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be_v therefore_o mere_o a_o pure_a spiritual_a authority_n that_o they_o acknowledge_v in_o their_o supreme_a pastor_n be_v this_o now_o dishonourable_a be_v it_o unsafe_a to_o who_o to_o all_o supreme_a prince_n whether_o catholic_o or_o not_o for_o catholic_a prince_n they_o protest_v against_o this_o opinion_n either_o of_o dishonour_n or_o danger_n if_o only_o then_o to_o other_o prince_n or_o state_n which_o be_v dissenter_n from_o and_o enemy_n to_o catholic_n religion_n than_o nero_n and_o diocletian_n have_v reason_n and_o justice_n on_o their_o side_n when_o they_o persecute_v a_o religion_n dishonourable_a and_o dangerous_a to_o the_o roman_a empire_n for_o evident_o neither_o st._n peter_n nor_o any_o other_o apostle_n or_o bishop_n but_o be_v as_o to_o their_o spiritual_a authority_n independent_a on_o the_o emperor_n 21._o nay_o more_o let_v the_o doctor_n himself_o consider_v lest_o he_o and_o he_o both_o brethren_n and_o father_n the_o bishop_n be_v not_o more_o deep_o 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see_v bishop_n andrews_n tort._n tort_fw-fr p._n 366._o bishop_n carleton_n of_o jurisdict_n reg._n &_o episcop_n c._n 1._o p._n 9_o etc._n etc._n 4._o p._n 39_o 42._o bishop_n bramh._n schism_n guard_v p_o 61_o 63_o 92._o answer_n to_o bishop_n of_o chalced._n p._n 161._o doctor_n fern_n discovery_n of_o episcopacy_n and_o presbytery_n p._n 19_o doctor_z tailor_z episcopacy_n assert_v p._n 236_o 237_o 239_o 243_o mr._n thornd_v right_o of_o ch._n c._n 4._o p._n 234._o epilog_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o p._n 54._o l._n 1._o c._n 19_o &_o 20._o l._n 3._o c._n 32._o which_o quotation_n if_o any_o intelligent_a reader_n will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o peruse_v and_o consider_v he_o may_v clear_o see_v what_o limitation_n they_o make_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o that_o oath_n of_o regal_a supremacy_n which_o oath_n yet_o they_o free_o take_v in_o the_o full_a latitude_n of_o its_o word_n though_o these_o express_v not_o any_o of_o the_o say_a limitation_n amatter_v which_o have_v not_o pass_v 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presbyterian_o protestant_n or_o roman_a catholic_o but_o i_o be_o now_o to_o deal_v with_o the_o preacher_n and_o his_o protestant_n i_o therefore_o desire_v they_o to_o compare_v themselves_o and_o roman_n catholic_o together_o as_o to_o this_o point_n of_o honour_n and_o safety_n to_o his_o majesty_n and_o his_o dominion_n 23._o be_v it_o dishonourable_a either_o to_o the_o king_n or_o kingdom_n that_o a_o pure_o spiritual_a authority_n shall_v be_v acknowledge_v in_o he_o to_o who_o this_o whole_a kingdom_n from_o its_o first_o conversion_n to_o christianity_n together_o with_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n submit_v itself_o as_o to_o their_o supreme_a pastor_n and_o be_v it_o honourable_a that_o the_o same_o authority_n shall_v be_v grant_v to_o more_o than_o twenty_o of_o his_o majesty_n own_o subject_n again_o be_v it_o unsafe_a that_o canonical_a obedience_n for_o christian_a vnity_n sake_n shall_v be_v profess_v to_o one_o venerable_a prelate_n a_o 1000_o mile_n off_o 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vote_n of_o the_o father_n also_o of_o the_o reformation_n that_o he_o may_v see_v how_o far_o more_o ingenuous_o they_o write_v then_o himself_o have_v donâ—_n touch_v the_o pope_n primacy_n and_o first_o i_o will_v produce_v two_o or_o three_o who_o though_o they_o oppose_v it_o as_o he_o do_v as_o a_o novelty_n yet_o allow_v a_o far_o great_a age_n to_o it_o â—48_n doctor_n fulk_n most_o unchronological_o say_v that_o five_o or_o six_o hundred_o year_n before_o pope_n leo_n and_o pope_n gregory_n that_o be_v almost_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o christ_n be_v bear_v the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n wrought_v in_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n and_o then_o daily_o increase_v they_o be_v so_o deceive_v with_o long_a continuance_n of_o error_n that_o they_o think_v the_o dignity_n of_o peter_n be_v much_o more_o over_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o fellow_n apostle_n than_o the_o holy_a scripture_n do_v allow_v archbishop_n whitgift_n assure_v we_o 59_o that_o the_o papal_a
