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conversion_n to_o christianity_n by_o it_o quis_fw-la enim_fw-la nesciat_fw-la say_v he_o aut_fw-la non_fw-la advertat_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o principe_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petro_n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditum_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la nunc_fw-la usque_fw-la custoditur_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la debere_fw-la seruari_fw-la etc._n etc._n praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la manifestum_fw-la in_fw-la omnem_fw-la italiam_fw-la gallias_n hispanias_n aphricam_fw-la atque_fw-la siciliam_fw-la insulasque_fw-la interiacentes_fw-la nullum_fw-la instituisse_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la nisi_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la apostolus_fw-la petrus_n aut_fw-la ejus_fw-la successores_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o he_o say_v quibus_fw-la i.e._n decentius_n his_o proposal_n idcirco_fw-la respondimus_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la te_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ignorare_fw-la credamus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la majori_fw-la authoritate_fw-la vel_fw-la tuos_fw-la instituas_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la institutionibus_fw-la errant_a aut_fw-la commoneas_fw-la aut_fw-la indicare_fw-la i._n e._n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n non_o differas_fw-la ut_fw-la scire_fw-la valeamus_fw-la qui_fw-la sint_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la novitates_fw-la inducunt_fw-la aut_fw-la alterius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la romanae_fw-la existimant_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esse_fw-la servandam_fw-la the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o reason_n give_v here_o i_o will_v not_o now_o dispute_v but_o this_o appear_v that_o over_o all_o those_o church_n he_o then_o exercise_v some_o authority_n and_o see_v below_o §_o 23._o and_o elsewhere_o many_o instance_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n authority_n exercise_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o france_n of_o spain_n and_o other_o western_a province_n before_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a to_o all_o which_o therefore_o and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o regiones_fw-la suburbicariae_fw-la must_v the_o 6_o nicene_n canon_n mos_fw-la antiquus_fw-la perduret_fw-la be_v extend_v §_o 4_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o first_o patriarch_n the_o second_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n alexandria_n the_o second_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n contain_v under_o his_o patriarchship_n all_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o egypt_n and_o lybia_n §_o 5_o the_o three_o of_o antioch_n contain_v under_o he_o all_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n antioch_n the_o three_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o metropolitan_a as_o also_o of_o all_o palestine_n be_v the_o bishop_n of_o caesarea_n but_o he_o subject_a to_o the_o antiochian_a patriarch_n see_v hierom_n epistle_n to_o pammachius_n against_o john_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n ni_fw-fr fallor_fw-la hoc_fw-la ibi_fw-la i._n e._n in_o concilio_n niceno_n ut_fw-la palestinae_fw-la metropolis_n caesarea_n sit_v &_o totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la antiochia_n aut_fw-la igitur_fw-la ad_fw-la caesariensem_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la refer_v debueras_fw-la cvi_fw-la spreta_fw-la communione_fw-la tua_fw-la communicare_fw-la nos_fw-la noveras_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la procul_fw-la expetendum_fw-la judicium_fw-la erat_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la potius_fw-la literae_fw-la dirigendae_fw-la §_o 6_o and_o these_o
the_o true_a doctrine_n whereas_o those_o who_o submit_v to_o the_o roman_a as_o the_o most_o orthodox_n gather_v it_o to_o be_v orthodox_n as_o be_v s._n peter_n seat_n and_o the_o prime_n apostolical_a see_n that_o most_o of_o these_o testimony_n and_o example_n be_v not_o allege_v out_o of_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a time_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la prima_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la sed_fw-la post_fw-la nicaenam_fw-la synodum_fw-la cum_fw-la schismata_fw-la &_o partium_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o christianos_n valere_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la yet_o then_o that_o as_o their_o pride_n claim_v much_o as_o they_o claim_v indeed_o great_a authority_n from_o the_o beginning_n so_o be_v they_o by_o the_o resoluteness_n of_o their_o fellow-bishop_n as_o much_o oppose_v and_o what_o they_o decree_v seldom_o execute_v and_o last_o that_o much_o more_o dominion_n over_o the_o church_n of_o god_n than_o be_v show_v here_o to_o have_v be_v then_o practise_v be_v now_o assume_v but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o vindicator_n only_o of_o their_o ancient_a practice_n and_o that_o be_v it_o not_o assume_v yet_o many_o and_o unsufferable_a be_v the_o inconvenience_n of_o so_o remote_a a_o judge_n of_o appeals_n but_o see_v concern_v this_o what_o be_v say_v before_o §_o 14._o to_o such_o exception_n as_o these_o i_o will_v trouble_v you_o with_o no_o reply_n if_o you_o do_v not_o find_v the_o former_a passage_n review_v sufficient_o to_o justify_v themselves_o against_o these_o limitation_n and_o restriction_n and_o to_o vindicate_v much_o more_o authority_n to_o the_o apostolical_a see_v than_o be_v here_o confess_v pretend_a §._o 37._o such_o power_n ancient_o exercise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n not_o only_o exercise_v joint_o with_o a_o patriarchal_a council_n which_o be_v by_o some_o pretend_a for_o i_o you_o may_v admit_v they_o for_o good_a answer_n hitherto_o i_o have_v be_v show_v you_o the_o subordination_n of_o clergy_n for_o regular_a ordination_n for_o settle_v doctrine_n and_o discipline_n in_o the_o church_n and_o for_o decide_v difference_n and_o among_o these_o from_o §_o 11._o the_o great_a power_n give_v to_o patriarch_n and_o among_o and_o above_o they_o from_o §_o 21._o more_o particular_o the_o power_n and_o preeminence_n the_o roman_a see_v have_v ancient_o challenge_v or_o other_o yield_v to_o it_o in_o the_o next_o place_n observe_v that_o the_o exercise_n of_o this_o power_n ancient_o lay_v not_o in_o the_o roman_a bishop_n or_o other_o patriarch_n only_o as_o join_v with_o or_o precedent_n in_o a_o patriarchal_a synod_n nor_o in_o primate_fw-la and_o metropolitans_n only_o as_o precedent_n in_o a_o provincial_n a_o refuge_n which_o many_o willing_o fly_v to_o in_o their_o defence_n of_o a_o dissimilitude_n of_o the_o present_a to_o the_o ancient_a government_n of_o the_o church_n by_o they_o but_o in_o they_o as_o use_v only_o their_o