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A45426 Of schisme a defence of the Church of England against the exceptions of the Romanists / by H. Hammond ... Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660. 1653 (1653) Wing H562A; ESTC R40938 74,279 194

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eccl_n habere_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la deum_fw-la patrem_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la matrem_fw-la ibid._n quomodo_fw-la potest_fw-la ei_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquo_fw-la convenire_fw-la cvi_fw-la cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la vestra_fw-la fraternitate_fw-la non_fw-la convenit_fw-la quomodo_fw-la possunt_fw-la duo_fw-la aut_fw-la tres_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la colligi_fw-la quos_fw-la constat_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la evangelio_n separari_fw-la ibid_fw-la extra_n ecclesiam_fw-la consistens_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o dilectionem_fw-la christi_fw-la faciens_fw-la inter_fw-la adversarios_fw-la computetur_fw-la ep_v 76._o advantage_n that_o belong_v to_o a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n the_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat_fw-la ep_v ad_fw-la eph_n audet_fw-la precem_fw-la alteram_fw-la illicitis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la facere_fw-la dominicae_fw-la hostiae_fw-la veritatem_fw-la per_fw-la falsa_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la profanare_fw-la cypr_fw-la de_fw-la unit_fw-la eccl_n vnum_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la corum_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la posse_fw-la deo_fw-la placere_fw-la neque_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la corum_fw-la tribui_fw-la qui_fw-la offerunt_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la corporis_fw-la unitate_fw-la disjuncti_fw-la solius_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la deus_fw-la delectatur_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la quòd_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la deo_fw-la facit_fw-la unit_fw-la as_o spiritualis_fw-la ubi_fw-la pacis_fw-la tenacitas_fw-la fraternam_fw-la seruat_fw-la in_o charitate_fw-la concordiam_fw-la fulgent_n ad_fw-la monim_n l._n 2._o benefit_n of_o prayer_n and_o sacrament_n that_o it_o be_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o ep_v ad_fw-la eph_n edit_n savil_n p._n 823._o as_o bad_a as_o heresy_n that_o that_o quis_fw-la unquam_fw-la haereses_fw-la instituit_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la priùs_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la universitate_fw-la &_o antiquitatis_fw-la consensione_n discreverit_fw-la vincent_n c._n 34._o there_o be_v never_o any_o heresy_n in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v not_o found_v in_o it_o and_o and_o nullum_fw-la schisma_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la aliquam_fw-la fingit_fw-la haeresim_fw-la ut_fw-la rectè_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la recessisse_fw-la videatur_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la tit_n c._n 3._o that_o it_o be_v constant_o force_v in_o its_o own_o defence_n to_o conclude_v in_o some_o heresy_n or_o other_o all_o of_o which_o be_v put_v together_o will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o keep_v man_n from_o be_v in_o love_n with_o the_o guilt_n or_o company_n of_o schismatics_n but_o it_o be_v far_o brand_v with_o these_o superaddition_n of_o terror_n that_o that_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la quicquam_fw-la gravius_fw-la sacrilegio_fw-la schismatis_fw-la aug_n contra_fw-la parmen_fw-la l._n 2.2_o ingens_fw-la flagitium_fw-la schismatis_fw-la tradition_n junxerunt_fw-la optat_fw-la p._n 23._o edit_v casaub_n there_o be_v scarce_o any_o crime_n so_o great_a as_o schism_n not_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diony_n ap_fw-mi euseb_n l._n 6._o c._n 36._o pejus_fw-la hec_fw-la crimen_fw-la est_fw-la quàm_fw-la quod_fw-la admisisse_fw-la lapsi_fw-la videntur_fw-la cypr_fw-la de_fw-la unit_fw-la eccl_n idolatry_n idolatry_n vide_fw-la optatum_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 25._o sacrilege_n parricide_n that_o it_o have_v be_v under_o peculiar_a mark_n of_o god_n indignation_n in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n as_o in_o the_o the_o