n nor_o to_o baptize_v any_o catechuman_n nor_o to_o consecrate_v the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n body_n and_o blood_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n without_o his_o command_n from_o this_o place_n of_o s._n leo_n if_o it_o be_v set_v in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o precedent_n we_o have_v fair_a evidence_n of_o this_o whole_a particular_a it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o do_v any_o office_n without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n so_o s._n ignatius_n so_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n so_o tertullian_n so_o the_o counsel_n of_o antioch_n and_o chalcedon_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o do_v any_o office_n in_o the_o bishop_n presence_n without_o leave_n so_o s._n leo._n the_o council_n of_o carthage_n join_v they_o both_o together_o neither_o in_o his_o presence_n nor_o without_o his_o leave_n in_o any_o place_n now_o against_o this_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v discourse_v as_o s._n hierome_n be_v pretend_v to_o do_v by_o gratian_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la facere_fw-la quae_fw-la jubentur_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la dicat_fw-la quis_fw-la major_a est_fw-la christo._n he_o ego_fw-la do_v 95._o cap._n ecce_fw-la ego_fw-la that_o will_v not_o let_v presbyter_n do_v what_o they_o be_v command_v to_o do_v by_o god_n let_v he_o tell_v we_o if_o any_o man_n be_v great_a than_o christ_n viz_o who_o command_v it_o be_v that_o presbyter_n shall_v preach_v why_o then_o do_v the_o church_n require_v the_o bishop_n leave_n may_v not_o presbyter_n do_v their_o duty_n without_o a_o licence_n this_o be_v it_o which_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n be_v abundant_o sufficient_a to_o answer_v *_o for_o to_o the_o bishop_n be_v commit_v the_o care_n of_o the_o whole_a diocese_n he_o it_o be_v that_o must_v give_v the_o high_a account_n for_o the_o whole_a charge_n he_o it_o be_v who_o be_v appoint_v by_o peculiar_a designation_n to_o feed_v the_o flock_n so_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o 40._o the_o can._n 40._o apostle_n so_o ephes._n so_o epist._n ad_fw-la ephes._n ignatius_n so_o the_o council_n of_o 24._o of_o cap._n 24._o antioch_n so_o every_o where_n the_o presbyter_n be_v admit_v in_o partem_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la but_o still_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o whole_a diocese_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o without_o the_o bishop_n admission_n to_o a_o part_n of_o it_o per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la subditorum_fw-la although_o the_o presbyter_n by_o his_o ordination_n have_v a_o capacity_n of_o preach_v and_o administer_a sacrament_n yet_o he_o can_v exercise_v this_o without_o designation_n of_o a_o particular_a charge_n either_o temporary_a or_o fix_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o a_o presbyter_n may_v not_o do_v these_o act_n without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n because_o they_o be_v action_n of_o relation_n and_o suppose_v a_o congregation_n to_o who_o they_o must_v be_v administer_v or_o some_o particular_a person_n for_o a_o priest_n must_v not_o preach_v to_o the_o stone_n as_o some_o say_v venerable_a bede_n do_v nor_o communicate_v alone_o the_o word_n be_v destructive_a of_o the_o thing_n nor_o baptize_v unless_o he_o have_v a_o chrism_n child_n or_o a_o catechumen_n so_o that_o all_o of_o the_o diocese_n be_v the_o bishop_n charge_n the_o bishop_n must_v either_o authorise_v the_o priest_n or_o the_o priest_n must_v not_o meddle_v lest_o he_o be_v what_o s._n peter_n blame_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o bishop_n in_o another_o diocese_n not_o that_o the_o bishop_n do_v license_v the_o act_n precise_o of_o baptise_v of_o consecrate_v etc._n etc._n for_o these_o he_o have_v by_o his_o ordination_n but_o that_o in_o give_v licence_n he_o do_v give_v he_o a_o subject_n to_o who_o he_o may_v apply_v these_o relative_a action_n and_o do_v quoad_fw-la hoc_fw-la take_v he_o in_o partem_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la and_o concredit_fw-la some_o part_n of_o his_o diocese_n to_o his_o administration_n cum_fw-la curâ_fw-la animarum_fw-la but_o then_o on_o the_o other_o side_n because_o the_o whole_a cure_n of_o the_o diocese_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n he_o can_v exonerate_v himself_o of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v a_o burden_n of_o christ_n impose_v or_o it_o be_v not_o impose_v at_o all_o therefore_o this_o take_n of_o presbyter_n into_o part_n of_o the_o regiment_n and_o care_n do_v not_o divest_v he_o of_o his_o own_o power_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o nor_o yet_o ease_v he_o of_o his_o care_n but_o that_o as_o he_o must_v still_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d visit_n and_o see_v to_o his_o diocese_n so_o he_o have_v authority_n still_o in_o all_o part_n of_o his_o diocese_n and_o this_o appear_v in_o these_o place_n now_o quote_v insomuch_o as_o when_o the_o bishop_n come_v to_o any_o place_n there_o the_o vicaria_fw-la of_o the_o presbyter_n do_v cease_v in_o praesentiâ_fw-la majoris_fw-la cessat_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o minoris_fw-la and_o though_o because_o the_o bishop_n can_v not_o do_v all_o the_o minor_a and_o daily_a office_n of_o the_o priesthood_n in_o every_o congregation_n of_o his_o diocese_n therefore_o he_o appoint_v priest_n several_o to_o officiate_v himself_o look_v to_o the_o metropolis_n and_o the_o daughter_n church_n by_o a_o general_a supravision_n yet_o when_o the_o bishop_n come_v into_o any_o place_n of_o his_o diocese_n there_o he_o be_v present_a may_v do_v any_o office_n because_o it_o be_v in_o his_o own_o charge_n which_o he_o may_v concredit_fw-la to_o another_o but_o not_o exonerate_v himself_o of_o it_o and_o therefore_o praesente_fw-la episcopo_fw-la say_v the_o council_n of_o carthage_n and_o s._n leo_n if_o the_o bishop_n be_v present_a the_o presbyter_n without_o leave_n may_v not_o officiate_v for_o he_o have_v no_o subject_n of_o his_o own_o but_o by_o trust_n and_o delegation_n and_o this_o delegation_n be_v give_v he_o to_o supply_v the_o bishop_n absence_n who_o can_v not_o simul_fw-la omnibus_fw-la interest_n but_o then_o where_o he_o be_v present_a the_o cause_n of_o delegation_n cease_v the_o jurisdiction_n also_o cease_v or_o be_v at_o least_o absorb_v in_o the_o great_a and_o so_o without_o leave_n may_v not_o be_v exercise_v like_o the_o star_n which_o in_o the_o noon_n day_n have_v their_o own_o natural_a light_n as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o night_n but_o appear_v not_o shine_v not_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o sun_n this_o perhaps_o will_v seem_v uncouth_a to_o those_o presbyter_n who_o as_o the_o council_n of_o carthag_n expression_n be_v be_v contrarii_fw-la honori_fw-la episcopali_fw-la but_o yet_o if_o we_o keep_v ourselves_o in_o our_o own_o form_n where_o god_n have_v place_v we_o and_o where_o we_o be_v in_o the_o primitive_a church_n we_o shall_v find_v all_o this_o to_o be_v sooth_n and_o full_a of_o order_n for_o consider_v the_o elder_a the_o prohibition_n be_v the_o more_o absolute_a &_o indefinite_a it_o run_v without_o the_o