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beside_o he_o say_v that_o these_o latter_a be_v hold_v by_o some_o of_o the_o father_n to_o be_v apocryphal_a book_n understand_v apocryphal_a book_n for_o such_o as_o have_v a_o hide_v and_o unknown_a author_n but_o indeed_o the_o apochrypha_n be_v so_o call_v not_o for_o that_o their_o author_n be_v unknown_a for_o then_o diverse_a of_o the_o canonical_a book_n shall_v be_v apochrypha_n but_o because_o they_o be_v of_o a_o hide_a and_o obscure_a authority_n in_o which_o sense_v none_o of_o the_o father_n ever_o hold_v any_o of_o the_o canonical_a book_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o be_v apochrypha_fw-la 4._o as_o the_o heretic_n bring_v in_o counterfeit_a book_n of_o their_o own_o into_o the_o new_a testament_n so_o they_o reject_v diverse_a part_n of_o the_o canonical_a book_n 1._o faustus_n the_o manichie_n hold_v diverse_a thing_n to_o be_v false_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n augustin_n lib._n 33._o cont_n faust._n c._n 3._o 2._o the_o ebionite_n receive_v none_o but_o 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hope_n of_o reward_n the_o three_o of_o those_o qui_fw-la deo_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la serviunt_fw-la which_o serve_v god_n only_o for_o his_o own_o sake_n pererius_n quest._n 7._o how_o s._n paul_n say_v call_v to_o be_v a_o apostle_n 1._o pererius_n note_n be_v somewhat_o curious_a here_o as_o if_o the_o apostle_n shall_v have_v say_v i_o dare_v not_o call_v myself_o a_o apostle_n but_o i_o be_o so_o call_v of_o all_o for_o here_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v be_v not_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o participle_n but_o rather_o of_o a_o noun_n as_o erasmus_n note_v and_o beza_n and_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v by_o call_v a_o apostle_n so_o that_o this_o word_n rather_o show_v the_o authority_n by_o the_o which_o he_o be_v call_v than_o the_o call_n itself_o 2._o here_o may_v be_v note_v the_o difference_n which_o the_o father_n make_v between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o both_o signify_v call_v but_o the_o first_o be_v use_v of_o they_o which_o be_v call_v and_o obey_v not_o the_o other_o of_o they_o which_o be_v effectual_o call_v and_o obey_v their_o call_n which_o difference_n though_o it_o may_v well_o be_v observe_v here_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o derpetuall_a as_o math._n 22.19_o many_o be_v call_v and_o few_o choose_v the_o word_n be_v there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beza_n 3._o not_o much_o unlike_a be_v origens_n distinction_n between_o electus_fw-la and_o vocatus_fw-la elect_v to_o be_v a_o apostle_n and_o call_v to_o be_v a_o apostle_n judas_n be_v a_o apostle_n call_v but_o not_o elect_v which_o distinction_n if_o by_o election_n be_v understand_v predestination_n it_o hold_v well_o otherwise_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o outward_a call_n judas_n be_v both_o elect_v and_o call_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o twelve_o tolet._n 4._o the_o difference_n which_o augustine_n here_o note_v between_o vocari_fw-la and_o congregari_fw-la to_o be_v call_v 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tolet._n 6._o and_o hereby_o s._n paul_n in_o say_v call_v to_o be_v a_o apostle_n note_v two_o thing_n 1._o that_o he_o do_v not_o take_v this_o honour_n upon_o he_o by_o intrude_a himself_n but_o he_o be_v thereunto_o appoint_v of_o god_n erasm._n 2._o he_o show_v that_o the_o apostolic_a dignity_n be_v not_o attain_v unto_o by_o any_o humane_a merit_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n only_o and_o free_a gift_n of_o he_o that_o call_v perer._n ex_fw-la thoma_n quest._n 8._o of_o the_o office_n and_o call_n of_o a_o apostle_n what_o it_o be_v 1._o the_o word_n apostle_n be_v take_v either_o