quàm_fw-la sine_fw-la spe_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o perditionem_fw-la sibi_fw-la maximam_fw-la de_fw-la indignatione_fw-la dei_fw-la acquirant_fw-la qui_fw-la schisma_fw-la feciunt_fw-la declarat_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la r●g_n scriptura_fw-la ubi_fw-la à_fw-la tribu_fw-la juda_n &_o benjamin_n decem_fw-la tribus_fw-la scissae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o indignatus_fw-la est_fw-la inquit_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o omne_fw-la semen_fw-mi israel_n cypr_fw-la ep_v 76._o case_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o of_o the_o the_o addendo_fw-la autem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la samaritanorum_n debere_fw-la omitti_fw-la ubi_fw-la erant_fw-la schismatici_fw-la ostendit_fw-la schismaticos_fw-la gentilibus_fw-la adaequari_fw-la ibid._n samaritan_n who_o be_v rank_v with_o the_o gentile_n mat._n 10.5_o 10.5_o exemplo_fw-la core_n dathan_n etc._n etc._n ostenditur_fw-la &_o probatur_fw-la obnoxios_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o culpae_fw-la &_o poenae_fw-la futuros_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la schismaticis_fw-la irreligiosâ_fw-la temeritate_fw-la miscuerunt_fw-la ibid._n deus_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o sacrilegos_fw-la &_o parricidam_fw-la non_fw-la secerat_fw-la cain_n &_o ninive_n in_o schismaticos_fw-la fecit_fw-la core_n etc._n etc._n optat_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 25._o and_o so_o in_o the_o story_n of_o core_n etc._n etc._n that_o it_o be_v the_o the_o novatianus_n nec_fw-la debet_fw-la nec_fw-la potest_fw-la excipi_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la ipse_fw-la extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la consistens_fw-la inter_fw-la antichristos_fw-la computetur_fw-la ibid._n apparet_fw-la antichristos_fw-la omnes_fw-la esse_fw-la quos_fw-la constet_fw-la à_fw-la charitate_fw-la atque_fw-la ab_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la recessisse_fw-la ibid._n videndum_fw-la quis_fw-la foras_fw-la exicrit_fw-fr quis_fw-la altar_n contra_fw-la altar_n erexerit_fw-la quis_fw-la jaceat_fw-la sub_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la johannis_n apostoli_fw-la qui_fw-la dixit_fw-la multos_fw-la antichristos_fw-la feras_fw-la exituros_fw-la optat_fw-la p._n 1._o l._n 18._o ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la separatus_fw-la haereticus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o antichristus_fw-la prosper_n de_fw-fr prom_n &_o predict_v implend_v c._n 5._o antichristianisme_n mention_v by_o saint_n john_n the_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignat_fw-la ep_v ad_fw-la smyrnens_fw-la worship_v or_o serve_v the_o devil_n and_o in_o a_o word_n so_o great_a a_o crime_n that_o it_o be_v not_o not_o tale_n e●si_fw-la occisi_fw-la in_o confession_n nominis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la macula_fw-la ista_fw-la nec_fw-la sanguine_fw-la abluitur_fw-la inexpiabilis_fw-la &_o gravis_fw-la culpa_fw-la discordiae_fw-la nec_fw-la passione_n purgatur_fw-la cyprian_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccl_n expiable_a by_o martyrdom_n to_o he_o that_o continue_v in_o and_o have_v not_o repent_v and_o return_v from_o it_o §_o 7._o no_o excuse_n for_o it_o much_o more_o of_o this_o subject_n be_v every_o where_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o the_o ancient_a monument_n and_o nothing_o of_o alleviation_n to_o be_v have_v for_o any_o who_o have_v not_o the_o the_o caeteri_fw-la tantùm_fw-la vel_fw-la simplicitate_fw-la capti_fw-la ve●_n errore_fw-la inducti_fw-la vel_fw-la aliqua_fw-la sallentis_fw-la astutiae_fw-la calliditate_fw-la decepti_fw-la à_fw-la fallaciae_fw-la laqueis_fw-la vos_fw-la solvite_fw-la cypr_fw-la de_fw-la unit_fw-la eccl_n excuse_n of_o involuntary_a seduction_n of_o error_n or_o simplicity_n to_o plead_v for_o they_o and_o the_o sure_a way_n to_o do_v that_o effectual_o to_o qualify_v they_o for_o that_o plea_n be_v to_o forsake_v their_o course_n to_o get_v out_o of_o so_o dangerous_a a_o snare_n §_o 8._o nay_o it_o be_v far_a observable_a how_o unsafe_a it_o have_v be_v deem_v by_o these_o for_o for_o judicabit_fw-la spiritalis_fw-la &_o eo●s_fw-la qui_fw-la schisma_fw-la operantur_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la modicas_fw-la &_o quaslibet_fw-la causas_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o