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A66973	The second and third treatises of the first part of ancient church-government the second treatise containing a discourse of the succession of clergy.	R. H., 1609-1678.; R. H., 1609-1678. Third treatise of the first part of ancient church-government.	1688 (1688)	Wing W3457; ESTC R38759	176,787	312

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est_fw-la ipse_fw-la decoravit_fw-la sedem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la evangelistam_fw-la discipulum_fw-la misit_fw-la ipse_fw-la firmavit_fw-la sedem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la septem_fw-la annis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la discessurus_fw-la sedit_fw-la cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la unius_fw-la atque_fw-la una_fw-la sit_fw-la sedes_fw-la cvi_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divina_fw-la tres_fw-la nunc_fw-la episcopi_fw-la president_n quicquid_fw-la ego_fw-la de_fw-la vobis_fw-la boni_fw-la audio_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la imputo_fw-la council_n gen._n 8._o at_o constantinople_n can_v 21._o quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la tale_n facinus_fw-la contra_fw-la sedem_fw-la petri_n principis_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la intentare_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o these_o passage_n you_o see_v he_o primacy_n and_o privilege_n whatever_o they_o be_v of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n ancient_o impute_v to_o his_o succession_n in_o the_o see_v of_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n and_o not_o or_o not_o chief_o or_o 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bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o it_o seem_v that_o the_o former_a 5_o canon_n but_o now_o recite_v make_v by_o the_o bishop_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n which_o be_v assemble_v at_o constantinople_n as_o also_o the_o three_o other_o canon_n there_o precede_v it_o which_o be_v recite_v in_o council_n chalced._n act._n 16._o be_v either_o unknown_a or_o not_o at_o all_o regard_v by_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n the_o western_a bishop_n who_o be_v assemble_v short_o after_o that_o time_n at_o rome_n for_o thus_o say_v leo_n of_o these_o canon_n or_o act_n in_o ep._n to_o anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n nunquam_fw-la a_o praedecessoribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la transmissa_fw-la notitiam_fw-la and_o thus_o his_o legate_n in_o conc._n chalced._n 16._o act._n quae_fw-la in_o synodicis_fw-la canonibus_fw-la non_fw-la habentur_fw-la neither_o indeed_o be_v any_o such_o canon_n mention_v by_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n of_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n when_o they_o write_v to_o damasus_n concern_v its_o acts._n see_v 1_o conc_fw-fr constantinop_n nor_o be_v this_o foresay_a 5_o canon_n when_o most_o opportune_o it_o may_v but_o only_o the_o nicene_n 6_o canon_n plead_v by_o s._n chrysostom_n against_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n offer_v to_o judge_v and_o depose_v he_o wherefore_o baronius_n conceive_v it_o to_o be_v make_v only_o by_o a_o part_n of_o that_o council_n after_o timotheus_n the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v depart_v thence_o but_o however_o this_o patriarch_n be_v not_o long_o after_o that_o contention_n of_o leo_n rather_o by_o their_o not_o contradiction_n than_o approbation_n indulge_v that_o honour_n also_o by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n themselves_o doubtless_o as_o conceive_v it_o no_o abridgement_n of_o their_o own_o authority_n some_o metropolitan_o be_v take_v from_o the_o other_o patriarchates_n time_n the_o great_a extent_n of_o this_o patriarchate_o in_o latter_a time_n and_o subject_v to_o it_o the_o great_a extent_n of_o which_o patriarchy_n in_o latter_a time_n especial_o if_o you_o be_v curious_a to_o know_v see_v dr._n field_n 3._o l._n 1._o c._n where_o he_o assign_v for_o one_o reason_n of_o such_o a_o enlargement_n of_o its_o jurisdiction_n the_o conversion_n of_o sundry_a nation_n and_o people_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n by_o that_o bishop_n suffragans_fw-la and_o minister_n §_o 8_o again_o in_o the_o 5_o gen._n council_n above_o a._n d._n 550._o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n out_o in_o honour_n to_o the_o holy_a city_n place_n the_o see_v of_o jerusalem_n raise_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o 5_o place_n be_v make_v the_o 5_o patriarch_n after_o some_o honour_n and_o respect_n beyond_o other_o bishop_n first_o give_v or_o rather_o wish_v to_o he_o by_o the_o nicene_n council_n see_v 7._o canon_n some_o bishop_n both_o from_o that_o of_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n be_v translate_v to_o his_o jurisdiction_n §_o 9_o amost_a these_o abovenamed_a dignity_n ecclesiastical_a the_o metropolitan_o be_v to_o ordain_v or_o confirm_v the_o bishop_n of_o their_o province_n inferior_n the_o authority_n of_o patriarch_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n for_o the_o ordination_n or_o confirmation_n and_o for_o judge_v the_o cause_n upon_o appeal_n of_o their_o inferior_n and_o the_o patriarch_n be_v to_o ordain_v or_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o he_o either_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o by_o mission_n of_o the_o pall._n see_v council_n chalced._n 27._o c._n and_o 16._o action_n where_o advance_v the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n to_o patriarchal_a authority_n in_o the_o second_o place_n to_o rome_n they_o conclude_v oportere_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habere_fw-la ordinare_fw-la metropolitanos_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o ut_fw-la penes_fw-la eum_fw-la sit_fw-la hunc_fw-la qui_fw-la electus_fw-la est_fw-la confirmare_fw-la repudiareve_n see_v 8._o gen._n conc._n constant_a 17._o c._n see_v dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 31._o c._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 imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall._n and_o 5

l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o without_o the_o patriarch_n assent_n none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o the_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 precinct_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o that_o therefore_o he_o may_v send_v the_o pall_n to_o sundry_a part_n of_o greece_n france_n and_o spain_n as_o bellarmin_n allege_v be_v all_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o his_o patriarchship_n see_v bishop_n bramhal_o vindic_n 9_o c._n p._n 257._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 patriarchal_a authority_n in_o ordain_v their_o metropolitan_o for_o with_o inferior_a bishop_n they_o may_v not_o meddle_v or_o confirm_v they_o in_o impose_v of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall_n in_o convocate_a patriarchal_a synod_n and_o preside_v in_o they_o &c_n &c_n when_o metropolitical_a synod_n do_v not_o suffice_v to_o determine_v some_o emergent_a difference_n or_o difficulty_n thus_o he_o neither_o may_v any_o metropolitan_a upon_o any_o cause_n separate_v himself_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o patriarch_n before_o the_o examination_n and_o sentence_n of_o a_o council_n first_o pass_v in_o his_o behalf_n see_v 8._o general_n council_n 10._o c._n who_o word_n be_v nullus_fw-la clericus_fw-la ante_fw-la diligentem_fw-la examinationem_fw-la &_o synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la proprii_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la se_fw-la separet_fw-la licet_fw-la criminalem_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la causam_fw-la ejus_fw-la se_fw-la nosse_fw-la praetendat_fw-la nec_fw-la recuset_fw-la nomen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la refer_v inter_fw-la divina_fw-la mysteria_fw-la idem_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la erga_fw-la proprios_fw-la metropolita_n similiter_fw-la &_o de_fw-la metropolitis_fw-la circa_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la suum_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la contra_fw-la fecerit_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la operatione_n &_o honore_fw-la decidat_fw-la ante_fw-la synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la i._n e._n of_o a_o council_n superior_a to_o the_o metropolitan_a for_o the_o low_a can_v judge_v the_o high_a no_o not_o tho_o assemble_v together_o in_o a_o council_n see_v dr._n field_n l._n 5._o c._n 39_o p._n 567._o as_o a_o episcopal_a synod_n can_v judge_v the_o metropolitan_a and_o the_o firmly_a to_o bind_v and_o confine_v the_o inferior_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o superior_a order_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o church_n make_v frequent_a canon_n against_o their_o start_n aside_o by_o appeal_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o secular_o whether_o of_o other_o or_o also_o of_o the_o emperor_n himself_o see_v council_n antiochen_n 11._o c._n 12._o c._n council_n sardica_n 8._o c._n council_n chalced._n 9_o c._n si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la habeat_fw-la negotium_fw-la non_fw-la relinquat_fw-la suum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la non_fw-la concurrat_fw-la etc._n etc._n conc._n melevitanum_n 19_o c._n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cognitionem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiasticorum_fw-la petierit_n honore_fw-la proprio_fw-la privetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v conc._n generale_fw-mi 8._o c._n 17._o &_o 21._o this_o for_o patriarch_n superiority_n over_o and_o their_o cotfirmation_n of_o metropolitans_n next_o among_o the_o patriarch_n themselves_o §_o 10_o it_o seem_v the_o low_a receive_v no_o ordination_n from_o the_o high_a but_o yet_o some_o confirmation_n or_o approbation_n they_o seem_v ordinary_o to_o have_v have_v from_o their_o superior_n or_o at_o least_o from_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o those_o word_n of_o leo_n ep._n 54._o ad_fw-la martianum_fw-la the_o then_o emperor_n concern_v anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n satis_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicto_fw-la vestrae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la auxilio_fw-la &_o mei_fw-la favoris_fw-la assensu_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la tantae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la and_o custodire_fw-la debuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la nostro_fw-la beneficio_fw-la noscitur_fw-la consecutus_fw-la nullius_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la turbaret_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la vestrae_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o interventionis_fw-la habentes_fw-la intuitum_fw-la cum_fw-la secundum_fw-la suae_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la authores_fw-la ejus_fw-la initia_fw-la titubarent_fw-la benigniores_fw-la circa_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quam_fw-la justiores_fw-la esse_fw-la voluimus_fw-la quo_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la operante_fw-la diabolo_fw-it fuerunt_fw-la excitatae_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la remediis_fw-la leniremus_fw-la thus_o discourse_v the_o pope_n to_o the_o emperor_n conscious_a of_o all_o those_o proceed_n concern_v his_o establish_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n and_o by_o the_o suit_n make_v to_o the_o pope_n concern_v the_o settlement_n of_o flavianus_n in_o the_o patriarchy_n of_o antioch_n of_o which_o see_v theodoret_n hist_o eccles_n 5._o l._n 23._o c._n likewise_o concern_v the_o confirm_v of_o superior_a patriarch_n by_o the_o inferior_a that_o be_v true_a which_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o place_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o the_o manner_n be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n shall_v upon_o notice_n give_v of_o their_o due_a ordination_n and_o synodal_n letter_n contain_v a_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n mutual_o give_v assent_v one_o to_o another_o therefore_o cyprian_n antoniano_n ep._n 52._o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o legitimate_a election_n of_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o novatianus_n endeavour_v to_o supplant_v factus_fw-la est_fw-la cornelius_n episcopus_fw-la cum_fw-la fabiani_n locus_fw-la vacaret_fw-la quo_fw-la loco_fw-la occupato_fw-la de_fw-fr dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la atque_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrûm_fw-la consensione_n firmato_fw-la quisquis_fw-la jam_fw-la episcopus_fw-la romae_fw-la fieri_fw-la voluerit_fw-la foris_fw-la fiat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o that_o which_o dr._n field_n add_v there_o viz._n that_o the_o confirm_v of_o the_o great_a bishop_n of_o the_o world_n pertain_v not_o otherwise_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n than_o the_o right_n of_o confirm_v he_o pertain_v unto_o they_o can_v just_o be_v defend_v even_o from_o his_o own_o concession_n elsewhere_o 5._o l._n 34._o c._n p._n 528._o etc._n etc._n of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 24._o for_o no_o other_o bishop_n can_v be_v a_o lawful_a patriarch_n without_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o prime_a patriarch_n who_o withdraw_v his_o communion_n from_o any_o be_v withdraw_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o have_v always_o continue_v unite_v to_o this_o apostolic_a chair_n and_o yet_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v lawful_o such_o without_o the_o approbation_n of_o every_o other_o patriarch_n so_o long_o as_o his_o election_n be_v not_o disallow_v by_o the_o conjunct_a hierarchy_n or_o the_o whole_a representative_a of_o the_o church_n gather_v togegether_o in_o a_o council_n as_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n he_o may_v have_v a_o authority_n over_o other_o bishop_n or_o patriarch_n single_a which_o none_o of_o they_o single_o have_v over_o he_o and_o yet_o all_o of_o they_o conjoin_v may_v have_v the_o same_o authority_n over_o he_o as_o he_o have_v over_o any_o of_o they_o single_a one_o singulis_fw-la major_n may_v be_v minor_fw-la universis_fw-la of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 22._o n._n 2._o and_o in_o 2._o part._n §_o 20._o 2._o §_o 11._o n._n 2._o likewise_o appeals_n be_v permit_v from_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a to_o superior_a judge_n and_o court_n but_o not_o of_o all_o cause_n and_o person_n whatever_o to_o the_o supreme_a court_n lest_o so_o shall_v be_v no_o end_n of_o contention_n so_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n in_o their_o difference_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o bishop_n to_o their_o metropolitan_a and_o his_o council_n provincial_a or_o national_a who_o be_v final_o to_o determine_v such_o controversy_n and_o such_o person_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o they_o again_o bishop_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o metropolitan_a or_o from_o any_o inferior_a court_n to_o their_o patriarch_n and_o his_o council_n who_o final_a decision_n in_o ordinary_a contest_v they_o be_v to_o rest_v in_o and_o who_o from_o the_o remote_a of_o his_o province_n upon_o appeal_n may_v either_o bring_v the_o cause_n to_o be_v hear_v by_o himself_o if_o the_o moment_n of_o the_o business_n so_o require_v or_o send_v e_z latere_fw-la svo_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la to_o use_v the_o expression_n of_o the_o seven_o can_n of_o sardic_n conc._n or_o depute_v some_o other_o bishop_n of_o that_o or_o some_o other_o neighbour_a province_n to_o hear_v the_o matter_n where_o it_o be_v act_v or_o last_o command_v the_o appellant_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o former_a sentence_n give_v see_v for_o both_o these_o the_o appeal_v of_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o also_o of_o bishop_n conc._n chalced._n can_v 9_o compare_v

so_o few_o in_o the_o council_n sure_o can_v not_o weaken_v its_o act_n which_o receive_v force_v not_o from_o all_o for_o what_o act_v almost_o have_v such_o universal_a consent_n but_o from_o the_o much_o major_a part_n thereof_o but_o if_o these_o canon_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o those_o person_n be_v invalid_a so_o be_v also_o the_o anti_fw-la arrian_n creed_n of_o this_o council_n and_o their_o sentence_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o athanasius_n and_o indeed_o hence_o where_o there_o be_v any_o schism_n by_o some_o part_n no_o act_n of_o the_o church_n can_v thenceforward_a be_v valid_a for_o example_n what_o act_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_n can_v be_v valid_a at_o that_o time_n against_o the_o arian_n if_o these_o of_o sardica_n be_v not_o 3._o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o these_o canon_n reject_v at_o first_o by_o these_o schismatic_n be_v afterward_o for_o some_o time_n in_o the_o east_n omit_v by_o the_o catholic_n in_o their_o collection_n of_o the_o church_n canon_n yet_o it_o seem_v sufficient_a that_o the_o oriental_a church_n of_o latter_a time_n when_o the_o arian_n be_v crush_v acknowledge_v they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o west_n which_o we_o find_v do_v by_o the_o council_n constantinopolitan_n in_o trullo_n can._n 2._o obsignamus_fw-la reliquos_fw-la omnes_fw-la canon_n qui_fw-fr a_fw-fr sanctis_fw-la nostris_fw-la patribus_fw-la &c_n &c_n expositi_fw-la sunt_fw-la similiter_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eye_v qui_fw-la sardicae_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la 4._o for_o the_o equity_n of_o these_o canon_n if_o we_o consider_v any_o obligation_n which_o they_o lie_v upon_o these_o western_a part_n of_o the_o church_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v no_o great_a than_o the_o acknowledged-general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n lay_v on_o the_o east_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n can._n 9_o 5._o however_o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o such_o a_o council_n wherein_o the_o western_a bishop_n be_v concede_v to_o have_v unanimous_o agree_v be_v obligatory_a to_o the_o west_n and_o particular_o to_o africa_n from_o whence_o be_v present_a therein_o 35_o bishop_n consent_v thereto_o and_o no_o dislike_n thereof_o afterward_o profess_v by_o the_o african_a church_n of_o that_o present_a time_n nay_o gratus_n primate_n of_o carthage_n who_o be_v present_a in_o this_o council_n quote_v the_o authority_n thereof_o in_o 1._o conc._n carthag_n 5._o can._n mamini_fw-la in_o sanctissimo_fw-la concilio_n sardicensi_fw-la statutum_fw-la c_o but_o have_v its_o canon_n be_v disallow_v by_o the_o african_a church_n his_o quote_v they_o will_v have_v prejudice_v his_o matter_n therefore_o to_o β_n i_o say_v neither_o be_v these_o canon_n oppose_v by_o the_o african_a council_n which_o contest_v with_o zosimus_n about_o they_o above_o 60_o year_n after_o as_o know_v to_o they_o to_o be_v sardican_a canon_n but_o only_o