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bishop_n there_o much_o less_o for_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n as_o be_v vain_o pretend_v for_o 1._o that_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o any_o place_n else_o there_o be_v not_o one_o syllable_n in_o scripture_n and_o so_o from_o thence_o there_o can_v be_v no_o proof_n of_o his_o roman_a bishopric_n and_o 2._o if_o it_o be_v grant_v which_o be_v evident_o untrue_a that_o it_o can_v out_o of_o scripture_n be_v clear_o prove_v that_o he_o be_v at_o rome_n a_o long_a time_n yet_o hence_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v bishop_n there_o for_o he_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n samaria_n joppa_n etc._n etc._n as_o be_v evident_a in_o scripture_n and_o yet_o our_o adversary_n neither_o do_v nor_o with_o any_o sense_n or_o reason_n can_v say_v that_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o all_o those_o place_n 3._o irenaeus_n a_o ancient_a and_o a_o approve_a author_n express_o say_v 3._o that_o peter_n and_o paul_n constitute_v linus_n first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n that_o anacletus_fw-la 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consequence_n linus_n be_v first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n after_o peter_n ergo_fw-la peter_n be_v bishop_n rome_n too_o then_o this_o in_o irenaeus_n and_o eusebius_n who_o both_o say_v it_o will_v be_v good_a consequence_n also_o clemens_n be_v three_o bishop_n of_o rome_n after_o paul_n and_o peter_n ergo_fw-la paul_n and_o peter_n be_v both_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o truth_n be_v that_o neither_o consequence_n be_v good_a irenaeus_n and_o eusebius_n do_v indeed_o believe_v paul_n and_o peter_n founder_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o neither_o of_o they_o to_o be_v bishop_n there_o which_o a_o learned_a roman_a catholic_n evident_o see_v and_o public_o b._n acknowledge_v by_o the_o way_n let_v i_o observe_v that_o eusebius_n in_o two_o place_n here_o 21._o cite_v put_v paul_n before_o peter_n and_o not_o only_a eusebius_n a_o fallible_a author_n but_o st._n paul_n himself_o put_v james_n before_o 9_o peter_n now_o if_o eusebius_n or_o st._n paul_n have_v know_v and_o believe_v st._n peter_n to_o have_v be_v what_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o party_n without_o any_o ground_n vain_o imagine_v the_o supreme_a monarcâ—_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o it_o have_v be_v a_o great_a affront_n and_o injury_n to_o st._n peter_n and_o such_o a_o incivility_n as_o st._n paul_n will_v not_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o 4._o and_o it_o be_v yet_o more_o considerable_a what_o st._n paul_n say_v 9_o in_o the_o place_n last_o cite_v for_o there_o we_o have_v these_o thing_n certain_a in_o the_o text_n 1._o that_o peter_n be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o circumcision_n the_o jew_n be_v commit_v to_o he_o as_o his_o 7._o charge_n and_o cure_n as_o the_o gentile_n to_o paul_n 2._o it_o be_v our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o d._n commission_v both_o of_o they_o and_o appoint_v they_o those_o province_n for_o none_o else_o can_v he_o only_o can_v assign_v they_o their_o province_n who_o give_v they_o the_o apostolical_a power_n to_o govern_v they_o peter_n as_o our_o adversary_n say_v be_v supreme_a monarch_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n have_v no_o superior_a but_o our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o so_o none_o else_o to_o commission_n he_o or_o appoint_v he_o his_o province_n 3._o both_o of_o they_o till_o that_o time_n have_v diligent_o and_o with_o great_a success_n effectual_o labour_v in_o their_o 8._o several_a province_n peter_n among_o the_o jew_n paul_n among_o the_o gentile_n 4._o by_o a_o mutual_a agreement_n they_o 9_o consent_v and_o promise_n that_o peter_n as_o he_o have_v too_o before_o so_o for_o 3._o the_o future_a he_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o make_v they_o his_o charge_n and_o cure_n and_o paul_n to_o the_o gentile_n 5._o and_o this_o agreement_n be_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 51._o when_o according_a to_o our_o adversary_n computation_n he_o be_v and_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n