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A26898 Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ... Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1680 (1680) Wing B1224; ESTC R229528 479,189 470

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abstract_n of_o the_o history_n of_o papal_n and_o aspire_a prelacy_n usurp_a and_o schismatical_a and_o tyrannical_a council_n as_o know_v of_o how_o great_a use_v it_o be_v to_o all_o to_o know_v the_o true_a history_n of_o the_o church_n both_o as_o to_o good_a and_o evil_n §_o 53._o yea_o bishop_n and_o council_n must_v not_o be_v worse_o think_v of_o than_o they_o deserve_v no_o more_o than_o presbyter_n because_o of_o such_o abuse_n as_o i_o recite_v the_o best_a thing_n be_v abuse_v even_o preach_v write_v scripture_n and_o reason_n itself_o and_o yet_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reject_v or_o dishonour_v there_o be_v a_o episcopacy_n who_o very_a constitution_n be_v a_o crime_n and_o there_o be_v another_o sort_n which_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o thing_n convenient_a lawful_a and_o indifferent_a and_o there_o be_v a_o sort_n which_o i_o can_v deny_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n §_o 54._o that_o which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v itself_o a_o crime_n be_v such_o as_o be_v aforemention_v 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church_n 3._o the_o office_n of_o presbyter_n be_v change_v into_o semi-presbyter_n 4._o discipline_n be_v make_v impossible_a as_o it_o be_v for_o one_o general_n without_o inferior_a captain_n to_o rule_v a_o army_n but_o of_o this_o before_o §_o 55._o much_o more_o do_v this_o become_v unlawful_a 1._o when_o depose_v all_o the_o presbyter_n from_o government_n by_o the_o key_n of_o discipline_n they_o put_v the_o same_o key_n even_o the_o power_n of_o decretive_a excommunication_n and_o absolution_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o layman_n call_v chancellor_n and_o set_v up_o court_v like_a to_o the_o civil_a than_o ecclesiastical_a 2._o and_o when_o they_o oblige_v the_o magistrate_n to_o execute_v their_o decree_n by_o the_o sword_n be_v they_o just_a or_o unjust_a and_o to_o lay_v man_n in_o goal_n and_o ruin_v they_o mere_o because_o they_o be_v excommunicate_v by_o bishop_n or_o chancellor_n or_o official_o or_o such_o other_o and_o be_v not_o reconcile_v and_o when_o they_o 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to_o make_v magistrate_n the_o king_n shall_v make_v bishop_n magistrate_n and_o join_v two_o office_n together_o lay_v no_o more_o work_n on_o they_o than_o will_v consist_v with_o their_o ecclesiastic_a work_n though_o this_o will_v have_v inconvenience_n i_o shall_v not_o be_v one_o that_o shall_v dishonour_v such_o or_o disobey_v they_o §_o 60._o iii_o the_o episcopacy_n which_o i_o dare_v not_o say_v be_v not_o of_o god_n institution_n beside_o that_o each_o pastor_n be_v episcopus_fw-la gr●gis_fw-la be_v that_o which_o succee_v the_o apostle_n in_o the_o ordinary_a part_n of_o church-government_n while_o some_o senior_a pastor_n have_v a_o supervise_v care_n of_o many_o church_n as_o the_o visiter_n have_v in_o scotland_n and_o be_v so_o far_o episcopi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o archbishop_n have_v no_o constrain_a power_n of_o the_o sword_n but_o a_o power_n to_o admonish_v and_o instruct_v the_o pastor_n and_o to_o regulate_v ordination_n synod_n and_o all_o great_a and_o 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wound_v and_o some_o be_v kill_v and_o theophilus_n glad_a to_o fly_v home_o to_o alexandria_n but_o be_v hate_v by_o the_o people_n §_o 43._o after_o this_o a_o silver_n image_n of_o the_o empress_n be_v set_v up_o in_o the_o street_n and_o play_n and_o show_v about_o it_o which_o chrysostome_n perhaps_o too_o sharp_o reproach_v this_o provoke_v the_o empress_n