gloriosum_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la conscindunt_fw-la &_o dividunt_fw-la verè_fw-la liquantes_fw-la culicem_fw-la &_o camelum_fw-la diglutientes_fw-la irenae_n l._n 4._o c._n 62._o light_n and_o inconsiderable_a cause_n to_o break_v this_o unity_n it_o be_v in_o their_o opinion_n very_o very_o nulla_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n tanta_fw-la potest_fw-la fieri_fw-la correptio_fw-la quanta_fw-la est_fw-la schismatis_fw-la pernicies_fw-la irenaeus_n l._n 4._o c._n 62._o hard_o if_o not_o impossible_a to_o receive_v such_o a_o injury_n or_o provocation_n from_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n as_o may_v make_v a_o rapture_n or_o separation_n excusable_a and_o for_o the_o universal_a or_o true_o catholic_n church_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v not_o in_o in_o si_fw-mi possunt_fw-la aliqui_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la causam_fw-la justam_fw-la quo_fw-la communionem_fw-la separent_fw-la à_fw-la communione_fw-la orbis_n terrarum_fw-la aug_n ep_v 48._o s._n augustine_n opinion_n possible_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o just_a cause_n for_o any_o to_o separate_v from_o it_o nor_o consequent_o apology_n to_o be_v make_v for_o those_o that_o on_o any_o whether_o true_a or_o pretend_a cause_n whatsoever_o have_v real_o incur_v this_o guilt_n §_o 9_o from_o these_o premise_n thus_o acknowledge_v and_o undeniable_a the_o conclusion_n follow_v irrefragable_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o occasion_n or_o cause_n or_o motive_n of_o any_o man_n schism_n that_o be_v worth_a the_o produce_v or_o hee_v in_o this_o matter_n the_o one_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o force_n and_o moment_n and_o by_o consequence_n pertinent_a to_o be_v inquire_v into_o be_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n whether_o this_o charge_n be_v sufficient_o prove_v or_o confess_v i._n e._n whether_o he_o that_o be_v thus_o accuse_v stand_v real_o guilty_a of_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o this_o will_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o shorten_v our_o method_n and_o give_v very_o moderate_a bound_n to_o our_o ensue_a discourse_n which_o will_v now_o be_v regular_o finish_v by_o make_v these_o two_o inquiry_n §_o 10._o the_o part_n of_o the_o ensue_a tract_n 1._o what_o schism_n be_v and_o how_o it_o
may_v be_v most_o fit_o branch_v §_o 11._o 2._o what_o evidence_n be_v producible_a against_o the_o church_n of_o england_n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v think_v liable_a to_o this_o guilt_n and_o withal_o how_o it_o may_v be_v clear_v from_o all_o force_n of_o those_o evidence_n §_o 11._o which_o when_o we_o have_v do_v we_o shall_v not_o from_o the_o office_n of_o advocate_n proceed_v to_o that_o of_o the_o accuser_n or_o judge_n but_o leave_v all_o other_o that_o be_v under_o the_o same_o charge_n to_o their_o proper_a tribunal_n to_o stand_v or_o fall_v as_o they_o shall_v appear_v able_a or_o not_o able_a upon_o firm_a ground_n to_o maintain_v and_o vindicate_v their_o innocence_n chap._n ii_o what_o schism_n be_v together_o with_o some_o general_a consideration_n thereon_o §_o 1._o our_o first_o enquiry_n must_v be_v what_o schism_n be_v in_o the_o strict_a &_o proper_a notion_n as_o as_o non_fw-la attendisti_fw-la inter_fw-la schismaticos_fw-la &_o haereticos_fw-la quàm_fw-la sit_fw-la magna_fw-la distantia_fw-la optat_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 13._o distinguish_v from_o heresy_n the_o the_o inter_fw-la haeresim_fw-la &_o schisma_fw-la hoc_fw-la interest_n arbitramur_fw-la quòd_fw-la haeresis_fw-la perversum_fw-la dogma_fw-la habeat_fw-la schisma_fw-la propter_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la dissensionem_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la pariter_fw-la separet_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la tit_n c._n 3._o introduce_v of_o some_o false_a doctrine_n into_o the_o church_n and_o herein_o there_o will_v be_v no_o difficulty_n the_o origination_n and_o universal_a use_n of_o the_o word_n according_a and_o consent_v exact_o to_o give_v we_o the_o importance_n of_o it_o the_o original_a of_o the_o word_n schism_n §_o 2._o in_o the_o origination_n of_o it_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scindi_fw-la it_o signify_v literal_o scissure_v or_o division_n which_o be_v a_o figurative_a