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great_a learning_n and_o judgement_n i_o will_v record_v here_o some_o obseâ—…uations_n of_o he_o for_o it_o seem_v that_o he_o have_v a_o purpose_n to_o reâ—…ute_v that_o former_a work_n of_o triumpâ—…us_n though_o the_o truth_n be_v he_o name_v not_o triumphâ—…s_a throughout_o all_o his_o book_n concern_v this_o point_n of_o jurisdiction_n one_o especial_a ground_n which_o he_o lay_v be_v this_o ab_fw-la â—…fficio_fw-la 4._o principatâ—…s_fw-la siâ—…e_fw-la 〈◊〉_d jurisdiction_n be_v 〈◊〉_d soâ—…_n coactiuâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d cuiuslibet_n in_o hoc_fw-la sâ—…lo_fw-la christâ—…s_fw-la seipsum_fw-la &_o apostâ—…los_fw-la exclusit_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d uâ—…luit_fw-la that_o be_v christ_n have_v exclude_v and_o purpose_v to_o exclude_v hiâ—…selfe_n and_o his_o apostle_n from_o principality_n or_o contentious_a jurisdiction_n or_o regiment_n or_o any_o coactive_a judgement_n in_o this_o world_n which_o thing_n he_o prouâ—…th_v at_o large_a both_o by_o scripture_n &_o father_n because_o christ_n â—…aith_n 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minister_n of_o god_n to_o take_v vengeance_n by_o vengeance_n 4._o all_o coactive_a power_n be_v understand_v neither_o do_v he_o deny_v but_o that_o the_o church_n governor_n may_v execute_v coactive_a power_n but_o then_o they_o must_v have_v it_o from_o prince_n and_o from_o such_o temporal_a power_n which_o have_v the_o same_o which_o be_v express_o and_o distinct_o write_v by_o he_o three_o hundred_o year_n ago_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o that_o which_o we_o now_o maintain_v at_o which_o our_o adversary_n seem_v to_o wonder_v as_o at_o some_o new_a doctrine_n never_o hear_v before_o when_o the_o same_o truth_n after_o the_o saâ—…_n manner_n be_v maintain_v by_o the_o learned_a man_n that_o have_v handle_v this_o question_n before_o us._n nec_fw-la in_o quenquam_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la say_v he_o aut_fw-la 5._o non_fw-la pres_fw-fr byterum_fw-la conâ—…enit_fw-la coactiâ—…am_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la saeculo_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la habere_fw-la quenquam_fw-la episcopum_fw-la siâ—…e_fw-la papam_fw-la â—…isi_fw-la eadem_fw-la siâ—…i_fw-la per_fw-la humanum_fw-la legisâ—…atorem_fw-la concessa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_fw-la cuiâ—…s_fw-la potestate_fw-la semper_fw-la est_fw-la hanc_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la revocare_fw-la that_o be_v no_o man_n priest_n or_o not_o priest_n can_v have_v jurisdiction_n coactive_a in_o this_o world_n bishop_n or_o pope_n unless_o it_o be_v grant_v to_o they_o by_o the_o humane_a lawmaker_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v at_o his_o pleasure_n to_o recall_v it_o from_o they_o 10._o concern_v the_o right_a of_o call_v counsel_n his_o determination_n be_v this_o if_o a_o cause_n of_o religion_n rise_v in_o question_n the_o pope_n say_v he_o may_v signify_v the_o same_o to_o the_o chief_a temporal_a governor_n but_o the_o authority_n of_o gather_v and_o call_v the_o council_n belong_v to_o he_o that_o have_v coactive_a jurisdiction_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v gather_v by_o his_o coactive_a precept_n when_o it_o be_v gather_v he_o leave_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a seat_n therein_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o giâ—…eth_v he_o the_o honour_n to_o propose_v the_o matter_n to_o collect_v all_o together_o that_o be_v speak_v to_o communicate_v the_o thing_n determine_v to_o other_o and_o to_o excommunicate_v the_o transgressor_n and_o all_o this_o to_o do_v not_o at_o his_o own_o pleasure_n or_o upon_o his_o own_o head_n sed_fw-la ex_fw-la concilij_fw-la sententia_fw-la only_o by_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o council_n this_o principality_n he_o yield_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o that_o church_n so_o long_o as_o thus_o it_o stand_v and_o so_o long_o as_o