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counsel_n and_o other_o authority_n pag._n 161._o chap._n 6._o of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n under_o christian_a emperor_n before_o the_o division_n of_o the_o empire_n pag._n 163._o chap._n 7._o of_o the_o election_n of_o pope_n from_o the_o emperor_n charles_n to_o otho_n pag._n 175._o chap._n 8._o of_o the_o election_n of_o pope_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o emperor_n otho_n to_o henry_n the_o four_o pag._n 173._o chap._n 9_o of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n pag._n 178._o chap._n 10._o of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n pag._n 179._o chap._n 11._o of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o france_n pag._n 180._o chap._n 12._o of_o the_o election_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n pag._n 182._o chap._n 13._o how_o lamentable_a the_o state_n of_o england_n be_v when_o bishopric_n and_o benefice_n be_v give_v by_o the_o pope_n provision_n pag._n 188._o chap._n 14._o whether_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o pope_n to_o confirm_v all_o the_o metropolitan_n of_o the_o world_n and_o namely_o the_o metropolitan_n of_o england_n pag._n 199._o ¶_o the_o content_n of_o the_o five_o book_n chap._n 1._o wherein_o the_o second_o controversy_n be_v propose_v divide_v into_o two_o question_n the_o former_a about_o sacrifice_v the_o latter_a about_o absolution_n the_o state_n of_o the_o former_a be_v set_v down_o and_o the_o method_n of_o proceed_v pag._n 207._o chap._n 2._o of_o their_o argument_n draw_v from_o melchisedec_n pag._n 208._o chap._n 3._o of_o their_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o paschal_n lamb_n pag._n 216._o chap._n 4._o of_o their_o argument_n draw_v from_o certain_a place_n of_o the_o prophet_n pag._n 218._o chap._n 5._o of_o their_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o word_n of_o institution_n pa._n 222._o chap._n 6._o of_o their_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o action_n of_o christ._n pa._n 234._o chap._n 7._o of_o their_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n 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in_o the_o english_a ocean_n phil._n if_o he_o do_v not_o convert_v the_o nation_n in_o his_o own_o person_n yet_o it_o be_v convert_v by_o such_o as_o he_o send_v orthod._n if_o this_o bless_a work_n be_v perform_v by_o s._n paul_n or_o simon_n of_o 3_o canany_n than_o we_o may_v bold_o say_v that_o the_o first_o converter_n be_v not_o send_v by_o s._n peter_n for_o they_o be_v apostle_n and_o have_v commission_n to_o teach_v all_o nation_n not_o from_o s._n peter_n but_o from_o christ._n concern_v s._n paul_n come_n 22._o parson_n produce_v the_o authority_n of_o theodoret_n sophronius_n and_o venantius_n fortunatus_n to_o which_o he_o add_v arnaldus_n mirmianus_fw-la affirm_v that_o he_o pass_v into_o britain_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o nero_n be_v the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 59_o and_o very_o that_o he_o be_v here_o be_v a_o point_n not_o without_o probability_n he_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o labour_n abundant_a in_o peril_n often_o and_o that_o by_o sea_n he_o be_v a_o star_n swift_o glide_v from_o east_n to_o west_n a_o herald_n proclaim_v the_o acceptable_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o a_o shrill_a trumpet_n sound_v out_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n now_o though_o father_n parson_n say_v that_o for_o his_o be_v in_o britain_n there_o be_v not_o so_o many_o particular_a testimony_n yet_o those_o which_o he_o have_v bring_v be_v far_o more_o pregnant_a than_o the_o former_a for_o the_o come_n of_o s._n peter_n to_o pass_v over_o the_o rest_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a and_o direct_v then_o that_o of_o fine_a venantius_n transit_fw-la &_o oceanum_n vel_fw-la quà _fw-la facit_fw-la insula_fw-la portum_fw-la quasque_fw-la britannus_n habet_fw-la terras_fw-la atque_fw-la ultima_fw-la thule_n saint_n paul_n do_v pass_v the_o sea_n where_o i_o will_v make_v ship_n in_o harbour_n stand_v arrive_v on_o the_o british_a coast_n and_o cape_n of_o thule_n land_n concern_v simon_n zelotes_n 40._o nicephorus_n say_v that_o have_v receive_v 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sin_n and_o yet_o he_o have_v give_v the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v unto_o the_o church_n but_o he_o bind_v and_o look_v one_o way_n &_o the_o church_n another_o for_o he_o forgive_v sin_n by_o himself_o alone_o who_o both_o cleanse_v the_o soul_n from_o inward_a blot_n and_o lose_v it_o from_o thâ—_n debt_n of_o eternal_a death_n but_o he_o have_v not_o grant_v this_o unto_o the_o priest_n to_o who_o notwithstanding_o he_o have_v give_v potestatem_fw-la soluendi_fw-la &_o ligandi_fw-la i._o ostendendi_fw-la homines_fw-la ligatos_fw-la vel_fw-la