and_o withal_o a_o relative_a word_n refer_v to_o some_o body_n which_o be_v thus_o cut_v or_o divide_v but_o that_o no_o natural_a but_o political_a body_n the_o church_n or_o congregation_n of_o christian_n the_o literal_a notation_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a use_n will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o division_n in_o or_o from_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n only_o the_o form_n &_o termination_n of_o the_o word_n must_v be_v far_o note_v which_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o active_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reciprocal_a passion_n note_v by_o the_o word_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o passive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o use_n of_o such_o passives_n be_v observable_a be_v of_o the_o nature_n and_o for_o want_v of_o conjugation_n design_v to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o the_o hebrew_n hithpa●l_n and_o so_o note_v reciprocal_a action_n or_o passion_n where_o the_o passion_n be_v from_o and_o on_o himself_o and_o be_v most_o full_o express_v by_o the_o latin_a neutral_n which_o partake_v both_o of_o active_a and_o passive_a but_o be_v strict_o neither_o of_o they_o this_o may_v be_v large_o exemplify_v in_o the_o use_n of_o other_o word_n but_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o observation_n will_v not_o be_v proportionable_a to_o the_o length_n of_o such_o a_o diversion_n be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o the_o distinct_a notion_n of_o the_o word_n schism_n be_v a_o voluntary_a divide_n schism_n a_o voluntary_a recession_n or_o in_o the_o neutral_a expression_n which_o the_o father_n familiar_o use_v a_o separate_n or_o recede_v of_o any_o member_n from_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o body_n i._n e._n the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o that_o the_o schismatic_a be_v he_o that_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d judas_n 19_o divide_v himself_o from_o the_o church_n of_o god_n not_o that_o be_v cut_v off_o or_o separate_v he_o that_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o joh._n 2.19_o go_v out_o or_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 10.38_o withdraw_v or_o recede_v of_o his_o own_o accord_n not_o he_o that_o be_v cast_v out_o by_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n excommunication_n no_o schism_n for_o whatever_o blame_n and_o vengeance_n may_v just_o light_v on_o such_o who_o be_v by_o the_o righteous_a and_o charitative_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n cut_v off_o from_o communion_n in_o case_n they_o do_v not_o by_o humiliation_n confession_n and_o reformation_n and_o meet_v fruit_n of_o repentance_n prepare_v and_o qualify_v themselves_o for_o readmission_n to_o that_o communion_n yet_o certain_o this_o punishment_n of_o excommunication_n be_v very_o disparate_a and_o distant_a from_o the_o crime_n of_o schism_n the_o judge_n i._n e._n bishop_n or_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o only_a actor_n in_o the_o one_o and_o that_o ex_fw-la officio_fw-la a_o act_n of_o duty_n in_o he_o when_o due_o execute_v but_o in_o the_o other_o the_o offender_n or_o guilty_a person_n who_o be_v therefore_o say_v to_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n laod_z can_n 40._o accuse_v to_o cast_v to_o to_o propriae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la damnatio_fw-la cùm_fw-la quispiam_fw-la svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la recesserit_fw-la hieron_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cod_n can_n afric_n can_n 22._o condemn_v himself_o throw_v himself_o by_o his_o voluntary_a recession_n from_o the_o church_n into_o that_o very_a condition_n into_o which_o the_o adulterer_n and_o obstinate_a offender_n be_v cast_v by_o the_o censure_n of_o it_o §_o 3._o this_o be_v so_o evident_a a_o truth_n that_o this_o punishment_n and_o so_o judicial_a act_n of_o the_o governor_n can_v be_v the_o guilt_n of_o he_o that_o be_v punish_v and_o though_o it_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v found_v in_o some_o offence_n be_v not_o yet_o in_o any_o propriety_n of_o speech_n the_o offence_n itself_o much_o less_o the_o sin_n of_o schism_n especial_o when_o he_o be_v punish_v for_o heresy_n or_o some_o other_o crime_n and_o not_o for_o schism_n that_o i_o need_v not_o far_o insist_v on_o it_o