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and_o by_o this_o comparison_n we_o shall_v evident_o know_v the_o truth_n for_o we_o find_v the_o prince_n call_v a_o god_n not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o people_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o priest_n also_o where_o the_o lord_n himself_o speak_v to_o moses_n of_o aaron_n compare_v their_o power_n and_o office_n together_o he_o say_v thus_o he_o 16._o shall_v be_v thy_o spokesman_n unto_o the_o people_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v as_o thy_o mouth_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v to_o he_o in_o stead_n of_o god_n in_o this_o compare_v of_o these_o two_o great_a office_n moses_n be_v the_o director_n aaron_n dei._n the_o interpreter_n and_o preacher_n where_o the_o prince_n or_o sovereign_a magistrate_n be_v call_v a_o god_n not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o people_n as_o in_o diverse_a other_o scripture_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o priest_n thou_o shall_v be_v to_o he_o even_o to_o aaron_n as_o a_o god_n we_o find_v then_o that_o the_o prince_n be_v call_v a_o god_n in_o 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moses_n
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the_o privilege_n of_o immunity_n to_o all_o clerk_n and_o grant_v to_o bishop_n judgement_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o clerk_n in_o case_n they_o will_v decline_v from_o the_o court_n of_o civil_a judge_n and_o he_o decree_v that_o whatsoever_o the_o bishop_n judge_v that_o shall_v stand_v in_o all_o strength_n and_o authority_n of_o a_o decree_n sozomen_n declare_v by_o what_o occasion_n it_o grow_v first_o for_o some_o begin_v then_o to_o appeal_v from_o civil_a judgement_n to_o ecclesiastical_a and_o some_o bishop_n receive_v the_o appellation_n which_o thing_n be_v approve_v by_o constantine_n give_v great_a authority_n to_o this_o kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n episcopi_fw-la say_v 9_o he_o in_o causis_fw-la civilibus_fw-la sententias_fw-la pronuntiarunt_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la iudicibus_fw-la civilibus_fw-la ad_fw-la eorum_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la appellassent_fw-la quam_fw-la rem_fw-la propter_fw-la venerationem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la adeò_fw-la approbavit_fw-la 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phocas_n the_o pope_n get_v it_o by_o his_o flatterer_n long_o after_o and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a they_o have_v get_v in_o one_o foot_n far_o into_o this_o jurisdiction_n for_o than_o they_o begin_v to_o refuse_v the_o coactive_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n all_o this_o while_n they_o be_v not_o come_v to_o the_o height_n and_o top_n of_o they_o jurisdiction_n to_o practice_v coactive_a power_n over_o and_o against_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o depose_v prince_n to_o raise_v up_o rebellion_n to_o absolve_v subject_n from_o their_o faith_n and_o allegiance_n though_o some_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v a_o new_a sound_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o come_v to_o their_o perfection_n till_o after_o this_o time_n as_o we_o purpose_v in_o order_n to_o declare_v and_o as_o we_o note_v their_o practice_n so_o we_o must_v no_o less_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o man_n and_o mean_n which_o withstand_v they_o in_o these_o ambitious_a course_n 13_o these_o 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the_o civil_a magistrate_n for_o after_o that_o charles_n have_v subdue_v the_o lumbards_n as_o his_o father_n pipin_n have_v do_v before_o he_o and_o besiege_v desiderius_n king_n of_o the_o lumbards_n come_v to_o rome_n from_o the_o siege_n to_o know_v what_o he_o shall_v have_v for_o his_o travail_n for_o recover_v s._n peter_n patrimony_n as_o the_o late_a patrimony_n of_o the_o emperor_n fal_v to_o the_o pope_n than_o begin_v to_o be_v call_v for_o the_o pope_n have_v promise_v to_o charles_n for_o oppress_v the_o lumbards_n and_o recover_v this_o new_a patrimony_n so_o