it_o do_v nothing_o to_o the_o contrary_a whereby_o this_o honour_n may_v be_v just_o withdraw_v secundum_fw-la quâ—…m_fw-la modum_fw-la say_v he_o 22._o romanae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la quamdiâ—…_n extiterit_fw-la obicemque_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la apposuerit_fw-la populus_fw-la ille_fw-la etc._n etc._n poterit_fw-la licitè_fw-fr ac_fw-la debebit_fw-la iâ—…m_fw-la â—…ict_a a_o principalitas_fw-la in_o episcopo_fw-la &_o eccleâ—…a_n continue_v reseruari_fw-la that_o be_v according_a to_o which_o manner_n this_o principality_n may_v lawful_o and_o aught_o to_o be_v reserve_v always_o for_o that_o bishop_n and_o that_o church_n as_o long_o as_o it_o thus_o stand_v and_o do_v nothing_o to_o the_o contrary_n this_o honour_n if_o the_o pope_n will_v have_v hold_v himself_o content_v therewith_o may_v long_o time_n enough_o be_v reserve_v unto_o he_o but_o when_o this_o can_v not_o content_v he_o but_o he_o must_v have_v all_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o church_n and_o over_o secular_a prince_n if_o he_o find_v not_o that_o honour_n yield_v to_o he_o which_o he_o expect_v he_o may_v thank_v himself_o because_o he_o have_v procure_v his_o own_o contempt_n and_o by_o usurpation_n of_o undue_a honour_n he_o have_v lose_v that_o which_o though_o it_o be_v not_o due_a to_o he_o yet_o from_o some_o custom_n be_v give_v &_o may_v have_v be_v continue_v to_o this_o day_n if_o himself_o have_v not_o cause_v the_o church_n to_o withdraw_v it_o for_o say_v my_o author_n licet_fw-la circa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ecclâ—…sia_n 〈◊〉_d episcopi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la fidelium_fw-la neque_fw-la divina_fw-la 22._o neque_fw-la
among_o many_o and_o the_o best_a in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n he_o declare_v to_o be_v thus_o secâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiâ—…_n &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o proâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr vniversitate_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christi_fw-la but_o according_a to_o another_o signification_n and_o that_o most_o true_o and_o proper_o &_o answer_v to_o the_o first_o imposition_n of_o this_o name_n the_o church_n be_v call_v the_o universal_a company_n of_o all_o faithâ—…ull_a believer_n which_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o christ._n then_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o the_o pope_n be_v the_o governor_n thereof_o be_v observe_v to_o be_v but_o a_o particular_a church_n and_o not_o the_o catholic_a church_n which_o contain_v all_o believer_n 21._o occam_n have_v also_o write_v another_o book_n entitle_v super_fw-la potestate_fw-la suâ—…i_fw-la pontifieis_n 〈◊〉_d quoâ—…_n decisiones_fw-la from_o whence_o i_o will_v observe_v some_o thing_n concern_v our_o question_n of_o jurisdiction_n dispute_v of_o that_o which_o the_o friar_n and_o flatterer_n of_o pope_n call_v 〈◊〉_d potestatis_fw-la he_o handle_v it_o so_o that_o in_o the_o conclusion_n he_o put_v the_o pope_n down_o as_o low_o as_o the_o flatterer_n extol_v he_o up_o on_o high_a for_o thus_o he_o say_v principatui_fw-la optimo_fw-la repugnare_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la principans_fw-la illam_fw-la habeat_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la 5._o potestatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n nam_fw-la omnes_fw-la subditi_fw-la hâ—…benti_fw-la talem_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la sunt_fw-la serui_fw-la secundum_fw-la strictissimam_fw-la significationem_fw-la vocabuli_fw-la serui_fw-la that_o be_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v utter_o against_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o best_a government_n that_o the_o governor_n shall_v have_v this_o fullness_n of_o power_n etc._n etc._n for_o all_o that_o be_v subject_n to_o he_o that_o have_v such_o fullness_n be_v his_o slave_n according_a to_o the_o most_o strict_a understanding_n of_o a_o bondslave_n and_o