interpretative_a excommunication_n only_o as_o beside_o the_o formal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v also_o a_o interpretative_a excommunication_n when_o he_o that_o be_v not_o under_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v yet_o refuse_v admission_n or_o reception_n unto_o it_o unless_o he_o will_v submit_v to_o such_o &_o such_o condition_n indispensable_o propose_v to_o he_o and_o because_o both_o in_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o formal_a and_o in_o the_o interpretative_a excommunication_n the_o governor_n be_v man_n may_v possible_o err_v and_o consequent_o censure_v and_o excommunicate_v the_o innocent_a and_o in_o like_a manner_n propose_v those_o condition_n of_o communion_n which_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o that_o man_n to_o submit_v unto_o continuance_n out_o of_o actual_a communion_n without_o schism_n so_o it_o be_v possible_a in_o both_o case_n that_o the_o person_n exclude_v may_v be_v absolute_o innocent_a free_v not_o only_o from_o that_o of_o schism_n but_o from_o all_o other_o guilt_n so_o that_o he_o which_o be_v excommunicate_v may_v not_o be_v oblige_v to_o regain_v the_o peace_n nor_o he_o that_o be_v bar_v out_o to_o force_v his_o passage_n into_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o both_o sort_n of_o these_o continue_v out_o of_o the_o actual_a communion_n neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o be_v guilty_a of_o schism_n in_o the_o least_o degree_n by_o so_o continue_v unjust_a excommunication_n hurt_v no_o man_n §_o 4._o he_o that_o be_v excommunicate_v unjust_o can_v be_v render_v criminous_a by_o that_o misfortune_n nor_o conclude_v culpable_a by_o that_o argument_n upon_o which_o he_o be_v suppose_v innocent_a our_o saviour_n have_v pronounce_v of_o the_o anathema_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o their_o bitter_a execration_n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o sharp_a censure_n nay_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cast_v man_n out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n false_o or_o unjust_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v look_v on_o as_o a_o most_o auspicious_a token_n a_o matter_n of_o the_o great_a rejoice_v to_o they_o which_o fall_v under_o it_o one_o of_o the_o principal_a ingredient_n in_o and_o forerunner_n of_o their_o bliss_n and_o according_o the_o apostle_n when_o they_o be_v thus_o cast_v out_o and_o contumelious_o use_v go_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n rejoice_v that_o they_o be_v think_v worthy_a to_o suffer_v shame_n for_o christ_n name_n to_o which_o purpose_n be_v that_o of_o photius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n to_o michael_n metropolitan_a of_o mitylene_n ep_v 116._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o excommunication_n of_o the_o jewish_a sanhedrim_n send_v out_o against_o christ_n disciple_n bring_v they_o so_o much_o near_o to_o their_o lord_n and_o master_n and_o alien_v the_o jew_n themselves_o remove_v they_o so_o much_o far_o from_o the_o
patriarchate_n and_o the_o attendant_n and_o pomp_n of_o that_o so_o it_o proceed_v on_o a_o concession_n that_o all_o that_o constantinople_n want_v or_o in_o which_o this_o new_a come_v short_a of_o the_o old_a rome_n be_v only_o the_o dignity_n of_o a_o patriarchate_n without_o any_o ordinary_a jurisdiction_n over_o other_o church_n which_o again_o show_v we_o what_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o preeminence_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v at_o that_o time_n no_o supreme_a authoritative_a power_n over_o other_o primate_fw-la the_o dignity_n of_o patriarch_n reconcileable_a with_o the_o independency_n of_o primate_fw-la but_o only_o a_o precedence_n or_o priority_n of_o place_n in_o counsel_n a_o eminence_n in_o respect_n of_o dignity_n which_o be_v perfect_o reconcileable_a with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o independence_n the_o no-subordination_a or_o subjection_n of_o other_o primate_fw-la §_o 6._o the_o canon_n of_o ephesus_n against_o encroach_a on_o any_o other_o province_n this_o have_v former_o be_v manifest_v when_o we_o discourse_v of_o the_o original_n and_o power_n and_o dignity_n of_o primate_fw-la and_o patriarch_n and_o be_v put_v beyond_o all_o control_n by_o that_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o cyprus_n over_o who_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n