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chap._n 8._o that_o the_o pope_n and_o court_n of_o rome_n be_v most_o guilty_a of_o the_o schism_n we_o be_v come_v now_o to_o my_o six_o and_o last_o ground_n that_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o schism_n rest_v upon_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n the_o first_o thing_n which_o i_o meet_v with_o be_v his_o marginal_a note_n out_o of_o saint_n austin_n 51._o cathedra_fw-la quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la fecit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la what_o hurt_n have_v the_o see_v of_o rome_n do_v thou_o but_o first_o petilians_n case_n to_o who_o those_o word_n be_v speak_v be_v not_o our_o case_n he_o call_v all_o the_o catholic_n see_v thoughout_v the_o world_n chair_n of_o pestilence_n so_o do_v not_o we_o neither_o do_v saint_n austin_n attribute_v any_o thing_n singular_a to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n in_o this_o place_n more_o than_o to_o the_o see_v of_o jerusalem_n or_o any_o other_o catholic_n see_n si_fw-mi omnes_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la tale_n essent_fw-la 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ecclesiastical_a cause_n hist_o conc_fw-fr trid._n an._n 1544_o an._n 1545._o an._n 1548._o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n justify_v sand._n the_o schism_n p_o 59_o de_fw-fr schis_n angelo_fw-mi p._n 57_o hail_o a_o 22._o h._n 8._o pol_n de_fw-fr conc_fw-fr resp._n ad_fw-la cue_n 74._o &_o 75._o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o aâ—t_fw-la â—ccl_n angl._n art_n 37._o memor_n de_fw-fr samag_n catholicâ—_n cap._n 10._o a_o sancta_fw-la clara._n expos._n parapb_n in_o art_n 37_o ibidem_fw-la sect._n 2._o no_o contradiction_n in_o my_o word_n sect._n 3_o constantine_n ruffin_n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o theodorit_fw-fr l._n 1._o c._n 11._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constant_n l._n 1._o c._n 35._o idem_fw-la l_o 3._o c._n 23_o euseb._n hist._n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o aust._n epist_n 162._o euseb_n hist._n l._n 10._o c._n 6._o socrat._v l._n 1._o c._n 22._o sozom_n l._n 2._o c._n 27._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr const._n l._n 1._o c._n 37._o theodor._n l._n 1._o c._n 19_o valentinian_n theodosius_n socrat_n l_o 7._o c._n 22._o evagr._fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 12._o valentinian_n the_o elder_a sozo_n l._n 6_o c._n 7._o idem_fw-la l._n 6._o c._n 6._o theod._n l_o 4_o c_o 7_o &_o 8._o cod_n thâ—od_n l_o 4._o c._n 5._o in_o praemio_fw-la l._n 5._o basilius_n an._n 869._o charles_n the_o great_a albert_n crantz_n metr_v l._n 1._o c._n 7._o vindicat._n c._n 7._o pag._n 167._o epist._n ad_fw-la joan._n 2._o in_o cedice_n justinian_n sup._n c._n 4._o sect_n 1._o l_o 2._o cont._n petili_n c._n 51._o sup_v c._n 2._o s._n 4_o infid_v unmask_v c._n 7_o s._n 112._o p._n 534._o indulgence_n the_o excommunication_n of_o henry_n the_o eight_o sect._n 2._o bâ—â—_n pii_fw-la 4._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n no_o foundation_n of_o christian_n rev._n 21.24_o l._n 2._o de_fw-fr pont._n rom._n c._n 12._o 1_o pet_n 5.1_o sect._n 3_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n obtrude_v new_a article_n of_o faith_n and_o excommunicate_v for_o not_o receive_v they_o an._n 1564._o an._n 1569._o the_o papacy_n a_o cause_n of_o separation_n bull._n pauli_n 4._o the_o pope_n excommunicate_v the_o eastern_a church_n no_o recusant_n in_o england_n or_o few_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o qui_fw-fr elizabeth_n reign_n the_o disclose_v of_o the_o great_a bull._n cam_z elizab_v a_o 1â—70_n image_n of_o both_o church_n edit_n a_o 1653_o p._n 442._o camd._n elizab._n a_o 1559._o more_o protestant_n suffer_v now_o then_o roman_a catholic_n at_o the_o reformation_n acworth_n cont._n saunder_n l._n 2._o p._n 197._o sect._n 4_o vind._n c_o 6._o s._n a_o general_a council_n complete_a without_o the_o pope_n greg_n l._n 1._o epist_n 24_o bron._n annot_n in_o conc._n 5._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n for_o its_o superiority_n above_o the_o pope_n lawfail_v sect._n 1_o some_o rom._n cath._n formal_a schismatic_n the_o present_a roman_a