because_o the_o pope_n then_o begin_v to_o flatter_v himself_o strange_o and_o to_o swell_v with_o those_o word_n of_o pride_n that_o he_o be_v to_o judge_v all_o man_n but_o no_o man_n may_v judge_v he_o no_o man_n may_v accuse_v he_o occam_n repress_v this_o swell_a vanity_n thus_o papa_n potest_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la accusari_fw-la destitâ—…i_fw-la &_o deponi_fw-la 6._o omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la accusatio_fw-la est_fw-la coram_fw-la iudice_fw-la facienda_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la debet_fw-la papa_n perturbari_fw-la ne_fw-la contra_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la christi_fw-la apostolis_n pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o propraelatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditam_fw-la velit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sal_fw-la infatuatum_fw-la mitti_fw-la foras_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la conculcari_fw-la ne_fw-la contra_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la velit_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v eius_fw-la corporis_fw-la mystici_fw-la ut_fw-la membrum_fw-la putridum_fw-la amputari_fw-la ne_fw-la desideret_fw-la ipse_fw-la potestatem_fw-la qua_fw-la se_fw-la ex_fw-la charitate_fw-la correptum_fw-la quamuis_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la audiret_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la &_o publicanus_fw-la non_fw-la siâ—…at_fw-la se_fw-la ut_fw-la carnes_z putridas_fw-la resecari_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la ovem_fw-la scabiosam_fw-la repellendaâ—…_n â_fw-la stabulis_fw-la &_o expurgandum_fw-la ut_fw-la fermentum_fw-la quod_fw-la totam_fw-la massam_fw-la corrumpit_fw-la sed_fw-la velit_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la parcatur_fw-la ut_fw-la universa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la perducatur_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la à _fw-la desiderio_fw-la papae_fw-la qui_fw-la aâ—…imam_fw-la svam_fw-la tenetur_fw-la pro_fw-la subditis_fw-la ponere_fw-la convenit_fw-la exulari_fw-la that_o be_v the_o pope_n may_v be_v accuse_v forsake_a depose_v by_o a_o man_n for_o all_o accusation_n must_v be_v before_o the_o judge_n neither_o must_v this_o 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the_o french_a king_n for_o a_o great_a dinner_n at_o a_o town_n â—…eere_o to_o auinion_n sixteen_o city_n of_o suevia_n part_n of_o the_o empire_n he_o sell_v to_o the_o neighbour_n prince_n bopardia_n and_o wesali_n a_o imperial_a city_n he_o mortgage_v to_o cuno_n archbishop_n of_o trier_n lusatia_n he_o confirm_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n for_o ever_o corrupt_v the_o archbishop_n of_o magdeburg_n for_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n to_o sell_v the_o right_n of_o his_o church_n for_o the_o archbishop_n before_o that_o time_n hold_v lusatia_n of_o the_o empire_n that_o wenceslaus_n his_o son_n a_o man_n give_v to_o idleness_n riot_n and_o pleasure_n may_v be_v choose_v emperor_n after_o he_o he_o practise_v a_o new_a 33._o example_n promise_v to_o every_o electour_n a_o hundred_o thousand_o crown_n and_o want_v money_n to_o perform_v this_o promise_n to_o some_o he_o mortgage_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o empire_n to_o the_o palatine_a of_o rhine_n he_o mortgage_v caesarea_n luthrea_n oppenheim_n odenheim_n ingolheim_n for_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o crown_n by_o this_o mean_v the_o majesty_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v throw_v so_o flat_a on_o ground_n that_o since_o it_o can_v never_o hold_v up_o the_o head_n this_o the_o pope_n long_o seek_v and_o at_o last_o by_o mean_n of_o his_o unblessed_a son_n charles_n effect_v wenceslaus_n 151._o at_o this_o time_n begin_v a_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n between_o vrban_n the_o six_o and_o clâ—…ent_v the_o seven_o this_o be_v the_o great_a schism_n the_o most_o terrible_a and_o 1379._o long_a that_o ever_o be_v