bishop_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o baptize_v to_o consecrate_v etc._n etc._n so_o ignatius_n the_o prohibition_n be_v without_o limit_n but_o in_o descent_n of_o the_o church_n it_o run_v praesente_fw-la episcopo_fw-la the_o bishop_n be_v present_a they_o must_v not_o without_o leave_n the_o thing_n be_v all_o one_o and_o a_o derivation_n from_o the_o same_o original_n to_o wit_n the_o universality_n of_o the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n but_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n of_o expression_n be_v this_o at_o first_o presbyter_n be_v in_o city_n with_o the_o bishop_n and_o no_o parish_n at_o all_o concredit_v to_o they_o the_o bishop_n live_v in_o city_n the_o presbyter_n preach_v and_o offer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o house_n to_o house_n according_a as_o the_o bishop_n direct_v they_o here_o they_o have_v no_o ordinary_a charge_n and_o therefore_o the_o first_o prohibition_n run_v indefinite_o they_o must_v not_o do_v any_o clericall_a office_n sine_fw-la episcopo_fw-la unless_o the_o bishop_n send_v they_o but_o then_o afterward_o when_o the_o parish_n be_v distinct_a and_o the_o presbyter_n fix_v upon_o ordinary_a charge_n than_o it_o be_v only_o praesente_fw-la episcopo_fw-la if_o the_o bishop_n be_v present_a they_o may_v not_o officiate_v without_o leave_n for_o in_o his_o absence_n they_o may_v do_v it_o i_o do_v not_o say_v without_o leave_n but_o i_o say_v they_o have_v leave_v give_v they_o when_o the_o bishop_n send_v they_o to_o officiate_v in_o a_o village_n with_o ordinary_a or_o temporary_a residence_n as_o it_o be_v to_o this_o day_n when_o the_o bishop_n institute_n to_o a_o particular_a charge_n he_o also_o give_v power_n hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la of_o officiate_a in_o that_o place_n so_o that_o at_o first_o when_o they_o do_v officiate_v in_o place_n
by_o temporary_a mission_n than_o they_o be_v to_o have_v leave_n but_o this_o licence_n be_v also_o temporary_a but_o when_o they_o be_v fix_v upon_o ordinary_a charge_n they_o may_v not_o officiate_v without_o leave_n but_o then_o they_o have_v a_o ordinary_a leave_n give_v they_o in_o traditione_n sub_fw-la ditorum_fw-la and_o that_o be_v do_v in_o subsidium_fw-la muneris_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la because_o it_o be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o bishop_n charge_n which_o he_o can_v not_o personal_o attend_v for_o execution_n of_o the_o minor_a office_n and_o therefore_o concredit_v it_o to_o a_o presbyter_n but_o if_o he_o be_v present_a a_o new_a leave_n be_v necessary_a because_o as_o the_o power_n always_o be_v in_o the_o bishop_n so_o now_o the_o execution_n also_o do_v return_n to_o he_o when_o he_o be_v there_o in_o person_n himself_o if_o he_o list_v may_v officiate_v all_o this_o be_v excellent_o attest_v in_o the_o example_n of_o s._n austin_n of_o who_o possidonius_fw-la in_o his_o life_n report_v that_o be_v but_o a_o presbyter_n valerius_n the_o bishop_n be_v a_o greek_a bear_v and_o not_o well_o speak_v in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n and_o so_o unfit_a for_o public_a oration_n eidem_fw-la presbytero_fw-la viz._n to_o austin_n potestatem_fw-la dedit_fw-la coram_fw-la se_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la evangelium_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la ac_fw-la frequentissimè_fw-la tractandi_fw-la contra_fw-la usum_n quidem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la africanarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la he_o give_v leave_v to_o austin_n then_o but_o presbyter_n to_o preach_v in_o the_o church_n even_o while_o himself_o be_v present_a indeed_o against_o the_o use_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o african_a church_n and_o for_o this_o act_n of_o his_o he_o suffer_v sound_o in_o his_o report_n *_o for_o the_o case_n be_v thus_o in_o all_o africa_n ever_o since_o the_o first_o spring_n of_o the_o arian_n heresy_n the_o church_n have_v then_o suffer_v so_o much_o by_o the_o preach_n of_o arius_n the_o presbyter_n that_o they_o make_v a_o law_n not_o to_o suffer_v any_o presbyter_n to_o preach_v at_o all_o at_o least_o in_o the_o mother_n church_n and_o in_o the_o bishop_n presence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v socrates_n 22._o lib._n 5._o c._n 22._o thence_o come_v this_o custom_n in_o the_o african_a church_n but_o because_o valerius_n see_v s._n austin_n so_o able_a and_o himself_o for_o want_n of_o latin_a so_o unfit_a he_o give_v leave_v to_o austin_n to_o preach_v before_o he_o against_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o african_a church_n but_o he_o add_v this_o reason_n for_o his_o excuse_n too_o it_o be_v not_o indeed_o the_o custom_n of_o africa_n but_o it_o be_v of_o the_o oriental_a church_n for_o so_o possidonius_fw-la proceed_v sed_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la vir_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la ac_fw-la providus_fw-la in_fw-la orientalibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la id_fw-la ex_fw-la more_fw-it fieri_fw-la sciens_fw-la in_o the_o levant_n it_o be_v usual_a for_o bishop_n to_o give_v presbyter_n leave_v to_o preach_v dummodò_fw-la factitaretur_fw-la à _fw-la presbytero_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la episcopo_fw-la impleri_fw-la minimè_fw-la posse_fw-la cernebat_fw-la which_o determine_v we_o full_o in_o the_o business_n for_o this_o leave_n to_o do_v office_n be_v but_o there_o to_o be_v give_v where_o the_o bishop_n himself_o can_v not_o fulfil_v the_o office_n which_o show_v the_o presbyter_n in_o their_o several_a charge_n whether_o of_o temporary_a mission_n or_o fixtt_a residence_n to_o be_v but_o delegate_n and_o viear_n of_o the_o bishop_n admit_v in_o partem_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la to_o assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o his_o great_a charge_n of_o the_o whole_a diocese_n against_o this_o it_o be_v object_v out_o of_o s._n hierome_n and_o ego_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d narbon_n do_v 95._o can_n ecce_fw-la ego_fw-la it_o be_v record_v by_o gratian_n ecce_fw-la ego_fw-la dico_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la atque_fw-la adstantibus_fw-la in_o altari_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la posse_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la conficere_fw-la behold_v i_o say_v that_o presbyter_n may_v minister_v sacrament_n in_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n so_o gratian_n quote_v it_o indeed_o but_o s._n hierome_n say_v the_o express_a contrary_n unless_o we_o all_o have_v false_a copy_n for_o in_o s._n hierome_n it_o be_v not_o ecce_fw-la ego_fw-la dico_fw-la but_o nec_fw-la ego_fw-la dico_fw-la he_o do_v not_o say_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o presbyter_n to_o officiate_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o their_o bishop_n indeed_o s._n hierome_n be_v angry_a at_o rusticus_n bishop_n of_o narbona_n because_o he_o will_v not_o give_v leave_n to_o presbyter_n to_o preach_v nor_o to_o bless_v etc._n etc._n this_o perhaps_o it_o be_v not_o well_o do_v but_o this_o make_v not_o against_o the_o former_a discourse_n for_o though_o it_o may_v be_v fit_a for_o the_o bishop_n to_o give_v leave_n the_o church_n require_v it_o still_o more_o and_o more_o in_o