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A11443 The rocke of the Churche wherein the primacy of S. Peter and of his successours the Bishops of Rome is proued out of Gods worde. By Nicholas Sander D. of diuinity. Sander, Nicholas, 1530?-1581. 1567 (1567) STC 21692; ESTC S102389 211,885 679

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letter_n whether_o his_o brother_n constans_n the_o good_a and_o catholic_a emperor_n do_v use_v to_o banish_v bishop_n or_o no_o and_o then_o whether_o constans_n his_o brother_n aliquando_fw-la iudicijs_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la intersuit_n be_v at_o any_o time_n a_o meddler_n with_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judgement_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la last_o of_o all_o he_o say_v to_o he_o ne_fw-la te_fw-la misceas_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la neque_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la genere_fw-la praecipe_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la ea_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la disce_fw-la tibi_fw-la deus_fw-la imperium_fw-la commisit_fw-la nobis_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la concredidit_fw-la &_o quemad_a modum_fw-la qui_fw-la tuum_fw-la etiam_fw-la imperium_fw-la malignis_fw-la oculis_fw-la carpit_fw-la contradicit_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la divinae_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la cave_n ne_o quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la trahens_fw-la magno_fw-la crimini_fw-la obnoxius_fw-la fias_fw-la date_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la caesaris_fw-la caesari_n &_o quae_fw-la dei_fw-la deo_fw-la neque_fw-la igitur_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la imperium_fw-la tenere_fw-la neque_fw-la tu_fw-la thymiamatum_fw-la &_o sacrorum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habes_fw-la imperator_fw-la do_v thou_o not_o intermeddle_v with_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n neither_o do_v thou_o command_v what_o we_o shall_v do_v in_o this_o kind_n of_o matter_n but_o rather_o lern_v they_o of_o us._n god_n have_v commit_v the_o empire_n unto_o thou_o and_o he_o have_v put_v we_o in_o trust_n with_o ●hose_v thing_n which_o concern_v the_o church_n and_o like_a as_o he_o that_o malign_o ●arpeth_v thy_o empire_n do_v gainsay_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n so_o do_v thou_o take_v thede_v lest_o in_o take_v unto_o thou_o those_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n thou_o be_v make_v guilty_a of_o a_o great_a crime_n it_o be_v write_v 22._o math._n 22._o geve_v unto_o caesar_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v caesar_n and_o unto_o god_n those_o thing_n that_o be_v go_n therefore_o it_o be_v neither_o lauful_a for_o we_o to_o have_v the_o rule_n of_o the_o empire_n in_o earth_n neither_o haste_n thou_o o_o emperor_n any_o power_n over_o the_o holy_a incense_n and_o sacrifice_n mark_v that_o it_o be_v rehearse_v for_o a_o praise_n in_o the_o catholic_a emperor_n constans_n not_o to_o have_v meddle_v with_o ecclesiastical_a judgement_n also_o athanasius_n himself_o say_v thus_o for_o his_o own_o part_n antè_fw-la in_o epist_n ut_fw-la antè_fw-la si_fw-mi istud_fw-la est_fw-la iudicium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quid_fw-la common_a cum_fw-la eo_fw-la habet_fw-la imperator_fw-la &_o caet_fw-la quando_fw-la iudicium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la svam_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cepit_fw-la &_o caet_fw-la paulus_n apostolus_fw-la habebat_fw-la amicos_fw-la in_o caesaris_fw-la familia_fw-la &_o per_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la salutabat_fw-la philippense_n 4._o philip._n 4._o non_fw-la tamen_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o iudidicio_fw-la socios_fw-la assumpsit_fw-la if_o this_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o bishop_n what_o have_v the_o emperor_n to_o do_v with_o it_o and_o contrariwise_o if_o these_o judgement_n be_v gather_v by_o the_o