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A66957
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[Catholick theses]
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R. H., 1609-1678.
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by_o the_o act_n of_o some_o pious_a emperor_n cassate_v the_o decree_n of_o some_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n as_o particular_o theodosius_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o second_o ephesine_n council_n 3._o ε._n ε_n ε_n by_o many_o precedent_n of_o late_a christian_a prince_n and_o among_o they_o the_o king_n of_o england_n before_o henry_n the_o eight_o vindicate_v such_o right_n of_o prince_n against_o the_o pope_n but_o indeed_o none_o of_o these_o well_o examine_v will_v bear_v the_o weight_n they_o charge_v on_o they_o to_o α._o the_o first_o instance_n which_o be_v the_o main_a α._n to_o α._n habuerunt_fw-la reges_fw-la §_o 43_o say_v bishop_n andrews_n tort._n tort._n p._n 379._o in_o vetere_fw-la testamento_fw-la primatum_fw-la suum_fw-la atque_fw-la inde_fw-la nervi_fw-la &_o lacerti_fw-la causae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la in_fw-la novo_fw-la autem_fw-la deteriore_fw-la jure_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la it_o be_v willing_o grant_v 1._o that_o prince_n may_v reform_v and_o that_o as_o supremes_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o civil_a power_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o religion_n 2._o may_v reform_v as_o bishop_n andrews_n will_v have_v it_o ibid._n p._n 365._o citra_fw-la declarationem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la without_o any_o declaration_n of_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n in_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n know_v and_o undisputed_a and_o former_o declare_v as_o those_o thing_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n reform_v in_o be_v and_o just_o be_v prince_n blame_v for_o any_o their_o neglect_n in_o this_o the_o duty_n of_o their_o place_n and_o wherein_o their_o secular_a power_n be_v much_o more_o effective_a of_o a_o thorough_a reformation_n than_o the_o priest_n 3._o may_v reform_v the_o clergy_n too_o such_o as_o sound_v in_o the_o faith_n neglect_v their_o duty_n or_o also_o be_v fall_v from_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v teach_v by_o that_o church_n that_o be_v the_o canonical_a judge_n of_o such_o controversy_n and_o prince_n in_o punish_v such_o clergy_n be_v to_o be_v account_v assistant_n to_o the_o church_n 4._o may_v reform_v this_o clergy_n though_o these_o a_o great_a number_n than_o those_o profess_v the_o catholic_n faith_n because_o the_o legislative_a church-power_n remain_v not_o in_o these_o separate_v and_o exclude_v though_o the_o more_o but_o only_o in_o the_o whole_a or_o in_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o catholic_n party_n easy_o discernible_a from_o the_o apostate_n as_o be_v those_o desert_v moses_n law_n and_o change_v the_o former_a divine_a service_n and_o but_o a_o few_o at_o the_o first_o only_o it_o be_v contend_v that_o never_o may_v prince_n so_o reform_v against_o that_o body_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o be_v the_o canonical_a judge_n of_o controversy_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n nor_o can_v it_o beprove_v that_o the_o godly_a king_n of_o judah_n do_v so_o either_o that_o they_o reform_v all_o the_o priest_n or_o the_o highpriest_n who_o be_v always_o their_o guide_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n or_o reform_v the_o people_n against_o they_o or_o reform_v the_o people_n at_o least_o without_o they_o §_o 44_o the_o chief_a reformation_n be_v make_v by_o david_n jehosophat_n hezekiah_n and_o josiah_n and_o in_o all_o these_o we_o find_v a_o orthodox_n clergy_n co-adjutors_a and_o con-reformer_n and_o the_o prince_n rectify_v nothing_o in_o they_o but_o with_o they_o and_o if_o the_o king_n action_n appear_v in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n or_o chronicle_n more_o set_v forth_o than_o they_o it_o be_v because_o it_o be_v a_o history_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o king_n not_o of_o the_o priest_n when_o after_o the_o flourish_a time_n of_o the_o church_n under_o david_n and_o solomon_n in_o jeroboam_n reign_n israel_n fall_v away_o yet_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n revolt_v not_o with_o the_o people_n but_o leave_v their_o city_n and_o possession_n go_v over_o to_o judah_n see_v 2._o chron._n 11.13_o 14._o 13.9_o 15.9_o and_o new_a priest_n be_v make_v by_o jeroboam_n for_o his_o new_a worship_n afterward_o we_o