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A30985 Several miscellaneous and weighty cases of conscience learnedly and judiciously resolved / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Thomas Barlow ... Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. 1692 (1692) Wing B843; ESTC R21506 129,842 472

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do_v for_o the_o first_o notwithstanding_o what_o 1589._o erastus_n with_o his_o 2._o follower_n and_o judaeorum_fw-la selden_n of_o late_o have_v say_v i_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v a_o manifest_a truth_n that_o in_o every_o christian_a nation_n there_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v two_o divine_a distinct_a power_n 1._o sacred_a or_o spiritual_a 2._o civil_a or_o temporal_a in_o both_o which_o power_n we_o may_v consider_v 1._o principium_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la the_o principle_n and_o immediate_a cause_n from_o whence_o they_o flow_v and_o from_o whence_o they_o be_v derive_v to_o man_n and_o thus_o the_o temporal_a power_n be_v immediate_o from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o great_a maker_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o world_n by_o who_o king_n reign_n who_o communicate_v his_o power_n and_o name_n to_o magistrate_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o rom._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o delegate_n and_o substitute_n but_o 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n too_o psal._n 82._o i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v go_n 2._o the_o spiritual_a power_n be_v from_o christ_n as_o head_n of_o his_o church_n his_o father_n give_v he_o 18._o all_o power_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o some_o of_o that_o power_n he_o have_v communicate_v to_o his_o apostle_n and_o minister_n who_o be_v his_o ambassador_n pastor_n of_o his_o people_n and_o steward_n of_o his_o household_n 2._o subjectum_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la the_o civil_a power_n in_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n the_o sacred_a power_n in_o the_o minister_n 3._o finis_fw-la in_o quem_fw-la tendunt_fw-la the_o one_o be_v ordain_v to_o procure_v our_o temporal_a good_a here_o the_o other_o our_o eternal_a good_a hereafter_o this_o premise_a i_o say_v that_o the_o jew_n neither_o desire_v nor_o intend_v to_o be_v member_n of_o our_o church_n but_o only_o of_o our_o common-weal_n their_o admission_n or_o exclusion_n depend_v only_o on_o the_o civil_a power_n for_o the_o command_n of_o the_o common-weal_n as_o it_o be_v a_o civil_a 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the_o question_n be_v about_o the_o toleration_n of_o the_o jew_n we_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v some_o evil_n in_o they_o which_o for_o some_o reason_n some_o end_n and_o purpose_n be_v to_o be_v tolerate_v in_o our_o christian_a common-weal_n 2._o that_o evil_n may_v be_v of_o two_o sort_n 1._o such_o as_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 2._o such_o as_o be_v against_o positive_a law_n that_o we_o usual_o call_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n this_o the_o law_n of_o scripture_n both_o divine_a for_o in_o this_o case_n the_o humane_a law_n come_v not_o in_o consideration_n for_o if_o it_o please_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n to_o admit_v they_o by_o a_o law_n than_o all_o humane_a law_n of_o this_o common-weal_n if_o there_o be_v any_o against_o they_o be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la null_a and_o abrogate_a and_o so_o their_o admission_n the_o will_n of_o the_o state_n legal_o declare_v for_o it_o be_v suppose_v can_v possible_o be_v against_o any_o positive_a law_n of_o this_o 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place_n and_o that_o sacred_a call_n he_o carry_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o a_o revenger_n of_o such_o sin_n and_o a_o punisher_n of_o malefactor_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o we_o may_v apply_v this_o in_o hypothesi_fw-la to_o our_o particular_a case_n of_o the_o readmission_n of_o the_o jew_n i_o say_v 1._o that_o in_o the_o 17._o law_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o whole_a old_a testament_n there_o be_v nothing_o contain_v to_o the_o contrary_a or_o repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 2._o that_o this_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v or_o at_o least_o shall_v be_v the_o adequate_a rule_n of_o the_o jew_n religion_n and_o therefore_o so_o long_o as_o they_o keep_v to_o this_o there_o be_v no_o thing_n in_o their_o religion_n which_o be_v intolerable_a on_o this_o account_n as_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 3._o but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o their_o religion_n as_o now_o they_o profess_v it_o superinduce_v by_o error_n or_o custom_n which_o be_v indeed_o against_o jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la that_o shall_v not_o be_v tolerate_v in_o this_o or_o any_o christian_a commonwealth_n and_o if_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n tie_v they_o to_o abstain_v from_o all_o idolatry_n blasphemy_n murder_n