eight_o or_o nine_o year_n 6._o i_o desire_v then_o to_o know_v whether_o peter_n after_o this_o consent_n and_o agreement_n of_o the_o apostle_n continue_v bishop_n of_o the_o gentile_n at_o rome_n as_o our_o adversary_n pretend_v he_o do_v or_o not_o if_o he_o do_v he_o contradict_v his_o commission_n which_o our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v give_v he_o to_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o circumcision_n and_o neglect_v the_o jew_n who_o he_o have_v praeputij_fw-la concredit_v to_o his_o care_n and_o commit_v to_o he_o as_o his_o proper_a charge_n for_o to_o take_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o jew_n too_o be_v not_o only_o against_o his_o commission_n but_o against_o that_o solemn_a consent_n and_o agreement_n of_o the_o apostle_n before_o mention_v wherein_o it_o be_v agree_v and_o promise_v that_o peter_n shall_v go_v not_o to_o rome_n but_o to_o the_o circumcision_n and_o paul_n to_o the_o gentile_n nor_o can_v it_o be_v credible_a that_o peter_n will_v act_n in_o contradiction_n to_o his_o commission_n and_o his_o agreement_n so_o solemn_o make_v with_o the_o apostle_n but_o if_o at_o the_o time_n of_o that_o agreement_n which_o be_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 51._o he_o either_o be_v not_o which_o be_v most_o true_a bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o then_o leave_v it_o than_o it_o evident_o follow_v that_o he_o continue_v not_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n as_o be_v by_o our_o adversary_n with_o great_a confidence_n and_o no_o reason_n assert_v 7._o and_o this_o be_v further_a manifest_a from_o our_o adversary_n own_o principle_n and_o position_n baronius_n tell_v we_o that_o peter_n be_v 9_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n seven_o year_n and_o at_o rome_n five_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o for_o this_o he_o cites_n eusebius_n his_o chronicon_fw-la by_o the_o way_n concern_v what_o baronius_n say_v of_o peter_n be_v bishop_n for_o so_o many_o year_n at_o antioch_n and_o
rome_n observe_v 1._o that_o eusebius_n say_v indeed_o that_o peter_n pontificum_fw-la found_v the_o church_n of_o antioch_n and_o then_o by_o our_o bless_a saviour_n command_n as_o they_o say_v go_v to_o rome_n but_o so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o say_v that_o he_o be_v seven_o year_n bishop_n there_o that_o he_o express_o say_v that_o euodius_n be_v the_o first_o 2._o bishop_n of_o antioch_n 2._o when_o he_o cites_n eusebius_n his_o 9_o chronicon_fw-la to_o prove_v that_o peter_n be_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o refer_v we_o to_o what_o eusebius_n 1._o say_v ad_fw-la ann._n 2._o claudij_fw-la the_o man_n who_o understand_v no_o greek_a be_v miserable_o mistake_v as_o universal_o he_o be_v when_o he_o meddle_v with_o greek_a author_n unless_o their_o translation_n be_v true_a for_o eusebius_n in_o his_o greek_a text_n as_o all_o know_v and_o may_v see_v have_v no_o such_o claudius_n thing_n as_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n nay_o he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o say_v that_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n at_o all_o much_o less_o that_o he_o be_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n bishop_n there_o but_o the_o latin_a copy_n interpolate_v and_o corrupt_v as_o thousand_o other_o be_v by_o roman_a art_n deceive_v he_o but_o to_o let_v this_o pass_v baronius_n say_v that_o peter_n be_v seven_o year_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o five_o and_o twenty_o of_o rome_n so_o that_o in_o the_o whole_a he_o be_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n bishop_n in_o syria_n and_o italy_n and_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o charge_n and_o cure_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o those_o province_n now_o our_o bless_a saviour_n passion_n and_o ascension_n be_v 2._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 34._o to_o which_o if_o 32._o be_v add_v the_o time_n wherein_o peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o antioch_n or_o rome_n the_o product_n will_v be_v 66._o so_o that_o from_o the_o ascension_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n till_o the_o year_n 66._o peter_n