descent_n of_o age_n and_o multiplication_n of_o christian_n and_o parish_n yet_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n for_o it_o be_v for_o this_o very_a thing_n that_o s._n hierome_n dispute_v against_o rusticus_n to_o show_v he_o do_v amiss_o because_o he_o will_v not_o give_v his_o presbyter_n licence_n *_o and_o this_o he_o also_o reprehend_v in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la nepotianum_fw-la pessimae_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la tacere_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la &_o praesentibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la non_fw-la loqui_fw-la that_o presbyter_n may_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o preach_v in_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n that_o be_v a_o ill_a custom_n to_o wit_n as_o thing_n than_o stand_v and_o it_o be_v mend_v present_o after_o for_o presbyter_n do_v preach_v in_o the_o bishop_n presence_n but_o it_o be_v by_o licence_n from_o their_o ordinary_n for_o so_o possidonius_fw-la relate_v that_o upon_o this_o act_n of_o valerius_n before_o mention_v posteà _fw-la currente_n &_o volante_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la famâ_fw-la bono_fw-mi praecedente_fw-la exemplo_fw-la accepta_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la potestate_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la coram_fw-la episcopis_fw-la populis_fw-la tractare_fw-la caeperunt_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la by_o occasion_n of_o this_o precedent_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o presbyter_n do_v preach_v to_o the_o people_n in_o the_o bishop_n presence_n have_v first_o obtain_v faculty_n from_o the_o bishop_n so_o to_o do_v and_o a_o little_a after_o it_o become_v a_o custom_n from_o a_o general_a faculty_n and_o dispensation_n indulge_v to_o they_o in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o vase_n 12._o can._n 12._o now_o if_o this_o evidence_n of_o church_n practise_v be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o reconcile_v we_o to_o s._n hierome_n let_v he_o then_o first_o be_v reconcile_v to_o himself_o and_o then_o we_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v help_v for_o in_o his_o dialogue_n against_o the_o luciferian_o his_o word_n be_v these_o cui_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la exhort_v quaedam_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eminens_fw-la detur_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o tot_fw-la efficientur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ind_n venit_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la missione_n neque_fw-la presbyter_n neque_fw-la diaconus_fw-la jus_o habeant_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la because_o the_o bishop_n have_v a_o eminent_a power_n and_o this_o power_n be_v necessary_a thence_o it_o come_v that_o neither_o presbyter_n nor_o deacon_n may_v so_o much_o as_o baptize_v without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n **_o this_o whole_a discourse_n show_v clear_o not_o only_a the_o bishop_n to_o be_v superior_a in_o jurisdiction_n but_o that_o they_o have_v sole_a jurisdiction_n and_o the_o presbyter_n only_o in_o substitution_n and_o vicarage_n **_o dispensation_n §_o 38._o reserve_v church_n good_n to_o episcopal_a dispensation_n divers_a other_o act_n there_o be_v to_o attest_v the_o superiority_n of_o the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n over_o priest_n and_o deacon_n as_o that_o all_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n sole_a dispose_n and_o as_o at_o first_o they_o be_v lay_v at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n so_o afterward_o at_o the_o bishop_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 41._o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o gangra_n and_o all_o the_o world_n be_v exclude_v from_o intervening_a in_o the_o dispensation_n without_o express_a delegation_n from_o the_o bishop_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o seven_o and_o eight_o canon_n and_o that_o under_o pain_n of_o a_o anathema_n by_o the_o holy_a council_n *_o and_o therefore_o when_o in_o success_n of_o time_n some_o patron_n that_o have_v found_v church_n and_o endow_v they_o think_v that_o the_o dispensation_n of_o those_o land_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o this_o the_o three_o council_n of_o toledo_n complain_v and_o make_v remedy_n 589._o an._n dom._n 589._o command_v ut_fw-la omne_fw-la secundum_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la antiquam_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la pertineant_fw-la the_o same_o be_v reniew_v in_o the_o four_o council_n of_o toledo_n noverint_fw-la autem_fw-la 32._o cap._n
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
of_o the_o 70_o that_o the_o election_n be_v make_v if_o we_o may_v believe_v s._n epiphanus_n so_o that_o they_o be_v presbyter_n before_o this_o choice_n and_o last_o it_o be_v only_o a_o nomination_n of_o seven_o man_n the_o determination_n of_o the_o business_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o rejection_n be_v still_o in_o the_o apostle_n and_o indeed_o the_o whole_a power_n who_o we_o may_v appoint_v over_o this_o business_n &_o after_o all_o this_o there_o can_v be_v no_o hurt_n do_v by_o the_o objection_n especial_o since_o clear_o and_o indubious_o the_o election_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v in_o the_o apostle_n own_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n ignatius_n of_o evodias_n evodias_n be_v first_o appoint_v to_o be_v your_o governor_n or_o bishop_n by_o the_o apostle_n and_o themselves_o do_v commit_v antioch_n epist._n ad_fw-la antioch_n it_o to_o other_o that_o be_v bishop_n as_o in_o the_o instance_n before_o reckon_v thus_o the_o case_n stand_v in_o scripture_n 2._o in_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n it_o go_v according_a to_o the_o same_o law_n and_o practise_v apostolical_a the_o people_n do_v not_o may_v not_o choose_v the_o minister_n of_o holy_a church_n so_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o can._n 13._o the_o people_n must_v not_o choose_v those_o that_o be_v to_o be_v promote_v to_o the_o priesthood_n the_o prohibition_n extend_v to_o their_o nonelection_n of_o all_o the_o superior_a clergy_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n but_o who_o then_o must_v elect_v they_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a determine_v that_o for_o in_o 16_o and_o 17_o canon_n the_o council_n forbid_v any_o promotion_n of_o clerk_n to_o be_v make_v but_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n where_o they_o be_v first_o ordain_v which_o clear_o reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n the_o power_n of_o retain_v or_o promote_a all_o his_o clergy_n *_o 3._o all_o ordination_n be_v make_v by_o bishop_n alone_o as_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v now_o let_v this_o be_v confront_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o primitive_a christendom_n that_o no_o presbyter_n may_v be_v ordain_v sine_fw-la titulo_fw-la without_o a_o particular_a charge_n which_o be_v always_o custom_n and_o at_o last_o grow_v to_o be_v a_o law_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o we_o shall_v perceive_v that_o the_o ordainer_n be_v the_o only_a chooser_n for_o then_o to_o