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this_o bishop_n be_v come_v he_o have_v a_o episcopal_a seâ—_n provide_v for_o he_o so_o bede_n most_o express_o veniente_fw-la igitur_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la episcopo_fw-la rex_fw-la lâ—cum_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la in_o insula_fw-la lindisfarnensi_fw-la ubi_fw-la ipse_fw-la petebat_fw-la tribuit_fw-la again_o monachus_n ipse_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aidanus_fw-la he_o elsewhere_o tell_v we_o the_o very_a time_n when_o he_o be_v make_v bishop_n 5._o accepto_fw-la gradu_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la eidem_fw-la monasterio_n segenius_n abbas_n &_o presbyter_n praefecit_fw-la where_o the_o saxon_a also_o give_v he_o the_o title_n of_o bishop_n though_o it_o omit_v the_o particularise_v of_o the_o time_n when_o he_o receive_v it_o he_o therefore_o also_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o reason_n why_o his_o monastery_n pitch_v on_o he_o particular_o as_o a_o person_n fit_a for_o that_o employment_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o thereupon_o they_o judge_v he_o dignum_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la that_o according_o illum_fw-la ordinantes_fw-la ad_fw-la praedicandum_fw-la miserunt_fw-la 6._o again_o he_o be_v call_v reverendissimus_fw-la antistes_fw-la biscop_n in_o the_o saxon_a and_o praefatus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la the_o same_o title_n be_v very_o frequent_o give_v he_o cap._n 14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o &_o l._n 4._o 23_o 27._o l._n 5._o 23._o so_o frequent_o as_o that_o i_o do_v not_o know_v whether_o it_o be_v worth_a while_n to_o transcribe_v each_o particular_a instance_n and_o the_o time_n of_o his_o bishopric_n distinct_o note_v so_o also_o in_o his_o epitome_n at_o the_o year_n dcli_o aidanus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la defunctus_fw-la est_fw-la so_o extreme_o little_a occasion_n he_o have_v of_o even_o mistake_v in_o this_o matter_n from_o bede_n himself_o nor_o can_v he_o have_v much_o great_a from_o those_o other_o to_o who_o he_o refer_v we_o who_o must_v have_v take_v what_o they_o have_v from_o bede_n if_o they_o have_v any_o authority_n the_o 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episcopo_fw-la duma_n also_o mention_v by_o mr._n baxter_n be_v send_v as_o bishop_n of_o that_o new_a colony_n of_o christian_n ordinatus_fw-la à _fw-la finano_n episcopo_fw-la 22._o sigbercht_v king_n of_o the_o east_n saxon_n be_v baptize_v by_o the_o same_o finan_n baptizatus_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la finano_n episcopo_fw-la and_o when_o cedd_v a_o holy_a person_n be_v invite_v by_o sigbercht_v for_o the_o conversion_n of_o his_o people_n he_o take_v occasion_n to_o make_v a_o visit_n at_o lindisfarn_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o northumbrian_n bishop_n propter_fw-la colloquium_fw-la finani_fw-la episcopi_fw-la where_o he_o be_v make_v bishop_n by_o finan_n vocatis_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la in_o ministerium_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la aliis_fw-la duobus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la accepto_fw-la gradu_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la rediit_fw-la ad_fw-la provinciam_fw-la &_o majore_fw-la autoritate_fw-la coeptum_fw-la opus_fw-la explens_fw-la fecit_fw-la per_fw-la loca_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o see_v here_o how_o punctual_a observer_n of_o the_o canon_n these_o scotish_n bishop_n be_v notwithstanding_o our_o adversary_n will_v fain_o persuade_v we_o that_o themselves_o be_v ordain_v by_o presbyter_n because_o the_o monk_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o hii_n though_o bishop_n be_v subject_a to_o their_o abbot_n though_o only_o a_o presbyter_n as_o to_o the_o rule_n of_o their_o monastic_a discipline_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o their_o first_o founder_n columba_n who_o never_o exceed_v the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n but_o mr._n baxter_n will_v do_v well_o to_o let_v we_o know_v what_o use_n they_o can_v have_v have_v of_o bishop_n at_o all_o 10._o if_o it_o be_v not_o to_o perform_v some_o office_n for_o which_o no_o superiority_n of_o their_o presbyter_n abbot_n in_o the_o monastery_n can_v qualify_v they_o without_o bishop_n and_o what_o either_o then_o or_o ever_o be_v take_v for_o so_o unseparable_a a_o right_n of_o episcopacy_n as_o ordination_n if_o therefore_o they_o be_v willing_a their_o presbyter_n abbot_n shall_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o columba_n have_v all_o the_o honour_n of_o which_o a_o presbyter_n be_v capable_a and_o