the_o church_n within_o the_o empire_n as_o you_o do_v but_o the_o care_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n baxter_n num._n 69._o yet_o let_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o i_o will_v take_v pope_n leo_n for_o no_o competent_a judge_n or_o witness_v though_o you_o call_v he_o a_o saint_n as_o long_o as_o we_o know_v what_o pass_v between_o he_o and_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n non-prooâ—â—â—â—_a non-prooâ—â—â—â—_a and_o that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o tumify_v bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v judge_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n johnson_n num._n 69._o sir_n i_o be_o real_o move_v to_o compassionate_v you_o when_o i_o see_v you_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n have_v it_o not_o be_v enough_o for_o you_o to_o extenuate_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o holy_a council_n as_o you_o here_o do_v but_o that_o you_o must_v as_o the_o chalcedonian_a council_n say_v of_o dioscorus_n extend_v your_o spite_n against_o he_o that_o be_v s._n leo_n to_o who_o our_o saviour_n have_v commit_v the_o care_n of_o the_o vineyard_n to_o wit_n his_o whole_a church_n who_o ever_o before_o you_o and_o those_o novellist_n of_o your_o spirit_n since_o the_o time_n of_o s._n leo_n brand_v he_o with_o the_o black_a note_n of_o a_o tumified_a pope_n be_v it_o not_o this_o great_a s._n leo_n of_o who_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n pronounce_v that_o the_o care_n of_o christ_n vineyard_n be_v commit_v to_o he_o by_o our_o saviour_n leonem_fw-la vâ—â—de_v concilâ—â—um_n calce_v in_o literis_fw-la ad_fw-la leonem_fw-la be_v it_o not_o he_o who_o be_v style_v by_o the_o ecclesiastic_n of_o those_o time_n the_o ecumenical_a bishop_n do_v not_o that_o holy_a council_n call_v he_o their_o head_n their_o father_n their_o directour_n and_o you_o fear_v not_o to_o call_v he_o a_o tumified_a pope_n i_o beseech_v god_n to_o forgive_v you_o and_o what_o i_o pray_v pass_v betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n which_o may_v occasion_v this_o rash_a censure_n read_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o council_n and_o to_o anastasâ—â—us_a bishop_n of_o thessalonica_n and_o you_o will_v see_v it_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o zeal_n of_o conserve_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n in_o the_o order_n and_o dignity_n of_o patriarchâ—â—_n which_o move_v he_o to_o withstand_v that_o surreptitious_a canon_n for_o the_o prefer_v constantinople_n before_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n to_o which_o the_o nicene_n council_n have_v decree_v the_o two_o first_o patriarchates_n after_o rome_n the_o primacy_n of_o his_o sea_n be_v not_o question_v at_o all_o in_o that_o canon_n for_o it_o be_v there_o express_o ordain_v that_o constantinople_n shall_v be_v the_o second_o after_o rome_n now_o for_o you_o to_o call_v he_o a_o tumified_a bishop_n for_o no_o other_o reason_n give_v here_o then_o for_o seek_v to_o maintain_v the_o ancient_a decree_n of_o nice_a against_o all_o innovation_n of_o subsequent_a council_n will_v seem_v very_o strange_a i_o suppose_v to_o all_o christian_a reader_n baxter_n num._n 70._o but_o you_o add_v that_o the_o abassine_n of_o ethiopia_n be_v under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n ancient_o and_o he_o under_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n reply_n 1._o your_o bare_a word_n without_o proof_n shall_v not_o persuade_v we_o that_o the_o abassine_n be_v under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n for_o above_o three_o hundred_o if_o not_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ._n prove_v it_o and_o then_o your_o word_n be_v regardable_a johnson_n num._n 70._o why_o say_v you_o i_o speak_v without_o proof_n when_o i_o direct_v you_o pag._n 42._o by_o say_v as_o we_o shall_v see_v present_o to_o my_o proof_n of_o it_o which_o be_v pag._n 45._o where_o i_o prove_v it_o from_o one_o of_o your_o own_o historian_n baxter_n num._n 71.2_o at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a the_o contrary_n be_v manifest_a by_o the_o six_o canon_n mos_fw-la antiquus_fw-la perdurat_fw-la in_o egypto_n vel_fw-la lybia_n vel_fw-la pentapoli_n ut_fw-la alexandrinus_n episcopus_fw-la horum_fw-la omnium_fw-la habeat_fw-la potestatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n johnson_n num._n 71._o your_o argument_n be_v fallacious_a and_o proceed_v a_o part_n ad_fw-la totum_fw-la the_o canon_n say_v no_o more_o then_o that_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n egypt_n lybia_n 6._o can._n nicen._n â—â—_o 6._o and_o pentapolis_n be_v subject_a to_o he_o which_o may_v be_v most_o true_a though_o more_o province_n be_v under_o his_o jurisdiction_n then_o these_o shall_v one_o say_v that_o england_n and_o scotland_n be_v now_o subject_a to_o our_o most_o gracious_a sovereign_n charles_n the_o second_o dare_v you_o conclude_v thence_o that_o ireland_n be_v not_o part_n of_o his_o kingdom_n nor_o be_v it_o here_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o council_n to_o nominate_v express_o all_o the_o province_n under_o alexandria_n nor_o to_o make_v a_o new_a constitution_n but_o a_o decree_n of_o confirm_v the_o ancient_a custom_n about_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o patriarch_n now_o see_v meletius_n and_o his_o complice_n have_v schismatical_o exercise_v jurisdiction_n in_o those_o province_n the_o council_n to_o abrogate_v that_o intrusion_n and_o usurpation_n have_v a_o particular_a occasion_n of_o nominate_v these_o three_o thereby_o to_o restore_v the_o ancient_a right_n to_o the_o sea_n of_o alexandria_n leave_v the_o other_o part_n of_o that_o patriarchate_n about_o which_o there_o be_v no_o controversy_n to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n without_o nomination_n of_o particular_n as_o it_o do_v in_o relation_n to_o antioch_n 6._o socrat._v l._n 1._o c._n 6._o theodor._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o conc._n nicen._n can._n 6._o where_o none_o at_o all_o be_v nominate_v in_o that_o canon_n because_o there_o be_v no_o such_o occasion_n give_v of_o nominate_v any_o but_o leave_v that_o patriarch_n to_o that_o extent_n of_o jurisdiction_n over_o those_o province_n and_o church_n which_o he_o be_v know_v in_o those_o time_n to_o have_v possess_v ancient_o moreover_o some_o of_o the_o learned_a be_v of_o opinion_n that_o under_o the_o name_n of_o egypt_n ethiopia_n be_v include_v and_o it_o seem_v probable_a that_o egypt_n be_v a_o denomination_n include_v many_o other_o particular_a country_n and_o province_n in_o those_o part_n for_o the_o constantinopolitan_a council_n c._n 2._o cite_v this_o 6_o the_o canon_n of_o nice_a say_v that_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o that_o canon_n that_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n shall_v govern_v only_o the_o affair_n of_o egypt_n neither_o name_v lybia_n nor_o pentapolis_n which_o be_v specify_v in_o that_o nicene_n canon_n so_o that_o egypt_n include_v all_o the_o adjacent_a country_n in_o those_o part_n and_o consequent_o ethiopia_n baxter_n num._n 72._o and_o the_o common_a description_n of_o the_o alexandrian_a patriarchate_n in_o those_o time_n confine_v it_o to_o the_o empire_n and_o leave_v out_o ethiopia_n johnson_n num._n 72._o you_o shall_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v cite_v some_o author_n one_o at_o least_o in_o proof_n of_o this_o see_v i_o have_v cite_v one_o and_o he_o of_o your_o own_o who_o say_v the_o contrary_a citaâ—â—_fw-la ross._n p._n 99_o infra_fw-la citaâ—â—_fw-la when_o you_o produce_v those_o description_n they_o shall_v be_v answer_v in_o the_o interim_n i_o stand_v to_o my_o assertion_n as_o not_o yet_o disprove_v baxter_n num._n 73._o pisanus_n new_a invention_n we_o regard_v not_o johnson_n num._n 73._o the_o question_n be_v not_o what_o you_o regard_v or_o regard_v not_o but_o what_o you_o ought_v to_o regard_v according_a to_o right_a reason_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o dr._n heylin_n have_v the_o esteem_n of_o a_o person_n as_o much_o endue_v with_o learning_n and_o reason_n as_o yourself_o who_o have_v so_o much_o regard_n to_o pisanus_n his_o edition_n of_o the_o arabic_a canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n ultim_fw-la canon_n 36._o arab_n edit_fw-la dr._n heylin_n cosmograph_n lib._n 4._o pag._n 977._o edit_fw-la ultim_fw-la that_o he_o cite_v they_o as_o authentical_a and_o thereon_o ground_n the_o subjection_n of_o ethiopia_n to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n to_o have_v be_v confirm_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o continue_v so_o ever_o since_o behold_v ross_n and_o heylin_n both_o your_o own_o be_v against_o you_o chap._n v._n the_o argument_n num._n 74._o proof_n from_o antiquity_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v more_o subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n then_o be_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o england_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o arundel_n or_o the_o young_a justice_n of_o the_o peace_n to_o he_o who_o in_o a_o session_n be_v the_o elder_a among_o they_o ibid._n bishop_n of_o rome_n exercise_v spiritual_a jurisdiction_n and_o authority_n over_o the_o three_o first_o patriarch_n of_o the_o east_n n._n 75._o no_o limitatiun_n to_o the_o roman_a empire_n mention_v in_o antiquity_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o pope_n authority_n num_fw-la 76._o if_o any_o one_o extra-imperial_a church_n be_v grant_v subject_n
no_o other_o copy_n of_o the_o sardican_a council_n save_o that_o false_a one_o of_o the_o arian_n fraudent_o give_v out_o for_o the_o true_a one_o of_o sardica_n now_o if_o st_n augustine_n the_o light_n not_o only_o of_o africa_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o true_a canon_n of_o the_o sardican_a council_n the_o copy_n of_o it_o have_v be_v suppress_v by_o the_o donatist_n what_o need_v you_o wonder_v that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n be_v ignorant_a of_o they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o african_a father_n write_v they_o find_v not_o the_o canon_n in_o any_o council_n of_o the_o father_n because_o they_o have_v not_o the_o true_a copy_n of_o the_o sardican_n wherein_o they_o be_v yet_o it_o be_v true_a that_o these_o very_a canon_n be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o african_a church_n within_o very_a few_o year_n after_o this_o african_a council_n both_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o that_o church_n africanâ—â—s_n s._n leo._n ep._n 8._o ad_fw-la episc_n africanâ—â—s_n where_o as_o st._n leo_n witness_n a_o african_a bishop_n appeal_v to_o he_o who_o succeed_v within_o eight_o year_n of_o celestine_n and_o his_o appeal_n be_v receive_v and_o by_o insert_v these_o very_a canon_n of_o the_o sardican_a council_n into_o the_o canon_n law_n of_o africa_n for_o fulgentius_n ferrandus_fw-la deacon_n of_o carthag_n not_o long_o after_o st._n august_n and_o contemporanean_a with_o st._n fulgentius_n 60._o fulg._n ferrand_n in_o breviar_n can_n art_n 59_o &_o 60._o have_v register_v they_o into_o his_o collection_n of_o the_o canon_n among_o the_o rest_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 152._o it_o be_v make_v in_o a_o case_n of_o athanasius_n and_o other_o orthodox_n oriental_a bishop_n mere_o in_o that_o strait_a to_o save_v they_o and_o the_o church_n from_o the_o arian_n william_n johnson_n num._n 152._o but_o if_o it_o be_v only_o for_o this_o strait_a why_o be_v it_o many_o year_n after_o put_v into_o the_o canon_n law_n of_o africa_n as_o i_o have_v now_o prove_v and_o practise_v to_o this_o very_a day_n ever_o since_o in_o the_o church_n who_o ever_o before_o you_o say_v it_o be_v only_o for_o that_o strait_a name_n any_o one_o clasick_a author_n of_o antiquity_n if_o you_o can_v who_o say_v so_o canon_n of_o general_a council_n though_o occasion_v by_o several_a accident_n be_v to_o be_v suppose_v as_o perpetual_a to_o the_o whole_a church_n till_o they_o be_v either_o repeal_v by_o some_o authority_n equal_a to_o a_o general_a council_n or_o some_o manifest_a action_n give_v in_o the_o institution_n of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v only_o provisionary_a for_o a_o time_n prove_v if_o you_o can_v by_o the_o word_n of_o this_o council_n that_o it_o intend_v they_o only_o to_o be_v obligatory_a only_o for_o that_o strait_a and_o not_o to_o be_v perpetual_a this_o indeed_o be_v a_o excellent_a way_n to_o infringe_v the_o obligation_n of_o all_o or_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n by_o say_v they_o be_v in_o aid_n upon_o such_o a_o strait_a as_o all_o be_v make_v by_o some_o or_o other_o and_o therefore_o bind_v not_o after_o that_o occasion_n be_v past_a but_o what_o if_o in_o effect_n either_o the_o same_o or_o the_o like_a occasion_n and_o straight_o more_o or_o less_o be_v still_o find_v in_o the_o church_n for_o after_o the_o arian_n the_o nestorian_n eutychian_o monothelite_n image_n breaker_n &_o other_o persecute_v catholic_n bishop_n as_o wrongful_o as_o do_v the_o arian_n why_o then_o be_v this_o canon_n not_o to_o remain_v necessary_a after_o that_o strait_a of_o the_o arian_n opposition_n i_o see_v the_o strait_n be_v you_o be_v much_o pinch_v for_o a_o answer_n when_o you_o fall_v upon_o such_o a_o strait_a as_o this_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 153._o the_o arian_n withdraw_v from_o the_o council_n be_v the_o minor_a part_n and_o excommunicate_v julius_n and_o athanasius_n and_o other_o occidental_n and_o the_o occidental_a bishop_n excommunicate_v the_o oriental_a athanasius_n himself_o be_v a_o chief_n man_n in_o the_o council_n and_o have_v before_o be_v rescue_v by_o the_o help_n of_o julius_n and_o therefore_o no_o wonder_n if_o they_o desire_v this_o safety_n to_o their_o church_n william_n johnson_n num._n 153._o but_o yet_o because_o it_o be_v moral_o certain_a even_o after_o this_o strait_n be_v past_a that_o as_o before_o this_o council_n be_v assemble_v or_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a either_o many_o bishop_n be_v oppress_v by_o their_o neighbour_n bishop_n and_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o appeal_n so_o in_o all_o future_a time_n more_o or_o less_o such_o occasion_n will_v happen_v as_o continual_a experience_n ever_o since_o have_v teach_v as_o they_o have_v happen_v for_o these_o reason_n i_o say_v it_o be_v necessary_a that_o these_o and_o the_o like_a canon_n shall_v be_v of_o perpetual_a force_n or_o remedy_n against_o perpetual_a danger_n equal_a or_o like_v to_o those_o of_o the_o arian_n this_o ground_n of_o you_o will_v have_v stand_v our_o late_a republican_n in_o good_a stead_n who_o may_v have_v cancel_v most_o of_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o our_o kingdom_n upon_o the_o same_o pretence_n with_o you_o that_o they_o be_v enact_v first_o upon_o some_o strait_a or_o other_o which_o be_v pass_v over_o many_o year_n ago_o they_o be_v now_o no_o more_o necessary_a nor_o any_o way_n obligatory_a see_v you_o not_o what_o foundation_n you_o lay_v for_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o law_n both_o of_o church_n and_o kingdom_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 154._o note_v that_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n new_o grant_v now_o by_o this_o canon_n and_o not_o any_o ancient_a thing_n william_n johnson_n num._n 154._o prove_v it_o be_v a_o new_a thing_n this_o decree_n be_v not_o before_o it_o be_v make_v but_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o decree_n that_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o judge_v all_o other_o prelate_n be_v before_o this_o council_n for_o otherwise_o st._n athanasius_n and_o the_o other_o bishop_n can_v never_o have_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o to_o their_o judge_n or_o will_v their_o appeal_n have_v be_v accept_v by_o those_o holy_a bishop_n or_o approve_v in_o general_a council_n or_o have_v the_o effect_n of_o restauration_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o church_n which_o notwithstanding_o you_o yourself_o confess_v here_o be_v do_v before_o this_o council_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 155._o note_v that_o therefore_o it_o be_v of_o humane_a right_n and_o not_o of_o divine_a william_n johnson_n num._n 155._o therefore_o whence_o deduce_v you_o that_o to_o prove_v first_o your_o premise_n before_o you_o infer_v your_o conclusion_n may_v not_o the_o church_n order_n that_o divine_a law_n and_o instituton_n be_v observe_v and_o be_v they_o therefore_o not_o of_o divine_a right_n because_o the_o church_n have_v command_v the_o observance_n of_o they_o do_v not_o the_o four_o council_n of_o lateran_n command_v all_o christian_n to_o receive_v at_o easter_n be_v therefore_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o sacrament_n not_o of_o divine_a right_n true_a it_o be_v the_o circumstance_n of_o execute_v divine_a command_n may_v be_v determine_v by_o the_o church_n as_o they_o be_v in_o this_o council_n but_o the_o substance_n be_v still_o divine_a show_v by_o any_o word_n in_o those_o canon_n that_o they_o give_v the_o power_n of_o judge_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o bishop_n to_o the_o pope_n as_o if_o he_o have_v it_o not_o before_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 156._o note_v that_o yet_o this_o canon_n be_v not_o receive_v or_o practise_v in_o the_o church_n but_o after_o this_o the_o contrary_n maintain_v by_o council_n and_o practise_v as_o i_o shall_v anon_o prove_v william_n johnson_n num._n 156._o when_o you_o prove_v it_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v answer_v it_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 157._o that_o it_o be_v not_o any_o antecedent_n govern_v power_n that_o the_o canon_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o pope_n but_o in_o honour_n of_o the_o memory_n of_o st._n peter_n as_o they_o say_v yet_o more_o for_o their_o present_a security_n they_o give_v thus_o much_o to_o rome_n it_o be_v the_o vulgar_a opinion_n that_o peter_n have_v be_v their_o bishop_n william_n johnson_n num._n 157._o i_o be_o hearty_o sorry_a to_o discover_v so_o bad_a a_o spirit_n in_o you_o as_o these_o expression_n demonstrate_v why_o give_v you_o not_o the_o title_n of_o st._n to_o he_o to_o who_o this_o holy_a ecumenical_a council_n as_o you_o here_o acknowledge_v give_v it_o they_o call_v he_o say_v you_o st._n peter_n and_o you_o unsaint_n he_o &_o call_v he_o as_o it_o be_v in_o derision_n of_o the_o council_n plain_z peter_z why_o call_v you_o that_o a_o vulgar_a opinion_n which_o be_v embrace_v as_o a_o unquestioned_a certainty_n by_o this_o reverend_a learned_a and_o general_a assembly_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n why_o impose_v you_o upon_o
