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inferior_a civil_a magistrate_n officer_n of_o justice_n be_v in_o their_o civil_a state_n kingdom_n court_n and_o that_o the_o receive_a distinction_n of_o 78._o two_o supreme_a jurisdiction_n power_n specifical_o different_a from_o and_o independent_a on_o each_o other_o in_o their_o very_a essence_n nature_n by_o divine_a institution_n and_o at_o least_o ever_o since_o our_o saviour_n ascension_n immediate_o vest_v in_o two_o distinct_a calling_n profession_n of_o man_n to_o wit_n the_o sovereign_n civil_a jurisdiction_n in_o and_o over_o all_o secular_a person_n affair_n in_o emperor_n king_n and_o temporal_a power_n alone_o the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a or_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n in_o and_o over_o all_o church_n militant_a bishop_n priest_n church-member_n divine_a and_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n only_o in_o pope_n or_o patriarch_n not_o emperor_n king_n secular_a prince_n state_n be_v but_o a_o mere_a popish_a imposture_n forgery_n fancy_n stratagem_n to_o cheat_v rob_v deprive_v all_o christian_a emperor_n king_n prince_n of_o the_o rich_a pearl_n jewel_n chief_a branch_n and_o flower_n of_o their_o diadem_n to_o exempt_v the_o clergy_n from_o their_o jurisdiction_n under_o this_o pretext_n and_o to_o subject_v both_o their_o person_n crown_n kingdom_n subject_n to_o the_o antichristian_a usurpation_n tyranny_n exorbitance_n oppression_n of_o ambitious_a pope_n prelate_n priest_n as_o ecclesiastical_a history_n evidence_n ever_o since_o this_o heresy_n of_o two_o distinct_a sovereign_a authority_n delegated_a by_o divine_a institution_n to_o two_o several_a function_n be_v first_o broach_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o that_o of_o duo_o principia_fw-la condemn_v by_o pope_n themselves_o and_o the_o great_a 38._o champion_n of_o their_o universal_a sovereign_a monarchy_n as_o a_o most_o dangerous_a heresy_n invent_v first_o by_o manichaeos_n martion_n manes_n hermogenes_n and_o other_o heretic_n against_o who_o 98._o tertullian_n thus_o long_o since_o argue_v quid_fw-la erit_fw-la unicum_fw-la &_o singular_a nisi_fw-la cui_fw-la nihil_fw-la adaequabitur_fw-la quid_fw-la principale_v nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o in_o quo_fw-la omne_fw-la haec_fw-la deus_fw-la solus_fw-la habendo_fw-la est_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la habendo_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-mi &_o alius_fw-la habuerit_fw-la tot_fw-la jam_fw-la erunt_fw-la dii_fw-la quot_fw-la habuerint_fw-la quae_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la summum_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la summum_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la unicum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la unicum_fw-la autem_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la cui_fw-la aliquid_fw-la adaequabitur_fw-la veritas_fw-la autem_fw-la sic_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la exigit_fw-la defendendo_fw-la ut_fw-la solius_fw-la sit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ipsius_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la enim_fw-la ipsius_fw-la erit_fw-la si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la solius_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la alius_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la admitti_fw-la dum_fw-la nemini_fw-la licet_fw-la habere_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ergo_fw-la inquis_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la habemus_fw-la dei_fw-la aliquid_fw-la imo_fw-la habemus_fw-la &_o habebimus_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la no_o &_o dii_fw-la erimus_fw-la si_fw-la &_o meruerimus_fw-la illi_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la praedicavit_fw-la ego_fw-la dixi_fw-la vos_fw-la dii_fw-la estis_fw-la &_o stetit_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la deorum_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la nostra_fw-la proprietate_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la solus_fw-la qui_fw-la deos_fw-la faciat_fw-la i_o may_v most_o apt_o apply_v it_o to_o emperor_n king_n who_o be_v earthly_a god_n make_v such_o by_o god_n in_o their_o own_o kingdom_n as_o his_o viceroy_n the_o sovereign_a power_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o person_n church_n cause_n as_o well_o civil_a as_o ecclesiastical_a within_o their_o respective_a realm_n must_v be_v but_o one_o inâ—ire_n indivisible_a sovereign_a authority_n incommunicable_a unto_o any_o other_o subject_n or_o person_n whatsoever_o but_o by_o subordinate_a derivation_n and_o delegation_n by_o from_o or_o under_o they_o else_o they_o shall_v present_o cease_v to_o be_v earthly_a god_n have_v pope_n or_o bishop_n a_o distinct_a supreme_a ecclesiastical_a power_n within_o their_o realm_n coequal_a with_o underive_v from_o or_o independent_a on_o they_o whence_o 210._o st._n