have_v take_v the_o episcopacy_n and_o particular_a charge_n of_o a_o gentile-church_n and_o his_o 9_o martyrdom_n be_v 13._o neronis_n that_o be_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 68_o or_o as_o baronius_n compute_v 69._o whence_o by_o this_o their_o account_n it_o evident_o follow_v that_o during_o all_o the_o time_n from_o our_o bless_a saviour_n ascension_n to_o his_o martyrdom_n about_o two_o year_n only_o except_v peter_n be_v the_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n of_o a_o gentile-church_n which_o be_v 1._o manifest_o untrue_a and_o inconsistent_a with_o what_o be_v say_v of_o peter_n in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n with_o his_o commission_n in_o which_o the_o care_n of_o the_o circumcision_n be_v concredit_v to_o he_o by_o our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o with_o his_o solemn_a agreement_n with_o the_o apostle_n to_o go_v to_o the_o circumcision_n as_o paul_n be_v to_o the_o gentile_n and_o 2._o it_o be_v without_o any_o the_o least_o ground_n in_o scripture_n by_o which_o it_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v appear_v that_o ever_o peter_n be_v at_o rome_n so_o much_o as_o for_o one_o day_n much_o less_o that_o he_o be_v bishop_n there_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n nor_o can_v it_o appear_v in_o scripture_n that_o ever_o he_o be_v at_o antioch_n save_v etc._n once_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o mention_n of_o any_o thing_n he_o then_o do_v there_o save_v that_o he_o dissemble_v and_o be_v just_o reprehend_v for_o it_o by_o st._n paul_n whereas_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o scripture_n that_o st._n paul_n be_v at_o antioch_n for_o a_o whole_a 26._o year_n at_o one_o time_n constitute_v the_o church_n there_o confirm_v they_o 22._o afterward_o in_o the_o faith_n and_o 23._o ordain_v elder_n to_o govern_v they_o stay_v there_o a_o 28._o long_a time_n and_o 23._o continue_v there_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o if_o we_o will_v believe_v they_o peter_n be_v bishop_n there_o and_o not_o paul_n the_o truth_n be_v though_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o paul_n as_o apostle_n do_v all_o episcopal_a act_n there_o yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o neither_o he_o nor_o peter_n be_v particular_o bishop_n of_o that_o or_o any_o other_o place_n 3._o it_o be_v utter_o incredible_a that_o peter_n the_o supreme_a head_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o church_n as_o they_o pretend_v shall_v for_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n be_v bishop_n and_o have_v the_o particular_a charge_n and_o cure_n of_o two_o of_o the_o great_a city_n in_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o that_o while_o the_o apostle_n live_v and_o yet_o none_o of_o they_o nor_o he_o himself_o in_o any_o of_o their_o write_n shall_v say_v one_o syllable_n of_o it_o nor_o mention_v so_o much_o as_o one_o single_a episcopal_a act_n do_v by_o he_o in_o either_o of_o those_o city_n in_o those_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n no_o nor_o st._n 8._o luke_n in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n nor_o st._n paul_n who_o live_v long_o in_o antioch_n and_o long_o in_o rome_n and_o have_v opportunity_n nay_o have_v it_o be_v true_a a_o necessity_n to_o mention_v it_o he_o have_v need_n of_o a_o strong_a faith_n who_o can_v believe_v this_o for_o my_o part_n credat_fw-la judaeus_n apella_n etc._n etc._n 4._o and_o as_o for_o peter_n being_n seven_o year_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o twenty_o five_o of_o rome_n it_o be_v further_a considerable_a that_o the_o great_a patron_n of_o this_o popish_a position_n although_o they_o agree_v in_o the_o conclusion_n that_o peter_n be_v so_o long_a bishop_n at_o those_o two_o place_n yet_o they_o contradict_v each_o other_o and_o the_o truth_n and_o by_o their_o own_o position_n to_o save_v their_o adversary_n that_o labour_v utter_o overthrow_n and_o confute_v that_o position_n they_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v this_o evident_o appear_v in_o this_o case_n as_o it_o be_v state_v by_o onuphrius_n baronius_n and_o bellarmine_n 1._o petri._n onuphrius_n tell_v we_o that_o peter_n remain_v constant_o in_o judea_n for_o nine_o