solutos_fw-la i._o the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v that_o be_v of_o declare_v man_n to_o be_v bind_v or_o loose_v whereupon_o the_o lord_n do_v first_o by_o himself_o restore_v health_n unto_o the_o leper_n and_o then_o he_o send_v he_o to_o the_o priest_n quorum_fw-la iudicio_fw-la ostenderetur_fw-la mundatus_fw-la i._o by_o who_o judgement_n he_o may_v be_v declare_v to_o be_v cleanse_v so_o likewise_o when_o he_o have_v restore_v lazarus_n to_o life_n again_o he_o offer_v he_o to_o his_o disciple_n that_o they_o may_v unbind_v he_o and_o this_o he_o prove_v by_o a_o place_n of_o 16._o jerome_n which_o he_o only_o point_v at_o but_o we_o will_v set_v it_o down_o more_o large_o in_o levitico_fw-la &c_n &c_n in_o the_o book_n of_o leviticus_fw-la we_o read_v of_o the_o leper_n where_o they_o be_v command_v to_o show_v themselves_o to_o the_o priest_n and_o if_o they_o shall_v have_v the_o leprosy_n that_o then_o they_o shall_v be_v make_v unclean_a by_o the_o priest_n not_o that_o the_o priest_n shall_v make_v they_o leper_n and_o unclean_a but_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o leprous_a and_o not_o leprous_a and_o that_o they_o may_v discern_v who_o be_v clean_o or_o unclean_a therefore_o as_o there_o the_o priest_n do_v make_v the_o leper_n clean_a or_o unclean_a so_o here_o the_o bishop_n or_o priest_n do_v bind_v and_o loose_v etc._n etc._n hitherto_o saint_n supra_fw-la jerome_n now_o the_o master_n have_v say_v that_o in_o remit_v or_o retain_v sin_n the_o evangelicall_a priest_n have_v that_o authority_n and_o office_n which_o in_o old_a time_n the_o legal_a priest_n have_v under_o the_o law_n in_o cure_v of_o leper_n add_v these_o word_n he_o ergo_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittunt_fw-la vel_fw-la retinent_fw-la dum_fw-la dimissa_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la vel_fw-la retenta_fw-la indicant_fw-la &_o ostendunt_fw-la i._n therefore_o these_o do_v forgive_v sin_n or_o retain_v they_o while_o they_o show_v and_o declare_v that_o they_o be_v forgive_v or_o retain_v of_o god_n hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la ligandi_fw-la &_o soluendi_fw-la hieron_n supra_fw-la notavit_fw-la i._o this_o way_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v jerom_n have_v observe_v above_o thus_o far_o the_o master_n who_o be_v follow_v verbatim_o by_o petrus_n parisius_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o sixtus_n petrus_n senensis_n and_o â—coti_fw-la occam_n say_v i_o answer_v according_a to_o the_o master_n that_o priest_n bind_v and_o loose_v because_o they_o declare_v man_n to_o be_v bind_v or_o loose_v alexander_n hales_n 339_o nunquam_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la absolueret_fw-la quenquam_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la presumeret_fw-la quod_fw-la esset_fw-la absolutus_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la i_o the_o priest_n will_v never_o absolve_v any_o man_n of_o who_o he_o do_v not_o presume_v that_o he_o be_v already_o absolve_v of_o god_n if_o the_o priest_n absolve_v none_o but_o who_o god_n have_v first_o absolve_v them_z what_o can_v his_o absolution_n be_v else_o but_o a_o certificate_n that_o the_o party_n be_v already_o absolve_v of_o god_n and_o again_o item_n augustinus_n &_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la etc._n etc._n moreover_o austin_n and_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la say_v that_o in_o the_o raise_n of_o lazarus_n be_v signify_v the_o raise_n again_o of_o a_o sinner_n but_o lazarus_n be_v raise_v of_o the_o lord_n before_o he_o be_v deliver_v to_o the_o disciple_n to_o be_v loose_v ergo_fw-la absolutio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la nihil_fw-la valet_fw-la antequam_fw-la homo_fw-la sit_fw-la iustificatus_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o suscitatus_fw-la a_o morte_fw-la culpae_fw-la 1._o therefore_o the_o absolution_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v of_o no_o value_n before_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o grace_n &_o raise_v from_o the_o death_n of_o sin_n and_o this_o he_o prove_v by_o strong_a reason_n as_o follow_v 1._o it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o equal_a power_n to_o baptize_v inward_o and_o to_o absolve_v from_o deadly_a sin_n but_o it_o be_v not_o requisite_a that_o god_n shall_v communicate_v to_o any_o man_n the_o power_n of_o baptise_v inward_o lest_o our_o hope_n shall_v be_v repose_v in_o man_n therefore_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n it_o be_v not_o fit_a that_o god_n shall_v communicate_v to_o any_o man_n the_o power_n of_o absolve_a from_o actual_a sin_n and_o again_o nulla_fw-la fit_a remissio_fw-la culpae_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sed_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dare_v est_fw-la potentiae_fw-la infinitae_fw-la i._o there_o