in_o that_o church_n it_o hold_v fifty_o year_n and_o can_v sâ—…arce_o be_v appease_v by_o two_o general_a counsel_n of_o pisa_n and_o constance_n in_o this_o schism_n wencestaus_n favour_v urban_n in_o who_o behalf_n he_o send_v his_o ambassador_n to_o clement_n who_o clement_n use_v without_o all_o clemency_n for_o in_o a_o savage_a manner_n he_o naucler_n torture_v they_o with_o exquisite_a torture_n after_o this_o boniface_n the_o nine_o devise_v a_o new_a practice_n to_o rob_v the_o church_n of_o christendom_n impose_v the_o use_n of_o annates_fw-la upon_o all_o benefice_n that_o whosoever_o obtain_v a_o benefice_n shall_v pay_v one_o half_a year_n profit_n 47._o to_o the_o pope_n some_o say_v that_o john_n the_o two_o and_o twenty_o first_o devise_v this_o robbery_n whosoever_o invent_v it_o the_o pope_n like_o unsatiable_a harpy_n devise_v all_o mean_n to_o bring_v confusion_n and_o misery_n upon_o the_o church_n to_o satisfy_v the_o horseleech_n that_o will_v never_o be_v fill_v increase_v in_o covetousness_n increase_v these_o annates_fw-la in_o time_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o first_o fruit_n rake_v one_o whole_a year_n profit_v away_o from_o the_o incumbent_n wherein_o of_o these_o harpy_n we_o may_v say_v as_o the_o poet_n say_v of_o those_o other_o harpy_n vestigia_fw-la fada_fw-la relinquâ—…t_fw-la but_o the_o godly_a prince_n
〈◊〉_d legâ—…_n aliqâ—…_n obligarentur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v aut_fw-la institutis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d râ—…manorum_fw-la plusquam_fw-la â—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…e_a 〈◊〉_d &_o rationabili_fw-la 〈◊〉_d qua_fw-la fideles_fw-la in_o unitate_fw-la amplius_fw-la seruabantur_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la tune_n fideli_fw-la 〈◊〉_d legislatore_fw-la ipsos_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la reducente_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o uâ—…itate_a servant_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v albeit_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n other_o bishop_n and_o church_n of_o believer_n be_v not_o bind_v by_o any_o divine_a or_o humane_a law_n to_o obey_v the_o mandate_n of_o the_o church_n or_o bishop_n of_o rome_n rather_o than_o the_o contrary_a yet_o this_o profitable_a and_o reasonable_a custom_n prevail_a by_o which_o believer_n be_v better_o keep_v in_o unity_n because_o they_o want_v then_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n to_o reduce_v they_o to_o order_n and_o preferue_v they_o in_o unity_n therefore_o they_o 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the_o clergy_n then_o they_o proceed_v by_o way_n of_o exhortâ—…tion_n &_o entreaty_n to_o persuade_v the_o laity_n to_o keep_v fast_n &_o to_o abstain_v from_o meat_n when_o they_o see_v that_o layman_n do_v willing_o receive_v suâ—…h_a observation_n they_o they_o proceed_v to_o ordain_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o law_n &_o to_o denounce_v excommunication_n against_o the_o transgrâ—…ssours_n thereof_o and_o all_o this_o be_v do_v say_v ibid._n he_o suâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d &_o divinâ—…_n culâ—…us_a speciâ—…_n that_o be_v under_o a_o show_n of_o godlinâ—…sse_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n the_o same_o author_n addeâ—…h_v cresâ—…ente_fw-it autem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ipsis_fw-la appâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d ampliâ—…_n domiâ—…di_fw-la attendentibâ—…s_fw-fr devotoâ—…_n fideliâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignaviaâ—…_n &_o divinâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la ad_fw-la â—…a_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sacerdoteâ—…_n indicebantur_fw-la obligari_fw-la credebanâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeternâ—…_n praesumpseruâ—…t_v 〈◊〉_d episcopâ—…_n romaâ—…i_n cum_fw-la svo_fw-la clericoruâ—…_n coetu_fw-la â—…ligarchica_fw-la quaedam_fw-la edicta_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d