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challenge_v authorite_n for_o the_o bysshop_n of_o room_n folio_n xiiii_o all_o bishop_n &_o preste_n have_v equal_a autorite_n with_o pe._n foe_n xv_o a_o evyll_n preiste_n of_o his_o pristhed_a gettith_n rebuke_v folio_n xvii_o alexandre_n and_o antiochia_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o peter_n before_o room_n folio_n codem_fw-la augusten_n of_o the_o question_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n foe_n xxi_o a_o priste_n and_o a_o bysshop_n all_o one_o folio_n xxvi_o at_o alexandria_n pryeste_v choose_v one_o of_o themselves_o to_o be_v ruler_n and_o call_v he_o bysshope_o folio_fw-la xxvii_o a_o sa_v of_o saint_n augustin_n a_o sermon_n to_o the_o people_n foe_z xlvi_o a_o private_a law_n be_v writton_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n folio_n lii_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v in_o the_o house_n oâ—_n god_n at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o king_n folio_n lxvi_o almen_n ought_v to_o pray_v for_o king_n folio_fw-la lxxi_o athanasius_n complain_v to_o constantyne_n fol._n lxxvii_o a_o act_n make_v by_o king_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v apele_fw-fr out_n of_o the_o realm_n folio_fw-la lxix_o a_o preiste_n for_o murdre_fw-fr and_o vycyouse_a lyve_n shall_v be_v depravyd_v of_o order_fw-fr and_o promotion_fw-la folio_fw-la lxxxi_o adelston_n king_n do_v make_v a_o law_n of_o tenthis_n fol._n lxxxii_o aluredus_n king_n folio_n lxxxiii_o a_o press_v that_o deny_v baptism_n shall_v dye_v folio_fw-la lxxxiiii_o abbotte_n of_o batel_n may_v save_v a_o thief_n foe_fw-mi lxxxvii_o b._n ¶_o byshoppes_n that_o be_v mooste_o virtuous_a take_v leeste_n upon_o they_o folio_n v_o bysshoppe_n of_o rome_n symonyacke_n folio_fw-la viij_o by_o peter_n be_v understandid_a the_o universal_a church_n fol._n xiii_o bysshop_n have_v suffer_v the_o contrary_a to_o their_o law_n to_o be_v keep_v and_o know_v it_o folio_fw-la xl_o boniface_n the_o three_o gate_n prymacye_n by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o emperor_n folio_n thirty_o boniface_n do_v arm_n the_o see_v of_o room_n
with_o the_o sword_n foe_z thirty_o bysshoppe_n of_o room_n have_v labour_v to_o bind_v man_n to_o keep_v their_o decree_n folio_n thirty-nine_o bysshope_n make_v a_o law_n that_o clerk_n shall_v not_o be_v â—ued_v before_o a_o secular_a judge_n fol._n xi_o bysshoppe_n of_o rome_n subtle_a folio_n twelve_o bishop_n of_o room_n affirm_v that_o they_o have_v all_o power_n foe_fw-mi xli_o bysshop_n of_o room_n go_v far_o backward_o from_o christ_n foe_fw-mi lvi_o boniface_n the_o viii_o love_a prehemynence_n folio_n xlix_o byshope_n be_v elect_v by_o the_o cathedral_n see_v fol._n lxxxxii_fw-la bysshop_n of_o room_n scribe_n and_o pharisee_n folio_n c_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v marry_v the_o church_n of_o gentiles_n foe_fw-mi eod_a bysshope_n of_o rome_n call_v the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n but_o not_o in_o deed_n folio_n ci_o bysshop_n of_o room_n use_v to_o exalte_n their_o kinsman_n fo._n c._n two_o bysshope_n of_o room_n challenge_v asmoche_n to_o â—e_v their_o own_o as_o they_o lyste_v folio_n eodem_fw-la bysshoppe_n of_o room_n make_v late_o execrable_a ordinance_n for_o stipend_n folio_n c._n two_o bishop_n of_o room_n have_v set_v the_o church_n