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scandal_n he_o write_v at_o the_o same_o time_n a_o earnest_a letter_n to_o the_o people_n themselves_o to_o warn_v they_o against_o the_o disorderly_a act_n of_o his_o presbyter_n but_o in_o his_o 17._o epist._n 17._o next_o letter_n consider_v the_o sickly_a season_n of_o the_o year_n he_o give_v power_n not_o only_o to_o the_o presbyter_n but_o to_o the_o deacon_n to_o grant_v absolution_n in_o case_n of_o sickness_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o hiscommission_n for_o the_o deacon_n have_v no_o authority_n of_o their_o own_o to_o do_v it_o and_o therefore_o what_o they_o do_v be_v valid_a pure_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o deputation_n and_o the_o validity_n of_o ecclesiastical_a ministration_n depend_v not_o upon_o the_o outward_a act_n but_o theauthority_n by_o which_o they_o be_v warrant_v but_o it_o happen_v that_o about_o this_o time_n celerinus_n a_o confessor_n at_o rome_n write_v to_o lucianus_n a_o confessor_n at_o carthage_n to_o grantabsolution_n to_o some_o woman_n that_o have_v fall_v in_o the_o persecution_n but_o have_v make_v ample_a satisfaction_n for_o it_o by_o their_o eminent_a hospitality_n to_o the_o confessor_n upon_o this_o lucianus_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n 22._o epist._n 22._o with_o great_a heat_n and_o rashness_n grant_v their_o peremptory_a absolution_n and_o signify_v their_o resolution_n to_o st._n cyprian_n with_o a_o threaten_a if_o he_o refuse_v to_o join_v with_o they_o that_o they_o will_v not_o communicate_v with_o he_o to_o such_o a_o wild_a abuse_n be_v the_o customary_a privilege_n of_o mere_a intercession_n grow_v that_o they_o come_v at_o last_o to_o supersede_n and_o over-rule_v all_o the_o episcopal_a authority_n upon_o this_o st._n cyprian_n write_v a_o peremptory_a epistle_n to_o his_o clergy_n command_v obedience_n to_o his_o former_a order_n 26._o epist._n 26._o to_o restore_v no_o man_n to_o the_o church_n till_o it_o first_o please_v god_n to_o restore_v peace_n to_o it_o instâ—tur_fw-la interim_n epistolis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o mischief_n of_o this_o licentious_a practice_n to_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o peace_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n he_o represent_v in_o a_o epistle_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n that_o this_o do_v but_o expose_v the_o bishop_n to_o the_o hatred_n etc._n quae_fw-la res_fw-la majorem_fw-la nobis_fw-la conflat_fw-la invidiam_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la singulorum_fw-la causas_fw-la audire_fw-la &_o excutere_fw-la caeperimus_fw-la videamur_fw-la multis_fw-la negare_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la nunc_fw-la omnes_fw-la jactant_fw-la à _fw-la martyribus_fw-la &_o confessoribus_fw-la accepisse_fw-la denique_fw-la huius_fw-la seditionis_fw-la origo_fw-la jam_fw-la cepit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o envy_n of_o the_o people_n that_o when_o they_o will_v make_v particular_a enquiry_n into_o every_o man_n case_n they_o will_v seem_v to_o the_o people_n to_o defraud_v they_o of_o that_o favour_n that_o be_v bestow_v on_o they_o by_o the_o martyr_n which_o have_v be_v already_o the_o cause_n of_o some_o sedition_n in_o his_o province_n etc._n etc._n and_o they_o in_o a_o eloquent_a epistle_n 30._o epist._n 30._o write_v by_o novatian_n himself_o as_o st._n cyprian_n inform_v we_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o antonianus_n approve_v his_o judgement_n and_o declare_v themselves_o peremptory_a in_o his_o opinion_n and_o so_o do_v moses_n and_o the_o confessor_n then_o 31._o epist._n 28._o 31._o in_o prison_n at_o rome_n to_o who_o st._n cyprian_n at_o the_o same_o time_n write_v about_o the_o same_o matter_n upon_o this_o he_o write_v to_o the_o lapsi_fw-la themselves_o that_o have_v receive_v absolution_n without_o his_o authority_n to_o let_v they_o know_v that_o whatever_o be_v do_v without_o the_o bishop_n be_v void_a and_o good_a for_o nothing_o the_o ordination_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o succession_n constituta_fw-la per_fw-la temporum_fw-la &_o successionum_fw-la vice_n episcoporum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o