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st._n 26._o h._n 8._o cap._n 1._o and_o have_v authority_n to_o reform_v and_o redress_v all_o error_n heresy_n and_o abuse_n in_o the_o same_o every_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n dispose_v to_o have_v a_o suffragan_n may_v elect_v 14._o 26_o h._n 8._o c._n 14._o discreet_a spiritual_a person_n be_v learned_a and_o of_o good_a conversation_n and_o present_v they_o under_o their_o seal_n to_o the_o king_n make_v humble_a request_n to_o his_o majesty_n to_o give_v to_o one_o of_o the_o two_o such_o title_n name_n stile_n and_o dignity_n of_o bishop_n of_o such_o of_o the_o see_v as_o the_o king_n shall_v think_v fit_a and_o that_o every_o such_o person_n to_o who_o the_o king_n shall_v give_v any_o such_o stile_n and_o title_n of_o the_o see_v abovenamed_a viz._n the_o town_n of_o thetford_n ipswich_n colchester_n dover_n gilford_n southampton_n taunton_n shaftsbury_n molton_n marlborough_n bedford_n leicester_n gloucester_n shrewsbury_n bristol_n penrith_n bridgwater_n nottingham_n 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person_n sixteen_o 15._o
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directum_fw-la cujus_fw-la nullus_fw-la author_n est_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la sir_n e._n co._n com._n lit._n pag._n 1._o b._n qui_fw-la dominium_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la and_o he_o that_o hold_v of_o none_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o which_o not_o subject_a can_v be_v it_o be_v therefore_o a_o seditious_a opinion_n that_o any_o subject_n have_v any_o thing_n proper_a against_o his_o sovereign_n 9_o there_o have_v not_o any_o thing_n for_o more_o than_o this_o last_o century_n cause_v so_o not_o that_o the_o people_n may_v reform_v where_o prince_n will_v not_o much_o dissension_n and_o bloodshed_n among_o christian_n to_o the_o shame_n of_o christianity_n as_o the_o specious_a pretence_n of_o reformation_n the_o turk_n either_o restrain_v by_o god_n or_o not_o will_v to_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o mankind_n have_v be_v only_o a_o spectator_n not_o actor_n in_o this_o tragedy_n the_o end_n do_v sanctify_v the_o mean_n be_v a_o doctrine_n general_o 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yea_o they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v account_v in_o the_o number_n of_o man_n man_n ought_v therefore_o rather_o to_o spit_v upon_o their_o head_n then_o obey_v they_o where_o they_o deal_v so_o saucy_o as_o if_o they_o will_v spoil_v god_n by_o their_o right_n and_o luther_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la legibus_fw-la exempti_fw-la sumus_fw-la libertate_fw-la nobis_fw-la christiana_n per_fw-la baptismo_fw-la lib._n the_o captiv_n babil_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la baptismum_fw-la donata_fw-la we_o be_v free_v from_o all_o law_n of_o man_n liberty_n be_v give_v we_o by_o baptism_n et_fw-la scio_fw-la nullam_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la feliciter_fw-la legibus_fw-la administrari_fw-la i_o know_v there_o be_v no_o commonwealth_n happy_o govern_v by_o law_n and_o turpe_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la &_o iniquiter_fw-la servile_a christianum_fw-la hominem_fw-la qui_fw-la libre_fw-la est_fw-la aliis_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr matrimonio_fw-la quam_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la &_o divinis_fw-la subjectum_fw-la esse_fw-la legibus_fw-la it_o be_v a_o filthy_a and_o unjust_a servile_a thing_n that_o a_o christian_a man_n which_o be_v free_a shall_v be_v subject_a to_o any_o sacrord_n cap._n the_o sacrord_n but_o heavenly_a and_o divine_a law_n and_o whether_o these_o man_n follower_n have_v not_o well_o practise_v their_o lecture_n wheresoever_o they_o have_v be_v tolerate_v either_o in_o germany_n bohemia_n austria_n upper_a and_o low_a hungaria_n transilvania_n sweden_n france_n england_n scotland_n low-countries_n geneva_n etc._n etc._n let_v any_o man_n who_o have_v read_v the_o combustion_n of_o christendom_n judge_n and_o the_o anabaptist_n and_o all_o other_o sect_n may_v from_o their_o principle_n justify_v all_o their_o action_n 10._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o manifest_o command_v by_o god_n in_o the_o spiritual_a that_o temporal_a good_a follow_v in_o order_n to_o spiritual_a old_a and_o new_a testament_n than_o obedience_n to_o temporal_a prince_n yet_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o endeavour_v to_o the_o shame_n of_o christian_n then_o by_o pretence_n of_o religion_n to_o usher_v in_o rebellion_n by_o
or_o at_o least_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o presbyter_n but_o every_o presbyter_n be_v not_o a_o bishop_n for_o st._n paul_n say_v against_o a_o elder_a or_o presbyter_n receive_v not_o a_o accusation_n but_o before_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 19_o but_o equal_n can_v judge_v equal_n therefore_o timothy_n as_o a_o presbyter_n can_v not_o judge_v a_o presbyter_n therefore_o he_o shall_v judge_v he_o as_o be_v bishop_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n presbyter_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o bishop_n that_o be_v in_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n beside_o bishop_n have_v power_n of_o ordination_n of_o presbyter_n in_o every_o city_n 1_o tit._n 5._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o but_o it_o be_v not_o where_o find_v that_o ever_o presbyter_n do_v ordain_v bishop_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o ecclesiastical_a practice_n only_o that_o be_v the_o universal_a practice_n of_o all_o christian_n in_o all_o age_n until_o john_n calvin_n but_o the_o institution_n of_o our_o saviour_n 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