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bishop_n and_o presbyter_n 1_o tim._n 3._o and_o tit._n 1._o whether_o their_o office_n may_v be_v call_v a_o ministry_n or_o rule_n of_o government_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o say_v likewise_o of_o they_o that_o they_o by_o their_o promotion_n to_o be_v presbyter_n ascend_v from_o be_v rule_v to_o be_v ruler_n that_o they_o have_v authority_n not_o over_o a_o flock_n but_o over_o man_n soul_n and_o other_o very_a sublime_a power_n he_o ascribe_v to_o they_o and_o in_o his_o oration_n he_o be_v as_o profuse_a in_o extol_v the_o dignity_n and_o authority_n of_o presbyter_n as_o any_o other_o in_o exalt_v bishop_n he_o say_v as_o many_o as_o be_v ordain_v be_v choose_v to_o the_o high_a throne_n of_o presbytery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o bishop_n as_o distinct_a from_o presbyter_n be_v plain_a for_o the_o design_n of_o his_o discourse_n especial_o in_o his_o apology_n be_v to_o show_v how_o the_o apostle_n direct_v bishop_n 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of_o superior_a power_n 2._o he_o not_o only_o insinuate_v that_o that_o difference_n such_o as_o it_o be_v have_v its_o original_a not_o from_o divine_a institution_n but_o humane_a custom_n but_o he_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o late_o settle_v jam_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la this_o be_v after_o 420_o year_n it_o be_v neither_o constant_a nor_o universal_a till_o then_o salvianus_n make_v the_o levitae_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la to_o be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n not_o mention_v bishop_n as_o distinct_a so_o gildas_n frequent_o speak_v of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n promiscuous_o i_o hope_v i_o may_v also_o adduce_v jerom_n a_o presbyter_n as_o a_o witness_n as_o well_o as_o they_o do_v other_o father_n who_o be_v bishop_n he_o give_v all_o manner_n of_o church_n power_n to_o presbyter_n and_o not_o to_o bishop_n only_o ep._n ad_fw-la heliodorum_n presbytero_fw-la say_v he_o si_fw-la peccavero_fw-la licet_fw-la i_o tradere_fw-la satanae_n in_fw-la interitum_fw-la carnis_fw-la et_fw-fr ep._n ad_fw-la demetrium_n sunt_fw-la quos_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la reprehendit_fw-la quos_fw-la interdum_fw-la abjicit_fw-la in_fw-la quos_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o presbyterorum_fw-la censura_fw-la desaevit_fw-la ambrose_n give_v account_n ep._n 80._o of_o the_o excommunication_n of_o jovinianus_n and_o other_o with_o he_o by_o syricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o word_n to_o ambrose_n be_v omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la tam_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la quam_fw-la diaconorum_fw-la quam_fw-la totius_fw-la cleri_fw-la scissitata_fw-la fuit_fw-la sententia_fw-la it_o be_v show_v §_o 37._o that_o penitent_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n as_o cypr._n ep._n 12._o it_o be_v then_o strange_a if_o they_o be_v cast_v out_o by_o the_o bishop_n alone_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n who_o can_v for_o further_a satisfaction_n will_v read_v paul_n baynes_n diocesan_n trial_n and_o mr._n peregrin_n letter_n patent_n of_o presbytery_n they_o have_v somewhat_o that_o 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celerini_n ad_fw-la lucium_fw-la §_o 3._o quorum_fw-la jam_fw-la causa_fw-la
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p._n 22._o that_o the_o bishop_n deed_n be_v the_o church_n act._n p._n 24._o that_o episcopacy_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n p._n 26._o that_o he_o be_v subordinate_a to_o none_o p._n 27_o 28_o 35._o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v a_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n p._n 43._o and_o majesty_n be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o ibid._n he_o be_v call_v a_o sovereign_n and_o peerless_a governor_n p._n 65._o supreme_a and_o unaccountable_a power_n be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o p._n 67._o these_o and_o many_o more_o such_o assertion_n be_v the_o star_n by_o which_o his_o treatise_n be_v bespangle_v and_o each_o of_o they_o may_v afford_v matter_n for_o a_o long_a discourse_n to_o one_o who_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o do_v a_o four_o remark_n be_v that_o through_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o his_o argumentation_n he_o use_v such_o confidence_n and_o these_o pretence_n to_o conclusive_a and_o irrefragable_a evidence_n as_o may_v fright_v a_o unintelligent_a or_o unwarrie_a reader_n while_o 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answer_v it_o be_v do_v with_o respect_n â—o_o ordination_n anno_fw-la 1635_o in_o the_o canon_n and_o constitution_n ecclesiastical_a chap._n 2._o §_o 3._o where_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o candidate_n and_o consequent_o the_o power_n of_o determine_v who_o shall_v be_v ordain_v be_v lay_v on_o the_o bishop_n and_o he_o be_v allow_v to_o perform_v this_o examination_n by_o himself_o or_o his_o chaplain_n and_o for_o jurisdiction_n a_o person_n ordain_v to_o a_o charge_n may_v not_o preach_v unless_o he_o be_v also_o license_v by_o the_o bishop_n ibid._n chap._n 7._o §_o 5_o nor_o may_v he_o refute_v error_n preach_v by_o another_o unless_o he_o first_o ask_v and_o obtain_v leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n ibid._n §_o 7._o yea_o a_o presbyter_n may_v not_o go_v a_o journey_n for_o some_o time_n without_o the_o bishop_n leave_n
