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against_o their_o adversary_n and_o for_o the_o truth_n and_o never_o offer_v to_o call_v for_o the_o pope_n to_o determine_v the_o question_n in_o his_o chair_n certaind_o no_o way_n can_v have_v be_v so_o expedite_a none_o so_o conclude_v and_o peremptory_a none_o can_v have_v convince_v so_o certain_o none_o can_v have_v triumph_v so_o open_o over_o all_o discrepant_n as_o this_o if_o they_o have_v know_v of_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o his_o be_v infallible_a or_o that_o he_o have_v be_v appoint_v by_o christ_n to_o be_v the_o judge_n of_o controversy_n and_o therefore_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v this_o discourse_n to_o excuse_v any_o more_o word_n either_o pretend_v or_o real_o say_v to_o this_o purpose_n of_o the_o pope_n for_o they_o will_v but_o make_v book_n swell_v and_o the_o question_v endless_a i_o shall_v only_o to_o this_o purpose_n observe_v that_o the_o old_a writer_n be_v so_o far_o from_o believe_v the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n or_o bishop_n 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council_n of_o chalcedon_n which_o for_o their_o own_o interest_n they_o do_v not_o like_a of_o they_o renounce_v subjection_n to_o his_o patriarchate_n and_o erect_v a_o patriarch_n at_o aquileia_n who_o be_v afterward_o translate_v to_o venice_n where_o his_o name_n remain_v to_o this_o day_n it_o be_v also_o notorious_a that_o most_o of_o the_o father_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o faithful_a do_v not_o enjoy_v the_o beatific_a vision_n before_o doomsday_n whether_o rome_n be_v then_o of_o that_o opinion_n or_o no_o i_o know_v not_o i_o be_o sure_a now_o they_o be_v not_o witness_v the_o counsel_n of_o florence_n and_o trent_n but_o of_o this_o i_o shall_v give_v a_o more_o full_a account_n afterward_o but_o if_o to_o all_o this_o which_o be_v already_o note_v we_o add_v that_o great_a variety_n of_o opinion_n among_o the_o father_n and_o counsel_n in_o assignation_n of_o the_o canon_n they_o not_o consult_v with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n nor_o any_o of_o 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vxores_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la morbidae_fw-la debitum_fw-la reddere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la aliis_fw-la poterant_fw-la antwerp_n vid._n câ—iranz_n sum._n council_n sol_fw-it 218._o edit_fw-la antwerp_n nubere_fw-la be_v this_o a_o doctrine_n fit_a for_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n a_o infallible_a doctor_n it_o be_v plain_o if_o any_o thing_n ever_o be_v doctrina_fw-la daemoniorum_fw-la and_o be_v note_v for_o such_o by_o gratian_n cause_n 32._o q._n 7._o can_n quod_fw-la proposuisli_fw-la where_o the_o gloss_n also_o intimate_v that_o the_o same_o privilege_n be_v grant_v to_o the_o englishman_n by_o gregory_n quia_fw-la novi_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la and_o sometime_o we_o have_v little_a reason_n to_o expect_v much_o better_a for_o not_o to_o instance_n in_o that_o learned_a discourse_n in_o the_o *_o canon_n law_n de_fw-fr majoritate_fw-la &_o obedientiâ_fw-la where_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n over_o king_n be_v prove_v from_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o 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suffer_v false_a apostle_n so_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n which_o be_v clear_o a_o power_n of_o cognisance_n and_o coërtion_n in_o causis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la to_o be_v watchful_a and_o strengthen_v the_o thing_n that_o remain_v as_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n in_o sardis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o be_v the_o office_n of_o ruler_n for_o they_o watch_v for_o your_o soul_n and_o the_o 13._o hebr._n 13._o second_o of_o apostle_n and_o apostolic_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d judas_n and_o silas_n confirm_v the_o brethren_n for_o these_o man_n although_o they_o be_v but_o of_o the_o 72_o at_o first_o yet_o by_o this_o time_n be_v make_v apostle_n and_o chief_a man_n among_o the_o brethren_n s._n paul_n also_o be_v join_v in_o this_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15._o act._n 15._o he_o go_v up_o and_o down_o confirm_v the_o church_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n paul_n to_o confirm_v 11._o 1._o cor._n 11._o the_o church_n and_o to_o make_v supply_n of_o what_o be_v