in_o darkness_n foe_fw-mi c._n three_o bysshope_n of_o room_n ponyssh_v man_n after_o they_o be_v deed_n and_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o england_n folio_n eodem_fw-la c._n ¶_o crisostome_n in_o his_o sermone_fw-la folion_n x_o congregation_n in_o the_o act_n folio_n xi_o christ_n choose_v peter_n before_o he_o be_v bish_n of_o rome_n foe_fw-mi xviii_o chryst_n forbid_v to_o swear_v by_o jerusalem_n folio_n nineteeen_o christ_n choose_v jerusalem_n to_o byld_v his_o temple_n folio_n eodem_fw-la child_n be_v void_a of_o ambition_n folio_n xxii_o clerk_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o diocese_n folio_n xxix_o cause_n shall_v be_v determinid_v within_o their_o province_n foe_n eod_a christ_n forbid_v superiorite_n amongst_o his_o disciple_n foe_n xxxi_o consilium_fw-la chartage_n folio_n xxxv_o christ_n pay_v tribute_n to_o the_o king_n or_o emperure_n folio_n lxvii_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n do_v evermore_o obey_v the_o civel_n power_n folio_n lxix_o constantin_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o council_n of_o dire_a foe_fw-mi lxxvii_o constantyne_n the_o emperor_n cause_v hethen_a man_n to_o honour_n god_n and_o know_v god_n folio_n lxxviii_o childernt_v suck_v the_o milk_n folio_n lxxxxi_fw-la clerus_fw-la anglie_a gladium_fw-la petri_n habet_fw-la folio_fw-la lxxxxv_v correction_n of_o the_o clargi_fw-la commit_v to_o the_o bish_n foe_fw-mi lxxxxvii_fw-la d_o ¶_o difference_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a &_o regal_a power_n fol_z iiii_o division_n of_o this_o work_n into_o four_o part_n folio_n vi_fw-la dystin_n xl_o chapter_n multi_fw-la folio_n xxiâ—_n desire_n of_o primaci_fw-la cause_v confusion_n foe_n xxii_o distin_n lxv_o mos_fw-la antiquo_fw-la folio_fw-la xxvii_o distin_n iiii_o cap_n statuimus_fw-la folio_n xxxviii_o de_fw-fr consecratione_fw-la folio_n thirty-nine_o dygnites_n of_o the_o church_n be_v give_v to_o alien_n foe_o lxxxx_n devotion_n be_v decay_v folio_n eodem_fw-la e_o ¶_o aeneas_n siluin_n folio_n x_o ecclesiastica_fw-la historia_fw-la folio_n xxiiii_o englonde_n do_v resist_v the_o popis_fw-la provision_n folio_n thirty-nine_o enterpretation_n of_o this_o word_n clerk_n folio_n xliiii_o ezechias_n king_n put_v away_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n folio_n lxii_o ezeckias_n command_v the_o preste_n and_o levite_n to_o puryfy_v themselves_o folio_n lxiiii_o ezechias_n command_v the_o people_n to_o offer_v folio_n eodem_fw-la every_o man_n that_o confess_v chry_v to_o be_v the_o soon_o of_o god_n may_v be_v call_v peter_n folio_n ix_o every_o man_n that_o seek_v the_o word_n of_o peter_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o peter_n folio_n xvii_o ezechias_n commaundid_v the_o people_n to_o geve_v part_n of_o their_o good_n to_o the_o preste_n folio_n lxv_o edgarus_n king_n make_v spiritual_a law_n folio_n lxxii_o edmundus_n king_n make_v spirituali_fw-la law_n folio_n eodem_fw-la epistel_n of_o king_n william_n conqueror_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o room_n folio_n lxxxix_o episâ—ola_fw-es cassidori_fw-es folio_n c_o exortation_n to_o the_o reder_n to_o love_v the_o truyth_v folio_n c_o vi_fw-mi f._n father_n of_o the_o primative_a church_n shrink_v from_o the_o unite_v of_o the_o primacy_n foe_fw-mi xxvii_o fraeltie_n of_o man_n be_v evermore_o compase_v &_o busy_a foe_fw-mi xlix_o g._n god_n by_o the_o prophet_n say_v i_o will_v dwell_v in_o hiel'm_n foe_fw-mi nineteeen_o god_n some_o time_n suffer_v tyrranycall_a power_n to_o punish_v his_o people_n folio_n xx_o god_n give_v bysshope_n authorite_n but_o no_o dominion_n foe_fw-mi xxxi_o gregory_n will_v not_o be_v call_v the_o head_n bysshoppe_n foe_fw-mi l._n gregorius_n ad_fw-la felicem_fw-la folio_n liiii_o gâ—â—_n by_o his_o own_o mouth_n make_v king_n ruler_n foe_fw-mi lvii_o en_fw-fr governaunce_n king_n appear_v by_o natural_a thing_n foe_fw-mi eodi_fw-la gregorius_n ad_fw-la mauricium_fw-la folio_n lxxii_o gregorius_n be_v obedient_a to_o the_o emperor_n foe_fw-mi lxxii_o god_n shall_v requere_v it_o of_o the_o king_n whether_o the_o peace_n and_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n be_v increase_v or_o diminissh_v foe_fw-mi lxxvi_o grant_v of_o the_o king_n to_o the_o monasteri_fw-la of_o glastomburi_n foe_fw-mi lxxxiii_o gentleness_n over_o moche_n oppressid_v and_o grevid_v seek_v for_o the_o truth_n folio_n c._n v._n h._n hieronimus_fw-la super_fw-la mathe_v xvi_o folio_n ix_o he_o prove_v by_o a_o similitude_n of_o the_o emperor_n that_o the_o successor_n in_o the_o seat_n of_o peter_n can_v by_o no_o reason_n challenge_v the_o prerogative_n of_o peter_n fo._n xvii_o how_o moche_n chryste_n set_v by_o jerusalem_n fo._n xiâ—_n how_o king_n serve_v god_n as_o king_n foe_fw-mi codem_fw-la he_o call_v the_o church_n of_o england_n our_o mother_n foe_fw-mi lxxxx_fw-la hit_v be_v expedient_a for_o the_o king_n and_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n to_o defend_v the_o church_n from_o tyranni_fw-la of_o the_o bysshop_n of_o room_n folio_n c._n iiii_o here_o he_o pray_v god_n to_o bring_v the_o bysshope_n of_o rome_n out_o of_o igorance_n foliâ—_n codem_fw-la hit_v be_v like_o that_o the_o primacy_n be_v leave_v in_o herusalem_n folio_fw-la xx_o jerusalem_n be_v consecrate_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n foe_n xx_o hieromunus_fw-la ad_fw-la joginiarum_fw-la folio_fw-la xxi_o hit_v be_v like_o that_o the_o council_n of_o nicen_n do_v althynge_n just_o folio_n xxiiii_o hit_v be_v lawful_a for_o no_o man_n to_o name_n himself_o universal_a or_o high_a bysshop_n folio_n twenty-five_o he_z yâ—_z name_v himself_o universal_a priste_n or_o high_a bysshope_o go_v before_o anticryste_n floio_fw-la xxvi_o he_o that_o be_v make_v bishop_n without_o consent_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a shall_v be_v no_o bishop_n foe_n xxviii_o hit_v be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n in_fw-la aphrica_fw-la that_o the_o bysshop_n of_o room_n shall_v not_o be_v superior_a to_o all_o other_o folio_n eodem_fw-la he_o that_o be_v excomunicate_a in_o one_o dioces_fw-la ought_v not_o to_o be_v receyve_v into_o another_o foe_n xxviii_o he_z that_o wylbe_n hyeste_n shall_v be_v loweste_v foe_fw-mi xxxii_o he_o that_o do_v notrenounce_v all_o that_o he_o have_v can_v not_o be_v the_o dysciple_n of_o christe_n foyes_n xlvii_o he_z that_o clyme_v high_a must_v needs_o come_v down_o ward_v again_o folio_n l._n he_z that_o be_v lad_n with_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v at_o lybertye_n foe_fw-mi lii_o hit_v be_v to_o be_v fear_v that_o the_o camnon_fw-fr law_n lose_v his_o autorite_n foe_n liiii_o hit_v belong_v to_o king_n to_o minister_v justice_n folio_n lix_o