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electos_fw-la qui_fw-la rebus_fw-la deliberandis_fw-la praeessent_fw-la ut_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la aristocratia_fw-la where_o he_o seem_v exact_o to_o describe_v a_o moderator_n such_o as_o be_v in_o our_o presbytery_n and_o other_o church_n judicatories_n after_o that_o c._n 6._o he_o have_v prove_v that_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la major_a presbytero_fw-la contrary_a to_o our_o author_n p._n 26._o c._n 7._o he_o prove_v that_o the_o government_n of_o province_n be_v also_o aristocratical_a and_o do_v evident_o make_v a_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitan_a no_o more_o than_o we_o make_v the_o moderator_n of_o a_o synod_n or_o of_o a_o general_n assembly_n i_o mean_v he_o allow_v they_o no_o more_o jurisdiction_n now_o let_v any_o judge_n with_o what_o brow_n my_o antagonist_n can_v bring_v chamier_n for_o his_o voucher_n who_o so_o flat_o contradict_v the_o whole_a of_o his_o book_n §_o 12._o his_o next_o author_n be_v blondel_n 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gradu_fw-la collocatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la it_o be_v but_o jusprimae_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la fratrem_fw-la spontanea_fw-la hac_fw-la dignatione_fw-la honorantes_fw-la sedentis_fw-la and_o ibid._n he_o say_v ex_fw-la hieronomi_fw-la sententia_fw-la episcopalia_fw-la omne_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la competebant_fw-la and_o that_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v equal_a vrbico_n papae_fw-la s._n 2._o blondel_n prove_v all_o the_o father_n of_o the_o three_o or_o four_o first_o age_n to_o have_v be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n with_o jerome_n and_o p._n 8._o have_v this_o transition_n prodeant_fw-la jam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d patrum_fw-la acies_fw-la qui_fw-la sanctum_fw-la virum_fw-la hieronymum_n seu_fw-la solitarium_fw-la in_o tecto_fw-la passerem_fw-la non_fw-la relictum_fw-la doceant_fw-la this_o he_o prove_v from_o clemens_n of_o rome_n from_o polycarp_n of_o smyrna_n from_o hermes_n from_o pius_n the_o pope_n 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preach_v power_n but_o it_o be_v there_o express_o say_v that_o they_o take_v away_o all_o govern_v power_n where_o be_v then_o the_o contradiction_n next_o it_o be_v say_v he_o know_v not_o where_o it_o seem_v nor_o do_v i_o that_o king_n james_n indulgence_n be_v against_o law_n and_o yet_o 2d_o vendic_n p._n 43._o the_o parliament_n have_v give_v the_o king_n such_o power_n the_o first_o assertion_n i_o find_v not_o another_o assertion_n that_o to_o he_o will_v infer_v it_o be_v the_o law_n be_v for_o public_a meeting_n ergo_fw-la private_a meeting_n be_v against_o law_n it_o be_v a_o pitiful_a consequence_n where_o liberty_n be_v allow_v as_o now_o in_o england_n the_o law_n be_v for_o both_o way_n wherefore_o the_o second_o assertion_n make_v no_o contradiction_n but_o if_o both_o have_v be_v say_v there_o be_v just_a law_n and_o unjust_a which_o may_v without_o a_o contradiction_n in_o the_o assertion_n be_v say_v to_o contradict_v one_o another_o this_o distinction_n remove_v 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by_o the_o presbytery_n and_o it_o be_v cyprian_n part_n as_o moderator_n to_o intimate_v it_o for_o which_o he_o substitute_v the_o person_n name_v here_o be_v no_o sole_a power_n of_o excommunication_n this_o be_v countenance_v by_o cyprian_n own_v word_n in_o that_o ep._n §_o 2._o that_o felicissimus_n have_v despise_v both_o he_o and_o the_o presbytery_n nec_fw-la meo_fw-la honore_fw-la motus_fw-la nec_fw-la vestra_fw-la authoritate_fw-la fractus_fw-la it_o seem_v he_o have_v be_v try_v before_o they_o and_o sentence_v for_o contumacy_n further_o he_o be_v also_o suspect_v of_o adultery_n which_o cyprian_n will_v not_o judge_v by_o himself_o but_o refer_v it_o to_o their_o meeting_n ibid._n §_o 48._o have_v now_o examine_v our_o author_n first_o principle_n i_o proceed_v to_o the_o second_o which_o he_o advance_v p._n 50_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v that_o in_o every_o thing_n relate_v to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o her_o discipline_n the_o bishop_n have_v a_o 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