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and_o primate_n of_o england_n if_o he_o abuse_v his_o power_n be_v accountable_a unto_o the_o general_n council_n when_o by_o consent_n assemble_v that_o be_v the_o archbishop_z who_o be_v not_o in_o power_n above_o any_o other_o bishop_n as_o be_v by_o the_o dean_n substitute_n assert_v abuse_v his_o power_n be_v accountable_a to_o some_o court_n above_o any_o in_o this_o realm_n to_o a_o general_n council_n a_o college_n of_o bishop_n §_o 10._o although_o the_o papist_n general_o assert_v that_o the_o universal_a church_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o church-government_n as_o have_v be_v already_o intimate_v yet_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o french_a and_o italian_n papist_n about_o the_o kind_n of_o the_o government_n the_o one_o insist_v on_o a_o aristocracy_n the_o other_o on_o a_o monarchy_n i._n e._n the_o french_a hold_n that_o the_o pars_fw-la regens_fw-la of_o the_o universal_a church_n be_v a_o general_n council_n the_o italian_a that_o it_o be_v one_o single_a person_n viz._n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n there_o have_v be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o some_o hundred_o year_n a_o great_a contest_v concern_v the_o supreme_a regent_n part_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o general_n council_n or_o the_o pope_n whether_o a_o general_a council_n be_v above_o the_o pope_n or_o the_o pope_n above_o a_o general_n council_n about_o which_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v fall_v into_o three_o part_n as_o bellarmine_n assert_n 1._o that_o the_o pâ—pe_n be_v the_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o much_o above_o a_o general_n council_n that_o he_o can_v subject_v himself_o thereunto_o the_o government_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n though_o mix_v be_v compose_v of_o a_o democracy_n aristocracy_n and_o monarchy_n yet_o principal_o it_o be_v monarchical_a the_o supreme_a power_n be_v immediate_o lodge_v in_o the_o monarch_n who_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o râ—me_n christ_n 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