communion_n with_o a_o notorious_a heretic_n though_o he_o have_v be_v pope_n william_n johnson_n num._n 246._o we_o have_v have_v essay_n enough_o of_o what_o you_o can_v do_v i_o see_v you_o be_v much_o wise_a and_o learnede_a than_o be_v st._n cyril_n who_o preside_v in_o the_o ephesine_fw-la council_n he_o will_v be_v first_o inform_v from_o pope_n celestine_n whether_o nestorius_n his_o opinion_n be_v heresy_n or_o no_o before_o he_o avoid_v he_o you_o if_o you_o have_v live_v in_o his_o time_n will_v have_v take_v a_o wise_a course_n and_o have_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o never_o a_o celestine_n of_o they_o all_o but_o upon_o your_o own_o judgement_n avoid_v he_o and_o yet_o you_o think_v just_a now_o that_o prudence_n make_v st._n cyril_n so_o cautelous_a as_o to_o proceed_v as_o he_o do_v and_o if_o it_o be_v prudence_n in_o he_o what_o be_v it_o think_v you_o that_o move_v you_o to_o proceed_v otherwise_o yet_o you_o even_o in_o what_o you_o say_v here_o mistake_v gross_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n which_o be_v not_o whether_o every_o one_o be_v then_o bind_v to_o avoid_v a_o notorious_a heretic_n for_o none_o be_v notorious_a heretic_n but_o such_o as_o be_v sufficient_o declare_v to_o be_v so_o by_o the_o church_n and_o the_o very_a same_o authority_n which_o declare_v they_o oblige_v every_o one_o to_o avoid_v they_o but_o what_o be_v here_o question_v be_v this_o whether_o private_a man_n upon_o their_o particular_a judgement_n when_o a_o novelty_n arise_v not_o yet_o express_o condemn_v by_o the_o church_n be_v to_o avoid_v the_o maintainer_n of_o it_o as_o heretic_n before_o they_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v so_o by_o public_a authority_n of_o those_o who_o have_v power_n to_o judge_v they_o and_o their_o doctrine_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 247._o the_o long_a story_n that_o you_o next_o tell_v be_v but_o to_o fill_v up_o paper_n that_o cyril_n receive_v the_o pope_n letter_n that_o nestorius_n repent_v not_o that_o he_o accuse_v cyril_n that_o theodosius_n write_v to_o celestine_n about_o a_o council_n and_o many_o such_o impertinent_a word_n 2._o non-proof_n 3._o corruption_n of_o my_o word_n william_n johnson_n num._n 247._o here_o be_v more_o of_o your_o non-proof_n all_o belike_o be_v impertinent_a which_o you_o call_v so_o have_v i_o indeed_o say_v no_o more_o than_o what_o you_o make_v i_o say_v here_o i_o have_v be_v impertinent_a look_v upon_o p._n 56._o your_o edit_n and_o you_o will_v find_v another_o story_n i_o say_v there_o that_o celestine_n letter_n to_o cyril_n be_v to_o execute_v nestorius_n his_o condemnation_n and_o to_o send_v his_o condemnatory_a letter_n unto_o he_o this_o you_o dissemble_v which_o only_o make_v the_o epistle_n of_o celestine_n to_o be_v a_o proof_n of_o his_o power_n over_o st._n cyril_n the_o first_o of_o the_o three_o patriarch_n before_o i_o relate_v there_o the_o irrepentance_n of_o nestorius_n i_o say_v p._n 57_o in_o your_o edit_n that_o celestine_n have_v give_v order_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o cyril_n to_o send_v celestine_n condemnatory_a letter_n to_o nestorius_n this_o also_o you_o dissemble_v which_o be_v not_o withstand_v a_o strong_a proof_n against_o you_o and_o you_o make_v i_o say_v no_o more_o then_o that_o nestorius_n repent_v not_o never_o mention_v the_o occasion_n give_v he_o to_o repent_v then_o you_o say_v i_o write_v that_o theodosius_n write_v to_o celestine_n about_o a_o council_n neither_o declare_v as_o i_o do_v p._n 57_o that_o it_o be_v the_o general_a council_n of_o ephesus_n nor_o mention_v pope_n celestine_n answer_n both_o consent_n to_o the_o assemble_v that_o general_a council_n and_o prescribe_v the_o manner_n how_o he_o will_v have_v it_o celebrate_v which_o be_v my_o proof_n of_o celestine_n sovereign_a authority_n nor_o say_v you_o any_o thing_n of_o celestine_n order_n give_v to_o his_o legate_n that_o the_o council_n shall_v not_o again_o examine_v the_o cause_n of_o nestorius_n but_o without_o any_o far_a examination_n put_v his_o precedent_a condemnation_n of_o he_o in_o execution_n all_o this_o that_o be_v all_o the_o force_n of_o my_o proof_n you_o handsome_o conceal_v and_o foist_v in_o non-proof_n of_o your_o own_o make_n in_o place_n of_o my_o proof_n and_o all_o this_o do_v you_o say_v my_o word_n be_v impertinent_a in_o what_o school_n of_o conscience_n learn_v you_o these_o duplicity_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 248._o but_o the_o proof_n be_v that_o cyril_n be_v the_o pope_n chief_a legate_n ordinary_a forsooth_o because_o in_o his_o absence_n he_o be_v the_o chief_a patriarch_n therefore_o he_o be_v say_v celestini_n locum_fw-la tenere_fw-la which_o he_o desire_v corruption_n william_n johnson_n num._n 248._o no_o that_o be_v neither_o my_o argument_n nor_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o be_v legate_n my_o argument_n be_v this_o p._n 58._o your_o edit_n cyril_n be_v constitute_v by_o celestine_n his_o chief_a legate_n ordinary_a in_o the_o east_n collatorem_fw-la con._n ephes._n impres_n heidelberg_n c._n 16._o ibid._n c._n 17._o ibid._n c._n 18._o ibid._n c._n 65._o council_n ephes._n c._n 15._o marcel_n come_v in_o chron_n liberat._v in_o brev_n c._n 5._o balsam_n in_o nomo_fw-la can_v prosp._n in_o chron_n id._n contra_fw-la collatorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o before_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n be_v begin_v or_o indict_v now_o his_o be_v constitute_v so_o by_o celestine_n you_o again_o dissemble_v make_v i_o say_v only_o that_o he_o be_v the_o pope_n chief_a legate_n ordinary_a that_o be_v as_o you_o will_v have_v it_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o be_v the_o first_o patriarch_n of_o the_o east_n not_o by_o pope_n celestine_n institution_n whence_o appear_v you_o have_v give_v no_o answer_n to_o my_o argument_n but_o miserable_o mangle_v it_o because_o you_o can_v not_o answer_v it_o for_o sure_a pope_n celestine_n neither_o make_v cyril_n in_o that_o letter_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n for_o he_o be_v so_o before_o nor_o that_o patriarch_n the_o chief_a in_o the_o eastern_a church_n for_o he_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v so_o long_o before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a but_o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o particular_a order_n constitute_v cyril_n his_o legate_n ordinary_a as_o he_o may_v have_v do_v any_o other_o patriarch_n have_v he_o please_v mr._n baxter_n num._n 249._o well_o let_v your_o pope_n sit_v high_a be_v he_o so_o trouble_v all_o the_o world_n for_o it_o christ_n will_v short_o bid_v he_o come_v down_o low_o when_o he_o humble_v they_o that_o exalt_v themselves_o william_n johnson_n num._n 249._o this_o be_v not_o reply_v but_o prophesy_v and_o will_v better_o become_v a_o exclamation_n in_o a_o country_n pulpit_n than_o a_o reply_n in_o controversy_n it_o have_v be_v timely_o enough_o to_o use_v such_o phanaticisme_n as_o these_o after_o you_o have_v either_o prove_v unanswerable_o the_o pope_n exalt_v himself_o too_o high_a or_o answer_v full_o and_o clear_o the_o argument_n which_o prove_v he_o have_v not_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 250._o that_o cyril_n subscribe_v before_o philip_n you_o may_v see_v tom._n 2._o cap._n 23._o but_o where_o i_o may_v find_v that_o philip_n subscribe_v first_o you_o tell_v i_o not_o william_n johnson_n num._n 250._o when_o i_o cite_v the_o sixth_o action_n immediate_o after_o those_o word_n you_o may_v have_v gather_v that_o subscription_n as_o it_o be_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o five_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 251._o but_o what_o if_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n sit_v high_a and_o subscribe_v first_o in_o england_n do_v it_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v governor_n of_o all_o the_o world_n no_o nor_o of_o york_n itself_o neither_o william_n johnson_n num._n 250._o no._n it_o follow_v not_o because_o such_o a_o council_n will_v be_v only_a national_a not_o general_n as_o that_o of_o ephesus_n be_v but_o it_o will_v follow_v according_a to_o the_o ancient_a canon_n that_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n preside_v as_o primate_n of_o the_o english_a church_n have_v power_n in_o government_n over_o the_o bishop_n of_o york_n in_o some_o case_n as_o all_o true_a primate_fw-la have_v over_o all_o the_o bishop_n and_o metrolitans_n within_o their_o primacy_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 252._o and_o here_o you_o tell_v we_o of_o juvenal_n act._n 6._o reply_n 1._o the_o council_n be_v not_o divide_v into_o act_n in_o binius_fw-la but_o many_o tome_n and_o chapter_n but_o your_o word_n be_v in_o the_o note_n add_v by_o your_o historian_n but_o how_o to_o prove_v they_o juvenal_n word_n i_o know_v not_o nor_o find_v in_o he_o or_o you_o william_n johnson_n num._n 252_o i_o think_v you_o will_v infuse_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n into_o i_o too_o how_o shall_v i_o know_v otherwise_o you_o have_v the_o council_n in_o no_o other_o edition_n save_o that_o of_o binius_fw-la i_o cite_v the_o sixth_o action_n of_o the_o council_n which_o be_v a_o usual_a citation_n and_o full_a
manifest_o that_o in_o some_o of_o these_o council_n be_v many_o bishop_n out_o of_o spain_n france_n and_o germany_n or_o at_o least_o that_o these_o council_n have_v power_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o church_n in_o those_o nation_n after_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o roman_a empire_n under_o other_o king_n and_o governor_n i_o will_v now_o endeavour_v to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v extra-imperial_a bishop_n in_o the_o four_o first_o council_n and_o that_o such_o as_o be_v out_o of_o the_o empire_n subject_v themselves_o to_o their_o determination_n as_o to_o such_o as_o be_v obligatory_a through_o the_o whole_a church_n concern_v the_o first_o in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a theophilus_n gothiae_n metropolis_n bishop_n of_o gothia_n in_o the_o far_a part_n of_o the_o north_n beyond_o germany_n dominus_fw-la bospori_fw-la bishop_n of_o bosporus_n a_o city_n of_o thracia_n cimmeria_n or_o india_n as_o cosmographer_n declare_v the_o bishop_n of_o botra_n a_o city_n of_o this_o name_n be_v find_v in_o arabia_n and_o sala_n a_o town_n also_o of_o great_a phrygia_n the_o high_a pannonia_n and_o armenia_n be_v so_o call_v as_o ptolomeus_n note_n l._n 4._o c._n 1._o johanâ—â—es_fw-la persidis_fw-la of_o persia_n which_o be_v not_o under_o the_o roman_a empire_n as_o you_o acknowledge_v above_o in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n the_o second_o general_n be_v three_o bishop_n of_o scythia_n and_o etherius_fw-la anchialensis_n now_o anchialos_n be_v a_o city_n in_o thracia_n not_o far_o from_o great_a apollonia_n in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o ephesus_n the_o three_o general_n be_v phebamon_n coptorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o kopti_n theodulus_fw-la elusae_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ancient_o a_o city_n of_o arabia_n theodorus_n gadarorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la of_o that_o name_n be_v a_o city_n in_o cauà -syria_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n the_o four_o general_n be_v present_a antipater_n bostrorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la a_o city_n in_o arabia_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la olympius_n scythopoleos_n which_o be_v a_o city_n of_o the_o scythian_n in_o coele_n syria_fw-la eustathius_n gentis_fw-la saxacenorum_fw-la of_o saraca_n there_o be_v a_o city_n so_o call_v in_o arabia-foelix_a constantinus_n episcopus_fw-la bostrorum_fw-la in_o arabia_n subscripsit_fw-la quidam_fw-la pro_fw-la glaco_fw-it gerassae_fw-la episcopo_fw-la gerasa_n be_v a_o city_n in_o coele-syria_a now_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o father_n of_o those_o general_a council_n in_o all_o their_o decree_n constitution_n and_o canon_n intend_v to_o oblige_v all_o christian_n through_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o thereby_o demonstrate_v themselves_o to_o have_v jurisdiction_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o never_o so_o much_o as_o insinuate_v that_o their_o authority_n be_v limit_v within_o the_o precinct_n of_o the_o empire_n thus_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n say_v their_o decree_n be_v for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o whole_a world_n thus_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n act_n 7_o apud_fw-la bin._n tome_n 2._o pag._n 105._o declare_v the_o church_n of_o antioch_n to_o have_v under_o its_o government_n arabia_n and_o act_n 16._o cap._n 28._o apud_fw-la bin._n which_o you_o hold_v for_o a_o genuine_a canon_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o constance_n shall_v have_v under_o he_o certain_a church_n in_o barbarous_a nation_n which_o you_o must_v prove_v to_o have_v be_v then_o under_o the_o empire_n the_o first_o council_n of_o constance_n in_o that_o canon_n which_o you_o admit_v about_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n make_v a_o decree_n concern_v those_o church_n which_o be_v among_o the_o barbarian_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v govern_v according_a to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n no_o way_n restrain_v the_o canon_n to_o those_o only_o which_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n thus_o nicephorus_n lib._n 15._o hist._n ecclesiast_fw-la c._n 16._o relate_v that_o leo_n the_o emperor_n write_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o all_o province_n together_o circularibus_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la missis_fw-la leo_fw-la haec_fw-la sic_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la ubique_fw-la episcopos_fw-la misit_fw-la which_o he_o account_v be_v above_o a_o thousand_o to_o have_v they_o subscribe_v to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o in_o correspondence_n to_o those_o letter_n of_o the_o emperor_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o second_o armenia_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v out_o of_o the_o empire_n write_v a_o answer_n wherein_o they_o affirm_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a confer_v peace_n upon_o all_o the_o catholic_n church_n found_v through_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o wit_n by_o teach_v they_o to_o defend_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d against_o arius_n and_o call_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n twice_o ecumenical_a and_o general_a and_o adelphus_n a_o bishop_n of_o arabia_n subscribe_v among_o the_o rest_n to_o this_o epistle_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o second_o mesnia_n which_o you_o must_v prove_v to_o have_v then_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n write_v that_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a deliver_v the_o faith_n toto_fw-la orbi_fw-la terrarum_fw-la to_o the_o whole_a world_n they_o style_v also_o the_o roman_a bishop_n the_o head_n of_o bishop_n and_o that_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n be_v gather_v by_o pope_n leo_n command_n who_o since_o they_o call_v he_o head_n of_o bishop_n they_o extend_v his_o power_n and_o consequent_o the_o power_n of_o that_o general_a council_n gather_v by_o he_o to_o all_o bishop_n and_o church_n in_o the_o world_n to_o this_o epistle_n subscribe_v dita_fw-la bishop_n of_o odyssa_n in_o scythia_n it_o be_v manifest_a also_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n france_n and_o germany_n who_o be_v not_o under_o the_o emperor_n in_o time_n of_o the_o three_o and_o four_o general_a council_n submit_v themselves_o to_o their_o decree_n and_o esteem_v themselves_o oblige_v to_o it_o as_o you_o can_v deny_v mr._n baxter_n num._n 415._o as_o to_o what_o you_o say_v of_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n which_o you_o must_v say_v also_o of_o basil_n and_o of_o the_o french_a church_n venetian_n etc._n etc._n you_o pretend_v the_o doubt_n to_o be_v only_o between_o ordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a governor_n but_o 1._o of_o old_a the_o council_n call_v general_n indeed_o but_o of_o one_o principality_n be_v more_o ordinary_a than_o now_o the_o pope_n have_v bring_v they_o to_o be_v and_o i_o blame_v he_o not_o if_o he_o will_v hold_v his_o greatness_n to_o take_v heed_n of_o they_o william_n johnson_n num._n 415._o i_o wonder_v you_o have_v the_o boldness_n to_o say_v general_a council_n be_v more_o ordinary_a that_o be_v more_o frequent_a of_o old_a then_o now_o they_o be_v see_v that_o from_o st._n peter_n day_n till_o 300._o year_n after_o christ_n there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o general_a council_n in_o the_o church_n be_v the_o church_n think_v you_o all_o that_o time_n govern_v by_o general_a council_n as_o by_o its_o ordinary_a governor_n but_o what_o mean_v you_o by_o more_o ordinary_a you_o equivocate_a in_o the_o word_n ordinary_a for_o you_o by_o that_o word_n can_v mean_v no_o more_o then_o frequent_a whereas_o i_o take_v ordinary_a as_o it_o be_v take_v in_o the_o canon_n law_n for_o that_o which_o be_v of_o itself_o not_o frequent_o but_o always_o require_v for_o the_o church_n government_n and_o without_o which_o the_o church_n can_v be_v right_o govern_v thus_o a_o king_n be_v the_o ordinary_a head_n and_o supreme_a governor_n in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o though_o parliament_n be_v ordinary_o that_o be_v frequent_o call_v yet_o they_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o ordinary_a governor_n of_o the_o kingdom_n you_o play_v and_o dally_v with_o word_n not_o understand_v the_o sense_n but_o the_o sound_n of_o they_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 416._o the_o way_n not_o to_o have_v be_v extraordinary_a if_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n have_v be_v infallible_a or_o of_o sufficient_a power_n who_o decree_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v one_o every_o ten_o year_n william_n johnson_n num._n 416._o here_o you_o use_v the_o same_o equivocation_n in_o the_o word_n extraordinary_a that_o you_o do_v just_a now_o in_o the_o word_n ordinary_a you_o call_v that_o extraordinary_a which_o be_v not_o frequent_a or_o happen_v but_o seldom_o when_o the_o true_a sense_n in_o which_o i_o speak_v and_o which_o you_o shall_v oppose_v be_v this_o that_o which_o be_v not_o always_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n necessary_a for_o the_o church_n government_n nor_o perpetual_o in_o use_n and_o power_n whether_o it_o be_v frequent_a or_o not_o frequent_a that_o be_v ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a in_o your_o mistake_a sense_n but_o i_o will_v entreat_v you_o hereafter_o to_o reflect_v a_o little_a more_o of_o what_o you_o write_v you_o hasten_v so_o much_o that_o you_o leave_v sense_n behind_o you_o the_o way_n say_v you_o not_o to_o have_v be_v extraordinary_a if_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n have_v be_v infallible_a or_o of_o sufficient_a power_n
reason_n why_o that_o be_v subject_a rather_o than_o all_o the_o rest_n i_o convince_v by_o that_o the_o subjection_n of_o all_o now_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o both_o the_o church_n of_o spain_n and_o france_n britain_n and_o ireland_n of_o france_n and_o germany_n even_o when_o divide_v from_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v as_o subject_a to_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n as_o be_v those_o which_o remain_v unite_v to_o the_o empire_n and_o the_o ancient_a historian_n write_v upon_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a affirm_v as_o i_o have_v observe_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o church_n in_o europe_n africa_n 5._o theod._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o mar._n victor_n advers._fw-la arium_fw-la l._n 1._o euseb._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la const._n c._n 7._o socrat._v l._n 1._o cap._n 5._o and_o asia_n be_v call_v to_o it_o and_o consequent_o from_o all_o the_o country_n except_v by_o you_o save_v india_n if_o you_o account_v that_o in_o america_n now_o if_o they_o all_o be_v call_v to_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a there_o must_v have_v be_v some_o who_o have_v authority_n to_o call_v or_o summon_v they_o that_o be_v not_o the_o emperor_n for_o he_o have_v no_o power_n out_o of_o the_o empire_n ergo_fw-la it_o must_v have_v be_v some_o spiritual_a power_n over_o they_o but_o none_o can_v be_v think_v with_o any_o probability_n to_o have_v that_o power_n save_o the_o patriarch_n and_o those_o be_v all_o resident_a within_o the_o empire_n ergo_fw-la some_o spiritual_a governor_n within_o the_o empire_n have_v power_n out_o of_o the_o empire_n if_o so_o than_o he_o who_o be_v now_o suppose_v to_o have_v precedency_n before_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v the_o most_o likely_a to_o have_v have_v that_o power_n or_o the_o other_o at_o least_o who_o be_v under_o his_o power_n 42._o but_o to_o show_v unanswerable_o the_o universal_a power_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n as_o he_o be_v successor_n of_o st._n peter_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n first_o the_o most_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o 4._o first_o age_n defer_v to_o st._n peter_n the_o care_n and_o power_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n even_o over_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o thus_o in_o the_o first_o age_n st._n clement_n 1._o clement_n epist._n 1._o style_n st._n peter_n the_o first_o or_o chief_a of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n apostle_n epist._n ad_fw-la rom._n st._n ignatius_n that_o the_o roman_a church_n precede_v or_o be_v the_o chief_a without_o any_o limitation_n to_o the_o empire_n medium_n empire_n de_fw-fr divino_fw-la no._n post_v medium_n st._n denis_n call_v st._n peter_n the_o supreme_a and_o most_o ancient_a summitie_n of_o the_o divine_n 43._o in_o the_o second_o age_n mundi_fw-la age_n in_o orat_fw-la de_fw-fr consummatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la st._n hippolytus_n call_v st._n peter_n the_o rock_n of_o faith_n the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o chief_a or_o first_o of_o christ_n disciple_n rom._n disciple_n hom._n 5._o in_o exod._n &_o lib._n 5._o in_o johan._n hom_n 17._o in_o lucam_n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la rom._n origen_n that_o he_o be_v the_o rock_n upon_o which_o the_o church_n be_v build_v and_o the_o first_o of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o christ_n have_v deliver_v unto_o he_o the_o supreme_a charge_n in_o feed_v his_o sheep_n antonianun_n sheep_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la eccles_n ep_v 55._o ad_fw-la corn._n ep_v 7._o ad_fw-la januar._n ep_v 52._o ad_fw-la antonianun_n st._n cyprian_n that_o st._n peter_n receive_v the_o charge_n of_o feed_v christ_n sheep_n that_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o he_o that_o the_o primacy_n be_v give_v to_o peter_n ut_fw-la una_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o cathedra_fw-la una_fw-la constitueretur_fw-la resurrectione_n constitueretur_fw-la hom_n de_fw-fr resurrectione_n st._n eusebius_n of_o alexandria_n that_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o the_o faith_n of_o peter_n histori_fw-la peter_n in_o chronicis_fw-la a_o 44._o lib._n 2._o histori_fw-la eusebius_n cesariensis_n entitle_v st._n peter_n the_o first_o bishop_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o that_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n have_v make_v peter_n prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o to_o 24._o to_o lib._n 2._o hist._n eccle_n c._n 24._o