yet_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o have_v bishop_n also_o for_o their_o ordination_n be_v not_o this_o a_o plain_a conviction_n that_o they_o think_v this_o office_n of_o ordination_n not_o performable_a by_o single_a presbyter_n and_o how_o have_v it_o be_v a_o unusual_a order_n as_o bede_n express_o say_v it_o be_v that_o presbyter_n if_o such_o only_o have_v be_v mean_v by_o the_o name_n of_o bishop_n shall_v have_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o abbot_n who_o be_v also_o a_o presbyter_n but_o to_o fancy_v that_o the_o office_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v confound_v in_o those_o late_a age_n of_o which_o we_o be_v discourse_v whatever_o they_o be_v in_o the_o apostle_n be_v indeed_o a_o fancy_n so_o extravagant_a as_o mr._n baxter_n can_v hardly_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o if_o he_o have_v be_v either_o so_o ingenuous_a or_o skilful_a in_o church_n history_n as_o he_o will_v fain_o persuade_v we_o but_o so_o far_o be_v those_o ancient_a scot_n from_o invade_v this_o right_n of_o episcopacy_n that_o as_o to_o ordination_n they_o strict_o observe_v even_o our_o present_a canon_n three_o bishop_n be_v at_o the_o consecration_n of_o a_o bishop_n who_o when_o he_o be_v thus_o consecrate_v and_o not_o before_o have_v that_o great_a authority_n of_o ordain_v presbyter_n and_o deacon_n which_o it_o hence_o appear_v be_v not_o allow_v to_o any_o under_o bishop_n but_o to_o return_v from_o whence_o i_o have_v digress_v finan_n and_o aidan_n be_v both_o of_o they_o express_o say_v again_o to_o have_v be_v bishop_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o the_o cathedral_n church_n of_o finan_n be_v mention_v again_o by_o bede_n 25._o interim_n aidano_n episcopo_fw-la de_fw-fr hac_fw-la vita_fw-la sublato_fw-la finan_n pro_fw-la illo_fw-la gradum_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la à _fw-la scotis_n ordinatus_fw-la ac_fw-la missus_fw-la acceperat_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o insula_fw-la landisfarnensi_fw-la fecit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la episcopali_fw-la sedi_fw-la congruam_fw-la 26._o again_o concern_v the_o dispute_n between_o wilfred_n and_o coleman_n facta_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la haec_fw-la quaestio_fw-la anno_fw-la dominicae_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la dclxiv_o qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la annus_fw-la oswi_n regis_fw-la xii_o episcopatus_fw-la autem_fw-la scotorum_fw-la quem_fw-la gesserunt_fw-la in_o provincia_fw-la anglorum_fw-la annus_fw-la xxx_o siquidem_fw-la aidanus_fw-la xvii_o annis_fw-la finan_n x_o coleman_n iii_n episcopatum_fw-la tenuere_fw-la yet_o after_o all_o it_o be_v very_o well_o know_v that_o our_o english_a succession_n even_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n be_v not_o derive_v down_o to_o we_o from_o coleman_n the_o last_o of_o those_o scotish_n bishop_n but_o from_o wilfrede_v a_o saxon_a who_o succeed_v he_o i_o wish_v he_o will_v not_o write_v such_o thing_n of_o such_o consequence_n and_o so_o often_o with_o such_o confidence_n without_o once_o consult_v his_o author_n as_o for_o his_o other_o author_n he_o will_v oblige_v we_o to_o tell_v we_o who_o they_o be_v that_o can_v know_v any_o thing_n concern_v those_o time_n but_o what_o they_o must_v have_v from_o bede_n as_o well_o as_o we_o §_o xi_o the_o other_o particular_a be_v that_o which_o do_v indeed_o look_v most_o like_a reason_n and_o principle_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v say_v by_o he_o in_o his_o whole_a book_n and_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o show_v he_o all_o the_o fair_a deal_n i_o can_v in_o represent_v what_o he_o say_v to_o the_o best_a advantage_n the_o sum_n therefore_o of_o what_o he_o say_v seem_v most_o convenient_o reducible_a to_o these_o proposition_n 1._o that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v ground_v on_o the_o gift_n and_o qualification_n of_o the_o person_n immediate_o so_o that_o whoever_o have_v those_o gift_n and_o qualification_n have_v thereby_o a_o essential_a right_n to_o the_o power_n and_o he_o that_o bestow_v those_o gift_n do_v thereby_o bestow_v the_o power_n and_o they_o who_o can_v bestow_v they_o can_v consequent_o dispose_v of_o the_o power_n 2._o that_o god_n alone_o have_v the_o disposal_n of_o these_o