find_v these_o priest_n and_o levite_n assist_v jehosaphat_n in_o his_o reformation_n 2._o chron._n 17.7_o 8._o and_o 19.8_o 9_o 10._o in_o the_o time_n of_o ahaz'_v apostasy_n these_o aaronical_a priest_n be_v exclude_v the_o door_n of_o the_o house_n of_o our_o lord_n shut_v up_o 2._o chron._n 28.24_o and_o new_a priest_n not_o descend_v from_o aaron_n call_v chemarim_n consecrate_v with_o many_o sacrifice_n and_o ordain_v for_o the_o new_a idolatrous_a worship_n of_o who_o see_v 2._o king_n 23.5_o zeph._n 1.4_o hos_fw-la 10.5_o ezech._n 44.8_o to_o who_o i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o some_o also_o of_o aaron_n race_n join_v themselves_o but_o after_o this_o we_o find_v hezekiah_n reformation_n in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n assist_v with_o the_o orthodox_n clergy_n 2._o chron._n 29.11_o 12._o etc._n etc._n he_o open_v the_o door_n of_o the_o lord_n say_v the_o text_n 2._o chron._n 22.3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n and_o bring_v in_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o levite_n viz._n who_o ahaz_n have_v exclude_v not_o long_o before_o afterward_o these_o priest_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v exclude_v again_o from_o officiate_a in_o a_o great_a persecution_n of_o manasses_n yet_o by_o he_o at_o last_o repent_v we_o find_v they_o also_o restore_v and_o officiate_a in_o the_o temple_n before_o josiah_n time_n 2._o chron._n 33.16_o and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n 2._o chron._n 34._o josiah_n perfect_v the_o reformation_n which_o his_o grandfather_n have_v begin_v by_o their_o assistance_n and_o particular_o by_o that_o of_o the_o highpriest_n hilkiah_n who_o also_o find_v in_o the_o temple_n the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n this_o in_o those_o time_n at_o least_o entire_a be_v very_o rare_a and_o communicate_v it_o to_o the_o pious_a prince_n who_o have_v neither_o see_v it_o nor_o hear_v it_o read_v before_o this_o eighteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o therefore_o must_v former_o have_v learn_v god_n service_n and_o the_o true_a religion_n to_o which_o he_o now_o so_o zealous_o reform_v the_o people_n not_o from_o the_o scripture_n but_o from_o the_o priest_n neither_o be_v any_o of_o those_o priest_n and_o levite_n that_o assist_v king_n josiah_n such_o as_o have_v before_o apostatise_v under_o manasses_n in_o that_o josiah_n will_v permit_v none_o of_o those_o levitical_a priest_n who_o have_v former_o offer_v sacrifice_n in_o the_o high-place_n though_o these_o to_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n afterward_o to_o officiate_v at_o the_o lord_n altar_n in_o jerusalem_n but_o only_o indulge_v they_o their_o diet_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o priest_n see_v 2._o king_n 23.7.9_o this_o good_a king_n josiah_n be_v the_o last_o reformer_n and_o if_o the_o clergy_n after_o this_o fall_v away_o in_o a_o much_o great_a number_n so_o do_v the_o prince_n too_o much_o more_o irrecoverable_o but_o in_o those_o time_n also_o when_o it_o be_v say_v 2._o chron._n 36.14_o that_o all_o i.e._n very_a many_o as_o it_o be_v not_o unusual_a in_o scripture_n of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o priest_n and_o of_o the_o people_n transgress_v very_o much_o after_o all_o the_o abomination_n of_o the_o heathen_a yet_o a_o remnant_n still_o there_o be_v that_o remain_v catholic_n who_o the_o rest_n now_o be_v extra_n ecclesiam_fw-la king_n and_o people_n be_v oblige_v to_o obey_v in_o spiritual_a matter_n a_o remnant_n i_o say_v catholic_n as_o appear_v out_o of_o ezekiel_n who_o begin_v his_o prophecy_n some_o few_o year_n before_o the_o captivity_n where_o ch._n 44.15_o the_o lord_n have_v condemn_v the_o lapse_v priest_n or_o levite_n to_o low_a service_n say_v of_o these_o but_o the_o priest_n the_o levite_n the_o son_n of_o zadoc_n either_o of_o zadoc_n mention_v 1._o king_n 2.35_o etc._n etc._n and_o 1._o chron._n 6.8_o or_o of_o sadoc_n mention_v 1._o chron._n 6.12_o grandfather_n to_o hilkiah_n the_o high_a priest_n in_o josiah_n time_n that_o keep_v the_o charge_n of_o my_o sanctuary_n when_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n go_v astray_o from_o i_o they_o shall_v come_v near_o to_o i_o to_o minister_v unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n some_o priest_n therefore_o there_o be_v through_o all_o those_o evil_a time_n who_o god_n accept_v and_o own_a and_o who_o stand_v firm_a as_o to_o the_o faith_n though_o many_o of_o these_o guilty_a of_o great_a neglect_n of_o their_o duty_n of_o covetousness_n and_o several_a other_o vice_n and_o particular_o of_o undertake_v to_o foretell_v good_a thing_n to_o a_o wicked_a people_n instead_o of_o exhort_v they_o to_o repentance_n and_o of_o persecute_v the_o true_a prophet_n who_o foretell_v thing_n bad_a which_o render_v they_o the_o frequent_a subject_n of_o the_o prophet_n complaint_n see_v jer._n 23._o etc._n etc._n §_o 45_o this_o that_o all_o the_o prince_n reformation_n in_o the_o state_n of_o judah_n that_o be_v instanced-in_a be_v do_v with_o the_o priest_n consent_n and_o assistance_n none_o against_o they_o and_o if_o instead_o