because_o they_o be_v utter_o ignorant_a thereof_o for_o it_o be_v clear_a by_o s._n augustine_n word_n contra_fw-la crescon_n 3._o l._n 34_o c._n and_o ep._n 163._o ad_fw-la eleusium_fw-la that_o he_o who_o may_v be_v presume_v as_o know_v as_o any_o other_o of_o that_o synod_n know_v of_o no_o sardican_n decree_v at_o all_o save_v those_o make_v by_o the_o separate_a arian_n i_o know_v not_o where_o and_o call_v by_o they_o sardican_n canon_n of_o which_o he_o come_v to_o have_v notice_n only_o casual_o from_o the_o donatist_n and_o peruse_v the_o book_n they_o show_v he_o find_v they_o to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o arian_n because_o say_v he_o legi_fw-la athanasium_fw-la &_o julium_n illo_fw-la conc._n sardicensi_fw-la fuisse_fw-la improbatos_fw-la ep._n 163._o but_o it_o have_v be_v some_o advantage_n to_o his_o matter_n then_o in_o hand_n have_v he_o produce_v any_o true_a and_o orthodox_n council_n of_o sardica_n opposite_a to_o this_o who_o defend_v athanasius_n but_o of_o this_o he_o be_v silent_a neither_o will_v this_o altogether_o seem_v so_o strange_a when_o 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to_o be_v look_v on_o as_o a_o piece_n of_o passion_n and_o his_o own_o put_v these_o canon_n also_o among_o the_o rest_n in_o his_o nomocanon_n see_v balsam_n in_o nomocan_a photii_n be_v a_o sufficient_a self-condemnation_n thus_o much_o for_o vindicate_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o council_n of_o which_o thus_o mr._n thorndike_n epilog_n 3._o l._n 20._o c._n p._n 181._o this_o difference_n come_v afterward_o to_o be_v try_v by_o a_o general_n council_n at_o sardica_n etc._n etc._n for_o sure_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n be_v intend_v for_o a_o general_n council_n as_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n reckon_v it_o be_v summon_v by_o both_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o constance_n out_o of_o the_o whole_a empire_n be_v when_v the_o breach_n fall_v out_o and_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n withdraw_v themselves_o to_o phillopopolis_n the_o whole_a power_n in_o point_n of_o right_n aught_o i_o conceive_v to_o remain_v on_o that_o side_n which_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o 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sed_fw-la saepius_fw-la ac_fw-la saepius_fw-la primum_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la provincia_n etc._n etc._n secundo_fw-la romae_fw-la nobis_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la adversariis_fw-la eusebii_n ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la criminosas_fw-la literas_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la comparentibus_fw-la fuere_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la consensu_fw-la plures_fw-la quam_fw-la 50_o episcopi_fw-la the_o pope_n with_o 50_o of_o his_o western_a bishop_n hear_v his_o cause_n the_o epistle_n of_o julius_n to_o the_o oriental_a bishop_n assemble_v at_o antioch_n write_v before_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n and_o so_o before_o the_o seven_o canon_n thereof_o be_v compose_v and_o publish_v by_o athanasius_n in_o that_o his_o second_o apology_n wherein_o be_v such_o passage_n as_o these_o unto_o they_o quum_fw-la iidem_fw-la illi_fw-la those_o scent_n from_o the_o eastern_a bishosp_n authores_fw-la mihi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la vos_fw-la convocarem_fw-la certe_fw-la id_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la aegre_fw-la ferri_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la alacriter_fw-la ad_fw-la citationem_fw-la occurrere_fw-la curio_n igitur_fw-la &_o in_fw-la primis_fw-la de_fw-fr alexandrina_n civitate_fw-la nihil_fw-la nobis_fw-la scribere_fw-la voluistis_fw-la an_fw-mi ignari_fw-la estis_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la nobis_fw-la scribatur_fw-la ut_fw-la hinc_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la definiri_fw-la possit_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la si_fw-la istic_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la suspicio_fw-la in_o episcopum_fw-la concepta_fw-la fuerat_fw-la id_fw-la huc_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la referri_fw-la oportuit_fw-la quae_fw-la accepimus_fw-la a_o beato_n petro_n apostolo_n ea_fw-la vobis_fw-la significo_fw-la and_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o julius_n mention_n here_o a_o ignari_fw-la estis_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o before_o it_o oportuit_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la isto_fw-la modo_fw-la judicium_fw-la fieri_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v also_o find_v urge_v by_o innocentius_n among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n ep._n 91._o quod_fw-la illi_fw-la i._n e._n patres_fw-la non_fw-it humana_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la decrevere_fw-la sententia_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la disjunctis_fw-la remotisque_fw-la provinciis_fw-la ageretur_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la ducerent_fw-la finiendum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la huius_fw-la sedis_fw-la notitiam_fw-la perveniret_fw-la

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hold_v concern_v the_o word_n hypostasis_fw-la apply_v to_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o with_o who_o communicate_v in_o the_o east_n wherein_o thus_o he_o quoniam_fw-la vetusto_fw-la oriens_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la populorum_fw-la furore_fw-la collisus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la mihi_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n &_o rom._n 1.8_o sidem_fw-la apostolico_fw-la ore_fw-la laudatam_fw-la censui_fw-la consulendam_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la patrum_fw-la servatur_fw-la haereditas_fw-la ego_fw-la nullum_fw-la primum_fw-la nisi_fw-la christum_fw-la sequens_fw-la beatitudini_fw-la tuus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n

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have_v by_o a_o miscarriage_n receive_v as_o yet_o no_o letter_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n write_v thus_o unto_o he_o epist_n 8._o accepimus_fw-la lib●llum_fw-la eutychetis_n presbyteri_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la queritur_fw-la immerito_fw-la communione_fw-la privatum_fw-la maxim_n cum_fw-la libellum_fw-la appellationis_fw-la suae_fw-la se_fw-la ass●rat_fw-la obtulisse_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la fuisse_fw-la susceptum_fw-la quibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la intercedentibus_fw-la necdum_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la qua_fw-la justa_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la sed_fw-la respicientes_fw-la ad_fw-la causam_fw-la facti_fw-la tui_fw-la nosse_fw-la volumus_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la notitiam_fw-la cuncta_fw-la deferri_fw-la quoniam_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la possumus_fw-la incognitis_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la partis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la definire_fw-la priusquam_fw-la universa_fw-la quae_fw-la 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tanquam_fw-la nova_fw-la synodus_fw-la contra_fw-la veterem_fw-la primamque_fw-la convenit_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la secundum_fw-la tenorem_fw-la veteris_fw-la constituti_fw-la particeps_fw-la apostolica_fw-la executionis_fw-la effecta_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la satis_fw-la appareat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la sedemque_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la quia_fw-la alibi_fw-la jam_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n ubi_fw-la potuit_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la potuit_fw-la nihil_fw-la penitus_fw-la omisisse_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la fraternum_fw-la pertineret_fw-la pro_fw-la intemerata_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o sincera_fw-la communione_fw-la tractatum_fw-la in_o this_o epistle_n among_o other_o two_o thing_n must_v not_o be_v pass_v by_o unobserved_a 1._o one_o that_o he_o contend_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o call_v to_o a_o council_n bishop_n condemn_v by_o and_o profess_o oppose_a a_o former_a general_n council_n which_o be_v grant_v council_n may_v be_v right_o call_v general_n when_o they_o consist_v not_o of_o all_o but_o only_o of_o all_o catholic_n church_n 2._o the_o other_o that_o in_o the_o final_a sentence_n and_o determine_v of_o great_a person_n and_o cause_n in_o the_o eastern_a church_n the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n be_v employ_v only_o from_o he_o and_o as_o his_o delegate_n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o pelagius_n the_o second_o bishop_n of_o rome_n a.d._n 580._o universis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la illicita_fw-la vocatione_n johannis_n constantinopolitanis_n episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la constantinopolim_n convenerunt_fw-la wherein_o he_o vindicate_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v against_o john_n assemble_v a_o council_n there_o without_o his_o consent_n and_o leave_v and_o call_v himself_o universal_a bishop_n seek_v to_o exalt_v himself_o above_o rome_n probable_o from_o the_o supreme_a dignity_n and_o great_a flourish_a of_o that_o imperial_a city_n in_o those_o time_n in_o which_o time_n also_o the_o poor_a city_n of_o 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easter_n