much_o desire_v so_o hot_o pursue_v so_o dear_o buy_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v make_v emperor_n of_o the_o west_n and_o the_o ancient_a authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o empire_n shall_v be_v restore_v to_o he_o for_o the_o better_a effect_v of_o these_o affair_n charles_n have_v set_v a_o strong_a siege_n about_o pavy_n and_o take_v order_n with_o his_o captain_n for_o that_o service_n leave_v the_o 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magnoperè_fw-la providendum_fw-la est_fw-la â—…e_v in_o his_o deus_fw-la offendatur_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la religio_fw-la christiâ—…na_fw-la consistere_fw-la debet_fw-la marsilius_n patavin_n have_v a_o testimony_n which_o if_o it_o be_v of_o doubtless_o 25._o authority_n may_v move_v some_o doubt_n for_o he_o say_v that_o pope_n simplicius_n do_v forbid_v investiture_n to_o be_v take_v at_o a_o lie_v hand_n albeit_o say_v he_o by_o that_o decree_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o his_o predecessor_n 467._o exhibit_v all_o due_a and_o humble_a reverence_n to_o prince_n do_v use_v to_o take_v investiture_n from_o layman_n it_o be_v manifest_a by_o this_o that_o marsilius_n have_v see_v a_o decree_n of_o simplicius_n to_o this_o purpose_n which_o if_o it_o be_v the_o true_a decree_n of_o simplicius_n then_o be_v investiture_n acknowledge_v the_o prince_n right_a long_o before_o charles_n but_o if_o that_o decree_n be_v forge_v as_o doubtless_o it_o be_v with_o many_o more_o let_v the_o roman_a forgery_n be_v acknowledge_v and_o the_o master_n of_o that_o mint_n know_v howsoever_o it_o be_v out_o of_o question_n that_o investiture_n be_v acknowledge_v the_o ancient_a right_n of_o the_o empire_n by_o haâ—…rian_n yield_v to_o charles_n grant_v also_o by_o diverse_a pope_n as_o be_v apparent_a by_o their_o express_a confession_n of_o who_o some_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o some_o since_o 47._o the_o reason_n why_o it_o shall_v belong_v to_o temporal_a prince_n be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o move_v pope_n emperor_n and_o king_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o great_a and_o hot_a contention_n the_o one_o to_o purchase_v a_o new_a title_n the_o other_o to_o retain_v their_o ancient_a right_n for_o until_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n we_o find_v little_a or_o no_o mention_n at_o all_o of_o these_o thing_n because_o the_o jurisdiction_n be_v then_o unmix_a this_o power_n coactive_a be_v not_o then_o practise_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n but_o when_o constantine_n have_v enrich_v the_o church_n give_v place_n and_o authority_n to_o bishop_n add_v unto_o that_o power_n which_o they_o have_v a_o new_a part_n of_o jurisdiction_n which_o they_o have_v not_o before_o 5._o as_o we_o have_v declare_v and_o by_o this_o example_n of_o constantine_n other_o emperor_n and_o king_n add_v thereto_o so_o that_o a_o temporal_a lordship_n be_v add_v in_o the_o end_n to_o a_o bishopric_n which_o thing_n be_v first_o institute_v by_o otho_n the_o second_o emperor_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o cardinal_n cusanus_fw-la for_o write_v of_o this_o otho_n he_o say_v 967._o câ—…edidit_fw-la perpetuis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la imperio_fw-la subiectis_fw-la pâ—…cem_fw-la darâ—…_n posse_fw-la si_fw-la temporalia_fw-la dominia_fw-la â—…am_fw-la rom._n ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la alijs_fw-la adiungerentur_fw-la 27._o cum_fw-la certi_fw-la seruiâ—…ij_fw-la obseruatione_n tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la cultus_fw-la divinus_fw-la augmentaretur_fw-la religionem_fw-la in_o magnam_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la exaltandam_fw-la credidit_fw-la quando_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la magnae_fw-la potentiae_fw-la alijs_fw-la principibus_fw-la intermiscerentur_fw-la a_o mix_a jurisdiction_n thus_o be_v commit_v to_o bishop_n then_o be_v it_o good_a reason_n that_o bishop_n haviâ—…g_v receive_v such_o a_o external_a coactive_a power_n from_o temporal_a prince_n that_o these_o