ecclesiaeratio_fw-la decurrit_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la super_fw-la episcopos_fw-la constituatur_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la actus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la perâ—eosdem_fw-la praepositos_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la divina_fw-la lege_fw-la fundatum_fw-la sit_fw-la miror_fw-la quosdam_fw-la audaci_fw-la temeritate_fw-la sic_fw-la mihi_fw-la scribere_fw-la voluisse_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nomine_fw-la literas_fw-la facerent_fw-la quando_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la stantibus_fw-la sit_fw-la constituta_fw-la of_o the_o church_n run_v together_o hand_n in_o hand_n through_o all_o time_n and_o age_n so_o as_o that_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o the_o bishop_n and_o every_o act_n of_o the_o church_n be_v authorise_v by_o the_o bishop_n see_v therefore_o this_o be_v establish_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n i_o can_v but_o stand_v amaze_v at_o the_o bold_a rashness_n of_o some_o i._n e._n lucianus_n &_o the_o confessor_n that_o dare_v write_v to_o i_o that_o they_o may_v give_v letter_n of_o pardon_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n when_o the_o church_n be_v make_v up_o of_o the_o bishop_n the_o clergy_n and_o the_o faithful_a laity_n novatus_n the_o first_o contriver_n of_o theschism_n see_v himself_o and_o his_o party_n thus_o universal_o run_v down_o sets_z faelicissimus_fw-la in_o the_o head_n of_o it_o by_o his_o boldness_n and_o impudence_n to_o keep_v up_o the_o sink_a cause_n though_o baronius_n be_v here_o so_o far_o mistake_v as_o to_o make_v 32._o an._n 254._o n._n 32._o faelicissimus_fw-la the_o first_o founder_n of_o the_o schism_n notwithstanding_o st._n cyprian_n have_v so_o express_o give_v that_o honour_n to_o donatus_n together_o with_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o quarrel_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o then_o a_o design_n to_o escape_v the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o he_o know_v himself_o so_o obnoxious_a that_o he_o can_v no_o other_o way_n avoid_v it_o but_o by_o raise_v tumult_n st._n cyprian_n after_o a_o very_a severe_a character_n of_o his_o wicked_a temper_n of_o mind_n thus_o tell_v the_o story_n plain_o this_o be_v the_o novatus_n that_o first_o sow_v the_o idem_fw-la est_fw-la novatus_n 53._o epist._n 53._o qui_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la primum_fw-la discordiae_fw-la &_o schismatis_fw-la incendium_fw-la seminavit_fw-la qui_fw-la quosdam_fw-la istic_fw-la ex_fw-la fratribus_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la segregavit_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ipsâ_fw-la persecutione_n ad_fw-la evertendas_fw-la fratrum_fw-la mentes_fw-la alia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la persecutionostris_fw-la fuit_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la faelicissimum_fw-la satellitem_fw-la suum_fw-la diaconum_fw-la nec_fw-la permittente_fw-la i_o nec_fw-la sciente_fw-la suâ_fw-la factione_n &_o ambitione_n constituit_fw-la seed_n of_o schism_n and_o discord_n among_o we_o that_o separate_v the_o brethren_n from_o their_o bishop_n that_o in_o the_o very_a time_n of_o persecution_n become_v another_o persecution_n himself_o to_o subvert_v the_o mind_n of_o our_o brethren_n it_o be_v he_o that_o make_v faelicissimus_fw-la the_o hector_n his_o deacon_n without_o my_o knowledge_n or_o permission_n by_o faction_n and_o ambition_n and_o after_o this_o account_n of_o the_o author_n he_o let_v we_o know_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o schism_n that_o beside_o many_o other_o scandalous_a enormity_n commit_v by_o he_o not_o long_o before_o the_o break_n out_o of_o this_o sententiam_fw-la uterus_fw-la uxoris_fw-la calce_fw-la percussus_fw-la &_o abortione_fw-la properante_fw-la in_o paricidium_fw-la partus_fw-la expressus_fw-la hanc_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la criminum_fw-la jampridem_fw-la timebat_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr presbyterio_n excitaritantùm_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o communicatione_n prohiberi_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la