and_o with_o the_o african_a and_o some_o of_o the_o asian_a about_o rebaptisation_n thus_o in_o the_o main_a cause_n of_o difference_n with_o the_o eastern_a church_n the_o reform_a will_v grant_v rome_n to_o have_v continue_a orthodox_n and_o that_o have_v the_o other_o be_v bind_v effectual_o to_o have_v receive_v their_o law_n in_o these_o controversy_n from_o she_o they_o have_v be_v better_o guide_v or_o at_o least_o that_o for_o those_o 600_o year_n she_o happy_o moderate_v the_o great_a question_n of_o the_o church_n by_o her_o supereminent_a authority_n but_o if_o it_o be_v say_v again_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n now_o claim_v much_o more_o power_n than_o the_o instance_n above_o show_v they_o ancient_o to_o have_v use_v i_o desire_v to_o know_v first_o before_o this_o be_v examine_v whether_o we_o will_v grant_v they_o so_o much_o for_o whilst_o we_o complain_v that_o they_o now_o a-days_o claim_v more_o than_o be_v due_a to_o they_o be_v it_o not_o so_o that_o we_o deny_v they_o not_o the_o more_o but_o all_o and_o have_v they_o do_v well_o who_o have_v use_v the_o bishop_n so_o who_o have_v use_v king_n so_o upon_o pretence_n of_o their_o exercise_v a_o illegal_a power_n §_o 32_o and_o now_o by_o what_o have_v pass_v we_o may_v the_o better_a judge_n of_o the_o meaning_n notwithstanding_o whatever_o other_o gloss_n be_v make_v upon_o they_o of_o those_o place_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n father_n by_o the_o instance_n above_o judgement_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o many_o other_o controvert_v saying_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v quote_v before_o §_o 6._o to_o which_o i_o will_v here_o add_v that_o which_o follow_v in_o irenaeus_n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o who_o speak_v there_o how_o heretic_n may_v be_v easy_o confound_v by_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o tradition_n of_o apostolical_a doctrine_n ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la i._n e._n a_o duobus_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n romae_fw-la fundatam_fw-la propter_fw-mi potentiorem_fw-la principalitatem_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la omnem_fw-la convenire_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fideles_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fideles_fw-la conservata_fw-la est_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n est_fw-la traditio_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la i._n e._n in_o union_n &_o adhaesione_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la apostolical_a tradition_n be_v more_o certain_o preserve_v in_o all_o other_o church_n let_v therefore_o potentiorem_fw-la principalitatem_fw-la if_o so_o you_o can_v make_v any_o sense_n be_v refer_v as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o reform_a to_o the_o roman_a empire_n not_o church_n yet_o the_o certain_a conservation_n of_o tradition_n apostolical_a which_o be_v the_o father_n reason_n of_o other_o church_n repair_v and_o conform_v to_o this_o that_o can_v be_v apply_v but_o only_o to_o the_o church_n not_o as_o seat_v in_o the_o imperial_a city_n but_o as_o found_v by_o the_o two_o most_o glorious_a apostle_n peter_n and_o paul_n of_o which_o church_n tertullian_n the_o prescript_n haereticorum_fw-la also_o say_v ista_fw-la quam_fw-la faelix_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cvi_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la profuderunt_fw-la and_o after_o he_o thus_o cyprian_n in_o his_o ep._n 45._o to_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n not_o to_o urge_v any_o of_o those_o passage_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccl._n cath._n which_o perhaps_o seem_v capable_a of_o the_o exposition_n which_o the_o reform_a give_v they_o nos_fw-la singulis_fw-la navigantibus_fw-la i.e._n from_o africa_n into_o italy_n rationem_fw-la reddentes_fw-la scimus_fw-la nos_fw-la hortato_n eos_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la radicem_fw-la &_o matricem_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la agnoscerent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la and_o afterward_o ne_o in_o urbe_fw-la in_o rome_n schisma_fw-la factum_fw-la animos_fw-la absentium_fw-la i.e._n of_o those_o in_o africa_n incerta_fw-la opinion_n confunderet_fw-la which_o party_n they_o shall_v adhere_v to_o placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la episcopos_fw-la istic_fw-la positos_fw-la african_a bishop_n reside_v at_o rome_n literae_fw-la fierent_fw-la to_o the_o african_a province_n ut_fw-la te_fw-mi universi_fw-la collegae_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o communicationem_fw-la tuam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la charitatem_fw-la probarent_fw-la firmiter_fw-la ac_fw-la tenerent_fw-la and_o epist_n 52._o antoniano_n fratti_fw-la a_o bishop_n not_o communicate_v with_o novatianus_n scripsisti_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la exemplum_fw-la earundum_fw-la literarum_fw-la ad_fw-la cornelium_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n collegam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la transmitterem_fw-la ut_fw-la depositum_fw-la omni_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la jam_fw-la sciret_fw-la te_fw-la secum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la communicare_fw-la the_o like_a expression_n to_o which_o we_o find_v in_o ambrose_n orat._n in_o satyr_n where_o he_o say_v of_o his_o brother_n satyrus_n about_o to_o receive_v the_o communion_n that_o percunctatus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopum_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la catholicis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conveniret_fw-la and_o thus_o cyprian_a again_o in_o his_o epist._n 55._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n de_fw-fr fortunato_n &_o faelicissimo_fw-la haereticis_fw-la who_o condemn_v in_o africa_n appeal_v to_o rome_n post_fw-la ista_fw-la adhuc_fw-la insuper_fw-la navigare_fw-la audent_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petri_n cathedram_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la principalem_fw-la unde_fw-la unitas_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la exorta_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr schismaticis_fw-la fortunato_n etc._n etc._n literas_fw-la far_o nec_fw-la cogitare_fw-la eos_fw-la i._n e._n tale_n esse_fw-la romanos_fw-la quorum_fw-la fides_fw-la apostolo_n praedicante_fw-la laudata_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la persidia_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la accessum_fw-la add_v to_o these_o in_o the_o 46th_o epistle_n the_o confession_n of_o those_o who_o return_v to_o cornelius_n from_o the_o schism_n of_o novatianus_n make_v in_o this_o form_n nos_fw-la cornelium_n episcopum_fw-la sanctissimae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la electum_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la scimus_fw-la

etc._n etc._n conclude_v nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la vnum_fw-la i._n e._n i_o suppose_v unum_fw-la supereminent_a in_o power_n to_o the_o rest_n the_o better_a to_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n §_o 33_o last_o the_o passage_n of_o those_o ancient_n who_o be_v in_o some_o difference_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o upbraid_v he_o for_o challenge_v such_o power_n seem_v to_o i_o good_a argument_n that_o such_o power_n and_o authority_n over_o other_o church_n and_o bishop_n be_v then_o so_o early_o assume_v by_o he_o so_o tertullian_n the_o pudicitia_n c._n 21._o live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o age_n when_o now_o a_o montanist_n and_o rigid_o oppose_v the_o absolution_n and_o restitution_n to_o the_o church_n of_o lapse_v christian_n though_o penitent_n which_o thing_n be_v practise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n mention_n there_o in_o irony_n his_o title_n of_o pontifex_n maximus_n and_o episcopus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o thus_o expostulate_v with_o he_o vnde_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n of_o absolve_v such_o sinner_n usurpa_v si_fw-mi quia_fw-la dixerit_fw-la petro_n dominus_fw-la super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tibi_fw-la dedi_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la vel_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la alligaveris_fw-la etc._n etc._n qualis_fw-la es_fw-la evertens_fw-mi atque_fw-la commutans_fw-la manifestam_fw-la domini_fw-la intentionem_fw-la personaliter_fw-la hoc_fw-la petro_n conferentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o note_n that_o tertullian_n here_o in_o the_o protestant_n judgement_n err_v absolution_n of_o sinner_n penitent_a being_n not_o personal_a to_o peter_n or_o the_o apostle_n but_o common_a not_o only_o to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n but_o all_o the_o successive_a clergy_n for_o ever_o so_o firmilianus_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n cappadociae_fw-la in_o his_o epistle_n to_o st._n cyprian_n the_o 75th_o among_o cyprian_n when_o very_o passionate_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o rebaptise_v those_o former_o baptise_a only_a by_o heretic_n and_o as_o it_o seem_v by_o eus_n ec._n h._n l._n 7._o c._n 4._o either_o punish_v or_o threaten_v with_o excommunication_n by_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o it_o and_o also_o be_v his_o opposite_a in_o the_o controversy_n about_o easter_n thus_o inveigh_v against_o he_o ego_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la