private_a council_n or_o the_o assistance_n of_o such_o neighbour_a bishop_n as_o can_v without_o much_o trouble_n be_v convene_v of_o which_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o a_o account_n out_o of_o bishop_n bramhal_o and_o dr._n field_n who_o have_v make_v it_o up_o to_o my_o hand_n thus_o then_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 30._o c._n p._n 513._o provincial_n council_n be_v by_o ancient_a canon_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v hold_v in_o every_o province_n twice_o every_o year_n it_o be_v very_o necessary_a say_v the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o synod_n twice_o in_o the_o year_n in_o every_o province_n that_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n meet_v together_o may_v in_o common_a think_v upon_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v doubtful_a and_o questionable_a for_o the_o dispatch_n of_o ecclesiastical_a business_n and_o the_o determine_n of_o matter_n in_o controversy_n we_o think_v it_o be_v fit_a say_v the_o father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n that_o in_o every_o province_n synod_n of_o bishop_n shall_v be_v assemble_v twice_o every_o year_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n he_o quote_v conc._n chalced._n 18._o c._n see_v likewise_o canon_n apostol_n 38._o but_o in_o process_n of_o time_n when_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n can_v not_o convenient_o assemble_v in_o synod_n twice_o a_o year_n the_o father_n of_o the_o six_o general_n council_n decree_v can._n 8._o that_o yet_o in_o any_o case_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n once_o every_o year_n for_o ecclesiastical_a question_n likewise_o the_o seven_o general_n council_n can_v 6._o decree_v in_o this_o sort_n whereas_o the_o canon_n will_v judicial_a inquisition_n to_o be_v make_v twice_o every_o year_n by_o the_o assembly_n of_o bishop_n in_o every_o province_n and_o yet_o for_o the_o misery_n and_o poverty_n of_o such_o as_o shall_v travel_v to_o synod_n the_o father_n of_o the_o 6_o general_n council_n decree_v it_o shall_v be_v once_o in_o the_o year_n and_o then_o thing_n amiss_o to_o be_v redress_v we_o renew_v this_o latter_a canon_n but_o afterward_o many_o thing_n fall_v out_o to_o hinder_v their_o happy_a meeting_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o they_o meet_v not_o so_o often_o and_o therefore_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n appoint_v episcopal_a synod_n to_o be_v hold_v once_o every_o year_n and_o provincial_a at_o lest_o once_o in_o three_o year_n be_v so_o do_v conc._n trident._n 24._o sess_v 2._o cap._n pro_fw-la moderandis_fw-la moribus_fw-la corrigendis_fw-la excessibus_fw-la controversiis_fw-la componend_n etc._n etc._n which_o according_o be_v keep_v every_o three_o year_n by_o carlo_n borrhomeo_n metropolitan_a of_o milan_n and_o so_o in_o time_n cause_n grow_v many_o and_o the_o difficulty_n intolerable_a in_o come_v together_o and_o in_o stay_v to_o hear_v these_o cause_n thus_o multiply_v and_o increase_v which_o he_o confess_v before_o to_o be_v just_a consideration_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a to_o refer_v the_o hear_n of_o complaint_n and_o appeal_n to_o metropolitan_o and_o such_o like_a ecclesiastical_a judge_n limit_v and_o direct_v by_o canon_n and_o imperial_a law_n than_o to_o trouble_v the_o pastor_n of_o whole_a province_n and_o to_o wrong_v the_o people_n by_o the_o absence_n of_o their_o pastor_n and_o guide_n thus_o dr._n field_n and_o much_o what_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n p._n 257._o what_o power_n a_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n by_o the_o canon-law_n the_o same_o and_o no_o other_o have_v the_o patriarch_n over_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n of_o sundry_a province_n within_o his_o own_o patriarchate_o but_o a_o metropolitan_a ancient_o can_v do_v nothing_o out_o of_o his_o own_o particular_a diocese_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o province_n nor_o the_o patriarch_n in_o like_a manner_n without_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o his_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n wherein_o then_o consist_v patriarchal_a authority_n in_o convocate_a patriarchal_a synod_n and_o preside_v in_o they_o in_o pronounce_v sentence_n according_a to_o plurality_n of_o voice_n when_o metropolitan_a synod_n do_v not_o suffice_v to_o determine_v some_o emergent_a difficulty_n or_o difference_n i_o confess_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a difficulty_n and_o charge_n of_o convocate_a so_o many_o bishop_n and_o keep_v they_o so_o long_o together_o until_o all_o cause_n be_v hear_v and_o determine_v and_o by_o reason_n of_o those_o inconvenience_n which_o do_v fall_v upon_o their_o church_n in_o their_o absence_n provincial_a council_n be_v first_o reduce_v from_o twice_o to_o once_o in_o the_o year_n and_o afterward_o to_o once_o in_o three_o year_n and_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o hear_n of_o appeals_n and_o suchlike_a cause_n and_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o canon_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v refer_v to_o metropolitan_o until_o the_o papacy_n swallow_v up_o all_o the_o authority_n of_o patriarch_n metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n thus_o the_o bishop_n now_o concern_v what_o they_o have_v say_v note_v 1._o that_o tho_o provincial_a council_n in_o some_o age_n and_o place_n be_v more_o frequent_o assemble_v in_o the_o time_n of_o whole_a sit_v as_o the_o assemble_v can_v do_v nothing_o without_o their_o primate_n or_o metropolitan_a so_o neither_o he_o without_o they_o yet_o in_o the_o interval_n of_o such_o synod_n which_o interval_n be_v too_o long_o to_o leave_v all_o matter_n of_o controversy_n whatever_o till_o then_o in_o suspense_n and_o happen_v many_o time_n also_o ancient_o to_o be_v long_o than_o the_o canon_n permit_v the_o metropolitan_o authority_n be_v not_o void_a but_o they_o limit_v and_o direct_v by_o the_o former_a decree_n of_o such_o synod_n be_v trust_v with_o the_o execution_n thereof_o and_o with_o the_o do_v of_o many_o thing_n especial_o in_o ordinary_a cause_n by_o themselves_o alone_o but_o so_o as_o their_o act_n of_o justice_n may_v upon_o complaint_n be_v review_v in_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o next_o council_n and_o if_o
