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way_n as_o by_o say_v they_o understand_v not_o by_o divine_a that_o which_o be_v proper_o and_o strict_o divine_a but_o that_o only_a which_o be_v in_o a_o large_a though_o somewhat_o improper_a acception_n such_o and_o by_o lay-person_n understand_v only_o such_o inferior_a lay-person_n judge_n or_o governor_n as_o in_o certain_a case_n have_v not_o from_o the_o supreme_a power_n and_o civil_a law_n any_o cognizance_n of_o churchman_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o only_a rational_a and_o natural_a exposition_n of_o these_o authority_n without_o any_o erroneous_a absurdity_n falsity_n inconvenience_n or_o prejudice_n as_o the_o very_a canon_n allege_v above_o by_o i_o at_o large_a out_o of_o the_o tridentine_a synod_n seem_v express_o to_o intimate_v for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o express_o and_o signal_o desire_v or_o confide_n for_o so_o it_o speak_v that_o emperor_n king_n and_o prince_n will_v not_o suffer_v that_o their_o official_o or_o inferior_a magistrate_n or_o judge_n violat_a 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other_o for_o some_o age_n after_o which_o wâ—e_v receive_v in_o the_o wide_a christian_n world_n &_o consequent_o &_o general_o retain_v may_v have_v be_v to_o purpose_n if_o it_o have_v clear_o express_o on_o particular_o enact_v any_o thing_n to_o our_o present_a purpose_n but_o conceive_v in_o such_o term_n as_o this_o of_o frederick_n coâ—lâ—_n not_o be_v to_o such_o purpose_n for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o subjection_n due_a to_o emperor_n or_o king_n and_o another_o to_o be_v exempt_v a_o forâ—_n secuilâ—i_fw-la from_o a_o secâ—â—â—â—_n judicatory_a the_o emperor_n have_v under_o themselves_o and_o establish_v by_o themselves_o and_o by_o their_o own_o civil_a law_n two_o sort_n of_o judicatories_n the_o one_o termâ—â—â—g_v mere_a civil_a or_o mere_a secular_a judicatory_a where_o peculars_n only_o or_o mere_a â—ay_n man_n be_v judge_n and_o the_o other_o term_v 〈◊〉_d ecclesiastical_a judicatory_a where_o ecclesiastical_a person_n only_o or_o person_n depâ—â—â—â—_n by_o they_o be_v judgeâ—_n whatever_o the_o cause_n or_o question_n be_v civil_a or_o criminal_a temporal_a or_o spiritual_a or_o mix_v of_o both_o and_o both_o have_v their_o power_n which_o as_o coercive_a or_o a_o 〈…〉_o with_o any_o coercible_a from_o the_o emperor_n and_o from_o their_o civil_a law_n 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o the_o emperor_n exempt_n any_o from_o the_o secular_a judicatory_a 〈…〉_o leave_v or_o put_v such_o under_o the_o subordinat_fw-la pâ—â—er_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n depute_v by_o the_o same_o emperor_n or_o by_o their_o law_n which_o they_o may_v have_v do_v in_o favour_n of_o mere_a lie_v man_n 〈◊〉_d some_o lay-man_n and_o in_o some_o or_o many_o or_o all_o case_n whatsoever_o make_v have_v it_o be_v their_o imperial_a pleasure_n as_o often_o they_o do_v by_o instance_n grant_v epise_v 〈◊〉_d and_o entiam_fw-la to_o mere_a lie_v man_n and_o in_o mere_a lie_v crime_n or_o lie_v cause_n 〈◊〉_d civil_a and_o criminal_a at_o leaâ—_n in_o 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only_o of_o their_o university_n censure_n how_o smart_a these_o be_v in_o general_a the_o university_n of_o paris_n april_n paris_n 1626._o 4._o april_n and_o caen_n may._n caen_n 7._o may._n and_o rheims_n may._n rheims_n 18._o may._n and_o tholouze_n may._n tholouze_n 23._o may._n and_o poitiers_n june_n poitiers_n 26._o june_n and_o valence_n july_n valence_n 14._o july_n and_o bordeaux_n july_n bordeaux_n 16._o july_n and_o bourge_n november_n bourge_n 25._o november_n sufficient_o tell_v we_o in_o their_o special_a censure_n anno_o 1626._o against_o the_o jesuit_n sanctarellus_n in_o particular_a i._n e._n against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o such_o a_o power_n in_o the_o pope_n assert_v by_o he_o the_o say_v sanctarellus_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o