here_o be_v noman_n exempte_v from_o the_o obediens_fw-la of_o king_n folio_n lxviii_o holy_a scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n geve_v pristes_fw-fr no_o judicial_a power_n foyes_n lxix_o how_o so_o ever_o ill_o be_v commit_v the_o coreccyon_n long_v to_o the_o regal_a power_n foli_fw-la lxxiii_o he_o serve_v god_n otherwise_o because_o he_o be_v a_o man_n &_o because_o he_o be_v a_o king_n folio_n lxxiiii_o i_o in_o jerusalem_n only_o be_v the_o high_a pristehod_n folio_n nineteeen_o in_o consilio_fw-la milevitan_n fo._n xxviii_o if_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o mother_n church_n be_v negligent_a foe_fw-mi oden_a john_n bysshop_n of_o constantynoble_a be_v the_o furste_v that_o name_v himself_o universal_a bysshoppe_n folio_n thirty_o if_o decree_v of_o bysshop_n do_v bind_v our_o conscyens_n foe_fw-mi xxxvi_o in_o the_o primative_a church_n the_o decree_n of_o council_n be_v call_v cannon_n foe_n xxxvi_o if_o bysshoppe_n have_v authorite_n of_o god_n to_o make_v law_n folio_n xxxvii_o if_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n be_v of_o god_n it_o shall_v stand_v foe_n l_o in_o doubteful_a matter_n the_o high_a priste_n and_o the_o hy_z judge_n at_o hierusalem_fw-la give_v sentence_v foe_n lxiiii_o if_o king_n and_o ruler_n be_v judge_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n much_o more_o of_o the_o law_n of_o man_n fo._n eodem_fw-la in_o salomon_n time_n preste_n be_v bear_v preste_n fo._n lxvii_o justinian_n emperor_n make_v law_n
blindness_n that_o we_o see_v it_o not_o that_o disease_n be_v very_o perylous_a which_o we_o feel_v not_o &_o unmiserable_a be_v our_o condition_n that_o where_o as_o god_n do_v severeli_fw-la punnisshe_v we_o we_o enterpretate_v it_o as_o gentle_a deal_n with_o we_o and_o accept_v this_o ungodly_a &_o tyrannical_a power_n as_o a_o great_a benifitte_n undoubted_o all_o powere_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v and_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o power_n resistith_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a noisome_a error_n to_o put_v no_o dyfference_n betwixt_o power_n give_fw-ge of_o god_n and_o tyranny_n permit_v of_o god_n and_o that_o we_o bere_v favour_n to_o our_o own_o sin_n will_v not_o acknowledge_v the_o very_a vengeance_n of_o god_n xiii_o rom_n xiii_o scrypture_n the_o difference_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a &_o regal_a power_n must_v be_v seek_v by_o scrypture_n ¶_o but_o at_o the_o last_o it_o come_v to_o our_o remembrance_n that_o the_o sure_a dissolution_n of_o this_o ambiguite_n shall_v be_v require_v &_o seek_v out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n wherein_o ever_o at_o this_o day_n live_v &_o breathe_v that_o comfort_a spirit_n that_o chry_v do_v promise_n to_o send_v to_o his_o to_z teach_v they_o all_o veryte_n for_o other_o wise_n if_o we_o shall_v leave_v to_o man_n tradition_n the_o matter_n have_v be_v diverse_o deem_v ¶_o for_o sundry_a man_n have_v have_v have_v sundry_a opinion_n roma_n vari_fw-la opiniones_fw-la be_v potestate_fw-la pont_n roma_n power_n the_o opinion_n of_o they_o that_o interpretate_fw-la scripture_n since_o â—ele_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n some_o as_o it_o seem_v leave_v to_o the_o sincere_a sense_n of_o scripture_n &_o after_o the_o dyscrypcyon_n thereof_o measure_a the_o