show_v even_o in_o time_n of_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n this_o supreme_a authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n be_v so_o notorious_a in_o the_o world_n that_o it_o be_v know_v even_o to_o they_o he_o relate_v that_o there_o be_v strife_n in_o antioch_n who_o of_o the_o pretendent_o to_o that_o bishopric_n have_v right_a to_o possess_v the_o bishop_n house_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v deliver_v to_o he_o who_o the_o christian_n of_o italy_n and_o the_o roman_a bishop_n decree_v it_o be_v to_o be_v give_v the_o nicen_n council_n in_o the_o 39_o canon_n according_a to_o the_o chaldaic_a edition_n send_v into_o portugal_n a_o 1605._o the_o 11_o of_o november_n from_o franciscus_n ross_n bishop_n of_o angomala_n in_o the_o mountain_n of_o st._n thomas_n say_v thus_o ita_fw-la ille_fw-la cujus_fw-la principatus_fw-la romae_fw-la est_fw-la petro_n similis_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la par_fw-fr patriarcharum_fw-la omnium_fw-la dominatum_fw-la &_o principatum_fw-la obtinet_fw-la huic_fw-la sanctioni_fw-la siquis_fw-la repugnaverit_fw-la &_o obsistere_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la totius_fw-la synodi_fw-la decreto_fw-la anathemati_fw-la subjicitur_fw-la so_o he_o who_o principality_n be_v at_o rome_n like_v to_o peter_n and_o equal_a to_o he_o in_o authority_n have_v the_o dominion_n and_o principality_n over_o all_o the_o patriarch_n whosoever_o repugn_v against_o this_o decree_n and_o shall_v dare_v to_o resist_v it_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_v by_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o whole_a council_n st._n athanasius_n call_v marcus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n marcum_fw-la rome_n ep._n ad_fw-la marcum_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o after_o call_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o mother_n and_o head_n of_o all_o church_n and_o promise_n obedience_n to_o it_o and_o style_v it_o the_o apostle-ship_n and_o in_o another_o epistle_n papam_fw-la epistle_n ep._n nomine_fw-la episc._n aegyp_n thebaidis_n &_o libiae_fw-la ad_fw-la filicem_fw-la papam_fw-la affirm_v that_o their_o predecessor_n have_v ever_o receive_v help_n from_o the_o roman_a sea_n nay_o even_a ordination_n point_n of_o doctrine_n and_o redress_n that_o they_o have_v recourse_n to_o that_o sea_n as_o to_o their_o mother_n they_o confess_v they_o be_v commit_v to_o he_o and_o a_o little_a after_o they_o profess_v they_o will_v not_o presume_v without_o acquaint_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o conclude_v any_o thing_n the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n command_v that_o in_o cause_n of_o high_a concern_n majoribus_fw-la causis_fw-la that_o be_v cause_n betwixt_o bishop_n about_o heresy_n or_o belong_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n they_o shall_v determine_v nothing_o without_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o our_o lord_n have_v command_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o be_v place_v in_o the_o very_a top_n of_o greatness_n to_o have_v the_o care_n of_o all_o church_n and_o that_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o bishop_n be_v commit_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nicâ—â—_n that_o without_o the_o roman_a bishop_n neither_o council_n be_v to_o be_v celebrate_v nor_o bishop_n condemn_v &_o that_o the_o roman_a sea_n be_v establish_v firm_a and_o movable_a by_o christ_n our_o saviour_n st._n hilarius_n 131._o hilarius_n in_o psal_n 131._o call_v st._n peter_n the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n the_o doorkeeper_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o that_o judge_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o earth_n st._n epiphanius_n medium_n epiphanius_n in_o anchorato_n inter_fw-la initium_fw-la &_o medium_n that_o st._n peter_n be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o apostle_n establish_v by_o our_o saviour_n and_o the_o firm_a rock_n whereupon_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v build_v and_o that_o god_n medium_n god_n heresi_fw-la 51._o circa_fw-la medium_n make_v choice_n of_o st_n peter_n to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o his_o disciple_n st._n ambrose_n medium_n ambrose_n in_o luce_n 24._o post_v medium_n that_o our_o saviour_n leave_v st._n peter_n as_o the_o vicar_n of_o his_o love_n 1._o love_n l._n 3._o de_fw-la sacer_fw-la c._n 1._o st._n ambrose_n desire_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o accord_v with_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o relate_v that_o medium_n that_o orat_fw-la de_fw-fr obit_fw-la satiri_fw-la fratris_fw-la post_fw-la medium_n satyrus_n his_o brother_n demand_v of_o a_o certain_a bishop_n to_o have_v a_o trial_n of_o his_o faith_n whether_o that_o bishop_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n with_o the_o catholic_n bishop_n that_o be_v to_o say_v with_o the_o roman_a church_n st._n optatus_n initio_fw-la optatus_n l._n 2._o contr_n parmen_fw-la non_fw-la long_o ab_fw-la initio_fw-la melevitanus_n write_v against_o parmenian_a the_o donatist_n say_v thus_o igitur_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la scire_fw-la te_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it petro_n primo_fw-la cathe_v be_o episcoâ—â—alem_n esse_fw-la collatam_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la sederit_fw-la omnium_fw-la
quoad_fw-la in_o i_o correptione_n despicior_fw-la restat_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la debeam_fw-la adhibere_fw-la i_o note_v these_o particular_n 1._o you_fw-mi miscite_fw-la st._n gregory_n word_n and_o thereby_o make_v they_o both_o nonsense_n and_o bald_a latin_a it_o shall_v not_o be_v as_o you_o have_v it_o sed_fw-la quoad_fw-la but_o sed_fw-la quia_fw-la thus_o i_o find_v it_o in_o two_o different_a edition_n of_o st._n gregory_n the_o one_o anno_fw-la 1564._o basiliae_fw-la and_o the_o other_o 1572._o antwerpiae_fw-la both_o which_o have_v it_o quia_fw-la nor_o ever_o find_v i_o it_o print_v or_o cite_v otherwise_o till_o i_o read_v in_o your_o book_n now_o what_o sense_n be_v this_o but_o until_o i_o be_o despise_v in_o my_o correction_n it_o remain_v that_o i_o use_v the_o church_n that_o be_v i_o must_v lay_v the_o church_n censure_n upon_o you_o before_o you_o offend_v i_o must_v take_v they_o of_o and_o who_o ever_o join_v a_o present_a tense_n of_o the_o indicative_a mood_n with_o a_o quoad_fw-la before_o you_o for_o that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v until_o i_o be_o now_o despise_v which_o make_v the_o time_n present_a and_o future_a all_o one_o and_o that_o i_o think_v be_v nonsense_n what_o think_v you_o of_o it_o 2._o you_o prove_v st._n gregory_n hold_v the_o church_n authority_n to_o be_v great_a than_o his_o own_o by_o these_o word_n now_o treat_v now_o whatsoever_o st._n gregory_n hold_v in_o this_o be_v not_o of_o any_o concern_v now_o but_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v he_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v prove_v it_o by_o these_o word_n for_o this_o phrase_n ecclesiam_fw-la debeam_fw-la adhibere_fw-la i_o must_v use_v the_o church_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o this_o i_o must_v proceed_v according_a to_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o church_n canon_n and_o discipline_n in_o inflict_v upon_o you_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v i_o must_v proceed_v no_o long_o as_o a_o friend_n to_o entreat_v exhort_v and_o admonish_v you_o as_o hitherto_o i_o have_v do_v but_o as_o the_o chief_a pastor_n of_o the_o church_n use_v the_o fullness_n of_o that_o authority_n which_o i_o have_v in_o the_o name_n and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n in_o cast_v you_o out_o of_o it_o by_o the_o severity_n of_o excommunication_n that_o this_o only_a be_v his_o meaning_n be_v evident_a both_o by_o the_o precedent_a word_n where_o he_o declare_v our_o saviour_n doctrine_n about_o excommunication_n of_o obstinate_a offender_n and_o by_o the_o word_n immediate_o subsequent_a where_o he_o affirm_v he_o must_v not_o prefer_v his_o person_n though_o never_o so_o dear_a to_o he_o before_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o canon_n etc._n etc._n now_o when_o will_v you_o ever_o prove_v the_o consequence_n viz._n st._n gregory_n threaten_v the_o use_n of_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n against_o john_n of_o constantinople_n ergo_fw-la he_o take_v the_o church_n authority_n to_o be_v great_a than_o his_o own_o 62._o now_o you_o come_v in_o good_a time_n to_o prove_v your_o seven_o argument_n page_n 257._o which_o you_o draw_v from_o the_o confession_n of_o papist_n i_o distinguish_v your_o antecedent_n if_o you_o mean_v papist_n confess_v that_o multitude_n or_o the_o most_o part_n of_o christian_n not_o univocal_o so_o call_v have_v be_v opposer_n or_o no_o subject_n of_o the_o pope_n i_o grant_v it_o if_o univocal_o so_o call_v i_o deny_v it_o therefore_o by_o those_o testimony_n there_o have_v be_v visible_a church_n of_o such_o i_o deny_v your_o consequence_n to_o your_o first_o authority_n from_o aeneas_n silvius_n i_o answer_v he_o can_v mean_v that_o so_o small_a regard_n be_v have_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a that_o it_o be_v not_o believe_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o all_o other_o church_n &c._n &c._n as_o i_o have_v prove_v it_o be_v unless_o you_o make_v he_o accuse_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a of_o innovation_n and_o of_o introduce_v a_o new_a government_n into_o the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o notwithstanding_o they_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v ever_o before_o their_o time_n for_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n cite_v the_o six_o nicene_n canon_n as_o affirm_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v always_o the_o primacy_n your_o answer_n to_o bellar._n be_v fallacious_a proceed_v a_o part_n 28._o se_fw-la con._n chal._n can._n 28._o ad_fw-la totum_fw-la bell._n you_o acknowledge_v say_v he_o it_o be_v partly_o true_a and_o partly_o false_a &_o you_o subsume_v but_o if_o true_a which_o suppose_v bellarmine_n to_o affirm_v that_o its_o whole_o true_a whereas_o you_o shall_v have_v subsume_v but_o if_o partly_o true_a as_o you_o allege_v bellar._n to_o have_v say_v it_o be_v and_o then_o you_o fall_v again_o into_o the_o same_o fallacy_n if_o it_o be_v false_a say_v you_o that_o be_v if_o the_o whole_a be_v false_a whereas_o you_o shall_v have_v say_v if_o it_o be_v partly_o false_a as_o bellar._n say_v it_o be_v and_o have_v you_o thus_o proceed_v candid_o and_o logical_o in_o your_o subsupmtion_n your_o subsequel_n against_o our_o historian_n authority_n have_v be_v evacuate_v for_o very_o many_o good_a author_n may_v speak_v some_o thing_n which_o in_o part_n be_v true_a and_o in_o part_n false_a that_o be_v in_o some_o respect_n true_a and_o in_o other_o false_a they_o understand_v what_o they_o write_v in_o that_o respect_n wherein_o they_o be_v true_a 63._o page_n 268._o you_o mention_v first_o the_o greek_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pope_n record_v by_o our_o historian_n what_o then_o ergo_fw-la by_o their_o testimony_n there_o have_v be_v visible_a church_n of_o such_o that_o be_v of_o true_a univocal_a christian_n who_o oppose_v the_o pope_n that_o be_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v prove_v but_o to_o prove_v that_o you_o must_v prove_v those_o historian_n to_o have_v hold_v those_o schismatical_a greek_n to_o have_v be_v univocal_a christian_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o compose_v a_o visible_a church_n this_o you_o have_v not_o do_v than_o you_o cite_v golestaldus_fw-la but_o where_o the_o lord_n know_v make_v mention_n of_o such_o as_o be_v under_o the_o pope_n patriarchal_a power_n and_o yet_o oppose_v he_o but_o if_o that_o golestaldus_fw-la be_v true_o we_o prove_v also_o that_o he_o hold_v they_o whilst_o they_o stand_v thus_o in_o opposition_n against_o the_o pope_n to_o be_v univocal_a christian_n that_o be_v your_o main_a work_n and_o yet_o you_o do_v it_o not_o but_o see_v you_o not_o how_o you_o first_o take_v such_o as_o you_o must_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o pope_n in_o spiritual_n resist_v their_o true_a superior_a as_o be_v under_o his_o patriarchal_a power_n to_o be_v patron_n of_o your_o cause_n another_o seed_n of_o rebellion_n and_o than_o you_o acknowledge_v emperor_n and_o king_n to_o be_v under_o the_o pope_n patriarchal_a power_n for_o many_o opposer_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v such_o i_o speak_v of_o a_o opposition_n in_o faith_n and_o communion_n not_o in_o civil_a opposition_n which_o may_v happen_v upon_o just_a occasion_n 64._o page_n 268._o next_o i_o wonder_v to_o see_v you_o so_o abominable_o false_a in_o your_o translation_n you_o yourself_o page_n 251._o cite_v raynerius_n his_o word_n non_fw-la subsunt_fw-la which_o in_o my_o grammar_n signify_v be_v not_o under_o and_o yet_o you_o translate_v they_o here_o be_v not_o under_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v it_o not_o true_a now_o to_o say_v constantinople_n and_o alexandria_n non_fw-la subsunt_fw-la be_v not_o under_o the_o roman_a emperor_n must_v it_o therefore_o be_v true_a they_o be_v not_o under_o it_o 65_o ibid._n canus_n speak_v of_o different_a time_n not_o that_o altogether_o but_o interrupt_o some_o at_n on_o time_n time_n some_o at_o another_o strive_v to_o oppose_v the_o pope_n but_o account_v canus_n such_o opposer_n in_o sensu_fw-la conjuncto_fw-la so_o be_v univocal_a christian_n that_o be_v the_o point_n and_o you_o never_o so_o much_o as_o think_v of_o prove_v it_o may_v not_o you_o as_o well_o argue_v that_o so_o many_o province_n nation_n and_o kingdom_n belong_v to_o the_o roman_a emperor_n have_v oppose_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n ergo_fw-la they_o have_v no_o lawful_a authority_n over_o they_o or_o to_o look_v homeward_o so_o many_o nation_n province_n city_n minister_n and_o commons_o have_v oppose_v the_o authority_n of_o our_o royal_a sovereign_n ergo_fw-la neither_o have_v he_o any_o lawful_a power_n over_o they_o nor_o cease_v they_o to_o be_v univocal_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n notwithstanding_o that_o opposition_n here_o be_v another_o root_n of_o rebellion_n page_n 268._o but_o you_o relapse_n again_o into_o your_o accustom_a falsity_n in_o translation_n which_o will_v have_v appear_v have_v you_o print_v canus_n his_o latin_a word_n thus_o you_o make_v author_n speak_v in_o what_o language_n you_o please_v english_a or_o latin_a as_o it_o
a_o citizen_n of_o newscastle_n injure_v in_o the_o mayor_n court_n public_o appeal_v to_o the_o mayor_n of_o bristol_n and_o his_o court_n as_o know_v he_o to_o be_v a_o more_o impartial_a judge_n and_o of_o equal_a authority_n with_o the_o other_o will_v not_o all_o know_a man_n nay_o the_o common_a people_n laugh_v at_o he_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 134._o he_o may_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o one_o of_o his_o judge_n in_o the_o council_n where_o he_o be_v to_o be_v try_v and_o not_o as_o alone_o william_n johnson_n num._n 134._o this_o be_v worse_a than_o the_o former_a think_v you_o that_o flavianus_n be_v so_o great_a a_o fool_n as_o to_o frame_v a_o solemn_a appeal_n in_o write_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o a_o general_a council_n from_o the_o authority_n of_o it_o which_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v and_o then_o esteem_v itself_o the_o high_a congregationall_a tribunal_n in_o the_o christian_a world_n to_o a_o particular_a council_n of_o some_o few_o bishop_n in_o italy_n as_o to_o a_o high_a judge_n than_o be_v a_o general_a council_n this_o be_v just_a as_o if_o one_o shall_v appeal_v from_o the_o parliament_n to_o the_o common_a council_n of_o london_n mr_n baxter_n num._n 135._o and_o it_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o history_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o pope_n but_o the_o council_n that_o be_v his_o judge_n william_n johnson_n num._n 135._o but_o make_v that_o appeal_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o the_o council_n either_o a_o high_a judge_n than_o a_o general_a council_n that_o be_v the_o question_n here_o if_o it_o do_v than_o you_o must_v confess_v the_o pope_n in_o a_o provincial_a council_n at_o lest_o jure_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la above_o a_o general_a council_n in_o power_n and_o authority_n how_o will_v your_o brethren_n like_o that_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 136._o the_o greatness_n of_o rome_n and_o primacy_n of_o order_n not_o of_o jurisdiction_n make_v that_o bishop_n of_o special_a interest_n in_o the_o empire_n william_n johnson_n num._n 136._o but_o withal_o you_o must_v suppose_v they_o in_o their_o right_a wit_n and_o of_o ordinary_a learning_n and_o prudence_n as_o flavianus_n sure_o be_v and_o then_o they_o will_v find_v it_o absurd_a and_o foolish_a to_o appeal_v from_o a_o general_a council_n to_o a_o particular_a or_o to_o make_v one_o who_o have_v no_o more_o than_o patriarchal_a authority_n as_o you_o hold_v the_o pope_n have_v no_o more_o above_o a_o general_a council_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 137._o and_o distress_a persecute_a man_n will_v appeal_v to_o those_o that_o may_v any_o whit_n relieve_v they_o but_o this_o prove_v no_o govern_v power_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o any_o interest_n without_o the_o empire_n to_o make_v the_o voice_n of_o patriarch_n necessary_a in_o their_o general_a council_n no_o wonder_n if_o appellation_n be_v make_v from_o those_o council_n that_o want_v the_o patriarch_n consent_v to_o other_o council_n where_o they_o consent_v william_n johnson_n num._n 137._o but_o here_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o council_n the_o patriarch_n be_v present_a even_o he_o of_o rome_n by_o his_o legate_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o convene_v whole_o against_o the_o pope_n will_n and_o have_v thing_n be_v carry_v just_o and_o canonical_o there_o may_v have_v be_v a_o perfect_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o patriarch_n at_o least_o there_o be_v the_o consent_n of_o three_o of_o they_o and_o why_o a_o particular_a council_n gather_v by_o consent_n of_o one_o only_a patriarch_n as_o be_v that_o in_o italy_n shall_v be_v a_o high_a tribunal_n than_o a_o general_a council_n where_o three_o be_v present_a i_o can_v see_v nor_o i_o suppose_v you_o neither_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 138._o in_o which_o as_o they_o give_v constantinople_n the_o second_o place_n without_o any_o pretence_n of_o divine_a right_n and_o frequent_a appeal_n be_v make_v to_o that_o sea_n so_o also_o they_o give_v rome_n the_o first_o sea_n william_n johnson_n num._n 138._o but_o be_v there_o ever_o a_o solemn_a canonical_a appeal_n make_v in_o and_o from_o a_o general_a council_n to_o any_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n with_o his_o provincial_a council_n as_o be_v make_v here_o from_o this_o of_o ephesus_n to_o the_o pope_n with_o his_o that_o be_v the_o point_n and_o i_o hope_v you_o will_v give_v some_o instance_n of_o it_o from_o antiquity_n in_o your_o next_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 139._o add_v this_o only_a that_o as_o flavian_n in_o his_o necessity_n seek_v help_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o prime_a seat_n in_o the_o empire_n do_v acknowledge_v no_o more_o but_o his_o primacy_n of_o order_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o the_o council_n thereof_o so_o the_o empire_n be_v not_o all_o the_o world_n nor_o flavian_n all_o the_o church_n nor_o any_o more_o than_o one_o man_n &_o therefore_o if_o he_o have_v hold_v as_o you_o will_v never_o prove_v he_o do_v the_o universal_a government_n of_o the_o pope_n if_o you_o will_v thence_o argue_v that_o it_o be_v hold_v by_o all_o the_o church_n your_o consequence_n must_v needs_o be_v marvel_v at_o by_o they_o that_o believe_v that_o one_o man_n be_v not_o the_o catholic_n church_n no_o more_o than_o seek_v of_o help_n be_v a_o acknowledge_v a_o universal_a headship_n or_o govern_v power_n william_n johnson_n num._n 139._o all_o this_o be_v answer_v in_o the_o former_a instance_n though_o flavian_n be_v not_o all_o the_o church_n nor_o half_a neither_o for_o where_o do_v i_o ever_o say_v he_o be_v or_o need_v to_o say_v so_o yet_o he_o be_v one_o man_n at_o least_o and_o a_o good_a orthodox_n christian_n and_o that_o be_v enough_o to_o confute_v your_o former_a assertion_n that_o within_o the_o first_o four_o hundred_o year_n you_o never_o see_v any_o one_o who_o be_v for_o the_o pope_n universal_a monarchy_n or_o vice-christs-ship_n now_o this_o be_v all_o i_o undertake_v to_o make_v good_a in_o my_o instance_n as_o i_o have_v demonstrate_v above_o what_o you_o add_v that_o this_o appeal_n have_v be_v address_v to_o simplicius_n by_o flavianus_n argue_v no_o more_o than_o a_o primacy_n of_o order_n in_o simplicius_n before_o all_o other_o bishop_n will_v seem_v as_o strange_a to_o consider_v person_n as_o if_o a_o malefactor_n condemn_v by_o a_o young_a judge_n at_o the_o assize_n shall_v appeal_v to_o some_o other_o more_o ancient_a among_o the_o judge_n because_o he_o will_v take_v place_n of_o the_o other_o in_o parliament_n chap._n ii_o argument_n theodoret_n the_o council_n of_o sardica_n st._n leo_n numb_a 140._o mr._n baxter_n crown_v his_o argument_n before_o he_o give_v they_o a_o be_v theodoret_n seek_v in_o his_o appeal_n to_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o bishopric_n of_o cyre_z as_o he_o be_v by_o the_o pope_n authority_n num._n 143._o the_o council_n give_v no_o new_a judgement_n of_o leo._n num._n 145._o in_o virtue_n of_o the_o pope_n have_v authority_n over_o general_a council_n it_o follow_v he_o have_v power_n also_o over_o extra-imperiall_a church_n the_o sardican_a council_n right_o cite_v but_o not_o full_o english_v i_o num._n 150._o of_o what_o authority_n the_o sardican_a council_n be_v num._n 151._o the_o sardican_a council_n falsify_v and_o send_v into_o africa_n by_o the_o donatist_n num._n 153._o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o perpetual_a force_n in_o the_o church_n num._n 164._o st._n peter_n unsaint_v by_o mr._n baxter_n ibid._n his_o disrespect_n to_o general_n council_n num._n 165._o ibid._n the_o sardican_a canon_n give_v not_o but_o presuppose_v a_o suprâ—â—am_n power_n in_o the_o pope_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 140._o and_o it_o be_v undeniable_o evident_a that_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n and_o all_o the_o greek_a church_n do_v believe_v the_o universal_a primacy_n which_o in_o the_o empire_n be_v set_v up_o to_o be_v of_o humane_a right_n and_o now_o changeable_a as_o i_o prove_v not_o only_o by_o the_o express_a testimony_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n but_o by_o the_o slack_n of_o the_o primacy_n at_o last_o in_o gregory_n day_n on_o constantinople_n itself_o who_o pretence_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v any_o other_o than_o a_o humane_a late_a institution_n william_n johnson_n num._n 140._o these_o authority_n shall_v be_v answer_v in_o your_o second_o part_n where_o you_o urge_v they_o at_o large_a to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n something_o be_v say_v already_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 141._o and_o if_o the_o greek_a church_n judge_v so_o of_o it_o in_o gregory_n day_n and_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o leo_n day_n we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v that_o they_o ever_o judge_v otherwise_o at_o least_o not_o in_o flavianus_n day_n that_o be_v the_o same_o as_o leo_n and_o business_n do_v about_o 149._o this_o argument_n i_o here_o set_v against_o all_o your_o instance_n at_o once_o and_o it_o be_v unanswerable_a william_n johnson_n num._n