heresy_n schism_n apostasy_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o of_o they_o viz._n the_o university_n of_o paris_n find_v in_o the_o say_a book_n this_o assertion_n that_o the_o pope_n may_v with_o temporal_a punishment_n chastise_v king_n and_o prince_n depose_v and_o deprive_v they_o of_o their_o estate_n and_o kingdom_n for_o the_o crime_n of_o heresy_n etc._n etc._n condemn_v it_o in_o formal_a word_n as_o new_a false_a erroneous_a contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n render_v odious_a the_o papal_a dignity_n open_v a_o gap_n to_o schism_n derogative_n to_o the_o sovereign_a authority_n of_o king_n which_o depend_v on_o god_n alone_o retard_v the_o conversion_n of_o infidel_n and_o heretical_a prince_n disturb_v the_o public_a peace_n tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o kingdom_n and_o republic_n divert_v subject_n from_o the_o obedience_n due_a to_o their_o sovereign_n and_o precipitate_v they_o into_o faction_n rebellion_n sedition_n and_o even_o to_o commit_v particide_n on_o the_o sacred_a person_n of_o their_o prince_n and_o the_o other_o seven_o university_n be_v not_o much_o behind_o for_o they_o also_o every_o one_o condemn_v it_o as_o false_a erroneous_a contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n pernicious_a seditious_a and_o detestable_a xi_o that_o if_o any_o shall_v object_v those_o penal_a statute_n which_o may_v perhaps_o be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o have_v all_o their_o quarrel_n and_o bend_v all_o their_o force_n and_o level_v all_o the_o rigour_n of_o their_o sanction_n against_o some_o harmless_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n whether_o in_o themselves_o otherwise_o true_a or_o false_a good_a or_o bad_a i_o say_v against_o the_o mere_a spiritual_a mere_a sacramental_a rite_n of_o our_o religious_a worship_n of_o god_n and_o our_o belief_n of_o mere_a supernatural_a operation_n follow_v as_o for_o example_n against_o our_o doctrine_n of_o the_o consecration_n and_o transubstantiation_n and_o our_o practice_n withal_o of_o the_o adoration_n of_o the_o host_n which_o this_o present_a parliament_n at_o westminster_n in_o their_o late_a act_n against_o popish_a recusant_n may_v be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o make_v the_o principal_a mark_n whereat_o all_o the_o arrow_n of_o disfavour_n must_v now_o be_v shoot_v the_o answer_n be_v both_o consequential_a and_o clear_a viz._n that_o the_o lawmaker_n persuade_v themselves_o 1._o that_o the_o roman_a catholic_n in_o general_a of_o these_o kingdom_n both_o ecclesiastic_n and_o laic_n have_v always_o hitherto_o since_o the_o schism_n either_o out_o of_o ignorance_n and_o blind_a zeal_n or_o a_o mistake_a interest_n or_o irrational_a fear_n refuse_v or_o at_o least_o decline_v to_o disown_n by_o any_o sufficient_a public_a instrument_n the_o foresay_a anticatholick_a position_n and_o practice_n which_o maintain_v the_o pope_n pretence_n of_o all_o supreme_a both_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a dominion_n jurisdiction_n authority_n power_n monarchy_n and_o tyranny_n &c_n &c_n 2._o that_o their_o missionary_n i_o e._n their_o priest_n not_o only_a day_n and_o night_n labour_n to_o make_v new_a proselyte_n but_o also_o to_o infuse_v into_o as_o many_o of_o they_o and_o of_o their_o other_o penitent_n as_o they_o think_v fit_a all_o their_o own_o principle_n of_o equivocation_n and_o mental_a reservation_n in_o swear_v any_o oath_n even_o of_o allegiance_n or_o supremacy_n to_o the_o king_n and_o forswear_v any_o thing_n or_o doctrine_n whatsoever_o except_o only_o those_o article_n which_o by_o the_o indispensable_a condition_n of_o their_o communion_n they_o may_v not_o dissemble_v upon_o oath_n 3._o that_o the_o tenet_n of_o transubstantiation_n be_v one_o of_o those_o article_n therefore_o to_o discover_v by_o this_o however_o otherwise_o in_o itself_o a_o very_a harmless_a criterium_fw-la the_o mischief_n which_o they_o conceive_v to_o go_v along_o with_o it_o through_o the_o folly_n of_o roman_a catholic_n in_o these_o dominion_n they_o make_v it_o the_o test_n of_o discriminate_v the_o loyal_o principled_a protestant_a from_o the_o disloyal_a and_o dissemble_a papist_n which_o otherwise_o they_o will_v not_o have_v do_v if_o the_o romanist_n themselves_o in_o general_a who_o be_v subject_n to_o our_o gracious_a king_n have_v by_o any_o sufficient_a test_n distinguish_v among_o themselves_o and_o thereby_o convince_v the_o parliament_n and_o all_o other_o protestant_a people_n