law_n teach_v to_o the_o people_n so_o much_o truth_n as_o be_v necessary_a to_o their_o salvation_n till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o baptist_n and_o of_o our_o saviour_n i_o press_v they_o not_o so_o far_o as_o that_o these_o teach_v no_o error_n and_o if_o they_o teach_v not_o the_o former_a truth_n judge_v what_o a_o case_n the_o people_n be_v in_o who_o have_v no_o copy_n of_o the_o law_n themselves_o and_o also_o have_v such_o a_o injunction_n in_o deut._n 17.18_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n for_o their_o presumption_n v._o 12,13_o to_o obey_v these_o law-expounder_n §_o 15_o but_o against_o what_o have_v be_v say_v be_v urge_v several_a thing_n considerable_a α_n first_o here_o be_v urge_v our_o saviour_n manifest_o declare_v elsewhere_o not_o only_o against_o the_o life_n but_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pharisee_n and_o warn_v the_o people_n or_o at_o least_o his_o disciple_n to_o be_v aware_a of_o these_o doctrine_n see_v matt._n 16.6_o compare_v with_o 12._o β_n declare_v that_o they_o transgress_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n by_o their_o tradition_n and_o that_o in_o vain_a they_o worship_v god_n teach_v for_o doctrine_n the_o commandment_n of_o man_n matt._n 15.3.9_o γ_n again_o that_o they_o shut_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n against_o man_n or_o as_o s._n luke_n have_v it_o c._n 11._o v._n 52._o that_o they_o have_v take_v away_o the_o key_n of_o knowledge_n neither_o go_v in_o themselves_o nor_o suffer_v those_o that_o be_v enter_v to_o go_v in_o matt._n 23.13_o δ_n that_o those_o who_o they_o make_v proselyte_n they_o make_v they_o twofold_a more_o the_o chlldren_n of_o hell_n than_o themselves_o matt._n 23.15_o ε_n and_o that_o they_o be_v blind_a leader_n of_o the_o blind_a and_o that_o if_o the_o blind_a lead_v the_o blind_a both_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o ditch_n matt_n 15.14_o ζ_n and_o what_o dangerous_a blind_a leader_n they_o be_v we_o see_v when_o as_o they_o teach_v the_o people_n that_o jesus_n be_v not_o the_o messiah_n and_o excommunicate_v his_o follower_n jo._n 9.34_o and_o at_o last_o this_o high_a spiritual_a court_n or_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n condemn_v this_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n to_o death_n for_o a_o seducer_n a_o blasphemer_n a_o destroyer_n of_o the_o law_n and_o so_o also_o his_o apostle_n after_o he_o η_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v esai_n 8.20_o where_o the_o prophet_n direct_v the_o people_n immediate_o to_o the_o law_n and_o testimony_n to_o the_o law_n and_o to_o the_o testimony_n if_o they_o speak_v not_o according_a to_o this_o word_n it_o be_v because_o there_o be_v no_o light_n in_o they_o all_o which_o seem_v inconsistible_a with_o mat._n 23.2_o as_o it_o be_v interpret_v §_o 16_o i_o answer_v no._n 1._o because_o though_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o some_o doctrine_n or_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pharisee_n there_o be_v that_o be_v damnable_a and_o destructive_a of_o salvation_n such_o be_v that_o wherein_o they_o teach_v the_o people_n contrary_a to_o the_o evidence_n of_o the_o law_n jo._n 5.39_o 45._o etc._n etc._n that_o jesus_n be_v not_o the_o messiah_n yet_o our_o saviour_n and_o the_o baptist_n and_o the_o twelve_o disciple_n send_v abroad_o in_o these_o teach_v the_o people_n contrary_a to_o they_o who_o as_o we_o have_v say_v before_o the_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o believe_v and_o not_o they_o because_o now_o the_o messiah_n not_o the_o sanedrim_n be_v the_o supreme_a judge_n upon_o which_o the_o cardinal_n no_o enemy_n to_o the_o high_a priest_n supremacy_n be_v facile_a to_o grant_v that_o non_fw-la fuit_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ut_fw-la pontifices_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la non_fw-la possent_fw-la errare_fw-la quando_fw-la christus_fw-la summus_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pontifex_fw-la praesens_fw-la aderat_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la administrabat_fw-la which_o high_a priest_n to_o guard_v the_o people_n from_o this_o pernicious_a pharisee-doctrine_n send_v forth_o not_o only_o twelve_o at_o one_o time_n but_o seventy_o disciple_n at_o another_o and_o both_o with_o miracle_n to_o publish_v in_o all_o the_o coast_n of_o israel_n the_o come_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o messiah_n that_o none_o may_v plead_v ignorance_n of_o his_o come_n or_o be_v mislead_v in_o these_o thing_n by_o their_o former_a master_n denounce_v the_o great_a woe_n to_o they_o who_o shall_v reject_v he_o or_o his._n matt._n 10.14_o 15._o 11.21_o §_o 17_o 2._o because_o though_o other_o doctrine_n of_o these_o pharisee_n there_o be_v that_o be_v erroneous_a as_o several_a misinterpretation_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prefer_v also_o the_o observance_n of_o several_a tradition_n of_o their_o own_o before_o some_o great_a thing_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o so_o as_o they_o teach_v the_o observance_n of_o both_o which_o doctrine_n also_o i_o know_v not_o how_o far_o they_o may_v be_v damnable_a to_o themselves_o who_o have_v light_n enough_o to_o have_v know_v the_o contrary_a have_v not_o corrupt_a affection_n ambition_n covetousness_n hypocrisy_n etc._n etc._n blind_v their_o judgement_n yet_o these_o error_n of_o they_o be_v not_o damnable_a i.e._n such_o as_o will_v bring_v damnation_n to_o all_o those_o other_o who_o submit_v to_o they_o because_o that_o inculpable_a ignorance_n in_o people_n that_o neither_o have_v nor_o be_v able_a to_o study_v the_o law_n themselves_o and_o their_o obedience_n yield_v in_o these_o thing_n to_o none_o but_o their_o appoint_a guide_n and_o superior_n excuse_v so_o many_o of_o they_o at_o least_o as_o never_o have_v the_o opportunity_n from_o our_o saviour_n or_o his_o mission_n to_o learn_v the_o contrary_n some_o of_o those_o particular_a doctrine_n of_o the_o pharisee_n in_o this_o kind_n which_o we_o find_v our_o saviour_n to_o have_v tax_v be_v these_o their_o tenet_n mark_v c._n 7._o v._n 3._o that_o eat_v with_o unwashen_n hand_n or_o in_o a_o unwashen_n dish_n or_o on_o a_o nuwashed_a table_n etc._n etc._n which_o perhaps_o some_o unclean_a person_n or_o thing_n have_v use_v or_o touch_v defile_v a_o man_n and_o their_o more_o scrupulous_o observe_v this_o and_o by_o their_o example_n induce_v other_o to_o it_o than_o the_o much_o weighty_a matter_n of_o god_n law_n see_v matt._n 23.23_o mark_v 7.21_o that_o not_o work_v though_o a_o act_n of_o mercy_n among_o the_o rest_n some_o say_v no_o medicinal_a cure_n except_o some_o thing_n that_o seem_v more_o necessary_a perhaps_o because_o of_o their_o profit_n the_o water_v or_o the_o save_v the_o life_n of_o their_o beast_n luk._n 13.15_o 14.15_o may_v be_v do_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n that_o one_o who_o have_v vow_v his_o good_n or_o supernecessaries_n to_o god_n or_o to_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o temple_n though_o perhaps_o do_v this_o on_o set_a purpose_n be_v upon_o this_o free_a from_o relieve_v his_o indigent_a parent_n therewith_o the_o pharisee_n many_o of_o who_o be_v priest_n perhaps_o eye_v also_o herein_o their_o own_o profit_n or_o as_o other_o one_o who_o have_v make_v a_o folemn_a oath_n upon_o some_o offence_n take_v never_o to_o relieve_v his_o parent_n be_v oblige_v to_o keep_v such_o oath_n see_v matt._n 15.5_o that_o in_o a_o assertory_n oath_n the_o voluntary_a swear_n of_o some_o truth_n by_o some_o thing_n more_o remote_o sacred_a as_o by_o the_o temple_n or_o altar_n be_v not_o faulty_a