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our_o purpose_n here_o but_o however_o this_o be_v or_o be_v not_o it_o be_v clear_a enough_o first_o that_o by_o no_o civil_a law_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n clerk_n have_v be_v ever_o yet_o at_o any_o time_n exempt_v in_o criminal_a cause_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a magistrate_n or_o from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n of_o his_o law_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v so_o absolute_o certain_a that_o bellarmine_n himself_o for_o proof_n of_o his_o three_o proposition_n which_o he_o have_v cap._n 28._o l._n 1._o de_fw-fr cler._n in_o these_o general_a word_n non_fw-la possunt_fw-la clericiâ—a_fw-la judicâ—_fw-la seculari_fw-la judicari_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la leges_fw-la civiles_fw-la non_fw-la servant_n have_v not_o the_o confidence_n to_o alleadg_n any_o other_o imperial_a or_o civil_a constitution_n but_o only_o those_o of_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n novel_n 79._o 83._o and_o 123._o where_o yet_o bellarmine_n confess_v this_o emperor_n decree_v no_o more_o but_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n and_o monk_n from_o secular_a that_o be_v lay_v judicatory_n in_o civil_a cause_n only_o and_o not_o in_o criminal_a nay_o confess_v that_o for_o criminal_a cause_n the_o same_o justinian_n particular_o and_o express_o decree_v in_o these_o very_a novel_n that_o clergieman_n be_v subject_a still_o to_o the_o lay_n or_o civil_a praetor_n jurisdiction_n with_o this_o caution_n only_o that_o judgement_n of_o death_n be_v not_o pronounce_v in_o the_o praetor_n court_n against_o a_o clerk_n before_o he_o be_v degrade_v by_o the_o bishop_n so_o that_o by_o the_o very_a concession_n and_o confession_n of_o bellarmine_n himself_o it_o be_v not_o only_o clear_a enough_o that_o no_o civil_a constitution_n can_v be_v produce_v for_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n in_o criminal_a cause_n from_o the_o supreme_a lie_v power_n but_o also_o clear_a enough_o that_o no_o such_o can_v be_v plead_v for_o their_o exemption_n in_o such_o cause_n from_o all_o subordinate_a 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power_n or_o law_n but_o have_v make_v themselves_o peculiar_a municipal_a law_n which_o yet_o albeit_o they_o be_v mere_o and_o proper_o civil_a law_n yet_o be_v they_o not_o the_o civil_a law_n whereof_o bellarmine_n treat_v and_o his_o other_o associate_n contend_v as_o we_o be_v sure_o they_o give_v more_o exemption_n to_o clerk_n either_o in_o criminal_a or_o civil_a cause_n than_o those_o of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n do_v but_o forasmuch_o as_o many_o of_o our_o clerk_n be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o spring_n of_o their_o exemption_n whatever_o this_o exemption_n true_o &_o ground_o be_v as_o other_o be_v no_o less_o ungrateful_a for_o not_o acknowledge_v it_o i_o will_v oblige_v those_o and_o check_v these_o by_o lay_v here_o before_o their_o eye_n the_o very_a first_o law_n &_o the_o several_a degree_n of_o they_o whereby_o they_o come_v by_o the_o mere_a favour_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n to_o that_o exemption_n from_o secular_a court_n which_o they_o have_v true_o ever_o 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only_o such_o cause_n as_o be_v mere_o ecclesiastical_a that_o peter_n martyr_n in_o cap._n 13._o add_v roman_n not_o only_o teach_v the_o very_a same_o but_o further_a add_v that_o prince_n can_v not_o give_v clerk_n the_o privilege_n to_o be_v exempt_a from_o or_o not_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o politic_a magistrate_n because_o say_v martyr_n this_o will_v be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o that_o notwithstanding_o any_o concession_n of_o prince_n clerk_n ought_v always_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n and_o that_o joannes_n brentius_n in_o prologamâ—nis_n and_o melanchthon_n in_o locis_fw-la cap._n the_o magistrate_n subject_a ecclesiastic_n to_o the_o secular_a tribunal_n even_o in_o matter_n