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A66957 [Catholick theses] R. H., 1609-1678. 1689 (1689) Wing W3438; ESTC R222050 115,558 162

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§_o 27_o after_o this_o copious_a account_n give_v you_o of_o learned_a and_o judicious_a protestant_n touch_v so_o weighty_a a_o matter_n let_v we_o now_o look_v back_o upon_o they_o and_o see_v in_o what_o posture_n thing_n be_v leave_v the_o ecclesiastical_a supremacy_n that_o be_v common_o attribute_v to_o the_o civil_a power_n seem_v to_o consist_v chief_o in_o all_o or_o in_o some_o one_o of_o these_o three_o 1._o his_o strengthen_n and_o promote_a the_o act_n of_o the_o church_n and_o its_o governor_n with_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o secular_a sword_n and_o his_o make_v their_o law_n the_o law_n also_o of_o the_o state_n one_o branch_n of_o which_o power_n consequent_o be_v the_o oppose_a and_o suppress_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o civil_a justice_n any_o such_o ecclsiastical_a act_n of_o inferior_a and_o uncanonical_a and_o illegal_a person_n or_o synod_n as_o go_v against_o the_o superior_a and_o legal_a the_o church_n be_v always_o the_o judge_n in_o this_o matter_n what_o 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which_o the_o church_n have_v never_o deny_v to_o belong_v to_o secular_a prince_n but_o as_o oblige_v to_o they_o for_o it_o and_o many_o act_n thereof_o may_v be_v and_o sometime_o have_v be_v perform_v even_o by_o prince_n heathen_a or_o heretical_a many_o instance_n thereof_o be_v collect_v by_o mason_n de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la anglicano_n p._n 313._o in_o nabuchadonosor_n cyrus_n darius_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n tiberius_n adrian_n antoninus_n pius_n etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o of_o several_a of_o the_o gothick_n king_n under_o the_o new_a for_o the_o other_o two_o these_o protestant_a author_n forecited_a grant_n that_o so_o often_o as_o any_o prince_n fall_v into_o heresy_n or_o in_o general_n oppose_v the_o christian_a faith_n the_o exercise_n of_o such_o supremacy_n concern_v matter_n of_o faith_n and_o church_n government_n return_v to_o the_o church_n alone_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o church_n alone_o before_o constantine_n again_o the_o judgement_n of_o 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