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the_o pope_n can_v not_o make_v use_n of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n but_o if_o bellarmine_n give_v this_o diversity_n or_o difference_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o pretend_a right_n or_o power_n from_o christ_n in_o the_o pope_n for_o to_o attempt_v or_o endeavour_v to_o exempt_a clerk_n then_o must_v the_o reason_n be_v yet_o far_o more_o absurd_a as_o if_o the_o pope_n can_v not_o the_o jure_v exempt_a clerk_n if_o he_o can_v not_o by_o his_o censure_n effectual_o break_v the_o rebellious_a contumacy_n of_o prince_n for_o i_o demand_v to_o what_o purpose_n will_v the_o pope_n have_v fulminate_v censure_n in_o the_o case_n be_v it_o that_o he_o will_v command_v prince_n under_o the_o penalty_n express_v that_o the_o prince_n themselves_o shall_v the_o jure_v exempt_a clerk_n from_o themselves_o that_o be_v from_o their_o own_o regal_a jurisdiction_n both_o subordinate_a and_o supreme_a if_o this_o only_o be_v what_o be_v intend_v ergo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o intend_v that_o the_o 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that_o every_o well_o or_o right_o establish_v civil_a commonwealth_n must_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n have_v in_o itself_o as_o such_o and_o consequent_o in_o its_o politic_a head_n as_o such_o too_o that_o natural_a or_o civil_a authority_n over_o all_o the_o part_n and_o member_n which_o may_v sufficient_o enable_v the_o whole_a to_o attain_v the_o proper_a natural_a and_o civil_a end_n of_o the_o whole_a and_o of_o all_o such_o part_n as_o part_n both_o joint_o and_o several_o these_o end_n be_v the_o civil_a peace_n quiet_a justice_n and_o comfortable_a secure_a live_n of_o all_o together_o i_o say_v the_o major_a beside_o its_o be_v already_o prove_v so_o be_v further_a prove_v by_o this_o other_o maxim_n which_o even_o suarez_n himself_o l._n 3._o de_fw-la primatu_fw-la sum_fw-la pontif._n c._n 1._o n._n 4._o allow_v and_o allege_v for_o certain_a and_o for_o evident_a in_o natural_a reason_n quod_fw-la humana_fw-la natura_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la destituta_fw-la remediis_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la conservationem_fw-la necessariis_fw-la that_o humane_a nature_n can_v be_v destitute_a of_o sufficient_a right_n and_o authority_n to_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v necessary_a for_o its_o own_o preservation_n in_o a_o peaceable_a and_o just_a way_n of_o live_v now_o it_o be_v clear_a enough_o that_o the_o civil_a direction_n and_o civil_a coercion_n of_o all_o person_n whatsoever_o live_v within_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n while_o they_o live_v there_o be_v necessary_a for_o its_o preservation_n and_o the_o major_n be_v further_a also_o prove_v by_o a_o three_o maxim_n or_o principle_n which_o morl._n have_v in_o empor_n jur_fw-fr 1._o p._n tit_n 2._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la num_fw-la 20._o vers_fw-la .._o quia_fw-la cum_fw-la regnum_fw-la to_o wit_v this_o cui_fw-la regnum_fw-la conceditur_fw-la necessario_fw-la omne_fw-la censentur_fw-la concessa_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la gubernari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la to_o who_o a_o kingdom_n be_v give_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o say_v all_o right_a and_o authority_n