to_o call_v another_o council_n which_o depose_v chrysostome_n for_o seize_v upon_o his_o place_n before_o a_o council_n restore_v he_o he_o cease_v his_o office_n the_o emperor_n banish_v he_o his_o people_n in_o passion_n set_v the_o church_n on_o fire_n which_o burn_v down_o the_o senator_n court_n for_o which_o grievous_a suffering_n befall_v they_o upon_o this_o they_o forsake_v the_o church_n and_o the_o new_a bishop_n arsacius_n a_o old_a useless_a man_n and_o gather_v conventicle_n by_o themselves_o ☞_o and_o be_v long_o call_v joannites_n from_o his_o name_n and_o take_v for_o schismatic_n but_o they_o never_o return_v till_o the_o name_n and_o bone_n of_o chrysostome_n be_v restore_v to_o honour_n §_o 44._o the_o novatian_o quarrel_v with_o chrysostome_n as_o too_o loose_a in_o his_o doctrine_n and_o too_o strict_a in_o his_o life_n because_o he_o say_v in_o a_o sermon_n if_o you_o sin_n a_o hundred_o time_n the_o church_n door_n shall_v be_v open_a to_o you_o if_o you_o repent_v and_o chrysostome_n angry_a with_o sisinnius_n the_o novatian_a bishop_n tell_v he_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v two_o bishop_n in_o one_o city_n and_o threaten_v to_o silence_v he_o from_o preach_v he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o will_v be_v behold_v to_o he_o then_o for_o save_v he_o his_o labour_n but_o chrysostome_n answer_v he_o nay_o if_o it_o be_v a_o labour_n go_v on_o §_o 45._o xcv_o a_o council_n in_o africa_n to_o renew_v the_o privilege_n of_o church_n for_o sanctuary_n that_o none_o that_o flee_v to_o they_o for_o any_o crime_n shall_v be_v take_v out_o by_o force_n justice_n be_v take_v for_o wickedness_n §_o 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the_o priscillian_o one_o of_o they_o be_v if_o any_o one_o say_v or_o believe_v that_o other_o scripture_n be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o authority_n and_o reverence_n beside_o those_o which_o the_o catholic_n church_n receive_v let_v he_o be_v anathema_n yet_o the_o papist_n receive_v more_o another_o be_v ☞_o if_o any_o one_o think_v that_o astrology_n or_o mathematics_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v or_o trust_v let_v he_o be_v anathema_n there_o be_v in_o bin._n divers_a fragment_n cite_v as_o of_o the_o tolet._n council_n one_o say_v that_o archpresbyter_n be_v under_o the_o arch-deacon_n and_o yet_o have_v curam_fw-la animarum_fw-la over_o all_o the_o presbyter_n another_o determine_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o baptismal_a church_n which_o be_v there_o call_v the_o mother_n church_n with_o its_o chapel_n in_o the_o limit_n assign_v and_o another_o distinguish_v of_o offering_n make_v at_o the_o parish_n church_n and_o offering_n at_o the_o altar_n which_o show_v that_o then_o there_o be_v no_o altar_n but_o where_o the_o bishop_n be_v §_o 48._o xcviii_o two_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o carthage_n about_o 401._o the_o late_a about_o the_o donatist_n §_o 49._o xcix_o an._n 402._o be_v the_o council_n melevitan_n about_o certain_a bishop_n quarrel_n and_o who_o shall_v be_v the_o high_a bishop_n in_o numidia_n §_o 50._o c._n an._n 403._o be_v the_o synod_n ad_fw-la quercum_fw-la which_o depose_v chrysosto●●_n §_o 51._o c●_n an._n 403_o 404_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v seven_o council_n in_o africa_n against_o the_o donatist_n to_o procure_v honorius_n to_o suppress_v they_o by_o the_o sword_n not_o as_o a_o heresy_n but_o because_o they_o rise_v up_o by_o fire_n and_o sword_n against_o the_o catholic_n and_o abuse_v and_o kill_v many_o but_o when_o attalus_n invade_v africa_n the_o emperor_n proclaim_v liberty_n for_o they_o to_o quiet_v they_o which_o he_o after_o recall_v another_o synod_n be_v hold_v against_o they_o at_o cyrta_n one_o at_o toletum_n 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calamitous_a division_n