16._o what_o i_o mean_v when_o i_o make_v the_o decretory_a power_n of_o government_n proper_a to_o the_o supreme_a and_o the_o executive_a only_o to_o be_v communicate_v to_o inferior_a governor_n §_o 17._o the_o decretory_a power_n of_o government_n do_v not_o necessary_o include_v personal_a or_o particular_a exploration_n §_o 18_o 19_o his_o seven_o answer_n consider_v good_a man_n need_v government_n as_o well_o as_o other_o their_o mistake_n more_o dangerous_a to_o government_n than_o the_o mistake_v of_o other_o §_o 20._o mr._n baxter_n objection_n in_o favour_n of_o i_o his_o first_o answer_n refute_v §_o 21._o his_o second_o answer_n refute_v declaration_n be_v no_o act_n of_o power_n §_o 22._o the_o unbecomingness_n of_o doctrine_n so_o disparage_v to_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n to_o mr._n baxter_n as_o a_o curer_n of_o church-division_n §_o 23._o the_o first_o reformer_n at_o length_n sensible_a of_o the_o necessity_n of_o church_n authority_n to_o peace_n and_o discipline_n §_o 24._o mr._n baxter_n uncandid_a character_n of_o a_o prelatic_a christian_n §_o 25._o the_o use_n of_o external_a coercion_n in_o religion_n be_v not_o to_o make_v man_n only_a dissembler_n §_o 26_o 27_o 28._o no_o discipline_n to_o be_v expect_v without_o a_o coercive_a power_n somewhere_o §_o 29._o the_o liberty_n desire_v by_o mr._n baxter_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o ignatian_a episcopacy_n so_o much_o recommend_v by_o himself_o on_o other_o occasion_n §_o 30._o inconsistent_a with_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n describe_v by_o tertullian_n and_o firmilian_a §_o 31._o inconsistent_a with_o that_o of_o s._n cyprian_n no_o reason_n why_o mr._n baxter_n shall_v desire_v to_o disow_v they_o from_o be_v part_n of_o his_o cure_n who_o do_v not_o observe_v rule_n of_o discipline_n §_o 32._o my_o second_o argument_n for_o the_o possibility_n of_o diocesan_n discipline_n from_o the_o actual_a experience_n of_o former_a time_n §_o 33._o the_o notion_n of_o a_o church_n for_o no_o more_o than_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o personal_a inspection_n of_o a_o single_a presbyter_n not_o prove_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n from_o act_n 14._o 23._o §_o 34_o 35._o his_o second_o and_o three_o answer_v refute_v the_o distribution_n of_o particular_a cure_n to_o particular_a presbyter_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o one_o diocese_n include_v many_o such_o society_n as_o be_v fit_v for_o personal_a communion_n be_v more_o convenient_a than_o their_o govern_v the_o same_o multitude_n in_o common_a very_o probable_o as_o ancient_a as_o they_o have_v settle_v place_n of_o meet_v how_o ancient_a in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o alexandria_n §_o 36._o how_o vigorous_a notwithstanding_o discipline_n be_v at_o that_o very_a time_n at_o alexandria_n §_o 37._o his_o four_o answer_n refute_v §_o 38._o his_o five_o answer_n refute_v §_o 39_o his_o six_o answer_n refute_v §_o 40._o his_o seven_o answer_n refute_v the_o ancient_a city_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n that_o have_v single_a bishop_n be_v general_o as_o great_a and_o populous_a as_o now_o §_o 41_o 42._o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n of_o those_o city_n proportion_v to_o the_o civil_a §_o 43._o whether_o our_o diocesan_n office_n be_v a_o drive_a man_n to_o sin_n §_o 44_o 45_o 46._o his_o eight_o answer_n refute_v great_a city_n than_o have_v great_a number_n of_o christian_n instance_a in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n samaria_n antioch_n antiochia_n pisidiae_fw-la thessalonica_n beroea_n ephesus_n §_o 47._o these_o be_v church_n in_o all_o likelihood_n design_v by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o as_o precedent_n for_o other_o the_o multitude_n of_o christian_n every_o where_o in_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o the_o time_n of_o tertullian_n §_o 48._o instance_n of_o other_o church_n very_o numerous_a beside_o rome_n and_o alexandria_n neocaesarea_n carthage_n the_o passage_n of_o s._n cyprian_a concern_v his_o contribution_n explain_v §_o 49_o 50._o the_o ancient_a numerousness_n of_o christian_n prove_v from_o pliny_n §_o 51._o the_o possibility_n of_o their_o meeting_n in_o the_o same_o assembly_n §_o 52._o several_a way_n how_o great_a number_n may_v communicate_v from_o the_o same_o altar_n than_o can_v ordinary_o meet_v in_o the_o same_o assembly_n §_o 53._o s._n patrick_n diocese_n not_o equivalent_a to_o our_o modern_a parish_n §_o 54._o my_o argument_n from_o the_o numerousness_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n of_o cornelius_n his_o answer_n refute_v §_o 55._o his_o endeavour_n to_o give_v a_o account_n how_o the_o clergy_n than_o may_v have_v be_v numerous_a though_o their_o people_n have_v be_v few_o §_o 56._o his_o first_o five_o answer_v §_o 57_o his_o six_o §_o 58._o his_o seven_o §_o 59_o his_o eight_o §_o 60._o his_o nine_o §_o 61._o his_o ten_o §_o 62._o no_o instance_n of_o mr._n baxter_n notion_n of_o a_o church_n of_o a_o society_n under_o the_o cure_n of_o one_o 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