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A29199 A just vindication of the Church of England, from the unjust aspersion of criminal schisme wherein the nature of criminal schisme, the divers sorts of schismaticks, the liberties and priviledges of national churches, the rights of sovereign magistrates, the tyranny, extortion and schisme of the Roman Communion of old, and at this very day, are manifested to the view of the world / by ... John Bramhall ... Bramhall, John, 1594-1663. 1654 (1654) Wing B4226; ESTC R18816 139,041 290

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app●●pr_fw-la 15._o r._n 2._o c._n 64_o h._n 4._o c._n 12._o 2._o h._n 4._o c._n 3_o 2._o h_o 4._o c._n 4._o 9_o h._n 6._o c._n 11._o co●k_v r●port_n cawdry_n case_n canon_n law_n of_o no_o more_o force_n in_o england_n then_o as_o it_o be_v receive_v 20._o h._n 3._o c._n 9_o 4._o e._n 1._o c._n 5._o bigamy_n 2._o r._n 2._o c._n 6._o aedmer_n in_o initio_fw-la placit_fw-la a_o 1._o h._n 7._o pl._n a_o 1._o h_o 7._o pl._n a_o 32._o et_fw-la 34._o e._n 1._o ant._n brit._n 279._o the_o statute_n of_o mortmain_n justify_v exod._n 36._o 6._o 〈…〉_z nicet_fw-la l._n 7._o consid._n p._n 49_o oratio_fw-la ad_fw-la paul_n 5._o pro_fw-la rep._n veneta_n mat._n pa●_n a_o 1164._o 35._o e._n 1._o statute_n of_o carlisle_n malm._n de_fw-fr gest._n pont._n aug._n p._n 257._o id._n l._n 2._o p._n 45._o p._n 242._o id._n l._n 1._o p._n 204._o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la 25._o e._n 3._o 25._o e._n 3._o 16._o r._n 2._o c._n 5._o 27._o e._n 3._o c._n 1._o act._n and._n mon._n pontif._n ve●us_fw-la pontif._n novum_fw-la exit_fw-la regist._n cra●m_n p._n 4._o hall_n in_o henrico_n 8._o fol._n 206._o occh._n p●rt_n 2._o c._n 22._o de_fw-fr frill_n &_o re●udic_n the_o sovereignty_n of_o our_o king_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n antiqu._n brit._n p._n 325._o king_n henry_n 8._o do_o no_o more_o than_o his_o predecessor_n the_o judgement_n of_o our_o english_a lawyer_n fitzherb_n natu._n brev_n 44._o lord_n cook_n cawdry_n ●ase_v the_o true_a differ_v part_n 2._o cyp._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conc._n eph._n in_o epist._n synod_n ad_fw-la n●stor_n ambr._n et_fw-la alij_fw-la bell_n de_fw-fr pont._n l._n 4._o ●_o c._o 22._o the_o supremacy_n in_o the_o whole_a college_n of_o the_o apostle_n act._n 1._o act._n 6._o ●ct_n 8._o sy_n 1●_n act._n 11._o act._n 11._o act_n 15._o the_o other_o apostle_n have_v successor_n as_o well_o as_o s._n peter_n why_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n s._n peter_n successor_n rather_o than_o of_o antioch_n plat._n in_o vita_fw-la sti._n pe●ri_fw-la the_o high_a constitution_n of_o the_o apostle_n exceed_v not_o national_a primat_n can._n apost_n 33._o how_o some_o primate_fw-la come_v to_o be_v more_o respect_v in_o the_o church_n than_o other_o either_o by_o custom_n con._n nic._n or_o from_o the_o grandeur_n of_o the_o city_n conc_fw-fr chal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n or_o by_o decree_n of_o counsel_n or_o by_o edict_n of_o prince_n many_o pr●mats_n subject_n to_o none_o of_o the_o five_o great_a patriarch_n ruff._n hist._n eccl._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o the_o case_n between_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n and_o cyprian_a bishop_n conc._n ephes._n part_n 1._o act._n 7._o greg._n l._n 1._o ep._n 24._o the_o case_n of_o the_o cyprian_a bishop_n apply_v the_o proof_n in_o this_o cause_n ought_v to_o rest_v upon_o our_o adversary_n the_o brittannique_a church_n ancient_a than_o the_o roman_a gild._n de_fw-fr enid_n et_fw-fr conq●_n brit._n plat_v in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri._n bar._n a_o 44._o the_o brittannique_a church_n side_v with_o the_o eastern_a against_o the_o roman_a british_a bishop_n ordain_v at_o home_n reg._n land_n apud_fw-la vsh._n d●prim_n eccl._n brit._n p._n 56._o plat._n the_o answer_n of_o dionothus_n spelm._n conc._n an._n 601._o confirm_v by_o two_o british_a synod_n spel._n eon_z a_o 601._o galt_n mon._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o beda_n &_o omnes_fw-la alii_fw-la resp._n greg._n ad_fw-la 8._o quest_n bed_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o ant._n brit_n p._n 48._o malm._n prol_n ad_fw-la lib._n the_o gest_n pont_n aug._n glos._n juris_fw-la c._n cleros_fw-la do_v 21._o sovereign_n prince_n have_v power_n to_o alter_v whatsoever_o be_v of_o humane_a institution_n in_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n append._n de_fw-fr schism_n art_n 4._o p._n 526._o suar._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la prim_fw-la summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la cap._n 1._o num_fw-la 4._o morl._n in_o emp._n jur_n p._n 1._o tit_n 2._o citati_fw-la à_fw-la sanc._n cla●_n in_o art_n 37._o 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