actus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v but_o as_o the_o appetite_n of_o rule_v far_a continual_o increase_v in_o they_o when_o they_o see_v that_o deâ—…ote_a christian_n be_v keep_v in_o fear_n with_o such_o proceed_n through_o slothfulness_n and_o ignorance_n of_o god_n worship_n which_o christian_n ignorant_a think_v themselves_o bind_v under_o the_o pain_n of_o eternal_a damnation_n to_o all_o that_o be_v enjoin_v they_o of_o the_o priest_n then_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n with_o their_o clergy_n presume_v further_o make_v certain_a oligarchicall_a edict_n concern_v civil_a action_n thus_o say_v he_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n begin_v first_o to_o practice_v expemption_n and_o that_o he_o may_v draw_v a_o number_n of_o the_o laiety_n into_o the_o love_n of_o those_o practice_n he_o extend_v these_o exemption_n to_o diverse_a company_n of_o lay_v person_n and_o so_o 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trouble_v the_o empire_n from_o whence_o all_o scandal_n grow_v and_o proceed_v and_o which_o stand_v civil_a discord_n shall_v never_o cease_v in_o italy_n for_o the_o pope_n fear_v that_o this_o power_n may_v be_v revoke_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o that_o deserve_o for_o the_o excess_n commit_v therein_o into_o which_o power_n he_o have_v by_o little_a and_o little_o steal_v by_o secret_a prevarication_n of_o custom_n or_o to_o say_v more_o true_o of_o abuse_n have_v hold_v it_o some_o while_n he_o hinder_v the_o creation_n and_o promotion_n of_o the_o emperor_n by_o all_o malice_n and_o spite_n whereupon_o say_v he_o some_o pope_n have_v break_v out_o into_o such_o impudence_n as_o in_o their_o decretal_n be_v to_o be_v see_v that_o they_o aâ—…ouch_v that_o the_o emperor_n be_v bind_v to_o they_o in_o a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n as_o if_o the_o emperor_n be_v under_o they_o subject_v by_o coactive_a jurisdiction_n 13._o then_o marsiliuâ—…_n have_v discover_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o pope_n have_v so_o much_o oppose_v themselves_o against_o the_o emperor_n to_o be_v because_o they_o be_v afraid_a lest_o the_o emperor_n shall_v call_v they_o to_o a_o reckon_n for_o their_o exemption_n for_o the_o abuse_n of_o their_o excommunication_n for_o intrude_a themselves_o into_o the_o office_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o take_v a_o new_a authority_n upon_o themselves_o from_o themselves_o without_o warrant_n of_o the_o emperor_n this_o be_v that_o thing_n which_o cause_v they_o to_o stir_v so_o much_o against_o emperor_n and_o at_o last_o to_o procure_v the_o decay_n of_o the_o empire_n so_o much_o as_o at_o this_o day_n they_o have_v make_v it_o so_o weak_a that_o now_o they_o be_v out_o of_o the_o fear_n thereof_o other_o thing_n for_o brevity_n sake_n i_o omit_v this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o understand_v what_o reason_n learned_a man_n have_v then_o to_o withstand_v the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n this_o book_n of_o marsilius_n be_v never_o answer_v and_o 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this_o lordship_n from_o the_o king_n as_o do_v friar_n and_o their_o sautor_n in_o this_o point_n be_v snarpe_a enemy_n and_o traitor_n than_o frenchmen_n and_o all_o other_o nation_n wiclif_n labour_v worthy_o to_o descry_v &_o refute_v the_o error_n concern_v jurisdiction_n that_o in_o his_o time_n come_v creep_v in_o introduce_v 424._o by_o friar_n for_o he_o witness_v that_o the_o friar_n teach_v thus_o rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la sed_fw-la regulus_fw-la paruae_fw-la partis_fw-la super_fw-la residiâ—…um_fw-la vero_fw-la mortificatum_fw-la est_fw-la papa_n dominus_fw-la veruntamen_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la disp_n utandum_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la materia_fw-la quousque_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o effectu_fw-la potentius_fw-la stabilita_fw-la sed_fw-la tolerandae_fw-la sunt_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la