ibidem_fw-la year_n next_o after_o our_o bless_a saviour_n death_n that_o be_v till_o the_o year_n of_o christ._n 43._o after_o this_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o antioch_n seven_o year_n to_o the_o year_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 50._o and_o then_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n heâ—_n sit_v bishop_n of_o rome_n that_o be_v by_o his_o own_o computation_n till_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 75._o so_o that_o by_o this_o account_n peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 75._o and_o yet_o he_o there_o say_v that_o peter_n ibidem_fw-la die_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 69._o and_o then_o by_o his_o calculation_n peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n six_o year_n after_o his_o death_n etc._n 2._o baronius_n state_n the_o question_n thus_o peter_n come_v to_o antioch_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 39_o and_o be_v bishop_n there_o 13._o seven_o year_n that_o be_v till_o the_o year_n of_o christ._n 46._o and_o then_o he_o say_v that_o from_o antioch_n peter_n go_v to_o rome_n and_o sit_v there_o bishop_n 39_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n that_o be_v till_o the_o year_n 71._o and_o so_o by_o his_o own_o account_n peter_n must_v be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n two_o year_n after_o he_o be_v dead_a for_o the_o same_o baronius_n tell_v 13._o we_o that_o peter_n die_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 69._o and_o though_o this_o account_n of_o peter_n episcopacy_n at_o rome_n be_v not_o only_o erroneous_a but_o to_o all_o intelligent_a person_n ridiculous_a yet_o 44._o bellarmine_n maintain_v the_o same_o opinion_n not_o only_o in_o contradiction_n to_o onuphrius_n but_o to_o eusebius_n hierome_n epiphanius_n etc._n etc._n 2._o who_o opinion_n baronius_n endeavour_v to_o confute_v in_o short_a as_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n in_o scripture_n that_o peter_n ever_o be_v at_o rome_n so_o that_o he_o be_v twenty_o five_o year_n bishop_n there_o neither_o scripture_n nor_o pure_a antiquity_n afford_v they_o any_o proof_n or_o probability_n eusebius_n his_o greek_n chronicon_fw-la base_o 189._o corrupt_v in_o a_o latin_a version_n of_o it_o about_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o our_o bless_a saviour_n be_v that_o they_o must_v rely_v upon_o 5._o our_o adversary_n have_v ill_a luck_n when_o they_o make_v peter_n first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n attribute_v the_o supremacy_n to_o he_o and_o that_o he_o may_v have_v it_o make_v the_o pope_n his_o successor_n for_o have_v they_o choose_v paul_n in_o stead_n of_o peter_n they_o may_v have_v have_v far_o more_o though_o not_o enough_o to_o prove_v and_o that_o out_o of_o express_a scripture_n both_o paul_n supremacy_n and_o the_o pope_n succession_n to_o he_o for_o these_o follow_a particular_n every_o one_o of_o they_o may_v evident_o be_v prove_v out_o of_o scripture_n 1._o that_o the_o roman_n be_v 13._o gentile_n 2._o that_o paul_n by_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 8._o appointment_n be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n peter_n be_v not_o but_o of_o the_o ibidem_fw-la jew_n 3._o paul_n
or_o probability_n i_o have_v endeavour_v to_o prove_v before_o &_o sic_fw-la transeat_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la erroribus_fw-la 2._o as_o to_o the_o second_o point_n what_o be_v heresy_n and_o who_o be_v the_o heretic_n who_o be_v to_o be_v persecute_v with_o such_o fearful_a damnation_n and_o excommunication_n i_o say_v in_o short_a 1._o that_o it_o be_v agree_v among_o their_o 2._o casuist_n and_o 〈◊〉_d canonist_n that_o heresy_n be_v a_o error_n against_o that_o faith_n which_o they_o ought_v to_o believe_v join_v with_o pertinacy_n or_o it_o be_v a_o pertinacious_a error_n in_o point_n of_o faith_n and_o he_o who_o so_o hold_v such_o a_o opinion_n be_v a_o heretic_n 2._o and_o he_o be_v pertinacious_a they_o say_v who_o hold_v such_o a_o ibidem_fw-la opinion_n which_o he_o do_v or_o might_n and_o aught_o to_o know_v to_o be_v against_o scripture_n or_o the_o church_n by_o the_o way_n i_o desire_v to_o be_v inform_v how_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o their_o lay-people_n