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A16835 The supremacie of Christian princes ouer all persons throughout theor dominions, in all causes so wel ecclesiastical as temporall, both against the Counterblast of Thomas Stapleton, replying on the reuerend father in Christe, Robert Bishop of VVinchester: and also against Nicolas Sanders his uisible monarchie of the Romaine Church, touching this controuersie of the princes supremacie. Ansvvered by Iohn Bridges. Bridges, John, d. 1618. 1573 (1573) STC 3737; ESTC S108192 937,353 1,244

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injurious_a to_o christ_n a_o prince_n than_o to_o heathen_a johannes_n de_fw-fr parisi●…s_fw-fr de_fw-fr po●…estate_fw-la reg_fw-la &_o p●…_n ca._n 18._o 1._o tim._n 1._o ●…useb_fw-mi lib._n ●…_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr const._n council_n constantin_n 1._o aug._n epist_n 48._o council_n tola_n 3_o stap._n 30._o a._n the_o papist_n shift_v that_o prince_n be_v the_o clergy_n advocate_n dante_n be_v alegherius_fw-la li._n 3._o lupold_n de_fw-fr babenb_n ca._n 15._o stap_n 30._o a._n though_o the_o prince_n be_v not_o a_o eccl._n person_n yet_o have_v he_o supremacy_n in_o eccl._n cause_n stap._n 30._o b._n winchester_n fol._n 96._o 97._o stapl._n 30._o b._n fol._n 30._o b._n stap._n fol._n 30._o b._n sta._n fol._n 30._o b._n supra_fw-la divis_fw-la 4._o fol._n 65._o supra_fw-la fol._n 80._o fol._n 31._o ●…_n winchester_n fol._n 31._o b._n 32._o a_o cap._n 5._o fol._n 32._o a._n b._n stapl._n 32._o folly_n 32._o b._n stapl._n 32._o b._n stap._n 32._o b._n stap._n 32._o b._n stap._n 32._o b._n fol._n 34._o ●…_n the_o issue_n and_o state_n of_o the_o question_n between_o the_o b._n and_o m._n feck_n fol._n 34._o b._n three_o kind_n of_o ignorance_n ▪_o stap._n 35._o ●…_n supr_fw-la ▪_o ●…o_fw-la 3._o a._n b_o supra_fw-la fol._n 4._o stap._n 36._o a._n stap._n 36._o a._n stap._n 36._o a_o in_o erroribus_fw-la parisi●…_n condemna●…s_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tho._n aquin._n super_fw-la tit._n ca._n 3_o sola_fw-la fide_fw-la executiones_fw-la &_o manifestationes_fw-la stap._n 36._o a_o fol._n 36._o a._n stap._n 36._o a._n contra_fw-la errores_fw-la grecorum_fw-la apoc._n 18._o stap._n 37._o b._n stap._n 35._o b._n stap_n 37._o b._n stap._n 38._o a._n stap._n 38._o b._n the_o lovanist_n boast_v they_o have_v now_o find_v out_o the_o pope_n title_n to_o be_v lure_n divino_fw-la stapl._n 38._o b._n john_n 10._o gal._n 1._o hieronimus_fw-la super_fw-la mat._n ambrose_n li._n 1_o de_fw-la officijs_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la faustum_fw-la li._n 23_o sap._n 1._o stapl._n 39_o ●…_n stapl._n cap._n 7._o foe_n 39_o b._n 40._o a_o stapl._n ca._n 8._o stapl._n 40._o b._n stap._n 40._o b._n deut._n 17._o stapl._n 40._o b._n stapl._n 40._o b._n stap._n 41._o ●…_n deut._n 17._o stap._n 40._o b._n how_o subtle_o the_o papist_n grant_v prince_n to_o study_v in_o god_n word_n deut._n 17._o vatablus_n in_o deut._n 17._o stapl._n 41._o a._n in_o what_o sense_n the_o popish_a church_n may_v be_v grant_v catholic_a stapl._n 41._o a._n psalm_n 1._o 2._o stap._n 41._o ●…_n stapl._n 41._o b._n math._n 13._o stap._n 41_o b._n stap._n 41._o b._n deut._n 17._o lyra_n in_o deut._n 17._o 1._o reg._n 4._o the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o chief_a judge_n mention_v deut._n 17._o be_v two_o distinct_a person_n john_n 18._o stap._n 41._o b_o stapl._n 41._o b._n deut._n 17._o lyra_n in_o deut._n ●…7_n stap._n 42._o a._n fol._n 42._o a._n stap._n 42._o a._n stap._n 42._o b._n deut._n 17._o st._n fol._n 42._o b_o fol._n 42._o a_o lyra_n in_o duty_n 17._o sta._n 42._o b_o supra_fw-la 40._o b_o ●…ol_n 42._o b_o chap._n 9_o fol._n 43._o b_o stap._n 42._o b_o &_o 43._o a_o stap._n 43._o a._n stap._n 43._o a._n stap._n 43._o a._n stapl._n 43._o ●…_n stap._n 43._o a._n 2._o pet._n ●…_n stap._n 43._o a._n 2._o pet._n ●…_n stap._n 43._o a._n stap._n 43._o a._n b_o wherein_o master_n stapleton_n excel_v all_o the_o lou●…in_a write●…_n ▪_o stap._n 43._o ●…_n stap._n 43._o b._n the_o example_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o papist_n shift●…_n about_o it_o stap._n 43._o b._n stap._n 43._o b._n stap._n 43._o b._n deut._n 34._o sta._n 44._o a_o deuter._n 18._o act._n 3._o &_o 7._o act._n 7._o 1._o reg._n 19_o judic._n 4._o a_o difference_n in_o excellent_a princ●…_n between_o their_o extraord●…_n gift_n and_o ordinary_a authority_n moses_n a_o figure_n of_o christ_n ▪_o not_o christe_o a_o figure_n of_o moses_n deut._n 17._o sta._n 44._o b._n how_o the_o papist_n order_n the_o example_n of_o the_o scripture_n 1._o cor._n 10._o stap._n 44._o b._n stap._n 44._o b._n the_o rule_n deu._n 17._o 