or_o in_o promissory_a oath_n be_v not_o obligatory_a but_o the_o swear_n by_o thing_n of_o a_o high_a sanctity_n and_o more_o near_o consecrate_v to_o he_o as_o they_o conceive_v the_o golden-inside_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n offer_v to_o god_n on_o the_o altar_n to_o be_v this_o rendeed_o man_n accountable_a see_v matt._n 23.16_o etc._n etc._n compare_v with_o matt._n 5.33_o etc._n etc._n such_o as_o these_o i_o say_v be_v the_o pharisee_n erroneous_a doctrine_n but_o provide_v that_o a_o subject_n of_o the_o church_n be_v teach_v by_o the_o same_o doctor_n all_o other_o necessary_a point_n of_o god_n law_n and_o walk_v in_o they_o with_o sincerity_n though_o in_o these_o he_o be_v deceive_v or_o also_o in_o his_o action_n prefer_v some_o of_o these_o before_o great_a duty_n yet_o not_o so_o far_o as_o by_o the_o pharisee_n wicked_a example_n to_o omit_v those_o great_a duty_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o such_o a_o disciple_n of_o they_o upon_o a_o general_a repentance_n for_o all_o unknown_a sin_n may_v attain_v salvation_n §_o 18_o 3._o concern_v these_o particular_a error_n which_o our_o saviour_n reprehend_v we_o know_v not_o whether_o several_a of_o they_o be_v not_o the_o tenant_n only_o of_o some_o of_o the_o violent_a and_o worse_a but_o a_o small_a part_n of_o that_o sect_n and_o not_o of_o the_o whole_a chair_n of_o moses_n in_o which_o chair_n some_o sit_v who_o be_v not_o pharisees_n and_o some_o pharisee_n also_o be_v good_a man_n and_o believer_n in_o christ_n jo._n 12.42_o among_o who_o be_v nicodemus_n and_o joseph_n of_o
be_v jehojada_n the_o high_a priest_n a_o extraordinary_a person_n 2_o chron._n 24.15_o who_o aftersward_o reform_v the_o church_n 2_o chron._n 23._o to_o joash_n revolt_a after_o jehoiadah_n death_n be_v send_v the_o prophet_n zechariah_n jehoiadah_n son_n 2_o chron._n 24.20_o to_o amaziah_n also_o when_o he_o in_o his_o late_a day_n turn_v aside_o be_v another_o prophet_n send_v 2_o chron._n 25.15_o afterward_o god_n send_v zechariah_n a_o prophet_n for_o the_o guide_n of_o vzziah_n his_o son_n who_o after_o zechariah_n death_n presume_v to_o meddle_v with_o holy_a thing_n be_v sharp_o rebuke_v and_o thrust_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n by_o the_o zealous_a priest_n 2_o chron._n 26.5_o 17_o 20._o in_o wicked_a ahaz'_v time_n be_v many_o prophet_n send_v in_o a_o time_n of_o much_o iniquity_n hosea_n amos_n micha_n isaiah_n and_o other_o of_o the_o minor_a prophet_n then_o or_o soon_o to_o manasses_n also_o and_o the_o people_n of_o his_o day_n be_v prophet_n send_v see_v 2_o king_n 21.10_o and_o 2_o chron._n 33.10_o who_o speak_v unto_o they_o but_o they_o will_v not_o hearken_v last_o in_o the_o time_n after_o josiah_n be_v the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n ezechiel_n zephaniah_n and_o other_o rise_v betimes_o and_o send_v his_o messenger_n because_o he_o have_v compassion_n on_o his_o people_n and_o on_o his_o dwelling-place_n as_o it_o be_v say_v 2_o chron._n 36.15_o and_o to_o these_o extraordinary_a prophet_n be_v forerunner_n and_o type_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o great_a prophet_n that_o be_v promise_v deut._n 18.15_o 18._o where_o those_o who_o well-inclined_a go_v with_o great_a reverence_n to_o resort_v to_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n from_o they_o denounce_v god_n judgement_n upon_o sin_n preach_v repentance_n and_o upon_o it_o eternal_a redemption_n by_o the_o future_a messiah_n see_v ezech._n 8.1_o 33.31_o jer._n 36._o 2_o king_n 4.23_o §_o 29_o 5._o it_o seem_v that_o such_o constant_a guide_n unerring_a as_o to_o matter_n of_o knowledge_n 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have_v be_v find_v by_o chance_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o temple_n in_o repair_v the_o house_n which_o i_o do_v not_o urge_v as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o book_n of_o the_o law_n at_o all_o preserve_v in_o any_o hand_n if_o this_o have_v not_o be_v find_v but_o only_o to_o show_v that_o it_o be_v then_o very_o scarce_o for_o that_o pious_a king_n though_o now_o in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n have_v not_o see_v it_o before_o and_o ill_a time_n between_o hezechiah_n and_o josiah_n can_v not_o have_v render_v it_o so_o rare_a if_o the_o former_a time_n have_v abound_v with_o copy_n thereof_o as_o for_o the_o practice_n enjoin_v deut._n 6.7_o 8_o 9_o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o entire_a body_n of_o the_o law_n but_o only_o for_o some_o choice_n and_o select_a piece_n thereof_o of_o more_o general_a concernment_n as_o may_v be_v perceive_v by_o the_o narrowness_n of_o the_o table_n wherein_o these_o be_v to_o be_v write_v §_o 30_o 6._o at_o least_o there_o seem_v as_o 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post_fw-la collationem_fw-la 20._o c._n §_o 31_o to_o α._n the_o text_n urge_v out_o of_o the_o prophet_n i_o answer_v that_o some_o of_o they_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o priest_n error_n at_o least_o in_o truth_n necessary_a but_o of_o their_o viciousness_n and_o here_o the_o people_n be_v to_o follow_v their_o say_n not_o their_o do_n again_o some_o not_o of_o their_o false_a doctrine_n or_o exposition_n of_o the_o law_n but_o of_o their_o false_a prediction_n they_o some_o of_o they_o act_v in_o opposition_n to_o those_o send_v by_o god_n prophet_n as_o well_o as_o priest_n and_o be_v in_o this_o respect_n ignorant_a blind_a and_o false_a guide_n see_v jer._n 23.27_o 28._o etc._n etc._n again_o some_o prophetical_a only_a of_o the_o fall_v away_o of_o that_o church_n after_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o substitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n again_o that_o some_o indeed_o speak_v of_o the_o fall_v away_o in_o some_o time_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o priest_n if_o not_o into_o heresy_n yet_o unto_o open_a idolatry_n but_o yet_o this_o we_o say_v hinder_v not_o but_o that_o the_o people_n in_o all_o time_n may_v have_v some_o orthodox_n clergy_n to_o adhere_v to_o and_o this_o a_o body_n distinct_a and_o easy_o discernible_a from_o the_o party_n fall_v away_o as_o have_v be_v show_v before_o in_o consid_fw-la 3._o p._n 33._o and_o among_o they_o have_v the_o high_a priest_n for_o their_o chief_a guide_n who_o can_v be_v show_v in_o any_o of_o those_o time_n to_o have_v a_o postatize_v to_o idolatry_n and_o this_o body_n of_o clergy_n that_o persevere_v orthodox_n we_o may_v well_o imagine_v to_o nave_n behave_v themselves_o for_o their_o court_n or_o sanedrim_n for_o their_o assembly_n and_o such_o divine_a service_n as_o may_v be_v perform_v without_o the_o temple_n in_o some_o such_o manner_n under_o the_o persecute_v king_n of_o judah_n as_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n do_v under_o the_o persecute_v emperor_n last_o that_o when_o the_o prophet_n in_o some_o place_n name_v all_o the_o clergy_n or_o priest_n to_o be_v ignorant_a blind_v etc._n etc._n they_o mean_v for_o the_o reason_n give_v above_o