ordain_v a_o presbyter_n be_v also_o to_o give_v he_o a_o charge_n and_o the_o patronage_n of_o a_o church_n be_v not_o a_o lie_v inheritance_n but_o part_n of_o the_o bishop_n cure_n for_o he_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o care_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o the_o diocese_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v and_o therefore_o when_o s._n jerome_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o christendom_n have_v specify_v some_o particular_a ordination_n or_o election_n of_o presbyter_n by_o bishop_n 62._o epist._n 61._o &_o 62._o as_o how_o himself_o be_v make_v priest_n by_o paulinus_n and_o paulinus_n by_o epiphanius_n of_o cyprus_n gaudeat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la judicio_fw-la svo_fw-la cùm_fw-la tale_n christo_fw-la elegerit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la nepotian_n hieron_n ad_fw-la nepotian_n let_v the_o bishop_n rejoice_v in_o his_o own_o act_n have_v choose_v such_o worthy_a priest_n for_o the_o service_n of_o christ._n thus_o s._n ambrose_n give_v intimation_n that_o the_o dispense_n all_o the_o office_n in_o the_o clergy_n be_v sole_o in_o the_o bishop_n haec_fw-la spectet_fw-la sacerdos_n &_o quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la congruat_fw-la 44._o lib._n 1._o offic_n cap._n 44._o id_fw-la officij_fw-la deputet_fw-la let_v the_o bishop_n observe_v these_o rule_n and_o appoint_v every_o one_o his_o office_n as_o be_v best_a answerable_a to_o his_o condition_n and_o capacity_n and_o theodoret_n report_v of_o leontius_n the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n how_o be_v a_o arian_n adversarios_fw-la recti_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la suscipiens_fw-la licèt_fw-la 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as_o a_o pilot_n in_o a_o ship_n or_o a_o master_n in_o a_o family_n or_o rather_o as_o a_o steward_n and_o guardian_n to_o rule_v in_o his_o master_n absence_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n the_o synod_n of_o the_o nicene_n bishop_n be_v call_v in_o eusebius_n conventus_fw-la orbis_fw-la 18._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-la vitâ_fw-la constant._n lib._n de_fw-fr baptis_fw-la cap._n 18._o terrarum_fw-la and_o by_o s._n austin_n consensus_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la not_o that_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v there_o present_a in_o their_o several_a person_n but_o be_v there_o represent_v by_o the_o catholic_a bishop_n and_o if_o this_o representment_n be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o obligation_n to_o all_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n but_o the_o lady_n too_o may_v vote_n in_o counsel_n for_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o have_v soul_n too_o but_o however_o if_o this_o argument_n be_v conclude_v in_o itself_o yet_o it_o lose_v its_o force_n in_o england_n where_o the_o clergy_n be_v bind_v by_o 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our_o spiritual_a ruler_n against_o the_o gravity_n of_o such_o assembly_n for_o it_o will_v force_v they_o to_o betumultuous_a and_o at_o the_o best_a be_v the_o worst_a of_o sanction_n as_o be_v issue_n of_o popularity_n and_o to_o sum_n up_o all_o it_o be_v no_o way_n authorise_a by_o this_o first_o copy_n of_o christian_a counsel_n the_o pretence_n be_v in_o the_o synodall_n 23._o synodall_n act_n 15._o 23._o letter_n write_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n and_o brethren_n that_o be_v say_v geta_n the_o apostle_n and_o presbyter_n and_o people_n but_o why_o not_o brethren_n that_o be_v all_o the_o deacon_n and_o evangelist_n and_o helper_n in_o government_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v nothing_o either_o in_o word_n or_o circumstance_n to_o contradict_v this_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v who_o then_o be_v mean_v by_o elder_n if_o by_o brethren_n s._n luke_n understand_v these_o church_n officer_n i_o answer_v that_o here_o be_v such_o variety_n 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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 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then_o yet_o they_o be_v such_o bishop_n as_o have_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n in_o subordination_n to_o they_o in_o all_o the_o particular_a advantage_n of_o the_o former_a instance_n 2._o if_o the_o bishop_n have_v the_o parish_n what_o cure_n have_v the_o priest_n so_o that_o this_o will_v debase_v the_o priest_n as_o much_o as_o the_o bishop_n and_o if_o it_o will_v confine_v a_o bishop_n to_o a_o parish_n it_o will_v make_v that_o no_o presbyter_n can_v be_v so_o much_o as_o a_o parish-priest_n if_o it_o bring_v a_o bishop_n low_a than_o a_o diocese_n it_o will_v bring_v the_o priest_n low_o than_o a_o parish_n for_o set_v a_o bishop_n where_o you_o will_v either_o in_o a_o diocese_n or_o a_o parish_n a_o presbyter_n shall_v still_o keep_v the_o same_o duty_n and_o subordination_n the_o same_o distance_n still_o so_o that_o this_o objection_n upon_o supposition_n of_o the_o former_a discourse_n will_v no_o way_n mend_v the_o matter_n for_o any_o side_n but_o make_v it_o far_o worse_o it_o will_v not_o advance_v the_o presbytery_n but_o it_o will_v depress_v the_o whole_a hierarchy_n and_o all_o the_o order_n of_o h._n church_n *_o but_o because_o this_o trifle_n be_v so_o much_o use_v among_o the_o enemy_n of_o episcopacy_n i_o will_v consider_v it_o in_o little_a and_o beside_o that_o it_o do_v no_o body_n any_o good_a advantage_n i_o will_v represent_v it_o in_o its_o fucus_n and_o show_v the_o falsehood_n of_o it_o 1._o then._n it_o be_v evident_a that_o there_o be_v bishop_n before_o there_o be_v any_o distinct_a parish_n for_o the_o first_o division_n of_o parish_n in_o the_o west_n be_v by_o evaristus_n who_o live_v almost_o 100_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o divide_v rome_n into_o seven_o parish_n assign_v to_o every_o one_o a_o presbyter_n so_o damasus_n report_v of_o he_o in_o the_o pontifical_a book_n hic_fw-la titulos_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la româ_fw-la divisit_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la &_o septem_fw-la diaconos_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la qui_fw-la 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that_o be_v distinct_a and_o limit_v to_o presbyter_n as_o diocese_n be_v to_o bishop_n and_o the_o use_n of_o parish_n which_o he_o subjoin_v clear_v the_o business_n for_o he_o appoint_v they_o only_o propter_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o poenitentiam_fw-la multorum_fw-la &_o sepulturas_fw-la for_o baptism_n and_o penance_n and_o burial_n for_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o preach_n in_o parish_n but_o in_o the_o mother-church_n thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o west_n *_o but_o in_o egypt_n we_o find_v parish_n divide_v something_o soon_o than_o the_o early_a of_o these_o for_o eusebius_n report_v out_o of_o philo_n that_o the_o christian_n in_o s._n mark_v 17._o lib._n 2._o hist._n cap._n 17._o time_n have_v several_a church_n in_o alexandria_n etià m_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesiis_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la sunt_fw-la it_o a_o dicit_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la locis_fw-la