aequivoce_fw-la in_o a_o equivocal_a and_o improper_a sense_n and_o either_o in_o the_o better_a sort_n as_o andronicus_n and_o junta_n be_v say_v to_o be_v notable_a among_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 16.7_o where_o the_o word_n be_v general_o take_v for_o one_o that_o be_v send_v or_o in_o the_o worse_o as_o some_o be_v call_v false_a apostle_n 2._o cor._n 11.13_o 2._o or_o the_o word_n be_v use_v 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keep_v by_o the_o power_n of_o faith_n unto_o salvation_n the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o book_n the_o second_o book_n of_o this_o commentary_n upon_o the_o second_o general_a part_n of_o the_o epistle_n contain_v in_o the_o five_o last_o chapter_n which_o concern_v exhortation_n to_o diverse_a christian_a duty_n general_a and_o particular_a wherein_o among_o other_o question_n and_o controversy_n of_o great_a weight_n and_o moment_n these_o be_v special_o handle_v of_o the_o diverse_a office_n in_o the_o church_n c._n 12._o of_o the_o obedience_n wherein_o and_o how_o far_o to_o be_v yield_v to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n c._n 13._o of_o the_o use_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a c._n 14._o whether_o s._n paul_n be_v ever_o in_o spain_n as_o he_o purpose_v c._n 15._o whether_o s._n peter_n be_v ever_o at_o rome_n and_o fate_n as_o bishop_n there_o c._n 16._o print_a by_o cantrell_n leg_n printer_n to_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n 1611._o reverendissimis_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patribus_fw-la ac_fw-la dominis_n d._n georgio_n archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la &_o d._n lanceleto_fw-it episcopo_fw-la eliensi_fw-la dominis_n suis_fw-la colendissimis_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o pacem_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la d_o e_z divo_fw-la paulo_n eiusque_fw-la scriptis_fw-la divinissimis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la dignitati_fw-la paucis_fw-la mihi_fw-la praefari_fw-la cogitanti_fw-la occurrit_fw-la ambrosianum_fw-la iliud_fw-la quo_fw-la utrumque_fw-la vestrum_fw-la sivestrâ_fw-la pace_fw-la liceat_fw-la aeffari_fw-la &_o compellare_fw-la lubet_fw-la beati_fw-la petrus_n &_o paulus_n inter_fw-la universos_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o peculiari_fw-la quadam_fw-la praerogatiuâ_fw-la praecellunt_fw-la 66._o verùm_fw-la intet_fw-la ipsos_fw-la quis_fw-la cui_fw-la praeponatur_fw-la incertum_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la caeteris_fw-la vestri_fw-la ordinis_fw-la praelucetis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la alter_fw-la summae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la ecclesiastice_v apud_fw-la nos_fw-la accessione_n alter_fw-la eruditissimae_fw-la fidei_fw-la defensonis_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la laud_fw-la utrique_fw-la paulo_n &_o petro_n ambrose_n inter_fw-la apostolos_fw-la primatum_fw-la concedit_fw-la potestatis_fw-la paulos_n inquit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la primatus_fw-la sibi_fw-la soli_fw-la vendicat_fw-la concessam_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la petro_n concessa_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o utrique_fw-la vestrum_fw-la omnes_fw-la merito_fw-la palmam_fw-la deferunt_fw-la sed_fw-la hieronymus_n hic_fw-la mihi_fw-la aurem_fw-la vellit_fw-la vereor_fw-la ne_fw-la officium_fw-la putetur_fw-la ambitio_fw-la salvinam_fw-la &_o videamur_fw-la sub_fw-la occasione_n sermonis_fw-la amicitias_fw-la potentium_fw-la quaerere_fw-la redeo_fw-la ego_fw-la ad_fw-la paulum_fw-la illud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d electionis_fw-la vas_fw-la ut_fw-la christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la vocat_fw-la act._n 9.15_o lampadem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la