this_o holy_a council_n that_o they_o have_v prefer_v their_o own_o security_n before_o the_o memory_n of_o st._n peter_n i_o be_o real_o strike_v with_o compassion_n to_o see_v so_o much_o of_o the_o lucian_n in_o you_o i_o have_v deny_v any_o power_n at_o all_o to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n by_o these_o canon_n they_o only_o determine_v the_o use_n which_o be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o his_o presuppose_a power_n by_o who_o and_o when_o if_o a_o order_n be_v make_v in_o parliament_n that_o such_o particular_a person_n as_o have_v be_v oppress_v by_o other_o in_o inferior_a court_n shall_v have_v recourse_n by_o appeal_n to_o one_o of_o the_o lord_n chief_n justices_z do_v that_o parlianent_a by_o virtue_n of_o that_o order_n create_v or_o institute_v the_o lord_n chief_n justice_n or_o rather_o be_v it_o not_o evident_a it_o suppose_v he_o to_o have_v the_o power_n of_o chief_n justice_n precedent_o to_o that_o order_n and_o only_o ordain_v that_o other_o have_v recourse_n to_o he_o but_o yet_o the_o power_n they_o mention_v of_o redress_n and_o appeal_v to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n be_v to_o he_o only_o as_o judge_n for_o the_o canon_n say_v nothing_o of_o any_o council_n join_v to_o he_o nor_o name_v any_o other_o judge_n save_v the_o pope_n when_o a_o judge_n sit_v in_o judgement_n at_o the_o assize_n though_o the_o bench_n be_v fill_v with_o other_o justice_n who_o inform_v and_o assist_v yet_o the_o sentence_n proceed_v only_o from_o the_o judge_n thus_o though_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v in_o matter_n of_o great_a concernment_n to_o the_o whole_a church_n to_o call_v some_o neighbour_a bishop_n to_o sit_v in_o council_n with_o he_o for_o his_o better_a information_n and_o great_a solemnity_n in_o the_o judgement_n yet_o he_o alone_o have_v the_o power_n of_o pronounce_v a_o definitive_a sentence_n in_o behalf_n of_o bishop_n wrongful_o depose_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v manifest_a by_o this_o that_o the_o restauration_n be_v ascribe_v as_o do_v by_o he_o and_o not_o by_o he_o and_o his_o council_n and_o so_o have_v no_o authority_n in_o itself_o out_o of_o the_o roman_a or_o western_a patriarchate_n and_o serve_v only_o for_o a_o assistance_n to_o the_o pope_n in_o frame_v his_o judgement_n of_o the_o case_n propound_v not_o in_o a_o decisive_a voice_n in_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n or_o legal_a power_n in_o grant_v the_o restauration_n how_o expect_v you_o to_o be_v speak_v of_o after_o your_o death_n when_o you_o slight_a so_o much_o the_o father_n of_o the_o first_o general_a council_n of_o nice_a for_o a_o great_a number_n of_o they_o be_v in_o this_o and_o how_o can_v you_o live_v without_o fear_n 12._o socrat._v eccl_n histor_n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o zozom_n l._n 3._o c._n 11._o &_o 12._o that_o you_o be_v lead_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o error_n when_o you_o refuse_v to_o hear_v and_o believe_v those_o who_o be_v the_o lawful_a pastor_n in_o a_o full_a representative_a of_o god_n holy_a church_n but_o to_o show_v how_o far_o you_o fall_v from_o truth_n in_o say_v those_o canon_n acknowledge_v no_o antecedent_n govern_v power_n in_o the_o pope_n please_v to_o reflect_v on_o what_o be_v say_v in_o the_o three_o of_o they_o where_o they_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o pope_n prudence_n to_o accept_v of_o what_o appeal_v he_o think_v fit_a and_o entreat_v he_o to_o vouchsafe_v to_o write_v to_o the_o neighbour_a bishop_n or_o to_o send_v legate_n of_o his_o own_o to_o examine_v the_o case_n as_o he_o judge_v best_o now_o have_v they_o confer_v this_o power_n upon_o the_o pope_n by_o virtue_n of_o those_o act_n they_o shall_v not_o have_v procee_v by_o way_n of_o entreaty_n but_o by_o way_n of_o precept_n and_o injunction_n nor_o left_a matter_n to_o his_o disposition_n but_o order_v he_o by_o they_o what_o he_o be_v to_o do_v mr._n baxter_n num._n 158._o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o power_n of_o judge_v alone_o that_o they_o give_v but_o of_o cause_v the_o re-examination_n of_o cause_n by_o the_o council_n and_o add_v his_o assistance_n in_o the_o the_o judgement_n and_o so_o to_o have_v the_o put_n of_o another_o into_o the_o place_n forbear_v till_o it_o be_v do_v william_n johnson_n num._n 158._o but_o do_v not_o the_o first_o of_o these_o canon_n give_v express_v order_n that_o the_o pope_n appoint_v the_o judge_n and_o the_o second_o that_o the_o pope_n himself_o pronounce_v the_o last_o juridical_a sentence_n &_o the_o three_o that_o it_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o pope_n free_a election_n either_o to_o refer_v the_o far_a examination_n to_o the_o neighbour_n bishop_n or_o send_v judge_n of_o his_o own_o appointment_n can_v there_o be_v more_o evident_a mark_n of_o a_o absolute_a judge_n than_o these_o be_v if_o the_o pope_n have_v power_n only_o to_o examine_v the_o cause_n who_o have_v the_o power_n to_o judge_v they_o according_a to_o these_o canon_n or_o to_o what_o purpose_n where_o those_o examination_n make_v if_o none_o be_v empower_v to_o pass_v judgement_n after_o the_o cause_n be_v examine_v now_o see_v the_o canon_n attribute_v the_o power_n of_o judge_v to_o no_o other_o save_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o they_o make_v no_o mention_n at_o all_o of_o any_o council_n then_o the_o council_n suppose_v the_o power_n of_o judgeing_a to_o be_v in_o he_o alone_o and_o not_o joint_o in_o the_o provincial_a council_n and_o he_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 159._o and_o i_o hope_v still_o you_o will_v remember_v that_o at_o this_o council_n be_v no_o bishop_n without_o the_o empire_n and_o that_o the_o roman_a world_n be_v narrow_a than_o the_o christian_a world_n and_o therefore_o if_o these_o bishop_n in_o a_o part_n of_o the_o empire_n have_v now_o give_v not_o a_o roll_a but_o a_o save_a power_n to_o the_o pope_n so_o far_o as_o be_v there_o express_v this_o have_v be_v far_o from_o prove_v that_o he_o have_v a_o roll_a power_n as_o the_o vice-christ_n over_o all_o the_o world_n and_o that_o by_o divine_a right_n blame_v i_o not_o to_o call_v on_o you_o to_o prove_v this_o consequence_n william_n johnson_n num._n 159._o i_o hope_v you_o will_v also_o remember_v what_o i_o have_v answer_v to_o these_o exception_n and_o that_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o bishop_n from_o the_o three_o arabia_n be_v present_v in_o this_o council_n all_o which_o be_v not_o under_o the_o empire_n and_o that_o the_o roman_a world_n in_o order_n to_o spiritual_a government_n be_v as_o large_a as_o the_o christian_a world_n univocal_o so_o call_v as_o i_o have_v prove_v from_o st._n prosper_n and_o st._n leo._n mr._n baxter_n num._n 160._o there_o be_v as_o much_o for_o appeal_n to_o constantinople_n that_o never_o claim_v as_o vice-christ-ship_n as_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la william_n johnson_n num._n 160._o it_o be_v your_o pleasure_n to_o say_v so_o but_o your_o word_n with_o i_o be_v not_o arrive_v to_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v your_o proof_n not_o the_o bare_a say_n i_o expect_v here_o non_fw-fr proof_n 17._o chap._n iii_o argument_n st._n basil._n numb_a 160._o mr._n baxter_n in_o lieu_n of_o answer_v to_o his_o adversary_n objection_n treat_v other_o matter_n to_o draw_v his_o reader_n from_o consider_v the_o force_n of_o the_o argument_n num._n 161._o whether_o mr._n baxter_n or_o his_o adversary_n say_v true_a concern_v the_o word_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n in_o his_o second_o epistle_n to_o pope_n innocent_a the_o first_o num._n 162._o what_o the_o first_o council_n of_o ephesus_n write_v to_o pope_n celestine_n about_o john_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n mr._n baxter_n strange_a confidence_n in_o both_o these_o authority_n num._n 163._o mr._n baxter_n fly_v to_o heretic_n to_o maintain_v his_o cause_n by_o their_o wicked_a practice_n ibid._n what_o juvenal_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n say_v of_o the_o roman_a and_o antiochian_a church_n ibid._n mr._n baxter_n clip_v off_o the_o chief_n part_n from_o juvenal_n word_n num._n 164._o st._n cyril_n preside_v in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o ephesus_n as_o be_v the_o pope_n legate_n num._n 166._o mr._n baxter_n recurr_v again_o to_o the_o criminal_a proceeding_n of_o heretic_n to_o maintain_v his_o cause_n ibid._n he_o mince_v the_o force_n of_o excommunication_n to_o lessen_v the_o pope_n authority_n num._n 168._o whether_o blondel_n whitaker_n and_o field_n give_v satisfaction_n to_o that_o which_o mr._n baxter_n call_v a_o rancid_a instance_n num._n 171._o what_o st._n basil_n say_v about_o the_o pope_n authority_n num._n 172.173.174_o many_o non_fw-la proof_n heap_v up_o together_o by_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 179._o he_o fly_v again_o to_o patronize_v his_o cause_n by_o the_o crime_n of_o heretic_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 161._o the_o sixth_o instance_n out_o of_o basil_n 74_o epistle_n i_o imagine_v you_o will_v have_v suppress_v if_o ever_o you_o have_v
read_v that_o epistle_n and_o have_v think_v that_o any_o other_o will_v be_v induce_v by_o your_o word_n to_o read_v it_o william_n johnson_n num._n 161._o this_o be_v a_o strange_a way_n of_o answer_v i_o cite_v not_o st._n basil_n as_o it_o comprise_v those_o matter_n which_o treat_v in_o regard_n of_o himself_o or_o of_o the_o western_a bishop_n but_o only_o as_o it_o contain_v his_o testimony_n of_o eustathius_n have_v be_v restore_v to_o his_o bishopric_n by_o force_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o liberius_n which_o he_o clear_o witness_n now_o that_o this_o be_v do_v not_o by_o way_n of_o recommendation_n only_o and_o testification_n of_o his_o profession_n of_o the_o catholic_n nicene_n faith_n in_o consideration_n whereof_o he_o desire_v he_o may_v be_v restore_v to_o the_o bishopric_n be_v manifest_a see_v he_o actual_o restore_v he_o by_o a_o absolute_a command_n for_o you_o to_o allege_v other_o passage_n of_o a_o different_a nature_n and_o nothing_o contrary_a to_o what_o i_o say_v and_o unfit_a to_o show_v the_o thing_n i_o cite_v to_o be_v untrue_a be_v a_o mere_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o trifle_v you_o thus_o answer_v the_o word_n of_o st._n basil_n relate_v to_o eustathius_n and_o liberius_n it_o be_v not_o proof_n from_o your_o key_n that_o i_o expect_v here_o but_o answer_v to_o my_o argument_n non_fw-fr proof_n 18._o your_o brand_a liberius_n with_o the_o note_n of_o a_o arian_n without_o proof_n be_v as_o easy_o reject_v by_o i_o as_o say_v by_o you_o what_o have_v such_o a_o parenthesis_n as_o that_o to_o do_v in_o the_o argument_n but_o i_o see_v it_o be_v hard_o to_o hide_v rancour_n where_o it_o be_v excessive_a for_o be_v universal_a authority_n draw_v from_o these_o and_o the_o like_a instance_n be_v of_o force_n by_o a_o argument_n a_fw-fr paritate_fw-la rationis_fw-la what_o reason_n can_v be_v allege_v why_o pope_n liberius_n shall_v command_v the_o restauration_n of_o eustathius_n a_o bishop_n of_o the_o eastern_a patriarch_n save_o this_o that_o he_o have_v power_n to_o restore_v any_o one_o wrongful_o eject_v through_o the_o whole_a church_n you_o assert_v that_o all_o the_o pre-eminence_n he_o have_v give_v he_o over_o all_o the_o bishop_n within_o the_o empire_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o primacy_n of_o place_n and_o precedency_n how_o then_o come_v he_o to_o have_v a_o primacy_n of_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o all_o the_o imperial_a bishop_n to_o judge_v condemn_v and_o restore_v they_o show_v i_o who_o give_v he_o that_o imperial_a power_n this_o you_o never_o resolve_v in_o your_o whole_a book_n and_o i_o know_v the_o reason_n you_o can_v not_o resolve_v it_o into_o any_o other_o grant_v then_o into_o that_o of_o christ_n institution_n from_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a it_o can_v not_o be_v both_o because_o that_o council_n according_a to_o your_o principle_n rather_o restrain_v his_o power_n to_o the_o western_a church_n then_o extend_v it_o into_o the_o will_n empire_n and_o the_o pope_n exercise_v power_n through_o the_o will_v empire_n long_o before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a so_o that_o neither_o that_n nor_o any_o other_o subsequent_a council_n can_v give_v it_o he_o nor_o can_v the_o christian_a emperor_n give_v he_o that_o power_n for_o he_o exercise_v it_o long_o before_o the_o emperor_n be_v christian_n both_o in_o the_o east_n and_o west_n nor_o do_v the_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n through_o the_o whole_a empire_n give_v it_o he_o for_o there_o be_v no_o proof_n in_o antiquity_n of_o any_o such_o grant_n ergo_fw-la there_o be_v no_o appearance_n that_o any_o such_o authority_n be_v give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n from_o any_o save_v christ_n himself_o now_o christ_n never_o restrain_v the_o power_n he_o give_v he_o to_o the_o empire_n but_o rather_o intend_v it_o to_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o if_o he_o do_v restrain_v it_o show_v where_o and_o how_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 162._o your_o seven_o proof_n be_v from_o chrysostome_n who_o you_o say_v express_o desire_v pope_n innocent_a not_o to_o punish_v his_o adversary_n if_o they_o do_v repent_v chrys._n epist._n 2._o ad_fw-la innoc._n reply_n you_o much_o wrong_v your_o soul_n in_o take_v your_o religion_n thus_o on_o trust_n some_o book_n have_v tell_v you_o this_o untruth_n and_o you_o believe_v it_o and_o its_o like_a you_o will_v persuade_v other_o of_o it_o as_o you_o will_v do_v i_o there_o be_v no_o such_o word_n in_o the_o epist._n of_o chrysostome_n to_o innocent_a nor_o any_o thing_n like_o it_o william_n johnson_n num._n 162._o either_o you_o or_o i_o must_v be_v in_o a_o mighty_a error_n i_o affirm_v those_o very_a word_n be_v in_o you_o accuse_v i_o of_o take_v thing_n on_o trust_n and_o thereby_o deceive_v myself_o and_o other_o and_o you_o flat_o deny_v there_o be_v any_o such_o word_n in_o the_o epistle_n of_o st._n chrys._n to_o innocent_a or_o any_o thing_n like_o it_o in_o which_o epist._n 1_o ad_fw-la innocentium_n i_o again_o affirm_v those_o word_n be_v and_o refer_v myself_o to_o the_o inspection_n of_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a copy_n where_o st._n chrysostome_n entreat_v pope_n innocent_a that_o in_o case_n his_o opposer_n will_v put_v a_o remedy_n to_o their_o crime_n and_o illegality_n they_o may_v not_o be_v punish_v mr._n baxter_n num._n 163_o your_o eight_o proof_n be_v this_o the_o like_a be_v write_v to_o the_o pope_n by_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n which_o no_o doubt_n you_o mean_v be_v in_o binius_fw-la enough_o to_o make_v a_o considerable_a volume_n and_o divide_v it_o into_o six_o tome_n and_o each_o of_o those_o into_o chapter_n and_o not_o into_o act_n and_o if_o you_o expect_v that_o i_o shall_v read_v six_o tome_n in_o folio_n before_o i_o can_v answer_v your_o several_a sentence_n or_o shredd_v you_o will_v put_v i_o on_o a_o twelve_o month_n to_o answer_v a_o few_o sheet_n of_o paper_n if_o you_o mean_v by_o p._n 2._o tom._n 2._o and_o by_o act._n 5._o cap._n 5._o then_o i_o must_v tell_v you_o there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n of_o that_o you_o say_v nor_o like_v it_o only_o there_o be_v reference_n to_o celestine_n and_o cyril_n epistle_n and_o celestine_n in_o his_o epistle_n recite_v tom._n 1._o cap._n 17._o threaten_v nestorius_n that_o if_o he_o repent_v not_o he_o will_v excommunicate_v he_o and_o they_o will_v have_v no_o communion_n with_o he_o which_o other_o do_v as_o well_o as_o he_o but_o not_o a_o word_n of_o john_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n there_o nor_o can_v i_o find_v any_o such_o time_n in_o the_o fourthâ—â—ome_n â—â—ome_z where_o john_n cause_n be_v handle_v indeed_o the_o note_n of_o your_o historian_n divide_v the_o council_n into_o session_n but_o in_o his_o five_o session_n there_o be_v nothing_o of_o john_n but_o of_o nestorius_n and_o in_o the_o four_o session_n john_n and_o his_o party_n excommunicate_a cyril_n memnon_n and_o other_o and_o it_o be_v the_o council_n that_o suspend_v first_o and_o after_o excommunicate_v john_n and_o it_o be_v the_o emperor_n to_o who_o he_o appeal_v william_n johnson_n num._n 163._o have_v i_o be_v sufficient_o inform_v before_o i_o write_v this_o answer_n you_o have_v no_o other_o edition_n of_o the_o council_n than_o that_o of_o binius_fw-la i_o shall_v easy_o have_v frame_v my_o citation_n according_a to_o that_o to_o save_v you_o the_o labour_n of_o turn_v volume_n over_o but_o how_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o before_o you_o tell_v it_o i_o i_o have_v reason_n to_o suppose_v that_o you_o who_o be_v and_o have_v be_v for_o many_o year_n so_o famous_a a_o writer_n of_o controversy_n have_v the_o council_n ready_a in_o all_o sort_n of_o edition_n so_o that_o none_o can_v fall_v amiss_o to_o you_o if_o therefore_o you_o please_v to_o peruse_v in_o the_o ed_n of_o paul_n quintus_fw-la you_o shall_v find_v the_o word_n cite_v by_o i_o conc_fw-fr ephes._n 1._o p._n 2._o act._n 5._o in_o relatione_fw-la ad_fw-la celestinum_n where_o write_v of_o john_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n to_o pope_n celestine_n the_o father_n reserve_n or_o remit_v he_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o celestine_n &_o in_o the_o interim_n have_v provisional_o declare_v he_o excommunicate_a &_o deprive_v he_o of_o sacerdotal_a power_n whereby_o it_o appear_v how_o the_o council_n excommunicate_v he_o and_o not_o only_o that_o but_o declare_v he_o also_o deprive_v of_o sacerdotal_a power_n now_o see_v they_o reserve_v this_o very_a sentence_n to_o the_o pope_n further_a censure_n it_o be_v manifest_a they_o both_o prefer_v his_o sentence_n before_o their_o own_o and_o that_o the_o sentence_n be_v not_o only_o negative_o to_o avoid_v he_o or_o not_o communicate_v with_o he_o but_o positive_o to_o deprive_v he_o of_o the_o commuion_n of_o the_o faithful_a which_o always_o argue_v superiority_n in_o power_n as_o we_o have_v see_v above_o in_o acatius_n and_o take_v the_o