and_o 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affigi_fw-la ac_fw-la publicari_fw-la possint_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la alium_fw-la seu_fw-la alios_fw-la publicae_fw-la vel_fw-la occultè_fw-la directè_fw-la vel_fw-la indirectè_fw-la impediverint_fw-la easdem_fw-la censuras_fw-la et_fw-la paenas_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la incurrere_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la fraus_fw-la et_fw-la dolus_fw-la nemini_fw-la debeant_fw-la patrocinari_fw-la ne_fw-la quisquam_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la alicui_fw-la regimini_fw-la et_fw-la administrationi_fw-la deputati_fw-la sunt_fw-la infra_fw-la tempus_fw-la svi_fw-la regiminis_fw-la seu_fw-la administrationis_fw-la praedictas_fw-la sententias_fw-la censuras_fw-la et_fw-la poenas_fw-la sustineat_fw-la quasi_fw-la pâ—st_fw-la dictum_fw-la tempus_fw-la sententiis_fw-la censuris_fw-la et_fw-la poenis_fw-la praedictis_fw-la amplius_fw-la ligatus_fw-la non_fw-la existat_fw-la quemcúnque_fw-la qui_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o regimine_fw-la et_fw-la administratione_fw-la existens_fw-la monitioni_fw-la et_fw-la mandato_fw-la nostris_fw-la quoad_fw-la praemissa_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquid_fw-la eorum_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la noluerit_fw-la etiam_fw-la deposito_fw-la regimine_fw-la et_fw-la administratione_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la nisi_fw-la paruerit_fw-la eisdem_fw-la censuris_fw-la et_fw-la poenis_fw-la subjicere_fw-la decernimus_fw-la sect._n 20._o fine_a et_fw-fr ne_fw-fr henricus_fw-la ejusque_fw-la complice_n et_fw-la fautores_fw-la adhaerentes_fw-la consultores_fw-la et_fw-la sequaces_fw-la aliÃque_fw-la quos_fw-la praemissa_fw-la concernunt_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la eorundem_fw-la praesentium_fw-la literarum_n et_fw-la in_o eye_n contentorum_fw-la praetendere_fw-la valeant_fw-la literas_fw-la ipsas_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la omnes_fw-la et_fw-la singulos_fw-la tam_fw-la juris_fw-la quam_fw-la facti_fw-la etiam_fw-la solemnitatum_fw-la et_fw-la processuum_fw-la citationúmque_fw-la omissarum_fw-la defectus_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la tales_n sint_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la specialis_fw-la et_fw-la expressa_fw-la mentio_fw-la facienda_fw-la esset_fw-la propter_fw-la notorietatem_fw-la facti_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la scientia_fw-la et_fw-la potestatis_fw-la plenitudine_fw-la similibus_fw-la supplemus_fw-la in_fw-la basilicae_fw-la principis_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la et_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la de_fw-la urbe_fw-la et_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la in_o collegiatae_n beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la brugen_n tornacen_n et_fw-la parochialis_fw-la de_fw-fr dunkercae_fw-la oppidorum_fw-la moriensis_n dioecesis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la valvis_fw-la affigi_fw-la et_fw-la publicari_fw-la mandamus_fw-la decernentes_fw-la quod_fw-la earundem_fw-la literarum_n publicatio_fw-la sic_fw-la facta_fw-la henricum_fw-la regem_fw-la ejúsque_fw-la complice_n fautores_fw-la adhaerentes_fw-la consultores_fw-la et_fw-la sequaces_fw-la omnesque_fw-la alios_fw-la et_fw-la singulos_fw-la quos_fw-la literae_fw-la ipsae_fw-la quomodolibet_fw-la concernunt_fw-la perinde_v eos_fw-la arctent_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la literae_fw-la ipsae_fw-la eye_n personalitèr_fw-la lectae_fw-la et_fw-la intimatae_fw-la fuissent_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la verisimile_fw-la quod_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la tam_fw-la patentèr_fw-la fiunt_fw-la debeant_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la incognita_fw-la remanere_fw-la sect._n 21._o jubet_fw-la ceterum_fw-la quia_fw-la difficile_fw-la foret_fw-la praesentes_fw-la literas_fw-la ad_fw-la singula_fw-la quaeque_fw-la loca_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la necessarium_fw-la esset_fw-la deferri_fw-la volumus_fw-la et_fw-la dictâ_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la decernimus_fw-la quod_fw-la earum_fw-la