which_o these_o prelate_n and_o their_o council_n make_v he_o say_v that_o cyril_n write_v against_o nestorius_n that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o nature_n in_o christ_n etc._n etc._n haec_fw-la omne_fw-la impietatis_fw-la plena_fw-la he_o tell_v how_o cyril_n preposess_v the_o bishop_n before_o they_o meet_v and_o make_v his_o hatred_n of_o nestorius_n his_o cause_n how_o he_o condemn_v nestorius_n two_o day_n before_o john_n of_o antioch_n come_v how_o afterward_o they_o condemn_v and_o depose_v one_o another_o how_o nestorius_n be_v in_o hatred_n with_o the_o great_a man_n of_o constantinople_n which_o be_v his_o fall_n how_o john_n and_o cyril_n bishop_n or_o council_n will_v not_o communicate_v with_o each_o other_o how_o they_o set_v bishop_n against_o bishop_n and_o people_n against_o people_n and_o a_o man_n enemy_n be_v those_o of_o his_o own_o household_n how_o the_o pagan_n scorn_v the_o christian_n hereupon_o for_o say_v he_o no_o man_n dare_v travel_v from_o city_n to_o city_n ☞_o or_o from_o province_n to_o province_n but_o each_o one_o persecute_v his_o neighbour_n as_o his_o enemy_n for_o many_o not_o have_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n by_o occasion_n of_o ecclesiastical_a zeal_n make_v haste_n to_o bring_v forth_o the_o hide_a enmity_n of_o their_o heart_n against_o other_o he_o instance_v in_o some_o persecutor_n and_o show_v how_o paulus_n emissews_fw-la help_v to_o heal_v they_o §_o 29._o in_o the_o eleven_o action_n two_o bishop_n strive_v for_o the_o bishopric_n of_o ephesus_n bassianus_z and_o stephen_n that_o have_v be_v dioscorus_n agent_n and_o in_o their_o plea_n each_o of_o they_o prove_v that_o the_o other_o intrude_v by_o violence_n into_o the_o place_n both_o he_o that_o first_o have_v it_o and_o he_o that_o thrust_v he_o out_o and_o take_v his_o seat_n and_o one_o of_o they_o make_v his_o clergy_n swear_v to_o be_v true_a to_o he_o and_o not_o forsake_v he_o and_o while_o the_o bishop_n be_v for_o one_o of_o they_o 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council_n procure_v to_o the_o church_n ans._n from_o that_o time_n most_o of_o the_o christian_a world_n be_v distract_v into_o faction_n hereticate_a damn_v depose_v a●d_v too_o many_o murder_a one_o another_o one_o party_n cleave_v to_o dioscorus_n and_o be_v call_v by_o the_o other_o eutychian_o these_o cry_v up_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n faith_n as_o that_o which_o they_o be_v baptize_v into_o and_o will_v have_v no_o addition_n nor_o diminution_n and_o condemn_v the_o chalcedon_n council_n and_o excommunicate_v and_o depose_v those_o that_o will_v not_o anathematise_v it_o those_o that_o be_v against_o they_o they_o call_v nestorian_n on_o the_o other_o party_n be_v those_o that_o have_v cleaved_a to_o nestorius_n by_o name_n and_o have_v be_v persecute_v for_o his_o cause_n and_o these_o be_v a_o separate_a body_n and_o cry_v down_o the_o other_o as_o eutychian_o those_o call_v orthodox_n or_o catholic_n cry_v down_o nestorian_n and_o eutychian_o by_o 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the_o resurrection_n that_o it_o be_v a_o body_n but_o not_o flesh_n bin._n p._n 378._o defin_n 7._o siquis_fw-la non_fw-la confessus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la post_fw-la assumptionem_fw-la animatae_fw-la rationalis_fw-la &_o intellectualis_fw-la carnis_fw-la simul_fw-la sedere_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o patre_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la quoque_fw-la rursus_fw-la venturum_fw-la cum_fw-la paterna_fw-la majestate_fw-la judicaturum_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la ☜_o non_fw-la amplius_fw-la quidem_fw-la carnem_fw-la neque_fw-la incorporeum_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la videatur_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la à_fw-la quibus_fw-la