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as_o not_o be_v desirous_a to_o contend_v with_o such_o as_o be_v resolve_v not_o to_o yield_v have_v other_o business_n to_o many_o where_o with_o to_o occupy_v myself_o but_o the_o printer_n who_o first_o take_v this_o book_n in_o hand_n and_o other_o friend_n also_o importune_v i_o to_o let_v it_o come_v forth_o again_o and_o allege_v that_o the_o copy_n of_o the_o first_o edition_n be_v all_o spend_v and_o yet_o more_o demand_v i_o be_v content_a volens_fw-la nolens_fw-la yield_v herein_o more_o to_o importunity_n then_o to_o my_o own_o inclination_n to_o publish_v it_o once_o more_o and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n of_o this_o new_a edition_n to_o add_v here_o and_o there_o something_o either_o for_o a_o more_o ample_a explication_n or_o for_o answer_v to_o widdringtons_n objection_n i_o be_v willing_a i_o confess_v and_o forward_o enough_o the_o first_o time_n to_o write_v of_o this_o subject_n for_o although_o as_o by_o a_o accident_n i_o be_v one_o of_o the_o last_o who_o write_v 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to_o my_o ability_n i_o think_v to_o have_v surcease_v have_v not_o importunity_n of_o friend_n overcome_v i_o and_o therefore_o after_o this_o as_o i_o mean_v not_o to_o dispute_v any_o more_o of_o this_o point_n with_o they_o with_o who_o as_o i_o gather_v by_o the_o repulse_n which_o great_a man_n than_o myself_o have_v receive_v there_o be_v little_a hope_n to_o prevail_v so_o i_o wish_v all_o catholic_n see_v that_o they_o have_v hear_v their_o chief_a visible_a pastors_n sentence_n to_o leave_v of_o all_o disputation_n touch_v this_o his_o authority_n and_o simple_o and_o humble_o to_o obey_v his_o commandment_n and_o consequent_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o say_a authority_n to_o refuse_v the_o oath_n by_o he_o condemn_v and_o yet_o to_o obey_v the_o king_n our_o sovereign_n and_o liege_n lord_n in_o all_o civil_a and_o temporal_a cause_n to_o be_v faithful_a to_o he_o and_o his_o royal_a posterity_n and_o to_o pray_v day_n lie_v for_o his_o majesty_n long_a and_o prosperous_a life_n that_o he_o may_v live_v long_o to_o we_o always_o to_o god_n and_o so_o reign_v long_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n as_o he_o may_v reign_v for_o ever_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n by_o way_n of_o introduction_n it_o be_v show_v that_o there_o be_v two_o power_n in_o the_o church_n the_o one_o civil_a the_o other_o ecclesiastical_a which_o be_v both_o necessary_a chap._n 1._o some_o civil_a power_n follow_v immediate_o from_o god_n and_o nature_n regal_a power_n proceed_v immediate_o from_o the_o people_n election_n and_o donation_n mediate_o from_o god_n ordination_n so_o that_o after_o the_o election_n of_o the_o people_n and_o reception_n the_o king_n be_v superior_a who_o may_v command_v and_o bind_v in_o conscience_n the_o people_n be_v subject_n bind_v to_o obey_v chap._n 2._o ecclesiastical_a power_n be_v also_o of_o god_n and_o be_v distinct_a from_o the_o civil_a jurisdiction_n which_o also_o all_o member_n of_o the_o church_n be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o obey_v chap._n 3._o these_o two_o jurisdiction_n and_o power_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a be_v compare_v and_o confer_v and_o the_o preeminence_n be_v give_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a chap._n 4._o ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a peer_n and_o prince_n be_v compare_v together_o and_o out_o of_o the_o comparison_n be_v gather_v that_o not_o only_o private_a layman_n but_o even_o temporal_a prince_n though_o otherwise_o absolute_a be_v subject_a to_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n and_o especial_o to_o the_o supreme_a visible_a pastor_n as_o be_v prove_v by_o many_o argument_n chap._n 5._o that_o prince_n king_n yea_o emperor_n have_v no_o authority_n to_o govern_v the_o church_n or_o to_o make_v ecclesiastical_a law_n neither_o be_v to_o be_v account_v head_n or_o superior_n but_o subject_n of_o the_o church_n though_o protector_n and_o defendour_n and_o therefore_o be_v modest_o admonish_v of_o their_o duty_n and_o