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A66960 Church-government. Part V a relation of the English reformation, and the lawfulness thereof examined by the theses deliver'd in the four former parts. R. H., 1609-1678. 1687 (1687) Wing W3440; ESTC R7292 307,017 452

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potestatem_fw-la ordinis_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la but_o then_o there_o be_v other_o ecclesiastical_a power_n which_o he_o challenge_v to_o the_o prince_n viz._n 380._o viz._n in_o iis_fw-la quae_fw-la exterioris_fw-la politiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la svo_fw-la sibi_fw-la jure_fw-la vindicat_fw-la tort._n p._n 380._o to_o have_v supreme_a command_n in_o the_o exterior_a polity_n of_o the_o church_n 381._o church_n custos_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la secunadae_fw-la tabulae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o primae_fw-la p._n 381._o to_o be_v keeper_n of_o both_o table_n ib._n table_n quodcunque_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la religionis_fw-la reges_fw-la israel_n fecerunt_fw-la id_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_o faciendi_fw-la jus_o sit_fw-la ac_fw-la potestas_fw-la ib._n to_o exercise_v all_o that_o power_n which_o the_o good_a king_n of_o israel_n do_v ib._n do_v leges_fw-la autoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la ferendi_fw-la ne_fw-la blasphemetur_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la jejunio_fw-la placetur_fw-la 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pontificatu_fw-la abdicandi_fw-la 382._o eject_v even_o the_o high_a priest_n if_o he_o deserve_v it_o to_o ib._n to_o excelsa_fw-la diruendi_fw-la i_o e._n peregrinum_fw-la cultum_fw-la abolendi_fw-la ib._n pull_v down_o high-place_n ib._n high-place_n sive_z in_o idololatriam_fw-la abeat_fw-la vitulus_n aureus_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o superstitionem_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la utrumque_fw-la comminuendi_fw-la ib._n and_o to_o reform_v the_o church_n from_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n these_o he_o claim_v to_o appertain_v to_o the_o prince_n ib._n prince_n haec_fw-la primatus_fw-la a_o put_fw-mi nos_fw-la jura_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la ib._n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la the_o next_o author_n be_v dr._n carlion_n he_o among_o other_o right_n of_o the_o church_n reckon_v institution_n and_o collation_n of_o benefice_n which_o this_o writer_n mark_n with_o italian_a character_n and_o make_v much_o use_n of_o but_o this_o apostolical_a institution_n and_o collation_n by_o the_o bishop_n allude_v to_o do_v also_o involve_v in_o it_o ordination_n even_o as_o the_o ordination_n which_o be_v observe_v by_o himself_o 13._o himself_o pag._n 13._o from_o the_o bishop_n signify_v also_o institution_n in_o the_o charge_n and_o cure_v but_o the_o collation_n challenge_v by_o our_o prince_n be_v of_o another_o nature_n and_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o the_o nominate_v a_o person_n to_o be_v ordain_v to_o such_o a_o office_n or_o present_v a_o person_n already_o ordain_v to_o such_o a_o benefice_n and_o the_o right_n of_o investiture_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o such_o a_o collation_n be_v by_o this_o bishop_n 137._o bishop_n jurisd_v ●eg_v ep._n p._n 137._o assert_v to_o emperor_n this_o be_v clear_v which_o be_v by_o he_o on_o purpose_n perplex_v if_o we_o take_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o regal_a power_n from_o this_o bishop_n he_o tell_v 10._o tell_v id._n p._n 10._o we_o that_o sovereign_n as_o nurse_n father_n of_o the_o church_n be_v to_o see_v that_o bishop_n and_o all_o inferior_a minister_n perform_v their_o faithful_a duty_n in_o their_o several_a place_n and_o if_o they_o be_v find_v faulty_a to_o punish_v they_o his_o next_o author_n be_v mr._n thorndike_n who_o be_v as_o large_a