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A67437 The history & vindication of the loyal formulary, or Irish remonstrance ... received by His Majesty anno 1661 ... in several treatises : with a true account and full discussion of the delusory Irish remonstrance and other papers framed and insisted on by the National Congregation at Dublin, anno 1666, and presented to ... the Duke of Ormond, but rejected by His Grace : to which are added three appendixes, whereof the last contains the Marquess of Ormond ... letter of the second of December, 1650 : in answer to both the declaration and excommunication of the bishops, &c. at Jamestown / the author, Father Peter Walsh ... Walsh, Peter, 1618?-1688.; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688. Articles of peace.; Rothe, David, 1573-1650. Queries concerning the lawfulnesse of the present cessation. 1673 (1673) Wing W634; ESTC R13539 1,444,938 1,122

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and_o no_o man_n that_o as_o much_o as_o pretend_v learning_n be_v now_o so_o ignorant_a as_o not_o to_o know_v that_o even_o entire_a catholic_n nation_n and_o many_o such_o too_o oppose_v very_o many_o such_o canon_n even_o of_o those_o very_a council_n which_o themselves_o esteem_v or_o allow_v as_o true_o general_n and_o oppose_v not_o the_o bare_a word_n or_o epithet_n only_a as_o our_o dispute_n now_o be_v of_o such_o word_n or_o even_o of_o bare_a epithet_n but_o the_o whole_a matter_n and_o sense_n and_o purpose_n nay_o and_o the_o very_a end_n too_o uncontroverted_o admit_v to_o have_v be_v that_o of_o such_o general_a council_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v obvious_a enough_o uz_o that_o in_o canon_n of_o reformation_n discipline_n or_o manner_n as_o it_o be_v general_o allow_v and_o certain_a the_o father_n deliver_v not_o nor_o intend_v nor_o pretend_v to_o deliver_v or_o declare_v the_o catholic_n faith_n and_o that_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n they_o be_v as_o fallible_a 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be_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n give_v they_o in_o such_o exempt_v cause_n both_o criminal_a and_o civil_a but_o give_v they_o so_o by_o the_o supreme_a authority_n civil_a and_o proceed_v in_o so_o much_o against_o they_o to_o a_o mere_a civil_a determination_n execution_n and_o coaction_n by_o virtue_n only_o of_o the_o power_n derive_v from_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o supreme_a civil_a magistrate_n and_o not_o by_o virtue_n of_o any_o spiritual_a power_n or_o other_o whatsoever_o derive_v from_o the_o church_n as_o pure_o a_o church_n because_o the_o church_n as_o such_o have_v neither_o territory_n nor_o sword_n &_o consequent_o no_o external_a criminal_a or_o civil_a judicatory_a with_o any_o external_a or_o temporal_a power_n of_o coaction_n or_o coercion_n proper_o such_o but_o only_o a_o spiritual_a power_n of_o mere_a spiritual_a censure_n which_o be_v but_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la or_o diminutive_o and_o improper_o call_v coercion_n or_o coaction_n for_o what_o belong_v to_o 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the_o aforesaid_a judgement_n also_o of_o the_o council_n of_o orleans_n the_o donatist_n yet_o appeal_v even_o from_o it_o and_o the_o second_o time_n to_o the_o emperor_n himself_o against_o and_o in_o that_o cause_n of_o cecilian_a and_o the_o emperor_n admit_v again_o their_o appeal_n judge_n the_o matter_n himself_o absolve_v cecilian_a and_o condemn_v the_o donatist_n st._n augustine_n be_v my_o author_n and_o witness_n ep_v 48._o and_o epist_n 162._o where_o yet_o he_o neither_o accuse_v nor_o reprehend_v the_o emperor_n nor_o do_v cecilian_n except_v but_o obey_v and_o free_o present_v himself_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o emperor_n for_o it_o be_v a_o criminal_a judgement_n that_o be_v the_o matter_n debate_v be_v a_o crime_n charge_v upon_o he_o nay_o st._n augustine_n open_o say_v and_o aver_v that_o neither_o the_o accuse_v or_o appeal_n bishop_n themselves_o be_v to_o be_v reprehend_v on_o this_o account_n that_o they_o draw_v or_o bring_v the_o affair_n or_o cause_n of_o or_o accusation_n against_o other_o bishop_n to_o a_o lay_v secular_a judicatory_a for_o thus_o he_o write_v ep_v 48._o si_fw-mi autem_fw-la sicut_fw-la falso_fw-la arbitramini_fw-la veer_fw-la criminosum_fw-la caecilianum_fw-la judicandum_fw-la terrenis_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la tradiderant_fw-la quid_fw-la objicitis_fw-la quod_fw-la u●strorum_fw-la praesumptio_fw-la primitus_fw-la fecit_fw-la he_o speak_v to_o the_o late_a donatist_n quod_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la arguerimus_fw-la say_v he_o quia_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la animo_fw-la invido_fw-la &_o noxio_fw-la sed_fw-la emendandi_fw-la &_o corrigendi_fw-la voluntate_fw-la fecissent_fw-la therefore_o st._n augustine_n say_v that_o where_o and_o when_o the_o dispute_n concern_v the_o correction_n and_o amendment_n of_o ecclesiastic_n to_o demand_v the_o judgement_n or_o sentence_n and_o to_o appeal_v to_o the_o power_n of_o earthly_a prince_n be_v not_o reprehensible_a if_o the_o accuser_n proceed_v not_o in_o such_o or_o indeed_o any_o other_o application_n out_o of_o envy_n or_o malice_n concern_v this_o second_o admission_n of_o constantine_n or_o indeed_o rather_o concern_v his_o whole_a procedure_n in_o this_o affair_n by_o admit_v any_o appeal_n at_o all_o or_o