office_n chap._n 6._o although_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o direct_v temporal_a lord_n and_o superior_a of_o the_o world_n nor_o of_o any_o part_n thereof_o by_o christ_n express_a gift_n and_o donation_n but_o only_o of_o the_o patrimony_n of_o saint_n peter_n give_v he_o by_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o other_o catholic_a prince_n and_o confirm_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n yet_o by_o the_o spiritual_a power_n which_o christ_n give_v he_o in_o his_o predecessor_n s._n peter_n 10.21_o he_o may_v dispose_v of_o temporal_a thing_n and_o even_o of_o kingdom_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n and_o conservation_n of_o she_o and_o her_o faith_n &_o right_n and_o the_o manner_n how_o and_o in_o what_o case_n he_o can_v thus_o dispose_v of_o temporality_n be_v explicate_v chap._n 7._o by_o diverse_a place_n and_o
with_o his_o own_o blood_n but_o neither_o he_o nor_o any_o apostle_n ever_o give_v that_o charge_n to_o prince_n fiftelie_o they_o differ_v in_o the_o cause_n efficient_a for_o the_o civil_a and_o temporal_a power_n proceed_v from_o god_n and_o nature_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o people_n election_n as_o be_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n declare_v but_o the_o spiritual_a power_n of_o the_o church_n as_o it_o impli_v potestatem_fw-la ordinis_fw-la &_o jurisdictionis_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la interiori_fw-la be_v from_o god_n immediate_o it_o be_v supernatural_a and_o exceed_v humane_a power_n and_o although_o the_o ecclesiastical_a humane_a power_n which_o inferior_a prelate_n have_v proceed_v from_o superior_a prelate_n especial_o the_o pope_n yet_o not_o from_o the_o prince_n or_o common_a wealth_n but_o from_o the_o pastor_n and_o church_n so_o that_o as_o the_o pope_n priest_n and_o church_n do_v willing_o acknowledge_v the_o temporal_a and_o civil_a power_n of_o the_o prince_n magistrate_n and_o common_a wealth_n or_o kingdom_n so_o the_o prince_n magistrate_n and_o common_a wealth_n must_v be_v content_a to_o recognize_v a_o spiritual_a power_n of_o the_o pope_n bishop_n priest_n and_o church_n to_o which_o obedience_n be_v due_a even_o of_o prince_n who_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o church_n no_o less_o than_o be_v temporal_a subject_n to_o the_o prince_n yea_o rather_o more_o 7._o this_o power_n all_o true_a christian_n and_o catholic_n acknowledge_v none_o but_o heretic_n and_o infidel_n deny_v the_o waldense_n 7._o guido_n carmel_n in_o har_z wald_n turrecr_n l._n 4._o summa_fw-la de_fw-la eccl_n c._n 35._o conc_fw-fr const_n sess_v 8._o et_fw-la 15._o a._n 14_o luth._o a._n 27._o dan_o in_o bulla_n leon._n 10_o cal_n l._n 4._o inst_z ca._n 20_o n._n 6._o &_o 7._o as_o witness_v guido_n and_o turrecremata_fw-la as_o also_o wicleph_n and_o hus_n as_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n relate_v deny_v all_o ecclesiastical_a power_n and_o say_v that_o pope_n 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command_v to_o obey_v the_o church_n and_o say_v that_o he_o that_o will_v not_o give_v ear_n to_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v account_v as_o a_o ethnic_a and_o publican_n which_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o the_o church_n have_v authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n to_o hear_v cause_n and_o to_o pronounce_v sentence_n to_o which_o obedience_n be_v to_o be_v give_v fourthlie_o not_o withstand_v that_o in_o the_o old_a law_n of_o moses_n god_n determine_v almost_o all_o by_o himself_o by_o his_o moral_n judicial_a and_o ceremonial_a law_n yet_o he_o give_v power_n to_o the_o synagogue_n and_o her_o pastor_n to_o interpret_v the_o law_n to_o resolve_v doubt_n concern_v the_o law_n and_o to_o enact_v some_o law_n as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v and_o therefore_o we_o see_v with_o what_o severity_n god_n command_v obedience_n to_o the_o priest_n say_v 17_o deut._n 17_o si_fw-mi difficile_fw-la &_o â—mbiguum_fw-la &c._n &c._n if_o thou_o perceive_v that_o the_o judgement_n with_o thou_o be_v hard_a 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