church_n dâ—parted_v out_o of_o the_o ancient_a roman_a church_n and_o which_o be_v worse_o out_o of_o the_o catholic_n church_n lib_fw-la 2._o gent._n pet._n c._n 38._o the_o romanist_n true_a donatist_n ibid._n sect._n 1_o &_o 2._o the_o roman_a church_n not_o the_o catholic_n church_n l._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la c._n 6._o if_o denial_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n make_v protestant_n the_o world_n be_v full_a of_o protestann_n our_o separation_n not_o in_o essentials_n the_o eastern_a church_n true_a part_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n sect._n 3_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n not_o general_a nor_o free_a nor_o lawful_a hist_o conc._n try_v l._n 2._o a_o 1545._o the_o protestant_n not_o condemn_v by_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n but_o the_o romanist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d knolles_n turk_n bist_fw-ge in_o the_o life_n of_o am._n â—_o p._n 1503._o ib_a p._n 1500._o sect._n 4._o why_o r_o c._n not_o willing_a to_o argue_v of_o the_o pope_n patriarchall_a power_n answ._n to_o the_o pres_fw-fr s._n c._n 1._o s._n 1._o 1_o pet._n 3.20_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n st._n petes._n boat_n not_o noah_n ark_n our_o charity_n free_v we_o from_o schism_n sect._n 6._o cal._n inst._n l._n 4_o c._n 1._o etc._n etc._n sect._n 5._o sup._n c._n 1._o sect_n 1._o sect._n 6._o our_o ordination_n justify_v greg._n resp._n ad_fw-la int._n 8._o august_n continuation_n of_o the_o tuck_n histin_n the_o life_n of_o amurath_n 4._o no_o difference_n about_o sacrifice_n if_o right_o understand_v sect._n 7._o there_o be_v fundamental_n hebr._n 5.12_o and_o c._n 6.1_o etc._n etc._n how_o much_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v to_o salvation_n ordinary_o all_o reveal_v truth_n not_o essentials_n ancient_a pope_n challenge_v not_o sovereignty_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la of_o the_o church_n l._n 5._o a_o c._n 31._o ad_fw-la c._n 36._o l._n 2_o cont._n jovin_n sup._n c._n 5._o sect_n 1._o cent._n epist._n theol._n ep_n 74._o a_o moderate_a papacy_n may_v prove_v useful_a but_o dangerous_a mont._n orig._n eccles._n part_n post_fw-la p._n 185._o the_o conclusion_n epist._n 161._o vind._n ch_n 4._o pag._n 86._o â—â—_o h_o 8._o c._n â—2_n 16_o r._n 2._o c._n 5._o malm._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr gâ—st_n pont_n aug._n reg._n hone_v in_o h._n â—_o 20._o h._n 3._o c._n 9_o stat._n clarendo_fw-la stat._n carlile_n art_n cleri_fw-la 25_o ed._n 3._o 37_o ed._n 3._o châ—_n â—_z â—6_n rich._n 2._o c._n â—_o placit_fw-la a_o 1._o h._n 7._o placit_fw-la a_o 32._o &_o 34._o edv_n 1._o ch._n 7._o p._n 196._o ch._n â—_o l._n 2._o de_fw-fr roâ—_n pont._n c._n 3â—_n act._n 16._o britt_n hist_o l._n 11._o c._n 3._o pag._n 106_o dialog_n de_fw-fr eccles._n mcne_n distinct_a 3._o nilus_n de_fw-fr primatis_fw-la 1._o cor._n 3.12_o c._n 3._o sect._n 4._o sop._n cap._n 3._o sect._n 4._o eph._n 4.4_o eph._n 5._o â—_o bernard_n de_fw-fr consider_v l._n 4._o de_fw-fr council_n l._n 2_o c._n 17._o de_fw-fr council_n l._n 2._o c._n 13._o de_fw-fr roma_fw-it pont._n l._n 4._o c._n 22._o &_o 24_o judg._n 6._o bellarmâ—ce_n council_n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o pag._n 24â—_n vind._n pag_n 101._o gers._fw-la p._n 4._o serm._n de_fw-fr pace_n &_o unit_fw-la cyril_n considerate_a â—â—_o
factious_a person_n but_o by_o two_o or_o three_o king_n successive_o and_o by_o theodore_n the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n a_o roman_a with_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o whole_a council_n of_o the_o english_a he_o proceed_v 4._o they_o never_o dislike_v that_o profession_n of_o saint_n augustine_n fellow_n that_o the_o see_v apostolic_a have_v send_v they_o to_o preach_v in_o britanny_n as_o she_o be_v accustom_v to_o do_v in_o all_o the_o world_n first_o why_o shall_v they_o dislike_v it_o they_o have_v no_o reason_n for_o it_o no_o good_a christian_n can_v dislike_v the_o husbandman_n sow_v of_o wheat_n but_o every_o good_a christian_n do_v dislike_v the_o envious_a man_n supersemination_n or_o sow_v of_o tare_n above_o the_o wheat_n or_o if_o there_o have_v be_v reason_n how_o can_v they_o dislike_v that_o