and_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a but_o who_o be_v so_o weak_a as_o to_o be_v fright_v from_o any_o truth_n because_o maintain_v also_o or_o assert_v by_o some_o liar_n or_o who_o know_v not_o that_o all_o both_o heretic_n and_o arch-heretic_n 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person_n depâ—â—â—â—_n by_o they_o be_v judgeâ—_n whatever_o the_o cause_n or_o question_n be_v civil_a or_o criminal_a temporal_a or_o spiritual_a or_o mix_v of_o both_o and_o both_o have_v their_o power_n which_o as_o coercive_a or_o a_o 〈…〉_o with_o any_o coercible_a from_o the_o emperor_n and_o from_o their_o civil_a law_n 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o the_o emperor_n exempt_n any_o from_o the_o secular_a judicatory_a 〈…〉_o leave_v or_o put_v such_o under_o the_o subordinat_fw-la pâ—â—er_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n depute_v by_o the_o same_o emperor_n or_o by_o their_o law_n which_o they_o may_v have_v do_v in_o favour_n of_o mere_a lie_v man_n 〈◊〉_d some_o lay-man_n and_o in_o some_o or_o many_o or_o all_o case_n whatsoever_o make_v have_v it_o be_v their_o imperial_a pleasure_n as_o often_o they_o do_v by_o instance_n grant_v epise_v 〈◊〉_d and_o entiam_fw-la to_o mere_a lie_v man_n and_o in_o mere_a lie_v crime_n or_o lie_v cause_n 〈◊〉_d civil_a and_o criminal_a at_o leaâ—_n in_o civil_a will_v bellarmine_n conclude_v therefore_o that_o those_o be_v exempt_v or_o shall_v be_v in_o such_o a_o case_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n themselves_o or_o their_o law_n exempt_v from_o their_o own_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n in_o criminal_a cause_n or_o indeed_o in_o any_o whatsoever_o or_o must_v it_o follow_v that_o because_o by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n a_o lord_n for_o example_n 〈◊〉_d be_v condemn_v or_o try_v in_o a_o criminal_a cause_n but_o by_o his_o peer_n that_o therefore_o in_o england_n a_o lord_n be_v exempt_a from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n of_o the_o king_n himself_o or_o that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o a_o power_n derive_v from_o the_o king_n thâ—â—_n peer_n 〈…〉_o condemn_v or_o free_v another_o peer_n or_o even_o that_o by_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o the_o king_n which_o former_o establish_v such_o a_o law_n of_o privilege_n for_o peer_n the_o same_o law_n may_v not_o be_v just_o again_o or_o upon_o just_a ground_n repeal_v and_o a_o contrary_a law_n make_v in_o parliament_n if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o be_v find_v by_o manifest_a experience_n that_o the_o peer_n do_v manifest_o and_o manifold_o and_o even_o to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n and_o against_o the_o very_a primary_n intention_n of_o all_o privilege_n and_o law_n make_v use_n of_o or_o rather_o abuse_v such_o a_o former_a law_n or_o former_a privilege_n or_o final_o and_o consequent_o that_o whatever_o privilege_n of_o exemption_n though_o only_o from_o inferior_a lie_v judge_n be_v so_o grant_v as_o before_o to_o clerk_n by_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n of_o emperor_n king_n and_o other_o state_n be_v such_o that_o in_o case_n of_o manifest_a and_o manifold_a abuse_n even_o to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o public_a and_o without_o any_o hope_n of_o amendment_n it_o can_v not_o be_v revoke_v again_o or_o moderate_v by_o another_o law_n and_o equal_a power_n to_o that_o which_o give_v it_o before_o therefore_o from_o first_o to_o last_o i_o think_v it_o be_v now_o clear_a enough_o that_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n no_o clerk_n be_v exempt_a in_o criminal_a cause_n from_o the_o supreme_a coercive_a power_n of_o such_o temporal_a prince_n or_o state_n under_o who_o they_o live_v lxix_o that_o neither_o by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n i_o be_o now_o to_o prove_v wherein_o i_o find_v so_o little_a difficulty_n that_o notwithstanding_o the_o general_a error_n so_o wide_o spread_v or_o suppose_v among_o as_o well_o divine_n as_o canonist_n to_o the_o contrary_a but_o