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A29199 A just vindication of the Church of England, from the unjust aspersion of criminal schisme wherein the nature of criminal schisme, the divers sorts of schismaticks, the liberties and priviledges of national churches, the rights of sovereign magistrates, the tyranny, extortion and schisme of the Roman Communion of old, and at this very day, are manifested to the view of the world / by ... John Bramhall ... Bramhall, John, 1594-1663. 1654 (1654) Wing B4226; ESTC R18816 139,041 290

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the_o britane_n who_o have_v evermore_o be_v christian_n from_o the_o beginning_n be_v under_o the_o english_a who_o be_v their_o enemy_n and_o but_o new_o convert_v from_o paganism_n by_o who_o they_o have_v be_v drive_v out_o of_o their_o ancient_a habitation_n the_o same_o history_n be_v relate_v by_o sundry_a other_o very_a ancient_a author_n etc._n a_o second_o difference_n between_o our_o english_a king_n and_o the_o late_a german_a emperor_n be_v this_o that_o our_o king_n by_o the_o fundamental_a constitution_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v hereditary_a king_n and_o never_o die_v so_o there_o be_v a_o uninterrupted_a succession_n without_o any_o vacancy_n but_o the_o emperor_n be_v elective_a and_o consequent_o not_o invest_v in_o the_o actual_a possession_n of_o their_o sovereignty_n without_o some_o public_a solemnity_n whereof_o some_o be_v essential_a as_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o electour_n some_o other_o ceremonial_a as_o the_o last_o coronation_n of_o the_o emperor_n by_o 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the_o emperor_n do_v not_o so_o whether_o they_o think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o leave_v a_o old_a patriarch_n or_o because_o they_o do_v not_o sufficient_o consider_v the_o right_a bound_n of_o imperial_a power_n especial_o be_v second_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o occidental_a council_n or_o because_o they_o do_v not_o so_o clear_o distinguish_v between_o a_o beginning_n of_o unity_n and_o a_o universality_n of_o jurisdiction_n or_o because_o they_o have_v other_o remedy_n wherewith_o to_o help_v themselves_o i_o can_v determine_v but_o this_o we_o have_v see_v that_o the_o emperor_n have_v depose_v pope_n and_o have_v appeal_v from_o pope_n to_o general_n counsel_n and_o have_v maintain_v their_o imperial_a prerogative_n against_o pope_n and_o make_v themselves_o the_o last_o judge_n of_o the_o liberty_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n politic_n frederick_n the_o three_o in_o the_o diet_n of_o nurenburg_n sequester_v all_o the_o money_n that_o shall_v be_v raise_v in_o three_o year_n from_o indulgence_n and_o absolution_n 8._o whether_o papal_a or_o conciliary_a towards_o the_o raise_n of_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n for_o defence_n of_o the_o empire_n against_o the_o turk_n the_o resolution_n of_o the_o elect_a archbishop_n of_o trever_n against_o gregory_n the_o 7_o be_v this_o ne_o plus_fw-la per_fw-la hunc_fw-la sancta_fw-la quae_fw-la modo_fw-la extremum_fw-la tra●it_fw-la spiritum_fw-la periclit●tur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ex_fw-la i_o dic●_n quod_fw-la nullam_fw-la ei_fw-la posthac_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la servabo_fw-la 47._o etc._n etc._n lest_o the_o holy_a church_n which_o be_v now_o bring_v to_o the_o last_o gasp_n incur_v more_o danger_n by_o his_o mean_n i_o speak_v of_o myself_o that_o hereafter_o i_o will_v perform_v no_o obedience_n to_o he_o that_o be_v pope_n hildebrand_n neither_o be_v this_o his_o resolution_n alone_o all_o the_o german_a bishop_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n because_o thy_o entrance_n into_o the_o papacy_n be_v begin_v with_o so_o great_a perjury_n and_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v bring_v into_o such_o a_o grievous_a storm_n through_o the_o abuse_n of_o thy_o innovation_n and_o thy_o life_n and_o conversation_n be_v soil_v with_o so_o manifold_a infamy_n as_o we_o promise_v thou_o no_o obedience_n 48._o so_o we_o let_v thou_o know_v that_o for_o the_o future_a we_o will_v perform_v none_o unto_o thou_o et_fw-la quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ut_fw-la publicae_fw-la declamas_fw-la tibi_fw-la hactenus_fw-la ●uit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ita_fw-la nulli_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ●_o modo_fw-la eris_fw-la apostolicus_n and_o as_o thou_o have_v repute_v none_o of_o we_o for_o bishop_n hitherto_o so_o hereafter_o none_o of_o we_o will_v esteem_v thou_o for_o the_o successor_n of_o saint_n peter_n which_o sentence_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o emperor_n ego_fw-la henricus_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la meis_fw-la tibi_fw-la dico_fw-la dese●nde_fw-la descend_v the_o first_o council_n of_o pisa_n do_v not_o only_o subtract_v their_o obedience_n from_o peter_n de_fw-fr luna_n call_v himself_o benedict_n the_o 13_o and_o angelus_n de_fw-fr gorario_n call_v himself_o gregory_z the_o 12_o but_o they_o decree_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o all_o christian_n and_o according_o do_v command_v they_o to_o subtract_v their_o obedience_n from_o they_o of_o which_o council_n the_o council_n of_o constance_n be_v a_o continuation_n 172._o the_o second_o council_n of_o pisa_n suspend_v julius_n the_o second_o from_o the_o papacy_n and_o command_v all_o christian_n to_o withdraw_v their_o obedience_n from_o he_o the_o former_a have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o emperor_n the_o late_a his_o assistance_n and_o protection_n