which_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o well_o govern_v of_o it_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v give_v and_o yet_o who_o see_v not_o this_o principle_n can_v not_o be_v true_a if_o that_o major_a also_o be_v not_o true_a for_o whatever_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o be_v and_o peace_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v also_o necessary_a for_o the_o wel-governing_a of_o it_o as_o for_o the_o minor_a i_o have_v abundant_o prove_v it_o also_o before_o in_o the_o prosecution_n of_o my_o second_o argument_n and_o of_o the_o conclusion_n to_o follow_v the_o premise_n necessary_o there_o be_v no_o man_n will_v doubt_v it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o for_o a_o appendix_n of_o these_o argument_n ground_v on_o pure_a natural_a reason_n for_o the_o subjection_n of_o clergieman_n to_o or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n against_o their_o exemption_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n in_o temporal_a cause_n to_o conclude_v this_o section_n i_o show_v by_o natural_a reason_n also_o that_o the_o very_a temporal_a prince_n themselves_o how_o otherwise_o supreme_a soever_o can_v not_o can_v by_o any_o law_n right_a authority_n or_o power_n give_v they_o by_o god_n or_o man_n exempt_v from_o themselves_o that_o be_v from_o their_o own_o supreme_a civil_a and_o even_o coercive_a power_n the_o clergieman_n of_o their_o own_o dominion_n while_n i_o mean_v such_o clergieman_n remain_v of_o or_o in_o their_o dominion_n and_o acknowledge_v themselves_o or_o indeed_o be_v inferior_n and_o subject_n to_o the_o same_o prince_n or_o otherwise_o that_o these_o prince_n be_v either_o acknowledge_v by_o they_o or_o otherwise_o true_o and_o legal_o be_v their_o natural_a or_o proper_a legal_a prince_n but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o bellarmine_n have_v in_o the_o often_o quote_v 35._o chap._n l._n contra_fw-la barclaium_n as_o be_v mighty_o startle_v by_o this_o position_n rouse_v himself_o again_o and_o lay_v about_o he_o no_o less_o mighty_o to_o ruin_v it_o than_o he_o have_v to_o ruin_v that_o other_o which_o deny_v the_o pope_n himself_o any_o such_o power_n of_o exempt_n clerk_n from_o the_o same_o temporal_a prince_n i_o will_v to_o avoid_v here_o some_o labour_n of_o repetition_n first_o give_v our_o learned_a cardinal_n argument_n against_o it_o and_o then_o consequent_o my_o own_o proof_n for_o it_o in_o the_o solution_n of_o those_o argument_n ad_fw-la quintam_fw-la propofitionem_fw-la say_v he_o quae_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la principes_fw-la supremos_fw-la eximere_fw-la clericos_fw-la a_o sva_fw-la regius_fw-la potestate_fw-la respondemus_fw-la id_fw-la manifestè_fw-la falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la nam_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la summus_fw-la princeps_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o the_o five_o proposition_n say_v bellarmine_n which_o be_v that_o supreme_a prince_n can_v not_o exempt_a clerk_n from_o their_o own_o royal_a power_n i_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v manifest_o false_a for_o albeit_o the_o supreme_a prince_n may_v not_o exempt_v all_o that_o live_v in_o his_o kingdom_n from_o his_o own_o power_n unless_o he_o resign_v his_o principality_n yet_o he_o may_v exempt_v some_o part_n of_o his_o people_n from_o some_o part_n of_o his_o power_n or_o even_o from_o all_o part_n of_o his_o power_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v both_o true_o say_v and_o remain_v still_o a_o prince_n for_o it_o be_v proper_a to_o a_o supreme_a prince_n to_o exact_a tribute_n from_o the_o people_n subject_n to_o he_o as_o the_o apostle_n teach_v rom._n 13._o for_o it_o be_v therefore_o say_v he_o you_o pay_v tribute_n for_o they_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n serve_v unto_o this_o purpose_n and_o yet_o the_o king_n may_v free_v such_o as_o he_o please_v from_o tribut_n for_o it_o