he_o desire_v and_o pray_v that_o justine_n will_v banish_v dorotheus_n and_o he_o can_v prevail_v with_o justine_n forasmuch_o as_o to_o send_v dorotheus_n to_o rome_n but_o let_v we_o here_o justine_n himself_o answer_v this_o last_o demand_n of_o the_o legate_n inter_fw-la haec_fw-la say_v the_o same_o legate_n suggestio_fw-la 2._o post_n epist_n hormisd_a 64._o give_v a_o account_n to_o the_o pope_n secundum_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la praecepistis_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la vestri_fw-la principi_fw-la insinuare_fw-la curavimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la catholicae_fw-la puritatis_fw-la romam_fw-la praefatus_fw-la dorotheus_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la aristide_n mitteraetar_n qui_fw-la respondit_fw-la causam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la pro_fw-la qua_fw-la romam_fw-la delegarentur_fw-la audiendi_fw-la ubi_fw-la sine_fw-la accusatorum_fw-la controversia_fw-la seize_v possent_fw-la liberiùs_fw-la excusare_fw-la where_o that_o be_v to_o be_v 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praetor_n of_o province_n and_o to_o the_o lie_v judge_n at_o constantinople_n as_o i_o have_v show_v already_o and_o at_o large_a in_o my_o lxix_o section_n but_o to_o give_v here_o some_o of_o the_o particular_a instance_n of_o his_o punish_a clerk_n by_o that_o his_o own_o imperial_a coercive_a power_n 〈◊〉_d know_v first_o it_o be_v this_o very_a justinianus_n who_o by_o his_o own_o proper_a and_o role_n power_n and_o authority_n imperial_a decree_v the_o banishment_n and_o who_o actual_o force_v into_o banishment_n anthimus_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n severus_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n peter_n bishop_n of_o apamea_n and_o zoaras_n the_o praesbiter_n albeit_o they_o have_v be_v first_o depose_v by_o a_o ecclesiastical_a sentence_n novel_a 42._o ponitur_fw-la in_o council_n general_a 5._o act._n 1._o where_o justinian_n speak_v thus_o interdicimus_fw-la ei_fw-la videlicet_fw-la anthimo_n commorari_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la faelici_fw-la civitate_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la districtu_fw-la ac_fw-la in_o quacumque_fw-la alia_fw-la insigni_fw-la civitate_fw-la for_o this_o anthimus_n be_v first_o condemn_v and_o depose_v by_o the_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a sentence_n of_o agapetus_n the_o roman_a pontiff_n and_o after_o also_o by_o that_o of_o the_o general_a synod_n as_o a_o intruder_n or_o as_o intrude_v into_o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n and_o as_o think_v amiss_o of_o some_o dogmat_n of_o faith_n ibid._n act._n 1._o severus_n have_v be_v convict_v of_o the_o same_o or_o like_a crime_n have_v the_o like_a sentence_n of_o banishment_n pronounce_v against_o he_o by_o justinian_n similiter_fw-la autem_fw-la say_v this_o emperor_n &_o huic_fw-la interdicimus_fw-la omnio_fw-la regiam_fw-la civitatem_fw-la ingredi_fw-la aut_fw-la districtum_fw-la ejus_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquam_fw-la aliam_fw-la de_fw-la insignibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o enact_v the_o same_o punishment_n against_o the_o other_o two_o peter_z and_o zoaras_n but_o least_o any_o shall_v think_v or_o pretend_v he_o a_o mere_a executor_n of_o the_o sacerdotal_a sentence_n against_o these_o criminal_a clergieman_n it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v first_o that_o this_o can_v be_v allege_v with_o any_o kind_n of_o colour_n or_o upon_o any_o kind_n of_o ground_n be_v that_o neither_o pope_n nor_o council_n pronounce_v any_o thing_n of_o banishment_n against_o the_o say_a criminal_o as_o indeed_o it_o be_v never_o at_o least_o in_o those_o ancient_a time_n the_o stile_n of_o pope_n or_o council_n nor_o be_v after_o of_o the_o very_a pope_n themselves_o until_o they_o become_v temporal_a prince_n for_o since_o i_o confess_v the_o pope_n do_v banish_v and_o may_v banish_v but_o out_o only_o of_o their_o own_o temporal_a principality_n the_o sentence_n therefore_o which_o pope_n agapetus_n and_o that_o council_n which_o condemn_v those_o ecclesiastic_n give_v or_o pronounce_v be_v pure_o and_o sole_o of_o ecclesiastical_a deposition_n and_o excommunication_n but_o that_o of_o justinian_n be_v of_o a_o other_o kind_n and_o much_o more_o grievous_a even_o a_o corporal_a extermination_n or_o banishment_n not_o only_o from_o the_o whole_a city_n wherein_o before_o they_o exercise_v jurisdiction_n but_o also_o out_o of_o all_o great_a