just_a indignor_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopatus_fw-la svi_fw-la loco_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la &_o se_fw-la successionem_fw-la petri_n tenere_fw-la contendit_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la collocata_fw-la sunt_fw-la multas_fw-la alius_fw-la petras_n inducat_fw-la &_o ecclesiarum_fw-la multarum_fw-la nova_fw-la aedificia_fw-la constituat_fw-la dum_fw-la esse_fw-la illic_fw-la i.e._n heretical_a church_n baptisma_fw-la sva_fw-la authoritate_fw-la defendit_fw-la stephanus_n qui_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n habere_fw-la se_fw-la praedicat_fw-la nullo_n adversus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la zelo_fw-la exeitatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n i.e._n in_o disallow_v and_o null_v their_o baptism_n eos_n autem_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la observare_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la ab_fw-la origine_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o frustra_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la praetendere_fw-la scire_fw-la quis_fw-la etiam_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o blame_v their_o keep_n of_o easter_n different_o from_o other_o in_o the_o asian_a church_n qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la qui_fw-la praedicat_fw-la qui_fw-la praetendit_fw-la therefore_o such_o title_n and_o such_o gloriation_n there_o be_v and_o such_o authority_n challenge_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n which_o he_o call_v in_o that_o epistle_n ruptio_fw-la pacis_fw-la long_o before_o the_o nicen_n council_n and_o the_o judgement_n and_o the_o pretend_a apostolical_a tradition_n of_o these_o bishop_n though_o by_o these_o mistake_a man_n censure_v and_o oppose_v yet_o by_o the_o orthodox_n follow_v and_o embrace_v §_o 34_o as_o for_o the_o two_o place_n urge_v out_o of_o s._n cyprian_n against_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o any_o such_o power_n or_o superiority_n of_o one_o bishop_n over_o another_o and_o consequent_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o one_o out_o of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o his_o work_n wherein_o be_v precedent_n he_o say_v neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la a_o jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la diversum_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terrrore_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la adigit_fw-la quando_fw-la habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pro_fw-la licentia_fw-la libertatis_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la proprium_fw-la tamque_fw-la judicari_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la sed_fw-la expectemus_fw-la universi_fw-la judicium_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la de_fw-la actu_fw-la nostro_fw-la judicandi_fw-la and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o close_a of_o he_o and_o the_o council_n epistle_n to_o stephen_n epistle_n 72._o where_o he_o say_v haec_fw-la ad_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la i.e._n stephano_n pertulimus_fw-la credentes_fw-la etiam_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la religionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la veritate_fw-la placere_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o religiosa_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeterum_fw-la scimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quod_fw-la semel_fw-la imbiberint_fw-la nolle_fw-la disponere_fw-la nec_fw-la proposstum_fw-la s●um_fw-la facile_fw-la mutare_fw-la sed_fw-la salvo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la propria_fw-la retinere_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la iberum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la or_o bishop_n rationem_fw-la actus_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o place_n the_o father_n speak_v of_o all_o bishop_n have_v their_o free_a vote_n in_o the_o council_n none_o lord_v it_o over_o the_o rest_n nor_o they_o to_o give_v account_n of_o such_o vote_n save_v to_o god_n alone_o this_o seem_v clear_a from_o the_o word_n immediate_o precede_v superest_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la proferamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o word_n they_o be_v please_v not_o to_o mention_v with_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o second_o he_o only_o say_v of_o himself_o and_o the_o council_n that_o they_o do_v not_o vim_o facere_fw-la nor_o legem_fw-la dare_v cviquam_fw-la collegarum_fw-la by_o which_o colleague_n he_o mean_v not_o stephen_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o any_o foreign_a but_o only_o some_o african_a bishop_n who_o have_v no_o such_o former_a custom_n of_o rebaptise_v any_o dissent_v from_o that_o council_n judgement_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v both_o from_o the_o word_n precede_v here_o credimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la placere_fw-la and_o from_o the_o former_a epistle_n 71._o to_o quintus_n where_o he_o say_v nescio_fw-la qua_fw-la praesumptione_n ducuntur_fw-la quidam_fw-la de_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ut_fw-la putent_fw-la eos_fw-la 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nos_fw-la homines_fw-la sensum_fw-la habemus_fw-la ideo_fw-la quod_fw-la alibi_fw-la rectius_fw-la servatur_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la recte_fw-la custodiamus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sequimur_fw-la apostolum_n petrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o neither_o be_v cyprian_n authority_n whatever_o he_o do_v in_o this_o matter_n nor_o any_o decree_n of_o a_o african_a council_n as_o dr._n hammond_n schism_n 6._o c._n p._n 128._o urge_v a_o canon_n of_o a_o african_a council_n in_o anastasius_n his_o time_n a.d._n 401._o the_o 71._o in_o balsamon_n the_o 35._o in_o crab_n and_o binnius_n which_o import_v thus_o much_o that_o law_n make_v at_o rome_n do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o liberty_n of_o another_o national_a church_n to_o make_v contrary_a law_n thereunto_o a_o sufficient_a argument_n clear_o to_o decide_v this_o point_n namely_o that_o the_o african_a church_n be_v subject_n to_o this_o patriarch_n may_v promulgate_v a_o doctrine_n contrary_n to_o his_o judgement_n for_o there_o be_v no_o more_o 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consuetudine_fw-la perscribendum_fw-la sed_fw-la ratione_fw-la vincendum_fw-la whereas_o in_o this_o contest_v it_o have_v be_v a_o happy_a thing_n for_o the_o church_n and_o have_v save_v st._n austin_n many_o sheet_n against_o the_o donatist_n have_v he_o and_o his_o council_n acquiesce_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o their_o patriarch_n thus_o much_o to_o those_o place_n object_v out_o of_o cyprian_a §_o 35_o as_o for_o that_o pretend_a canon_n of_o the_o african_a council_n i_o find_v the_o passage_n in_o binnius_n with_o who_o the_o dr._n say_v balsamon_n agree_v in_o set_v down_o this_o canon_n but_o indeed_o there_o be_v some_o difference_n and_o balsamon_n translation_n hardly_o intelligible_a otherwise_o then_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o reply_n to_o schism_n disarm_v p._n 209._o relate_v they_o the_o business_n there_o consult_v upon_o be_v about_o the_o readmission_n of_o the_o recant_v donatist_n not_o only_o to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n but_o also_o to_o the_o former_a dignity_n which_o such_o have_v hold_v in_o the_o church_n concern_v this_o a_o council_n have_v be_v hold_v already_o in_o italy_n by_o anastasius_n and_o his_o bishop_n wherein_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o such_o donatist_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o their_o former_a honour_n and_o place_n and_o a_o letter_n be_v to_o this_o purpose_n send_v to_o the_o african_n by_o anastasius_n concern_v which_o letter_n first_o this_o council_n say_v recitatis_fw-la epistolis_fw-la beatissimi_fw-la fratris_fw-la &_o consacerdoti_fw-la nostri_fw-la anastasii_n quibus_fw-la nos_fw-la paternae_fw-la &_o fraternae_fw-la charitatis_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la &_o sinceritate_fw-la adhortatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la &c_n &c_n gratias_fw-la agimus_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la optimo_fw-la ac_fw-la san●●o_fw-la ant●stiti_fw-la svo_fw-la tam_fw-la piam_fw-la curam_fw-la pro_fw-la membris_fw-la christi_fw-la q●amvis_fw-la in_fw-la diu●rsitate_fw-la terrarum_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o una_fw-la compage_fw-la corporis_fw-la con_v tuta_n inspirare_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la then_o in_o can._n 33._o they_o say_v onsideratis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n eligim●s_fw-la cum_fw-la memoratis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la the_o donatist_n leniter_fw-la &_o pacifice_fw-la agere_fw-la upon_o this_o reason_n that_o so_o they_o may_v reduce_v together_o with_o they_o many_o other_o seduce_v by_o they_o last_o in_o c._n 35._o which_o be_v the_o canon_n urge_v they_o say_v itaque_fw-la placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la literae_fw-la mittantur_fw-la ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la &_o co●p_fw-fr scopos_fw-fr nostros_fw-la i._n e._n those_o of_o the_o council_n which_o anastasius_n have_v hold_v in_o italy_n &_o maxim_n ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la apostol●cam_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la praesidet_fw-la