but_o he_o discourse_v so_o as_o if_o the_o christian_a prince_n be_v herein_o infallible_a when_o yet_o he_o suppose_v that_o all_o his_o clergy_n may_v be_v herein_o deceive_v as_o if_o queen_n elizabeth_n understand_v the_o scripture_n and_o ancient_a tradition_n aright_o in_o these_o law_n whilst_o her_o bishop_n and_o convocation_n err_v in_o both_o till_o she_o have_v new-moulded_n they_o be_v not_o this_o a_o strange_a way_n to_o justify_v a_o church-reformation_n for_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n it_o shall_v be_v speak_v to_o by_o and_o by_o 7._o and_o as_o to_o what_o he_o urge_v concern_v the_o power_n of_o king_n it_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n deny_v that_o these_o have_v supremacy_n proper_a to_o they_o to_o command_v obedience_n from_o all_o their_o subject_n and_o that_o as_o well_o from_o a_o clergyman_n as_o any_o other_o to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n with_o the_o civil_a sword_n and_o with_o temporal_a penalty_n a_o supremacy_n to_o which_o the_o 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here_o be_v a_o new_a and_o through_o mould_v of_o a_o church_n both_o a_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n call_v a_o reformation_n wherein_o all_o the_o synodical_a act_n of_o this_o church_n since_o christianity_n enter_v among_o we_o be_v as_o to_o any_o oblige_a power_n by_o their_o authority_n reverse_v wherein_o all_o the_o decision_n of_o patriarchical_a council_n yea_o of_o ecumenical_a synod_n be_v call_v into_o examination_n all_o their_o law_n so_o far_o as_o seem_v meet_v reform_v the_o whole_a regard_n that_o england_n have_v to_o all_o other_o catholic_n church_n as_o a_o member_n of_o the_o whole_a be_v utter_o break_v by_o one_o national_a church_n nay_o not_o so_o much_o but_o by_o one_o luxurious_a king_n by_o one_o child_n and_o by_o one_o woman_n even_o when_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o clergy_n protest_v against_o it_o and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o 35._o if_o doctor_n pierce_n may_v be_v believe_v thus_o to_o reform_v be_v to_o write_v after_o the_o copy_n which_o have_v be_v set_v to_o the_o reformer_n in_o his_o text_n by_o the_o bless_a reformer_n of_o all_o the_o world_n which_o be_v so_o to_o reform_v as_o not_o to_o innovate_v and_o to_o accommodate_v their_o religion_n to_o what_o they_o find_v in_o the_o beginning_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n accuse_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o he_o express_v it_o but_o indeed_o the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n as_o he_o must_v and_o as_o other_o grant_v of_o not_o only_o horrible_a corruption_n in_o point_n of_o practice_n but_o hideous_a error_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n too_o &_o such_o as_o trench_v upon_o foundation_n 14._o but_o the_o preacher_n must_v not_o expect_v his_o confident_a asseveration_n without_o proof_n can_v seduce_v the_o judgement_n of_o any_o consider_a man_n to_o believe_v he_o against_o evidence_n and_o experience_n 12._o nothing_o be_v more_o plain_a than_o that_o the_o catholic_n church_n by_o observe_v the_o foresay_a fundamental_a rule_n be_v and_o will_v be_v 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