in_o consid_fw-la 2._o p._n 28._o only_o many_o of_o they_o all_o of_o such_o a_o place_n of_o such_o a_o relation_n or_o sect_n there_o in_o a_o manner_n all_o as_o be_v not_o unusual_a elsewhere_o see_v ps_n 14.3_o phil._n 2.21_o which_o answer_n be_v not_o i_o but_o be_v give_v along_o ago_o by_o s._n austin_n to_o the_o donatist_n urge_v such_o text_n de_n unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 1._o plerumque_fw-la sermo_n divinus_fw-la impias_fw-la turbas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sie_n redarguit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la omnes_fw-la tale_n sint_fw-la &_o nullus_fw-la bone_fw-la omnino_fw-la remanserit_fw-la ind_n quip_n admonemur_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la quodam_fw-la numero_fw-la eos_fw-la dici_fw-la omnes_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o contra_fw-la donat._n post_v collat_n 20._o more_n svo_fw-la scripturalloquitur_fw-la quae_fw-la sic_fw-la arguit_fw-la malos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la populo_fw-la mali_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la consolatur_fw-la bonos_fw-es tanquam_fw-la omnes_fw-la ibi_fw-la tale_n sint_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la corinthiorum_fw-la quod_fw-la dicimus_fw-la demonstramus_fw-la ne_fw-fr forte_fw-fr arbitrentur_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la tantum_fw-la moris_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sic_fw-la arguere_fw-la reprehensihiles_n quasiomnes_n in_o eo_fw-la populo_fw-la arguantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 32_o to_o β._n this_o place_n be_v interpret_v by_o some_o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o then_o as_o be_v answer_v to_o α_n it_o must_v be_v understand_v not_o of_o all_o but_o of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o israel_n for_o all_o this_o time_n god_n true_a worship_n be_v preserve_v in_o shiloh_n at_o least_o where_o the_o ark_n tabernacle_n and_o altar_n be_v settle_v and_o which_o the_o piously-affected_n yearly_o frequent_v see_v
have_v not_o and_o which_o we_o have_v not_o first_o from_o they_o and_o what_o can_v be_v clear_a therein_o to_o we_o which_o be_v not_o so_o to_o they_o or_o since_o no_o place_n of_o scripture_n though_o never_o so_o plain_a in_o its_o term_n may_v be_v so_o understand_v as_o will_v render_v it_o contradictory_n to_o any_o other_o place_n how_o can_v such_o a_o man_n be_v secure_a enough_o of_o his_o diligence_n and_o wit_n in_o make_v such_o a_o due_a collation_n of_o scripture_n and_o collect_v a_o right_a sense_n where_o he_o find_v such_o a_o body_n to_o oppose_v he_o but_o perhaps_o these_o guide_n though_o more_o know_v than_o he_o yet_o have_v not_o like_a integrity_n and_o what_o misguide_v passion_n be_v these_o subject_n to_o in_o judge_v to_o which_o ourselves_o be_v not_o much_o more_o or_o what_o self-interest_n do_v we_o find_v in_o they_o but_o only_o when_o we_o have_v a_o contrary_a ourselves_o every_o one_o imagine_v himself_o to_o stand_v in_o a_o indifferency_n 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divinum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la christiani_n intermittere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la grot._fw-la sum_fw-la imp._n circa_fw-la sacra_fw-la and_o 2ly_a by_o suffer_v for_o it_o the_o christian_a profession_n therefore_o never_o trouble_v the_o civil_a peace_n which_o can_v be_v break_v but_o by_o arm_n and_o therefore_o whatsoever_o disturb_v the_o civil_a peace_n may_v be_v lawful_o punish_v on_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o by_o the_o temporal_a sovereign_a power_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o christian_a profession_n i_o say_v lawful_o purish_v unless_o in_o respect_n of_o some_o person_n such_o temporal_a magistrate_n make_v over_o this_o power_n to_o another_o which_o thing_n doubtless_o may_v be_v lawful_o do_v if_o for_o example_n the_o prince_n shall_v not_o think_v it_o so_o decent_a &c_n &c_n that_o he_o shall_v sit_v in_o judgement_n and_o inflict_v corporal_a punishment_n upon_o a_o bishop_n his_o spiritual_a father_n by_o who_o he_o be_v to_o be_v guide_v and_o correct_v 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place_n they_o ordain_v other_o multiply_v by_o their_o slaughter_n and_o ordain_v they_o without_o any_o order_n or_o nomination_n from_o the_o civil_a power_n who_o for_o ever_o neither_o can_v himself_o neither_o can_v cause_v they_o to_o lay_v hand_n on_o any_o but_o who_o they_o approve_v nor_o to_o be_v partaker_n by_o this_o of_o other_o man_n sin_n or_o error_n 1_o tim._n 5.22_o §_o 68_o and_o all_o this_o they_o do_v without_o the_o emperor_n leave_n nay_o contrary_v many_o time_n to_o their_o edict_n now_o what_o authority_n they_o have_v before_o amid_o the_o opposition_n of_o secular_a power_n they_o can_v lose_v it_o nor_o any_o part_n of_o it_o since_o by_o this_o power_n submit_v itself_o unto_o christ_n sceptre_n and_o to_o the_o church_n great_a than_o this_o church-authority_n may_v be_v make_v many_o way_n by_o prince_n by_o grant_v the_o church_n now_o some_o temporal_a privilege_n by_o make_v the_o act_n of_o the_o church_n their_o law_n also_o and_o by_o enforce_v it_o on_o all_o their_o subject_n as_o well_o clergy_n as_o laiety_n with_o corporal_a punishment_n and_o the_o temporal_a sword_n further_o than_o the_o other_o can_v single_o with_o his_o spiritual_a which_o yet_o experience_n show_v be_v able_a alone_o both_o to_o preserve_v order_n and_o discipline_n among_o its_o subject_n with_o the_o temporal_a sword_n i_o say_v which_o though_o the_o clergy_n may_v not_o use_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o religion_n yet_o he_o that_o have_v it_o commit_v to_o he_o rom._n 13.4_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n as_o a_o son_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n upon_o his_o own_o subject_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o use_v that_o weapon_n in_o maintain_v of_o christ_n law_n which_o he_o may_v in_o defence_n of_o his_o own_o as_o who_o also_o may_v make_v christ_n law_n his_o own_o hence_o calvin_n instit_fw-la 4_o l._n 11._o c._n 16._o sect_n speak_v of_o the_o primitive_a governor_n of_o the_o church_n non_fw-la improbabant_fw-la say_v 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speak_v of_o more_o at_o large_a before_o but_o