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popish_a priest_n abuse_v queen_n mary_n stap._n 47._o a._n the_o papist_n shift_v against_o the_o example_n of_o king_n david_n supremacy_n because_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n stap._n 47._o ●…_n stap._n 47._o a._n 1._o par._n 24._o stap._n 47._o a._n 1._o par._n 24._o 1._o par._n 23._o it_o abase_v not_o the_o prince_n supreme_a government_n to_o do_v all_o thing_n accorto_fw-la god_n commandment_n stap._n 47._o b._n the_o keep_n of_o the_o rite_n &_o order_n appoyn_v t_o be_v not_o against_o but_o confirm_v the_o prince_n supremacy_n the_o queen_n appoint_v no_o new_a or_o st●…ange_a order_n in_o religion_n stap._n 47._o b._n stap._n 47._o b_o it_o deba●…reth_v not_o the_o prince_n supremacy_n that_o the_o inferior_a minister_n be_v under_o their_o bishop_n stap._n 48._o
a._n stap._n 48._o the_o papist_n shift_n from_o priest_n to_o peophet_n and_o from_o prophet_n to_o priest_n for_o the_o pope_n primacy_n how_o high_o pop●…sh_a priest_n esteem_v of_o they_o solue_v deut._n 13._o 3._o reg._n 22._o 3._o reg._n 18._o math._n 7._o 1._o pap._n 25._o 1._o par._n 23._o 1._o par._n 24._o 1._o par._n 25._o 1._o par._n 26._o both_o the_o chief_a prophet_n and_o chief_a priest_n under_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o king_n 2._o par._n 29._o stap._n 48._o a._n carolus_n magnus_n a_o unlike_a match_n to_o david_n stap._n 48_o ▪_o the_o law_n of_o king_n ●…uo_fw-la privilege_n of_o prince_n to_o the_o clergy_n well_o or_o ill_o use_v the_o pope_n and_o his_o prelate_n like_a the_o juy_n stap._n 48._o b._n stap._n 49._o a._n the_o queen_n ma_z estie_n by_o the_o papist_n shameful_o 〈◊〉_d win._n pag._n 9_o a._n cap._n 12._o stap._n 48._o b._n the_o example_n of_o the_o supreme_a government_n of_o k._n solomon_n s_z dedepose_v the_o high_a priest_n stap._n 48._o b_o s_z example_n depose_v ab●…athar_n apply_v by_o the_o papist_n to_o queen_n m●…rie_n depose_v the_o archbishop_n cran._n fol._n 44._o b_o 45_o b._n 47._o a._n 48._o b_o the_o difference_n between_o q._n maries_n and_o king_n s_z do_n stap._n 49._o ●…_n stap._n 49._o ●…_n stap._n 49._o a._n master_n stap._n question_n and_o dilemma_n stap._n 49._o a._n the_o difference_n of_o the_o phrase_n for_o the_o prince_n sacrifice_v and_o the_o prince_n de_fw-fr posing_a abiathat_n the_o question_n and_o the_o dilemma_n return_v on_o the_o papist_n sup._n fol._n 217._o a_o stap._n 4_o 9_o ●…_n the_o high_a priest_n a_o traitor_n a_o traitor_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n a_o traitor_n to_o the_o ●…mperor_n of_o rome_n stap._n 4_o 9_o a._n 3._o reg._n 2._o stap._n 4_o 9_o a._n the_o ministry_n and_o execute_n of_o god_n sentence_n debar_v not_o the_o prince_n supremacy_n stap._n 49._o ●…_n the_o issue_n 〈◊〉_d question_n master_n stap._n grant_v the_o p●…ince_n to_o be_v chief_a ruler_n in_o some_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n what_o the_o autho●…tie_n of_o dep●…sing_v the_o pope_n imply_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o chief_a ▪_o ruler_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n and_o the_o chief_a doer_n of_o they_o the_o example_n of_o king_n josaphat_v supreme_a government_n cap_n 13._o sta._n 50._o a._n sta._n 50._o a._n wherein_o christian_n prince_n must_v go_v beyond●…_n k●…ng_v 〈◊〉_d hat_n 2._o par._n 20._o s●…a_fw-la 50_o a._n josaphat_n direc_fw-la t_z eccl●…siastical_a matter_n not_o by_o the_o commandment_n but_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o priest_n sta._n 50._o a._n sta_n 50._o a._n sta._n 50._o a._n sta._n 50._o a._n psalm_n 2._o sta._n 50_o a._n in_o cle_o si_fw-fr rom._n n_o 22._o de_fw-fr prebendis_fw-la supra_fw-la 205._o a._n stap._n 50._o a._n b._n sta._n 50._o b._n stap._n 50._o b._n how_o contempt_n tuous_o the_o papist_n esteem_v of_o the_o example_n of_o the_o scripture_n 2._o par._n 17._o preacher_n send_v of_o the_o prince_n lyra_n in_o 2._o patal_a 17._o the_o 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of_o prince_n for_o the_o observation_n of_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n and_o threat_n of_o displeasure_n for_o the_o breach_n of_o they_o lyra_n in_o 2._o pa●…al_a 19_o the_o king_n judge_v ecclesiastical_a cause_n in_o that_o his_o debiase_n judge_v they_o 2._o paral._n 19_o stap_n 51._o b._n divine_a matter_n not_o exclude_v from_o the_o king_n office_n the_o priest_n the_o prince_n commissioner_n 2._o paral._n 17._o stap._n 51._o a._n lyra_n in_o 2._o paral._n 19_o vatablus_n sta._n 50._o a._n the_o prince_n command_v the_o priest._n fol._n 52._o a._n the_o example_n of_o king_n ●…zechias_o supreme_a government_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n 4._o reg._n 18._o 