consecrata_fw-la orationi_fw-la domus_fw-la &c_n &c_n but_o even_o before_o this_o there_o be_v 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call_v the_o roman_a christian_n a_o great_a and_o innumerable_a people_n and_o do_v implere_fw-la omne_fw-la as_o tertullia_n phrase_n be_v fill_v all_o place_n and_o public_a and_o great_a assembly_n draw_v danger_n upon_o themselves_o and_o increase_v jealousy_n in_o other_o and_o their_o public_a office_n can_v not_o be_v perform_v with_o so_o diffuse_a and_o particular_a advantage_n than_o they_o be_v force_v to_o divide_v congregation_n and_o assign_v several_a presbyter_n to_o their_o cure_n in_o subordination_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o so_o we_o see_v the_o elder_a christianity_n grow_v the_o more_o parish_n there_o be_v at_o first_o in_o rome_n there_o be_v none_o evaristus_n make_v seven_o dionysius_n make_v some_o more_o and_o marcellus_n add_v 15_o and_o in_o optatus_n parmenian_n lib._n 2._o contr_n parmenian_n time_n there_o be_v 40._o well_o then_o the_o case_n be_v thus_o parish_n be_v not_o divide_v at_o first_o therefore_o to_o be_v sure_o they_o be_v not_o of_o 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be_v true_a eternal_o formosipedes_n evangelizantium_fw-la the_o foot_n of_o the_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v beauteous_a and_o then_o much_o more_o of_o the_o chief_a ideo_fw-la ista_fw-la praetulimus_fw-la charissimi_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligatis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la in_fw-la eisque_fw-la deum_fw-la veneremini_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la utanimas_fw-la ibid._n urban_n ibid._n vestras_fw-la diligatis_fw-la ut_fw-la quibus_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la communicant_a non_fw-la communicetis_fw-la &c_n &c_n now_o love_v to_o our_o superior_n be_v ever_o honourable_a for_o it_o be_v more_o than_o amicitia_fw-la that_o be_v among_o peer_n but_o love_n to_o our_o better_n be_v reverence_n obedience_n and_o high_a estimate_n and_o if_o we_o have_v the_o one_o the_o dispute_n about_o the_o other_o will_v be_v a_o mere_a impertinence_n i_o end_v this_o with_o the_o say_n of_o s._n ignatius_n &_o vos_fw-la decet_fw-la non_fw-la contemnere_fw-la aetatem_fw-la 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secundùm_fw-la chalcedonensium_fw-la patrum_fw-la decreta_fw-la 6._o council_n hispal_n cap._n 6._o ex_fw-la proprio_fw-la clero_fw-la oeconomum_fw-la sibi_fw-la constituat_fw-la but_o the_o reason_n extend_v the_o canon_n further_o indecorum_n est_fw-la enim_fw-la laicum_fw-la vicarium_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o saeculares_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la judicare_fw-la vicar_n of_o bishop_n the_o canon_n allow_v only_o forbid_v lay-man_n to_o be_v vicar_n in_o uno_fw-la enim_fw-la eodemque_fw-la officio_fw-la non_fw-la decet_fw-la dispar_fw-la professio_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o divinâ_fw-la lege_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la &c_n &c_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o office_n the_o law_n of_o god_n forbid_v to_o join_v man_n of_o disparate_a vapacity_n this_o than_o will_v be_v consider_v for_o the_o canon_n pretend_v scripture_n precept_n of_o father_n and_o tradition_n of_o antiquity_n for_o its_o sanction_n *_o for_o although_o antiquity_n approve_v of_o episcopal_a 37._o §._o 51._o but_o they_o be_v ever_o clergyman_n for_o there_o never_o be_v any_o lie_v elder_n in_o any_o church_n office_n hear_v of_o in_o the_o church_n socrat._v lib._n 7._o cap._n 37._o delegation_n of_o their_o power_n to_o their_o vicar_n yet_o these_o vicar_n and_o delegate_n must_v be_v priest_n at_o least_o melitius_fw-la be_v a_o bishop_n and_o yet_o the_o chancellor_n of_o hierocles_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n so_o be_v herculanus_n and_o caldonius_n to_o s._n cyprian_n but_o they_o never_o delegated_a to_o any_o layman_n any_o part_n of_o their_o episcopal_a power_n precise_o of_o their_o lay-power_n or_o the_o cognisance_n of_o secular_a cause_n of_o the_o people_n i_o find_v one_o delegation_n make_v to_o some_o gentleman_n of_o the_o laity_n by_o sylvanus_n bishop_n of_o troas_n when_o his_o clerk_n grow_v covetous_a he_o cure_v their_o itch_n of_o gold_n by_o trust_v man_n of_o another_o profession_n so_o to_o shame_v they_o into_o justice_n and_o contempt_n of_o 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feceruntmei_fw-la si_fw-mi conferendum_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la ista_fw-la collatio_fw-la sicut_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la sub_fw-la constantino_n aug._n memoriae_fw-la principe_fw-la so_o that_o both_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o ecclesiastical_a order_n be_v to_o be_v handle_v in_o the_o church_n and_o that_o by_o bishop_n and_o that_o sub_fw-la imperatore_n by_o permission_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o prince_n for_o so_o it_o be_v in_o nice_a under_o constantine_n thus_o far_o s._n ambrose_n *_o s._n athanasius_n
report_v that_o hosius_n bishop_n of_o solitar_n epist._n ad_fw-la solitar_n corduba_n precedent_n in_o the_o nicene_n council_n say_v it_o be_v the_o abomination_n of_o delolation_n that_o a_o layman_n shall_v be_v judge_n in_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la judicijs_fw-la in_o church-cause_n and_o leontius_n call_v church-affayre_n res_fw-la leontij_fw-la suidas_n in_o vitâ_fw-la leontij_fw-la alienas_fw-la à _fw-la laicis_fw-la thing_n of_o another_o court_n of_o a_o distinct_a cognisance_n from_o the_o laity_n *_o to_o these_o add_v the_o council_n of_o venice_n for_o it_o be_v very_o considerable_a in_o 453._o can._n 9_o a._n d._n 453._o this_o question_n clerico_n nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la permissu_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la servorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la adire_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la fortasse_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la judicium_fw-la caeperit_n habere_fw-la suspectum_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la proprietate_fw-la aliquà _fw-la adversus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nata_fw-la contentio_fw-la aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la audientiam_fw-la non_fw-fr saecularium_fw-la potestatum_fw-la debebit_fw-la ambire_fw-la alitèr_fw-la à _fw-la communione_fw-la habeatur_fw-la alienus_fw-la clergyman_n without_o delegation_n from_o their_o bishop_n may_v not_o hear_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o servant_n but_o the_o bishop_n unless_o the_o bishop_n be_v appeal_v from_o than_o other_o bishop_n must_v hear_v the_o cause_n but_o no_o lay_v judge_n by_o any_o mean_n *_o these_o sanction_n of_o holy_a church_n it_o please_v the_o emperor_n to_o ratify_v by_o a_o imperial_a edict_n for_o so_o 123._o novel_a constit_fw-la 123._o justinian_n command_v that_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a secular_a judge_n shall_v have_v no_o interest_n sed_fw-la sanctissimus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la secundum_fw-la sacras_fw-la regulas_fw-la causae_fw-la finem_fw-la imponat_fw-la the_o bishop_n according_a to_o the_o sacred_a canon_n must_v be_v the_o sole_a judge_n