which_o in_o probability_n they_o do_v not_o know_v the_o letter_n out_o of_o which_o these_o word_n be_v cite_v be_v not_o write_v to_o the_o english_a king_n but_o to_o the_o scotish_n bishop_n by_o laurentius_n successor_n to_o austin_n in_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n and_o melitus_n of_o london_n and_o justus_n of_o rotchester_n which_o three_o be_v all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n that_o be_v at_o that_o day_n in_o britain_n but_o if_o perchance_o he_o imagine_v that_o the_o pope_n send_v preacher_n into_o britain_n do_v either_o argue_v a_o ancient_a or_o acquire_v a_o subsequent_a jurisdiction_n over_o britain_n he_o err_v double_o first_o they_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o king_n licence_n for_o matter_n of_o fact_n they_o produce_v no_o papal_a mandate_n which_o have_v be_v in_o vain_a to_o a_o pagan_a king_n at_o their_o first_o arrival_n the_o king_n command_v they_o to_o abide_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o thanet_n until_o his_o further_a pleasure_n be_v know_v they_o do_v so_o afterward_o they_o be_v call_v in_o by_o his_o command_n 25._o he_o give_v they_o a_o express_a licence_n to_o preach_v to_o his_o subject_n and_o after_o his_o own_o conversion_n majorem_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la licentiam_fw-la a_o further_a and_o large_a licence_n so_o the_o conversion_n of_o kent_n be_v by_o the_o pope_n endeavoure_v and_o the_o king_n authority_n second_o for_o matter_n of_o right_n conversion_n give_v no_o just_a title_n to_o jurisdiction_n 11.22_o how_o many_o country_n have_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o christian_a faith_n by_o the_o britan_n and_o english_a over_o which_o they_o never_o pretend_v any_o authority_n it_o follow_v they_o never_o dislike_v that_o saint_n gregory_n shall_v subject_v all_o the_o priest_n of_o britain_n under_o saint_n austin_n and_o give_v he_o power_n to_o erect_v two_o archiepiscopall_a see_v and_o twelve_o episcopal_a see_v under_o each_o of_o they_o 29._o who_o can_v ethelbert_n be_v himself_o a_o novice_n in_o christianity_n better_a trust_n with_o the_o dispose_n of_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n in_o his_o kingdom_n than_o those_o who_o have_v be_v his_o converter_n but_o either_o saint_n gregory_n in_o his_o project_n or_o rather_o austin_n in_o his_o information_n do_v mighty_o over-shoot_a themselves_o for_o the_o twenty_o part_n of_o britain_n be_v not_o in_o ethelbert_n power_n and_o all_o the_o other_o saxon_a king_n be_v pagan_n at_o that_o time_n we_o have_v see_v that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o austin_n and_o gregory_n there_o be_v still_o but_o one_o archbishop_n and_o two_o bishop_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n throughout_o the_o britannic_a island_n the_o british_a and_o scotish_n bishop_n be_v many_o but_o they_o renounce_v all_o communion_n with_o rome_n the_o british_a bishop_n profess_v plain_o to_o austin_n himself_o in_o their_o synod_n that_o they_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v he_o for_o their_o archbishop_n 2._o and_o the_o scotish_n bishop_n do_v so_o much_o abhor_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n that_o as_o themselves_o complain_v dagamus_n one_o of_o the_o scotish_n bishop_n refuse_v to_o eat_v with_o they_o or_o to_o lodge_v with_o they_o in_o the_o same_o inn_n 4._o and_o yet_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o great_a earnest_n that_o they_o never_o dislike_v it_o he_o add_v melit_fw-la they_o never_o dislike_v that_o saint_n melit_fw-la shall_v bring_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o roman_a synod_n to_o be_v observe_v of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n it_o may_v be_v so_o but_o whether_o it_o be_v so_o or_o not_o whether_o they_o like_v they_o or_o dislike_v they_o whether_o they_o receive_v they_o or_o reject_v they_o 4._o venerable_a bede_n who_o be_v his_o author_n speak_v not_o a_o word_n this_o be_v not_o prove_v but_o presume_v and_o why_o may_v they_o not_o receive_v they_o if_o they_o find_v they_o to_o be_v equal_a and_o beneficial_a non_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la aequitatem_fw-la legis_fw-la not_o