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confirmation_n and_o for_o judge_v the_o cause_n upon_o appeal_n of_o their_o inferior_n §_o 9_o where_o concern_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n §_o 11._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o controversy_n between_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n and_o rome_n about_o appeals_n §_o 12._o whether_o transmarine_a appeals_n in_o some_o case_n very_o necessary_a §_o 14._o those_z not_o subject_v to_o any_o patriarch_n for_o ordination_n yet_o subject_v for_o decision_n of_o controversy_n §_o 18._o the_o patriarch_n also_o subject_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o superior_a patriarch_n §_o 20._o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n not_o only_a primacy_n of_o dignity_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n ib._n this_o power_n exemplify_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 6_o age_n the_o day_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a §_o 21_o to_o 31._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o 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joint_o only_o with_o a_o patriarchal_a council_n which_o be_v by_o some_o pretend_a §_o 37._o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n establish_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o that_o no_o such_o power_n can_v be_v lawful_o dissolve_v by_o any_o power_n secular_a §_o 38._o the_o concession_n of_o bishop_n bramhal_o and_o dr._n hammond_n in_o this_o matter_n §_o 39_o several_a pretence_n to_o weaken_v such_o canon_n to_o i_o seem_v invalid_a §_o 41._o that_o obedience_n due_a may_v not_o be_v withdraw_v upon_o governor_n undue_a claim_n §_o 47._o that_o ecclesiastical_a council_n may_v change_v their_o former_a ecclesiastical_a law_n though_o lay-magistrate_n may_v not_o change_v they_o §_o 48._o that_o prelate_n and_o other_o stand_v oblige_v to_o those_o church-canon_n which_o in_o a_o superior_a council_n be_v make_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o predecessor_n till_o such_o council_n shall_v reverse_v they_o §_o 49._o reflection_n upon_o what_o have_v he_o say_v that_o the_o
church_n of_o england_n seem_v oblige_v in_o as_o much_o observance_n to_o the_o rome_n see_v as_o the_o former_a instance_n have_v show_v the_o oriental_n to_o have_v yield_v to_o it_o §_o 51._o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n seem_v oblige_v to_o yield_v the_o same_o observance_n to_o the_o roman_a see_v as_o other_o western_a province_n upon_o the_o 6_o nicene_n canon_n §_o 52._o that_o this_o nation_n owe_v its_o conversion_n chief_o if_o not_o only_o to_o the_o roman_a see_n §_o 53._o and_o have_v in_o ancient_a council_n together_o with_o other_o church_n subject_v itself_o to_o that_o see_v before_o the_o saxon_a conversion_n §_o 55._o the_o britain_n observation_n of_o easter_n different_a from_o rome_n not_o agree_v with_o the_o oriental_n and_o no_o argument_n that_o they_o receive_v christianity_n from_o thence_o §_o 57_o that_o the_o english_a nation_n be_v sufficient_o tie_v to_o such_o subjection_n by_o the_o decree_n of_o latter_a council_n wherein_o her_o prelate_n 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and_o ground_n of_o truth_n that_o so_o he_o may_v embrace_v her_o communion_n follow_v her_o direction_n and_o rest_n in_o her_o judgement_n grot._n animadv_n count_v rivet_n ad_fw-la art_n 7._o rogo_fw-la eos_fw-la qui._n verum_fw-la amant_fw-fr ut_fw-la cum_fw-la legent_fw-la dau._n blondelli_n viri_fw-la diligentissimi_fw-la librum_fw-la de_fw-la primatu_fw-la non_fw-la inpsius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la ipsas_fw-la historias_fw-la quarum_fw-la veritatem_fw-la blondellus_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la animo_fw-la a_o factionibus_fw-la remoto_fw-la expendant_fw-la spondeo_fw-la si_fw-la id_fw-la faciant_fw-la inventuros_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la acquieescant_fw-la s._n austin_n de_fw-fr util_fw-la credendi_fw-la 16._o c._n authoritate_fw-la decipi_fw-la miserum_fw-la est_fw-la miserius_fw-la non_fw-la moveri_fw-la si_fw-la dei_fw-la providentia_fw-la non_fw-la praesidet_fw-la rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la religione_fw-la satagendum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la desperandum_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la iposo_fw-la deo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la constitutam_fw-la qua_fw-la velut_fw-la gradu_fw-la incerto_fw-la innitentes_fw-la attollamur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la authoritas_fw-la seposita_fw-la ratione_fw-la qua_fw-la sincerum_fw-la intelligere_fw-la ut_fw-la diximus_fw-la difficillimum_fw-la stultis_fw-la est_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la nos_fw-la movet_fw-la partim_fw-la miraculis_fw-la partim_fw-la sequentium_fw-la multitudine_fw-la &_o 10._o c._n sed_fw-la inquis_fw-la nun_n erat_fw-la melius_fw-la rationem_fw-la mihi_fw-la reddere_fw-la ut_fw-la quacunque_fw-la ea_fw-la i_o duceret_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la sequerer_fw-la temeritate_fw-la erat_fw-la fortasse_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la res_fw-la tanta_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la tibi_fw-la ratione_fw-la cognoseendus_fw-la sit_fw-la omnesque_fw-la putas_fw-la idonâ—os_fw-la esse_fw-la percipiendis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la divinam_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la mens_fw-la ducitur_fw-la humana_fw-la a_o plures_fw-la a_o paucos_fw-la paucos_fw-la ais_fw-la existimo_fw-la quid_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ergo_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qui_fw-la ingenio_fw-la tam_fw-la sereno_fw-la praediti_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la negandam_fw-la religionem_fw-la putas_fw-la who_o therefore_o must_v receive_v this_o not_o from_o reason_n but_o authority_n 12._o c._n quis_fw-la mediocriter_fw-la intelligens_fw-la non_fw-la plane_n viderit_fw-la stultis_fw-la utilius_fw-la ac_fw-la salubrius_fw-la esse_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la sapientum_fw-la quam_fw-la svo_fw-la judicio_fw-la vitam_fw-la degere_fw-la 13._o c._n recte_fw-la igitur_fw-la catholicae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la majestate_fw-la institutum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la accedentibus_fw-la ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la fides_fw-la i.e._n adhibenda_fw-la authoritati_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la persuadeatur_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la 8._o c._n &_o si_fw-la jam_fw-la satis_fw-la jactatus_fw-la videris_fw-la sequere_fw-la viam_fw-la catholicae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la christo_fw-la per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la usque_fw-la manavit_fw-la &_o abhinc_fw-la ad_fw-la posteros_fw-la manaturaest_n 12._o quum_fw-la de_fw-la religione_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la quum_fw-la de_fw-la colendo_fw-la atque_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la deo_fw-la agitur_fw-la two_o minus_fw-la sequendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la credere_fw-la vetant_fw-la rationem_fw-la promptissime_fw-la pollicentes_fw-la rivet_n apol._n discussio_fw-la p._n 255._o nunc_fw-la plane_n ita_fw-la sentit_fw-la grotius_n &_o multi_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la protestant_n inter_v se_fw-la jungi_fw-la nisi_fw-la simul_fw-la jungantur_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la sedi_fw-la romanae_fw-la coherent_a sine_fw-la qua_fw-la