tenebat_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la imminebat_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la dies_fw-la quo_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la causa_fw-la ejus_fw-la ageretur_fw-la nisi_fw-la persecutio_fw-la antè_fw-la venisset_fw-la quam_fw-la iste_fw-la voto_fw-la quodam_fw-la evadendae_fw-la &_o lucrandae_fw-la damnationis_fw-la excipiens_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la commisit_fw-la &_o miscuit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la ejici_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesiâ_fw-la &_o excludi_fw-la habebat_fw-la judicium_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la voluntariâ_fw-la discessione_n praecederet_fw-la quasi_fw-la evasisse_fw-la sit_fw-la paenam_fw-la praevenisse_fw-la sententiam_fw-la persecution_n he_o have_v so_o wound_v his_o wife_n by_o a_o kick_n
be_v many_o pastor_n yet_o we_o â—eed_v but_o one_o flock_n and_o we_o be_v all_o bind_v to_o fold_n and_o cherish_v all_o the_o sheep_n that_o christ_n have_v purchase_v with_o his_o blood_n and_o passion_n by_o which_o and_o the_o like_a passage_n which_o be_v very_o frequent_a in_o his_o write_n nothing_o less_o can_v be_v understand_v than_o the_o obligation_n of_o all_o particular_a church_n to_o mutual_a concord_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o peace_n and_o unity_n in_o the_o church_n catholic_a and_o agreeable_a to_o this_o doctrine_n be_v his_o practice_n through_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o his_o government_n to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o proceed_n to_o foreign_a church_n for_o their_o judgement_n and_o approbation_n and_o by_o that_o mean_v a_o strict_a unity_n of_o discipline_n be_v at_o that_o time_n keep_v up_o in_o all_o christian_a church_n then_o in_o any_o other_o age._n thus_o when_o he_o have_v cast_v faelicissimus_fw-la and_o his_o associate_n out_o of_o the_o church_n of_o carthage_n they_o can_v never_o after_o it_o get_v foot_v in_o any_o other_o church_n and_o when_o cornelius_n have_v cast_v novation_n out_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n though_o he_o make_v many_o bold_a and_o plausible_a attempt_n to_o insinuate_v himself_o into_o divers_a other_o church_n yet_o he_o can_v never_o meet_v with_o entertainment_n in_o any_o but_o find_v himself_o doom_v to_o the_o fate_n of_o cain_n to_o be_v a_o vagabond_n all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n this_o correspondence_n of_o discipline_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o st._n cyprian_n epistle_n thus_o he_o write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o discipline_n and_o diligence_n necessarium_fw-la duxi_fw-la have_v ad_fw-la vos_fw-la literas_fw-la facere_fw-la quibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la 20._o act_n nostri_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la &_o diligentiae_fw-la ratio_fw-la redderetur_fw-la and_o then_o give_v a_o particular_a account_n of_o all_o his_o proceed_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o lapsi_fw-la and_o the_o illegal_a pardon_n of_o the_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n lest_o say_v he_o our_o resolution_n that_o discreparet_fw-la ought_v to_o be_v uniform_a and_o agreeable_a in_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v dissonant_n in_o any_o the_o very_a same_o that_o be_v do_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o caldonius_n in_o which_o he_o tell_v 25._o he_o that_o he_o have_v send_v the_o same_o account_n to_o divers_a other_o church_n and_o desire_v he_o to_o convey_v it_o to_o as_o many_o bishop_n or_o colleague_n as_o he_o can_v that_o the_o same_o resolution_n and_o agreement_n in_o all_o thing_n may_v according_a to_o our_o lord_n command_v be_v preserve_v in_o all_o church_n ut_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la unus_fw-la actus_fw-la &_o una_fw-la consensio_fw-la secundùm_fw-la domini_fw-la proecepta_fw-la teneatur_fw-la and_o again_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n he_o inform_v they_o of_o the_o disorderly_a proceed_n of_o lucianus_n and_o other_o confessor_n in_o give_v absolution_n without_o his_o consent_n and_o desire_v their_o far_a assistance_n assure_v they_o that_o