accusaverit_fw-la of_o which_o canon_n thus_o dr._n field_n p._n 518._o patriarch_n be_v by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n can._n 17._o to_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o either_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall._n and_o l._n 5._o c._n 37._o p._n 551._o '_o without_o the_o patriarch_n consent_v none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o they_o bring_v say_v he_o prove_v nothing_o that_o we_o ever_o doubt_v of_o for_o we_o know_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o right_a of_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o within_o the_o precincts_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o thus_o bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n c._n 9_o p._n 259._o etc._n etc._n what_o power_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n the_o same_o have_v a_o patriarch_n over_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n of_o sundry_a province_n within_o his_o own_o patriarchate_o and_o afterward_o wherein_o then_o consist_v patiarchal_a authority_n in_o ordain_v their_o metropolitan_o or_o confirm_v they_o δ._fw-la δ_n δ_n bishop_n carleton_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o jurisdiction_n regal_a and_o episcopal_a 4._o c._n p._n 42._o §_o 14_o external_n jurisdiction_n be_v either_o definitive_a or_o mulctative_a authority_n definitive_a in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o religion_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n mulctative_a power_n be_v understand_v either_o as_o it_o be_v with_o coaction_n i._n e._n use_v secular_a force_n or_o as_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o spiritual_a censure_n as_o it_o stand_v in_o spiritual_a censure_n it_o be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n and_o be_v practise_v by_o the_o church_n when_o without_o christian_a magistrate_n and_o since_o but_o coactive_a jurisdiction_n be_v always_o understand_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n whether_o christian_n or_o heathen_a ibid._n 1._o 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clergy_n or_o even_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o ecclesiastical_a power_n which_o shall_v be_v necessary_a to_o preserve_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v necessary_a for_o those_o that_o be_v trust_v with_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n not_o only_o to_o disobey_v the_o command_n of_o the_o sovereign_n but_o to_o use_v that_o power_n which_o their_o quality_n in_o the_o society_n of_o the_o church_n give_v they_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o subsistence_n thereof_o without_o the_o assistance_n of_o secular_a power_n a_o thing_n manifest_o suppose_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n in_o all_o those_o action_n wherein_o they_o refuse_v to_o obey_v their_o emperor_n seduce_v by_o heretic_n refuse_v to_o obey_v they_o in_o forbear_v to_o teach_v still_o and_o publish_v the_o catholic_n doctrine_n when_o prohibit_v by_o they_o and_o to_o suffer_v their_o church_n to_o be_v regulate_v by_o they_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o christianity_n 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