true_a but_o not_o to_o our_o purpose_n or_o mean_v you_o they_o desist_v not_o from_o proceed_v practical_o in_o conformity_n to_o they_o as_o esteem_v they_o absolute_o and_o complete_o obligatory_a whether_o the_o pope_n yield_v consent_n to_o they_o or_o no_o that_o be_v not_o true_a for_o to_o what_o purpose_n use_v they_o so_o many_o reason_n and_o persuasion_n so_o earnest_a entreaty_n rogamus_fw-la dignare_fw-la we_o beseech_v thou_o vouchsafe_v most_o bless_a father_n to_o embrace_v they_o etc._n etc._n have_v they_o not_o think_v his_o consent_n necessary_a to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o they_o and_o that_o this_o very_a 28._o have_v not_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o legitimate_a canon_n of_o that_o council_n as_o have_v be_v secret_o and_o illegal_o frame_v neither_o the_o judge_n nor_o synod_n nor_o pope_n legate_n be_v present_a at_o it_o and_o very_o many_o bishop_n especial_o those_o of_o alexandria_n be_v depart_v as_o blundel_n acknowledge_v pag._n 966._o and_o leo_n refuse_v to_o confirm_v it_o be_v witness_v by_o theodoret_n who_o be_v present_a in_o the_o council_n by_o dionysius_n exiguus_fw-la and_o theodorus_n lector_fw-la and_o the_o rest_n both_o latin_n and_o greek_n who_o write_v the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n in_o that_o age_n and_o it_o be_v your_o task_n to_o quote_v some_o of_o they_o who_o insert_v it_o into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n so_o that_o it_o be_v exclude_v and_o thereby_o at_o least_o suspend_v from_o be_v number_v with_o the_o other_o canon_n of_o that_o council_n till_o many_o year_n after_o which_o happy_o may_v have_v give_v occasion_n to_o st._n gregory_n of_o say_v that_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o one_o place_n be_v falsify_v by_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n nor_o can_v it_o be_v find_v to_o have_v be_v cite_v as_o a_o true_a canon_n of_o chalcedon_n before_o the_o trullan_n conventicle_n mention_v it_o as_o one_o of_o they_o which_o be_v assemble_v a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n chap._n vii_o agapet_n anthymus_n st._n cyril_n nestorius_n argument_n numb_a 233._o whether_o pope_n agapets_n deprivation_n of_o anthymus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n be_v unjust_a num._n 236._o mr._n baxter_n be_v put_v to_o another_o desperate_a shift_n to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a be_v word_n num._n 140._o st._n cyril_n and_o nestorius_n acknowledge_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n num._n 241._o celestine_n condemn_v nestorius_n prove_v his_o universal_a authority_n num._n 242._o no_o national_a nor_o patriarchal_a synod_n be_v of_o force_n to_o oblige_v any_o out_o of_o that_o nation_n or_o patriarchate_n where_o it_o be_v celebrate_v num._n 245._o whether_o st._n cyril_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o precedent_n in_o the_o first_o ephesine_n council_n or_o mr._n richard_n baxter_n minister_n of_o kiddermunster_n be_v the_o wise_a num._n 246._o a_o threefold_a corruption_n of_o his_o adversary_n word_n num._n 247._o another_o corruption_n of_o his_o adversary_n argument_n num._n 248._o mr._n baxter_n prophesy_v num._n 250._o and_o num._n 252._o his_o instance_n inapposite_a num._n 254._o he_o slight_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 233._o that_o which_o they_o desire_v of_o he_o be_v what_o synod_n ordinary_o do_v of_o bishop_n of_o their_o communion_n that_o be_v absent_a haec_fw-la sicut_fw-la propria_fw-la &_o amica_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la decorem_fw-la convenientissima_fw-la dignare_fw-la complecti_fw-la sanctissime_fw-la &_o beatissime_fw-la pater_fw-la non-proof_n 23._o william_n johnson_n num._n 233._o here_o be_v another_o of_o your_o non-proof_n show_v if_o you_o can_v that_o ecumenical_a council_n such_o as_o this_o at_o chalcedon_n be_v do_v ordinary_o beseech_v rogamus_fw-la and_o entreat_v other_o bishop_n to_o yield_v to_o what_o they_o have_v decree_v as_o do_v here_o this_o council_n st._n leo_n in_o this_o their_o epistle_n to_o he_o general_a council_n understand_v the_o extent_n of_o their_o authority_n too_o well_o to_o beg_v of_o any_o patriarch_n save_v he_o of_o rome_n to_o yield_v consent_n to_o their_o decree_n for_o they_o esteem_v they_o all_o oblige_v to_o assent_v to_o they_o when_o they_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n as_o appear_v both_o in_o this_o council_n by_o the_o emperor_n writing_n to_o all_o church_n to_o know_v whether_o they_o consent_v to_o it_o and_o their_o punish_a dioscorus_n the_o first_o chalced._n in_o epistolis_fw-la ad_fw-la diversas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la in_o fine_a conc._n chalced._n and_o john_n of_o antioch_n the_o second_o oriental_a patriarch_n and_o the_o like_a in_o that_o of_o ephesus_n in_o condemn_v nestorius_n etc._n etc._n but_o you_o use_v a_o petty_a sleight_n or_o two_o here_o first_o you_o say_v they_o write_v to_o leo_n for_o his_o consent_n in_o the_o former_a paragraph_n not_o specify_v the_o manner_n of_o their_o writing_n and_o thereby_o leave_v your_o reader_n a_o occasion_n to_o think_v they_o may_v write_v by_o way_n of_o command_n or_o exaction_n for_o there_o be_v very_o different_a manner_n of_o write_v one_o to_o another_o whereas_o i_o have_v declare_v their_o writing_n to_o leo_n to_o have_v be_v by_o humble_a request_n and_o entreaty_n and_o then_o in_o this_o paragraph_n you_o say_v council_n ordinary_o write_v to_o bishop_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o this_o council_n do_v to_o leo_n not_o express_v what_o council_n you_o mean_v for_o if_o you_o speak_v of_o such_o council_n as_o be_v account_v in_o their_o respective_a time_n only_a national_a or_o provincial_a it_o be_v true_a they_o may_v entreat_v other_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n to_o give_v their_o approbation_n of_o they_o but_o that_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o our_o present_a matter_n if_o of_o general_a council_n which_o be_v only_o in_o question_n you_o shall_v not_o have_v suppose_v but_o prove_v it_o such_o minute_n undermine_n as_o these_o will_v gain_v you_o no_o great_a credit_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 233._o in_o your_o margin_n you_o tell_v i_o that_o agapet_n in_o the_o time_n of_o justinian_n depose_v arithymus_fw-la in_o constantinople_n against_o the_o will_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o empress_n reply_n and_o do_v it_o follow_v that_o because_o he_o do_v it_o therefore_o he_o do_v it_o just_o yea_o and_o as_o the_o governor_n of_o that_o church_n when_o menna_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n excommunicate_v pope_n vigilius_n be_v he_o not_o even_o with_o he_o and_o do_v that_o prove_v that_o rome_n be_v subject_a unto_o constantinople_n niceph._n l._n 17._o c._n 26._o when_o dioscorus_n excommunicate_v leo_n and_o a_o eastern_a synod_n excommunicate_v julius_n zozom_n l._n 3._o c._n 11._o that_o prove_v not_o that_o they_o do_v it_o just_o or_o as_o his_o governor_n honorius_n the_o emperor_n depose_v boniface_n otho_n with_o a_o synod_n depose_v johan_n 13._o justinian_n depose_v sylverius_n and_o vigilius_n will_v you_o confess_v it_o therefore_o just_o do_v as_o to_o the_o history_n i_o refer_v you_o to_o the_o full_a answer_n of_o blondel_n to_o perron_n cap._n 25._o sect_n 84_o 85._o usurpation_n and_o depose_v one_o another_o by_o rash_a sentence_n be_v then_o no_o rare_a thing_n eusebius_n of_o nicomedia_n threaten_v the_o depose_n of_o alexander_n of_o constantinople_n who_o sure_o be_v not_o his_o subject_n socrat._v lib._n 1._o c._n 37._o well_fw-mi 25._o acacius_n of_o caesarea_n and_o his_o party_n depose_v not_o only_a eleusius_n basilius_n and_o many_o other_o but_o with_o they_o also_o macedonius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n socrat._v lib._n 2._o c._n 33._o well_fw-mi 42._o do_v this_o prove_v acacius_n the_o vice-christ_n what_o shall_v i_o instance_n in_o theophilus_n action_n against_o chrysostome_n or_o cyril_n against_o johan_n antiochen_n and_o many_o such_o like_a william_n johnson_n num._n 234._o what_o will_v not_o obstinacy_n do_v rather_o than_o yield_v hitherto_o you_o have_v labour_v to_o evade_v all_o the_o instance_n i_o bring_v against_o you_o as_o insufficient_a to_o prove_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v any_o act_n of_o true_a jurisdiction_n over_o the_o other_o patriarch_n agapet_n blond_n p._n 438._o and_o 439._o justify_v this_o proceed_n of_o agapet_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n church_n now_o see_v this_o act_n can_v be_v pretend_v not_o to_o show_v a_o exercise_n of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n you_o confess_v the_o fact_n to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o power_n and_o superiority_n but_o allege_v it_o be_v unjust_a that_o be_v above_o the_o power_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o then_o to_o make_v your_o plea_n good_a you_o demand_v this_o question_n of_o i_o and_o do_v it_o follow_v that_o because_o he_o do_v it_o therefore_o he_o do_v it_o just_o and_o that_o do_v to_o prove_v that_o consequence_n null_n you_o instance_n in_o many_o who_o excommunicate_v both_o pope_n and_o other_o bishop_n unjust_o but_o see_v you_o not_o a_o wide_a
have_v no_o less_o than_o a_o baker_n dozen_o of_o non_fw-la proof_n i_o have_v note_v they_o by_o figure_n in_o your_o text_n let_v they_o be_v prove_v and_o then_o they_o shall_v be_v answer_v till_o than_o they_o deserve_v no_o answer_n to_o what_o have_v any_o seem_a ground_n or_o proof_n i_o answer_v first_o it_o import_v little_a whether_o theodosius_n have_v any_o hand_n in_o this_o epistle_n or_o no_o i_o say_v nothing_o of_o he_o in_o my_o text_n p._n 59.60.61_o second_o your_o proof_n from_o justinian_n be_v already_o answer_v in_o my_o observation_n make_v upon_o p._n 174._o of_o your_o key_n only_o i_o see_v you_o have_v mend_v your_o citation_n and_o put_v lib._n in_o place_n of_o lege_fw-la 3._o must_v it_o need_v follow_v that_o it_o be_v my_o fiction_n because_o it_o be_v not_o the_o word_n of_o valentinian_n that_o the_o succession_n from_o st._n peter_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o rome_n primacy_n may_v not_o a_o medium_n be_v give_v betwixt_o those_o two_o extreme_n what_o if_o it_o be_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o valentinian_o word_n it_o be_v then_o neither_o his_o word_n nor_o my_o fiction_n but_o a_o true_a interpretation_n of_o his_o word_n and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o be_v manifest_a for_o there_o must_v be_v some_o reason_n sure_a why_o the_o merit_n of_o st._n peter_n confer_v a_o primacy_n rather_o upon_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n then_o upon_o any_o other_o bishop_n but_o none_o can_v be_v imagine_v save_o this_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n succeed_v st._n peter_n in_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n ergo_fw-la it_o must_v be_v that_o succession_n or_o nothing_o you_o seem_v to_o say_v that_o because_o st._n peter_n last_o preach_v and_o be_v martyre_v and_o bury_v and_o his_o relic_n lay_v there_o he_o shall_v be_v most_o honour_v and_o by_o honour_a you_o must_v mean_v as_o hosius_n cite_v by_o you_o here_o and_o valentinian_n do_v in_o the_o power_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o this_o can_v subsist_v for_o st._n paul_n preach_v last_o at_o rome_n also_o be_v martyr_v and_o bury_v and_o his_o relic_n lay_v there_o yet_o no_o author_n say_v the_o primacy_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n be_v found_v in_o st._n paul_n merit_n now_o no_o reason_n can_v be_v give_v of_o this_o save_o that_o which_o i_o give_v viz_o that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n succeed_v not_o to_o st._n paul_n as_o they_o do_v to_o st._n peter_n because_o st._n paul_n be_v never_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o st._n peter_n be_v what_o you_o say_v of_o the_o succession_n from_o st._n peter_n in_o antioch_n avail_v nothing_o for_o he_o have_v desert_v the_o bishopric_n of_o antioch_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o transfer_v his_o seat_n to_o rome_n be_v he_o die_v bishop_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v be_v to_o have_v his_o proper_a successor_n there_o for_o by_o tranfer_v his_o see_v to_o rome_n he_o transfer_v the_o dignity_n of_o primacy_n of_o the_o episcopal_a crown_n as_o valentinian_n say_v there_o appropriate_v to_o he_o and_o take_v it_o from_o antioch_n and_o by_o die_a bishop_n of_o rome_n leave_v it_o there_o to_o his_o successor_n whence_o appear_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n be_v a_o successor_n to_o st._n peter_n as_o be_v other_o bishop_n but_o no_o successor_n to_o his_o supereminent_a dignity_n and_o primacy_n over_o the_o church_n because_o so_o long_o as_o st._n peter_n live_v it_o can_v not_o descend_v upon_o any_o other_o four_o i_o deny_v not_o that_o he_o ascribe_v the_o establishment_n of_o rome_n primacy_n to_o those_o three_o st._n peter_n the_o city_n and_o the_o synod_n yet_o he_o make_v the_o first_o foundation_n of_o it_o the_o dignity_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o therefore_o prefix_n it_o before_o the_o other_o two_o and_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v he_o make_v this_o the_o first_o and_o fundamental_a reason_n and_o not_o the_o synod_n he_o add_v these_o word_n haec_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la hactenus_fw-la inviolabiter_n custodita_fw-la since_o these_o thing_n i._n e._n that_o nothing_o of_o great_a concern_n shall_v be_v do_v without_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v have_v be_v hitherto_o inviolable_o observe_v for_o if_o the_o synod_n have_v confer_v that_o dignity_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o can_v not_o have_v say_v with_o truth_n that_o those_o thing_n have_v be_v always_o observe_v for_o before_o the_o synod_n which_o give_v it_o which_o be_v three_o hundred_o year_n and_o more_o after_o the_o re-surrection_a of_o our_o saviour_n they_o be_v observe_v see_v therefore_o they_o be_v always_o observe_v that_o power_n &_o authority_n must_v have_v be_v in_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n long_o in_o be_v before_o those_o synod_n be_v celebrate_v now_o how_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o roman_a city_n concur_v to_o this_o primacy_n i_o have_v above_o declare_v whence_o appear_v the_o loud_a untruth_n which_o you_o pronounce_v n._n 4._o here_o be_v not_o the_o least_o intimation_n that_o this_o primacy_n be_v but_o by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o synod_n nor_o that_o it_o have_v continue_v so_o from_o st._n peter_n day_n since_o you_o use_v not_o to_o read_v over_o the_o text_n which_o be_v bring_v against_o you_o i_o pray_v you_o what_o signify_v these_o word_n haec_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la hactenus_fw-la inviolabiliter_fw-la observata_fw-la these_o thing_n have_v be_v hitherto_o inviolable_o observe_v what_o signify_v hitherto_o but_o from_o st._n peter_n time_n to_o his_o your_o guess_n at_o the_o synod_n of_o sardica_n as_o aim_v at_o by_o valentinian_n though_o say_v you_o it_o be_v of_o little_a credit_n in_o those_o day_n which_o i_o have_v number_v among_o your_o non-proof_n be_v a_o pure_a mistake_n for_o the_o synod_n he_o allude_v to_o be_v that_o of_o nice_n which_o in_o the_o 6_o canon_n as_o it_o be_v recite_v in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n say_v thus_o ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la primatum_fw-la the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v always_o have_v the_o primacy_n where_o that_o holy_a council_n give_v it_o not_o as_o you_o surmise_v but_o declare_v it_o to_o have_v be_v always_o due_a to_o that_o see_v since_o the_o apostle_n time_n whence_o also_o appear_v the_o falsehood_n of_o what_o you_o say_v next_o that_o leo_n dare_v not_o pretend_v divine_a right_a and_o institution_n nor_o to_o a_o succession_n of_o primacy_n from_o the_o apostle_n for_o this_o very_a synod_n to_o which_o leo_n allude_v warrant_v both_o for_o if_o it_o be_v always_o due_a to_o it_o or_o that_o it_o have_v always_o possession_n of_o it_o semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la it_o must_v have_v come_v not_o only_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o from_o christ_n himself_o otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v semper_fw-la for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n it_o have_v not_o be_v due_a to_o it_o when_o you_o say_v next_o i_o translate_v the_o word_n universitas_fw-la the_o whole_a visible_a church_n you_o wrong_v i_o for_o i_o translate_v it_o universality_n see_v pag._n 59_o and_o when_o i_o name_v the_o whole_a visible_a church_n p._n 60._o i_o make_v no_o translation_n of_o his_o word_n but_o deliver_v that_o which_o i_o think_v to_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o they_o to_o what_o you_o say_v there_o be_v a_o roman_a universality_n if_o you_o mean_v that_o those_o who_o be_v under_o the_o sole_a roman_a empire_n with_o exclusion_n of_o all_o extra-imperial_a church_n communicate_v with_o they_o be_v call_v ancient_o the_o universal_a church_n or_o the_o universality_n of_o christian_n you_o be_v much_o deceive_v where_o prove_v you_o that_o if_o as_o unite_v with_o they_o and_o give_v the_o denomination_n to_o the_o whole_a it_o be_v true_a and_o confirm_v what_o i_o say_v now_o to_o show_v that_o valentinian_n mean_v by_o universality_n not_o those_o of_o the_o roman_a empire_n exclusive_o to_o all_o other_o he_o join_v to_o universality_n ubique_fw-la for_o than_o say_v he_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n will_v be_v keep_v every_o where_o when_o the_o whole_a universality_n acknowledge_v their_o governor_n but_o certain_o valentinian_n be_v not_o so_o ignorant_a as_o not_o to_o know_v there_o be_v then_o many_o church_n out_o of_o the_o roman_a empire_n for_o about_o the_o year_n 414._o that_o be_v above_o 20_o year_n before_o valentinian_n enact_v this_o law_n spain_n be_v possess_v by_o the_o goth_n and_o divide_v from_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o be_v valentinian_n think_v you_o ignorant_a of_o that_o so_o that_o i_o be_o not_o ashamed_a to_o confess_v my_o ignorance_n that_o i_o real_o know_v not_o any_o roman_a universality_n ecclesiastical_a in_o your_o precisive_a and_o exclusive_a sense_n nor_o know_v i_o any_o council_n ancient_o style_v ecumenical_a or_o universal_a where_o no_o bishop_n out_o of_o that_o one_o the_o roman_a commonwealth_n be_v present_a and_o you_o have_v not_o yet_o