adultery_n and_o all_o such_o other_o sin_n against_o the_o light_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n he_o tie_v they_o to_o no_o more_o than_o they_o in_o their_o flourish_a state_n of_o their_o common-weal_n tie_v other_o for_o though_o they_o do_v not_o require_v of_o their_o proselyte_n those_o of_o the_o gate_n i_o mean_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o positive_a law_n and_o precept_n of_o mikotzi_n moses_n yet_o they_o do_v universal_o require_v of_o they_o to_o abstain_v from_o blasphemy_n idolatry_n and_o all_o natural_a injustice_n as_o be_v manifest_a in_o josephus_n the_o sacred_a text_n itself_o and_o their_o rabbinical_a and_o talmutical_a writer_n so_o that_o if_o christian_a magistrate_n do_v as_o indeed_o they_o shall_v deny_v any_o toleration_n of_o such_o unnatural_a enormity_n they_o have_v reason_n to_o rest_v satisfy_v with_o it_o see_v no_o more_o be_v deny_v to_o they_o in_o we_o than_o they_o deny_v to_o other_o in_o their_o commonwealth_n dub._n but_o it_o must_v be_v say_v usury_n boligamy_n and_o the_o marriage_n of_o a_o sister_n be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n permit_v to_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o practiser_n of_o some_o thing_n against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n sol._n to_o this_o i_o say_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o aristotle_n and_o divers_a other_o philosopher_n conceive_a usury_n to_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o many_o divine_n of_o eminent_a note_n have_v think_v and_o publish_v their_o opinion_n to_o the_o world_n that_o both_o usury_n and_o polygamy_n and_o marry_v a_o sister_n be_v so_o too_o 10._o yet_o
gratiâ_fw-la request_v his_o lordship_n to_o resolve_v he_o how_o far_o the_o say_a tenet_n be_v chargeable_a on_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o thereupon_o his_o lordship_n be_v please_v to_o send_v he_o under_o his_o own_o hand_n a_o paper_n write_v as_o follow_v quaeritur_fw-la a_o dominium_fw-la fundetur_fw-la in_o gratia_n in_o answer_n to_o this_o i_o shall_v say_v only_o a_o few_o thing_n which_o to_o i_o seem_v certain_a and_o evident_a truth_n 1._o the_o question_n must_v be_v hold_v negative_o dominium_fw-la non_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_n neither_o dominium_fw-la temporale_fw-la of_o king_n or_o lay-magistrate_n nor_o dominium_fw-la spiritual_fw-la of_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n this_o have_v be_v evident_o prove_v by_o many_o of_o our_o divine_n especial_o and_o clear_o by_o dr._n 130._o davenant_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n 2._o the_o papist_n who_o be_v both_o the_o accuser_n and_o judge_n do_v impute_v this_o opinion_n to_o wickliff_n and_o hus_n and_o their_o follower_n and_o condemn_v the_o opinion_n and_o they_o for_o it_o as_o heretic_n for_o say_v that_o dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_n which_o be_v a_o manifest_a calumny_n and_o no_o just_a or_o prove_v accusation_n as_o may_v be_v prove_v out_o of_o hus_n his_o print_a work_n and_o several_a manuscript_n work_v of_o wickliff_n in_o bodley_n library_n but_o they_o bring_v these_o lie_a accusation_n against_o they_o that_o they_o may_v have_v some_o pretence_n to_o destroy_v and_o murder_v they_o 3._o that_o erroneous_a and_o impious_a council_n of_o constance_n anno_fw-la 1413_o which_o be_v a_o ecumenical_a and_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n have_v confess_v that_o our_o bless_a saviour_n do_v institute_v the_o eucharist_n in_o both_o kind_n they_o blasphemous_o add_v 13._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la institutione_n christi_fw-la they_o decree_v that_o the_o sacrament_n shall_v be_v take_v only_o in_o one_o kind_n whence_o luther_n will_v not_o call_v it_o concilium_fw-la constantiense_n but_o concilium_fw-la non-obstantiense_a now_o this_o council_n condemn_v this_o proposition_n dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_n 1_o sy_n in_o 15._o john_n hus_n and_o his_o follower_n 2_o dly_z in_o 8._o wickliff_n and_o his_o follower_n 4._o i_o do_v not_o find_v any_o popish_a author_n who_o affirm_v and_o approve_v this_o proposition_n dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_n in_o those_o very_a term_n in_o which_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n have_v condemn_v it_o as_o heretical_a for_o this_o be_v to_o contradict_v their_o own_o principle_n and_o approve_v that_o for_o truth_n which_o their_o supreme_a infallible_a guide_n a_o general_a council_n have_v synodical_o declare_v heresy_n 5._o but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n though_o in_o other_o term_n do_v both_o profess_v and_o practice_v this_o doctrine_n that_o dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_n for_o they_o say_v that_o dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la &_o religione_fw-la catholica_fw-la so_o they_o miscall_v popery_n or_o the_o roman_a religion_n so_o that_o if_o any_o man_n by_o apostasy_n desert_n their_o religion_n or_o by_o heresy_n deny_v any_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n he_o do_v not_o only_o forfeit_v his_o dominion_n over_o his_o inferior_n but_o all_o his_o