as_o appear_v both_o by_o the_o solemn_a promise_n of_o the_o emperor_n ambassador_n make_v in_o council_n and_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o council_n itself_o i_o will_v conclude_v this_o first_o part_n of_o my_o parallel_n concern_v the_o 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and_o so_o they_o conclude_v 48._o etiamsi_fw-la inclinata_fw-la esset_fw-la arca_fw-la testamenti_fw-la nostri_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la esset_fw-la &_o non_fw-la illorum_fw-la inclinatam_fw-la relevare_fw-la although_o the_o ark_n of_o their_o covenant_n be_v fall_v yet_o it_o belong_v to_o their_o own_o bishop_n and_o not_o to_o they_o to_o lift_v it_o up_o again_o the_o other_o answer_n be_v of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o colone_n and_o trier_n with_o the_o synod_n of_o coloegne_n to_o nicholas_n the_o first_o wherein_o after_o many_o bitter_a expression_n they_o have_v these_o word_n his_o de_fw-la causis_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la fratribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o collegis_fw-la neque_fw-la edictis_fw-la tuis_fw-la stamus_fw-la neque_fw-la vocem_fw-la tuam_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la nequo_fw-la tuas_fw-la bullas_fw-la tonitruaque_fw-la tua_fw-la timemus_fw-la for_o these_o reason_n we_o with_o our_o brethren_n and_o colleague_n do_v neither_o give_v place_n to_o thy_o 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be_v not_o the_o separation_n but_o the_o cause_n that_o make_v the_o schism_n saint_n paul_n himself_o make_v such_o a_o separation_n among_o his_o disciple_n 9_o and_o timothy_n be_v express_o command_v 5._o that_o if_o any_o man_n do_v teach_v otherwise_o and_o consent_v not_o to_o wholesome_a word_n even_o to_o the_o word_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o to_o the_o doctrine_n which_o be_v according_a to_o godliness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d withdraw_v thyself_o stand_v aloof_o or_o separate_v thyself_o from_o such_o person_n it_o be_v true_a that_o they_o who_o first_o desert_n and_o forsake_v the_o communion_n of_o their_o christian_a brethren_n be_v schismatic_n but_o there_o be_v a_o moral_a defection_n as_o well_o as_o local_a it_o be_v no_o schism_n to_o forsake_v they_o who_o have_v first_o themselves_o forsake_v the_o common_a faith_n wherein_o we_o have_v the_o confession_n of_o our_o adversary_n 534._o they_o who_o first_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o primitive_a pure_a church_n and_o bring_v in_o corruption_n in_o faith_n practice_n leiturgy_n and_o use_v of_o sacrament_n may_v true_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v heretic_n by_o depart_v from_o the_o pure_a faith_n and_o schismatic_n by_o divide_v themselves_o from_o the_o external_a communion_n of_o the_o true_a uncorrupted_a church_n it_o be_v no_o schism_n to_o separate_v from_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n in_o their_o heresy_n and_o schism_n this_o be_v all_o the_o crime_n which_o they_o can_v object_v to_o we_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n will_v have_v obtrude_v upon_o we_o new_a article_n of_o faith_n we_o have_v reject_v they_o they_o introduce_v unlawful_a rite_n into_o the_o leiturgy_n of_o the_o church_n and_o use_v of_o the_o sacrament_n we_o have_v reform_v they_o for_o ourselves_o they_o go_v about_o to_o violate_v the_o just_a liberty_n and_o privilege_n of_o our_o church_n we_o have_v vindicate_v they_o and_o for_o so_o do_v they_o have_v by_o their_o censure_n and_o bull_n separate_v we_o and_o chase_v we_o from_o their_o communion_n where_o lie_v the_o schism_n four_o schism_n to_o withdraw_v obedience_n from_o a_o particular_a church_n or_o from_o a_o lawful_a superior_a be_v not_o always_o criminous_a schism_n particular_a church_n may_v sometime_o err_v and_o sometime_o clash_v with_o the_o universal_a church_n patriarch_n and_o other_o subordinate_a superior_n may_v err_v and_o sometime_o abuse_v their_o authority_n sometime_o forfeit_v their_o authority_n sometime_o disclaim_v their_o authority_n or_o usurp_v more_o authority_n than_o be_v due_a unto_o they_o by_o the_o canon_n they_o will_v persuade_v we_o 481._o that_o obedience_n be_v to_o be_v yield_v to_o a_o church_n determine_v error_n in_o point_n not_o fundamental_a but_o they_o confound_v obedience_n of_o acquiescence_n with_o obedience_n of_o conformity_n they_o forget_v willing_o that_o we_o acknowledge_v not_o that_o they_o ever_o have_v any_o lawful_a authority_n over_o 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anast._n valentinian_n the_o emperor_n shun_v the_o communion_n of_o sixtus_n the_o three_o many_o of_o the_o roman_a clergy_n withdraw_v themselves_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o anastasius_n their_o bishop_n because_o he_o have_v communicate_v with_o the_o acatian_o rusticus_n and_o sebastianus_n two_o of_o the_o pope_n chief_a deacon_n do_v not_o only_a themselves_o forbear_v the_o communion_n of_o vigilius_n but_o draw_v with_o they_o a_o good_a part_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o other_o occidental_a church_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v 39_o but_o that_o among_o many_o example_n of_o this_o line_n some_o be_v reprehensible_a not_o because_o they_o do_v arrogate_v to_o themselves_o a_o liberty_n which_o they_o have_v not_o but_o because_o they_o abuse_v that_o liberty_n which_o they_o have_v either_o by_o mistake_v the_o matter_n of_o fact_n or_o by_o presume_v too_o much_o upon_o their_o own_o judgement_n to_o prevent_v which_o inconvenience_n ●he_v eight_o synod_n decree_v 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