transumptis_fw-la manu_fw-la publici_fw-la notarij_fw-la confectis_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o almâ_fw-la urbe_fw-la impressis_fw-la ac_fw-la sigillo_fw-la alicujus_fw-la personae_fw-la in_o dignitate_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la constitutae_fw-la munitis_fw-la ubÃque_fw-la eadem_fw-la fides_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la quae_fw-la originalibus_fw-la adhiberetur_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la exhibitae_fw-la vel_fw-la ostensae_fw-la sect._n 22._o imponit_fw-la nulli_fw-la ergo_fw-la omnino_fw-la hominum_fw-la liceat_fw-la hanc_fw-la paginam_fw-la nostrae_fw-la monitionis_fw-la aggravationes_fw-la reaggravationis_fw-la declarationis_fw-la percussionis_fw-la suppositionis_fw-la inhabilitationis_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la liberationis_fw-la requisitionis_fw-la inhibitionis_fw-la hortationis_fw-la exceptionis_fw-la prohibitionis_fw-la concessionis_fw-la extensionis_fw-la suppletionis_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la et_fw-la decretorum_fw-la infringere_fw-la vel_fw-la ei_fw-la ausu_fw-la temerario_fw-la contraire_fw-fr si_fw-mi quis_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la attentare_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la indignationem_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la beatorum_fw-la petri_n et_fw-fr pauli_n apostolorum_fw-la ejus_fw-la se_fw-la noverit_fw-la incursurum_fw-la dat._n romae_fw-la apud_fw-la s._n marcum_fw-la aug._n anno_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la dom._n 1435._o 3._o kal._n septemb_n pont._n nostri_fw-la anno_fw-la primo_fw-la finis_fw-la a_o short_a account_n of_o the_o content_n of_o this_o book_n i._o the_o bull_n of_o pope_n pius_n the_o five_o contain_v the_o damnation_n and_o excommunication_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n in_o latin_n and_o english_a p._n 1._o ii_o the_o first_o observation_n that_o pius_n v._o be_v neither_o the_o first_o nor_o last_o pope_n who_o excommunicate_v and_o damn_v king_n and_o emperor_n for_o 1._o before_o he_o pope_n constantine_n gregory_n the_o second_o greg._n the_o three_o greg._n the_o seven_o gregory_n the_o nine_o innocent_a the_o four_o paul_n the_o three_o etc._n etc._n do_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o 2._o gregory_n the_o thirteen_o and_o sixtus_n the_o five_o after_o he_o p._n 7._o iii_o the_o second_o observation_n concern_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o title_n prefix_v to_o pius_n the_o five_o his_o bull_n that_o it_o be_v damnatio_fw-la &_o excommunicatio_fw-la elizabethae_fw-la where_o it_o be_v prove_v 1._o that_o not_o only_a pius_n the_o five_o but_o other_o pope_n not_o short_a of_o he_o in_o time_n or_o impiety_n use_v the_o same_o hard_a word_n damnation_n in_o the_o title_n prefix_v to_o their_o damnatory_a bull_n wherein_o they_o excommunicate_a king_n and_o emperor_n 2._o the_o uncharitable_a error_n and_o invalidity_n of_o their_o reason_n they_o do_v or_o can_v pretend_v for_o do_v so_o p._n 15._o iv._o the_o three_o observation_n wherein_o 1._o the_o notion_n and_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n damnation_n be_v explain_v 2._o that_o by_o the_o word_n damnation_n in_o their_o anathema_n and_o damnatory_a bull_n not_o only_o some_o temporal_a loss_n or_o punishment_n as_o to_o their_o body_n or_o estate_n but_o eternal_a damnation_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v mean_v by_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o party_n together_o with_o the_o invalidity_n of_o their_o reason_n and_o pretence_n to_o justify_v they_o in_o this_o particular_a p._n 20._o v._o the_o four_o 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apostolicum_fw-la cum_fw-la electo_fw-la ut_fw-la cis_fw-la consecret_fw-la episcopum_fw-la alcuinus_fw-la de_fw-la divinis_fw-la officiis_n cap._n 36._o 36._o petrus_n de_fw-fr marca_n de_fw-fr concordiâ_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la &_o imperij_fw-la tom._n 2._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 3._o §._o 3._o pag._n 67._o 67._o sequens_fw-la aetas_fw-la abstinuit_fw-la &_o deinceps_fw-la apostolici_fw-la titulus_fw-la soli_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifici_fw-la