compunctus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o maneat_fw-la deus_fw-la extra_fw-la crassitudinem_fw-la carnis_fw-la anathema_n to_o which_o say_v the_o nicene_n council_n by_o epiphanius_n huc_fw-la usque_fw-la recte_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la &_o patrum_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la convenientia_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n two_o sort_n 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only_o to_o creature_n under_o heaven_n intend_v to_o give_v it_o to_o creature_n in_o heaven_n for_o they_o appropriate_v it_o elsewhere_o to_o god_n by_o which_o they_o great_o differ_v from_o aquinas_n and_o such_o papist_n §_o 71._o note_v also_o that_o whether_o well_o or_o ill_a both_o these_o adverse_a council_n curse_v pope_n honorius_n as_o a_o heretic_n see_v crab._n p._n 560_o etc._n etc._n §_o 72._o another_o argument_n which_o the_o first_o seven_o council_n at_o const._n use_v against_o image_n in_o church_n be_v that_o christ_n himself_o have_v choose_v and_o institute_v such_o a_o image_n as_o he_o will_v be_v represent_v by_o and_o that_o be_v the_o bread_n and_o wine_n in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o presume_v to_o make_v another_o as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o do_v it_o well_o this_o show_v that_o this_o general_a council_n and_o the_o church_n then_o hold_v that_o the_o bread_n be_v not_o nullify_v nor_o become_v christ_n essence_n but_o 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videtur_fw-la pag._n 216._o non_fw-fr vis_fw-fr impie_fw-la haeretice_fw-la ut_fw-la transeunte_fw-la palmas_fw-la cleave_v christus_fw-la non_fw-la doluerit_fw-la neque_fw-la vulnus_fw-la illud_fw-la nullam_fw-la acerbitatem_fw-la teli_fw-la compungentis_fw-la intulerit_fw-la interrogo_fw-la cur_n pveri_fw-la ignes_fw-la non_fw-la timuerint_fw-la nec_fw-la doluerint_fw-la so_o p._n 217_o 218._o you_o see_v how_o little_a heed_n be_v to_o be_v give_v oft_o to_o good_a man_n outcry_n against_o heresy_n he_o speak_v much_o better_o ibid._n pag._n 231._o in_o simplicitate_fw-la fides_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la justitia_fw-la est_fw-la in_o confession_n pietas_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la difficiles_fw-la nos_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la vocat_fw-la nec_fw-la multiplici_fw-la eloquentis_fw-la facundiae_fw-la genere_fw-la solicitat_fw-la in_o absoluto_fw-la nobis_fw-la ac_fw-la facili_fw-la est_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la jesum_fw-la suscitatum_fw-la à_fw-la mortuis_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la esse_fw-la dominum_fw-la confiteri_fw-la and_o lib._n 11._o p._n 332._o initio_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ambiguis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o erraticis_fw-la indefinitae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la studiis_fw-la dereliquit_fw-la vel_fw-la incertis_fw-la opinionibus_fw-la ingenia_fw-la humana_fw-la permisit_fw-la statutis_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o oppositis_fw-la obicibus_fw-la in_o libertatem_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la voluntatisque_fw-la concludens_fw-la ut_fw-la sapere_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la tantum_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicatum_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la fuerat_fw-la nos_fw-la sineret_fw-la cum_fw-la p●r_fw-la definitam_fw-la fidei_fw-la indemutabilis_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la credi_fw-la aliter_fw-la atque_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la lic●ret_fw-la §_o 17._o and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o particular_a person_n but_o many_o general_a council_n that_o have_v err_v and_o persecute_v other_o 