dominorum_fw-la saeculâ—…rium_fw-la quousque_fw-la arriserit_fw-la opportunit_fw-la as_o temporis_fw-la that_o be_v the_o king_n 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haec_fw-la absurditas_fw-la sequi_fw-la quod_fw-la purè_fw-la laicus_fw-la imo_fw-la &_o foemina_fw-la posset_n esse_fw-la papa_n &_o habere_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la that_o be_v hence_o come_v equivocation_n induce_v by_o my_o master_n the_o canonist_n who_o speak_v of_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o papal_a ecclesiastical_a power_n seem_v to_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n by_o which_o speech_n this_o absurdity_n seem_v to_o follow_v that_o a_o pure_a layman_n yea_o a_o wòman_n may_v be_v pope_n and_o have_v the_o fullness_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n 52._o and_o thus_o i_o trow_v they_o will_v bring_v their_o jurisdiction_n to_o a_o fair_a issue_n that_o if_o we_o shall_v grant_v it_o as_o they_o claim_v it_o this_o inference_n must_v also_o go_v with_o it_o that_o a_o lay_v man_n or_o a_o woman_n may_v be_v pope_n be_v it_o not_o much_o better_a to_o give_v to_o each_o his_o own_o right_a to_o the_o magistrate_n all_o 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condere_fw-la hic_fw-la solus_fw-la causas_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la fidei_fw-la tractare_fw-la potest_fw-la solus_fw-la definitiones_fw-la regulas_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o canon_n conduit_n alioquin_fw-la quic_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la alios_fw-la definitur_fw-la statuitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n irritum_fw-la est_fw-la fallor_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ante_fw-la celebrationem_fw-la huius_fw-la concilij_fw-la constantiensis_n sic_fw-la occupaverat_fw-la mentes_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la ista_fw-la traditio_fw-la ut_fw-la oppositorum_fw-la dogmatizatio_fw-la fuisseâ—…_n de_fw-fr hereticâ—…_n pravitate_fw-la vel_fw-la notata_fw-la vel_fw-la damnata_fw-la that_o be_v flattery_n deny_v that_o the_o pope_n can_v commit_v simony_n because_o all_o ecclesiastical_a good_n be_v he_o it_o grant_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v above_o law_n able_a to_o take_v from_o a_o man_n his_o right_n and_o that_o neither_o a_o appeal_n may_v be_v make_v from_o he_o neither_o may_v he_o be_v call_v judicial_o to_o trial_n nor_o 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vicarius_fw-la 5._o that_o be_v a_fw-la christian_n emperor_n in_o his_o office_n be_v christ_n vicar_n and_o again_o omnis_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o imperator_fw-la habet_fw-la officium_fw-la publicum_fw-la ad_fw-la publicam_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la or_o diâ—…atum_fw-la publica_n utilitas_fw-la est_fw-la paâ—…ad_fw-la quam_fw-la ordinantur_fw-la iusticia_fw-la &_o iusta_fw-la praelia_fw-la principium_fw-la autem_fw-la pacis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la â—…inem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—…rigere_fw-la subditâ—…s_fw-la &_o media_fw-la illum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la sacra_fw-la institâ—…ta_fw-la religionum_fw-la quare_fw-la prima_fw-la cura_fw-la imperialis_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d obseruandis_fw-la verâ—…ur_fw-la that_o be_v every_o king_n and_o emperor_n have_v a_o public_a office_n ordinate_a to_o the_o public_a good_a the_o public_a good_a be_v peace_n whereunto_o justice_n and_o just_a war_n be_v ordinate_v the_o fountain_n of_o peace_n to_o direct_v subject_n to_o a_o eternal_a end_n the_o mean_n to_o obtain_v 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principes_fw-la synodos_fw-la congregare_fw-la iuxta_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la ibid._n sanct_n gregorij_fw-la ad_fw-la theodoricum_n regem_fw-la francorum_fw-la ex_fw-la registro_fw-la 273._o iterata_fw-la vos_fw-la per_fw-la vestram_fw-la mercedem_fw-la adhortatione_fw-la pulsamus_fw-la ut_fw-la congregari_fw-la synodum_fw-la iubeatis_fw-la that_o be_v king_n and_o prince_n ought_v to_o gather_v synod_n according_a to_o the_o admonition_n of_o gregory_n write_v to_o theodoricus_n the_o french_a king_n ex_fw-la registro_fw-la 273._o we_o move_v you_o with_o our_o redouble_a petition_n that_o even_o for_o that_o