introduce_v at_o first_o and_o continue_v after_o out_o of_o some_o passage_n of_o council_n very_o ill_o understand_v consider_v or_o examine_v i_o dare_v say_v bold_o that_o not_o only_o none_o of_o all_o those_o council_n or_o canon_n of_o council_n allege_v for_o such_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n but_o not_o even_o any_o of_o they_o allege_v for_o their_o exemption_n from_o as_o much_o as_o the_o subordinat_a civil_a power_n of_o inferior_a judicatories_n have_v any_o such_o matter_n at_o all_o though_o my_o purpose_n here_o be_v not_o other_o then_o to_o prove_v this_o truth_n for_o what_o concern_v the_o supreme_a power_n only_o to_o which_o purpose_n i_o affirm_v that_o no_o where_n in_o any_o council_n be_v it_o find_v that_o the_o father_n attribute_v such_o authority_n to_o themselves_o as_o by_o their_o own_o sole_a power_n to_o exempt_a clerk_n from_o lay_a tribunal_n â—_o or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o deprive_v secular_a judge_n or_o magistrate_n of_o power_n empire_n command_n judgement_n coercion_n or_o jurisdiction_n over_o clerk_n or_o which_o also_o import_v the_o very_a same_o to_o prohibit_v the_o secular_a judge_n not_o to_o take_v cognizance_n of_o or_o give_v sentence_n in_o the_o cause_n either_o civil_a or_o criminal_a of_o clerk_n bring_v unto_o their_o tribunal_n or_o final_o and_o it_o be_v still_o in_o effect_n the_o same_o
pontifice_fw-la svo_fw-la ad_fw-la judicia_fw-la publica_fw-la pertrahant_n proinde_fw-la statuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la non_fw-la praesumatur_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la hoc_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o causam_fw-la perdat_fw-la &_o a_o communione_n efficiatur_fw-la extraneus_fw-la out_o of_o both_o these_o council_n that_o be_v out_o of_o that_o eight_o canon_n of_o that_o first_o matisconensian_a council_n and_o this_o 13._o canon_n of_o the_o three_o toletan_n our_o learned_a cardinal_n endeavour_v again_o to_o impose_v on_o his_o unlearned_a reader_n but_o not_o so_o much_o in_o his_o great_a work_n of_o controversy_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr cler._n c._n 28._o where_o he_o only_o or_o at_o least_o common_o cite_v the_o bare_a chapter_n and_o not_o as_o much_o as_o the_o material_a word_n of_o council_n so_o far_o he_o be_v from_o compose_v argument_n but_o in_o that_o other_o book_n he_o write_v long_o after_o against_o d._n w._n barclay_n and_o in_o defence_n of_o his_o foresay_a controversy_n and_o particular_o of_o what_o he_o teach_v therein_o or_o in_o his_o often_o quote_v first_o book_n de_fw-fr cleric_a c._n 28._o it_o be_v therefore_o in_o this_o reply_n of_o his_o which_o he_o also_o entitle_v as_o barclay_n do_v his_o own_o book_n against_o he_o de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la in_o temporalibus_fw-la and_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 24._o chapter_n of_o it_o and_o after_o so_o many_o other_o argument_n weak_a enough_o as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v they_o to_o be_v frame_v and_o reply_v make_v against_o william_n barclay_n on_o pretence_n of_o those_o other_o council_n and_o in_o behalf_n of_o his_o own_o allegation_n of_o they_o it_o be_v i_o say_v in_o this_o little_a and_o last_o belove_v piece_n of_o his_o old_a age_n he_o argue_v thus_o interrogative_o or_o socratical_o out_o of_o both_o these_o last_o council_n si_fw-mi laici_fw-la magistratus_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o say_v he_o lay_v magistrate_n be_v legal_a judge_n of_o clergieman_n by_o what_o right_n law_n or_o title_n can_v the_o above_o matisconensian_a council_n decree_n that_o all_o cause_n of_o clerk_n shall_v be_v determine_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n or_o archdeacon_n and_o how_o can_v this_o toledan_a council_n also_o with_o so_o great_a asperity_n of_o word_n term_v it_o presumption_n and_o unlawful_a attempt_n in_o clergieman_n to_o have_v recourse_n to_o secular_a judicatories_n and_o how_o last_o will_v this_o same_o council_n dare_v to_o rescind_v or_o annul_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o