good_n and_o livelihood_n and_o his_o life_n here_o and_o eternal_a life_n hereafter_o this_o be_v the_o erroneous_a and_o impious_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n approve_v and_o vindicate_v not_o only_o by_o their_o schoolman_n casuist_n canonist_n summist_n etc._n etc._n but_o receive_v into_o the_o body_n of_o their_o canon-law_n in_o their_o last_o and_o as_o they_o say_v the_o most_o correct_a edition_n of_o it_o and_o declare_v and_o confirm_v in_o their_o general_n council_n that_o this_o may_v appear_v i_o shall_v of_o many_o hundred_o give_v you_o some_o few_o but_o pertinent_a and_o great_a instance_n 1._o aquinas_n 2._o say_v principibus_fw-la apostatantibus_fw-la a_o fide_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la obediendum_fw-la and_o again_o when_o such_o a_o apostate_n prince_n be_v excommunicare_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la ejus_fw-la subditi_fw-la à_fw-la dominio_fw-la &_o juramento_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la ejus_fw-la liberati_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o a_o little_a tolerandi_fw-la before_o haereticus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la excommunicari_fw-la sed_fw-la just_a occidi_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o excommunicatus_fw-la ulterius_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la judicio_fw-la saeculdri_fw-la à_fw-la mundo_fw-la exterminandus_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la his_o commentator_n do_v believe_v and_o as_o far_o as_o they_o be_v able_a justify_v this_o doctrine_n 2._o alphonsus_n à_fw-fr castro_n be_v very_o large_a and_o learned_a on_o this_o subject_a and_o prove_v first_o that_o for_o heresy_n a_o father_n do_v lose_v the_o dominion_n and_o yet_o that_o dominium_fw-la be_v jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la patri_fw-la debitum_fw-la which_o he_o have_v over_o his_o child_n propter_fw-la haeresin_fw-la say_v b._n he_o pater_fw-la amititt_n jus_fw-la quod_fw-la habuit_fw-la super_fw-la filios_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o again_o dominium_fw-la politicum_fw-la amittitur_fw-la per_fw-la haeresin_fw-la it_o a_o quod_fw-la rex_fw-la e._n factus_fw-la haereticus_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la est_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la privatus_fw-la &_o dux_n svo_fw-la ducatu_fw-la etc._n etc._n 3._o nicolaus_n eymericus_n in_o his_o directorium_fw-la inquisitorion_n parte_fw-la 2_o &_o 3._o and_o francis_n pegna_n his_o commentator_n do_v assert_v all_o and_o more_o than_o i_o have_v say_v and_o out_o of_o many_o popish_a canon_n and_o council_n and_o papal_a constitution_n full_o prove_v it_o 4._o the_o canon_n law_n tell_v we_o that_o bona_fw-la haereticis_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la confiscata_fw-la and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o their_o child_n be_v make_v incapable_a of_o any_o benefice_n or_o office_n ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a 60._o haereticorum_fw-la silij_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la secundam_fw-la generationem_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la beneficium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la seu_fw-la publicum_fw-la officium_fw-la ne_fw-la admittantur_fw-la quod_fw-la sy_n secus_fw-la actum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sit_fw-la irritum_fw-la there_o be_v many_o other_o constitution_n in_o their_o haereticis_fw-la canon_n law_n which_o express_o declare_v that_o heretic_n that_o be_v such_o as_o deny_v any_o article_n of_o their_o popish_a creed_n lose_v all_o dominion_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a of_o which_o they_o be_v just_o possess_v before_o they_o fall_v from_o the_o popish_a faith_n into_o heresy_n as_o they_o call_v it_o 5._o last_o their_o concilium_fw-la lateranum_fw-la magnum_fw-la sub_fw-la innocentio_n iii_o in_o which_o there_o be_v for_o so_o they_o tell_v we_o about_o 1200_o father_n i_o say_v this_o great_a council_n which_o they_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v general_n or_o ecumenical_a express_o declare_v that_o a_o heretic_n though_o a_o king_n or_o emperor_n do_v by_o his_o heresy_n forfeìt_v all_o his_o dominion_n and_o therefore_o with_o they_o dominion_n must_v be_v in_o fide_fw-la fundatum_fw-la that_o be_v in_o their_o apocryphal_a popish_a faith_n for_o if_o believe_v and_o continue_v in_o that_o faith_n do_v preserve_v their_o dominion_n and_o the_o reject_v it_o by_o heresy_n forfelt_a it_o than_o it_o necessary_o and_o evident_o follow_v that_o their_o roman_a catholic_n faith_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o their_o dominion_n and_o the_o cause_n which_o preserve_v it_o as_o here_o be_v be_v the_o cause_n why_o they_o lose_v it_o and_o as_o this_o be_v their_o popish_a impious_a doctrine_n that_o not_o only_a subject_n but_o supreme_a governor_n king_n and_o emperor_n forfeit_v their_o dominion_n by_o heresy_n so_o the_o practice_n of_o their_o pope_n have_v in_o this_o case_n be_v suitable_o impious_a and_o sinful_a i_o need_v not_o go_v far_o for_o evident_a instance_n in_o 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