reward_n that_o be_v reserve_v for_o you_o you_o will_v command_v that_o a_o synod_n may_v be_v gather_v another_o part_n of_o the_o office_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v say_v he_o confirmare_fw-la &_o custodire_fw-la in_o concilijs_fw-la 〈◊〉_d which_o thing_n he_o prove_v by_o diverse_a ancient_a authority_n and_o conclude_v that_o emperor_n have_v ever_o have_v this_o authority_n he_o say_v that_o in_o this_o thing_n he_o have_v make_v diligent_a search_n and_o have_v find_v this_o practice_n continue_v in_o all_o general_a counsel_n until_o the_o eight_o synod_n inclusive_o in_o which_o search_n say_v he_o i_o find_v by_o the_o act_n of_o all_o general_a counsel_n aswell_o in_o chalceon_fw-la 13._o as_o in_o constantinople_n nice_a ephesus_n that_o either_o the_o emperor_n be_v present_a in_o person_n or_o some_o judge_n his_o vicegerent_n and_o those_o not_o above_o twenty_o seldom_o fifteen_o but_o when_o the_o emperor_n 16._o himself_o be_v present_a in_o person_n i_o find_v say_v 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deicultus_fw-la &_o bono_fw-mi publico_fw-la ordiâ—…avit_fw-la sanctissime_fw-la avaritia_fw-la &_o cupiditate_fw-la exorta_fw-la palleatis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la &_o novis_fw-la adinuentionibus_fw-la totaliter_fw-la pervertitur_fw-la &_o imperiale_n efficitur_fw-la papale_n &_o spiritual_fw-la temporale_fw-la that_o be_v such_o a_o ravenous_a appetite_n be_v in_o ambitious_a bishop_n at_o this_o day_n towards_o the_o temporal_a dominion_n annex_v to_o church_n etc._n etc._n all_o their_o care_n be_v for_o the_o temporalty_n not_o for_o spiritual_a matter_n this_o be_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o prince_n they_o mean_v not_o that_o the_o spiritual_a labour_n shall_v be_v devour_v by_o temporalty_n etc._n etc._n whilst_o the_o church_n be_v vacant_a there_o be_v always_o some_o danger_n of_o a_o schism_n etc._n etc._n if_o they_o proceed_v by_o election_n ambition_n procure_v a_o division_n of_o the_o voice_n if_o by_o the_o court_n he_o that_o bring_v most_o be_v best_a hear_v and_o 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the_o world_n live_v more_o miserable_o than_o the_o pope_n that_o to_o be_v a_o pope_n be_v to_o succeed_v romulus_n in_o parricide_n not_o peter_n in_o feed_v that_o no_o pope_n can_v be_v save_v when_o all_o this_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n confess_v by_o pope_n themselves_o after_o all_o this_o to_o say_v the_o pope_n can_v err_v be_v nothing_o but_o collusion_n no_o man_n can_v be_v draw_v to_o such_o a_o opinion_n by_o conscience_n but_o by_o such_o worldly_a respect_n as_o do_v bind_v and_o blind_a and_o lie_v waste_v the_o conscience_n of_o they_o that_o will_v not_o love_v the_o truth_n 64._o 〈◊〉_d siluius_n proceed_v and_o out_o of_o s._n hierome_n expound_v those_o word_n pâ—…rtas_fw-la inferi_fw-la the_o gate_n of_o hell_n he_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o sin_n and_o declare_v that_o great_a sin_n and_o malignant_a spirit_n can_v prevail_v against_o the_o ibid._n church_n quod_fw-la de_fw-la rom._n pontisice_n say_v he_o 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etc._n etc._n quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la haereticus_fw-la erit_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la detrahitâ—…_n qua_fw-la romana_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la aliae_fw-la continentur_fw-la in_o which_o word_n we_o find_v that_o by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n he_o understandeth_v not_o the_o catholic_a church_n disperse_v over_o the_o world_n but_o only_o a_o particular_a church_n among_o many_o other_o have_v only_o in_o his_o judgement_n this_o privilege_n