2._o pat._n 29._o stapletoa_n caput_fw-la 14._o fol._n 52._o b._n lyra._n ecclesiastical_a matter_n by_o k._n izechias_n new_o establish_v to_o be_v ready_a and_o serviceable_a to_o fulfil_v god_n determination_n debar_v not_o the_o prince_n supreme_a government_n ezechias_n execute_v god_n commandment_n and_o the_o clergy_n the_o commandment_n of_o ezechias_n lyra_n in_o 2._o par._n 29._o 2._o par._n 29._o lyra_n in_o 2._o par._n 29._o lyra._n iniunxi●…_n 〈◊〉_d praecepit_fw-la renovationem_fw-la divini_fw-la cultus_fw-la imagine_v idololatriae_fw-la multas_fw-la the_o popish_a fond_a distinction_n of_o ●…mage_n and_o idol_n 4._o reg._n 18._o the_o prince_n predecessor_n dispose_v debar_v not_o his_o supreme_a government_n the_o subjection_n to_o god_n commandment_n embar_v not_o the_o prince_n supreme_a government_n the_o do_v it_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o prophet_n or_o any_o other_o embar_v not_o the_o prince_n supreme_a government_n stap_n 53._o ●…_n the_o ask_a counsel_n of_o other_o debari_v not_o the_o prince_n supreme_a authority_n in_o the_o do_n 2._o pa●…al_n 30._o lyra_n in_o 2._o par_fw-fr 30._o s●…ap_n 53._o ●…_n ezechias_n do_v many_o thing_n never_o so_o do_v before_o ●…_n pa●…_n 30._o lyra_n in_o 2._o paral._n 30._o lyra_n in_o ●…_n paral._n 3●…_n 2._o paral_z 31._o the_o commendation_n and_o application_n of_o k._n ezechias_n stap_n 59_o a._n a_o proper_a shift_a answer_n much_o use_v by_o m._n st_n in_o these_o example_n supra_fw-la 50._o b._n stap._n 53._o a._n daniel_n 7._o apoc._n 12._o gal._n 1._o the_o name_n of_o minister_n 1._o cor._n 4._o 3._o reg._n 18._o daniel_n 14._o stapl._n 53._o a._n the_o popish_a priest_n now_o not_o like_o the_o true_a prophet_n the_o papist_n shift_n from_o priest_n to_o prophet_n folly_n 53._o a._n the_o example_n of_o king_n josias_n his_o supreme_a government_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n sta._n caput_fw-la 15._o stapl._n 53._o a._n b._n 4._o reg._n 23._o 2._o par._n 34._o &_o 35._o lyr●…_n josias_n travail_n by_o his_o kingly_a authority_n stap._n 53._o a._n b._n the_o travail_n of_o good_a catholic_a prince_n whether_o we_o or_o the_o papist_n let_v up_o idol_n sta._n 50_o a._n how_o the_o popish_a prela●…s_n use_v christian_n prince_n how_o the_o q._n highness_n follow_v with_o the_o ensample_n of_o josias_n 4._o reg._n 23._o monk_n and_o nun_n celles_fw-fr pull_v down_o sta._n 53_o b._n stap._n 53._o b._n master_n stap._n stragle_v from_o the_o mark_n and_o call_v on_o the_o bishop_n to_o keep_v he_o to_o the_o mark_n the_o issue_n in_o question_n between_o the_o bishop_n and_o master_n fecknam_n sup._n ●…ol_n 136._o a_o m._n stap._n set_v up_o ix_o ▪_o new_a mark_n both_o differ_v from_o m._n feck_n and_o the_o b●…shops_n issue_n and_o also_o from_o his_o own_o former_a mark_n and_o yet_o cry_v o●…t_v on_o the_o b._n for_o stray_v from_o the_o question_n the_o papist_n play_v like_o the_o lapw_a the_o issue_n stapl._n 53._o b._n m._n stapletons_n first_o fal●…_n mark_n the_o king_n agnise_v the_o high_a priest_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n infer_v not_o that_o they_o agnise_v he_o their_o ●…npreme_a governor_n st._n fol._n 53._o b._n st._n fol._n 53._o b._n m._n st._n second_v false_a mark_n the_o confer_v of_o the_o queen_n majesty_n do_v with_o these_o ancient_a and_o godly_a king_n the_o papist_n vaunt_v of_o 1000_o year_n antiquity_n the_o papist_n dare_v not_o stretch_v their_o crake_v of_o antiquity_n to_o christ_n or_o to_o 1500._o yeare●…_n and_o upwarde_a galat._n 1_n stap._n 54._o a._n m._n stap._n third_o false_a mark_n in_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o supreme_a government_n the_o proof_n of_o every_o particular_a fact_n be_v not_o necessary_a the_o issue_n between_o the_o b._n and_o m._n feck_n the_o take_v a_o oath_n the_o oath_n to_o the_o pope_n the_o high_a priest_n in_o the_o old_a law_n do_v not_o as_o the_o pope_n do_v now_o the_o king●…_n in_o the_o old_a law_n charge_v their_o clergy_n on_o their_o priesthood_n for_o eccl._n matter_n sta._n 54_o ●…_n stap._n 54._o ●…_n m._n st._n four_o false_a mark_n the_o prince_n abandon_v not_o godly_a bishop_n though_o he_o aban_n do_v the_o pope_n the_o abandon_v of_o the_o