for_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a synod_n but_o for_o the_o equity_n of_o their_o decree_n and_o what_o be_v their_o decree_n ibidem_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o quiet_a monachorum_fw-la order_n for_o the_o good_a conversation_n and_o quiet_a of_o monk_n a_o matter_n of_o no_o great_a importance_n but_o great_a or_o small_a the_o decree_n of_o the_o roman_a synod_n be_v of_o no_o force_n in_o england_n unless_o they_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n and_o if_o they_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n than_o they_o be_v naturalise_v and_o make_v the_o law_n of_o england_n not_o of_o pope_n boniface_n a_o usurp_a and_o if_o we_o may_v trust_v saint_n gregory_n his_o predecessor_n a_o antichristian_a prelate_n rome_n they_o willing_o admit_v a_o bishop_n of_o canterbury_n send_v to_o they_o and_o choose_v by_o the_o pope_n why_o shall_v they_o not_o admit_v he_o see_v it_o be_v their_o own_o desire_n and_o request_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o great_a scarcity_n of_o scholar_n then_o in_o england_n to_o send_v they_o one_o as_o appear_z by_o the_o very_a letter_n of_o vitalianus_n hominem_fw-la denique_fw-la docibilem_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ornatum_fw-la antistitem_fw-la secundum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la tenorem_fw-la minime_fw-la valuimus_fw-la nunc_fw-la reperire_fw-la 1._o we_o can_v not_o find_v for_o the_o present_a such_o a_o complete_a prelate_n as_o your_o letter_n require_v and_o by_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o king_n quâ—d_fw-la cum_fw-la nuncii_fw-la certò_fw-la narrassent_fw-la regi_fw-la egberto_n adesse_fw-la episcopum_fw-la quem_fw-la petierant_fw-la a_o romano_n antistite_fw-la when_o king_n egbert_n have_v certain_a notice_n that_o the_o bishop_n theodore_n be_v come_v who_o they_o have_v desire_v of_o the_o roman_a prelate_n so_o he_o be_v not_o obtrude_v upon_o they_o against_o their_o will_n which_o be_v the_o case_n of_o patronage_n between_o we_o and_o they_o heaven_n they_o acknowledge_v that_o saint_n peter_n be_v the_o special_a porter_n of_o heaven_n who_o they_o will_v obey_v in_o all_o thing_n i_o understand_v not_o why_o he_o urge_v this_o except_o it_o be_v to_o expose_v the_o simplicity_n of_o those_o time_n to_o derision_n the_o case_n be_v this_o there_o be_v a_o disputation_n between_o coleman_n and_o wilfrid_n about_o the_o observation_n of_o easter_n coleman_n plead_v a_o tradition_n from_o saint_n john_n upon_o who_o bosom_n christ_n lean_v deliver_v to_o they_o by_o columba_n their_o first_o converter_n wilfrid_n plead_v a_o different_a tradition_n from_o st._n peter_n to_o who_o christ_n give_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n the_o king_n demand_v whether_o that_o which_o be_v say_v of_o saint_n peter_n be_v true_a they_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v and_o whether_o any_o thing_n of_o like_a nature_n be_v say_v to_o saint_n columb_n they_o say_v no._n thereupon_o the_o king_n conclude_v hic_fw-la est_fw-la ostiarius_fw-la ille_fw-la cui_fw-la ego_fw-la contradicere_fw-la nolo_fw-la etc._n etc._n ne_fw-fr forte_fw-fr i_o adveniente_fw-la ad_fw-la fores_fw-la regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la quireseret_fw-la averso_fw-la illo_fw-la qui_fw-la clave_n tenere_fw-la probatur_fw-la this_o be_v the_o porter_n who_o i_o will_v not_o contradict_v lest_o peradventure_o when_o i_o come_v to_o the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n there_o be_v none_o to_o open_v unto_o i_o have_v make_v he_o averse_a to_o i_o who_o be_v prove_v to_o keep_v the_o key_n no_o man_n can_v be_v so_o simple_a as_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v gate_n and_o key_n and_o porter_n in_o heaven_n it_o be_v but_o a_o poor_a office_n for_o saint_n peter_n to_o sit_v porter_n at_o the_o gate_n while_o the_o rest_n be_v feast_v within_o at_o the_o supper_n of_o the_o lamb._n the_o key_n be_v give_v to_o saint_n john_n as_o much_o as_o to_o saint_n peter_n they_o public_o engrave_v in_o the_o front_n of_o their_o church_n paul_n that_o saint_n peter_n be_v high_a in_o degree_n than_o saint_n paul_n let_v they_o place_n st._n peter_n as_o high_a as_o they_o please_v