chrysost._n doctorem_fw-la &_o magistrum_fw-la gentium_fw-la ut_fw-la hieronymus_n 26._o saâ—â—ntem_fw-la illum_fw-la architectum_fw-la ut_fw-la ambrose_n nutritorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la augustin_n paulum_fw-la cum_fw-la petro_n geminum_fw-la lumen_fw-la oculorum_fw-la appellat_fw-la bernardus_n sed_fw-la chrysostomus_n totus_fw-la in_o tanti_fw-la apostoli_fw-la laudes_fw-la resoluitur_fw-la pulverem_fw-la oris_fw-la illius_fw-la videre_fw-la vellem_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la locutus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n immo_fw-la non_fw-la oris_fw-la solum_fw-la illius_fw-la ultion_n sed_fw-la &_o cordis_fw-la pulverem_fw-la videre_fw-la vellem_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la cor_fw-la dixerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la peccaverit_fw-la adeo_fw-la enim_fw-la istud_fw-la cor_fw-la latum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o se_fw-la susceperit_fw-la integras_fw-la gentes_fw-la videre_fw-la rurfus_fw-la vellem_fw-la pulverem_fw-la manuum_fw-la quas_fw-la cum_fw-la tetigit_fw-la vipera_fw-la in_fw-la roguâ—u_fw-la decidit_fw-la etc._n etc._n vellem_fw-la &_o oculorum_fw-la pulverem_fw-la videre_fw-la excaecatorum_fw-la primò_fw-la doinde_fw-la ad_fw-la orbis_fw-la salutem_fw-la respicientium_fw-la vellem_fw-la &_o pedum_fw-la illorum_fw-la videre_fw-la pulterem_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la currentes_fw-la non_fw-la laborarunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o quid_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la singula_fw-la tecensere_fw-la vellem_fw-la videre_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la illud_fw-la quo_fw-la recondita_fw-la sunt_fw-la arma_fw-la illa_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la armalucis_fw-la isto_fw-la modo_fw-la aureum_fw-la illud_fw-la chrysostomi_n os_fw-la divinissimi_fw-la apostoli_fw-la dignisâ—â—â—_n as_o laudes_fw-la decantat_fw-la verùm_fw-la licet_fw-la paulus_n totus_fw-la sit_fw-la veluti_fw-la sacratissimus_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la pretiosarum_fw-la thesautus_fw-la &_o virtutum_fw-la promptuariumquatuor_fw-la tamen_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la praedicantur_fw-la admiratimedigna_fw-es conuersio_fw-la miraculosa_fw-la aedeficatio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fructuosa_fw-la diligentia_fw-la laboriosa_fw-la passâ—â—oriosa_fw-la de_fw-fr conversione_n pauli_n sic_fw-la meditatur_fw-la augustinus_n 41._o ananias_n baptizavit_fw-la luâ—â—in_fw-la &_o fecit_fw-la agnum_fw-la saulus_fw-la vinxit_fw-la paulus_n vinctus_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la saulus_fw-la quaerit_fw-la miâ—â—ere_fw-la numerum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la ipse_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la numerum_fw-la accessit_fw-la confessorum_fw-la zilum_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o docendi_fw-la peritiam_fw-la sic_fw-la describit_fw-la chrysostomus_n ad_fw-la splendorem_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la verborum_fw-la oculos_fw-la aperiamus_fw-la lingua_fw-la siquidem_fw-la illius_fw-la supra_fw-la solemn_a emicuit_fw-la doctrinaeque_fw-la sermone_fw-la supra_fw-la reliquos_fw-la omnes_fw-la exuberavit_fw-la sic_fw-la apostolus_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la testatur_fw-la 15.10_o gratia_fw-la eius_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o i_o collata_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la inanis_fw-la sed_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la omnes_fw-la laboravi_fw-la quam_fw-la vero_fw-la praestiterit_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la &_o quanto_fw-la labour_v in_o evangelio_n promulgando_fw-la desudaverit_fw-la ipse_fw-la etiam_fw-la