their_o former_a concurrence_n with_o he_o have_v support_v he_o against_o that_o old_a dead_a weight_n of_o envy_n and_o save_v he_o a_o world_n of_o trouble_n laborantes_fw-la hic_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la invidiae_fw-la impetum_fw-la totis_fw-la fidei_fw-la viribus_fw-la resistentes_fw-la 27._o multùm_fw-la sermo_fw-la vester_fw-ge adjuvit_fw-la ut_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la compendium_n fieret_fw-la and_o when_o in_o another_o epistle_n to_o they_o he_o have_v caution_v they_o against_o privatus_fw-la a_o heretical_a bishop_n they_o return_v he_o thanks_o for_o his_o great_a care_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n a_o duty_n say_v they_o equal_o incumbent_a upon_o we_o all_o omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la nos_fw-la decit_fw-la pro_fw-la corpore_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesioe_fw-la cujus_fw-la 36._o per_fw-la varias_fw-la quasque_fw-la provincias_fw-la membra_fw-la digesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la excubare_fw-la and_o so_o when_o the_o african_a bishop_n have_v agree_v to_o make_v a_o abatement_n of_o the_o rigour_n of_o discipline_n 57_o towards_o the_o lapsi_fw-la upon_o the_o foresight_n of_o a_o new_a approach_a persecution_n they_o acquaint_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n with_o their_o resolution_n by_o a_o synodical_a epistle_n but_o the_o most_o eminent_a correspondence_n at_o this_o time_n and_o about_o this_o business_n be_v that_o between_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n fabian_n of_o antioch_n and_o cyprian_a of_o carthage_n by_o who_o concord_n and_o conduct_v the_o fury_n both_o of_o the_o 5â—_n schism_n and_o schismatic_n be_v at_o last_o utter_o vanquish_v and_o it_o be_v this_o breach_n of_o the_o unity_n among_o christian_a bishop_n that_o be_v the_o great_a aggravation_n and_o enormity_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o novatian_n as_o it_o be_v 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church_n collect_v into_o one_o view_n out_o of_o the_o write_n of_o st._n câ—prian_n with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o birth_n growth_n and_o death_n of_o the_o novatian_a schism_n his_o first_o principle_n of_o unity_n be_v the_o duty_n of_o communion_n with_o the_o bishop_n in_o every_o particular_a church_n pag._n 198._o §_o xiii_o his_o second_o principle_n of_o unity_n be_v the_o obligation_n upon_o all_o christian_a bishop_n to_o keep_v up_o correspondence_n and_o communion_n among_o themselves_o pag._n 227._o §_o fourteen_o mr._n thorndike'_v notion_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n by_o way_n of_o external_n polity_n vindicate_v against_o the_o objection_n of_o dr._n barrow_n and_o the_o doctor_n treatise_n concern_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n confute_v pag._n 236._o part._n ii_o §_o i._o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o imperial_a and_o ecclesiastical_a power_n under_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o donatist_n 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towards_o the_o emperor_n commissioner_n their_o flattery_n of_o julian_n pag._n 307._o §_o v._o their_o division_n and_o subdivision_n among_o themselves_o their_o outrage_n and_o side_v with_o gildo_n the_o african_a rebel_n their_o disingenuity_n public_o expose_v both_o by_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o church_n the_o imperial_a law_n against_o they_o and_o their_o great_a efficacy_n liberty_n of_o conscience_n again_o grant_v they_o upon_o the_o invasion_n of_o the_o goth_n pag._n 316._o §_o vi_o a_o account_n of_o the_o conference_n at_o carthage_n before_o marcellinus_n the_o donatists_n design_n in_o procure_v his_o murder_n the_o faction_n forever_o break_v by_o the_o effectual_a execution_n of_o law_n against_o they_o under_o honorius_n p._n 333._o §_o vii_o the_o history_n of_o arianism_n from_o its_o beginning_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n eusebius_n of_o caesarea_n and_o petavius_n vindicate_v from_o suspicion_n of_o the_o heresy_n eusebius_n of_o nicomedia_n and_o his_o faction_n no_o arian_n p._n 348._o §_o viii_o after_o the_o council_n
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