attributus_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la authoribus_fw-la idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la the_o archbishop_n of_o paris_n next_o before_o cite_v among_o the_o apostolical_a church_n beside_o those_o i_o have_v name_v reckon_v alexandria_n ephesus_n ancyra_n corinth_n thessalonica_n and_o he_o may_v have_v add_v philippi_n etc._n etc._n de_n concordiâ_fw-la sacred_a &_o imperij_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 4._o §_o 7._o tom._n 2._o p._n 224._o for_o tertullian_n add_v it_o in_o the_o place_n next_o cite_v cite_v age_fw-la jam_fw-la qui_fw-la voles_fw-fr curiositatem_fw-la melius_fw-la exercere_fw-la in_o negotio_fw-la salutis_fw-la tuus_fw-la percurre_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la apud_fw-la quas_fw-la ipsae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suis_fw-la locis_fw-la praesidentur_fw-la apud_fw-la quas_fw-la ipsae_fw-la authenticae_fw-la literae_fw-la eorum_fw-la recitantur_fw-la sonantes_fw-la vocem_fw-la &_o repraesentantes_fw-la faciem_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la proxima_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la achaia_n habes_fw-la corinthum_n si_fw-la non_fw-la long_o â—s_v à _fw-la macedoniâ_fw-la habes_fw-la philippos_n aut_fw-la thessalonicenses_n si_fw-mi potes_fw-la in_o afiam_fw-la tendere_fw-la habes_fw-la ephesum_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la italiae_fw-la adjaces_fw-la habes_fw-la romam_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertullian_n de_fw-fr prescript_n cap._n 36._o pag._n 338._o edit_fw-la pamelij_fw-la 1662._o 1662._o ecclesiae_fw-la rom._n specialius_fw-la in_o petro_n coeli_fw-la terraeque_fw-la retineâ—_fw-la habenas_fw-la gratian._n can._n si_fw-mi papa_n 6._o dist._n 40._o 40._o jus_fw-la successionis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la romanorum_fw-la in_o eofundatur_fw-la quod_fw-la petrus_n sedem_fw-la svam_fw-la jubente_fw-la domino_fw-la romae_fw-la collocaverit_fw-la bellarm_n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o §._o 1._o 1._o ecclesia_fw-la antiocheia_n hos_fw-la anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 39_o à _fw-fr petro_n instituta_fw-la &_o 7._o annis_n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la administrata_fw-la baron_fw-fr ad_fw-la an._n christ._n 39_o §._o 9_o tom._n 1._o p._n 269._o edit_fw-la antverp_n 1612._o 1612._o baron_fw-fr ibid._n §._o 18._o p._n 272._o and_o in_o their_o present_a roman_a breviary_n antverp_n 1660._o they_o have_v a_o holiday_n for_o st._n peter_n instalment_n at_o antioch_n in_o cathedrâ_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri_n antiochiae_fw-la so_o they_o call_v it_o in_o parte_fw-la breviarij_fw-la hiemali_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la 22._o februarij_fw-la and_o we_o be_v there_o tell_v that_o that_o festival_n be_v call_v cathedra_fw-la petri_n quia_fw-la primus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petrus_n hodiè_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la cathedram_fw-la suscipisse_n referatur_fw-la ibid._n lect._n 3._o p._n 760._o col._n 2._o and_o for_o this_o they_o cite_v st._n augustin_n de_fw-fr sanctis_fw-la serm._n 15._o n_o know_a supposititius_fw-la and_o spurius_fw-la scrap_n unworthy_o father_v on_o st._n augustin_n augustin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n hic_fw-la primus_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la caepit_fw-la cum_fw-la ei_fw-la ante_fw-la coeteros_n omnes_fw-la suum_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la thronum_fw-la dominus_fw-la tradisset_fw-la epiphanius_n adversus_fw-la haeres_fw-la lib._n 3._o tom._n 2._o haeres_fw-la 78._o §._o 7._o pag._n 1039._o b._n b._n 1._o pet._n 2._o 25._o 25._o rev._n 17._o 14._o &_o 19_o 16._o 16._o matth._n 10._o 6._o &_o 15._o 24._o rom._n 15._o 8._o 8._o luk._n 10._o 1._o 2._o 2._o gal._n 2._o 9_o 9_o act._n 15._o 13._o 19_o 20._o 20._o god_n your_o king_n so_o samuel_n tell_v they_o and_o so_o 1._o sam._n 8._o 7._o and_o cap._n 10._o 19_o 19_o so_o josephus_n and_o philo_n call_v the_o jewish_a government_n from_o moses_n to_o saul_n god_n be_v personal_o their_o king_n 1._o he_o himself_o personal_o do_v give_v they_o all_o their_o law_n 2._o he_o personal_o send_v his_o vice-roys_n moses_n