of_o church-matter_n i_o end_v this_o with_o the_o decretal_a of_o s._n gregory_n one_o of_o the_o four_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n cavendum_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la fraternitate_fw-la vestrâ_fw-la ne_fw-la saecularibus_fw-la viris_fw-la atque_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la regulâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la degentibus_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la 66._o lib._n 7._o epist_n 66._o committantur_fw-la heed_n must_v be_v take_v that_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a be_v not_o any_o way_n concredit_v to_o secular_a person_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v twice_o speak_v already_o §_o 36._o and_o §_o 41._o the_o thing_n be_v so_o evident_a that_o it_o be_v next_o to_o impudence_n to_o say_v that_o in_o antiquity_n layman_n be_v party_n and_o assessor_n in_o the_o consistory_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v against_o their_o faith_n it_o be_v against_o their_o practice_n and_o those_o few_o pigmy_n objection_n out_o of_o 137._o of_o tertull._n apol._n c._n 33._o s._n ambros._n in_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 1._o &_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n c._n 20._o s._n august_n lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la crescon_n &_o epist._n 137._o tertullian_n s._n ambrose_n and_o s._n austin_n use_v the_o word_n seniores_fw-la or_o elder_n sometime_o for_o priest_n as_o be_v the_o latin_a for_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o for_o a_o secular_a magistrate_n or_o alderman_n for_o i_o think_v s._n austin_n do_v so_o in_o his_o three_o book_n against_o cresconius_n be_v but_o like_a sophom_n to_o prove_v that_o two_o and_o two_o be_v not_o four_o for_o to_o pretend_v such_o slight_a aery_a imagination_n against_o the_o constant_a know_v open_a catholic_a practice_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n and_o history_n of_o all_o age_n be_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v go_v to_o fright_v a_o imperial_a army_n with_o a_o single_a bulrush_n they_o be_v not_o worth_n further_o consider_v *_o but_o this_o be_v that_o in_o this_o question_n of_o lay-elders_a the_o modern_a aërian_n and_o acephali_n do_v whole_o mistake_v their_o own_o advantage_n for_o whatsoever_o they_o object_n out_o of_o antiquity_n for_o the_o white_a and_o watery_a colour_n of_o lay-elders_a be_v either_o a_o very_a misprision_n of_o their_o allegation_n or_o else_o clear_o abuse_v in_o the_o use_n of_o they_o for_o now_o adays_o they_o be_v only_o use_v to_o exclude_v and_o drive_v forth_o episcopacy_n but_o then_o they_o misalledge_v antiquity_n for_o the_o man_n with_o who_o heifer_n they_o will_v fain_o plough_v in_o this_o question_n be_v themselves_o bishop_n for_o the_o most_o part_n and_o he_o that_o be_v not_o will_v fain_o have_v be_v it_o be_v know_v so_o of_o tertullian_n and_o therefore_o most_o certain_o if_o they_o have_v speak_v of_o lay-iudge_n in_o church_n matter_n which_o they_o never_o dream_v of_o yet_o mean_v they_o not_o so_o as_o to_o exclude_v episcopacy_n and_o if_o not_o than_o the_o pretend_a allegation_n can_v do_v no_o service_n in_o the_o present_a question_n i_o be_o only_a to_o clear_v this_o pretence_n from_o a_o place_n of_o scripture_n total_o misunderstand_v and_o then_o it_o can_v have_v any_o colour_n from_o any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o divine_a or_o humane_a but_o that_o lay-iudge_n of_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a as_o they_o be_v unheard_a of_o in_o antiquity_n so_o they_o be_v neither_o name_v in_o scripture_n nor_o receive_v from_o thence_o any_o instruction_n for_o their_o deportment_n in_o their_o imaginary_a office_n and_o therefore_o may_v be_v remand_v to_o the_o place_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v even_o the_o lake_n of_o gebenna_n and_o so_o to_o the_o place_n of_o the_o near_a denomination_n the_o objection_n be_v from_o s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o elder_n that_o rule_v well_o be_v 17._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 17._o account_v worthy_a of_o double_a honour_n especial_o they_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n &_o doctrine_n especial_o they_o therefore_o all_o elder_n do_v not_o so_o here_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o elder_n preach_v minister_n and_o elder_n not_o preacher_n therefore_o lay-elders_a and_o yet_o all_o be_v governor_n 1._o but_o why_o therefore_o lay-elders_a why_o may_v there_o not_o be_v diverse_a church-officer_n and_o yet_o but_o one_o or_o two_o of_o they_o the_o preacher_n christ_n send_v i_o not_o to_o baptise_v but_o to_o preach_v say_v s._n paul_n and_o yet_o the_o commission_n of_o baptizate_n be_v as_o large_a as_o predicate_v and_o why_o then_o may_v not_o another_o say_v christ_n send_v i_o not_o to_o preach_v but_o to_o baptise_v that_o be_v in_o s._n paul_n sense_n not_o so_o much_o to_o do_v one_o as_o to_o do_v the_o other_o and_o if_o he_o leave_v the_o ordinary_a ministration_n of_o baptism_n and_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o ordinary_a office_n of_o preach_v then_o to_o be_v sure_a some_o minister_n must_v be_v the_o ordinary_a baptizer_n and_o so_o not_o the_o preacher_n for_o if_o he_o may_v be_v both_o ordinary_o why_o be_v not_o s._n paul_n both_o for_o though_o their_o power_n be_v common_a to_o all_o of_o the_o same_o order_n yet_o the_o execution_n and_o dispensation_n of_o the_o ministery_n be_v according_a to_o several_a gift_n and_o that_o of_o prophecy_n or_o preach_v be_v not_o dispense_v to_o all_o in_o so_o considerable_a a_o measure_n but_o that_o some_o of_o they_o may_v be_v destine_v to_o the_o ordinary_a execution_n of_o other_o office_n and_o yet_o because_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n be_v the_o great_a so_o also_o be_v the_o office_n and_o therefore_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n be_v this_o that_o all_o presbyter_n must_v be_v honour_v but_o especial_o they_o that_o prophecy_n do_v that_o office_n with_o a_o ordinary_a execution_n and_o ministry_n so_o no_o lay-elders_a yet_o add_v to_o this_o that_o it_o be_v also_o plain_a that_o all_o the_o clergy_n do_v not_o preach_v valerius_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n can_v not_o well_o skill_n in_o the_o latin_a tongue_n be_v a_o greek_a bear_v and_o yet_o a_o godly_a bishop_n and_o s._n austin_n his_o presbyter_n preach_v for_o he_o the_o same_o case_n may_v occur_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n for_o than_o be_v a_o concourse_n of_o all_o nation_n to_o the_o christian_a synax_n especial_o in_o all_o great_a imperial_a city_n and_o metropolitan_o as_o rome_n antioch_n jerusalem_n caesarea_n and_o the_o like_a now_o all_o can_v not_o speak_v with_o tongue_n neither_o can_v all_o prophecy_n they_o be_v particular_a gift_n give_v several_o to_o several_a man_n appoint_v to_o minister_v in_o church-office_n some_o prophesy_v some_o interpret_v and_o therefore_o be_v be_v a_o ignorant_a fancy_n to_o think_v that_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o laic_a whosoever_o in_o the_o age_n apostolical_a be_v not_o a_o preacher_n 2._o none_o of_o the_o father_n ever_o expound_v this_o place_n of_o lay-elders_a so_o that_o we_o have_v a_o traditive_a interpretation_n of_o it_o in_o prejudice_n to_o the_o pretence_n of_o our_o new_a office_n 3._o the_o word_n presbyter_n be_v never_o use_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n for_o a_o layman_n if_o a_o church_n officer_n