deficient_a in_o discipline_n and_o government_n these_o be_v office_n of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n no_o less_o than_o episcopal_a or_o apostolical_a and_o beside_o the_o angel_n here_o speak_v of_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o the_o people_n of_o the_o diocese_n thou_o haste_v a_o few_o name_n even_o in_o sardis_n they_o be_v the_o bishop_n people_n the_o angel_n have_v a_o right_a to_o they_o and_o good_a reason_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v he_o for_o their_o fault_n be_v attribute_v to_o he_o as_o to_o the_o angel_n of_o pergamus_n and_o diverse_a other_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v deposit_v in_o his_o custody_n he_o be_v to_o be_v their_o ruler_n and_o pastor_n and_o this_o be_v call_v his_o ministry_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o thyatira_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v know_v thy_o ministry_n his_o office_n therefore_o be_v clericall_a it_o be_v a_o angel-minister_n and_o 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report_v that_o hosius_n bishop_n of_o solitar_n epist._n ad_fw-la solitar_n corduba_n precedent_n in_o the_o nicene_n council_n say_v it_o be_v the_o abomination_n of_o delolation_n that_o a_o layman_n shall_v be_v judge_n in_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la judicijs_fw-la in_o church-cause_n and_o leontius_n call_v church-affayre_n res_fw-la leontij_fw-la suidas_n in_o vitâ_fw-la leontij_fw-la alienas_fw-la à _fw-la laicis_fw-la thing_n of_o another_o court_n of_o a_o distinct_a cognisance_n from_o the_o laity_n *_o to_o these_o add_v the_o council_n of_o venice_n for_o it_o be_v very_o considerable_a in_o 453._o can._n 9_o a._n d._n 453._o this_o question_n clerico_n nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la permissu_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la servorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la adire_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la fortasse_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la judicium_fw-la caeperit_n habere_fw-la suspectum_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la proprietate_fw-la aliquà _fw-la adversus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nata_fw-la contentio_fw-la aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la audientiam_fw-la non_fw-fr saecularium_fw-la potestatum_fw-la debebit_fw-la ambire_fw-la alitèr_fw-la à _fw-la communione_fw-la habeatur_fw-la alienus_fw-la clergyman_n without_o delegation_n from_o their_o bishop_n may_v not_o hear_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o servant_n but_o the_o bishop_n unless_o the_o bishop_n be_v appeal_v from_o than_o other_o bishop_n must_v hear_v the_o cause_n but_o no_o lay_v judge_n by_o any_o mean_n *_o these_o sanction_n of_o holy_a church_n it_o please_v the_o emperor_n to_o ratify_v by_o a_o imperial_a edict_n for_o so_o 123._o novel_a constit_fw-la 123._o justinian_n command_v that_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a secular_a judge_n shall_v have_v no_o interest_n sed_fw-la sanctissimus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la secundum_fw-la sacras_fw-la regulas_fw-la causae_fw-la finem_fw-la imponat_fw-la the_o bishop_n according_a to_o the_o sacred_a canon_n 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ambros._n in_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 1._o &_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n c._n 20._o s._n august_n lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la crescon_n &_o epist._n 137._o tertullian_n s._n ambrose_n and_o s._n austin_n use_v the_o word_n seniores_fw-la or_o elder_n sometime_o for_o priest_n as_o be_v the_o latin_a for_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o for_o a_o secular_a magistrate_n or_o alderman_n for_o i_o think_v s._n austin_n do_v so_o in_o his_o three_o book_n against_o cresconius_n be_v but_o like_a sophom_n to_o prove_v that_o two_o and_o two_o be_v not_o four_o for_o to_o pretend_v such_o slight_a aery_a imagination_n against_o the_o constant_a know_v open_a catholic_a practice_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n and_o history_n of_o all_o age_n be_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v go_v to_o fright_v a_o imperial_a army_n with_o a_o single_a bulrush_n they_o be_v not_o worth_n further_o consider_v *_o but_o this_o be_v that_o in_o this_o question_n of_o lay-elders_a the_o 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