foundation_n of_o this_o power_n do_v dyffyne_v and_o limit_v the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n only_o to_o be_v the_o ministration_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o they_o affirm_v the_o bysshop_n of_o rome_n with_o other_o bisshoppe_n to_o be_v give_v instede_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o shall_v observe_v god_n word_n after_o the_o lymytte_n of_o his_o commandment_n &_o shall_v teach_v &_o preach_v that_o that_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o scripture_n add_v nothing_o thereunto_o ne_o take_v any_o thing_n thereof_o away_o as_o though_o the_o devyne_a providence_n need_v any_o help_n of_o man_n industry_n wherbe_n he_o may_v the_o better_o provyde_v for_o the_o health_n of_o man_n other_o so_o enlarge_v room_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o papist_n concern_v the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o room_n and_o extend_v the_o lymytte_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n that_o the_o appoint_v the_o end_n thereof_o hyme_n and_o his_o submyt_v to_o that_o power_n all_o holy_a &_o profane_a thing_n heavenly_a and_o worldly_a as_o for_o the_o bysshope_fw-mi of_o room_n they_o make_v he_o not_o aministre_fw-fr of_o the_o word_n and_o a_o servant_n but_o the_o vicar_n of_o god_n they_o geve_v unto_o he_o autorite_n of_o dominyon_n that_o he_o may_v do_v all_o thing_n saufe_fw-fr that_o be_v not_o his_o pleasure_n to_o do_v that_o he_o may_v judge_v all_o man_n &_o that_o none_o ought_v to_o judge_v he_o that_o he_o have_v domynion_n over_o emperor_n and_o king_n and_o infewe_a word_n that_o he_o have_v pemynence_n over_o all_o man_n &_o be_v more_o over_o above_o a_o general_a counsel_n some_o other_o make_v all_o christian_a man_n equal_a and_o that_o be_v speak_v unto_o the_o apostle_n with_o small_a dyscresion_n confyrmyd_fw-la the_o opinion_n of_o they_o that_o make_v all_o man_n equal_a with_o smalle_a wysdom_n confyrmyd_fw-la they_o apply_v to_o all_o christian_a man_n confound_a all_o order_n of_o christian_a people_n be_v clean_o repugnant_a unto_o the_o othere_o sort_n and_o as_o the_o other_o without_o almeasure_n do_v attribute_n to_o the_o bysshoppe_n of_o rome_n all_o power_n god_n some_o grant_n power_n give_v to_o bysshoppe_n but_o by_o man_n law_n some_o contend_v 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will_v say_v as_o saint_n augustyne_n say_v here_o you_o iwe_n and_o gentiles_n xxxv_o augustus_n 〈◊〉_d johan_n tract_n xxxv_o i_o do_v not_o let_v your_o dominion_n in_o this_o world_n what_o will_v you_o more_o come_v you_o by_o faith_n unto_o the_o kyndom_n which_o be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n for_o what_o be_v his_o kingdom_n but_o those_o that_o believe_v one_o he_o where_o fore_n let_v bysshoppe_n and_o preste_n overse_a and_o look_v to_o those_o thing_n that_o partayne_a to_o god_n â—ts_n the_o office_n of_o bysshoppes_n iâ—_n paralip_n â—ts_n as_o we_o rede_v it_o commaundid_v to_o amarias_n the_o priest_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o after_o hierom_n upon_o the_o book_n of_o leviticus_fw-la these_o ii_o sâ—_n distin_n xxxvi_o cap_n sâ—_n thing_n be_v the_o office_n and_o exercise_n of_o a_o bisshoppe_n to_o learn_v of_o god_n redinge_v the_o holy_a screpture_n and_o with_o
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