testis_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la utà _fw-la jerusalem_fw-la per_fw-la circuitum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la illyricum_n repleverim_n evangelium_fw-la christi_fw-la unde_fw-la chrysostomus_n virtute_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la vonlantis_fw-la instar_fw-la factus_fw-la omnes_fw-la circumvolitabat_fw-la de_fw-fr passione_n vero_fw-la sua_fw-la &_o martyrio_fw-la sic_fw-la vaticinatur_fw-la 2.17_o si_fw-la immoler_fw-la super_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la fidei_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la enim_fw-la paulus_n sacrificij_fw-la instar_fw-la gladio_fw-la decollatus_fw-la creditur_fw-la ut_fw-la praeclare_fw-la augustinus_n petrus_n patitur_fw-la crucem_fw-la 28._o paulus_n fentit_fw-fr pugionem_fw-la piscatorem_fw-la suspendit_fw-la hamus_fw-la crucis_fw-la 243._o persecutorem_fw-la mucro_fw-la minuit_fw-la persecutoris_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la bernardus_n alter_fw-la amisso_fw-la alter_fw-la submisso_fw-la in_o cruse_n capite_fw-la triumphum_fw-la extulerunt_fw-la exit_fw-la istis_fw-la quatuor_fw-la pauli_n encomijs_fw-la duo_fw-la vires_fw-la nostras_fw-la longè_fw-la superant_fw-la nec_fw-la conversionis_fw-la modo_fw-la illi_fw-la adaequari_fw-la nec_fw-la martyrij_fw-la fortitudine_fw-la illi_fw-la pares_fw-la esse_fw-la possumus_fw-la in_fw-la duobus_fw-la reliquis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la d._n pauli_n exemplum_fw-la praeponitur_fw-la ut_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la &_o in_o labour_v tolerantiam_fw-la imitemur_fw-la ad_fw-la reliquas_fw-la apostoli_fw-la imitationes_fw-la ut_fw-la bene_fw-la cyprianus_n infirmi_fw-la sumus_fw-la clerie_n atque_fw-la utrinque_fw-la hoc_fw-la verè_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la muneris_fw-la specimen_fw-la à _fw-la vestrâ_fw-la gravitate_fw-la tam_fw-la docendi_fw-la quam_fw-la scribendi_fw-la exhibitum_fw-la libenter_fw-la omnes_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la omnibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o pastoribus_fw-la vestro_fw-la exemplo_fw-la faeliciter_fw-la praeitis_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la audebunt_fw-la milites_fw-la cum_fw-la tale_n habeant_fw-la deuce_n &_o nautae_fw-la alacriter_fw-la proculà ubio_fw-it incumbent_n remis_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la navarchos_fw-fr &_o nauclero_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la cohortatores_fw-la sed_fw-la cooperatores_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habeant_fw-la sed_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la 14._o in_fw-la quo_fw-la paulus_n animum_fw-la verè_fw-la apostolicum_fw-la oftendit_fw-la romanos_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la aediaphoris_fw-la altercantes_fw-la summo_fw-la artificio_fw-la ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la revocare_fw-la studet_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la pro_fw-la vestra_fw-la pielate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la non_fw-la dissimili_fw-la dissidio_fw-la laboranti_fw-la succurrite_fw-la &_o veluti_fw-la nutantibus_fw-la &_o svo_fw-la loco_fw-la motis_fw-la columnis_fw-la humeros_fw-la supponite_n duo_o sunt_fw-la que_fw-la nostram_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la bear_v possunt_fw-la pax_fw-la externa_fw-la &_o domestica_fw-la illam_fw-la nobis_fw-la attulit_fw-la serenissimus_a noster_fw-la rex_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la vertus_fw-la illud_fw-la praedicari_fw-la potest_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la olim_fw-la de_fw-la pericle_n svo_fw-la iactabant_fw-la athenienses_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la atheniensium_fw-la illius_fw-la causa_fw-la vestem_fw-la attan_fw-mi unquá_fw-la induerit_fw-la