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nullum_fw-la hominem_fw-la sibi_fw-la comparandun_v arbitraretur_fw-la he_o exalt_v himself_o about_o the_o emperor_n and_o thereby_o make_v himself_o more_o than_o man_n and_o even_o as_o it_o be_v a_o god_n because_o above_o the_o emperor_n there_o be_v none_o but_o god_n that_o make_v the_o emperor_n and_o although_o he_o use_v not_o those_o word_n i_o be_o god_n yet_o he_o either_o do_v or_o suffer_v to_o be_v do_v to_o he_o that_o which_o may_v supply_v the_o want_n of_o those_o word_n require_v so_o much_o to_o himself_o as_o that_o all_o stand_v in_o no_o less_o awe_n of_o he_o then_o they_o do_v of_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o first_o bishop_n that_o advance_v himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v more_o than_o the_o rest_n and_o do_v think_v no_o man_n comparable_a to_o himself_o now_o be_v there_o not_o in_o this_o pope_n of_o africa_n a_o very_a just_a and_o lively_a description_n of_o the_o roman_a pope_n he_o have_v make_v himself_o more_o than_o all_o other_o bishop_n and_o no_o man_n comparable_a to_o himself_o he_o have_v lift_v up_o himself_o above_o the_o emperor_n and_o thereby_o as_o optatus_n conclude_v make_v a_o god_n of_o himself_o he_o have_v not_o only_o do_v and_o suffer_v to_o be_v say_v and_o do_v to_o he_o such_o thing_n as_o whereby_o in_o effect_n he_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v god_n as_o namely_o in_o dispense_n against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o disannul_v the_o institution_n of_o christ_n but_o in_o very_a word_n have_v yield_v to_o be_v so_o call_v and_o in_o the_o gloss_n of_o his_o canon_n law_n where_o he_o profess_v to_o have_v correct_v such_o thing_n as_o be_v amiss_o yet_o he_o have_v suffer_v this_o title_n give_v to_o he_o to_o stand_v still_o etc._n still_o extravag_n joan_n 22._o cum_fw-la interim_n in_o glossa_fw-la credere_fw-la dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la papam_fw-la non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n haereticum_fw-la censeretur_fw-la paris_n anno_o 1601._o cum_fw-la privileg_n gregor_n 13._o etc._n etc._n our_o lord_n god_n the_o pope_n he_o bathe_v make_v man_n to_o stand_v in_o no_o less_o awe_n of_o he_o yea_o more_o than_o of_o god_n himself_o while_o he_o have_v make_v show_n to_o have_v god_n anger_n at_o his_o command_n to_o inflict_v it_o where_o he_o will_n second_o the_o donatist_n take_v upon_o they_o that_o simus_fw-la that_o collat._n carthag_a 3._o c._n 165._o cum_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la possessores_fw-la semper_fw-la fuerimus_fw-la ac_fw-la simus_fw-la they_o have_v always_o be_v possessor_n and_o owner_n of_o unity_n and_o of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o so_o much_o that_o they_o reckon_v etc._n reckon_v aug._n câ—t_n lit_fw-fr petil._n l._n 2._o c._n 92._o in_o vestry_n exemplis_fw-la adver_v 〈…〉_o imperatâ—â—es_n quam_fw-la plures_fw-la ac_fw-la judices_fw-la vestros_fw-la persecutionem_fw-la nobis_fw-la faciendo_fw-la perijsse_fw-la ut_fw-la relinquam_fw-la n_o 〈…〉_o domitianâ—_n traianun_n variâ—_n etc._n etc._n nero_n domitian_n trajan_n varius_n decius_n dioclesian_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o have_v be_v persecutor_n of_o their_o church_n whereas_o their_o beginning_n whereby_o they_o be_v donatist_n be_v after_o the_o time_n of_o those_o persecution_n and_o have_v they_o be_v then_o persequebantur_fw-la then_o ibid._n august_n isti_fw-la omnes_fw-la universalitèr_fw-la christianum_fw-la nomen_fw-la pro_fw-la suis_fw-la idolis_fw-la persecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n vnitatem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la vel_fw-la unde_fw-la nos_fw-la sicut_fw-la vos_fw-la putatis_fw-la vel_fw-la unde_fw-la vos_fw-la sicut_fw-la christus_fw-la docet_fw-la exijstis_fw-la totam_fw-la persequebantur_fw-la have_v not_o suffer_v any_o thing_n for_o be_v partaker_n with_o donatus_n but_o for_o profess_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n no_o otherwise_o do_v the_o papist_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o have_v be_v always_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o that_o it_o be_v their_o church_n that_o be_v persecute_v that_o they_o be_v their_o martyr_n that_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o same_o tyrant_n whereas_o their_o beginning_n whereby_o they_o be_v papist_n which_o proper_o they_o be_v for_o worship_v their_o lord_n god_n the_o pope_n yea_o and_o that_o whole_a form_n of_o doctrine_n almost_o which_o