memoratus_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la frater_fw-la &_o collega_n noster_fw-la anastasius_n quo_fw-la noverit_fw-la habere_fw-la aphricam_fw-la magnam_fw-la nec_fw-la ssitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la donatistis_fw-la quicunque_fw-la transire_fw-la voluerint_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_fw-la suis_fw-la honoribus_fw-la suscipiantur_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la paci_fw-la christianae_n prod●sse_fw-la visum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la i._n e._n as_o they_o explain_v themselves_o afterward_o in_o the_o same_o canon_n that_o such_o clerk_n of_o the_o donatist_n shall_v be_v admit_v to_o their_o former_a dignity_n upon_o who_o reconcilement_n depend_v the_o gain_n and_o reduction_n of_o a_o multitude_n also_o of_o other_o soul_n who_o be_v their_o follower_n this_o than_o they_o be_v to_o write_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o italian_a council_n that_o such_o donatist-leader_n may_v be_v readmit_v not_o only_o into_o the_o church_n bosom_n but_o to_o their_o former_a place_n they_o go_v on_o non_fw-la ut_fw-la concilium_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la partibus_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la refactum_fw-la est_fw-la who_o have_v decree_v the_o contrary_a dissolvatur_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la maneat_fw-la the_o council_n stand_v good_a cirea_v eos_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la transire_fw-la ad_fw-la catholicam_fw-la volunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la unitatis_fw-la compensatio_fw-la procuretur_fw-la i._n e._n who_o do_v not_o procure_v the_o unite_n of_o many_o other_o per_fw-la quos_fw-la autem_fw-la adjuvari_fw-la manifestis_fw-la fraternarum_fw-la animarum_fw-la of_o those_o under_o the_o donatist_n clergy_n spiritual_a conduct_n lucris_fw-la catholica_fw-la unitas_fw-la

visa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la non_fw-la eye_n obsit_fw-la quod_fw-la contra_fw-la honores_fw-la eorum_fw-la in_o transmarino_fw-it concilio_n statutum_fw-la est_fw-la then_o contract_v what_o be_v former_o say_v they_o conclude_v thus_o id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ordinati_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la donati_n si_fw-la ad_fw-la catholicam_fw-la correcti_fw-la transire_fw-la voluerint_fw-la non_fw-la suscipiantur_fw-la in_o honoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la secundum_fw-la transmarinum_fw-la concilium_fw-la exceptis_fw-la his_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la catholicae_fw-la unitati_fw-la consuletur_fw-la now_o some_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o their_o writing_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o former_a council_n ne_fw-la obsit_fw-la for_o some_o and_o maneat_fw-la for_o the_o rest_n and_o their_o decree_a against_o the_o pope_n and_o that_o council_n ne_fw-la obfuerit_fw-la for_o any_o now_o this_o close_a be_v thus_o english_v by_o the_o doctor_n our_o of_o balsamon_n that_o they_o that_o have_v be_v ordain_v on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o donatist_n shall_v not_o be_v proceed_v with_o according_a to_o the_o transmarine_a synod_n but_o shall_v the_o rather_o be_v receive_v as_o those_o that_o take_v care_n for_o the_o catholic_n unity_n how_o well_o i_o leave_v to_o your_o judgement_n §_o 36_o satisfactory_a the_o protestant_n ordinary_n reply_v to_o these_o to_o i_o seem_v not_o satisfactory_a now_o to_o these_o several_a instance_n which_o i_o have_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o primitive_a time_n the_o answer_n which_o be_v usual_o make_v by_o some_o for_o you_o must_v expect_v that_o nothing_o be_v say_v by_o any_o side_n which_o be_v not_o reply_v to_o by_o the_o other_o be_v such_o as_o these_o that_o such_o place_n as_o speak_v of_o the_o primacy_n and_o principality_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n speak_v only_o of_o that_o of_o order_n and_o dignity_n not_o of_o power_n or_o authority_n apostolicae_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la principatus_fw-la i._n e._n say_v they_o quoad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la non_fw-la quoad_fw-la potestatem_fw-la rector_n domus_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicoe_n or_o universalis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la i.e._n say_v they_o vnus_fw-la erectoribus_fw-la domus_fw-la dei_fw-la unus_fw-la ex_fw-la episcopis_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o such_o place_n as_o mention_n appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o make_v to_o he_o non_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la judicem_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la fidei_fw-la fautorem_fw-la ut_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la fidei_fw-la professores_fw-la in_o communionem_fw-la svam_fw-la admitteret_fw-la non_fw-la ob_fw-la aliquam_fw-la jurisdicendi_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la sed_fw-la ob_fw-la amicam_fw-la communionis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la societatem_fw-la that_o the_o like_a address_n be_v make_v to_o other_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n for_o their_o communion_n and_o assistance_n as_o to_o he_o and_o that_o his_o letter_n be_v request_v and_o in_o behalf_n of_o sufferer_n 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place_n which_o speak_v of_o his_o judge_a cause_n and_o inflict_v such_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n &c_n &c_n speak_v not_o of_o he_o single_o but_o as_o join_v with_o his_o western_a bishop_n they_o meaning_n by_o this_o not_o some_o of_o his_o western_a bishop_n only_o who_o assistance_n the_o roman_a bishop_n ordinary_o use_v in_o all_o his_o judgement_n but_o his_o whole_a patriarchal_a council_n that_o those_o place_n which_o do_v argue_v joining-with_a the_o roman_a to_o be_v join_v with_o the_o catholic_n communion_n see_v before_o §_o 23._o n._n 2._o and_o n._n 3._o and_o §_o 32._o as_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o if_o god_n have_v appoint_v any_o person_n or_o council_n as_o a_o supreme_a guide_n who_o the_o rest_n ought_v to_o obey_v such_o member_n as_o do_v not_o obey_v can_v be_v catholic_n be_v speak_v only_o with_o respect_n to_o such_o a_o roman_a bishop_n at_o such_o a_o time_n who_o in_o their_o opinion_n hold_v the_o true_a profession_n and_o not_o that_o all_o the_o roman_a bishop_n at_o any_o time_n have_v or_o shall_v hold_v it_o those_o who_o make_v these_o expression_n account_v the_o roman_a bishop_n orthodox_n and_o catholic_a because_o he_o then_o be_v of_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o they_o approve_v not_o the_o faith_n orthodox_n and_o catholic_a because_o it_o be_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n or_o which_o he_o approve_v so_o spalatensis_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o place_n produce_v out_o of_o s._n hierom._n in_o 23._o §_o say_v 4._o l._n 10._o c._n 23._o n._n quod_fw-la hieronymus_n damaso_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la petri_n cathedrae_fw-la consociari_fw-la velit_fw-la significat_fw-la privilegium_fw-la illius_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la hieronymi_n tempore_fw-la vigens_fw-la circa_fw-la fidei_fw-la puritatem_fw-la and_o 88_o n._n quasi_fw-la dicat_fw-la quia_fw-la nunc_fw-la not_o perpetuo_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la video_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la romae_fw-la maxim_n puram_fw-la conservari_fw-la ideo_fw-la in_o his_o dissensionibus_fw-la volo_fw-la tibi_fw-la adhaerere_fw-la which_o answer_v circular_o make_v he_o to_o judge_v first_o in_o what_o church_n the_o true_a doctrine_n be_v who_o be_v to_o seek_v what_o church_n to_o adhere_v to_o to_o be_v guide_v by_o it_o to_o

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this_o power_n i_o add_v and_o the_o particular_a see_v to_o who_o it_o shall_v belong_v and_o subjection_n define_v and_o assert_v by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n and_o most_o ancient_a even_a immemorial_n apostolical_a tradition_n and_o custom_n be_v avouch_v for_o it_o i_o add_v especial_o for_o the_o eminency_n of_o the_o roman_a see_n as_o may_v appear_v conc._n nicaen_fw-la can._n 4_o 6._o conc._n antioch_n c._n 9_o c._n 20._o conc._n chalc._n c._n 19_o etc._n etc._n after_o all_o which_o p._n 66._o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n the_o title_n of_o which_o be_v of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o schism_n he_o conclude_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o disobedience_n and_o irregularity_n and_o so_o a_o schism_n even_o in_o the_o bishop_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o metropolitan_o and_o of_o the_o authority_n which_o these_o have_v by_o canon_n and_o primitive_a custom_n over_o they_o which_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o several_a species_n of_o schism_n set_v down_o in_o 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in_o his_o first_o reply_n upon_o rivet_n ad_fw-la art_n 7._o cur_n qui_fw-la opinionibus_fw-la dissident_n inter_fw-la catholicos_fw-la maneant_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la corpore_fw-la non_fw-la rupta_fw-la communione_fw-la contra_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la protestant_n dissident_n idem_fw-la facere_fw-la nequeant_fw-la vicunque_fw-la multa_fw-la de_fw-la dilectione_n fraterna_fw-la loquantur_fw-la hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la recte_fw-la