secular_a judge_n and_o beside_o to_o excommunicate_v the_o clerk_n that_o procure_v such_o sentence_n or_o sue_v any_o other_o clerk_n in_o a_o secular_a court_n or_o judicatory_a for_o so_o much_o do_v these_o word_n import_v causam_fw-la perdat_fw-la &_o a_o communione_n efficiatur_fw-la extraneus_fw-la let_v he_o loose_v his_o cause_n and_o be_v make_v a_o stranger_n to_o communion_n but_o the_o answer_n be_v facile_a enough_o and_o clear_a 1._o that_o neither_o of_o both_o council_n or_o canon_n determin_n any_o thing_n against_o the_o secular_a judge_n himself_o or_o against_o his_o have_v still_o a_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n to_o judge_n the_o cause_n of_o clerk_n when_o call_v or_o come_v before_o he_o but_o only_a prohibit_n clerk_n themselves_o to_o have_v recourse_n of_o themselves_o or_o free_o of_o themselves_o to_o sue_v one_o a_o other_o in_o secular_a court_n as_o have_v be_v say_v before_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o carthage_n and_o for_o prohibit_v such_o voluntary_a recourse_n of_o clerk_n that_o these_o father_n of_o matiscon_n and_o toledo_n have_v respective_o the_o same_o right_n or_o authority_n which_o those_o of_o carthage_n or_o even_o those_o of_o chalcedon_n have_v even_o that_o very_o same_o which_o st._n paul_n have_v when_o he_o either_o command_v or_o advise_v his_o corinthian_n not_o to_o sue_v one_o a_o other_o before_o heathen_a judge_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o that_o these_o council_n do_v rather_o confirm_v then_o any_o way_n infirm_a the_o jurisdiction_n at_o that_o time_n yet_o of_o lay_v judge_n 2._o that_o bellarmine_n be_v much_o out_o of_o the_o way_n in_o think_v if_o ever_o he_o think_v so_o indeed_o that_o by_o these_o word_n &_o causam_fw-la perdat_fw-la the_o father_n of_o toledo_n rescind_n or_o annul_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o secular_a judge_n by_o their_o own_o proper_a episcopal_n or_o spiritual_a authority_n for_o and_o for_o what_o belong_v and_o be_v necessary_a to_o such_o rescission_n or_o annullation_n strict_o take_v the_o father_n in_o make_v this_o canon_n as_o likewise_o in_o make_v any_o other_o such_o or_o that_o will_v or_o shall_v require_v a_o politic_a civil_a power_n proper_o such_o in_o the_o canon-maker_n derive_v their_o authority_n from_o king_n recaredus_fw-la himself_o at_o who_o command_n this_o three_o council_n of_o toledo_n be_v call_v and_o therefore_o sit_v in_o it_o himself_o and_o make_v the_o first_o speech_n to_o open_v it_o and_o several_a speech_n after_o and_o final_o confirm_v it_o with_o his_o own_o subscription_n in_o these_o word_n flavius_z recaredus_fw-la rex_fw-la hanc_fw-la deliberationem_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la sancta_fw-la definivimus_fw-la synodo_fw-la confirmans_fw-la subscripsi_fw-la have_v also_o before_o his_o say_a subscription_n premise_v this_o declaration_n or_o admonition_n to_o all_o concern_v praecedente_fw-la autem_fw-la diligenti_fw-la &_o cauta_fw-la deliberatione_n sive_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la sue_v quae_fw-la ad_fw-la morum_fw-la correctionem_fw-la respiciunt_fw-la sensus_fw-la maruritate_fw-la &_o intelligentiae_fw-la gravitate_fw-la constant_a esse_fw-la digesta_fw-la nostra_fw-la proinde_fw-la authoritas_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ad_fw-la regnum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la jubet_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la definita_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n acto_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la toletana_n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la faeliciter_fw-la quarto_fw-la nulli_fw-la contemnere_fw-la liceat_fw-la nullus_fw-la praeterire_fw-la praesumat_fw-la for_o so_o it_o have_v be_v usual_a that_o where_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a power_n agree_v well_o together_o in_o make_v law_n each_z or_o both_o do_v make_v such_o use_n of_o one_o a_o other_o authority_n that_o as_o to_o the_o word_n the_o church_n sometime_o do_v seem_v to_o