bishop_n be_v of_o small_a town_n and_o therefore_o these_o canon_n be_v not_o observe_v and_o bishop_n may_v be_v and_o be_v parochial_a as_o s._n gregory_n of_o nazianzum_fw-la zoticus_n of_o comana_n maris_n in_o dolicha_n the_o one_o of_o these_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 16._o by_o lib._n y._n c._n 16._o eusebius_n and_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 4._o by_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 4._o theodoret_n a_o little_a town_n this_o be_v all_o be_v pretend_v for_o this_o great_a scarecrow_n of_o parochial_a bishop_n *_o but_o first_o suppose_v these_o have_v be_v parish_n and_o these_o three_o parochial_a bishop_n it_o follow_v not_o that_o all_o be_v not_o those_o to_o be_v sure_a which_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o province_n and_o kingdom_n 2_o lie_v it_o be_v a_o clear_a case_n that_o nazianzum_fw-la though_o a_o small_a city_n yet_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o a_o bishop_n throne_n so_o it_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v by_o leo_n the_o emperor_n where_o it_o be_v account_v inter_fw-la thronos_fw-la 89._o ius_n graecc-rom_n p._n 89._o ecclesiarum_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la constantinopolitano_fw-it subjectarum_fw-la &_o be_v in_o the_o same_o account_n with_o caesarea_n with_o ephesus_n with_o crete_n with_o philippi_n and_o almost_o fourscore_o more_o *_o as_o for_o zoticus_n he_o indeed_o come_v from_o 27._o vide_fw-la baron_n an._n dom._n 205_o n._n 27._o comana_n a_o village_n town_n for_o there_o he_o be_v bear_v but_o he_o be_v episcopus_fw-la otrenus_n bishop_n of_o otrea_n in_o armenia_n say_v 25._o say_v lib._n 4._o c._n 25._o nicephorus_n *_o and_o for_o maris_n the_o bishop_n of_o dolicha_n it_o be_v indeed_o such_o a_o small_a city_n as_o nazianzus_n be_v but_o that_o prove_v not_o but_o his_o diocese_n and_o territory_n be_v large_a enough_o thus_o be_v asclepius_n eccles._n gennad_n apud_fw-la hieron_n johan._n de_fw-fr trittenheim_n de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n vici_fw-la non_fw-la grandis_fw-la but_o yet_o he_o be_v vagensis_fw-la territorii_fw-la episcopus_fw-la his_o seat_n may_v usual_o be_v in_o a_o little_a city_n if_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o town_n in_o which_o according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o bishop_n ancient_o be_v ordain_v and_o yet_o the_o appurtenance_n of_o his_o diocese_n large_a and_o extend_v and_o too_o great_a for_o 100_o parish_n priest_n 4_o lie_n the_o institution_n of_o chorepiscopi_fw-la prove_v most_o evident_o that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n be_v diocesan_n not_o parochial_a for_o they_o be_v institute_v to_o assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o part_n of_o his_o country-charge_n and_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d visiter_n as_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n call_v they_o but_o what_o need_v such_o suffragans_fw-la such_o coadjutor_n to_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o parish_n indeed_o they_o may_v possible_o have_v be_v needful_a for_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o citty-parish_n especial_o if_o a_o whole_a city_n be_v a_o parish_n as_o these_o objector_n must_v pretend_v or_o not_o say_v primitive_a bishop_n be_v parochial_a but_o be_v these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v suffragans_fw-la to_o the_o bishop_n and_o do_v their_o office_n in_o the_o country_n while_o the_o bishop_n be_v resident_a in_o the_o city_n either_o the_o bishop_n parish_n extend_v itself_o from_o city_n to_o country_n and_o than_o it_o be_v all_o one_o with_o a_o diocese_n or_o else_o we_o can_v find_v no_o employment_n for_o a_o chorepiscopus_n or_o visitor_n *_o the_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n describe_v their_o use_n and_o power_n qui_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la &_o vicis_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la chorepiscopi_fw-la ...._o placuit_fw-la sanctae_fw-la synodo_fw-la ut_fw-la modum_fw-la proprium_fw-la recognoscant_fw-la ut_fw-la gubernent_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la they_o be_v to_o govern_v the_o church_n delegated_a to_o their_o charge_n it_o seem_v they_o have_v many_o church_n under_o their_o provision_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v but_o the_o bishop_n vicar_n for_o so_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o canon_n he_o must_v not_o ordain_v any_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n absque_fw-la vrbis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cvi_fw-la ipse_fw-la subjicitus_fw-la &_o regio_n without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o city_n to_o who_o both_o himself_n and_o all_o the_o country_n be_v subordinate_a 5._o the_o bishop_n be_v one_o in_o a_o city_n wherein_o be_v many_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n ignatius_n there_o be_v one_o altar_n in_o every_o church_n and_o philadelph_n epist._n ad_fw-la philadelph_n one_o bishop_n together_o with_o the_o presbytery_n and_o the_o deacon_n either_o then_o a_o whole_a city_n such_o as_o rome_n or_o jerusalem_n which_o as_o josephus_n report_v have_v 400_o synagogue_n must_v be_v but_o one_o parish_n and_o then_o they_o have_v as_o good_a call_v a_o bishop_n charge_v a_o diocese_n as_o a_o parish_n in_o that_o latitude_n or_o if_o there_o be_v many_o parish_n in_o a_o city_n and_o the_o bishop_n can_v have_v but_o one_o of_o they_o why_o what_o hinder_v but_o that_o there_o may_v in_o a_o city_n be_v as_o many_o bishop_n as_o presbyter_n for_o if_o a_o bishop_n can_v have_v but_o one_o parish_n why_o may_v notevery_a parish_n have_v a_o bishop_n but_o by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n a_o city_n though_o never_o so_o great_a can_v have_v but_o one_o for_o itself_o and_o all_o the_o country_n therefore_o every_o parish-priest_n be_v not_o a_o bishop_n nor_o the_o bishop_n a_o mere_a parish-priest_n ne_o in_o unâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la duo_fw-la sint_fw-la episcopi_fw-la be_v the_o constitution_n hist._n lib._n 10._o eccles._n hist._n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n as_o say_v ruffinus_n and_o long_o before_o this_o it_o be_v so_o know_v a_o business_n that_o one_o city_n shall_v have_v but_o one_o bishop_n that_o cornelius_n exprobrate_v to_o novatus_n his_o ignorance_n be_v ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la 33._o apud_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 33._o evangelium_fw-la vendicabat_fw-la nesciebat_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la ubi_fw-la videbat_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la &_o sex_n novatus_n the_o father_n of_o the_o old_a puritan_n be_v a_o goodly_a gospeller_n that_o do_v not_o know_v that_o in_o a_o catholic_n church_n there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o bishop_n wherein_o there_o be_v 46_o presbyter_n intimate_v clear_o that_o a_o church_n that_o have_v two_o bishop_n be_v not_o catholic_n but_o schismatic_a