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A66973 The second and third treatises of the first part of ancient church-government the second treatise containing a discourse of the succession of clergy. R. H., 1609-1678.; R. H., 1609-1678. Third treatise of the first part of ancient church-government. 1688 (1688) Wing W3457; ESTC R38759 176,787 312

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and_o cease_v to_o be_v any_o long_o catholic_n if_o then_o the_o former_a or_o present_a difference_n between_o the_o roman_a and_o greek_a church_n be_v such_o as_o have_v be_v by_o former_a church-authority_n superior_a to_o both_o canonical_o decide_v and_o determine_v as_o suppose_v by_o the_o lateran_n council_n under_o innocent_a iii_o or_o of_o that_o of_o lion_n under_o gregory_n x._o or_o that_o of_o florence_n under_o eugenius_n iu._n and_o the_o eastern_a church_n disobey_v these_o act_n have_v separate_v from_o or_o thereupon_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o roman_a communion_n observe_v they_o or_o again_o if_o the_o greek_a church_n have_v make_v a_o discession_n and_o rent_n from_o the_o prime_a patriarch_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o chair_n of_o st._n peter_n in_o deny_v any_o of_o those_o privilege_n and_o that_o authority_n which_o right_o belong_v to_o he_o over_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o order_n to_o the_o preserve_v the_o perpetual_a peace_n and_o 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whether_o of_o other_o or_o also_o of_o the_o emperor_n himself_o see_v council_n antiochen_n 11._o c._n 12._o c._n council_n sardica_n 8._o c._n council_n chalced._n 9_o c._n si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la habeat_fw-la negotium_fw-la non_fw-la relinquat_fw-la suum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la non_fw-la concurrat_fw-la etc._n etc._n conc._n melevitanum_n 19_o c._n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cognitionem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiasticorum_fw-la petierit_n honore_fw-la proprio_fw-la privetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v conc._n generale_fw-mi 8._o c._n 17._o &_o 21._o this_o for_o patriarch_n superiority_n over_o and_o their_o cotfirmation_n of_o metropolitans_n next_o among_o the_o patriarch_n themselves_o §_o 10_o it_o seem_v the_o low_a receive_v no_o ordination_n from_o the_o high_a but_o yet_o some_o confirmation_n or_o approbation_n they_o seem_v ordinary_o 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diabolo_fw-it fuerunt_fw-la excitatae_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la remediis_fw-la leniremus_fw-la thus_o discourse_v the_o pope_n to_o the_o emperor_n conscious_a of_o all_o those_o proceed_n concern_v his_o establish_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n and_o by_o the_o suit_n make_v to_o the_o pope_n concern_v the_o settlement_n of_o flavianus_n in_o the_o patriarchy_n of_o antioch_n of_o which_o see_v theodoret_n hist_o eccles_n 5._o l._n 23._o c._n likewise_o concern_v the_o confirm_v of_o superior_a patriarch_n by_o the_o inferior_a that_o be_v true_a which_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o place_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o the_o manner_n be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n shall_v upon_o notice_n give_v of_o their_o due_a ordination_n and_o synodal_n letter_n contain_v a_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n mutual_o give_v assent_v one_o to_o another_o therefore_o cyprian_n antoniano_n ep._n 52._o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o 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tale_n esse_fw-la romanos_fw-la quorum_fw-la fides_fw-la apostolo_n praedicante_fw-la laudata_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la persidia_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la accessum_fw-la add_v to_o these_o in_o the_o 46th_o epistle_n the_o confession_n of_o those_o who_o return_v to_o cornelius_n from_o the_o schism_n of_o novatianus_n make_v in_o this_o form_n nos_fw-la cornelium_n episcopum_fw-la sanctissimae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la electum_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la scimus_fw-la