be_v proper_o they_o be_v of_o far_o latter_a time_n and_o though_o they_o have_v be_v then_o yet_o have_v be_v persecute_v only_o for_o that_o profession_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v common_a both_o to_o we_o and_o they_o the_o donatist_n allege_v that_o deberent_fw-la that_o aug._n count_n epist_n gaudent_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 30._o per_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la non_fw-la veram_fw-la sed_fw-la vestram_fw-la ad_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la curam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la cause_n huiusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la deberent_fw-la emperor_n and_o prince_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v in_o church_n matter_n and_o conqâ—eri_fw-la and_o idem_n epist_n 48._o vos_fw-fr quibus_fw-la crimen_fw-la videtur_fw-la de_fw-la inimicis_fw-la communionis_fw-la nostra_fw-la christiono_fw-la imperatori_fw-la aliquid_fw-la conqâ—eri_fw-la hold_v it_o for_o a_o great_a fault_n in_o the_o catholic_a bishop_n to_o complain_v to_o the_o emperor_n of_o they_o ecclesia_fw-la they_o optat._n lib._n 3._o quid_fw-la est_fw-la imperatori_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la what_o have_v the_o emperor_n to_o do_v with_o the_o church_n say_v their_o pope_n donatus_n and_o so_o his_o follower_n imperateribus_fw-la follower_n aug._n in_o psal_n 57_o quid_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o regibus_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la quid_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o imperateribus_fw-la what_o have_v we_o to_o do_v with_o king_n what_o have_v emperor_n to_o do_v with_o we_o for_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n misit_fw-la israel_n idem_fw-la cont_n gaudent_fw-la epist_n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o ad_fw-la docendun_v populum_fw-la israel_n omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la prophetis_fw-la pr_v 〈…〉_o ium_o dedit_fw-la non_fw-la regibus_fw-la imperavit_fw-la saluator_fw-la ammarum_fw-la dominus_fw-la christus_fw-la â—d_a insi_fw-fr 〈…〉_o dam_n fidem_fw-la piscatores_fw-la non_fw-la milites_fw-la misit_fw-la say_v gaudentius_n god_n give_v charge_n to_o prophet_n and_o not_o to_o king_n and_o our_o lord_n christ_n the_o saviour_n of_o soul_n send_v fisherman_n not_o soldier_n for_o the_o plant_n of_o the_o faith_n thus_o upbraid_v the_o emperor_n for_o condemn_v their_o schism_n and_o for_o use_v power_n and_o force_v of_o arm_n for_o repress_v the_o infinite_a rage_n of_o their_o madde-brained_n circumcellion_n thus_o they_o say_v to_o marcellinus_n the_o tribune_n who_o the_o emperor_n have_v appoint_v to_o be_v judge_n in_o the_o conference_n at_o carthage_n est_fw-la carthage_n capit._fw-la gest_n collat_n caâ—â—hag_n 3._o c._n 295._o si_fw-mi christus_fw-la non_fw-la es_fw-la cur_n de_fw-fr sacerdâ—tibus_fw-la iudicas_fw-la hoc_fw-la iudicium_fw-la christo_fw-la seruandum_fw-la est_fw-la if_o thou_o be_v not_o christ_n why_o do_v thou_o judge_v of_o priest_n this_o judgement_n must_v be_v reserve_v for_o christ_n and_o another_o of_o they_o that_o purgari_fw-la that_o aug._n epist_n 162._o non_fw-la debuit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la proconsulari_fw-la iudicio_fw-la purgari_fw-la a_o bishop_n shall_v not_o have_v his_o purgation_n 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church_n or_o chair_n nor_o say_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v avouch_v to_o have_v any_o special_a reference_n or_o respect_n thereto_o of_o the_o catholic_a or_o universal_a church_n so_o apparent_o to_o be_v discern_v from_o all_o heretical_a combination_n st._n austin_n there_o say_v obtinuit_fw-la say_v aug._n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la credendi_fw-la c._n 17._o dubitabimus_fw-la nos_fw-la eius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la condere_fw-la gremio_fw-la quae_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la confessionâ—m_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sede_fw-la per_fw-la successio_fw-la nes_z episcoporum_fw-la frustra_fw-la hareticis_fw-la circumlairantibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n culmâ—n_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la shall_v we_o doubt_v to_o repose_v ourselves_o in_o the_o bosom_n of_o that_o church_n which_o even_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o mankind_n from_o the_o apostle_n sit_v or_o time_n when_o the_o apostle_n sit_v by_o succession_n of_o bishop_n have_v obtain_v a_o height_n of_o authority_n heretic_n in_o vain_a bark_n round_o about_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o whole_a process_n of_o that_o book_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o this_o place_n which_o be_v almost_o the_o very_a end_n he_o speak_v general_o of_o the_o catholic_a church_n without_o relation_n to_o any_o particular_a church_n and_o therefore_o unlikely_a it_o be_v that_o his_o word_n here_o shall_v bear_v any_o special_a application_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n m._n bishop_n will_v say_v that_o i_o mistranslate_v the_o word_n ab_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sede_fw-la and_o that_o apostolica_fw-la sedes_fw-la be_v there_o mean_v the_o apostolic_a sea_n that_o be_v the_o roman_a church_n but_o he_o must_v give_v we_o leave_v to_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o st._n augustine_n word_n by_o st._n austin_n himself_o who_o in_o this_o cause_n so_o often_o signify_v by_o that_o phrase_n of_o speech_n the_o time_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o sit_v that_o be_v wherein_o they_o live_v and_o occupy_v the_o room_n of_o teach_v and_o govern_v the_o church_n thus_o he_o say_v in_o another_o place_n firmatur_fw-la place_n aug._n count_n faust_n manich._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 2._o vides_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la re_fw-la quid_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la