be_v say_v 1._o of_o king_n or_o of_o samuel_n cap._n 17._o whoever_o shall_v kill_v the_o philisthine_n the_o king_n shall_v enrich_v he_o with_o great_a riches_n and_o shall_v make_v his_o father_n house_n free_a from_o tribute_n in_o israel_n even_o so_o if_o some_o great_a king_n do_v free_a some_o one_o city_n amid_o his_o kingdom_n or_o bestow_v it_o absolute_o on_o some_o body_n it_o will_v not_o be_v therefore_o consequent_a that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v say_v to_o be_v king_n of_o his_o whole_a kingdom_n especial_o if_o he_o still_o protect_v and_o defend_v that_o city_n and_o that_o the_o citizen_n thereof_o do_v free_o observe_v the_o law_n of_o his_o kingdom_n so_o therefore_o too_o may_v king_n exempt_v from_o their_o own_o royal_a power_n the_o clerk_n live_v in_o their_o kingdom_n and_o yet_o be_v say_v to_o be_v and_o true_o be_v king_n not_o only_o of_o laic_n but_o also_o of_o clerk_n who_o free_o observe_v their_o politic_a law_n and_o who_o be_v actor_n refer_v or_o defer_v the_o cause_n they_o have_v with_o laic_n to_o their_o royal_a tribunal_n and_o acquiesce_v to_o their_o judgement_n or_o sentence_n in_o such_o cause_n and_o because_o
be_v confess_v that_o the_o french_a and_o english_a king_n be_v their_o protector_n and_o defender_n against_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n or_o who_o will_v say_v that_o henry_n the_o second_o of_o france_n be_v king_n of_o the_o confederate_a prince_n of_o germany_n although_o it_o be_v confess_v also_o that_o the_o say_v confederate_a prince_n choose_v he_o for_o their_o protector_n and_o as_o little_a do_v that_o other_o reason_n or_o pretence_n and_o allegation_n of_o bellarmine_n &_o cives_fw-la illi_fw-la leges_fw-la regni_fw-la sponte_fw-la servant_n that_o the_o citizen_n of_o that_o so_o exempt_v city_n do_v free_o observe_v the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n make_v any_o material_a difference_n in_o the_o case_n unless_o peradventure_o that_o if_o the_o spaniard_n will_v receive_v the_o law_n of_o france_n and_o by_o a_o express_a statute_n enact_v these_o law_n for_o themselves_o or_o otherwise_o out_o of_o custom_n observe_v they_o it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o consequent_o the_o spaniard_n renounce_v their_o own_o principality_n and_o yield_v themselves_o to_o that_o of_o france_n but_o if_o bellarmine_n understand_v or_o mean_v that_o city_n so_o exempt_v to_o be_v no_o more_o of_o the_o kingdom_n then_o be_v the_o similitude_n to_o no_o purpose_n be_v himself_o grant_v and_o averr_v that_o after_o and_o notwithstanding_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n king_n be_v not_o only_a king_n of_o the_o layman_n but_o also_o of_o the_o clergieman_n reges_fw-la esse_fw-la nonsolum_fw-la laicorum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la reges_fw-la yet_o as_o for_o the_o reason_n which_o he_o give_v for_o this_o concession_n and_o asseveration_n i_o must_v say_v they_o be_v childish_a and_o unworthy_a of_o bellarmine_n the_o first_o be_v that_o clerk_n do_v free_o observe_v the_o politic_a law_n but_o i_o have_v reject_v this_o present_o or_o a_o little_a before_o nor_o indeed_o can_v it_o be_v say_v with_o any_o colour_n that_o it_o some_o nation_n as_o for_o example_n now_o the_o armenian_n do_v receive_v &_o observe_v the_o law_n of_o a_o foreign_a king_n as_o for_o example_n too_o those_o of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n or_o poland_n or_o spain_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o such_o nation_n must_v be_v say_v to_o acknowledge_v this_o foreign_a king_n for_o their_o own_o king_n the_o second_o be_v quia_fw-la clerici_fw-la causas_fw-la quas_fw-la cum_fw-la laicis_fw-la habens_fw-la cum_fw-la actores_fw-la sunt_fw-la aâ—_n tribunal_n iâ—sius_fw-la regis_fw-la deferunt_fw-la &_o in_o judicio_fw-la sententiae_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o ejusmodi_fw-la causis_fw-la acquiescum_fw-la that_o clerk_n when_o be_v