though_o patriarch_n of_o all_o the_o orient_a be_v adjudge_v to_o have_v no_o manner_n of_o power_n and_o this_o independency_n of_o cyprus_n not_o only_o from_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n but_o from_o all_o other_o whosoever_o be_v contest_v then_o as_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o assert_v and_o vindicate_v by_o that_o council_n and_o order_n give_v indefinite_o against_o all_o invasion_n for_o time_n to_o come_v in_o whatever_o diocese_n that_o no_o bishop_n shall_v encroach_v upon_o another_o province_n or_o usurp_v a_o power_n where_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n he_o have_v not_o enjoy_v it_o which_o how_o direct_o it_o be_v applicable_a to_o and_z prejudge_v the_o pretension_n of_o rome_n as_o well_o as_o of_o antioch_n be_v so_o manifest_a that_o it_o can_v need_v far_a demonstrate_v §_o 7._o instance_n of_o independent_a power_n in_o archbishop_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n two_o far_a instance_n i_o shall_v here_o add_v first_o of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o carthage_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a primate_n or_o metropolitan_a for_o these_o two_o word_n in_o the_o african_a style_n different_a from_o the_o usage_n of_o other_o church_n be_v observable_a to_o signify_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o africa_n i._n e._n in_o one_o of_o the_o thirteen_o diocese_n of_o the_o empire_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v independent_a from_o all_o other_o power_n a_o absolute_a primate_n subject_n to_o no_o superior_a or_o patriarch_n whether_o of_o alexandria_n or_o rome_n this_o be_v evident_a by_o justinian_n in_o the_o 131_o novel_a where_o the_o emperor_n give_v the_o same_o privilege_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d carthage_n which_o he_o have_v former_o give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la which_o be_v the_o second_o example_n i_o mean_v to_o mention_v i_o shall_v brief_o show_v what_o that_o prerogative_n be_v which_o equal_o belong_v to_o these_o two_o §_o 8._o justiniana_n prima_fw-la be_v the_o head_n of_o of_o caetera_fw-la provinciae_fw-la sub_fw-la ejus_fw-la sint_fw-la authoritate_fw-la i._n e._n tam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la mediterranea_fw-la dacia_n quàm_fw-la dacia_n ripensis_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la mysia_n secunda_fw-la dardania_n &_o praevalitana_n provincia_n &_o secunda_fw-la macedonia_n &_o pars_fw-la secunda_fw-la etiam_fw-la pannoniae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o bacen●i_fw-la est_fw-la civitate_fw-la justin_n de_fw-fr privileg_n archiep_n just_o prim_n ed_z a_o gothofred_n dacia_n the_o new_a a_o diocese_n as_o that_o signify_v more_o than_o a_o province_n a_o a_o volumus_fw-la ut_fw-la primae_fw-la justinianae_fw-la patriae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la sacrosanctus_fw-la antistes_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la metroplitanus_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la fiat_fw-la ibid._n primat_n a_o patriarch_n dominion_n erect_v by_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n and_o that_o city_n thus_o dignify_v as_o the_o the_o multis_fw-la &_o variis_fw-la modis_fw-la nostram_fw-la patriam_fw-la augere_fw-la cupientes_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la praestitit_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la so_o gothofr_v read_v but_o certain_o it_o shall_v be_v ad_fw-la or_o in_o hunc_fw-la mundum_fw-la quem_fw-la ipse_fw-la condidit_fw-la venire_fw-la ibid._n necessarium_fw-la duximus_fw-la ipsam_fw-la gloriosissimam_fw-la praefecturam_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o pannoniâ_fw-la erat_fw-la in_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la foelicissimâ_fw-la patriâcollocare_fw-la ib._n place_n where_o he_o have_v be_v bear_v and_o the_o archbishop_n thereof_o make_v primate_n of_o all_o that_o diocese_n this_o be_v thus_o express_v in_o the_o imperial_a constitution_n nou._n 11._o that_o he_o shall_v have_v omnem_fw-la censuram_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la summum_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la summum_fw-la fastigium_fw-la summam_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la all_o power_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n the_o supreme_a priesthood_n supreme_a honour_n