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he_o say_v authoritate_fw-la rex_fw-la propriâ_fw-la resecare_fw-la potest_fw-la superstitiones_fw-la quas_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ipsi_fw-la tolerant_fw-la but_o he_o say_v not_o quas_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ipsi_fw-la docent_fw-la nen_fw-la esse_fw-la superstitiones_fw-la again_o p._n 364._o he_o speak_v thus_o of_o a_o thing_n do_v in_o israele_n praecipuae_fw-la in_o re_fw-la religionis_fw-la part_n penes_fw-la regem_fw-la extiterunt_fw-la vel_fw-la uno_fw-la hoc_fw-la argumento_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la sacrae_fw-la historiae_fw-la seriem_fw-la totam_fw-la mutato_fw-la novi_fw-la regis_fw-la animo_fw-la mutata_fw-la semper_fw-la est_fw-la facies_fw-la religionis_fw-la nec_fw-la pontifices_fw-la unquam_fw-la vel_fw-la praestare_fw-la poterant_fw-la ut_fw-la fieret_fw-la mutatio_fw-la in_o melius_fw-la vel_fw-la ne_fw-la fieret_fw-la in_o pejus_fw-la impedire_fw-la and_o p._n 368._o passim_fw-la per_fw-la fastos_fw-la sacros_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fit_a a_o rege_fw-la fieri_fw-la diserte_n dicitur_fw-la regis_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la pontificis_fw-la haud_fw-la unquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la regis_fw-la mandato_fw-la but_o i_o hope_v he_o will_v not_o hence_o infer_v that_o summa_fw-la religionis_fw-la be_v not_o penes_fw-la pontifices_fw-la if_o the_o prince_n apostatize_v from_o the_o true_a religion_n or_o that_o the_o church_n governor_n may_v do_v nothing_o contra_fw-la regis_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nor_o may_v oppose_v he_o and_o teach_v the_o people_n contrary_a to_o his_o reformation_n where_o they_o judge_v that_o he_o reform_v not_o aright_o what_o do_v the_o church-governor_n for_o the_o first_o 300_o year_n especial_o since_o p._n 377._o which_o i_o desire_v you_o much_o to_o mark_v he_o allow_v such_o ecclesiastical_a primacy_n as_o the_o good_a king_n of_o israel_n use_v not_o to_o all_o but_o only_o to_o christian_a prince_n and_o to_o christian_a prince_n not_o all_o but_o only_o those_o not_o heretical_a and_o i_o suppose_v he_o 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christianity_n whatsoever_o right_o it_o use_v during_o that_o time_n manifest_o therefore_o it_o ought_v still_o to_o use_v and_o enjoy_v this_o be_v the_o most_o pertinent_a evidence_n to_o show_v the_o bound_n of_o it_o i._n e._n of_o such_o right_n independent_a on_o any_o temporal_a governor_n see_v he_o 4._o c._n p._n 169._o and_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o be_v they_o who_o first_o set_v up_o this_o church_n government_n in_o civil_a state_n and_o st._n paul_n make_v titus_n superintendent_n of_o crect_n and_o timothy_n of_o ephesus_n for_o spiritual_a affair_n without_o the_o secular_a governor_n leave_v *_o who_o be_v in_o these_o place_n to_o ordain_v other_o to_o preserve_v for_o ever_o the_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n deliver_v to_o they_o for_o this_o cause_n say_v paul_n to_o titus_n 1._o chap._n 5._o ver_fw-la leave_v i_o thou_o in_o crect_n that_o thou_o shall_v set_v in_o order_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v leave_v undo_v and_o ordain_v presbyter_n in_o every_o city_n as_o i_o have_v appoint_v thou_o which_o ordain_v of_o other_o signify_v also_o institution_n in_o the_o charge_n or_o cure_v whereto_o they_o minister_v as_o bishop_n carleton_n confess_v jurisdict_v regal_a episcopal_n 4._o chap._n pag._n 40._o again_o *_o who_o be_v in_o these_o place_n to_o receive_v accusation_n hear_v witness_n which_o can_v be_v without_o appoint_a assembly_n and_o meeting_n silence_v false_a teacher_n excommunicate_a offender_n see_v tit._n 1.11_o rev._n 2.20_o 1._o tim._n 1.3.5.19_o against_o a_o elder_a receive_v not_o a_o accusation_n but_o before_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n now_o he_o say_v the_o same_o author_n pag._n 42._o that_o be_v appoint_v to_o hear_v accusation_n and_o to_o receive_v the_o testimony_n of_o witness_n be_v seat_v in_o a_o place_n of_o judgement_n with_o jurisdiction_n see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o success_n clergy_n §_o 4._o and_o this_o they_o do_v when_o the_o temporal_a governor_n of_o those_o place_n licence_v they_o 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