valeat_fw-la authoritas_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la fundatissimis_fw-la sedibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la hodiernum_fw-la diem_fw-la succedentium_fw-la sibimet_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o lot_n populorum_fw-la consensione_n firmatur_fw-la thou_o see_v how_o much_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n herein_o avail_v which_o from_o the_o most_o sure_o found_v seat_n of_o the_o apostle_n until_o this_o day_n that_o be_v from_o the_o time_n that_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v most_o sure_o found_v until_o this_o day_n by_o rank_n of_o bishop_n succeed_a one_o another_o and_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o so_o many_o people_n be_v confirm_v and_o again_o perducta_fw-la again_o ibid._n lib._n 28._o cap._n 2._o vniversa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la sedibus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la praesentes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la certa_fw-la successione_n perducta_fw-la the_o universal_a church_n say_v he_o which_o be_v derive_v by_o certain_a succession_n from_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o be_v from_o the_o time_n that_o the_o apostle_n sit_v unto_o the_o bishop_n that_o now_o be_v and_o in_o another_o place_n pervenit_fw-la place_n ibid._n lib._n 33._o cap._n 9_o eam_fw-la sequamini_fw-la que_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la praesentiae_fw-la christi_fw-la tempoâ—ibus_fw-la per_fw-la dispensationes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la corum_fw-la â—edibus_fw-la successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la pervenit_fw-la follow_v that_o authority_n which_o have_v come_v from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o christ_n himself_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o by_o other_o succession_n of_o bishop_n from_o their_o seat_n from_o the_o time_n wherein_o they_o sit_v until_o this_o time_n which_o when_o he_o will_v in_o more_o proper_a word_n express_v he_o speak_v thus_o declaratur_fw-la thus_o ibid._n lib_n 28._o cap._n 4._o ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la matthaei_n temporibus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempus_fw-la certa_fw-la successionum_fw-la scrie_v declaratur_fw-la the_o church_n which_o from_o the_o very_a time_n of_o matthew_n until_o this_o time_n by_o certain_a rank_n of_o succession_n be_v declare_v commendata_fw-la declare_v ibid._n lib._n 32._o cap._n 19_o euangelica_fw-la authoritas_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nostra_fw-la tempora_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la certissimas_fw-la commendata_fw-la the_o authority_n of_o the_o gospel_n commend_v by_o most_o certain_a succession_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n until_o our_o time_n and_o in_o another_o place_n perseverat_fw-la place_n contra_fw-la adverse_a leg_n &_o prophet_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 20._o ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la illorum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la per_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la successiones_fw-la certissimas_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o deinceps_fw-la tempora_fw-la perseverat_fw-la the_o church_n which_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n by_o most_o certain_a succession_n of_o bishop_n continue_v to_o our_o time_n and_o so_o forward_o now_o then_o since_o all_o these_o speech_n as_o by_o conference_n appear_v serve_v to_o express_v only_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o st._n austin_n when_o he_o say_v ab_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sede_fw-la mean_v nothing_o else_o but_o from_o the_o sit_v that_o be_v from_o the_o age_n and_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n of_o the_o apostle_n i_o say_v though_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n because_o he_o name_v from_o thence_o not_o a_o succession_n as_o speak_v of_o one_o but_o succession_n as_o resort_v himself_o to_o those_o many_o seat_n wherein_o bishop_n have_v succeed_v from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o though_o we_o do_v understand_v it_o of_o one_o apostle_n st._n peter_n as_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v sacerdotum_fw-la say_v cont._n epist_n fundam_fw-la cap._n 4._o tenet_n ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ede_fw-mi petri_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la praesentem_fw-la episcopâ—tum_fw-la successio_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la the_o succession_n of_o bishop_n from_o the_o very_a seat_n of_o peter_n from_o the_o very_a time_n when_o peter_n sit_v until_o the_o bishopric_n that_o now_o be_v hold_v i_o in_o the_o catholic_a church_n yet_o do_v there_o nothing_o hereby_o follow_v more_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n then_o to_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n where_o peter_n sit_v as_o well_o as_o he_o do_v at_o rome_n and_o where_o there_o have_v be_v bishop_n succeed_v he_o until_o that_o time_n in_o a_o word_n let_v m._n bishop_n take_v those_o word_n as_o 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