can_v and_o because_o all_o these_o be_v continue_v to_o be_v use_v by_o the_o church_n also_o under_o christian_a emperor_n without_o ask_v their_o leave_n to_o decree_v such_o thing_n or_o subject_v they_o to_o their_o authority_n or_o depend_v on_o their_o consent_n only_o with_o humble_o desire_v their_o assistance_n yet_o so_o as_o without_z it_z resolve_v to_o proceed_v in_o the_o execution_n thereof_o as_o under_o heathen_a as_o clear_o appear_v under_o the_o the_o arian_n emperor_n yet_o which_o thing_n she_o can_v not_o lawful_o have_v do_v be_v any_o of_o these_o entrench_v upon_o another_o right_n for_o example_n the_o 6_o canon_n of_o nice_a and_o 5._o can._n of_o constant_a council_n will_v have_v be_v a_o usurpation_n of_o a_o unjust_a authority_n if_o the_o subordination_n of_o episcopal_n see_v and_o erect_v of_o patriarch_n have_v belong_v to_o the_o prince_n upon_o the_o same_o ground_n let_v also_o those_o instance_n collect_v by_o bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n 7._o 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hammond_n see_v schism_n p._n 138._o namely_o his_o right_a 1._o as_o st_n peter_n successor_n or_o 2._o by_o conversion_n of_o the_o nation_n to_o christianity_n or_o 3._o by_o the_o voluntary_a concession_n of_o king_n i_o suppose_v i_o may_v add_v a_o four_o with_o his_o good_a leave_n namely_o his_o right_n by_o ancient_a constitution_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n and_o may_v right_o affirm_v that_o if_o any_o such_o right_n can_v be_v prove_v the_o english_a clergy_n must_v be_v schismatic_n in_o oppose_v it_o though_o all_o the_o other_o pretence_n be_v overthrow_v for_o such_o a_o sort_n of_o schism_n dr._n hammond_n mention_n p._n 66._o it_o may_v be_v observe_v indeed_o in_o our_o writer_n that_o they_o free_o determine_v 1._o that_o the_o secular_a prince_n have_v a_o just_a external_a authority_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n commit_v to_o he_o by_o god_n to_o enforce_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o church_n canon_n upon_o all_o as_o well_o clergy_n as_o laity_n within_o his_o dominion_n a_o thing_n deny_v by_o none_o 2._o again_o that_o the_o secular_a prince_n have_v no_o internal_a ecclesiastical_a authority_n delegated_a to_o he_o by_o god_n as_o to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n to_o absolve_v excommunicate_a etc._n etc._n 3._o again_o that_o the_o secular_a prince_n have_v no_o just_a authority_n to_o determine_v any_o thing_n concern_v divine_a truth_n or_o perhaps_o other_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n without_o the_o clergy_n help_n and_o assistance_n but_o whether_o such_o ecclesiastical_a determination_n or_o law_n be_v obligatory_a when_o the_o prince_n make_v these_o be_v assist_v only_o with_o some_o small_a portion_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o oppose_v by_o the_o rest_n or_o also_o by_o a_o superior_a council_n or_o court_n ecclesiastical_a or_o whether_o the_o prince_n against_o these_o provide_v that_o he_o have_v some_o lesser_a number_n of_o clergy_n on_o his_o side_n may_v reverse_v former_a canon_n or_o enact_v new_a to_o oblige_v the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n under_o his_o dominion_n this_o they_o seem_v to_o i_o not_o free_o to_o speak_v to_o most_o what_o to_o pass_v over_o and_o some_o of_o our_o late_a writer_n when_o they_o be_v force_v upon_o it_o rather_o to_o deny_v it_o and_o indeed_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n supremacy_n except_o it_o be_v in_o that_o general_a clause_n i_o will_v defend_v all_o jurisdiction_n etc._n etc._n grant_v nor_o in_o the_o 37_o article_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n which_o treat_v of_o the_o king_n power_n in_o ecclesiastical_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o affirm_v or_o determine_v it_o for_o whereas_o the_o oath_n in_o general_n make_v the_o king_n only_o supreme_a governor_n in_o ecclesiastical_n he_o may_v be_v so_o for_o some_o thing_n and_o yet_o not_o for_o every_o thing_n not_o therefore_o the_o supreme_a decider_n of_o all_o divinity_n controversy_n and_o whereas_o the_o 34th_o article_n expound_v the_o 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indeed_o with_o application_n thereof_o to_o the_o pope_n as_o guilty_a therein_o to_o rebel_v against_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o its_o representative_a a_o general_n council_n which_o be_v the_o last_o visible_a judge_n of_o controversy_n and_o the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a court_n either_o be_v gross_a schism_n or_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o schismatical_a pravity_n in_o the_o world_n to_o rebel_v against_o such_o a_o council_n i._n e._n against_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o in_o affair_n mere_o spiritual_a therefore_o if_o their_o canon_n establish_v such_o and_o such_o patriarchates_n to_o rebel_v against_o these_o will_v be_v schism_n so_o p._n 269._o he_o say_v in_o case_n that_o be_v indeed_o spiritual_a or_o mere_o ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o concern_v the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n or_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o