magistrate_n to_o who_o the_o civil_a in_o honour_n to_o the_o clergy_n have_v remit_v it_o till_o in_o case_n of_o heinous_a crime_n after_o degradation_n from_o the_o sacerdotal_a dignity_n they_o be_v return_v to_o the_o secular_a justice_n β._o β_n β_n see_v canon_n apostol_n 35._o episcopos_fw-la gentium_fw-la singularum_fw-la scire_fw-la convenit_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la habeatur_fw-la quem_fw-la velut_fw-la caput_fw-la existiment_fw-la §_o 11_o &_o nihil_fw-la amplius_fw-la praeter_fw-la ejus_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la gerant_fw-la quam_fw-la illa_fw-la sola_fw-la singuli_fw-la quae_fw-la parochiae_fw-la propriae_fw-la &_o villis_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la ea_fw-la sunt_fw-la competunt_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la ille_fw-la praeter_fw-la omnium_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la faciat_fw-la aiiquid_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la parochiis_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la unanimitas_fw-la erit_fw-la council_n nicen._n can._n 4._o episcopum_fw-la convenit_fw-la maxim_n quidem_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o provincia_n episcopis_fw-la ordinari_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la difficile_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la instantem_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la itineris_fw-la longitudinem_fw-la tribus_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnimodis_fw-la in_o idipsum_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la &_o absentibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la pari_fw-la modo_fw-la decernentibus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la scripta_fw-la consentientibus_fw-la tunc_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la celebretur_fw-la firmitas_fw-la autem_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la geruntur_fw-la per_fw-la unamquamque_fw-la provinciam_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it tribuatur_fw-la episcopo_fw-la can._n 5._o de_fw-fr his_o qui._n communione_fw-la privantur_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la clero_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la laico_fw-la ordine_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la per_fw-la unamquamque_fw-la provinciam_fw-la sententia_fw-la regularis_fw-la obtineat_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la abjiciuntur_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la non_fw-la recipiantur_fw-la can._n 6._o antiqua_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la servetur_fw-la per_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la lybiam_fw-la &_o pentapolim_n ita_fw-la ut_fw-la alexandrinus_n episcopus_fw-la horum_fw-la omnium_fw-la habeat_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la episcopo_fw-la parilis_fw-la mos_fw-la est_fw-la similiter_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la ceterasque_fw-la provincias_fw-la suis_fw-la privilegia_fw-la serventur_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la illud_fw-la autem_fw-la generaliter_fw-la clarum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la praeter_fw-la sententiam_fw-la metropolitani_n fuerit_fw-la factus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la hunc_fw-la magna_fw-la synodus_fw-la definivit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la communi_fw-la cunctorum_fw-la decreto_fw-la rationabili_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la regulam_fw-la comprobato_fw-la duo_fw-la aut_fw-la tres_fw-la propter_fw-la contentiones_fw-la proprias_fw-la contradicant_fw-la obtineat_fw-la sententia_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la i_o may_v spare_v the_o recital_n of_o any_o more_o though_o the_o same_o be_v frequent_o iterate_v in_o the_o follow_a council_n see_v conc._n laodic_n c._n 12._o 2._o conc._n arelat_n c._n 5._o 2._o carth._n c._n 12._o rhegiense_n c._n 1._o cabilon_n c._n 10._o epist_n synodal_n conc._n romani_fw-la sub_fw-la siricio_n papa_n c._n 1._o and_o see_v what_o be_v say_v of_o