alteram_fw-la vestra_fw-la humanitas_fw-la conciliabit_fw-la melanthius_n inter_fw-la athenienses_fw-la dicere_fw-la solebat_fw-la civitatem_fw-la seruari_fw-la oratorum_fw-la dissidijs_fw-la sed_fw-la pastorum_fw-la concordiare_n nostras_fw-la crescere_fw-la facile_fw-la intelligit_fw-la vestra_fw-la prudentia_fw-la quam_fw-la vos_fw-la promovere_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la authoritate_fw-la vestra_fw-la potestis_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la pielate_fw-la vultis_fw-la isto_fw-la modo_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la paulum_fw-la admiremur_fw-la sed_fw-la imitemur_fw-la roman_n ut_fw-la suaviter_fw-la svo_fw-la more_fw-it chrysostomus_n possumus_fw-la hinc_fw-la migrantes_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la videre_fw-la &_o ineffabilis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la gloriae_fw-la participes_fw-la esse_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la assequi_fw-la contingat_fw-la gratià _fw-la &_o benignitate_fw-la christi_fw-la cui_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o secula_fw-la vestrae_fw-la reverend_a iae_fw-la obseruantissimus_fw-la andreas_n willet_n chap._n xii_o 1._o the_o text_n with_o the_o diverse_a reading_n 1
from_o this_o universality_n he_o that_o attempt_v to_o except_v you_o go_v about_o to_o deceive_v you_o gregor_n lib._n 4._o epist_n 31._o acknowledge_v mauritius_n the_o emperor_n his_o lord_n etc._n etc._n 5._o to_o conclude_v reason_n itself_o persuade_v thus_o much_o that_o all_o the_o citizen_n as_o part_n and_o member_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o head_n and_o governor_n thereof_o ecclesiastical_a person_n then_o if_o they_o be_v citizen_n and_o member_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n must_v be_v in_o subjection_n to_o the_o civil_a head_n not_o only_a decretiva_fw-la sed_fw-la coactiva_fw-la obligatione_fw-la not_o only_o to_o receive_v direction_n but_o by_o a_o coactive_a bond_n and_o obligation_n for_o otherwise_o they_o be_v not_o part_n and_o member_n of_o the_o civil_a body_n see_v further_o hereof_o synops._n cent._n 1._o err_v 98.100_o 2._o controv._n whether_o the_o pope_n have_v a_o spiritual_a power_n above_o king_n and_o prince_n the_o pope_n be_v not_o content_v to_o exempt_v himself_o and_o his_o clergy_n from_o the_o command_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n but_o he_o arrogate_v unto_o himself_o a_o superior_a power_n to_o be_v above_o emperor_n and_o king_n innocentius_n 3._o decret_a 1._o titul_n 33._o de_fw-la maiorit_fw-la c._n solitae_fw-la thus_o decree_v imperium_fw-la non_fw-la praeest_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la sed_fw-la subest_fw-la the_o empire_n be_v not_o superior_a to_o the_o priesthood_n but_o under_o it_o and_o bonifacius_n 8._o extrav_fw-mi de_fw-fr maiorit_fw-la c._n unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la decree_v thus_o that_o omnes_fw-la christi_fw-la fideles_fw-la de_fw-fr necessitate_v salutis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o the_o faithful_a of_o christ_n upon_o necessity_n of_o salvation_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n qui_fw-la utrumque_fw-la gladium_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n who_o have_v both_o sword_n and_o judge_v all_o and_o himself_o be_v judge_v of_o none_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o compare_v the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a power_n to_o the_o two_o great_a light_n which_o god_n make_v and_o there_o be_v as_o great_a difference_n between_o they_o as_o between_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n bellarmine_n though_o in_o word_n he_o deny_v the_o pope_n to_o have_v ullam_fw-la temporalem_fw-la iurisdictionem_fw-la directe_v any_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n direct_o yet_o he_o