joshua_n and_o all_o the_o judge_n 3._o he_o receive_v and_o personal_o answer_v all_o their_o last_o appeal_n which_o be_v evident_a character_n that_o he_o be_v their_o supreme_a power_n their_o king_n king_n synodus_fw-la à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it qui_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la &_o intellectûs_fw-la edocta_fw-la declarat_fw-la etc._n etc._n council_n trid._n sess._n 21._o de_fw-fr communione_n cap._n 1._o and_o yet_o what_o it_o declare_v there_o be_v most_o evident_o untrue_a untrue_a christus_fw-la à _fw-la terris_fw-la ascensurus_fw-la ad_fw-la coelos_n sacerdotes_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vicarios_fw-la reliquit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la praesides_fw-la ac_fw-la judices_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la omnia_fw-la mortalia_fw-la crimina_fw-la deferantur_fw-la conc._n trid._n sess._n 14._o de_fw-fr poenitentiâ_fw-la cap._n 5._o de_fw-fr confession_n vid._n aquinat_fw-la part_n 3._o quaest._n 8._o art_n 6._o in_o corpore_fw-la corpore_fw-la aquin._n 2._o 2._o quaest._n 88_o art_n 12._o praelatus_fw-la gerit_fw-la vicem_fw-la christi_fw-la christi_fw-la 2._o cor._n 2._o 10._o 10._o si_fw-mi periculum_fw-la mortis_fw-la immineat_fw-la approbatúsque_fw-la desit_fw-la confessarius_fw-la quilibet_fw-la sacerdos_n potest_fw-la à _fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la censuris_fw-la &_o pecatis_fw-la absolvere_fw-la rituale_fw-la romanum_fw-la pauli_n papae_fw-la 5._o jussu_fw-la editum_fw-la antverp_n 1652._o de_fw-fr sacramento_n poenitentiae_fw-la pag._n 61._o &_o 65._o 65._o cum_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la vice_n teneamus_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la nobÃsque_fw-la in_o petri_n personâ_fw-la dictum_fw-la sit_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la ligaveris_fw-la etc._n etc._n memoratum_fw-la principem_fw-la omni_fw-la dignitate_fw-la privatum_fw-la denunciamus_fw-la &_o sententiando_fw-la privamus_fw-la omnésque_fw-la ei_fw-la juramento_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la astrictos_fw-la à _fw-la juramento_fw-la absolvimus_fw-la inhibentes_fw-la ne_fw-la quisquam_fw-la de_fw-fr coetero_fw-la ei_fw-la ut_fw-la imperatori_fw-la pareat_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ipsi_fw-la favorem_fw-la aut_fw-la auxillum_fw-la praestiterint_fw-la sint_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la cap._n ad_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la 2._o extra_n de_fw-fr sent._n &_o re_fw-la judicata_fw-la vid._n cap._n quanto_fw-la 3._o extra_n de_fw-fr translatione_fw-la episcopi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o petri_n cathedrâ_fw-la sedeat_fw-la summum_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la gradum_fw-la non_fw-la ullis_fw-la humanis_fw-la constitutionibus_fw-la sed_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la datum_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la estque_fw-la moderator_n vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la petri_n successor_n &_o in_o terris_fw-la verus_fw-la christi_fw-la vicarius_fw-la ita_fw-la catechis_n trident._n part_n 2._o cap._n 7._o de_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sacramento_n §._o 28._o vid._n etiam_fw-la bullarium_fw-la romanum_fw-la tom._n 1._o pag._n 347._o col._n 1._o §._o 6._o where_o alexand._n papa_n 6._o give_v all_o the_o west-indies_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n as_o vicar_n of_o christ._n christ._n vid._n breviarium_fw-la romanum_fw-la in_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la s._n petri_n antiochiae_n febr._n 22._o &_o in_o festo_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la s._n petri_n qua_fw-la romae_fw-la primum_fw-la sedet_fw-la jan._n 18._o breviarij_fw-la parte_fw-la hiemali_fw-la hiemali_fw-la petro_n dedit_fw-la clave_n transivit_fw-la quidem_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o alios_fw-la apostolos_fw-la vis_fw-la potestatis_fw-la illius_fw-la &_o in_o omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la principes_fw-la breviar_n rom._n in_o festo_fw-la cathedr_n s._n petri_n antioch_n febr._n 22._o lect._n 9_o part._n hiemali_fw-la p._n 762._o edit_fw-la antverp_n 1660._o 1660._o part._n