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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 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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
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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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christianae_n veritate_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la animarum_fw-la salute_v consistere_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o like_a council_n in_o the_o division_n of_o germany_n at_o the_o first_o reformation_n be_v think_v reasonable_a by_o the_o emperor_n ferdinand_n and_o his_o excellent_a son_n maximilian_n for_o they_o have_v observe_v that_o violence_n do_v exasperate_v be_v unblessed_a unsuccessful_a and_o unreasonable_a and_o therefore_o they_o make_v decree_n of_o toleration_n and_o appoint_v temper_n and_o expedient_n to_o be_v draw_v up_o by_o discreet_a person_n and_o george_n cassander_n be_v design_v to_o this_o great_a work_n and_o do_v something_o towards_o it_o and_o emanuel_n philibert_n d._n of_o savoy_n repent_v of_o his_o war_n undertake_v for_o religion_n against_o the_o pedemontan_n promise_v they_o toleration_n and_o be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n as_o much_o be_v do_v by_o the_o nobility_n of_o polonia_n so_o that_o the_o best_a prince_n and_o the_o best_a bishop_n give_v 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