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hieron_n ep_v 53._o and_o in_o his_o first_o epistle_n he_o say_v what_o will_v you_o in_o rod_n that_o i_o come_v to_o you_o or_o in_o charity_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o mildness_n and_o again_o he_o in_o absence_n by_o his_o letter_n and_o mandatum_fw-la excommunicate_v the_o incestuous_a person_n and_o deliver_v he_o up_o to_o satan_n out_o of_o which_o word_n saint_n gregory_n of_o nisse_fw-la and_o saint_n chrysostome_n do_v gather_v the_o power_n of_o excommunication_n as_o also_o do_v saint_n hierom_n who_o marueil_v that_o the_o bishop_n in_o who_o diocese_n vigilantius_n live_v do_v not_o virga_fw-la ferrea_fw-la confringere_fw-la vas_fw-la inutile_fw-la &_o tradere_fw-la in_o interitum_fw-la carnis_fw-la ut_fw-la spiritus_fw-la saluus_fw-la fiat_fw-la with_o a_o iron_n rod_n break_v that_o unprofitable_a vessel_n and_o deliver_v he_o to_o satan_n for_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o flesh_n that_o the_o spirit_n may_v be_v save_v so_o s._n augustin_n 14._o aug_n l_o 1_o 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that_o power_n which_o govern_v divine_a matter_n honour_n thou_o god_n o_o emperor_n in_o we_o and_o we_o will_v honour_v he_o in_o thou_o chapter_n four_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 1._o as_o the_o little_a world_n man_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v not_o consist_v without_o body_n and_o soul_n nor_o the_o great_a world_n without_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n so_o neither_o can_v the_o spiritual_a world_n of_o the_o church_n flourish_v any_o time_n unless_o it_o be_v support_v as_o by_o two_o pillar_n by_o the_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a power_n and_o authority_n but_o as_o if_o the_o moon_n shall_v or_o can_v contend_v with_o the_o sun_n and_o will_v or_o can_v disdain_v to_o receive_v light_n from_o the_o sun_n or_o will_v or_o can_v encroach_v upon_o the_o sun_n right_a in_o the_o governmet_a of_o the_o day_n all_o will_v be_v 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