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his_o exile_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o hilary_n ibid._n p._n 426_o 427._o saying_n itaque_fw-la amoto_fw-la athanasio_fw-la à_fw-la communione_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrûm_fw-la cujus_fw-la nec_fw-la epistolia_n à_fw-la i_o suscipienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la dico_fw-la i_o parem_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la universis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la orientalibus_fw-la seu_fw-la per_fw-la universas_fw-la provincias_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o unitatem_fw-la habere_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la verius_fw-la sciatis_fw-la i_o verâ_fw-la fide_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la epistolam_fw-la ea_fw-la loqui_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o frater_fw-la me●s_fw-la communis_fw-la demo●ilus_n qui_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la benevolentiâ_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o catholicam_fw-la exponere_fw-la quae_fw-la syrmium_fw-la à_fw-la pluribus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o coepiscopis_a nostris_fw-la tractata_fw-la exposita_fw-la &_o suscepta_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la hanc_fw-la ego_fw-la libenti_fw-la animo_fw-la suscep●_n in_o nullo_n contradixi_fw-la consensum_fw-la accommodavi_fw-la hanc_fw-la sequor_fw-la haec_fw-la à_fw-la i_o tenetur_fw-la sane_fw-la petendum_fw-la credidi_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la vestram_fw-la quiae_fw-la tam_fw-la pervidetis_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la i_o vobis_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la esse_fw-la dignemini_fw-la communi_fw-la auxilio_fw-la ac_fw-la study_v laborare_fw-la qu●tenus_fw-la de_fw-la exilio_fw-la dimittar_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la quae_fw-la mihi_fw-la divinitus_fw-la credita_fw-la est_fw-la revertar_fw-la in_o recite_v of_o which_o hilary_n thrice_o say_v anathema_n tibi_fw-la liberi_fw-la praevaricator_n if_o they_o say_v that_o liberius_n do_v this_o in_o his_o exile_n through_o fear_n or_o suffering_n i_o answer_v his_o suffering_n be_v small_a and_o hilary_n annex_v another_o of_o his_o epistle_n to_o
the_o arian_n bishop_n in_o which_o he_o swear_v or_o call_v god_n himself_o to_o witness_v that_o it_o be_v not_o for_o his_o suffering_n which_o be_v not_o great_a but_o for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n of_o which_o he_o know_v those_o bishop_n to_o be_v lover_n and_o which_o be_v better_o than_o martyrdom_n that_o he_o do_v what_o he_o do_v §_o 19_o i._n before_o these_o there_o be_v many_o provincial_a council_n call_v to_o decide_v the_o controversy_n of_o the_o time_n of_o easter_n and_o as_o that_o at_o rome_n in_o palestine_n pontius_n and_o one_o in_o france_n go_v one_o way_n so_o that_o of_o asia_n under_o polycrates_n ephes._n go_v another_o way_n profess_v to_o stick_v therein_o to_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o tradition_n of_o their_o father_n for_o which_o victor_n will_v needs_o excommunicate_v they_o which_o irenaeus_n sharp_o reprehend_v it_o be_v worth_a the_o note_n that_o as_o the_o wrong_a party_n plead_v tradition_n so_o the_o right_a party_n plead_v reason_n and_o scripture_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o beda_n fragment_n of_o the_o palestine_n council_n sub_fw-la theoph._n caesar._n be_v t._n 1._o p._n 132._o and_o that_o the_o main_a argument_n use_v be_v the_o divine_a benediction_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n which_o they_o may_v note_v that_o question_n the_o ancient_a observation_n of_o that_o day_n §_o 20._o ii_o the_o next_o council_n record_v bin._n p._n 135._o be_v one_o at_o carthage_n under_o agrippinus_n which_o decree_v the_o