it_o if_o express_o contain_v all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n i_o deny_v it_o again_o i_o distinguish_v all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n either_o you_o mean_v all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o be_v distinct_o know_v and_o express_o believe_v by_o all_o to_o obtain_v salvation_n and_o so_o i_o grant_v it_o or_o all_o thing_n also_o to_o be_v believe_v implicit_o and_o to_o be_v distinct_o know_v to_o all_o and_o so_o i_o deny_v it_o these_o distinction_n suppose_v i_o deny_v your_o consequence_n viz._n that_o the_o church_n whereof_o protestant_n be_v member_n have_v be_v visible_a ever_o since_o the_o day_n of_o christ_n on_o earth_n 15._o pag._n 210._o your_o authority_n prove_v nothing_o the_o aforesaid_a distinction_n apply_v bellar._n and_o costerus_n speak_v of_o thing_n necessary_a to_o be_v express_o believe_v by_o all_o ragusa_n of_o the_o scripture_n well_o understand_v which_o include_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o church_n gerson_n not_o of_o article_n of_o faith_n but_o of_o theological_a conclusion_n draw_v by_o private_a and_o fallible_a authority_n durandus_fw-la treat_v of_o private_a conclusion_n draw_v from_o scripture_n by_o himself_o as_o you_o cite_v he_o pag._n 212._o of_o deliver_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o scripture_n and_o of_o use_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n st._n thomas_n speak_v not_o a_o word_n of_o scripture_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o name_v it_o in_o those_o word_n cite_v by_o you_o and_o in_o his_o sum_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la add_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o church_n to_o scripture_n as_o you_o cite_v his_o word_n pag._n 213._o scotus_n cite_v p._n 213._o be_v quite_o against_o you_o he_o say_v add_v you_o that_o many_o needful_a thing_n be_v not_o express_v in_o scripture_n but_o virtual_o contain_v which_o be_v not_o protestant_n but_o sound_v catholic_a doctrine_n gregor_n ariminensis_fw-la p._n 14._o speak_v not_o of_o point_n of_o faith_n but_o of_o theological_a conclusion_n draw_v by_o private_a discourse_n which_o be_v not_o as_o you_o add_v next_o more_o than_o to_o intend_v the_o sufficiency_n of_o express_a scripture_n to_o matter_n of_o faith_n for_o the_o seusteine_v of_o faith_n be_v infallible_a and_o divine_a theological_a discourse_n only_o fallible_a and_o humane_a now_o he_o say_v diametrical_o against_o your_o tenet_n that_o all_o truth_n be_v not_o in_o themselves_o formal_o contain_v in_o holy_a scripture_n but_o of_o necessity_n follow_v these_o that_o be_v contain_v in_o they_o etc._n etc._n but_o here_o be_v the_o difficulty_n we_o say_v that_o every_o point_n we_o teach_v be_v contain_v as_o in_o general_a principle_n at_o least_o in_o scripture_n and_o necessary_o deduce_v from_o it_o but_o you_o add_v they_o must_v be_v contain_v formal_o for_o what_o seem_v a_o necessary_a consequence_n of_o scripture_n to_o we_o seem_v not_o so_o to_o you_o and_o the_o like_a be_v of_o what_o seem_v necessary_a to_o you_o seem_v neither_o necessary_a nor_o propable_a to_o we_o so_o that_o neither_o of_o we_o can_v be_v convince_v that_o our_o respective_a deduction_n be_v point_n of_o faith_n and_o both_o you_o must_v confess_v you_o be_v not_o because_o you_o have_v not_o infallible_o authority_n deduce_v they_o and_o we_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o conclusion_n draw_v from_o scripture_n abstract_v from_o the_o church_n authority_n oblige_v we_o not_o to_o receive_v they_o as_o matter_n of_o faith_n 16._o pag._n 216._o gulielmus_fw-la parisiensis_fw-la say_v no_o more_o than_o say_v the_o former_a author_n and_o bellar._n nothing_o at_o all_o to_o your_o purpose_n draw_v if_o you_o can_v the_o sufficiency_n of_o sole_a scripture_n hold_v by_o you_o from_o word_n which_o so_o clear_o declare_v its_o insufficiency_n pag._n 217._o your_o whole_a discourse_n be_v a_o pure_a parorgon_fw-la our_o question_n be_v not_o what_o be_v essential_a or_o necessary_a necessitate_v medii_fw-la or_o praecepti_fw-la to_o be_v know_v and_o express_o believe_v by_o all_o per_fw-la se_fw-la and_o absolute_o but_o whether_o one_o believe_v all_o that_o be_v essential_a and_o necessary_a in_o that_o manner_n and_o withal_o disbelieve_v any_o other_o point_n of_o faith_n whatsoever_o after_o it_o be_v hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la sufficient_o propound_v as_o such_o to_o any_o particular_a person_n can_v either_o be_v save_v or_o be_v a_o true_a real_a part_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o christ._n now_o we_o answer_v negative_o to_o this_o question_n because_o such_o a_o disbelief_n exclude_v a_o implicit_a belief_n of_o that_o point_n so_o disbelieved_a and_o consequent_o a_o belief_n of_o all_o that_o god_n have_v reveal_v and_o thereby_o all_o supernatural_a &_o save_a faith_n to_o illustrate_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o assertion_n let_v we_o instance_n in_o a_o pelagian_a who_o believe_v all_o that_o which_o you_o account_v essential_a that_o be_v the_o common_a article_n necessary_a for_o all_o to_o salvation_n the_o creed_n the_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n and_o have_v sufficient_o propound_v to_o he_o the_o belief_n of_o original_a sin_n as_o a_o point_n of_o christian_a faith_n which_o he_o refuse_v to_o believe_v and_o account_v a_o error_n the_o question_n will_v not_o be_v in_o this_o case_n whether_o that_o pelagian_a believe_v all_o these_o essential_o in_o the_o account_n but_o whether_o that_o suppose_a he_o be_v not_o exclude_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o dismember_v from_o it_o by_o that_o wilful_a disbelief_n of_o original_a sin_n this_o be_v our_o present_a case_n controvert_v betwixt_o we_o so_o that_o though_o it_o be_v admit_v that_o you_o believe_v all_o that_o material_a object_n of_o faith_n which_o you_o esteem_v essential_a and_o necessary_a for_o all_o to_o be_v express_o believe_v yet_o because_o we_o accuse_v and_o judge_v you_o to_o disbelieve_v many_o point_n of_o as_o much_o concern_v as_o be_v that_o of_o original_a sin_n and_o as_o sufficient_o propound_v to_o you_o as_o such_o as_o that_o be_v to_o the_o pelagian_o we_o have_v as_o much_o reason_n to_o judge_v you_o to_o be_v exclude_v out_o of_o the_o catholic_a church_n and_o dismember_v from_o it_o as_o we_o have_v to_o judge_v they_o either_o therefore_o you_o acknowledge_v the_o point_n disbelieved_a by_o you_o and_o propound_v as_o matter_n of_o faith_n by_o we_o to_o you_o to_o be_v as_o sufficient_o propound_v as_o be_v that_o of_o original_a sin_n to_o the_o pelagian_o or_o you_o deny_v it_o if_o you_o acknowledge_v it_o you_o must_v acknowledge_v you_o be_v as_o much_o dismember_v from_o the_o church_n by_o your_o disbelief_n as_o they_o be_v if_o you_o deny_v it_o than_o we_o will_v put_v ourselves_o upon_o the_o proof_n of_o it_o so_o that_o till_o our_o proof_n be_v hear_v and_o full_o answer_v you_o can_v secure_v yourselves_o of_o be_v part_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n no_o more_o than_o can_v the_o pelagian_o 17._o if_o you_o affirm_v as_o your_o principle_n lead_v you_o that_o even_o the_o disbelief_n of_o original_a sin_n hinder_v not_o the_o pelagian_o from_o remain_a part_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n you_o contradict_v st._n augustine_n and_o st._n epiphanius_n haereticorum_fw-la in_o catalogis_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la the_o council_n of_o nice_a all_o antiquity_n nay_o all_o modern_a author_n even_o your_o own_o and_o i_o provoke_v you_o to_o produce_v so_o much_o as_o one_o author_n who_o affirm_v pelagian_n to_o be_v part_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n chap._n ii_o mr._n baxter_n authority_n numb_a 18._o whether_o mr._n baxter_n doctrine_n about_o sole_a scripture_n agree_v with_o tertullia_n in_o his_o prescription_n num._n 21._o mr._n baxter_n will_v send_v all_o his_o adversary_n pack_v if_o he_o know_v how_o he_o suppose_v his_o reader_n to_o be_v very_o simple_a num._n 19_o whether_o st._n augustin_n teach_v that_o common_a people_n be_v to_o reade-scipture_a in_o the_o place_n cite_v by_o mr._n baxter_n whereas_o st._n augustine_n teach_v there_o that_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o christian_a faith_n and_o manner_n be_v express_v in_o scripture_n his_o two_o other_o collection_n from_o st._n augustine_n examine_v num._n 22._o he_o know_v not_o where_o his_o church_n be_v an._n 1500._o num._n 25._o he_o cite_v two_o text_n of_o s._n augustine_n destructive_a to_o his_o own_o doctrine_n num._n 25.26_o how_o much_o optatus_n make_v for_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 26.27_o what_o optatus_n mean_v by_o be_v within_o or_o in_o communion_n with_o the_o seven_o church_n of_o asia_n mr._n baxter_n cite_v two_o text_n in_o optatus_n which_o quite_o overthrow_v he_o num._n 28._o divers_a of_o his_o effugium_n examine_v and_o confute_v concern_v tertullia_n prescription_n num._n 29.30_o many_o text_n of_o tertullian_n not_o english_v by_o mr._n baxter_n make_v direct_o against_o he_o 18._o hence_o fall_v to_o nothing_o all_o you_o allege_v from_o bell._n costerus_n gulielmus_fw-la parisiensis_fw-la aquinas_n bannes_n espenseus_n etc._n etc._n p._n 216.217.218_o for_o they_o speak_v of_o
whatsoever_o of_o any_o apostolical_a church_n nor_o be_v he_o there_o to_o have_v regard_n to_o the_o order_n but_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o his_o instance_n pag._n 236._o you_o make_v tertullian_n speak_v false_a latin_a and_o nonsense_n again_o by_o print_v institutum_fw-la for_o instituuntur_fw-la so_o careful_a be_v you_o in_o your_o citation_n fill_v they_o but_o up_o paper_n and_o help_v to_o patch_v up_o a_o new_a volume_n it_o be_v enough_o for_o you_o who_o can_v doubt_v but_o the_o apostolical_a doctrine_n will_v prove_v a_o apostolical_a church_n when_o ever_o plant_v as_o you_o collect_v from_o this_o text_n of_o tertullian_n but_o how_o come_v those_o succeed_a church_n to_o agree_v with_o the_o precedent_n but_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o visible_a head_n who_o have_v preserve_v all_o in_o the_o unity_n of_o faith_n which_o subject_n themselves_o to_o he_o where_o do_v you_o ever_o find_v any_o church_n continue_v long_o in_o the_o same_o faith_n with_o the_o apostolical_a church_n after_o they_o have_v put_v themselves_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n let_v such_o church_n be_v name_v in_o your_o next_o chap._n iii_o more_o of_o mr._n baxters_n argument_n num._n 32._o mr._n baxter_n three_o argument_n out_o of_o form_n num._n 33._o if_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v infect_v with_o the_o plague_n etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1500._o the_o whole_a visible_a catholic_n church_n be_v infect_v with_o it_o which_o be_v a_o foul_a blasphemy_n num._n 34._o possession_n stand_v in_o force_n against_o protestant_n num._n 36._o the_o pope_n supremacy_n in_o spiritual_n essential_a to_o the_o church_n num._n 37._o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o 28._o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o of_o the_o 2._o canon_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n num._n 39_o whether_o the_o ancient_a father_n be_v accustom_v to_o press_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v against_o heretic_n num._n 40._o a_o loud_a untruth_n of_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 41._o extra-imperial_a church_n subject_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n num._n 44._o 5._o reason_n of_o mr._n baxter_n against_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n in_o spiritual_n answer_v 32._o pag._n 238._o your_o three_o argument_n be_v out_o of_o form_n have_v the_o term_n as_o christian_a in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o antecedent_n and_o not_o in_o the_o sequel_n or_o second_o part_n therefore_o i_o deny_v the_o antecedent_n viz._n though_o the_o roman_a as_o christian_n have_v be_v always_o visible_a yet_o the_o protestant_n have_v not_o be_v always_o visible_a it_o be_v fallacia_fw-la à _fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la and_o simpliciter_fw-la for_o all_o that_o can_v be_v pretend_v to_o follow_v be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o the_o protestant_n have_v be_v visible_a as_o christian_n that_o be_v so_o far_o as_o they_o profess_v the_o belief_n of_o the_o chief_a article_n in_o christian_a faith_n nor_o yet_o follow_v so_o much_o for_o i_o deny_v they_o believe_v any_o one_o of_o they_o as_o christian_n ought_v to_o do_v that_o be_v with_o a_o infallible_a supernatural_a divine_a faith_n so_o that_o they_o have_v not_o be_v always_o a_o visible_a church_n as_o christian_a though_o the_o roman_a have_v be_v so_o hence_o fall_v the_o proof_n of_o your_o consequence_n 33._o pag._n 239._o i_o deny_v your_o supposition_n that_o when_o protestant_n first_o pretend_v to_o reform_v what_o displease_v they_o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o thereby_o they_o be_v cure_v of_o the_o plague_n etc._n etc._n for_o if_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v then_o infect_v with_o the_o plague_n all_o the_o visible_a church_n in_o the_o world_n and_o consequent_o the_o whole_a catholic_a church_n be_v infect_v with_o it_o which_o be_v diametrical_o contrary_a to_o the_o text_n here_o cite_v by_o you_o out_o of_o tertullian_n and_o a_o horrible_a blasphemy_n to_o affirm_v that_o the_o mystical_a body_n of_o christ_n be_v infect_v with_o the_o plague_n or_o any_o such_o like_a mischief_n here_o you_o trifle_v again_o prove_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n first_o to_o be_v a_o usurpation_n and_o then_o take_v it_o for_o a_o ground_n of_o your_o argument_n what_o million_o abroad_a and_o within_o the_o roman_a territory_n be_v those_o you_o talk_v of_o be_v every_o number_n which_o you_o fancy_v a_o million_o ibid._n you_o frame_v a_o objection_n of_o your_o own_o and_o then_o answer_v it_o what_o be_v the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o to_o i_o that_o which_o i_o have_v object_v to_o be_v prove_v by_o you_o be_v no_o negative_a but_o a_o plain_a affirmative_a for_o it_o be_v this_o that_o you_o prove_v any_o church_n now_o deny_v or_o oppose_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n to_o have_v be_v always_o visible_a pag._n 240._o you_o essay_n to_o answer_v the_o argument_n about_o possession_n your_o first_o answer_n be_v petitio_fw-la principii_fw-la or_o falsum_fw-la suppositum_fw-la that_o any_o part_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n much_o less_o the_o most_o fit_a can_v be_v nominate_v wherein_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n have_v not_o possession_n non-proof_n 34._o your_o second_o of_o make_v good_a against_o our_o title_n of_o supremacy_n etc._n etc._n be_v only_o affirm_v by_o you_o who_o be_v a_o party_n but_o never_o yield_v by_o we_o nor_o legitimate_o judge_v or_o define_v against_o we_o so_o that_o sub_fw-la judice_fw-la lie_fw-la est_fw-la the_o matter_n be_v still_o in_o process_n and_o you_o know_v light_fw-la pendent_fw-la till_o the_o cause_n be_v decree_v or_o yield_v up_o by_o one_o of_o the_o party_n the_o possessor_n be_v to_o enjoy_v his_o title_n according_a to_o all_o law_n and_o reason_n you_o therefore_o by_o actual_a dispossess_v the_o roman_a bishop_n of_o that_o right_a and_o title_n whereof_o he_o be_v quiet_o possess_v in_o the_o year_n 1500_o in_o this_o our_o nation_n and_o in_o all_o other_o place_n where_o you_o enter_v upon_o this_o pretence_n only_o that_o you_o think_v you_o have_v sufficient_o disprove_v it_o from_o the_o divine_a law_n be_v to_o do_v he_o as_o much_o wrong_n as_o if_o a_o plantif_a in_o a_o suit_n at_o law_n shall_v thrust_v the_o defendant_n out_o of_o quiet_a possession_n without_o decree_n or_o order_n from_o any_o competent_a judge_n upon_o this_o sole_a pretence_n that_o he_o frame_v a_o judgement_n to_o himself_o he_o have_v convince_v by_o law_n the_o other_o title_n to_o be_v null_a for_o in_o these_o case_n both_o he_o and_o you_o make_v yourselves_o judge_n in_o your_o own_o cause_n and_o proceed_v to_o a_o execution_n without_o a_o warrant_n 35._o page_n 240._o to_o your_o question_n what_o you_o must_v prove_v i_o answer_v it_o be_v this_o that_o any_o church_n which_o have_v at_o any_o time_n or_o do_v now_o deny_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n or_o remain_v independent_a of_o it_o have_v be_v always_o visible_a ibid._n of_o such_o as_o know_v nothing_o of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n i_o say_v nothing_o it_o be_v not_o our_o case_n then_o only_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o allege_v proof_n for_o the_o denial_n of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v sufficient_o propund_v to_o they_o 36._o page_n 241._o the_o smpremacie_n itself_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o church_n for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o visible_a body_n without_o a_o head_n but_o than_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o subsistence_n of_o christian_a faith_n in_o particular_a person_n when_o it_o be_v sufficient_o propound_v to_o they_o as_o a_o point_n of_o faith_n page_n 241._o you_o propose_v your_o four_o argument_n in_o proof_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n not_o acknowledge_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n for_o some_o time_n your_o first_o sylogism_n be_v out_o of_o form_n 1_o for_o want_n of_o the_o word_n ever_o it_o shall_v be_v ever_o since_o in_o your_o antecedent_n 2_o and_o in_o the_o sequel_n for_o you_o say_v only_o that_o the_o church_n whereof_o the_o protestant_n be_v member_n have_v be_v visible_a where_o as_o you_o shall_v say_v have_v be_v ever_o or_o always_o visible_a for_o that_o only_o be_v the_o present_a question_n 3_o you_o suppose_v the_o sole_a denial_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n constitute_v the_o church_n whereof_o the_o protestant_n be_v member_n which_o i_o deny_v for_o all_o heretic_n as_o well_o as_o protestant_n deny_v his_o supremacy_n 37._o page_n 232_o 233._o i_o have_v already_o answer_v to_o your_o 28_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n first_o it_o use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v defer_v or_o attribute_v not_o give_v or_o confer_v a_o new_a 2_o they_o pretend_v to_o give_v no_o more_o to_o constantinople_n than_o the_o second_o general_a council_n have_v do_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n now_o that_o be_v to_o be_v next_o after_o rome_n so_o that_o the_o principallity_n which_o rome_n have_v before_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n be_v no_o way_n infringe_v by_o that_o canon_n 3_o
it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o principallity_n of_o rome_n before_o all_o other_o patriarchal_a church_n be_v not_o only_o in_o precedency_n of_o place_n and_o order_n but_o in_o power_n jurisdiction_n and_o authority_n over_o they_o for_o damascus_n as_o photius_n witness_v ep_v 125_o confirm_v that_o constantinopolitan_a council_n which_o be_v a_o act_n of_o supreme_a jurisdiction_n 4_o that_o addition_n to_o the_o second_o canon_n about_o constantinople_n privilege_n 2._o con._n const._n 1_o c._n 2._o must_v have_v be_v annex_v to_o the_o canon_n by_o some_o sinister_a mean_n after_o the_o council_n be_v dissolve_v for_o it_o be_v both_o dissonant_n from_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o canon_n which_o decree_v that_o the_o canon_n of_o nice_a c._n 6._o be_v observe_v in_o exercise_n of_o jurisdiction_n within_o their_o district_n prescribe_v in_o that_o canon_n and_o yet_o this_o addition_n infringe_n the_o very_a canon_n of_o nice_a where_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v the_o first_o and_o of_o antioch_n the_o second_o both_o before_o constantinople_n second_o when_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n with_o a_o council_n celebrate_v by_o his_o authority_n pretend_v to_o exercise_v authority_n over_o st._n chrysostome_n neither_o st._n chrysostome_n nor_o his_o adherent_n ever_o mention_v this_o addition_n to_o the_o second_o canon_n of_o constantinople_n which_o have_v it_o be_v hold_v authentical_a in_o their_o time_n they_o will_v doubtless_o have_v do_v as_o be_v so_o powerful_a to_o defend_v their_o cause_n three_o when_o sicinius_n successor_n to_o atticus_n at_o constantinople_n have_v ordain_v proclus_n his_o competitor_n bishop_n of_o sizicene_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o canon_n that_o none_o shall_v be_v ordain_v bishop_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n those_o of_o sizicene_n reject_v proclus_n and_o affirm_v that_o canon_n to_o have_v be_v make_v only_o for_o atticus_n nor_o do_v sicinius_n so_o much_o as_o mention_v this_o canon_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n which_o he_o will_v have_v do_v 28._o socrat_n lib._n 7._o c._n 28._o have_v he_o esteem_v it_o a_o genuine_a part_n of_o the_o canon_n in_o his_o time_n now_o what_o be_v say_v of_o equal_a privilege_n with_o rome_n can_v be_v understand_v of_o all_o privilege_n w_z ch_n rome_n have_v for_o then_o constantinople_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v next_o after_o rome_n but_o equal_a with_o rome_n but_o it_o must_v be_v limit_v to_o some_o particular_a privilege_n &_o then_o though_o it_o have_v be_v make_v equal_a in_o they_o it_o may_v in_o other_o remain_v inferior_a nay_o subject_n to_o it_o 38._o to_o what_o you_o most_o urge_v that_o rome_n privilege_n be_v give_v to_o it_o by_o the_o father_n and_o consequent_o be_v not_o derive_v from_o our_o saviour_n institution_n beside_o that_o of_o the_o greek_n word_n now_o observe_v i_o answer_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n can_v not_o mean_v that_o the_o father_n give_v as_o by_o a_o new_a gift_n the_o privilege_n to_o rome_n without_o a_o plain_a contradiction_n for_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n the_o sixth_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n be_v allege_v thus_o ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la primatum_fw-la the_o roman_a church_n have_v always_o the_o primacy_n now_o if_o it_o have_v always_o the_o primacy_n how_o can_v the_o same_o council_n say_v it_o receive_v its_o privilege_n and_o consequent_o its_o primacy_n as_o you_o collect_v here_o from_o the_o father_n in_o succeed_a time_n either_o therefore_o you_o must_v say_v that_o suppose_v as_o you_o do_v this_o canon_n be_v a_o genuine_a canon_n of_o the_o council_n that_o the_o council_n contradict_v itself_o or_o that_o they_o mean_v not_o these_o word_n the_o father_n give_v as_o a_o new_a gift_n all_o the_o privilege_n to_o rome_n or_o you_o must_v say_v that_o this_o canon_n be_v false_a &_o supposititious_a frame_v surreptitious_o and_o reject_v by_o st._n leo_n destructive_a of_o the_o nicene_n canon_n and_o ancient_a privilege_n of_o other_o church_n and_o coin_v by_o anatolius_n &_o his_o adherent_n persuasion_n out_o of_o pride_n &_o ambition_n as_o it_o be_v most_o manifest_a it_o be_v &_o so_o of_o no_o force_n as_o leo_n declare_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o anatolius_n and_o anatolius_n himself_o in_o part_n acknowledge_v in_o his_o answer_n to_o leo._n to_o what_o you_o say_v of_o the_o ground_n of_o these_o privilege_n the_o imperialitie_n of_o the_o roman_a city_n i_o have_v tell_v you_o that_o be_v not_o urge_v as_o the_o sole_a but_o as_o a_o partial_a ground_n of_o those_o privilege_n as_o it_o be_v also_o in_o the_o letter_n of_o valentinian_n cite_v above_o but_o yet_o that_o only_o be_v mention_v here_o because_o it_o make_v most_o for_o anatolius_n his_o pretention_n 39_o your_o second_o argument_n be_v page_n 244_o 245_o 246_o 247._o you_o ground_n your_o argument_n in_o a_o patent_n falsehood_n those_o father_n and_o other_o as_o occasion_v serve_v press_v main_o and_o large_o this_o argument_n so_o bellar._n baron_fw-fr perrone_n coccius_n gualterus_n stapleton_n and_o other_o of_o this_o subject_n and_o no_o small_a number_n of_o they_o be_v cite_v by_o i_o in_o this_o answer_n but_o you_o call_v all_o their_o citation_n scrap_n and_o it_o must_v be_v so_o if_o you_o have_v once_o say_v it_o your_o word_n be_v a_o proof_n at_o any_o time_n but_o you_o shall_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v cite_v those_o scrap_n that_o the_o world_n may_v have_v see_v whether_o they_o be_v so_o or_o no_o be_v you_o a_o disputant_n when_o you_o have_v no_o other_o reason_n for_o