and_o dignity_n and_o in_o the_o constitution_n set_v out_o by_o gothofred_n out_o of_o a_o old_a ms._n copy_n tu_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la justinianae_fw-la primae_fw-la antistites_fw-la quicquid_fw-la oriatur_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la discrimen_fw-la ipsi_fw-la hoc_fw-la dirimant_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la eye_v imponant_fw-la &_o nec_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la quendam_fw-la eatur_fw-la sed_fw-la suum_fw-la agnoscant_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la omnes_fw-la praedictae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la that_o all_o the_o province_n shall_v in_o the_o last_o resort_n make_v their_o appeal_n to_o he_o for_o all_o controversy_n and_o nou._n 131._o c._n 3._o that_o in_o all_o that_o diocese_n he_o shall_v have_v locum_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la the_o place_n or_o dignity_n of_o a_o apostolical_a seat_n which_o give_v nicephorus_n occasion_n in_o his_o relation_n of_o this_o matter_n to_o affirm_v that_o the_o emperor_n make_v it_o a_o free_a city_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o head_n unto_o itself_o with_o full_a power_n independent_a from_o all_o other_o and_o though_o the_o first_o bishop_n thereof_o be_v consecrate_v by_o vigilius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o by_o some_o bishop_n it_o be_v certain_a he_o must_v yet_o that_o be_v of_o no_o force_n against_o the_o conclusion_n to_o which_o i_o design_v this_o instance_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o be_v consecrate_v he_o be_v absolute_a and_o depend_v not_o on_o any_o and_o his_o his_o quando_fw-la autem_fw-la te_fw-la ab_fw-la ●âc_fw-la luce_n decedere_fw-la contigerit_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la ejus_fw-la à_fw-la venerabili_fw-la svo_fw-la concilio_n metropolitanorum_n ordinari_fw-la sancimus_fw-la quem_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la decet_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la honoratum_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la provehi_fw-la ibid._n successor_n be_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o his_o council_n of_o metropolitanes_n and_o not_o by_o the_o pope_n §_o 9_o which_o as_o it_o make_v a_o second_o instance_n of_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n so_o when_o it_o be_v remember_v that_o all_o this_o independent_a absolute_a power_n be_v confer_v upon_o this_o city_n the_o emperor_n favourite_n only_o by_o his_o make_n it_o a_o primate_n or_o chief_a metropolitane_n see_v and_o that_o carthag_n be_v the_o prime_a metropolis_n of_o africa_n be_v express_v by_o have_v the_o same_o privilege_n that_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la have_v it_o will_v follow_v what_o be_v most_o certain_a and_o may_v otherwise_o be_v testify_v by_o innumerable_a evidence_n that_o every_o primate_n or_o chief_a metropolitan_a be_v absolute_a within_o his_o own_o circuit_n neither_o subject_n nor_o subordinate_a to_o any_o foreign_a superior_a whether_o pope_n or_o patriarch_n and_o that_o be_v all_o which_o be_v useful_a much_o more_o than_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v here_o demonstrate_v and_o be_v so_o there_o remain_v to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n no_o far_o claim_v to_o the_o subjection_n of_o this_o island_n nor_o appearance_n of_o proof_n of_o the_o charge_n of_o schism_n in_o cast_v off_o that_o yoke_n upon_o this_o first_o score_n of_o s._n peter_n or_o his_o successor_n right_a to_o the_o universal_a pastorship_n §_o 10._o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o confine_v the_o catholic_n church_n to_o the_o number_n of_o those_o that_o live_v in_o the_o roman_a subjection_n upon_o this_o head_n of_o discourse_n depend_v also_o all_o that_o be_v or_o can_v be_v say_v for_o the_o confine_a the_o catholic_n church_n to_o the_o number_n of_o those_o who_o live_v in_o obedience_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n or_o bishop_n for_o if_o there_o have_v be_v from_o the_o apostle_n time_n a_o independent_a power_n vest_v in_o each_o primate_n or_o chief_a metropolitan_a as_o have_v be_v evident_o show_v then_o how_o can_v it_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o that_o one_o primate_n it_o be_v certain_o sufficient_a to_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n that_o every_o