expender_n it_z inveniet_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la vis_fw-la primatus_fw-la which_o primacy_n st._n hierom_n observe_v even_o among_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o adversus_fw-la jovinianum_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 14._o super_fw-la petrum_fw-la fundatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la licet_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la loco_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolos_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o cuncti_fw-la clave_n regnorum_fw-la coeli_fw-la accipiant_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fortitudo_fw-la solidetur_fw-la tamen_fw-la propterea_fw-la inter_fw-la duodecim_fw-la unus_fw-la eligitur_fw-la ut_fw-la capite_fw-la constituto_fw-la schismatum_fw-la tollatur_fw-la occasio_fw-la capite_fw-la that_o be_v not_o only_o in_o dignity_n but_o also_o in_o some_o authority_n else_o can_v such_o head_n not_o remedy_n schism_n patriarch_n therefore_o as_o well_o as_o metropolitan_o much_o conduce_v to_o the_o remove_n of_o schism_n and_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n i_o suppose_v whatever_o the_o prince_n or_o emperor_n shall_v attempt_v against_o such_o metropolitan_a or_o patriarch_n either_o to_o oppose_v he_o in_o the_o manage_n of_o those_o spiritual_a matter_n and_o to_o deny_v he_o to_o exercise_v either_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o minister_n his_o jurisdiction_n in_o any_o province_n which_o be_v by_o church_n canon_n subject_v unto_o he_o or_o to_o depose_v he_o from_o his_o see_n or_o to_o transfer_v his_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n on_o some_o other_o who_o he_o more_o approve_v of_o as_o if_o valentinian_n much_o affect_v to_o the_o arrian_n shall_v have_v transfer_v st._n ambrose_n his_o archiepiscopal_a jurisdiction_n upon_o auxentius_n a_o arrian_n bishop_n who_o he_o much_o affect_v as_o his_o mother_n justina_n i_o think_v actual_o do_v want_v only_a possession_n of_o the_o church_n which_o ambrose_n assist_v also_o by_o the_o people_n stout_o resist_v yet_o still_o according_a to_o dr._n hammond_n judgement_n as_o long_o as_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n remain_v the_o same_o it_o will_v be_v schism_n in_o any_o to_o disobey_v such_o metropolitan_a or_o to_o side_n with_o the_o prince_n and_o schism_n in_o the_o prince_n himself_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o rest_n again_o s._n w._n reply_v thus_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o he_o schis_fw-la p._n 125._o the_o canon_n of_o council_n have_v most_o be_v set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n that_o never_o be_v it_o hear_v that_o a_o emperor_n claim_v a_o negative_a voice_n in_o make_v a_o canon_n of_o a_o council_n valid_a which_o concern_v matter_n pure_o spiritual_a nay_o not_o disaccept_v they_o decree_v unanimous_o by_o the_o father_n but_o all_o the_o world_n look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o unjust_a and_o tyrannical_a encroacher_n to_o this_o dr._n hammond_n ans_fw-fr to_o schism_n disarm_v p._n 203._o speak_v thus_o for_o the_o appendage_n etc._n etc._n i_o need_v not_o reply_v have_v never_o pretend_v or_o seem_v to_o pretend_v what_o he_o charge_v on_o i_o concern_v the_o emperor_n negative_a voice_n in_o the_o council_n what_o i_o pretend_v i_o speak_v out_o in_o plain_a word_n thou_o the_o canon_n have_v be_v most_o set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n and_o this_o receive_n their_o authority_n be_v i_o suppose_v in_o order_n to_o their_o powerful_a reception_n in_o their_o dominion_n and_o this_o he_o acknowledge_v and_o so_o we_o be_v friend_n thus_o dr._n hammond_n now_o all_o that_o which_o s._n w._n there_o acknowledge_v 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nation_n who_o have_v make_v resistance_n to_o their_o patriareh_n in_o some_o injunction_n conceive_v by_o they_o not_o canonical_a yet_o continue_v still_o their_o obedience_n in_o the_o rest_n consider_v the_o late_o contest_v of_o the_o state_n of_o venice_n and_o the_o present_a opposal_n both_o of_o france_n and_o spain_n in_o some_o matter_n see_v vind._n 7._o c._n how_o can_v the_o bishop_n then_o reasonable_o make_v use_n of_o those_o example_n wherein_o vindic._n 7._o c._n he_o have_v copious_o show_v other_o prince_n cast_v off_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n and_o oppression_n to_o have_v retain_v still_o submission_n to_o his_o supremacy_n to_o prove_v or_o countenance_n that_o hen._n 8._o might_n lawful_o cast_v off_o both_o those_o and_o also_o his_o supremacy_n especial_o since_o it_o can_v be_v show_v but_o that_o it_o be_v absolute_o in_o his_o power_n who_o have_v the_o sword_n to_o cast_v off_o only_o so_o much_o as_o he_o please_v and_o retain_v the_o rest_n unless_o 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to_o determine_v now_o to_o see_v what_o may_v be_v deduce_v from_o they_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o no_o small_a moment_n i_o will_v transcribe_v you_o these_o three_o canon_n conc._n chalc._o can_v 12._o pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la quod_fw-la quidam_fw-la praeter_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la ordines_fw-la affectantes_fw-la potentiam_fw-la per_fw-la pragmaticam_fw-la sacram_fw-la i._n e._n by_o a_o imperial_a constitution_n unam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la in_o dvas_fw-la dividant_a ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la inveniantur_fw-la duo_fw-la metropolitani_n episcopi_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la una_fw-la esse_fw-la provincia_n statuit_fw-la ergo_fw-la sancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nihil_fw-la tale_n attentari_fw-la a_o quolibet_fw-la episeopo_fw-la eos_n vero_fw-la qui_fw-la tale_n aliquid_fw-la attentaverint_fw-la de_fw-la proprio_fw-la gradu_fw-la cadere_fw-la si_fw-mi quae_fw-la vero_fw-la antea_fw-la civitates_fw-la per_fw-la pragmaticum_fw-la alias_o literis_fw-la 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posterum_fw-la civilibus_fw-la &_o publicis_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la parochianarum_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la in_o another_o copy_n si_fw-la qua_fw-la vero_fw-la civitas_fw-la potestate_fw-la imperiali_fw-la novata_fw-la est_fw-la i._n e._n noviter_fw-la constructa_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la protinus_fw-la innovetur_fw-la civiles_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la &_o publicas_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la quoque_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la ordines_fw-la subsequantur_fw-la conc._n constant_a in_o trullo_n can_v 38._o canonem_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o patribus_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la refer_v to_o this_o canon_n conc._n chalc._n nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la observamus_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la edicit_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la civitas_fw-la a_o regius_fw-la potestate_fw-la innovata_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la innovabitur_fw-la civilem_fw-la ac_fw-la publicam_fw-la formam_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la quoque_fw-la rerum_fw-la ordo_fw-la consequatur_fw-la in_o the_o first_o 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531._o he_o assent_v to_o the_o say_n of_o gelasius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o no_o other_o particular_a church_n or_o see_v may_v judge_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n see_v every_o other_o see_v be_v inferior_a to_o it_o thus_o he._n who_o concession_n if_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o they_o be_v too_o free_a and_o too_o indulgent_a to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o that_o the_o testimony_n of_o this_o single_a person_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v so_o much_o press_v as_o i_o have_v and_o shall_v press_v they_o in_o this_o discourse_n i_o first_o advertise_v you_o that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o seem_v force_v from_o he_o mostwhat_a in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o authority_n out_o of_o the_o primitive_a time_n collect_v by_o bellarmin_n and_o then_o i_o desire_v that_o any_o peruse_v the_o same_o authority_n will_v try_v if_o himself_o can_v shape_v any_o less-yeilding_a answer_n that_o may_v be_v satisfactory_a except_o this_o the_o utter_a 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generali_fw-la canon_n expressus_fw-la ponitur_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la &_o metropolitanorum_n sub_fw-la he_o verbis_fw-la haec_fw-la sancta_fw-la &_o magna_fw-la synodus_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o seniori_fw-la &_o nova_fw-la roma_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la alexandria_n &c_n &c_n priscam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la decernit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la conservari_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la praesules_fw-la the_o patriarch_n universorum_fw-la metropolitanorum_n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la promoventur_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la pallii_fw-la dationem_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la accipiant_fw-la habeant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la convocandum_fw-la eos_fw-la urgente_fw-la necessitate_v ad_fw-la synodalem_fw-la