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A67437 The history & vindication of the loyal formulary, or Irish remonstrance ... received by His Majesty anno 1661 ... in several treatises : with a true account and full discussion of the delusory Irish remonstrance and other papers framed and insisted on by the National Congregation at Dublin, anno 1666, and presented to ... the Duke of Ormond, but rejected by His Grace : to which are added three appendixes, whereof the last contains the Marquess of Ormond ... letter of the second of December, 1650 : in answer to both the declaration and excommunication of the bishops, &c. at Jamestown / the author, Father Peter Walsh ... Walsh, Peter, 1618?-1688.; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688. Articles of peace.; Rothe, David, 1573-1650. Queries concerning the lawfulnesse of the present cessation. 1673 (1673) Wing W634; ESTC R13539 1,444,938 1,122

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de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccles._n sect_n 7._o prop._n 2._o where_o he_o write_v thus_o clerici_fw-la sunt_fw-la exempti_fw-la a_o tributis_fw-la non_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la sed_fw-la pri●ulegio_fw-la principu●_n hoc_fw-la express_v dicit_fw-la d._n thomas_n super_fw-la illum_fw-la locum_fw-la roman_n 13._o ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o tributa_fw-la praestatis_fw-la et_fw-la dicit_fw-la hanc_fw-la exemptionem_fw-la habere_fw-la equitatem_fw-la quam●●●_n non_fw-la autem_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la that_o final_o however_o this_o be_v certain_o true_a yet_o soto_n infer_v out_o of_o that_o reason_n of_o st._n thomas_n not_o a_o congruency_n but_o a_o necessity_n for_o as_o we_o have_v see_v before_o thus_o he_o discourse_v whereas_o tribut_n custom_n and_o other_o public_a tax_n be_v pay_v to_o king_n for_o their_o maintenance_n and_o as_o a_o reward_n or_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o labour_n they_o undergo_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o whereas_o clergiemen_n take_v no_o less_o pain_n in_o discharge_v their_o own_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n it_o be_v but_o a_o equal_a recompensation_n of_o such_o pain_n to_o be_v exempt_a from_o all_o tribut_n tax_n etc._n etc._n now_o to_o answer_v this_o argument_n where_o be_v any_o thing_n here_o to_o conclude_v a_o necessity_n be_v it_o even_o true_a that_o clergieman_n take_v no_o less_o pain_n for_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o be_v it_o also_o true_a that_o it_o be_v only_a as_o a_o reward_n of_o labour_n that_o king_n receive_v tribute_n for_o the_o commonwealth_n may_v as_o to_o its_o temporal_n very_o well_o subsist_v in_o this_o life_n and_o even_o as_o to_o its_o spiritual_a hope_n be_v save_v in_o the_o other_o without_o any_o such_o exemption_n of_o the_o good_n of_o clergieman_n as_o it_o can_v no_o less_o without_o any_o exemption_n of_o their_o person_n but_o whereas_o also_o indeed_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v absolute_o false_a how_o can_v soto_n as_o much_o as_o pretend_v 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purpose_n nothing_o but_o against_o oppressive_a tax_n contrary_a to_o law_n and_o former_a custom_n and_o tax_n too_o impose_v by_o the_o consul_n only_o and_o rector_n of_o particular_a city_n nothing_o in_o specie_fw-la against_o even_o any_o such_o oppressive_a tax_n tally_n exaction_n collection_n lay_v or_o make_v by_o a_o absolute_a order_n law_n or_o constitution_n of_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n or_o of_o king_n emperor_n state_n who_o certain_o be_v not_o understand_v by_o the_o name_n of_o consul_n and_o rector_n of_o city_n and_o however_o this_o of_o tax_n of_o clerk_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o the_o exemption_n of_o the_o person_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n in_o all_o other_o civil_a and_o criminal_a cause_n whatsoever_o which_o only_o be_v it_o we_o dispute_v of_o here_o nothing_o beside_o but_o what_o be_v convenient_a for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o people_n within_o the_o pope_n own_o temporal_a patrimony_n for_o which_o only_o 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in_o itself_o pure_o or_o as_o abstract_n from_o matter_n of_o fact_n we_o say_v two_o thing_n here_o to_o clear_v all_o the_o fog_n which_o many_o of_o our_o late_a school_n divine_n do_v