nullum_fw-la sperari_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la common_a regimen_fw-la ideo_fw-la optat_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la 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quod_fw-la mox_fw-la idem_fw-la decessor_fw-la meus_fw-la ut_fw-la agnovit_fw-la directis_fw-la literis_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la s._n petri_n apostoli_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la synodi_fw-la acta_fw-la cassavit_fw-la and_o l._n 6._o ep._n 37._o eulogio_fw-la episcopo_fw-la alex._n quis_fw-la nesciat_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o apostolorum_fw-la principis_fw-la soliditate_fw-la firmatam_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la multi_fw-la sint_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pro_fw-la ipso_fw-la tamen_fw-la principatu_fw-la sola_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la principis_fw-la sedes_fw-la in_o authoritate_fw-la convaluit_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o tribus_fw-la locis_fw-la unius_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la enim_fw-la sublimavit_fw-la sedem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la quiescere_fw-la &_o praesentem_fw-la vitam_fw-la finire_fw-la dignatus_fw-la
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&_o reformare_fw-la &_o judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la putabantur_fw-la romam_fw-la esse_fw-la deferenda_fw-la leviora_fw-la absolvere_fw-la graviora_fw-la domino_fw-la papae_fw-la refer_v thus_o he._n and_o indeed_o 2._o §_o 20._o n_o 2._o frequent_a example_n there_o be_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v a_o judicial_a authority_n in_o some_o matter_n over_o the_o chief_a member_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n frequent_a example_n of_o wrong_a both_o bishop_n and_o patriarch_n appeal_n and_o repair_n unto_o he_o for_o redress_n even_o in_o early_a time_n when_o his_o power_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v so_o great_a which_o redress_n he_o afford_v they_o by_o summon_v their_o adversary_n also_o though_o under_o another_o patriarchat_n to_o appear_v before_o he_o by_o examine_v their_o cause_n and_o declare_v they_o innocent_a by_o and_o with_o his_o own_o patriarchal_a council_n or_o with_o so_o many_o bishop_n as_o can_v well_o be_v convene_v if_o the_o cause_n be_v of_o moment_n 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that_o we_o deny_v they_o not_o the_o more_o but_o all_o and_o have_v they_o do_v well_o who_o have_v use_v the_o bishop_n so_o who_o have_v use_v king_n so_o upon_o pretence_n of_o their_o exercise_v a_o illegal_a power_n §_o 32_o and_o now_o by_o what_o have_v pass_v we_o may_v the_o better_a judge_n of_o the_o meaning_n notwithstanding_o whatever_o other_o gloss_n be_v make_v upon_o they_o of_o those_o place_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n father_n by_o the_o instance_n above_o judgement_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o many_o other_o controvert_v saying_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v quote_v before_o §_o 6._o to_o which_o i_o will_v here_o add_v that_o which_o follow_v in_o irenaeus_n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o who_o speak_v there_o how_o heretic_n may_v be_v easy_o confound_v by_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o tradition_n of_o apostolical_a doctrine_n ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la i._n e._n a_o duobus_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n romae_fw-la fundatam_fw-la propter_fw-mi potentiorem_fw-la principalitatem_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la omnem_fw-la convenire_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fideles_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fideles_fw-la conservata_fw-la est_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n est_fw-la traditio_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la i._n e._n in_o union_n &_o adhaesione_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la apostolical_a tradition_n be_v more_o certain_o preserve_v in_o all_o other_o church_n let_v therefore_o potentiorem_fw-la principalitatem_fw-la if_o so_o you_o can_v make_v any_o sense_n be_v refer_v as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o reform_a to_o the_o roman_a empire_n not_o church_n yet_o the_o certain_a conservation_n of_o tradition_n apostolical_a which_o be_v the_o father_n reason_n of_o other_o church_n repair_v and_o conform_v to_o this_o that_o can_v be_v apply_v but_o only_o to_o the_o church_n not_o as_o seat_v in_o the_o imperial_a city_n but_o as_o found_v by_o the_o two_o most_o glorious_a apostle_n peter_n and_o paul_n of_o which_o church_n tertullian_n the_o prescript_n haereticorum_fw-la also_o say_v ista_fw-la quam_fw-la faelix_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cvi_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la profuderunt_fw-la and_o after_o he_o thus_o cyprian_n in_o his_o ep._n 45._o to_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n not_o to_o urge_v any_o of_o those_o passage_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccl._n cath._n which_o perhaps_o seem_v capable_a of_o the_o exposition_n which_o the_o reform_a give_v they_o nos_fw-la singulis_fw-la navigantibus_fw-la i.e._n from_o africa_n into_o italy_n rationem_fw-la reddentes_fw-la scimus_fw-la nos_fw-la hortato_n eos_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la radicem_fw-la &_o matricem_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la agnoscerent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la and_o afterward_o ne_o in_o urbe_fw-la in_o rome_n schisma_fw-la factum_fw-la animos_fw-la absentium_fw-la i.e._n of_o those_o in_o africa_n incerta_fw-la opinion_n confunderet_fw-la which_o party_n they_o shall_v adhere_v to_o placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la episcopos_fw-la istic_fw-la positos_fw-la african_a bishop_n reside_v at_o rome_n literae_fw-la fierent_fw-la to_o the_o african_a province_n ut_fw-la te_fw-mi universi_fw-la collegae_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o communicationem_fw-la tuam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la charitatem_fw-la probarent_fw-la firmiter_fw-la ac_fw-la tenerent_fw-la and_o epist_n 52._o antoniano_n fratti_fw-la a_o bishop_n not_o communicate_v with_o novatianus_n scripsisti_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la exemplum_fw-la earundum_fw-la literarum_fw-la ad_fw-la cornelium_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n collegam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la transmitterem_fw-la ut_fw-la depositum_fw-la omni_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la jam_fw-la sciret_fw-la te_fw-la secum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la communicare_fw-la the_o like_a expression_n to_o which_o we_o find_v in_o ambrose_n orat._n in_o satyr_n where_o he_o say_v of_o his_o brother_n satyrus_n about_o to_o receive_v the_o communion_n that_o percunctatus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopum_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la catholicis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conveniret_fw-la and_o thus_o cyprian_a again_o in_o his_o epist._n 55._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n de_fw-fr fortunato_n &_o faelicissimo_fw-la haereticis_fw-la who_o condemn_v in_o africa_n appeal_v to_o rome_n post_fw-la ista_fw-la adhuc_fw-la insuper_fw-la navigare_fw-la audent_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petri_n cathedram_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la principalem_fw-la unde_fw-la unitas_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la exorta_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr schismaticis_fw-la fortunato_n etc._n etc._n literas_fw-la far_o nec_fw-la cogitare_fw-la eos_fw-la i._n e._n 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