every_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n what_o this_o supreme_a government_n be_v why_o king_n &_o queen_n be_v call_v nourisher_n and_o nurse_n of_o god_n church_n st●…p_n 67._o ●…_n m._n st●…p_n grant_n to_o constantine_n this_o supreme_a government_n and_o deny_v it_o to_o the_o queen_n majesty_n m._n stap._n go_v now_o about_o by_o wrangle_v to_o defeat_v all_o his_o former_a grant_n the_o princebeing_n call_v metaphorical_o as_o it_o be_v a_o bishop_n make_v no_o breach_n into_o the_o offico_fw-la of_o a_o bishop_n what_o these_o word_n bishop_n and_o nurse_n betoken_v although_o in_o deed_n the_o prince_n be_v neither_o nurse_n nor_o bishop_n stap._n 68_o a._n stapl._n 68_o b_o m._n stapl._n false_a translation_n of_o constantine●…_n word_n the_o sentence_n of_o constantine_n and_o the_o true_a meaning_n thereof_o euseb._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la const._n li._n 4._o how_o m._n stap._n understand_v inward_a thing_n and_o outward_a thing_n &_o how_o we_o understand_v they_o in_o constantine_n sentence_n the_o matter_n &_o manner_n of_o either_o bishoprik_n stapl._n 29._o b._n as_o m._n stapleton_n understand_v this_o sentence_n the_o turk_n be_v as_o good_a a_o bishop_n as_o a_o christian_n ▪_o prince_n procuration_n &_o execution_n of_o church_n matter_n the_o papist_n will_v have_v prince_n to_o be_v b●…t_v the_o priest_n proctor_n and_o executioner_n ▪_o at_o the_o most_o fol._n 69._o a._n the_o bishop_n allegation_n ou●…_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n 62._o b._n stap._n 69._o a_o ●…_n sta._n grant_v the_o bishop_n argument_n stap._n 69._o a_o m._n stapletons_n divinity_n stap._n 69._o ●…_n m._n stapleto●…_n up_o brayd_n the_o bishop_n divinity_n see_v what_o good_a divinity_n he_o himself_o make_v m._n stapl._n logic_n matth._n 22._o the_o new_a testament_n confirm_v the_o figure_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o subject_n may_v pay_v tribute_n ▪_o but_o they_o ought_v not_o all_o humanity_n i●…_n destroy_v by_o by_o m._n stapletons_n good_a divinity_n stap._n 69._o a_o the_o captious_a question_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o flat_a and_o general_a answer_n of_o christ_n m._n stapl._n dea_fw-la le●…h_o as_o captious_o as_o the_o jew_n a_o external_a prince_n a_o infidel_n prince_n luc._n 2._o stap._n 69._o a._n b_o by_o the_o name_n of_o cesar_n christ_n comprehend_v all_o prince_n christ_n answer_n a_o general_a commandment_n stapl._n 69._o b._n m._n sea._n manifest_a untru●…_n stap._n 69._o b_o by_o m._n stapletons_n exposition_n of_o christ_n sentence_n not_o all_o obedienc●…_n to_o prince_n 〈◊〉_d se●…e_v at_o liberty_n but_o all_o obedience_n to_o god._n the_o one_o part_n of_o the_o sentence_n bind_v asmuch_o as_o the_o other_o matth._n 22._o m._n stapletons_n grammar_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o sentence_n clean_o contrary_a to_o master_n stapleton_n lib._n the_o fug_n in_o persecution_n in_o matth._n 22._o tract_n 21._o the_o same_o say_v m._n stapl._n orig._n ibid._n in._n 20._o luc._n homil_n 38._o in_o mat._n c●…_n 23._o in_o regula_fw-la monachorum_fw-la in_o matth._n 22._o homil_n 71._o in_o luc._n lib._n 9_o cap._n 20._o contr._n faustum_n manichaeu●…_n lib._n 22._o ca._n 74._o in._n 22._o math._n lyra_n in_o matth._n 22._o m._n stapletons_n contradiction_n stapl._n 69._o b._n stap._n 70._o ●…_n this_o admonition_n godly_a and_o necessary_a stap._n fol._n 70._o what_o a_o proper_a determination_n m._n sta._n make_v of_o christ_n sentence_n stapl._n 70._o a_o m._n stapleton_n measure_v our_o do_n by_o his_o own_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o pope_n with_o christian_n prince_n sta_n pag._n 70._o ●…_n the_o bishop_n further_a testimony_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n with_o the_o father_n judgement_n thereon_o the_o order_n of_o m._n stapletons_n answer_v stap._n pag._n 71._o b_o m._n stapletons_n manner_n at_o first_o to_o grant_n aoon_o after_o by_o some_o wrangle_a distinction_n to_o revoke_v his_o grant_n m._n sta._n grant_v the_o prince_n have_v the_o oversight_n as_o well_o of_o the_o first_o as_o the_o second_o table_n stapl._n pag._n 72._o stap._n pag._n 72._o m._n stapletons_n shift_n of_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n melancth_n five_o ▪_o supra_fw-la the_o prince_n deal_v neither_o with_o the_o first_o nor_o second_o table_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n but_o of_o the_o outward_a fact_n stap._n pag._n 7●…_n stapl._n 7●…_n b._n m._n stapl._n after_o his_o pinch_a take_v clean_o away_o his_o own_o grant_n m._n stapleton_n will_v prove_v contradiction_n to_o melancthon_n stap._n fol._n 72._o b_o m._n stapl._n subtle_a and_o false_a translate_n stap._n fol._n 73._o a._n m._n stapletons_n cavil_n agayoste_n mast._n nowell_n christian_n prin_fw-mi ces_fw-fr claim_n not_o supreme_a go●…ement_n without_o limitation_n but_o the_o pope_n clamy_v it_o stapl._n 73._o ●…_n the_o act_n of_o parliament_n sta._n pag._n 73._o ●…_n stap._n pag._n 73._o a_o stap._n pag._n 73._o a_o what_o manner_n of_o authority_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o supremacy_n require_v m._n