have_v power_n indirecte_v indirect_o to_o dispose_v of_o temporal_a thing_n yea_o of_o prince_n kingdom_n and_o dominion_n in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la spiritual_fw-la as_o it_o serve_v for_o the_o promote_a of_o the_o spiritual_a good_a and_o so_o in_o effect_n the_o pope_n shall_v have_v absolute_a power_n of_o temporal_a thing_n to_o dispose_v at_o his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n as_o he_o see_v to_o make_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o jurisdiction_n which_o they_o understand_v to_o be_v this_o spiritual_a good_a some_o and_o the_o chief_a of_o their_o argument_n for_o this_o unreasonable_a opinion_n be_v these_o 1._o the_o pope_n have_v both_o the_o sword_n the_o spiritual_a and_o the_o material_a sword_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v luk._n 22._o behold_v two_o sword_n and_o christ_n answer_v it_o be_v enough_o he_o be_v therefore_o above_o the_o civil_a power_n which_o have_v but_o one_o sword_n ans._n 1._o bellarm._n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n c._n 7._o disclaim_v this_o argument_n and_o show_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o meaning_n in_o that_o place_n by_o the_o two_o sword_n to_o understand_v a_o double_a power_n of_o the_o pope_n but_o they_o be_v two_o material_a sword_n in_o deed_n which_o be_v show_v unto_o christ._n 2._o and_o this_o be_v but_o a_o devise_a allegory_n not_o express_v in_o scripture_n be_v of_o no_o force_n to_o prove_v any_o doctrine_n 2._o bonifacius_n further_o urge_v in_o the_o say_a place_n that_o the_o church_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o civil_a state_n because_o they_o receive_v tithe_n of_o they_o ans._n 1._o we_o grant_v that_o the_o church_n which_o give_v spiritual_a thing_n and_o receive_v temporal_a be_v superior_a and_o more_o worthy_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o spiritual_a thing_n which_o it_o give_v but_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o superior_a in_o temporal_a dominion_n 2._o neither_o be_v they_o in_o the_o law_n always_o superior_a which_o receive_v tithe_n for_o beside_o the_o tithe_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o levite_n the_o rich_a also_o reserve_v a_o this_fw-mi for_o the_o poor_a and_o stranger_n deut._n 14.28_o 3._o and_o though_o this_o be_v admit_v that_o the_o payment_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a tith_z be_v a_o sign_n of_o subjection_n as_o the_o apostle_n reason_v for_o the_o pre-eminence_n of_o melchisedeck_n heb._n 7.5_o because_o that_o this_fw-mi be_v give_v unto_o the_o levite_n in_o the_o lord_n right_a who_o be_v then_o a_o type_n and_o figure_n of_o christ_n yet_o now_o all_o ceremony_n be_v cease_v tithe_n be_v give_v unto_o the_o church_n not_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o leviticall_a ten_o but_o as_o the_o salary_n and_o stipend_n of_o the_o minister_n for_o their_o maintenance_n so_o that_o now_o they_o be_v no_o sign_n of_o such_o superiority_n for_o the_o hire_n be_v give_v to_o the_o labourer_n as_o well_o by_o those_o that_o be_v superior_n as_o inferior_n 3._o argum._n the_o bishop_n do_v anoint_v king_n at_o their_o inauguration_n and_o do_v bless_v they_o but_o the_o less_o be_v bless_v of_o the_o great_a heb._n 7._o therefore_o the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n be_v great_a ans._n 1._o by_o this_o mean_n not_o the_o pope_n only_o but_o every_o bishop_n which_o do_v anoint_v the_o prince_n at_o his_o coronation_n shall_v be_v great_a than_o the_o prince_n 2._o he_o that_o bless_v by_o a_o prophetical_a benediction_n as_o do_v the_o prophet_n and_o priest_n which_o be_v by_o the_o special_a appointment_n of_o god_n be_v great_a but_o every_o one_o that_o ordinary_o bless_v be_v not_o great_a for_o the_o subject_n use_v to_o 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