(109) Can. 34. Vt Epifcopus inquolibet loco fedens, flare Presb3terum.;ionpatiatftr. 35. Vt Epifcopus in Ecclefià & in confeffu Presbyteroruntfeeblimiorfedeat. Intra domumveroCollegam Presbyterorumfe rife cognofcat. Can. 36. Presbyteri quiper'Dïæcefes fcclefas regeent, &c. Can 37. Diaconus ita fe Presbyteri, ut Epifcopi miniflrum effe cognofeat. vid' & Can. 38, 39, 40. Yea even in Ordination it is faid; Can.2.Presbyterquum Ordinatur,Epifcopo eum benedicente, b manum fuper ejus tenente , etiam omnes Presbyteri qui prefentes font manus fleas juxta manum Epifcopi, fuper Caput illius teneant. Et Can. 3. Diaconusquunt ordinal-14rfolús Epifeopus, qui eum benedicit, mantisfuper rapist il/ius penar : quia non ad Sacerdotiumfid ad mindlerieem confecratar] So that Priefthood was to be conferred by the hands of Hefts,. and the Bilhop'salone was, not enough ; But Deacons might be Ordainedby' a Bi(hop withòut Presbyters. WhatneedH tire' the Reader with other Councils teftimonies ? when'this, though called Provincial having z04 Bifhops, and among them Aurelius; lluguflure, lesc. inno lees-valuable than any General Council in thevolumes of the Councils. L'III. In the Arabick Canons of the Càncil. Nïc. x . (which rcite not for their jullification, but as teftifying the matter of fadin the times of which they. were written whenfoever itwas) it's laid, Can. 47. After one Bifhopis forbid to abfolve him that anbther hath Excommunicated [ EadempLeu eritdl Sacerdote, id eft, Vt nullos Sacerdos folvat aut liget quem alius Sacerdos folverit Out ligaverit, quamdiit ille qui folvit aut ligavit vixerit : Poll mortem verofucceffor ejus folvet quern morttsusligavit: fed debet Eptfcopus preeffe buie negocie---- Neque convent utEpifeopus aut Arcbiepifioptesfolvat aut liget eum, qui dine a Sacerdote 'foloetus aut ligatusfuit, quamdiu ille qui[dlvit aut ligavit vixerit. ] Here you fee the Prieft may bind and lode, and 'that inforo E'cclefiaflico : yea fo fall thacno Bilhop or Archbilhop may loofe or bind contrarily during his life. ThenPres -E , byters had the Keys. And Can 57. (according to other Canons cited before) they fay,[The Arch. Presbyter in the Bithops abfence (hall be honoured as the Bithop, becaufe he is its hisplace ; and let him. bethe Head ofthe Priefts, who are under hispower in the Church with all that the Archdeacon is over. 7 And if .one Presbyter may Rule the rele as a Bithop,. the Government-of the flock is not above their Order or place. If it be laid that doth it as the Bifhops Deputy, it is an fwered oft enough before. Spiritual Power (or Paftoral) is deputable to none but fuchasare of the fame-Orders which is not properlya deputation: - IX. Presbyters had power to Baptize and to celebrate the*Lords Suppers Therefore they-had power-to judge who were Baptizable, and who were ca- pale of the Lords Supper :, For- r. Elkthey would not do it as ChriftsM1 fillers, but as the executioners of anothersjudgment.'- And if fo, they may give both Sacraments to Turks and Infidels if they be bid. And then indeed the Priefi is not. the Baptizer or.Confecrater Morally,but the Bilhop Both it
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