that_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o church_n it_o have_v a_o primacy_n this_o he_o say_v not_o for_o the_o pope_n but_o for_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o church_n he_o hold_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n for_o if_o we_o understand_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o particular_a church_n which_o of_o old_a have_v be_v govern_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n this_o be_v but_o a_o particular_a church_n of_o this_o particular_a the_o b._n of_o rome_n be_v the_o chief_a &_o head_n inspirituall_a matter_n but_o if_o by_o the_o 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demere_fw-la non_fw-la uâ—…rentur_fw-la excaecavit_fw-la â—…os_fw-la ambitio_fw-la that_o be_v there_o be_v some_o who_o either_o because_o they_o be_v greedy_a of_o glory_n or_o because_o by_o flattery_n they_o hope_v for_o reward_n begin_v to_o preach_v certain_a strange_a and_o altogether_o new_a doctrine_n they_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o exempt_v the_o pope_n out_o of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o a_o holy_a council_n ambition_n have_v blind_v they_o this_o be_v the_o religion_n which_o the_o jesuit_n will_v make_v so_o ancient_a here_o be_v their_o high_a antiquity_n in_o the_o time_n of_o aenaeas_n 〈◊〉_d who_o write_v in_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o their_o religion_n be_v call_v a_o absurd_a a_o new_a and_o a_o strange_a doctrine_n herein_o siluius_n be_v a_o witness_n without_o exception_n for_o so_o much_o of_o their_o religion_n as_o concern_v the_o papal_a jurisdiction_n which_o be_v in_o sum_n all_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o jesuit_n when_o 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quâ—…_n praedicant_fw-la tantopere_fw-la verba_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsaâ—…_n summorum_fw-la pontificum_fw-la sunt_fw-la svas_fw-la fimbriâ—…s_fw-la extendentium_fw-la aut_fw-la eorum_fw-la quieis_fw-la adulabaâ—…tur_fw-la that_o be_v one_o say_v that_o no_o man_n may_v judge_v the_o first_o sea_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v judge_v either_o of_o the_o emperor_n nor_o by_o all_o the_o clergy_n nor_o by_o king_n etc._n etc._n another_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o affirm_v that_o though_o the_o pope_n shall_v draw_v innumerable_a soul_n with_o himself_o to_o hell_n yet_o no_o man_n ought_v to_o reprove_v he_o neither_o do_v these_o wretch_n consider_v that_o these_o doctrine_n which_o thus_o they_o will_v aduâ—…nce_v be_v either_o the_o word_n of_o the_o pope_n themselves_o enlarge_n their_o fringe_n or_o the_o word_n of_o their_o flatterer_n then_o in_o his_o judgement_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o church_n on_o the_o one_o side_n hold_v the_o truth_n even_o till_o his_o time_n in_o this_o 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jurisdion_n and_o be_v he_o trow_v you_o a_o lutheran_n very_o so_o be_v the_o church_n in_o his_o time_n for_o he_o do_v deliver_v not_o so_o much_o his_o own_o private_a judgement_n as_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n in_o his_o time_n and_o in_o the_o time_n before_o he_o for_o he_o say_v it_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o all_o that_o live_v and_o die_v in_o the_o church_n before_o he_o 〈◊〉_d mortuoruâ—…_n that_o the_o pope_n be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o church_n by_o a_o council_n and_o that_o therefore_o the_o council_n be_v above_o the_o pope_n this_o faith_n he_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o all_o that_o live_v and_o die_v in_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o he_o know_v well_o that_o friar_n and_o flatterer_n have_v before_o his_o time_n maintain_v the_o contrary_a but_o these_o he_o regard_v not_o because_o the_o church_n then_o regard_v they_o not_o they_o be_v but_o of_o base_a and_o vile_a account_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o vile_a 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