the_o ordain_v or_o degrade_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n i_o add_v or_o those_o mention_v but_o now_o §_o 38._o which_o 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3._o p._n 54._o he_o say_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o as_o the_o several_a bishop_n have_v praefecture_n over_o their_o several_a church_n and_o over_o the_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o people_n under_o they_o such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v cast_v off_o by_o any_o without_o the_o guilt_n and_o brand_n of_o schism_n so_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o of_o the_o ordinary_a inferior_a city_n be_v for_o the_o preserve_n of_o unity_n and_o many_o other_o good_a use_n subject_v to_o the_o high_a power_n of_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitans_n nay_o we_o must_v yet_o ascend_v one_o degree_n high_o from_o this_o of_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitan_o to_o that_o supreme_a of_o primate_fw-la or_o patriarch_n the_o division_n of_o which_o be_v thus_o clear_v etc._n etc._n and_o p._n 60._o the_o uppermost_a of_o the_o stand_a power_n in_o the_o church_n be_v archbishop_n primate_fw-la and_o patriarch_n to_o who_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o be_v appoint_v in_o many_o thing_n to_o be_v subject_a and_o this_o power_n i_o add_v and_o the_o particular_a see_v to_o who_o it_o shall_v belong_v and_o subjection_n define_v and_o assert_v by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n and_o most_o ancient_a even_a immemorial_n apostolical_a tradition_n and_o custom_n be_v avouch_v for_o it_o i_o add_v especial_o for_o the_o eminency_n of_o the_o roman_a see_n as_o may_v appear_v conc._n nicaen_fw-la can._n 4_o 6._o conc._n antioch_n c._n 9_o c._n 20._o conc._n chalc._n c._n 19_o etc._n etc._n after_o all_o which_o p._n 66._o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n the_o title_n of_o which_o be_v of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o schism_n he_o conclude_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o disobedience_n and_o irregularity_n and_o so_o a_o schism_n even_o in_o the_o bishop_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o metropolitan_o and_o of_o the_o authority_n which_o these_o have_v by_o canon_n and_o primitive_a custom_n over_o they_o which_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o several_a species_n of_o schism_n set_v down_o in_o 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rev._n 2.6_o 15_o 16._o text_n abuse_v by_o some_o to_o justify_v a_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n itself_o therefore_o also_o none_o can_v lawful_o communicate_v both_o with_o the_o true_a and_o with_o a_o heretical_a or_o schismatical_a church_n who_o though_o they_o hold_v sufficient_a truth_n yet_o be_v to_o be_v refuse_v and_o avoid_v for_o the_o breach_n of_o unity_n and_o that_o without_o respect_n to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o revolt_a or_o to_o the_o liability_n of_o the_o church_n they_o desert_n to_o some_o nondestructive_a error_n and_o this_o practice_n the_o church_n have_v always_o observe_v and_o the_o person_n so_o disauthorize_v by_o it_o if_o afterward_o use_v their_o function_n be_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n esteem_v guilty_a of_o sin_n and_o sacrilege_n and_o so_o those_o also_o by_o they_o ordain_v and_o when_o return_v to_o the_o catholic_n faith_n as_o many_o arian_n bishop_n do_v they_o may_v not_o officiate_v till_o by_o a_o declaration_n and_o reabilitation_n of_o the_o church_n they_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o authority_n of_o which_o they_o be_v by_o she_o former_o deprive_v for_o we_o must_v know_v that_o tho_o according_a to_o the_o common_a tenent_n of_o die_v church_n see_v conc._n nice_a 8._o can._n none_n that_o be_v ordain_v according_a to_o the_o right_a form_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o heretic_n or_o schismatic_a may_v be_v reordain_v no_o more_o than_o one_o baptize_v by_o such_o may_v be_v rebaptise_v or_o the_o eucharist_n consecrate_v by_o such_o reconsecrated_a but_o when_o he_o recant_v his_o heresy_n or_o schism_n he_o be_v only_o relicensed_a by_o the_o church_n discharge_v his_o function_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o former_o receive_a order_n yet_o who_o so_o by_o heresy_n or_o schism_n be_v once_o deprive_v of_o the_o right_n of_o exercise_v his_o function_n as_o any_o one_o may_v be_v can_v confer_v this_o right_n on_o other_o but_o that_o all_o these_o afterward_o stand_v as_o 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digneris_fw-la proinde_fw-la quid_fw-la hic_fw-la sentias_fw-la