conventum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendum_fw-la illos_fw-la &_o corrigendum_fw-la cum_fw-la fama_fw-la eos_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la delictis_fw-la forsan_fw-la accusavenit_fw-la so_o 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 5._o n._n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n he_o say_v jam_fw-la introductam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ut_fw-la causae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la terminari_fw-la vix_fw-la possent_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la constantinopolitanam_fw-la deferrentur_fw-la concilium_fw-la hoc_fw-la chalcedonense_fw-la bis_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la and_o 9_o c._n 1._o n._n of_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n thus_o quia_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la ut_fw-la disserui_fw-la 3._o l._n 10._o c._n alia_fw-la privilegia_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la superant_fw-la metropolitanos_fw-la habebit_fw-la etiam_fw-la romanus_n pontifex_fw-la omne_fw-la patriarchalia_n privilegia_fw-la palli●m_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectis_fw-la metropolitanis_n illud_fw-la petentibus_fw-la concedere_fw-la &c_n &c_n eosdem_fw-la a_o lege_fw-la divina_fw-la vel_fw-la sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la deviantes_fw-la corripere_fw-la &_o in_o officio_fw-la continere_fw-la controversias_fw-la inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la exortas_fw-la componere_fw-la causasque_fw-la eorundem_fw-la interdum_fw-la i._n e._n in_o causis_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la audire_fw-la &_o decidere_fw-la totius_fw-la patriarchatus_fw-la concilia_fw-la convocare_fw-la romanum_fw-la tamen_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la peculiari_fw-la quadam_fw-la ratione_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la patriarchas_fw-la excellere_fw-la jam_fw-la ostendo_fw-la he_o go_v on_o there_o 14._o n._n exit_fw-la loco_fw-la svi_fw-la primi_fw-la patriarchatus_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la primus_fw-la habebatur_fw-la &_o praecipuus_fw-la observator_fw-la custos_fw-la ac_fw-la vindex_fw-la quos_fw-la si_fw-la alicubi_fw-la violari_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la acer_fw-la monitor_fw-la insurgebat_fw-la he_o seem_v loath_a to_o say_v judex_fw-la though_o he_o have_v say_v it_o before_o 15._o n._n secundum_fw-la privilegium_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quicunque_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la provinciae_fw-la &_o regionis_fw-la not_o only_o of_o his_o patriarchy_n qui_fw-fr se_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la propriae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la gravari_fw-la sentirent_fw-la in_fw-la judiciis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la sacram_fw-la anchoram_fw-la confugerent_fw-la apud_fw-la ipsum_fw-la innocentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la probaturi_fw-la he_o seem_v loath_a to_o say_v that_o they_o repair_v to_o he_o to_o have_v their_o cause_n hear_v and_o judge_v by_o he_o and_o to_o have_v restitution_n to_o their_o place_n from_o he_o though_o nothing_o be_v more_o clear_a than_o this_o in_o athanasius_n his_o and_o many_o other_o case_n instanced-in_a below_o but_o present_o he_o confess_v romani_fw-la pontifices_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la eos_fw-la sedibus_fw-la suis_fw-la restituebant_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la objectis_fw-la criminibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la supremi_fw-la judices_fw-la absolvebant_fw-la and_o this_o so_o ancient_o as_o cyprian_n time_n and_o before_o the_o first_o general_n council_n of_o nice_a 16._o n._n romanus_n pontifex_fw-la propter_fw-la summam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la existimationem_fw-la commune_v quasi_fw-la vinculum_fw-la &_o nodus_fw-la erat_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communionis_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communionis_fw-la dux_fw-la &_o arbyter_n ut_fw-la cvi_fw-la ipse_fw-la svam_fw-la communionem_fw-la vel_fw-la daret_fw-la vel_fw-la adimeret_fw-la caeterae_fw-la quoque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la ordinary_a darent_fw-la pariter_fw-la vel_fw-la adimerent_fw-la so_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v 8._o c._n 2._o n._n communio_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la maximi_fw-la semper_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la totius_fw-la imperii_fw-la romani_fw-la universali_fw-la propter_fw-la summam_fw-la 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pontifice_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v below_o 21._o §_o and_o how_o else_o will_v he_o void_a the_o heretical_a act_n of_o the_o 2d_o ephesine_fw-la council_n last_o 12._o c._n 5._o n._n thus_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o legate_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n medio_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o which_o time_n he_o reckon_v leo_n magnus_n to_o be_v and_o might-tru_o have_v go_v high_a have_v he_o please_v but_o leo_n be_v before_o the_o four_o general_n council_n romani_n pontifices_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la aut_fw-la extraordinarios_fw-la legatos_fw-la a_o latere_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o alienas_fw-la provincias_fw-la mittere_fw-la aut_fw-la ordinarios_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la habere_fw-la alicui_fw-la ex_fw-la illius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la episcopis_fw-la svas_fw-la vice_n committentes_fw-la &_o utrosque_fw-la cum_fw-la potestate_fw-la jndiciaria_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sine_fw-la jurisdictione_n eorum_fw-la totum_fw-la munus_fw-la ho_o medio_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuit_fw-la rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la provincia_n superintendere_fw-la &_o observare_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fides_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la patiatur_fw-la canonum_fw-la observationi_fw-la invigilare_fw-la &_o corrigenda_fw-la corrigere_fw-la

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voice_n the_o prince_n have_v not_o to_o reverse_v or_o contrary_a the_o church_n canon_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n only_o he_o thus_o may_v be_v say_v to_o give_v authority_n to_o they_o methinks_v the_o phrase_n be_v very_o improper_a and_o liable_a to_o be_v mistake_v to_o see_v they_o in_o his_o dominion_n to_o be_v put_v in_o execution_n note_v that_o what_o be_v say_v here_o of_o the_o secular_a prince_n be_v also_o to_o be_v say_v of_o any_o particular_a clergy_n in_o respect_n of_o superior_a council_n again_o that_o what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o prince_n or_o clergy_n of_o the_o same_o age_n wherein_o such_o canon_n be_v enact_v be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o their_o successor_n till_o the_o same_o authority_n which_o impose_v abrogate_v such_o canon_n as_o in_o civil_a government_n the_o same_o law_n which_o bound_v the_o parent_n bound_v the_o child_n without_o the_o legislative_a power_n be_v ask_v their_o consent_n §_o 41_o many_o i_o find_v be_v the_o shift_n to_o get_v loose_a from_o these_o canon_n and_o such_o link_n of_o church-relation_n vain_a several_a pretence_n to_o weaken_v such_o canon_n to_o i_o seem_v vain_a many_o the_o pretence_n to_o null_n their_o force_n but_o to_o i_o seem_v invalid_a and_o vain_a grotius_n disc_n riu._n apol._n p._n 69._o bring_v forth_o against_o rivet_n the_o testimony_n of_o blondel_n non_fw-la negari_fw-la a_o protestantibus_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la romanae_fw-la neque_fw-la primatum_fw-la ejus_fw-la super_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la vicinas_fw-la imo_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la sed_fw-la referri_fw-la hoc_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o ecclesiasticum_fw-la rivet_n grot._fw-la disc_fw-la dialy_n thus_o reply_v to_o it_o ad_fw-la jus_o ecclesiasticum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la institutum_fw-la humanum_fw-la quo_fw-la postea_fw-la abusi_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la ad_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la stabiliendam_fw-la itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la 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the_o empire_n no_o canon_n be_v or_o ever_o be_v of_o force_n with_o we_o further_o than_o they_o be_v receive_v and_o by_o their_o incorporation_n become_v britannic_a law_n true_a as_o to_o any_o secular_a coactive_a power_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o which_o be_v derive_v only_o from_o the_o prince_n like_o unto_o which_o be_v that_o passage_n p._n 268._o we_o draw_v or_o derive_v from_o the_o crown_n liberty_n and_o power_n to_o exercise_v actual_o and_o lawful_o upon_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o crown_n that_o habitual_a jurisdiction_n which_o we_o receive_v at_o our_o ordination_n and_o that_o in_o reply_n to_o b._n chalced._n c._n 7._o p_o 291._o that_o ecclesiastical_a person_n in_o excommunicate_v and_o absolve_v be_v the_o king_n substitute_n i_o e._n as_o he_o expound_v himself_o afterward_o by_o the_o king_n application_n of_o the_o matter_n namely_o his_o subject_n to_o receive_v their_o absolution_n from_o such_o ecclesiastical_a person_n no_o more_o true_a 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