your_o say_n then_o a_o i_o say_v so_o but_o if_o you_o make_v so_o slight_a of_o those_o proof_n how_o will_v you_o prove_v from_o the_o father_n either_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n or_o the_o necessity_n of_o minister_n or_o the_o precedency_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n which_o you_o hold_v but_o by_o those_o which_o here_o you_o call_v scrap_n out_o of_o these_o father_n 40._o your_o next_o argument_n page_n 248._o be_v a_o abominable_a untruth_n set_v down_o by_o a_o forehead_n of_o brass_n you_o may_v as_o well_o have_v oubrave_v the_o loyal_a subject_n of_o his_o most_o excellent_a majesty_n in_o time_n of_o the_o rebellion_n by_o tel_v they_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v against_o he_o and_o his_o title_n what_o man_n in_o his_o right_a wit_n will_v have_v have_v the_o confidence_n to_o utter_v so_o loud_a a_o falsehood_n without_o any_o proof_n at_o all_o if_o there_o be_v any_o perpetual_a tradition_n receive_v as_o you_o affirm_v from_o generation_n to_o generation_n that_o the_o papal_a viccar-ship_n or_o sovereignty_n be_v a_o innovation_n or_o usurpation_n and_o that_o the_o catholic_n church_n have_v be_v many_o hundred_o year_n without_o it_o as_o know_v and_o notorious_a as_o that_o the_o turk_n believe_v in_o mahomet_n by_o common_a consent_n of_o history_n and_o traveller_n show_v this_o tradition_n from_o the_o year_n 300_o to_o the_o year_n 600_o to_o have_v be_v as_o notorious_o know_v and_o credit_v as_o it_o be_v that_o the_o turk_n believe_v in_o mahomet_n which_o if_o you_o can_v do_v all_o the_o world_n will_v see_v you_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o insufferable_a out-facers_a of_o truth_n and_o assertor_n of_o open_a falsehood_n that_o ever_o yet_o set_v pen_n to_o paper_n and_o if_o you_o do_v it_o i_o will_v leave_v the_o papacy_n but_o see_v you_o not_o what_o a_o obligation_n you_o have_v now_o bring_v upon_o yourself_o by_o your_o confidence_n of_o prove_v what_o you_o have_v hitherto_o deny_v you_o have_v any_o obligation_n to_o prove_v you_o seem_v not_o to_o understand_v what_o tradition_n from_o generation_n to_o generation_n be_v nominate_v to_o i_o any_o one_o profession_n of_o christian_n which_o hold_v the_o pope_n sovereignty_n as_o it_o be_v propose_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v a_o usurpation_n and_o i_o here_o oblige_v myself_o to_o show_v the_o time_n since_o christ_n when_o that_o profession_n be_v not_o in_o the_o chrstian_a world_n as_o clear_o as_o you_o can_v show_v when_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o turk_n in_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o mahomet_n doctrine_n be_v not_o in_o those_o nation_n wherein_o it_o be_v now_o when_o the_o profession_n itself_o be_v not_o how_o can_v it_o have_v any_o tradition_n 41._o page_n 249_o 250_o 251._o be_v first_o spend_v in_o five_o non-proof_n let_v they_o be_v prove_v in_o your_o next_o concern_v the_o indian_n persian_n etc._n etc._n armenian_n parthian_n and_o abbasin_n we_o have_v already_o speak_v as_o occasion_v serve_v which_o need_v no_o repetition_n now_o if_o i_o can_v prove_v as_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o any_o one_o extra-imperial_a church_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o you_o can_v show_v some_o evident_a
falcibus_fw-la amputati_fw-la errando_fw-la rebel_n abcedunt_fw-la the_o catholic_a mother_n that_o be_v the_o church_n be_v forsake_v wicked_a child_n run_v abroad_o and_o separate_v themselves_o as_o you_o have_v do_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o root_n of_o their_o mother_n the_o church_n by_o err_v as_o rebel_n depart_v from_o she_o now_o be_v it_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n alone_o of_o the_o holy_a ancient_a father_n and_o all_o late_a author_n you_o and_o we_o but_o the_o universal_a agreement_n of_o all_o christendom_n for_o even_o in_o st._n cyprian_n time_n when_o the_o matter_n of_o rebaptisation_n be_v so_o hot_o agitate_a through_o the_o whole_a church_n both_o party_n and_o consequent_o all_o christian_a church_n agree_v in_o this_o that_o all_o profess_a heretic_n and_o schismatics_n proper_o so_o call_v be_v out_o of_o the_o catholic_a visible_a church_n of_o christ_n for_o this_o be_v the_o very_a ground_n whereupon_o st._n cyprian_n and_o his_o party_n found_v their_o opinion_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o say_a citation_n and_o be_v deliver_v by_o all_o author_n that_o treat_v of_o it_o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v rebaptise_v nor_o be_v this_o presuppose_a ground_n of_o their_o being_n no_o member_n of_o the_o church_n ever_o call_v so_o much_o in_o question_n as_o by_o the_o opposer_n of_o rebaptisation_n but_o suppose_v as_o a_o know_a undeniable_a truth_n by_o the_o whole_a church_n insomuch_o that_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a itself_o suppose_v this_o as_o a_o manifest_a truth_n condemn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o rebaptisation_n as_o a_o heresy_n as_o st._n aug._n witness_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatistas_n which_o be_v large_o explicate_v in_o schism_n unmask_v now_o cite_v from_o page_n 557_o to_o page_n 566_o this_o universal_a persuasion_n continue_v ever_o since_o among_o christian_n and_o i_o provoke_v you_o to_o cite_v any_o author_n ancient_a or_o modern_a you_o we_o or_o of_o any_o other_o professor_n among_o the_o christian_n who_o before_o you_o teach_v that_o profess_a heretic_n proper_o so_o call_v be_v true_a part_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o christ._n st._n cyprian_n epist_n 40._o paenas_fw-la quas_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la perpendêrunt_fw-la ut_fw-la a_fw-la vobis_fw-la non_fw-la ejecti_fw-la ultro_fw-la se_fw-la ejicerunt_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la sponté_fw-fr se_fw-la pellerent_fw-la st._n hierom_n cite_v by_o dr._n hammond_n in_o his_o book_n of_o schism_n marg._n 14._o propriae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la damnatio_fw-la cum_fw-la quispiam_fw-la svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la recesserit_fw-la this_o be_v also_o the_o undoubted_a and_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o st._n cyprian_n lib._n 5._o epist_n 6._o ad_fw-la magnum_fw-la schismaticicos_fw-la v._n g._n novatianum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la gregis_fw-la pastorem_fw-la that_o schismatic_n be_v not_o in_o the_o church_n v._o g._n novatian_n nor_o pastor_n of_o the_o flock_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la grex_n unus_fw-la est_fw-la quomodo_fw-la gregi_fw-la connumerari_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o numero_fw-la gregis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la but_o say_v he_o if_o the_o flock_n be_v one_o how_o can_v he_o be_v annumerate_v to_o the_o flock_n who_o be_v not_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o flock_n aut_fw-la pastor_n haberi_fw-la quomodo_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la alienus_fw-la fit_n &_o prophanus_fw-la or_o how_o can_v he_o be_v esteem_v a_o pastor_n who_o be_v become_v a_o alien_n and_o a_o profane_a person_n non_fw-la habitans_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la dei_fw-la not_o dwell_v in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n that_o be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a that_o st._n cyprian_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n for_o it_o appear_v in_o his_o work_n that_o he_o hold_v the_o rebaptisation_n of_o those_o which_o be_v baptize_v by_o schismatic_n as_o well_o as_o by_o heretic_n because_o he_o esteem_v they_o both_o equal_o out_o of_o the_o church_n st._n cyprian_n lib._n 2._o ep_n ad_fw-la septianum_fw-la &_o epist._n 9_o ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la and_o lucius_n a_o castra_n galba_fw-la in_o consilio_fw-la carthaginensi_fw-la sub_fw-la cypriano_n item_n schismaticos_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la condire_fw-la sapientia_fw-la spirituali_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la recedendo_fw-la infatuati_fw-la contrarii_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la neither_o can_v schismatic_n season_v with_o spiritual_a wisdom_n because_o they_o be_v corrupt_v by_o recede_v from_o the_o church_n become_v contrary_a or_o adversary_n this_o be_v also_o teach_v most_o emphatical_o by_o st._n augustine_n lib._n de_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap._n 4._o cite_v by_o you_o in_o your_o second_o part_n quicunque_fw-la credunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la quod_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la carne_fw-la venerit_fw-la &_o in_o eadem_fw-la carne_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la natus_fw-la &_o passus_fw-la est_fw-la resurrexerit_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la sit_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la deus_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi tamen_fw-la ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la corpore_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ita_fw-la differentiant_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la communio_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la quacunque_fw-la diffunditur_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la parte_fw-la separata_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la whosoever_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n as_o be_v say_v be_v come_v in_o flesh_n and_o that_o he_o rise_v again_o in_o the_o same_o flesh_n wherein_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o suffer_v and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o god_n with_o god_n etc._n etc._n notwithstanding_o if_o they_o dissent_v so_o from_o his_o body_n which_o be_v the_o church_n that_o their_o communion_n be_v not_o with_o the_o whole_a church_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v diffuse_v but_o be_v find_v in_o some_o separate_a part_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o catholic_a church_n which_o word_n can_v be_v understand_v of_o any_o but_o schismatic_n st._n fulgent_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la ad_fw-la petrum_fw-la cap._n 38._o firmissiime_fw-la tene_fw-la &_o nullatenus_fw-la dubita_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la omnes_fw-la paganos_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la judeos_fw-la haereticos_fw-la &_o schismaticos_fw-la qui_fw-la extra_fw-la eeclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la presentem_fw-la finiunt_fw-la vitam_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la aeternum_fw-la ituros_fw-la etc._n etc._n believe_v most_o firm_o and_o doubt_v not_o at_o all_o that_o not_o only_o all_o pagan_n but_o also_o all_o jew_n heretic_n and_o schismatic_n which_o end_v their_o life_n out_o of_o the_o catholic_a church_n shall_v go_v into_o eternal_a fire_n st_o cyprian_n also_o ep._n 40._o above_o cite_a suppose_v some_o schismatic_n and_o a_o fortiore_fw-la all_o heretic_n to_o be_v out_o of_o the_o catholic_a church_n and_o the_o separation_n of_o all_o heretic_n from_o the_o church_n st._n austin_n treat_v tom._n 9_o de_fw-la symbolo_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 5._o haereses_fw-la omnes_fw-la de_fw-la illa_fw-la exieruut_n scilicot_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sarmenta_fw-la inutilia_fw-la de_fw-la vite_fw-la praecisa_fw-la ipsa_fw-la autem_fw-la manet_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la radice_fw-la porte_fw-fr inferorum_fw-la non_fw-la vincent_fw-la eam_fw-la all_o heresy_n have_v go_v out_o of_o she_o that_o be_v the_o chucrch_n as_o unprofitable_a branch_n cut_v of_o from_o the_o vine_n but_o she_o the_o church_n remain_v in_o her_o root_n the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o overcome_v she_o st._n cyprian_n epist._n ad_fw-la florentium_fw-la pupianum_fw-la epist._n 69._o in_o which_o epistle_n he_o reprehend_v pupianus_n for_o his_o insolency_n et_fw-la quia_fw-la fecit_fw-la se_fw-la episcopum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o prove_v himself_o a_o holy_a catholic_n by_o his_o communion_n with_o the_o church_n and_o with_o the_o chief_a pastor_n and_o demonstrate_v schism_n by_o the_o contrary_n ind_n schismata_fw-la &_o haereses_fw-la obortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o oriuntur_fw-la dum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la praest_n superba_fw-la quorundam_fw-la praesumptione_n contemnitur_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la dignatione_fw-la dei_fw-la honoratus_fw-la indignus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la judicatur_fw-la from_o hence_o arise_v schism_n when_o the_o bishop_n that_o be_v one_o and_o who_o be_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n be_v contemn_v by_o the_o proud_a presumption_n of_o some_o and_o the_o man_n of_o god_n honour_v by_o he_o be_v dishonour_v by_o man_n epist._n ad_fw-la rogatianum_fw-la epist._n de_fw-fr superbo_fw-la diacono_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la initia_fw-la haereticoruus_fw-la &_o ortus_fw-la &_o conatus_fw-la schismaticorum_fw-la male_a cogitantium_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la placeant_fw-la ut_fw-la praepositum_fw-la superbo_fw-la tumore_fw-la contemnant_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la receditur_fw-la sic_fw-la altar_n prophanum_fw-la foris_fw-la collocatur_fw-la sic_fw-la contra_fw-la pacem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o ordinationem_fw-la &_o unitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la rebellatur_fw-la these_o be_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n who_o to_o please_v themselves_o contemn_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o rebel_v against_o the_o peace_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o ordination_n and_o unity_n of_o
have_v the_o description_n from_o yourself_o then_o have_v be_v thus_o bob_v off_o to_o blondel_n so_o laxe_o cite_v without_o page_n paragraph_n number_n chapter_n or_o book_n as_o you_o cite_v he_o here_o so_o that_o i_o must_v be_v enforce_v if_o i_o will_v find_v it_o to_o turn_v over_o his_o whole_a treatise_n a_o book_n in_o folio_n of_o 1268_o page_n whatsoever_o therefore_o be_v of_o he_o with_o who_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v for_o the_o present_a for_o if_o i_o will_v answer_v every_o particular_a author_n of_o you_o who_o you_o cite_v as_o wild_o as_o you_o do_v this_o blondell_n i_o may_v have_v work_n enough_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o extra-imperial_a province_n be_v under_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n and_o in_o the_o first_o place_n concern_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o 39_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n in_o the_o arabic_a edition_n publish_v by_o pisanus_n which_o i_o shall_v cite_v more_o particular_o hereafter_o and_o prove_v the_o authenticalness_n of_o those_o canon_n affirm_v express_o that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n as_o be_v christ_n vicar_n have_v power_n over_o all_o christian_a prince_n and_o their_o people_n subject_a to_o they_o 416._o tom._n 1._o conc._n p._n 416._o and_o that_o he_o as_o be_v the_o vicar_n of_o christ_n be_v over_o all_o people_n and_o all_o christian_a church_n and_o can._n 36._o declare_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v jurisdiction_n over_o the_o ethiopic_a church_n and_o can._n 35._o order_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n shall_v have_v authority_n over_o the_o church_n of_o persia_n which_o be_v extra-imperial_a and_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n 4â—â—5_n ibid._n pag._n 4â—â—5_n can._n 28_o the_o so_o much_o extol_v by_o you_o give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n authority_n over_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n near_o those_o part_n that_o be_v such_o as_o be_v extra-imperial_a as_o that_o of_o russia_n and_o muscovia_n baxter_n num._n 65._o the_o emperor_n themselves_o do_v sometime_o give_v power_n to_o the_o council_n act_n make_v rome_n the_o chief_a and_o sometime_o as_o the_o council_n do_v also_o give_v constantinople_n equal_a privilege_n and_o sometime_o set_v constantinople_n high_o as_o i_o have_v show_v in_o my_o key_n pag._n 174_o 175._o but_o the_o emperor_n have_v no_o power_n to_o do_v thus_o with_o respect_n to_o those_o without_o the_o empire_n johnson_n num._n 65._o i_o will_v here_o give_v my_o reader_n a_o assay_n of_o the_o solidity_n of_o your_o proof_n heap_a confuse_o one_o upon_o another_o in_o your_o key_n you_o cite_v in_o pag._n 174_o 175._o now_o pag._n 174._o you_o translate_v pontifex_n pope_n and_o summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la chief_a pope_n sure_o you_o never_o have_v this_o translation_n from_o any_o grammarian_n new_a or_o old_a who_o ever_o before_o you_o say_v that_o pontifex_fw-la signify_v pope_n or_o what_o similitude_n be_v there_o betwixt_o pontifex_n and_o pope_n save_v only_o that_o they_o both_o begin_v with_o the_o same_o letter_n when_o s._n paul_n say_v speak_v of_o our_o saviour_n habemus_fw-la pontificem_fw-la magnum_fw-la 4.14_o hâ—â—b_n 4.14_o will_v you_o translate_v it_o we_o have_v a_o great_a pope_n or_o when_o he_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v pontifex_fw-la secundum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la melchisedec_n will_v you_o english_z it_o 6.20_o hâ—â—b_n 6.20_o he_o be_v a_o pope_n according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedec_n i_o always_o think_v that_o pontifex_n or_o summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la signify_v the_o high_a sort_n of_o priest_n both_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o new_a but_o never_o hear_v that_o it_o signify_v pope_n before_o but_o you_o have_v some_o drift_n in_o this_o baronius_n say_v you_o in_o martyrolog_n roman_n april_n 9_o affirm_v that_o all_o bishop_n be_v style_v ancient_o not_o only_a pontifices_fw-la but_o summi_fw-la pontifices_fw-la that_o be_v say_v you_o pope_n and_o chief_a pope_n to_o infringe_v thereby_o what_o some_o gather_v as_o you_o say_v viz_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n from_o this_o title_n of_o be_v style_v summi_fw-la pontifices_fw-la chief_a pope_n say_v you_o pag._n 173._o you_o shall_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v tell_v we_o who_o those_o some_o be_v and_o will_v have_v do_v so_o have_v you_o write_v like_o a_o scholar_n but_o i_o will_v help_v you_o out_o for_o once_o bellarmin_n be_v one_o of_o that_o some_o you_o speak_v of_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr pontif._n roman_n cap._n 31._o sect_n quartum_fw-la but_o barenius_n say_v you_o affirm_v that_o title_n to_o have_v be_v attribute_v ancient_o to_o all_o bishop_n that_o be_v true_a too_o if_o you_o take_v the_o latin_a word_n but_o not_o in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o bellarmin_n take_v summus_n pontifex_n for_o baronius_n take_v it_o for_o a_o chief_a priest_n and_o bellarmin_n for_o the_o chief_a or_o high_a priest_n not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o simple_a priest_n who_o be_v in_o a_o rank_n below_o bishop_n and_o in_o relation_n to_o who_o bishop_n be_v ancient_o style_v summi_fw-la pontifices_fw-la such_o as_o be_v in_o the_o high_a order_n of_o priest_n but_o absolute_o in_o respect_n of_o all_o other_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n for_o bellarmin_n in_o proof_n of_o this_o title_n cite_v a_o epistle_n of_o pope_n stephen_n where_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v style_v summus_n omnium_fw-la praesulum_fw-la pontifex_fw-la the_o high_a bishop_n of_o all_o prelate_n or_o bishop_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n he_o cite_v s._n gregory_n and_o s._n bernard_n and_o last_o the_o six_o synod_n which_o entitle_v he_o act._n 18._o in_o sermon_n acclamatorio_n sanctissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o summum_fw-la papam_fw-la their_o most_o holy_a father_n and_o most_o high_a pope_n that_o be_v the_o high_a of_o all_o bishop_n even_o over_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o council_n and_o though_o baronius_n cite_v by_o you_o grant_v the_o bare_a word_n of_o summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la as_o they_o signify_v only_o a_o chief_a priest_n be_v ancient_o give_v to_o all_o bishop_n yet_o in_o his_o annal_n anno_fw-la 215_o &_o 216._o num_fw-la 3._o from_o the_o title_n of_o pontifex_fw-la maximus_fw-la the_o great_a or_o high_a bishop_n that_o be_v summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la in_o beauties_n sense_n he_o prove_v the_o eminent_a authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n now_o this_o be_v worth_a the_o note_n also_o that_o you_o first_o take_v summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la for_o the_o chief_a pope_n in_o beauties_n sense_n and_o then_o prove_v that_o summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la as_o it_o signify_v not_o the_o chief_a pope_n but_o a_o chief_a priest_n as_o baronius_n take_v it_o be_v no_o proof_n of_o his_o universal_a authority_n in_o your_o second_o paragraph_n you_o show_v that_o the_o title_n papa_n dominus_fw-la pater_fw-la sanctissimus_fw-la beatissimus_fw-la dei_fw-la amantissimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v common_o give_v to_o all_o bishop_n who_o confute_v you_o here_o who_o ever_o say_v these_o title_n prove_v his_o supremacy_n the_o like_a be_v of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v call_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o church_n paraph._n 3._o for_o the_o term_n mother_n may_v be_v understand_v either_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o first_o origin_n or_o fountain_n of_o christanity_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n jerusalem_n be_v the_o mother_n church_n or_o in_o regard_n of_o authority_n and_o government_n which_o a_o mother_n have_v over_o her_o child_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o title_n of_o mother_n be_v attribute_v to_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o prove_v evident_o her_o authority_n over_o all_o christian_a church_n but_o be_v it_o not_o very_o handsome_a for_o you_o first_o to_o affix_v the_o title_n of_o mother_n absolute_o to_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o then_o to_o infringe_v that_o title_n by_o say_v the_o church_n of_o caesarea_n out_o of_o s._n basil_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o church_n in_o a_o manner_n will_v you_o think_v it_o a_o rational_a answer_n if_o one_o shall_v prove_v your_o mother_n have_v authority_n to_o correct_v you_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o title_n of_o mother_n 10._o fallacy_n 10._o you_o shall_v answer_v that_o the_o tiof_n mother_n prove_v nothing_o for_o your_o elder_a sister_n be_v as_o a_o mother_n to_o you_o in_o a_o manner_n though_o she_o have_v no_o authority_n over_o you_o be_v not_o not_o this_o a_o plain_a fallacy_n from_o simpliciter_fw-la to_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o your_o four_o paragraph_n you_o say_v if_o the_o word_n be_v consult_v where_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v style_v mater_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la mother_n of_o all_o church_n for_o that_o be_v her_o title_n they_o signify_v only_o priority_n of_o dignity_n that_o be_v without_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o all_o church_n join_v to_o that_o dignity_n and_o this_o you_o never_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v so_o irrefragable_a be_v your_o authority_n that_o your_o bare_a word_n must_v pass_v for_o a_o proof_n i_o wonder_v you_o have_v