augustine_n thus_o resolve_v sicut_fw-la terreni_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la currit_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la sit_fw-la reverentia_fw-la ita_fw-la deus_fw-la instituit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la dei_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la incipint_fw-la et_fw-la currat_fw-la per_fw-la cunctos_fw-la quamvis_fw-la frequent_a mundus_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la intelligit_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la se_fw-la subjiciat_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la positus_fw-la quam_fw-la debet_fw-la tamen_fw-la institutio_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la timeatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la ergo_fw-la haec_fw-la institutio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la cathedra_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la reperitur_fw-la as_o it_o be_v at_o rome_n nusquam_fw-la enim_fw-la unius_fw-la dei_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la abjicitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la multorum_fw-la deorum_fw-la praedicant_fw-la metum_fw-la from_o hence_o our_o 391._o thomas_n waldensis_n thus_o conclude_v ecce_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la incipit_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la &_o currit_fw-la per_fw-la cunctos_fw-la executores_fw-la justitiae_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la inciperet_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la &_o sola_fw-la executio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la manaret_fw-la in_o principem_fw-la 52._o ecce_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la imperator_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la quamvis_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la christianus_n homo_fw-la tamen_fw-la nec_fw-la homo_fw-la nec_fw-la christianus_n homo_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la imperator_fw-la nec_fw-la christianus_n imperator_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la quamvis_fw-la per_fw-la pontificem_fw-la fidelis_fw-la sit_fw-la imperator_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la unde_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la et_fw-la nunquid_fw-la spiritus_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o pontifice_fw-la tertullianus_n intendi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la profecto_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o sacerdotio_fw-la provenit_fw-la a_o cujus_fw-la dono_fw-la animam_fw-la non_fw-la accepit_fw-la potestatis_fw-la regiae_n primum_fw-la initium_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la manat_fw-la in_o subditas_fw-la potestates_fw-la as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a as_o i_o shall_v here_o demonstrate_v against_o all_o papal_a or_o pontifical_a pretence_n to_o the_o contrary_n for_o method_n sake_n i_o shall_v digest_v the_o sum_n of_o my_o first_o book_n into_o these_o 5._o proposition_n 1._o that_o from_o adam_n creation_n till_o the_o law_n give_v by_o god_n to_o moses_n and_o by_o he_o unto_o the_o israelite_n his_o peculiar_a people_n the_o supreme_a paternal_a regal_a magistratical_a with_o that_o now_o style_v spiritual_a pontifical_a ecclesiastical_a authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n both_o in_o and_o over_o the_o family_n state_n church_n militant_a be_v by_o divine_a and_o natural_a right_o vest_v unite_v in_o one_o person_n not_o many_o to_o wit_n first_o in_o adam_n himself_o but_o after_o his_o decease_n in_o the_o first-born_a unless_o disinherit_v by_o god_n for_o sin_n or_o in_o the_o patriarch_n or_o master_n of_o the_o family_n tribe_n who_o be_v both_o king_n and_o priest_n have_v the_o priesthood_n annex_v to_o his_o paternal_a or_o regal_a office_n not_o these_o to_o his_o priestship_n 2_o that_o god_n after_o the_o israelite_n deliverance_n from_o the_o egyptian_a bondage_n when_o he_o first_o new-modelled_n they_o into_o a_o commonwealth_n and_o afterward_o into_o a_o kingdom_n settle_v both_o their_o state_n and_o church-government_n divide_v the_o priesthood_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a magistracy_n kingship_n vest_v the_o one_o in_o moses_n josuah_n david_n solomon_n and_o their_o royal_a successor_n the_o other_o in_o aaron_n his_o son_n and_o tribe_n of_o levi_n leave_v the_o sovereign_n ecclesiastical_a power_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o person_n cause_n still_o annex_v to_o the_o kingly_a or_o supreme_a magistratical_a office_n and_o reside_v in_o the_o king_n or_o chief_a civil_a officer_n as_o before_o transfer_v to_o priest_n only_o the_o ministerial_a priestly_a office_n not_o the_o sovereign_n spiritual_a jurisdiction_n the_o same_o in_o kind_n with_o a_o real_a part_n of_o and_o various_a dispensation_n only_o from_o the_o civil_a supremacy_n 3_o that_o the_o supreme_a government_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a after_o christ_n incarnation_n under_o the_o gospel_n be_v vest_v in_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o god_n and_o man_n only_o as_o he_o be_v the_o king_n not_o priest_n or_o prophet_n of_o the_o church_n his_o priestly_a and_o prophetical_a office_n be_v unite_v to_o his_o kingly_a as_o the_o first_o high_a in_o dignity_n and_o order_n not_o his_o regal_a to_o his_o pontifical_a or_o prophetical_a office_n 4_o that_o jesus_n christ_n as_o supreme_a king_n lord_n head_n of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o church_n whilst_o on_o earth_n never_o claim_v nor_o exercise_v any_o temporal_a regal_a jurisdiction_n or_o magistratical_a authority_n over_o any_o of_o his_o subject_n much_o less_o over_o emperor_n king_n kingdom_n nation_n or_o sovereign_a civil_a power_n nor_o ever_o deprive_v any_o of_o they_o of_o their_o crown_n nor_o absolve_v their_o subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n nor_o cast_v down_o pull_v or_o root_v up_o their_o kingdom_n nor_o give_v they_o to_o whosoever_o he_o please_v neither_o do_v he_o either_o before_o at_z or_o after_o his_o passion_n resurrection_n or_o ascension_n derive_v any_o such_o superlative_a power_n to_o st._n peter_n as_o his_o sole_a universal_a vicar_n or_o viceroy_n nor_o to_o any_o other_o apostle_n bishop_n priest_n 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