prince_n shall_v be_v well_o secure_v of_o their_o fidelity_n to_o they_o for_o so_o much_o of_o their_o authority_n as_o they_o receive_v from_o such_o prince_n 48._o this_o example_n of_o government_n the_o first_o christian_a prince_n set_v up_o in_o the_o church_n draw_v from_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o jew_n as_o we_o have_v say_v so_o that_o christian_a king_n have_v the_o same_o power_n over_o bishop_n which_o the_o godly_a king_n of_o israel_n have_v over_o the_o priest_n in_o that_o state_n from_o this_o ground_n rise_v ecclesiastical_a 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praevaricaâ—…orem_fw-la qui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ordinatus_fw-la est_fw-la protinus_fw-la misi_fw-la ut_fw-la omnâ—…no_fw-la missarum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d celebrarâ—…_n nullo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d praesumeret_fw-la nisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la serenissimis_fw-la dominis_n 〈◊〉_d si_fw-fr hâ—…_n fieri_fw-la ipsi_fw-la iuâ—…sissent_fw-la that_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o sâ—…lone_a be_v ordain_v without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o myself_o and_o my_o chaplain_n and_o that_o thing_n be_v do_v which_o neâ—…er_n happen_v under_o any_o of_o the_o former_a prince_n which_o when_o i_o understand_v i_o send_v present_o to_o that_o 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v inordinate_o ordain_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o in_o any_o case_n presume_v to_o celebrate_v mass_n unless_o first_o i_o may_v understand_v of_o my_o most_o serene_a lord_n the_o emperor_n whither_o they_o command_v this_o which_o testimony_n â—…is_v also_o cite_v desâ—…_n 63._o to_o prove_v that_o the_o emperor_n ought_v to_o choose_v bishop_n as_o hadrian_n acknowledge_v the_o 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but_o cardinal_n baroniuâ—…_n strike_v with_o a_o strange_a fury_n in_o this_o question_n of_o investiture_n venture_v upon_o a_o new_a and_o desperate_a course_n deny_v all_o antiquity_n and_o bring_v a_o more_o shameless_a handle_n to_o these_o thing_n than_o ever_o be_v bring_v by_o any_o man_n before_o he_o he_o deny_v the_o whole_a with_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o that_o be_v report_v of_o hadrian_n yield_v this_o to_o charles_n but_o most_o of_o all_o he_o break_v all_o rule_n of_o patience_n and_o moderation_n against_o sigebert_n because_o among_o many_o he_o also_o have_v report_v this_o 774._o story_n sigeâ—…ert_n say_v he_o like_o a_o impostor_n first_o devise_v and_o forge_v this_o tale_n that_o pope_n hadrian_n yield_v investiture_n to_o charles_n and_o this_o he_o write_v in_o the_o favour_n of_o a_o sâ—…hismaticall_a emperor_n why_o baronius_n shall_v put_v upon_o sigeâ—…ert_a imposture_n and_o subornation_n we_o see_v no_o reason_n unless_o it_o be_v that_o he_o 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to_o that_o council_n aut_fw-la saecularium_fw-la in_o intention_n mortifera_fw-la perdurantes_fw-la crebrius_fw-la admoniti_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la emendare_fw-la neglexerint_fw-la etc._n etc._n alios_fw-la canonica_fw-la severitas_fw-la corrigat_fw-la alios_fw-la ligatâ—…s_fw-la paena_fw-la percellat_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v conuenit_fw-la ut_fw-la iustitâ—…ae_fw-la &_o â—…quitatis_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la vigore_fw-la seruato_fw-la distringat_fw-la legalis_fw-la ultio_fw-la iudicum_fw-la quos_fw-la non_fw-la corrigit_fw-la canonica_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la sacer_n dotum_fw-la 70._o then_o the_o ancient_a practice_n be_v that_o the_o temporal_a magistrate_n shall_v punish_v such_o as_o offend_v of_o the_o clergy_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o laity_n concern_v the_o antiquity_n of_o this_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o temporal_a court_n we_o find_v no_o precedent_n for_o it_o all_o the_o while_n that_o the_o emperor_n have_v any_o government_n and_o command_n in_o 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