raise_v without_o any_o cause_n at_o all_o to_o loose_v themselves_o and_o other_o in_o it_o the_o one_o be_v that_o in_o this_o cause_n of_o caecilian_a and_o such_o other_o of_o churchman_n wherein_o constantine_n or_o other_o christian_a emperor_n interpose_v their_o imperial_a authority_n and_o carry_v themselves_o proper_o as_o judge_n that_o wherein_o they_o do_v so_o be_v pure_a matter_n of_o fact_n whereof_o questionless_a the_o lie_v emperor_n when_o judicious_a and_o just_a be_v secundum_fw-la allegata_fw-la &_o probata_fw-la as_o competent_a judge_n as_o any_o ecclesiastic_a and_o the_o other_o be_v that_o whereas_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o same_o we_o must_v say_v of_o every_o other_o supreme_a or_o sovereign_a prince_n within_o his_o own_o dominion_n be_v of_o supreme_a absolute_a 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people_n in_o such_o matter_n according_a to_o what_o be_v from_o the_o beginning_n teach_v by_o which_o very_a consideration_n that_o constantine_n himself_o be_v very_o much_o indu●ced_v ●o_o interess_n himself_o in_o these_o matter_n of_o faith_n even_o himself_o also_o write_v apud_fw-la ●arr●nium_fw-la tom_fw-mi 3._o a_o 313._o n._n 37._o lest_o otherwise_o he_o shall_v have_v see_v dangerous_a trouble_n and_o commotion_n in_o his_o empire_n and_o thence_o have_v suffer_v also_o very_o much_o in_o his_o reputation_n as_o not_o govern_v well_o or_o prudent_o or_o also_o as_o have_v imprudent_o embrace_v that_o religion_n who_o professor_n he_o can_v not_o keep_v in_o peace_n or_o unity_n among_o themselves_o of_o which_o consideration_n and_o judgement_n of_o constantine_n or_o rather_o of_o which_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o constantine_n or_o indeed_o of_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o st._n augustine_n speak_v ep_v 162._o where_o he_o write_v thus_o quasi_fw-la verò_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la he_o mean_v fellix_fw-la aptungitanus_n ●●c_fw-la comparavit_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la imperator_fw-la ita_fw-la quasi_fw-la jusserit_fw-la ad_fw-la cujus_fw-la curam_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la rationem_fw-la deo_fw-la redditurus_fw-la esset_fw-la res_fw-la illa_fw-la maximè_fw-la pertinebat_fw-la but_o of_o this_o authority_n and_o superintendency_n in_o general_n of_o emperor_n king_n prince_n and_o other_o supreme_a temporal_a or_o politic_a state_n in_o and_o over_o the_o church_n or_o the_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a both_o superior_n and_o inferior_n of_o the_o same_o christian_n catholic_n church_n this_o be_v not_o the_o proper_a place_n to_o treat_v at_o large_a it_o suffice_v at_o present_a to_o say_v that_o forasmuch_o as_o constantine_n do_v so_o and_o so_o often_o too_o interess_n himself_o in_o this_o cause_n of_o caecilian_a and_o depute_a judge_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v it_o he_o do_v all_o this_o by_o the_o true_a proper_a genuine_a authority_n of_o a_o emperor_n and_o even_o of_o a_o christian_a emperor_n who_o duty_n it_o be_v when_o the_o ecclesiastic_n themselves_o alone_o can_v end_v or_o compose_v their_o own_o dissension_n that_o he_o by_o his_o own_o supreme_a authority_n assist_v and_o promote_v their_o agreement_n and_o even_o force_v they_o to_o a_o just_a and_o equitable_a agreement_n which_o the_o milevitan_a council_n approve_v in_o effect_n canone_o 19_o and_o ponitur_fw-la xi_o q._n 1._o c._n 11._o and_o in_o these_o term_n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicumque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cognitionem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la petierit_fw-la honore_fw-la proprio_fw-la privetur_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la episcopale_n judicium_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n postulaverit_fw-la nihil_fw-la ei_fw-la obsit_fw-la but_o that_o constantine_n do_v in_o aftertime_n adorn_v and_o magnify_v the_o church_n or_o churchman_n with_o most_o singular_a and_o most_o ample_a privilege_n concern_v civil_a 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 the_o aforesaid_a judgement_n also_o of_o the_o council_n of_o orleans_n the_o donatist_n yet_o appeal_v even_o from_o it_o and_o the_o second_o time_n to_o the_o emperor_n himself_o against_o and_o in_o that_o cause_n of_o cecilian_a and_o the_o emperor_n admit_v again_o their_o appeal_n judge_n the_o matter_n himself_o