rebaptising_a of_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v by_o heretic_n for_o which_o they_o be_v common_o now_o condemn_v §_o 21._o and_o binnius_n note_v that_o they_o have_v this_o from_o their_o countryman_n tertullian_n who_o zeal_n against_o heretic_n be_v so_o hot_a that_o he_o will_v have_v nothing_o no_o not_o baptism_n common_a with_o they_o so_o baron_n a_o 217._o n_o 1_o 2_o 3._o &_o a_o 258._o n._n 19_o 20._o yet_o be_v this_o man_n now_o number_v with_o heretic_n §_o 22._o iii_o the_o concilium_fw-la labesitanum_fw-la be_v the_o next_o in_o order_n where_o one_o privatus_fw-la be_v condemn_v for_o a_o heretic_n mention_v by_o cyprian_a epist._n 55._o but_o say_v binnius_n what_o his_o heresy_n be_v be_v not_o know_v nor_o mention_v §_o 23._o iu._n next_o we_o have_v a_o arabian_a council_n in_o which_o the_o error_n of_o the_o soul_n mortality_n allow_v it_o only_o to_o rise_v again_o with_o the_o body_n at_o the_o resurrection_n be_v excellent_o oppugn_v and_o expugn_v by_o origen_n but_o it_o be_v by_o that_o origen_n who_o himself_n be_v call_v a_o blasphemous_a heretic_n §_o 24._o v._o the_o next_o mention_v council_n bin._n p._n 158._o be_v at_o rome_n about_o the_o restore_n of_o the_o lapse_v upon_o cyprian_n motion_n a_o business_n that_o make_v no_o small_a dissension_n while_o lucianus_n and_o some_o other_o make_v the_o church-door_n too_o wide_o and_o novatus_n and_o novatianus_n make_v it_o too_o narrow_a and_o cyprian_a and_o the_o roman_a clergy_n go_v a_o middle_a way_n bitter_a and_o grievous_a be_v the_o censure_n of_o each_o other_o and_o long_a and_o sad_a the_o schism_n that_o do_v ensue_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o novatian_o be_v increase_v by_o their_o offence_n at_o other_o man_n sinful_a latitude_n and_o tepidity_n §_o 25._o by_o the_o way_n it_o be_v worth_a the_o consider_v by_o some_o papist_n who_o make_v both_o a_o bishop_n essential_a to_o a_o church_n and_o a_o pope_n to_o the_o church-universal_a and_o deny_v church-government_n to_o presbyter_n that_o this_o council_n be_v say_v to_o be_v call_v by_o the_o roman_a clergy_n the_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n when_o the_o church_n have_v be_v a_o year_n or_o two_o without_o a_o bishop_n through_o the_o sharp_a persecution_n of_o decius_n upon_o fabian_n death_n and_o it_o be_v to_o the_o roman_a clergy_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n that_o cyprian_a at_o this_o time_n write_v divers_a of_o his_o epistle_n as_o they_o write_v to_o he_o insomuch_o that_o binnius_n stick_v not_o to_o say_v that_o in_o this_o interregnum_fw-la the_o roman_a clergy_n have_v the_o care_n or_o charge_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n quaer_fw-la how_o far_o their_o government_n even_o of_o bishop_n who_o they_o assemble_v in_o this_o council_n be_v canonical_a or_o valid_a §_o 26._o vi_o after_o this_o there_o be_v another_o council_n at_o carthage_n and_o two_o at_o rome_n and_o one_o in_o italy_n and_o another_o at_o carthage_n about_o the_o same_o controversy_n where_o it_o be_v determine_v that_o the_o lapse_v shall_v be_v receive_v to_o repentance_n and_o after_o a_o sufficient_a space_n of_o penance_n shall_v communicate_v but_o not_o soon_o and_o that_o the_o bishop_n that_o lapse_v shall_v be_v uncapable_a of_o episcopacy_n and_o communicate_v only_o with_o the_o laity_n upon_o their_o penance_n yet_o cyprian_n in_o time_n of_o a_o renew_a persecution_n think_v meet_v to_o relax_v this_o and_o take_v in_o the_o penitent_n present_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v discourage_v under_o suffer_v but_o foelicissimus_fw-la one_o of_o his_o deacon_n make_v himself_o the_o head_n of_o a_o faction_n by_o take_v man_n in_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n too_o soon_o and_o novatus_n and_o novatian_n as_o be_v say_v be_v against_o their_o take_n into_o