stapletons_n quarrel_n at_o the_o bishop_n interpretation_n of_o this_o word_n godliness_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr trin_n cap._n 14._o s._n augustine_n exposition_n the_o exposition_n of_o other_o father_n chrysost._n in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o bomil_n 7_o amb●…osius_n in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o h●…ymo_fw-la in_fw-la 1._o tim_n 2._o glossa_fw-la interlineata_fw-la ●…ytanus_fw-la hugo_n card._n stapl._n 73._o b._n stap._n fol._n 73._o b_o stap._n fol._n 73._o b._n sta._n 73._o b._n the_o cause_n why_o the_o apostle_n teach_v obedience_n so_o earnest_o stap._n fol._n 72._o b_o stapl._n fol._n 73_o b_o a_o distinction_n between_o the_o the_o prince_n person_n or_o vice_n and_o his_o estate_n or_o office_n chrysost._n in_o rom._n stapl._n 73._o b._n the_o pope_n claim_v superiority_n in_o civil_a and_o temporal_a matter_n the_o pope_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o emperor_n subject_n by_o m._n staplet_n own_o grant_n chrysosto_n in_o rom._n 13._o homil_n 23._o why_o the_o prince_n be_v call_v god_n minister_v stap._n fol._n 73._o b._n chrysost._n homil_n 4._o de_fw-la eo_fw-la ꝙ_z scripsit_fw-la esa._n how_o m._n sta_n ▪_o cite_v chrysostom_n the_o fact_n of_o czias_n wh●…me_v the_o papist_n allege_v make_v against_o themselves_o not_o against_o us._n wherein_o the_o pastor_n be_v the_o minist●…r_n of_o god_n surmount_v the_o prince_n be_v also_o the_o minist●…s_n of_o god._n wherein_o again_o the_o prince_n ministry_n surmounte●…h_v the_o pastor_n ministry_n the_o sentence_n that_o the_o papist_n cite_v out_o of_o chrysostom_n for_o their_o priest_n make_v clean_o against_o they_o priest_n marriage_n chrysosto_n d●…_n verbis_fw-la esa._n homil_n ●…_n stap._n fol._n 74._o a_o m._n stapletons_n argument_n the_o answer_n to_o the_o argument_n stapl._n 75._o a._n stap._n pag._n 75._o a_o stap._n 74._o b._n fol._n 75._o a._n stapl._n cap._n 19_o fol._n 75._o b_o john_n 9_o constantine_n change_a religion_n tertull._n the_o queen_n highness_n have_v not_o alter_v but_o restore_v the_o old_a and_o former_a faith_n what_o bishop_n the_o queen_n majesty_n have_v depose_v stap._n fol_v 7●…_n b_o why_o the_o prince_n be_v call_v the_o minister_n of_o god._n the_o word_n of_o doctrine_n stapl._n 75._o b_o the_o prince_n best_a minister_n and_o service_n stap._n fol._n 75._o b_o m._n stapletons_n shift_v answer_v stap._n 75._o b._n stap._n 75._o b._n nicephorus_n judgement_n of_o the_o prince_n supremacy_n stap._n fol_n 76._o b_o m._n stapletons_n mist_n m._n stapletons_n in●…ect_n ●…e_z aga●…nst_v the_o homily_n of_o image_n matth._n 23._o anthropol_n lib._n 23._o lascaris_n the_o contention_n between_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a church_n for_o image_n stap._n 76._o b._n in_o the_o homily_n against_o idolatry_n baruch_n 6._o stapl._n 77._o b._n the_o bishop_n of_o sarum_n and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o homily_n discharge_v of_o m._n stapl._n challenge_n petrus_n crinit_fw-la l_o b._n 9_o cap._n 9_o the_o honest_a di●…c_fw-la te_fw-la papist_n offend_v at_o our_o homily_n bede_n homily_n sta._n 79._o a._n &_o b_o mistake_v the_o name_n of_o a_o emperor_n langus_n in_o pr●…fa_n niceph._n anthropolog_fw-la lib._n 23._o the_o papiste●…_n themselves_o call_v this_o emperor_n as_o the_o bishop_n do_v stapl._n 77._o a._n what_o a_o bragger_n m._n stapl._n be_v nicephorus_n selaunder_v ▪_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 8._o fol._n 468._o b_o how_o m._n stap._n revile_v the_o emperor_n praefat_fw-la langi_n in_o eccl._n histor_n niceph._n stap._n 77._o b._n whereon_o we_o build_v the_o prin_fw-mi ces_fw-fr supremacy_n and_o whereon_o the_o papist_n build_v the_o pope_n supromacie_n langi_n epist._n ad_fw-la ferdin_n m_o stapleto●…s_n order_n stapl._n 77._o b_o m._n sta._n burden_v the_o greek_a priest_n to_o far_o the_o supremecie_n of_o the_o greek_a emperor_n the_o grecian_n opinion_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n proceed_v math._n 7._o stapl._n 77._o b._n 〈◊〉_d 77._o b_o stapl._n 77._o b._n stapl._n 77._o b._n stapl._n 77._o b_o ▪_o stapl._n 78●…_n pag._n 17._o b._n the_o bishop_n proof_n