absolve_v cecilian_a and_o condemn_v the_o donatist_n st._n augustine_n be_v my_o author_n and_o witness_n ep_v 48._o and_o epist_n 162._o where_o yet_o he_o neither_o accuse_v nor_o reprehend_v the_o emperor_n nor_o do_v cecilian_n except_v but_o obey_v and_o free_o present_v himself_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o emperor_n for_o it_o be_v a_o criminal_a judgement_n that_o be_v the_o matter_n debate_v be_v a_o crime_n charge_v upon_o he_o nay_o st._n augustine_n open_o say_v and_o aver_v that_o neither_o the_o accuse_v or_o appeal_n bishop_n themselves_o be_v to_o be_v reprehend_v on_o this_o account_n that_o they_o draw_v or_o bring_v the_o affair_n or_o cause_n of_o 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 u●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 or_o indeed_o any_o other_o application_n out_o of_o envy_n or_o malice_n concern_v this_o second_o admission_n of_o constantine_n or_o indeed_o rather_o concern_v his_o whole_a procedure_n in_o this_o affair_n by_o admit_v any_o appeal_n at_o all_o or_o
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helianus_n to_o be_v judge_v by_o he_o augustinus_n post_n collat_n ep_v 33_o &_o ep_v 152._o &_o opt._n and_o photinus_n condemn_v in_o the_o general_a council_n of_o sardica_n obtain_v new_a judge_n from_o the_o very_a self_n same_o constantine_n as_o epiphan_n heres_fw-la 71._o tell_v the_o before_o often_o mention_v st._n athanasius_n be_v to_o the_o say_v pious_a and_o great_a emperor_n constantine_n accuse_v as_o a_o homicide_n or_o of_o have_v murder_v arsenius_n and_o constantine_n commit_v the_o cognizance_n hereof_o as_o we_o have_v touch_v before_o to_o delmatiu●s_n the_o censor_n of_o antioch_n a_o mere_a lay_v officer_n of_o the_o empire_n that_o he_o may_v proceed_v therein_o as_o a_o judge_n delegat_fw-la for_o very_o so_o do_v st._n athanasius_n himself_o in_o apol._n and_o for_o to_o defend_v his_o own_o innocency_n in_o that_o matter_n tell_v we_o and_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o upbraid_v the_o emperor_n nor_o at_o all_o object_n to_o he_o that_o his_o majesty_n have_v 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potestis_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la judicari_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la dei_fw-la solius_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la expectate_v judicium_fw-la ruffin_n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o but_o but_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o constantine_n say_v so_o at_o all_o as_o it_o be_v very_o true_a and_o certain_a that_o this_o say_n whosoever_n it_n be_v must_v either_o be_v expound_v not_o rigorous_o or_o strict_o according_a to_o the_o bare_a word_n but_o very_o benign_o and_o gentle_o or_o questionless_a must_v be_v reject_v and_o condemn_v even_o by_o those_o who_o allege_v it_o for_o themselves_o as_o appear_v at_o least_o out_o of_o the_o two_o late_a clause_n viz._n that_o vos_fw-fr autem_fw-la non_fw-la potestis_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la judicari_fw-la and_o that_o other_o propter_fw-la quod_fw-la dei_fw-la solius_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la expectate_v judicium_fw-la yet_o i_o say_v if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o constantine_n say_v so_o at_o all_o and_o even_o i_o say_v do_v say_v 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to_o mean_v first_o that_o priest_n have_v a_o spiritual_a power_n from_o god_n to_o judge_v even_o himself_o spiritual_o or_o in_o a_o spiritual_a way_n and_o by_o a_o mere_a kind_n of_o spiritual_a judgement_n or_o in_o relation_n only_o to_o his_o spirit_n to_o wit_n by_o declare_v to_o he_o wherein_o he_o have_v sin_v and_o by_o remit_v or_o retain_v his_o sin_n by_o their_o judicial_a absolution_n or_o censure_n in_o the_o confessional_a seat_n or_o penitential_a court_n of_o conscience_n but_o not_o that_o they_o have_v a_o power_n external_a and_o temporal_a or_o coercive_a of_o he_o in_o his_o mere_a temporal_n or_o by_o any_o sentence_n at_o all_o transfer_v his_o temporal_a or_o civil_a right_n or_o jurisdiction_n or_o able_a to_o bereave_v he_o of_o any_o such_o or_o oblige_v he_o to_o submit_v his_o say_a temporal_a right_n to_o they_o second_o that_o mere_a layman_n can_v not_o judge_v of_o they_o in_o cause_n proper_o ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a such_o as_o those_o 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