this_o matter_n in_o consideration_n on_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n §_o 10._o etc._n etc._n see_v likewise_o the_o caution_n use_v by_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 24._o de_fw-fr reform_v c._n 1._o and_o sess_n 22._o de_fw-fr reform_v c._n 2._o concern_v the_o approbation_n of_o such_o person_n as_o be_v nominate_v for_o bishopric_n by_o other_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n and_o so_o the_o collation_n of_o these_o preferment_n upon_o they_o by_o the_o pope_n §_o 12_o this_o confirmation_n of_o all_o ordination_n by_o their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n for_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n be_v free_o acknowledge_v by_o mr._n thorndike_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n 5._o c._n p._n 248._o where_o he_o mention_n also_o some_o of_o the_o former_a canon_n the_o four_o canon_n say_v he_o of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a require_v that_o all_o bishop_n be_v ordain_v by_o a_o council_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n si_fw-fr fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la which_o council_n because_o it_o can_v always_o be_v have_v therefore_o it_o be_v provide_v there_o that_o two_o or_o three_o may_v do_v the_o work_v the_o rest_n consent_v and_o authorise_v the_o proceed_v and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v provide_v to_o keep_v the_o visible_a communion_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o unity_n but_o when_o among_o the_o bishop_n of_o any_o province_n part_n consent_n to_o ordination_n part_v not_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o 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sound_v plausible_o with_o the_o great_a part_n among_o we_o that_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o whole_a be_v thus_o dissolve_v by_o the_o reformation_n i._n e._n by_o the_o reformer_n either_o be_v against_o bishop_n or_o be_v bishop_n make_v against_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o former_a bishop_n the_o unity_n of_o the_o reformation_n can_v be_v preserve_v but_o by_o dissolve_v the_o order_n of_o bishop_n among_o we_o the_o like_a he_o say_v before_o p._n 248._o if_o the_o clergy_n of_o that_o time_n i._n e._n in_o the_o begin_n of_o qu._n elizabeth_n reformation_n have_v be_v support_v in_o that_o power_n which_o by_o the_o premise_n set_n down_o and_o justify_v in_o his_o book_n be_v challenge_v on_o behalf_n of_o the_o clergy_n this_o reformation_n can_v not_o have_v be_v bring_v to_o pass_v yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o learned_a man_n think_v himself_o still_o secure_a in_o that_o communion_n by_o imagine_v first_o that_o the_o apostolical_a succession_n of_o the_o govern_v clergy_n which_o canonical_o conclude_v the_o whole_a have_v in_o several_a thing_n violate_v christ_n law_n but_o quo_fw-la judice_fw-la will_n any_o such_o thing_n be_v clear_v see_v below_o §_o 37._o and_o two_o that_o in_o any_o such_o case_n the_o secular_a power_n may_v oppose_v their_o authority_n the_o this_o establish_v by_o the_o apostle_n viz._n so_o often_o as_o either_o the_o apostle_n ordinance_n or_o christ_n law_n must_v necessary_o one_o of_o they_o be_v infringe_v γ_n γ_n γ_n see_v conc._n nicen._n c._n 6._o conc._n chalced._n c._n 28._o and_o act._n 16._o 8._o gen._n conc._n c._n 10.17.21_o where_o in_o c._n 17._o be_v mention_v the_o 6_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n §_o 13_o and_o thus_o explain_v qua_fw-la pro_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o sancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o seniori_fw-la &_o nova_fw-la roma_fw-it constantinopoli_fw-it quam_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la antiochiae_fw-la &_o hierosolymorum_fw-la priscam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la decernit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la conservari_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la earum_fw-la praesules_fw-la universorum_fw-la metrapolitanorum_n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la promoventur_fw-la &_o sive_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la pallii_fw-la dationem_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la accipiant_fw-la habeant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la convocandum_fw-la eos_fw-la urgente_fw-la necessitate_v ad_fw-la synodalem_fw-la conventum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendunt_fw-la illos_fw-la &_o corrigendum_fw-la cum_fw-la fama_fw-la eos_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la delictis-forsitan_a