his_o eminent_a authority_n in_o that_o kingdom_n he_o may_v do_v you_o some_o favour_n and_o he_o upon_o the_o receipt_n of_o those_o accusation_n shall_v summon_v those_o brethren_n of_o you_o to_o appear_v before_o he_o and_o for_o not_o appearance_n condemn_v they_o and_o acquit_v and_o restore_v you_o will_v not_o all_o the_o world_n see_v that_o he_o exceed_v his_o commission_n no_o patriarch_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o patriarchal_a dignity_n though_o precede_v the_o other_o in_o place_n have_v power_n to_o condemn_v any_o belong_v to_o another_o patriarchate_o if_o the_o fact_n be_v not_o commit_v within_o his_o jurisdiction_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o that_o patriarch_n under_o who_o authority_n he_o be_v according_a to_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a mr._n baxter_n num._n 176._o our_o own_o communion_n with_o man_n be_v to_o be_v direct_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o our_o own_o well_o inform_v conscience_n william_n johnson_n num._n 176._o but_o our_o conscience_n if_o well_o regulate_v must_v avoid_v all_o those_o who_o communion_n be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o lawful_a governor_n of_o god_n church_n nor_o be_v private_a person_n to_o avoid_v any_o who_o the_o lawful_a prelate_n of_o the_o church_n retain_v in_o their_o communion_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 177._o julius_n desire_v not_o any_o man_n then_o to_o be_v one_o with_o a_o council_n that_o shall_v decide_v the_o case_n william_n johnson_n num._n 177._o there_o be_v another_o non-proof_n make_v that_o appear_v non-proof_n 18._o mr._n baxter_n num._n 178._o council_n than_o have_v the_o rule_n and_o the_o patriarch_n be_v the_o most_o honourable_a member_n of_o those_o council_n but_o no_o ruler_n of_o they_o non-proof_n 19_o william_n johnson_n num._n 178._o and_o that_o be_v another_o let_v we_o see_v that_o prove_v mr._n baxter_n num._n 179._o yet_o zozoman_n and_o other_o tell_v you_o that_o julius_n when_o he_o have_v do_v his_o best_a to_o befriend_v athanasius_n and_o paulus_n can_v do_v no_o good_a nor_o prevail_v with_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n till_o the_o emperor_n command_n prevail_v non-proof_n 20._o william_n johnson_n num._n 179._o and_o that_o be_v another_o cite_v the_o place_n in_o zozoman_n who_o be_v those_o other_o mr._n baxter_n num._n 180._o yea_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o meddle_v with_o their_o proceed_n no_o more_o than_o they_o do_v with_o he_o when_o he_o deal_v with_o the_o novatian_o see_v the_o greatness_n of_o city_n make_v not_o the_o power_n of_o one_o bishop_n great_a than_o another_o and_o so_o they_o take_v it_o ill_o that_o he_o interpose_v though_o but_o to_o call_v the_o matter_n to_o a_o synod_n when_o a_o patriarch_n be_v depose_v william_n johnson_n num._n 180._o what_o then_o ergo_fw-la the_o pope_n have_v no_o authority_n over_o they_o so_o do_v the_o pharisee_n resist_v our_o saviour_n the_o jew_n moses_n and_o aaron_n and_o the_o late_a rebel_n our_o most_o gracious_a sovereign_n ergo_fw-la will_v you_o deduce_v thence_o they_o have_v no_o authority_n over_o they_o but_o see_v you_o not_o how_o inconsequent_a you_o be_v to_o yourself_o you_o say_v just_a now_o p._n 148._o that_o it_o seem_v irregular_a that_o any_o patriarch_n shall_v be_v depose_v without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o precede_a sea_n ergo_fw-la say_v you_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n seem_v i_o suppose_v you_o mean_v true_o and_o with_o reason_n or_o you_o urge_v that_o reason_n p._n 148._o without_o reason_n to_o have_v proceed_v irregular_o in_o oppose_v julius_n if_o so_o either_o this_o your_o first_o reason_n be_v against_o reason_n or_o you_o against_o yourself_o tradition_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 181._o any_o bishop_n may_v have_v attempt_v to_o relieve_v the_o oppress_a as_o far_o as_o julius_n do_v especial_o if_o he_o have_v such_o advantage_n as_o aforesaid_a to_o encourage_v he_o william_n johnson_n num._n 181._o another_o non_fw-la proof_n why_o give_v you_o neither_o instance_n nor_o reason_n for_o what_o you_o say_v mr_n baxter_n num._n 182._o all_o your_o consequence_n here_o therefore_o be_v deny_v it_o be_v deny_v that_o because_o julius_n make_v this_o attempt_n that_o therefore_o he_o be_v universal_a ruler_n in_o the_o empire_n 2._o it_o be_v deny_v that_o it_o will_v thence_o follow_v if_o he_o be_v so_o that_o it_o have_v be_v by_o divine_a right_n any_o more_o than_o constantinople_n have_v equal_a previledge_n by_o divine_a right_n 3_o it_o be_v deny_v that_o it_o hence_o follow_v that_o either_o by_o divine_a or_o humane_a right_n he_o have_v any_o power_n to_o govern_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n without_o the_o empire_n have_v you_o all_o you_o will_v rack_v these_o testimony_n to_o speak_v it_o be_v but_o that_o he_o be_v mad_a by_o council_n and_o emperor_n the_o chief_n bishop_n or_o patriarch_n in_o a_o national_a church_n i_o mean_v a_o church_n in_o one_o prince_n dominion_n as_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n be_v in_o england_n but_o a_o national_a or_o imperial_a church_n be_v not_o the_o universal_a and_o withal_o oppress_a man_n will_v seek_v relief_n from_o any_o that_o may_v help_v they_o william_n johnson_n num._n 182._o all_o those_o consequence_n be_v prove_v at_o large_a in_o other_o part_n of_o this_o treatise_n the_o first_o because_o this_o proceed_n of_o julius_n have_v be_v approve_v in_o all_o age_n by_o the_o whole_a church_n there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o reason_n give_v of_o his_o power_n over_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o other_o of_o the_o east_n save_o this_o that_o he_o be_v head_n in_o government_n over_o all_o the_o church_n through_o the_o whole_a empire_n the_o second_o that_o it_o be_v by_o divine_a right_n for_o it_o be_v exercise_v by_o virtue_n of_o a_o ancient_a rule_n or_o canon_n receive_v in_o the_o church_n as_o julius_n affirm_v which_o can_v not_o be_v that_o of_o nice_n for_o that_o be_v institute_v a_o very_a few_o year_n before_o hence_o follow_v the_o three_o for_o christ_n institution_n be_v for_o the_o whole_a church_n not_o for_o the_o sole_a empire_n chap._n iu._n argument_n st._n athanasius_n theodoret_n st._n chrysostome_n innocentius_n numb_a 182._o mr._n baxter_n miscite_v his_o adversary_n word_n and_o then_o accuse_v he_o of_o want_n of_o conscience_n for_o write_v what_o he_o never_o write_v ibid._n what_o sense_n chamiers_n word_n can_v have_v whether_o they_o be_v refer_v to_o a_o judge_n or_o to_o a_o friend_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n st._n athanasius_n his_o recourse_n to_o julius_n and_o effectual_a procede_v in_o it_o and_o that_o julius_n have_v authority_n to_o restore_v he_o ibid._n theodoret_n appeal_n as_o to_o a_o judge_n acknowledge_v by_o chamier_n nor_o be_v it_o direct_o contradict_v by_o mr._n baxter_n if_o the_o pope_n be_v theodoret_n lawful_a judge_n by_o way_n of_o appeal_n than_o be_v he_o also_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n num._n 184._o st._n chrysostom_n appeal_n convince_v the_o pope_n sovereign_a power_n num._n 185._o &_o 186._o his_o appeal_n first_o to_o a_o council_n hinder_v not_o his_o appeal_n afterward_o make_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n num._n 187._o none_o but_o superior_n to_o a_o council_n can_v reverse_v the_o sentence_n give_v by_o that_o council_n num._n 187.188.189_o how_o mr._n baxter_n decline_v and_o sophisticate_v the_o word_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n num._n 193._o whether_o arcadius_n and_o eudoxia_n be_v excommunicate_v by_o pope_n innocentius_n in_o what_o year_n eudoxia_n die_v num._n 194._o mr._n baxter_n involve_v and_o lame_v the_o word_n of_o his_o adversary_n num._n 201._o what_o authority_n st._n ambrose_n have_v to_o excommunicate_a theodosius_n which_o act_n be_v fallicious_o instance_a by_o mr._n baxter_n mr._n baxter_n num._n 183._o in_o your_o margin_n you_o add_v that_o concern_v st._n athanasius_n be_v judge_v and_o right_o by_o pope_n juliu_n s_o chamier_n acknowledge_v the_o matter_n of_o fact_n to_o be_v so_o but_o against_o all_o antiquity_n pretend_v that_o judgement_n to_o have_v be_v unjust_a corruption_n reply_v take_v it_o not_o ill_a sir_n i_o beseech_v you_o if_o i_o awake_v your_o conscience_n to_o tell_v i_o how_o you_o dare_v to_o write_v so_o many_o untruth_n which_o you_o know_v or_o may_v know_v i_o can_v quick_o manifest_v both_o part_n of_o your_o say_n of_o chamier_n p._n 497._o be_v untrue_a 1_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v it_o that_o he_o deny_v he_o prove_v to_o you_o from_o zozomen_n word_n that_o athanasius_n do_v make_v no_o appeal_n to_o a_o judge_n but_o only_o flee_v for_o help_v to_o a_o friend_n he_o show_v you_o that_o julius_n do_v not_o play_v the_o judge_n but_o the_o helper_n of_o the_o spoil_v and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o judgement_n 2_o he_o therefore_o accuse_v he_o not_o of_o wrong_n judge_v but_o only_o mention_v his_o not_o hear_v the_o
apostoloâ—â—um_fw-la capuâ—â—_n petrus_n unde_fw-la &_o cephas_n appellatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la una_fw-la cathedra_fw-la unity_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servaretur_fw-la ne_fw-la caeteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la singuli_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la defenderent_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la esset_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la singularem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la alteram_fw-la collocaret_fw-la ergo_fw-la cathedra_fw-la unica_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la de_fw-fr dotibus_fw-la sedit_fw-la prio_fw-la petrus_n cvi_fw-la successit_fw-la linus_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o say_v optatus_n thou_o can_v not_o deny_v that_o thou_o know_v in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n the_o episcopal_a chair_n be_v first_o give_v to_o peter_n wherein_o sit_v the_o head_n of_o all_o the_o apostle_n peter_n whence_o he_o be_v call_v cephas_n in_o which_o one_o chair_n unity_n shall_v be_v keep_v by_o all_o lest_o every_o one_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n shall_v defend_v another_o chair_n to_o himself_o that_o now_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o schismatic_a and_o a_o sinner_n who_o shall_v erect_v another_o chair_n against_o this_o that_o be_v single_a or_o one_o only_o therefore_o in_o this_o only_a chair_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o dowry_n of_o the_o church_n first_o sit_v peter_n to_o who_o linus_n succeed_v etc._n etc._n thus_o far_o optatus_n and_o then_o he_o reckon_v up_o seven_o and_o thirty_o pope_n succeed_v one_o another_o to_o ciricius_fw-la who_o sit_v in_o his_o time_n &_o then_o add_v cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commercio_fw-la formarum_fw-la in_o una_fw-la communionis_fw-la societate_fw-la concordat_fw-la videtur_fw-la literarum_n supplendum_fw-la videtur_fw-la with_o who_o ciricius_fw-la the_o whole_a world_n accord_v with_o we_o by_o the_o correspondence_n of_o form_a letter_n this_o do_v he_o relate_v that_o this_o truth_n of_o unity_n in_o faith_n and_o communion_n be_v then_o a_o thing_n so_o notorious_o know_v throughout_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n for_o a_o mark_n of_o a_o true_a christian_a that_o the_o donatist_n themselves_o to_o have_v some_o pretence_n to_o it_o even_o from_o their_o first_o beginning_n send_v one_o of_o their_o party_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o the_o african_a donatist_n in_o rome_n and_o still_o continue_v the_o succession_n of_o those_o donatists_n bishop_n there_o to_o the_o number_n of_o four_o who_o name_n he_o mention_n so_o ambitious_a be_v they_o of_o have_v at_o least_o a_o shadow_n of_o communicate_v with_o a_o bishop_n at_o rome_n see_v they_o can_v never_o have_v it_o with_o the_o true_a bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o optatus_n note_v here_o st._n chrysostome_n anteoch_n chrysostome_n orat._n encom_n in_o petrum_fw-la &_o paulum_fw-la orat_fw-la 5._o contr_n judeos_n hom_n 83_o in_o math._n hom_n 87._o in_o joan._n hom_n 80._o ad_fw-la po_fw-la anteoch_n style_v st._n peter_n doctor_n or_o teacher_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o apostle_n &_o bring_v under_o his_o subjection_n the_o whole_a world_n and_o that_o christ_n build_v his_o church_n upon_o he_o the_o top_n of_o the_o apostolical_a college_n that_o he_o be_v precedent_n of_o the_o church_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n st._n augustine_n fine_a augustine_n in_o questi_fw-la novi_fw-la test_n q._n 75_o in_o fine_a that_o all_o title_n of_o authority_n next_o after_o christ_n be_v in_o st._n peter_n that_o he_o be_v the_o head_n to_o be_v pastor_n of_o christ_n flock_n that_o our_o saviour_n pray_v for_o st._n peter_n pray_v for_o all_o the_o apostle_n 16._o apostle_n serm._n 15._o de_fw-fr sanctis_fw-la &_o serm._n 16._o because_o what_o be_v do_v for_o a_o superior_a or_o governor_n be_v do_v for_o all_o those_o who_o be_v under_o his_o charge_n that_o he_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n by_o virtue_n of_o our_o saviour_n word_n upon_o this_o rock_n i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n he_o call_v the_o roman_a sea_n the_o sea_n apostolic_a absolute_o 51._o absolute_o lit._n 2._o contr_n lit_fw-fr petil_o c._n 51._o initio_fw-la 51._o himno_fw-la cont_n partem_fw-la donati_n in_fw-la initio_fw-la that_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n be_v the_o rock_n which_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n do_v not_o overcome_v i_o omit_v for_o brevity_n sake_n many_o other_o holy_a father_n of_o those_o age_n hope_v these_o will_v be_v a_o sufficient_a testimony_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o the_o roman_a bishop_n authority_n not_o within_o the_o empire_n only_o but_o through_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n 44._o to_o your_o five_o argument_n p._n 251._o i_o deny_v your_o antecedent_n you_o prove_v it_o by_o a_o outface_a confidence_n in_o five_o particular_n to_o the_o first_o and_o second_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v not_o necessary_a he_o shall_v either_o have_v choose_v or_o ordain_v they_o nor_o authorise_v any_o other_o to_o the_o validity_n of_o ordain_v they_o nor_o that_o they_o shall_v receive_v their_o episcopal_a power_n of_o ordain_v from_o he_o but_o their_o patriarchal_a power_n be_v from_o he_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v above_o in_o that_o he_o both_o restore_v and_o depose_v those_o patriarch_n as_o occasion_v require_v to_o your_o three_o the_o law_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n they_o receive_v and_o those_o be_v confirm_v by_o his_o authority_n to_o your_o four_o i_o have_v evidence_v they_o be_v command_v and_o judge_v by_o he_o to_o your_o five_o i_o deny_v the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n to_o be_v equal_a with_o he_o in_o all_o thing_n nor_o can_v you_o prove_v it_o no_o nor_o so_o much_o as_o essay_n to_o prove_v it_o without_o contradict_v yourself_o who_o grant_v he_o a_o precedency_n of_o place_n before_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n which_o be_v one_o privilege_n chap._n iu._n st._n gregory_n doctrine_n about_o universal_a bishop_n num._n 45._o in_o what_o sense_n st._n gregory_n condemn_v the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n how_o clear_o he_o attribute_n to_o st._n peter_n the_o sovereign_a authority_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n by_o christ_n authority_n and_o consequent_o to_o his_o lawful_a succâ—â—ssors_n after_o his_o death_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n num._n 47_o whether_o the_o title_n of_o universal_a be_v offer_v st._n leo_n by_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n why_o st._n gregory_n refuse_v and_o condemn_v that_o title_n num._n 52._o mr._n baxter_n contradict_v st._n gregory_n and_o himself_o and_o bring_v all_o he_o have_v object_v in_o 8._o or_o 10._o page_n to_o nothing_o num._n 53_o 54_o 55._o how_o various_a he_o be_v in_o his_o account_n num._n 57_o into_o what_o difficulty_n mr._n baxter_n cast_v himself_o 45._o pag._n 253._o you_o trifle_v about_o the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n or_o patriarch_n this_o st._n gregory_n take_v to_o be_v full_a of_o pride_n and_o insolency_n and_o injurious_a to_o all_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n because_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o this_o signification_n that_o he_o be_v the_o universal_a bishop_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o true_a and_o effectual_a bishop_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n save_v himself_o and_o the_o rest_n be_v not_o christ_n but_o his_o officer_n nor_o receive_v their_o power_n from_o christ_n but_o from_o he_o this_o he_o insinuate_v in_o the_o word_n you_o cite_v here_o and_o after_o say_v jam_fw-la vos_fw-la episcopi_fw-la non_fw-la estis_fw-la if_o once_o a_o universal_a bishop_n be_v admit_v in_o the_o church_n than_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v no_o long_o bishop_n for_o this_o reason_n this_o holy_a pope_n refuse_v and_o condemn_v this_o title_n but_o as_o for_o the_o thing_n itself_o which_o be_v in_o controversy_n betwixt_o we_o that_o the_o pope_n have_v power_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n we_o have_v above_o prove_v st._n gregory_n to_o be_v most_o positive_a in_o it_o in_o several_a passage_n of_o his_o work_n see_v st._n gregory_n epistle_n throughout_o nor_o be_v there_o every_o any_o pope_n exercise_v more_o act_n of_o jurisdiction_n through_o the_o whole_a church_n as_o occasion_v require_v than_o he_o do_v and_o in_o his_o epistle_n themselves_o even_o in_o those_o he_o write_v in_o time_n of_o this_o controversy_n with_o john_n of_o constantinople_n he_o give_v most_o evident_a proof_n of_o it_o ep._n lib._n 1._o ep_v 24._o he_o say_v thus_o hinc_fw-la namque_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la petrus_n authore_fw-la deo_fw-la principatum_fw-la tenens_fw-la a_o bene_fw-la urgente_fw-la cornelio_n &_o sese_fw-la ei_fw-la humiliter_fw-la prosternanti_fw-la immoderatius_fw-la venerari_fw-la recusavit_fw-la hence_o it_o be_v that_o peter_n hold_v the_o principality_n by_o god_n authority_n or_o god_n be_v the_o author_n refuse_v to_o be_v immoderate_o venerate_v by_o good_a cornelius_n who_o prostrate_v himself_o unto_o he_o where_o he_o attribute_n st._n peter_n principality_n to_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n that_o be_v of_o our_o saviour_n but_o then_o present_o st._n gregory_n add_v that_o when_o st._n peter_n deal_v with_o ananias_n