on_o a_o wrong_a principle_n m._n saunders_n example_n of_o a_o woman_n and_o a_o child_n m._n saund._n argument_n not_o only_o exclude_v a_o woman_n and_o a_o child_n but_o also_o a_o man_n from_o the_o supreme_a government_n the_o papist_n be_v culpable_a of_o woman_n do_n eccl._n action_n diverse_a thing_n that_o woman_n can_v well_o do_v themselves_o and_o yet_o can_v well_o oversee_v they_o do_v by_o other_o 1._o corinth_n 4._o saunders_n 59_o saunders_n 59_o esaie_n 62._o hebr._n 10._o 1._o conn_n 10._o how_o the_o king_n or_o the_o priest_n or_o the_o church_n authority_n be_v great_a or_o lesser_a in_o sundry_a respect_n m._n saunders_n grant_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o old_a testa_fw-la mean_v to_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o church_n government_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n saunders_n 60._o levit._n 4._o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o m._n saunders_n argument_n of_o the_o more_o worthy_a beast_n offer_v in_o sacrifice_n the_o difference_n in_o the_o thing_n offer_v make_v the_o difference_n of_o worthiness_n in_o the_o offerer_n levit._n 2._o levit._n 3_n levit_fw-la 8._o levit._n 9_o m._n san._n argument_n from_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o former_a recital_n m._n saunders_n confute_v himself_o sand_n pag._n 60._o philo_n in_o lib_n ▪_o de_fw-la victimis_fw-la the_o testimony_n of_o philo_n judeus_n euseb._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 17._o origenes_n in_o levit_fw-la 4._o allegory_n how_o philo_n make_v the_o prince_n inferior_a to_o the_o people_n the_o example_n of_o a_o body_n natural_a conser_v with_o a_o body_n polit●…ke_v sand_n pag._n 60_o ▪_o wherefore_o god_n ordain_v these_o diversi●…ies_n of_o sacrifice_n why_o the_o priest_n sin_n be_v first_o reckon_v levit._n 4._o lyra._n why_o the_o priest_n offer_v the_o bullock_n ▪_o l●…ra_n in_o levi._n 4_o why_o the_o people_n sin_n be_v reckon_v in_o the_o second_o place_n the_o church_n universal_a igraunce_n levit._n 4._o gloss_n interlineata_fw-la why_o the_o people_n offer_v the_o like_a thing_n that_o the_o priest_n offer_v sand._n 60._o m._n saunders_n contrary_v himself_o sand_n 60._o psal._n 104._o hebre._n ●…_n num._n ●…_n jerem._n 33._o anoint_v psal_n 44._o saunders_n 60._o john_n 13._o math._n 24._o m._n saunders_n grant_v the_o minister_n to_o be_v less_o than_o the_o people_n saunders_n 60._o saunders_n 60._o josephus_n de_fw-fr antiq._n ●…udaic_a lib._n 3._o cap._n 10._o sand_n pag._n 60._o theodoretus_n in_o leviticum_fw-la quest_n 1._o procopius_n in_o leviticum_fw-la sand_n pag._n 61._o hebre._n 7._o levit._n 9_o the_o priest_n blessing_n daniel_n 3._o saunders_n 61._o 3._o reg._n 8._o hebre._n 7._o the_o papist_n shift_n for_o salomon_n bless_v the_o people_n lira_n in_o 3._o ●…e_n 8._o the_o people_n bless_v the_o king_n 1._o reg_n ●…6_o 1._o reg_n 20._o joshua_n 14._o 4._o reg._n 10._o tob._n 7._o judith_n 13._o sand_n pag._n 61._o 1._o reg._n 8._o m._n saunders_n will_v make_v the_o king_n government_n to_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o priest_n and_o prophet_n blessing_n the_o pope_n blessing_n and_o curse_v psalm_n 101._o the_o question_n among_o all_o the_o judge_n but_o one_o priest_n and_o one_o prophet_n govern_v the_o church_n of_o god._n rom._n 9_o wherewith_o god_n be_v offend_v for_o the_o people_n demand_v a_o king_n 1._o reg._n 10._o lyra._n 1_n reg_fw-la 10._o the_o king_n estate_n immediate_o from_o god_n and_o above_o all_o other_o represent_v he_o saunders_n 61._o psalm_n 95._o the_o popis●…e_a priesthood_n have_v no_o resem_fw-la blance_n of_o god._n the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o popish_a priest_n government_n sand._n 61._o sand_n 61._o difference_n between_o the_o king_n u●…ces_n &_o his_o office_n priest_n lead_v the_o people_n to_o idolatry_n the_o high_a priest_n before_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o high_a priest_n after_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n n●…hem_n 13._o josephus_n lib._n 1●…_n ▪_o anti_fw-la ca._n 7._o nehem._n 13._o josephus_n lib._n 12_o ca._n 4._o 2._o mach._n 4._o 2._o mach._n 4._o joseph_n li._n 13._o ca_fw-mi 4._o whether_o the_o priest_n or_o the_o prince_n government_n among_o the_o jew_n be_v worse_o sand._n 61._o gregorius_n in_o 1._o reg_fw-la li._n 4_o ca._n 4._o gregory_n bring_v out_o of_o place_n gregory_n sentence_n contrary_n itself_o how_o gregory_n sentenceis_n grant_v u●…to_o gregory_n acknowledge_v the_o prince_n supremacy_n over_o himself_o gregory_n reprove_v they_o that_o call_v he_o universal_a pope_n the_o title_n chief_n of_o the_o priest_n or_o chief_a priest_n improve_v in_o in_o the_o pope_n own_o decree_n saunder●…_n 61._o the_o king_n and_o the_o priest_n make_v for_o the_o people_n cause_n the_o king●…e_n state_n make_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o christ_n and_o represent_v christ_n as_o well_o and_o better_a than_o the_o priest_n estate_n rom._n 4._o how_o far_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n surmount_v his_o priesthood_n math._n 6._o saunders_n 61._o 2._o corinth_n 3._o comparison_n between_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n