at_o least_o if_o both_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v of_o a_o fix_a residence_n what_o then_o be_v he_o that_o will_v make_v as_o many_o bishop_n in_o a_o church_n as_o presbyter_n he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o fight_v against_o god_n if_o s._n ambrose_n say_v true_a deus_fw-la enim_fw-la singulis_fw-la 12._o in_o 1._o cor._n 12._o ecclesiis_fw-la singulos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la praeesse_fw-la decrevit_fw-la god_n have_v decree_v that_o one_o bishop_n shall_v rule_v in_o one_o church_n and_o of_o what_o extent_n his_o one_o church_n be_v may_v easy_o be_v guess_v by_o himself_o who_o be_v the_o ruler_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o great_a city_n and_o province_n of_o milan_n *_o and_o therefore_o when_o valerius_n 8._o valerius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 66._o n._n 6._o possidon_n in_o vitâ_fw-la s._n aug._n cap._n 8._o as_o it_o be_v then_o sometime_o use_v in_o several_a church_n have_v ordain_v s._n austin_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o hippo_n whereof_o valerius_n be_v also_o bishop_n at_o the_o same_o time_n s._n austin_n be_v trouble_v at_o it_o as_o a_o act_n most_o uncanonicall_a and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o rule_v in_o common_a with_o valerius_n but_o to_o rule_v in_o succession_n and_o after_o the_o consummation_n of_o valerius_n it_o be_v the_o same_o case_n in_o agelius_n a_o novatian_a bishop_n ordain_v marcian_n 21_o socrat._v lib._n 5._o cap._n 21_o to_o be_v his_o successor_n and_o sisinnius_n to_o succeed_v he_o the_o act_n be_v indeed_o irregular_a but_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o harm_n in_o it_o to_o this_o cause_n they_o be_v ordain_v to_o succeed_v not_o in_o conjunction_n *_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v sozomen_n it_o be_v a_o 15._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o note_n of_o schism_n and_o against_o the_o rule_n of_o h._n church_n to_o have_v two_o bishop_n in_o one_o chair_n secundus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v s._n 2._o s._n lib._n 4._o epist._n 2._o cyprian_n and_o as_o cornelius_n report_v it_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o s._n cyprian_n it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o confessor_n that_o have_v be_v the_o instrument_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o novatian_a schism_n by_o erect_v another_o bishop_n nec_fw-la non_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la dominum_fw-la quem_fw-la confessi_fw-la sumus_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la
sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholicâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la and_o these_o very_a word_n the_o people_n also_o use_v in_o the_o contestation_n about_o liberius_n and_o faelix_fw-la for_o when_o the_o emperor_n be_v willing_a that_o liberius_n shall_v return_v to_o his_o see_n on_o condition_n that_o faelix_fw-la the_o arian_n may_v be_v bishop_n there_o too_o they_o deride_v the_o suggestion_n cry_v out_o one_o god_n one_o christ_n one_o bishop_n so_o theodoret_n report_v but_o who_o list_v to_o see_v more_o of_o this_o may_v be_v satisfy_v 11._o lib._n 2._o c._n 11._o if_o plenty_n will_v do_v it_o in_o philip._n in_o in_o 1._o philip._n s._n chrysostome_n philip_n chrysostome_n in_o 1._o philip_n theodoret_n s._n philip_n s._n in_o 1._o philip_n hierom_n philip_n hierom_n in_o 1._o philip_n oecumenius_n parmen_fw-la oecumenius_n lib._n 2._o contr_n parmen_fw-la optatus_n s._n phil._n s._n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o &_o in_o 1._o phil._n ambrose_n and_o if_o he_o please_v he_o may_v read_v a_o whole_a book_n of_o it_o write_v by_o s._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la singularitate_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la 6_o suppose_v the_o ordinary_a diocese_n have_v be_v parish_n yet_o what_o be_v the_o metropolitan_o and_o the_o primate_fw-la be_v they_o also_o parish-bishop_n sure_o if_o bishop_n be_v parochial_a than_o these_o be_v at_o least_o diocesan_n by_o their_o own_o argument_n for_o to_o be_v sure_a they_o have_v many_o bishop_n under_o they_o but_o there_o be_v none_o such_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n yes_o most_o certain_o the_o 35_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o so_o most_o plain_o and_o at_o the_o worst_a they_o be_v a_o very_a primitive_a record_n episcopos_fw-la gentium_fw-la singularum_fw-la scire_fw-la convenit_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la habeatur_fw-la quem_fw-la velut_fw-la caput_fw-la existiment_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la amplius_fw-la praeter_fw-la 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of_o gentile_a domini_fw-la epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la domini_fw-la city_n in_o place_n of_o the_o archflamine_n archbishop_n primate_fw-la or_o patriarch_n shall_v be_v place_v qui_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la judicia_fw-la &_o majora_fw-la quoties_fw-la necesse_fw-la foret_fw-la negotia_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la agitarent_fw-la &_o secundùm_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la sicut_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la apostoli_fw-la definirent_fw-la *_o alexandria_n be_v a_o metropolitical_a see_v long_o before_o the_o nicene_n council_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o six_o canon_n before_o cite_v nay_o dioscorus_n the_o bishop_n of_o imp._n vide_fw-la council_n chalced._n act_n 1._o in_o epist_n theod._n &_o valentin_n imp._n that_o church_n be_v require_v to_o bring_v ten_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o that_o he_o have_v under_o he_o to_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n by_o theodosius_n and_o valentinian_n emperor_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o patriarchat_n 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more_o how_o shall_v this_o man_n be_v confute_v it_o be_v just_a such_o a_o device_n as_o this_o in_o they_o that_o first_o mean_v to_o disturb_v this_o question_n by_o pretend_v that_o the_o bishop_n be_v only_o parochial_a not_o diocesan_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o bishop_n but_o the_o parish-priest_n most_o certain_o themselves_o can_v not_o believe_v the_o allegation_n only_o they_o know_v it_o will_v raise_v a_o dust_n but_o by_o god_n providence_n there_o be_v water_n enough_o in_o the_o primitive_a fountain_n to_o allay_v it_o another_o consideration_n must_v here_o be_v interpose_v 44._o §._o 44._o concern_v the_o intervening_a of_o presbyter_n in_o impair_v and_o be_v aid_v by_o presbyter_n but_o not_o impair_v the_o regiment_n of_o the_o several_a church_n for_o though_o i_o have_v twice_o already_o show_v that_o they_o can_v not_o challenge_v it_o of_o right_a either_o by_o divine_a institution_n or_o apostolical_a ordinance_n yet_o here_o also_o it_o must_v 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assessor_n and_o counsellor_n to_o the_o bishop_n but_o yet_o if_o we_o take_v our_o estimate_n from_o ignatius_n the_o bishop_n be_v the_o ruler_n without_o he_o though_o all_o concur_v yet_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v nothing_o attempt_v the_o bishop_n be_v superior_a in_o all_o power_n