city_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o therefore_o justinian_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a executor_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o either_o pope_n or_o council_n or_o of_o both_o but_o a_o inflict_a of_o a_o new_a and_o much_o great_a punishment_n and_o such_o as_o be_v proper_a to_o his_o own_o power_n and_o to_o which_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n as_o a_o church_n do_v neither_o in_o truth_n extend_v nor_o at_o all_o then_o as_o much_o as_o pretend_v second_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o the_o word_n expression_n and_o stile_n which_o justinian_n use_v in_o the_o say_v novel_a be_v such_o be_v so_o absolute_a and_o imperial_a as_o they_o can_v by_o any_o mean_n become_v a_o mere_a executor_n ad_fw-la praesentem_fw-la say_v he_o venimus_fw-la legem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la imperium_fw-la contra_fw-la istum_fw-la praesentem_fw-la scribit_fw-la legem_fw-la nec_fw-la utique_fw-la extra_fw-la imperialem_fw-la confirmationem_fw-la relinquimus_fw-la sententiam_fw-la justè_fw-la contra_fw-la severum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la latam_fw-la falsa_fw-la dogmata_fw-la ut_fw-la publicentur_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o christiano_n ovili_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o orthodoxo_fw-la populo_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperio_fw-la nostro_fw-la permissum_fw-la est_fw-la sacram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la propriam_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la in_o seipsa_fw-la existentem_fw-la ad_fw-la huc_fw-la magis_fw-la firmiorem_fw-la imperium_fw-la facit_fw-la interdicimus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ●●tos_fw-la suscipere_fw-la abijci_fw-la ergo_fw-la ipsos_fw-la sancimus_fw-la de_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la haec_fw-la pro_fw-la communi_fw-la pace_fw-la sanctissimarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la 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against_o zoaras_n et_fw-la hunc_fw-la de_fw-fr hac_fw-la regius_fw-la urbe_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la districtu_fw-la abijoit_fw-fr imperium_fw-la &_o habitationem_fw-la in_o alijs_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la omnino_fw-la interdicit_fw-la itaque_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la solis_fw-la habitet_fw-la &_o consulat_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la ante_fw-la memorati_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la similia_fw-la quidem_fw-la blasphemant_fw-la similia_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la in_o exilio_fw-la ponuntur_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la verò_fw-la aliud_fw-la in_o sententia_fw-la sanctissimorum_fw-la episcorum_n quae_fw-la
115._o init_fw-la justine_n the_o young_a of_o that_o name_n likewise_o a_o catholic_n emperor_n depose_v anastasius_n synaita_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n from_o his_o say_a see_v and_o cast_v he_o to_o exile_n whether_o upon_o forge_a crime_n or_o not_o who_o know_v evagrius_n l._n 5._o c._n 6._o and_o substitute_v in_o his_o place_n and_o see_v one_o gregory_n a_o most_o excellent_a and_o wonderful_a man_n and_o most_o conspicuous_a for_o sanctity_n of_o life_n baronius_n tom._n 7._o a_o 572._o n._n 19_o where_o i_o can_v but_o admire_v that_o what_o justinus_n do_v by_o his_o own_o proper_a imperial_a authority_n in_o expel_v the_o say_a athanasius_n our_o great_a annalist_n ibid._n n._n 17._o shall_v attribute_v to_o the_o decree_n or_o authority_n of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o synod_n verum_fw-la say_v he_o come_v a_o justino_n depositus_fw-la dicatur_fw-la anastasius_n non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la coacto_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la conventu_fw-la id_fw-la esse_fw-la factum_fw-la scias_fw-la these_o thing_n be_v do_v before_o a_o thousand_o year_n and_o of_o this_o congregation_n or_o assembly_n of_o bishop_n there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n in_o ancient_a history_n how_o therefore_o do_v baronius_n tell_v we_o of_o such_o a_o one_o docet_fw-la id_fw-la say_v he_o t●m_n 7._o a_o 564._o n._n 13._o eutychii_n constantinopolitanis_n episcopi_fw-la superius_fw-la enarratum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la excellent_a therefore_o in_o baronius_n divinity_n history_n and_o logic_n the_o consecution_n hold_v from_o one_o singular_a fact_n to_o a_o other_o singular_a fact_n and_o according_o it_o must_v be_v say_v of_o necessity_n that_o two_o singular_a or_o particular_a fact_n can_v not_o have_v two_o different_a cause_n or_o cause_n of_o a_o different_a nature_n nor_o do_v baronius_n consider_v or_o at_o least_o will_v not_o seem_v to_o consider_v that_o the_o prosecution_n of_o or_o persecution_n against_o entychius_n be_v only_o for_o his_o dissent_n 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