declarare_fw-la quo_fw-la liquid_a nobis_fw-la constet_fw-la communicare_fw-la ne_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la oporteat_fw-la a_o vero_fw-la libere_fw-la eidem_fw-la denunciare_fw-la neminem_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la communicare_fw-la qui_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la erroneam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la fovet_fw-la &_o praedicat_fw-la again_o see_v the_o great_a authority_n that_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v against_o the_o same_o nestorius_n which_o authority_n be_v approve_v and_o submitted-to_a by_o cyril_n and_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o also_o the_o ephesine_n the_o 3d._a general_n council_n thus_o celestin_n write_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o cyril_n nostrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ascita_fw-la nostraque_fw-la vice_n &_o loco_fw-la cum_fw-la potestate_fw-la usus_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la sententia_fw-la exequeris_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la decem_fw-la dierum_fw-la intervallo_fw-la ab_fw-la 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rome_n who_o he_o sue_v to_o in_o these_o term_n post_fw-la tot_fw-la sudores_fw-la &_o labores_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o jus_o quidem_fw-la vocatus_fw-la sum_fw-la condemnatus_fw-la ego_fw-la autem_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la expecto_fw-la sententiam_fw-la &_o supplico_fw-la &_o obsecro_fw-la vestram_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la opem_fw-la ferat_fw-la justum_fw-la vestrum_fw-la &_o rectum_fw-la appellanti_fw-la judicium_fw-la &_o jubeat_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la accurrere_fw-la for_o the_o emperor_n have_v confine_v he_o to_o cyrus_n the_o place_n of_o his_o bishopric_n &_o ostendere_fw-la meam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la vestigia_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sequentem_fw-la and_o his_o epistle_n to_o renatus_n one_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n legate_n in_o the_o 2d_o ephesine_fw-la council_n te_fw-la precor_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctissimo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la leoni_n persuadeas_fw-la ut_fw-la apostolica_fw-la utatur_fw-la authoritate_fw-la jubeatque_fw-la ad_fw-la vestrurn_n concilium_fw-la adire_fw-la tenet_n enim_fw-la sancta_fw-la ista_fw-la sedes_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la regendarum_fw-la cuncti_fw-la orbis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la habet_fw-la enim_fw-la sanctissima_fw-la romana_fw-la sedes_fw-la omnem_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la principatum_fw-la cum_fw-la multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la tum_fw-la maxim_n quod_fw-la haereticae_fw-la labis_fw-la immunis_fw-la permansit_fw-la this_o be_v long_o after_o the_o time_n of_o liberius_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v antiquity_n impute_v no_o arrianism_n to_o this_o see_v &_o apostolicam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la immaculatam_fw-la servavit_fw-la who_o cause_n pope_n leo_n according_o judge_v and_o clear_v he_o and_o afterward_o the_o general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n after_o due_a examination_n some_o there_o also_o oppose_v theodoret_n do_v the_o like_a after_o examination_n i_o say_v for_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o assistant_n bishop_n sentence_n it_o seem_v be_v not_o account_v so_o authentic_a and_o unrepealable_a that_o a_o general_n council_n may_v not_o review_v examine_v and_o if_o seem_v to_o they_o erroneous_a reverse_v it_o upon_o which_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n concur_v with_o his_o leo_n thus_o answer_v theodoret_n quae_fw-la nostro_fw-la prius_fw-la ministerio_fw-la dominus_fw-la desinierat_fw-la universae_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la i._n e._n of_o the_o council_n irrefragabili_fw-la firmavit_fw-la assensu_fw-la ut_fw-la veer_fw-mi a_o se_fw-la prodiisse_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la quod_fw-la prius_fw-la a_o prima_fw-la omnium_fw-la sede_n firmatum_fw-la totius_fw-la christiani_n orbis_fw-la judicium_fw-la recepisset_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la capiti_fw-la membra_fw-la concordent_fw-la nam_n ne_fw-la aliarum_fw-la sedium_fw-la ad_fw-la cam_fw-la quam_fw-la caeteris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dominus_fw-la statuit_fw-la praesidere_fw-la consensus_fw-la videretur_fw-la assentatio_fw-la inventi_fw-la prius_fw-la 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