math._n 20._o mark._n 10._o luke_n 22._o in_o outward_a glory_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v inferior_a in_o inward_a glory_n superior_a sand_n pag._n 61._o sa●…d_n pag._n 61._o psalm_n 2._o math._n 10._o king_n ought_v to_o be_v learn_v the_o popish_a priest_n will_v be_v prince_n mai_fw-gr sters_n and_o governor_n under_o pre●…ence_n of_o teacher_n how_o the_o teacher_n be_v above_o and_o under_o the_o prince_n who_o they_o ●…eache_v exodus_fw-la 18._o 2._o reg._n 12._o judith_n 8._o the_o simlitude_n of_o a_o schoolmaster_n how_o the_o prince_n though_o himself_o not_o learned_a direct_v law_n for_o learning_n sand_n pag_n ▪_o 62._o math._n 28._o from_o teach_v to_o govern_v be_v no_o good_a consequence_n succession_n of_o the_o apostle_n consist_v in_o teach_v the_o pope_n teach_v not_o as_o peter_n &_o paul_n do_v be_v not_o their_o successor_n sand_n pag._n 62._o esai_n 49._o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o nurse_n sand._n 62._o see_v chrysost._n in_o c._n 13._o ad_fw-la rom._n hebr._n 13._o the_o respect_n of_o a_o king_n of_o a_o christian_a and_o of_o a_o man._n deut._n 17._o the_o christian_a prince_n regard_v further_a than_o the_o natural_a or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d m._n saunders_n will_v dissuade_v we_o hon_fw-mi the_o prin_fw-mi ces_fw-fr supremacy_n by_o the_o success_n thereof_o the_o papist_n rail_v and_o s●…laundering_v of_o k._n henry_n 8._o sand._n 63._o epistola_fw-la judae_fw-la k._n henry_n 8._o ●…claundered_v to_o 〈◊〉_d his_o subject_n king_n henry_n 8_o selaunder_v with_o counterfeit_n the_o coy●…e_n what_o coin_n the_o papist_n counterfeit_v king_n h._n selander_v with_o his_o wife_n levit._n 18._o 1._o paral._n 15._o king_n henry_n not_o the_o first_o that_o take_v upon_o he_o this_o supre_a mac●…e_n king_n henrie●…_n prosperity_n after_o he_o have_v expel_v the_o pope_n sand_n pag._n 63._o the_o papist_n the_o face_n of_o k._n edward_n the_o prince_n slander_v to_o take_v a_o ecclesicall_a primacy_n if_o king_n edward_n be_v as_o full_a a_o king_n as_o his_o father_n than_o he_o have_v all_o the_o right_a of_o his_o father_n sand._n 63._o christ_n age_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o preach_v distinction_n be_v twen●…_n the_o kigs_n nature_n and_o h●…s_a person_n and_o his_o office_n saunders_n 6●…_n gal._n 4._o the_o do_n of_o the_o king_n governor_n in_o his_o nonage_n at_o the_o king_n own_o do_n sand._n 63._o m._n saunders_n prevention_n &_o answer_n to_o our_o objection_n a_o child_n may_v be_v a_o king_n even_o by_o god_n law_n imperfection_n of_o the_o person_n infer_v not_o in_o perfection_n of_o the_o law_n saunders_n 6●…_n the_o more_o the_o papist_n discommend_v king_n henry_n the_o more_o it_o redound_v to_o his_o commendation_n the_o papist_n argument_n of_o a_o child_n succession_n to_o blemish_v the_o supremacy_n do_v rather_o confirm_v it_o saunders_n 63._o 1._o tim._n 2._o the_o shortness_n of_o king_n edward_n reign_n no_o argument_n against_o his_o authority_n queen_n 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up_o another_o robin_n hood_n law_n how_o ready_a popish_a priest_n be_v to_o stu●…e_v up_o rebellion_n sand_n pag._n 79._o the_o prince_n throne_n call_v the_o chair_n of_o pestilence_n the_o popish_a priest_n profess_v to_o remove_v the_o prince_n by_o whatsoever_o mean_n they_o can_v a_o pestilent_a doctrine_n sand._n 78._o hebr_n 13._o what_o the_o popish_a priest_n watch_n for_o 2._o pet._n 5._o sand_n pag._n 79._o sand_n pag._n 7●…_n the_o danger_n of_o evil_a prince_n &_o commodity_n of_o godly_a prince_n to_o their_o people_n job._n 34._o sand._n 79._o 3._o reg._n 12_o the_o example_n of_o jeroboam_n that_o m._n sand_n allege_v make_v clean_a against_o he_o 3._o reg._n 13._o 14_o 3._o reg._n 12._o he_o that_o will_v not_o become_v a_o traitor_n be_v not_o worthy_a with_o m_o sand_n the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n sand_n pag._n 79._o act._n 20_o tit._n 3._o no_o good_a argument_n from_o the_o priest_n judge_v of_o the_o prin_fw-mi ces_fw-fr doctrine_n to_o his_o judge_v of_o the_o prince_n diadem_n act_n 20._o priest_n corrupt_a and_o blind_a judgement_n matth._n 23._o m._n sand_n fallation_n a_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la ad_fw-la simpli_fw-la citer_fw-la how_o far_o the_o papist_n make_v king_n inferior_a to_o bishop_n the_o fable_n of_o the_o lion_n and_o fox_n sand_n pag_n 79_o psalm_n 2._o 1._o cor._n 2._o dani._n 2._o 7._o the_o heavenly_a and_o earthly_a kingdom_n be_v not_o so_o join_v that_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v earthly_a king_n the_o apostle_n and_o martyr_n depose_v no_o king_n sand_n pag._n 