speak_v as_o have_v civil_a jurisdiction_n and_o the_o politic_a or_o secular_a civil_a power_n also_o to_o make_v such_o law_n as_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a notion_n neither_o indeed_o do_v so_o or_o seem_v so_o by_o virtue_n of_o its_o own_o proper_a innate_a authority_n but_o by_o that_o borrow_a from_o the_o other_o or_o as_o be_v certain_a of_o the_o other_o approbation_n and_o ratihabition_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o recaredus_n the_o foresay_a king_n of_o spain_n though_o a_o mere_a layman_n ordain_v in_o his_o confirmation_n of_o this_o toledan_a council_n &_o in_o his_o own_o name_n too_o that_o if_o any_o person_n concilii_fw-la observator_fw-la esse_fw-la noluerit_fw-la superba_fw-la front_n majorum_fw-la statutis_fw-la repugnans_fw-la si_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praesbiter_n diaconus_fw-la aut_fw-la clericus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la concilio_n excommunicationi_fw-la subjaceat_fw-la what_o be_v the_o power_n of_o excommunication_n in_o a_o lie_v king_n hand_n or_o do_v recaredus_n the_o very_a first_o catholic_n king_n after_o those_o arian_n gothish_a king_n of_o spain_n a_o king_n so_o true_o catholic_n and_o pious_a as_o he_o be_v confess_v to_o have_v be_v do_v he_o usurp_v the_o right_n and_o proper_a power_n of_o the_o church_n and_o even_o in_o that_o very_a edict_n unto_o which_o the_o father_n of_o this_o toledan_a council_n do_v themselves_o subscribe_v themselves_o nothing_o less_o what_o he_o do_v in_o this_o respect_n or_o by_o such_o word_n be_v by_o consent_n of_o the_o father_n nor_o in_o so_o much_o do_v he_o assume_v peradventure_o as_o much_o the_o person_n of_o a_o law_n maker_n as_o of_o a_o publisher_n of_o that_o law_n which_o in_o this_o particular_a of_o excommunication_n be_v only_o make_v by_o the_o father_n though_o withal_o i_o confess_v that_o a_o secular_a prince_n may_v by_o his_o own_o proper_a supreme_a and_o even_o still_o mere_a civil_a power_n make_v a_o law_n command_v or_o enjoin_v the_o bishop_n to_o excommunicate_v in_o certain_a case_n and_o a_o law_n beside_o ordain_v some_o temporal_a punishment_n for_o such_o as_o without_o any_o just_a cause_n or_o against_o the_o know_a canon_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v excommunicate_v for_o to_o say_v so_o we_o be_v not_o only_o warrant_v by_o natural_a reason_n or_o consideration_n of_o the_o proper_a office_n of_o the_o supreme_a civil_a magistrate_n which_o consist_v in_o take_v care_n that_o all_o degree_n either_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a under_o his_o charge_n do_v just_o and_o religious_o discharge_v themselves_o but_o also_o by_o the_o canon_n de_fw-fr illicita_fw-la 24._o q._n 3._o take_v out_o of_o a_o paris_n council_n where_o the_o father_n speak_v thus_o de_fw-fr illicita_fw-la excommunicatione_n lex_fw
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say_v theodorecus_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 10._o maximè_fw-la omnium_fw-la caepit_fw-la clamare_fw-la orare_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la iniquo_fw-la indignoque_fw-la ejus_fw-la facinore_fw-la non_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la concilio_n sed_fw-la pro_fw-la tribunali_fw-la judicium_fw-la quaeratur_fw-la seque_fw-la pollicetus_fw-la primum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la clericos_fw-la qui_fw-la facinoris_fw-la conscij_fw-la erant_fw-la supplition_n coercendos_fw-la traditurum_fw-la stephani_fw-la quoque_fw-la ministros_fw-la ait_fw-la eodem_fw-la medo_fw-la puniendos_fw-la esse_fw-la at_o cum_fw-la stephanus_n petulanti_fw-la ore_fw-la illis_fw-la contradiceret_fw-la affirmaretque_fw-la plagas_fw-la non_fw-la infligendas_fw-la esse_fw-la clericis_fw-la placuit_fw-la imperatori_fw-la &_o magistratibus_fw-la ut_fw-la quaestio_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la in_o regius_fw-la haberetur_fw-la ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la ergo_fw-la intellecta_fw-la stephani_fw-la improbitate_fw-la primum_fw-la 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