Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

The 4th Canon is, [Paul saith, I have desired no Mans silver or gold, &c. If therefore any one exacting money, or any other thing, or for any affection of his own, shall be found to drive from his Ministry, or to segregate any one of his Clergy, or to shut the venerable Temple, forbidding in it the Divine Ministries, showing his madness even on that which hath no sense^*, such an one is truly senseless, and shall be obnoxious to the Lex Talionis, and his work shall fall upon his own head, as being a transgressor of God's Law: For ⟨p. 235⟩the chief Apostle Peter commanded, Feed the Flock of God, overseeing it, not by force, but freely and voluntarily, according to God; not for filthy lucre sake, but readily and cheerfully; not as having a dominion •ver the Clergy, but as being examples to the Flock.

The 4th Canon is, [Paul saith, I have desired no Mans silver or gold, &c. If therefore any one exacting money, or any other thing, or for any affection of his own, shall be found to drive from his Ministry, or to segregate any one of his Clergy, or to shut the venerable Temple, forbidding in it the Divine Ministeries, shewing his madness even on that which hath no sense^*, such an one is truly sensless, and shall be obnoxious to the Lex Talionis, and his work shall fall upon his own head, as being a transgressor of God's Law: For ⟨p. 235⟩the chief Apostle Peter commanded, Feed the Flock of God, overseeing it, not by force, but freely and voluntarily, according to God; not for filthy lucre sake, but readily and chearfully; not as having a dominion •ver the Clergy, but as being examples to the Flock.

1. *As by Interdicts