79._o to_o this_o purpose_n say_v pomponius_n ●…_n ▪_o cum_fw-la quid_fw-la mutuum_fw-la de_fw-fr reb_fw-mi creditis_fw-la m._n saunders_n objection_n and_o answer_n whether_o a_o bishop_n may_v take_v a_o kingdom_n upon_o he_o promise_n per_o or_o unproper_o the_o prince_n promise_n the_o breach_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o of_o his_o prelate_n promise_n the_o prince_n breach_n of_o promise_n authorise●…h_v not_o bishop_n to_o depose_v he_o the_o example_n of_o 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at_o baptism_n d._n story_n error_n in_o defend_v that_o subject_n mislike_v their_o prince_n may_v forsake_v they_o what_o we_o all_o promise_v in_o baptism_n the_o example_n of_o a_o contract_v in_o marriage_n math._n 14._o promise_v breach_n in_o marriage_n as_o the_o priest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n &_o the_o woman_n so_o the_o b._n can_v separate_v the_o prince_n &_o the_o subject_n sand_n pag._n 79._o &_o 80._o 1._o cor_fw-la 10._o math._n 19_o m._n s●…ers_n example_n of_o king_n lucius_n &_o king_n clodove●…s_v the_o state_n of_o infant_n not_o like_o these_o prince_n m._n saund_v presupposal_n of_o these_o two_o prince_n be_v false_a king_n lucius_z his_o baptism_n aimonius_a li._n 1_o de_fw-la gestis_fw-la francorum_fw-la ca._n 16._o the_o order_n how_o king_n clodove●…s_v be_v bapti●…ed_v here_o be_v not_o sech_z condition_n of_o depose_v exact_v of_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o prince_n baptism_n the_o s●…uerie_n that_o m._n saund._n will_v bring_v prince_n into_o pasi_v the_o 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alius_fw-la 75._o supra_fw-la pag._n m._n saunders_n contradiction_n and_o legerdemay●…_n m._n saunders_n see_v now_o that_o christian_a prince_n be_v spiritual_a the_o church_n disposition_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a to_o who_o in_o the_o church_n the_o disposition_n of_o indifferent_a thing_n belong_v thing_n mere_a spiritual_a and_o thing_n spiritual_a in_o some_o respect_n mere_a spiritual_a thing_n may_v not_o be_v otherwise_o dispose_v what_o kind_n of_o thing_n the_o state_n of_o a_o king_n or_o kingdom_n be_v the_o church_n freedom_n mystical_a the_o popish_a church_n 1._o reg._n 15._o the_o example_n of_o samuels_n anoint_v of_o saul_n m_o saunders_n confute_v himself_o the_o church_n can_v not_o depose_v saul_n though_o he_o be_v a_o tyrant_n and_o a_o apostata_fw-la proverb_n 8._o dan._n 2._o sand._n 81._o m._n saunders_n bious_a conclusion_n the_o bishop_n ministry_n in_o the_o make_n of_o the_o king_n samuel_n pope_n leo_n his_o sentenc●…_n sand_n pag._n ●…_n chrysost._n homil_n 4._o in_o verba_fw-la esaiae_n the_o kinge●…_n anoint_v in_o extravag_n de_fw-fr maiorit_fw-la &_o ob_z unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la the_o bishop_n consecration_n of_o a_o king_n the_o diverse_a signification_n of_o oil_n in_o the_o scripture_n no_o necessity_n of_o anoint_v king_n in_o extanag_n de_fw-fr maiorit_fw-la etc_o etc_o sand_n pag._n 81._o 〈◊〉_d 1._o joh._n 20._o epiphanius_n in_o hare_n 29._o 1._o cor._n 15._o m._n sand_n case_n if_o christ_n be_v here_o bodily_a conversant_a in_o the_o earth_n m._n saunder●…_n case_n unrtue_n act._n 3._o math._n 24._o christ_n human_a nature_n not_o in_o the_o sacrament_n if_o christ_n be_v in_o hi●…_n huma●…n_o nature_n in_o the_o earth_n what_o superiority_n shall_v be_v give_v he_o what_o kingdom_n christ_n will_v take_v upon_o he_o &_o he_o be_v here_o in_o earth_n how_o the_o pope_n will_v order_v he_o 2._o thess._n 2._o 2._o thess._n 2_o the_o church_n promotion_n math_n 20._o what_o power_n the_o minister_n have_v math._n 28._o john_n 20._o difference_n of_o power_n glossa_fw-la in_o lyra_n super_fw-la joh._n epiphanius_n in_o haeres_fw-la 29._o sand._n 81._o 82._o math._n 20._o gal._n 5._o hebr._n 10._o ephes._n 4._o hebr._n 13._o math._n 28._o 1._o cor._n 4._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 2._o cor._n 2_o &_o 7_o math._n 16._o rom._n 8._o the_o difference_n and_o union_n of_o both_o power_n temporal_a and_o spiritual_a supra_fw-la pag._n 791._o supra_fw-la pag._n how_o the_o power_n of_o all_o estate_n be_v under_o the_o pastor_n power_n and_o how_o not_o how_o they_o be_v all_o under_o the_o king_n power_n &_o how_o not_o how_o ●…ere_o be_v no_o difference_n in_o these_o power_n how_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o these_o power_n the_o mixture_n of_o these_o power_n sand_n pag._n 82._o 1._o cor._n 2._o rom._n 10._o civil_a governor_n from_o the_o beginning_n &_o as_o ancient_a as_o spiritual_a pastor_n m._n sand_n malice_n against_o the_o name_n of_o
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