actor_n against_o laic_n bring_v their_o cause_n to_o the_o king_n tribunal_n and_o in_o such_o cause_n acquiesce_v to_o the_o judgement_n and_o sentence_n of_o his_o temporal_a court_n or_o politic_a judge_n but_o who_o see_v not_o that_o this_o be_v not_o to_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v their_o king_n and_o who_o see_v not_o that_o there_o be_v 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&_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la virorum_fw-la sed_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la addit_fw-la tamen_fw-la miranda_n hoc_fw-la respectu_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la nusquam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la concessum_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la negate_fw-la d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la &_o abbatissis_fw-la c._n 22._o &_o citat_fw-la multa_fw-la jura_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la actu_fw-la conceditur_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la potestas_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipiendi_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ut_fw-la excommunicent_fw-la rebel_n &_o contumace_n moniale_n &_o hoc_fw-la valere_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la communi_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la vel_fw-la strictius_fw-la loquendo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la cum_fw-la laimanno_n lib._n 1._o 4._o laiman_n l._n 1._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 3._o &_o 4._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o cap._n 3._o num_fw-la 3._o &_o 4._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la proprie_fw-la sed_fw-la usuram_fw-la quandam_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la et_fw-la hinc_fw-la confer_v possunt_fw-la beneficia_fw-la &_o instituere_fw-la clericos_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la ad_fw-la monasterium_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la sensum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o re_fw-la tam_fw-la gravi_fw-la aperiam_fw-la dicendum_fw-la putem_fw-la nullo_n quidem_fw-la jure_fw-la ut_fw-la praetactum_fw-la est_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o spiritual_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la joannes_n de_fw-la parisiis_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la c._n 21._o quo_fw-la gratia_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la causatur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la papae_fw-la joan._n de_fw-fr paris_n c._n 21._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la papae_fw-la potestas_fw-la administrandi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la judicium_fw-la 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juristae_fw-la de_fw-fr quare_fw-la vide_fw-la salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o praelud_fw-la 3._o n._n 122_o &_o deinceps_fw-la dice_n hic_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concedi_fw-la principibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la seu_fw-la concessione_n sed_fw-la supremam_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la asseritur_fw-la quod_fw-la noâ—_n potest_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la doctores_fw-la tenent_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la doctores_fw-la praedicti_fw-la asserant_fw-la papaâ—_n non_fw-la posse_fw-la auferre_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la principum_fw-la ex_fw-la consuâ—tudine_fw-la vel_fw-la concessione_n firma_fw-la valide_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la introductam_fw-la 405._o nau._n c._n 27._o in_o enchir._n n_o 70._o salz_n sch_fw-mi ber._n diaz_n cap._n 55._o sect._n apud_fw-la gall._n duvall_n de_fw-fr disc_fw-fr eccl._n p._n 3_o fol._n 405._o sicut_fw-la satis_fw-la insinuat_fw-la navar._n c._n 27._o in_o
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