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restore_v they_o back_o severus_n hystor_n l._n 2._o in_o fine_a nor_o do_v baronius_n himself_o tom_fw-mi 4._o a_o 381._o n._n 110._o reprehend_v he_o in_o this_o matter_n or_o at_o all_o upon_o account_n of_o usurp_a on_o ecclesiastical_a person_n right_n or_o judgement_n but_o only_o upon_o account_n of_o have_v favour_v heretic_n to_o wit_n forasmuch_o as_o he_o restore_v those_o three_o bishop_n who_o himself_o have_v before_o so_o late_o banish_v exit_fw-la quo_fw-la quidem_fw-la facinore_fw-la say_v baronius_n sibi_fw-la necem_fw-la comparavit_fw-la but_o this_o be_v a_o most_o vain_a judgement_n of_o baronius_n for_o the_o say_v instantius_fw-la and_o priscillianus_n soon_o after_o appeal_n to_o maximus_n the_o tyrant_n emperor_n usurper_n and_o murderer_n of_o gratianus_n be_v by_o he_o as_o be_v or_o at_o least_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o earnest_n catholic_n call_v to_o his_o own_o presence_n to_o be_v judge_v again_o by_o his_o imperial_a authority_n the_o catholic_n bishop_n 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〈…〉_o sigillum_fw-la &_o chirographum_fw-la adhiberet_fw-la petiit_fw-la and_o whereas_o also_o he_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o law_n both_o imperial_a which_o he_o have_v study_v and_o of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n where_o he_o live_v and_o judge_v so_o long_o as_o chancellor_n or_o who_o see_v not_o brief_o that_o that_o there_o be_v no_o contradiction_n that_o a_o most_o rigid_a 〈◊〉_d bishop_n shall_v die_v for_o the_o right_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o be_v therefore_o a_o marâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d yet_o acknowledge_v all_o those_o right_n or_o at_o least_o many_o or_o some_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—ch_o he_o die_v as_o for_o example_n that_o of_o exemption_n come_v to_o the_o clergy_n from_o the_o mere_a civil_a or_o municipal_a and_o politic_a just_a law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o only_o from_o such_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o not_o by_o any_o mean_n immediate_o from_o any_o other_o law_n divine_a or_o humane_a of_o nature_n or_o nation_n or_o of_o the_o church_n pope_n 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judicatories_n in_o temporal_a matter_n whatsoever_o
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judgement_n or_o judgement_n in_o civil_a affair_n this_o he_o do_v not_o as_o baronius_n tom_n 3._o a_o 314._o n._n 37._o will_v make_v we_o believe_v he_o do_v to_o correct_v or_o by_o way_n of_o correction_n of_o those_o former_a judgement_n of_o his_o own_o in_o the_o say_a or_o like_a affair_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n which_o judgement_n our_o great_a annalist_n say_v be_v undue_o and_o unjust_o usurp_v by_o the_o emperor_n but_o do_v so_o or_o give_v such_o privilege_n out_o of_o his_o mere_a liberality_n and_o piety_n always_o nevertheless_o reserve_v his_o own_o proper_a supreme_a and_o general_a and_o imperial_a authority_n to_o provide_v upon_o emergency_n by_o himself_o or_o by_o such_o other_o as_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a to_o depute_v for_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o churchman_n as_o often_o as_o he_o see_v need_v however_o let_v we_o proceed_v in_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n which_o be_v our_o proper_a subject_n here_o for_o notwithstanding_o 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or_o accusation_n against_o other_o bishop_n to_o a_o lay_v secular_a judicatory_a for_o thus_o he_o write_v ep_v 48._o si_fw-mi autem_fw-la sicut_fw-la falso_fw-la arbitramini_fw-la veer_fw-la criminosum_fw-la caecilianum_fw-la judicandum_fw-la terrenis_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la tradiderant_fw-la quid_fw-la objicitis_fw-la quod_fw-la uâ—strorum_fw-la praesumptio_fw-la primitus_fw-la fecit_fw-la he_o speak_v to_o the_o late_a donatist_n quod_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la arguerimus_fw-la say_v he_o quia_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la animo_fw-la invido_fw-la &_o noxio_fw-la sed_fw-la emendandi_fw-la &_o corrigendi_fw-la voluntate_fw-la fecissent_fw-la therefore_o st._n augustine_n say_v that_o where_o and_o when_o the_o dispute_n concern_v the_o correction_n and_o amendment_n of_o ecclesiastic_n to_o demand_v the_o judgement_n or_o sentence_n and_o to_o appeal_v to_o the_o power_n of_o earthly_a prince_n be_v not_o reprehensible_a if_o the_o accuser_n proceed_v not_o in_o such_o 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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 episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la tum_fw-la aderant_fw-la mandatum_fw-la daunt_v judices_fw-la ut_fw-la hominem_fw-la abdicent_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la deinde_fw-la illi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la eum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la penitus_fw-la expellant_fw-la where_o you_o be_v to_o observe_v that_o not_o only_o not_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o fact_n of_o murder_n but_o not_o even_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o question_n of_o right_n whether_o the_o say_a patriarch_n or_o bishop_n stephen_n of_o antioch_n shall_v be_v depose_v or_o no_o be_v remit_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n or_o to_o the_o church_n or_o council_n of_o bishop_n but_o peremptory_a command_n send_v by_o the_o lie_v judge_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o depose_v he_o actual_o and_o by_o their_o spiritual_a judgement_n who_o they_o the_o same_o lay_v judge_n have_v already_o and_o by_o a_o civil_a judgement_n sentence_v to_o be_v so_o depose_v albeit_o these_o lay_v judge_n reserve_v to_o themselves_o still_o or_o to_o the_o civil_a power_n 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