communion_n at_o all_o the_o council_n excommunicate_v they_o all_o as_o schismatic_n where_o note_n that_o novatus_n a_o african_a priest_n that_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o get_v novatian_n ordain_v bishop_n do_v not_o deny_v they_o pardon_n of_o sin_n with_o god_n but_o only_a church-communion_n 2._o nor_o do_v he_o deny_v this_o to_o other_o great_a sinner_n repent_v but_o only_o to_o those_o that_o lapse_v to_o idolatry_n or_o deny_v christ._n but_o the_o novatian_o long_o after_o extend_v it_o to_o other_o heinous_a crime_n as_o upon_o suppose_a parity_n of_o reason_n §_o 27._o vii_o next_o this_o we_o have_v cyprian_n african_n council_n in_o which_o after_o the_o censure_v of_o some_o that_o reproach_v a_o pastor_n they_o condemn_v a_o dead_a man_n call_v victor_n because_o by_o his_o will_n he_o leave_v one_o faustinus_n a_o presbyter_n the_o guardian_n of_o his_o son_n which_o the_o canon_n have_v forbid_v because_o no_o minister_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v call_v from_o their_o sacred_a work_n to_o meddle_v with_o secular_a thing_n therefore_o they_o decree_v that_o victor_n name_n shall_v not_o be_v mention_v among_o the_o dead_a in_o deprecation_n nor_o any_o oblation_n make_v for_o his_o rest._n non_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la dormitione_n ejus_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la fiat_fw-la oblatio_fw-la aut_fw-la deprecatio_fw-la aliqua_fw-la nomine_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o ecelesiâ_fw-la frequentetur_fw-la the_o case_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v much_o alter_v since_o then_o and_o whether_o the_o penalty_n have_v more_o of_o piety_n as_o to_o the_o end_n or_o error_n in_o the_o rigour_n and_o the_o matter_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n to_o the_o dead_a not_o to_o be_v offer_v for_o or_o pray_v for_o i_o leave_v to_o further_a consideration_n cypr._n li._n 1._o epist._n 66._o §_o 28._o viii_o the_o next_o council_n we_o meet_v with_o be_v council_n iconiense_n a_o 258._o where_o the_o bishop_n of_o cappadocia_n cilicia_n galatia_n and_o other_o oriental_a province_n at_o iconium_n in_o phrygia_n decree_v that_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n their_o ordination_n imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o other_o sacred_a action_n be_v invalid_a for_o which_o say_v baronius_n a_o 258._o n._n 14_o 15_o 16._o pope_n st●phen_n excommunicate_v all_o these_o oriental_a bishop_n and_o reprobate_v the_o council_n and_o will_v not_o receive_v or_o hear_v their_o legate_n of_o which_o firmilianus_n caesar._n cappad_n write_v to_o cyprian_a against_o he_o §_o 29._o ix_o at_o the_o same_o time_n euseb._n lib._n 7._o c._n 6._o tell_v we_o there_o be_v also_o a_o synod_n at_o synadis_n yea_o divers_a in_o other_o place_n that_o all_o decree_v the_o same_o thing_n for_o rebaptise_v those_o that_o be_v baptize_v by_o heretic_n and_o that_o this_o have_v be_v the_o bishop_n opinion_n of_o so_o long_a time_n before_o that_o eusebius_n dare_v not_o condemn_v it_o vid._n baron_n anno_fw-la 258._o n._n 17._o but_o it_o be_v now_o common_o condemn_v §_o 30._o x._o if_o they_o have_v confine_v their_o opinion_n of_o rebaptise_v to_o such_o heretic_n as_o be_v strict_o so_o call_v that_o renounce_v any_o essential_a article_n of_o the_o faith_n they_o may_v have_v make_v the_o controversy_n hard_o but_o as_o hereticate_a increase_v so_o their_o own_o difficulty_n increase_v and_o now_o the_o novatian_o be_v pronounce_v heretic_n it_o grow_v a_o hard_a question_n whether_o all_o that_o the_o novatian_o have_v baptize_v must_v be_v rebaptise_v and_o for_o this_o a_o african_a council_n anno_fw-la 258._o conclude_v affirmative_o because_o all_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v baptize_v into_o the_o church_n but_o heretic_n be_v not_o in_o the_o