etc._n etc._n conclude_v nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la vnum_fw-la i._n e._n i_o suppose_v unum_fw-la supereminent_a in_o power_n to_o the_o rest_n the_o better_a to_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n §_o 33_o last_o the_o passage_n of_o those_o ancient_n who_o be_v in_o some_o difference_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o upbraid_v he_o for_o challenge_v such_o power_n seem_v to_o i_o good_a argument_n that_o such_o power_n and_o authority_n over_o other_o church_n and_o bishop_n be_v then_o so_o early_o assume_v by_o he_o so_o tertullian_n the_o pudicitia_n c._n 21._o live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o age_n when_o now_o a_o montanist_n and_o rigid_o oppose_v the_o absolution_n and_o restitution_n to_o the_o church_n of_o lapse_v christian_n though_o penitent_n which_o thing_n be_v practise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n mention_n there_o in_o irony_n his_o title_n of_o pontifex_n maximus_n and_o episcopus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o thus_o expostulate_v with_o he_o vnde_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n of_o absolve_v such_o sinner_n usurpa_v si_fw-mi quia_fw-la dixerit_fw-la petro_n dominus_fw-la super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tibi_fw-la dedi_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la vel_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la alligaveris_fw-la etc._n etc._n qualis_fw-la es_fw-la evertens_fw-mi atque_fw-la commutans_fw-la manifestam_fw-la domini_fw-la intentionem_fw-la personaliter_fw-la hoc_fw-la petro_n conferentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o note_n that_o tertullian_n here_o in_o the_o protestant_n judgement_n err_v absolution_n of_o sinner_n penitent_a being_n not_o personal_a to_o peter_n or_o the_o apostle_n but_o common_a not_o only_o to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n but_o all_o the_o successive_a clergy_n for_o ever_o so_o firmilianus_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n cappadociae_fw-la in_o his_o epistle_n to_o st._n cyprian_n the_o 75th_o among_o cyprian_n when_o very_o passionate_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o rebaptise_v those_o former_o baptise_a only_a by_o heretic_n and_o as_o it_o seem_v by_o eus_n ec._n h._n l._n 7._o c._n 4._o either_o punish_v or_o threaten_v with_o excommunication_n by_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o it_o and_o also_o be_v his_o opposite_a in_o the_o controversy_n about_o easter_n thus_o inveigh_v against_o he_o ego_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la just_a indignor_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopatus_fw-la svi_fw-la loco_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la &_o se_fw-la successionem_fw-la petri_n tenere_fw-la contendit_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la collocata_fw-la sunt_fw-la multas_fw-la alius_fw-la petras_n inducat_fw-la &_o ecclesiarum_fw-la multarum_fw-la nova_fw-la aedificia_fw-la constituat_fw-la dum_fw-la esse_fw-la illic_fw-la i.e._n heretical_a church_n baptisma_fw-la sva_fw-la authoritate_fw-la defendit_fw-la stephanus_n qui_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n habere_fw-la se_fw-la praedicat_fw-la nullo_n adversus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la zelo_fw-la exeitatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n i.e._n in_o disallow_v and_o null_v their_o baptism_n eos_n autem_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la observare_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la ab_fw-la origine_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o frustra_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la praetendere_fw-la scire_fw-la quis_fw-la etiam_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o blame_v their_o keep_n of_o easter_n different_o from_o other_o in_o the_o asian_a church_n qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la qui_fw-la praedicat_fw-la qui_fw-la praetendit_fw-la therefore_o such_o title_n and_o such_o gloriation_n there_o be_v and_o such_o authority_n challenge_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n which_o he_o call_v in_o that_o epistle_n ruptio_fw-la pacis_fw-la long_o before_o the_o nicen_n council_n and_o the_o judgement_n and_o the_o pretend_a apostolical_a tradition_n of_o these_o bishop_n though_o by_o these_o mistake_a man_n censure_v and_o oppose_v yet_o by_o the_o orthodox_n follow_v and_o embrace_v §_o 34_o as_o for_o the_o two_o place_n urge_v out_o of_o s._n cyprian_n against_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o any_o such_o power_n or_o superiority_n of_o one_o bishop_n over_o another_o and_o consequent_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o one_o out_o of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o his_o work_n wherein_o be_v precedent_n he_o say_v neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la a_o jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la diversum_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terrrore_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la adigit_fw-la quando_fw-la habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pro_fw-la licentia_fw-la libertatis_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la proprium_fw-la tamque_fw-la judicari_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la sed_fw-la expectemus_fw-la universi_fw-la judicium_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la de_fw-la actu_fw-la nostro_fw-la judicandi_fw-la and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o close_a of_o he_o and_o the_o council_n epistle_n to_o stephen_n epistle_n 72._o where_o he_o say_v haec_fw-la ad_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la i.e._n stephano_n pertulimus_fw-la credentes_fw-la etiam_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la religionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la veritate_fw-la placere_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o religiosa_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeterum_fw-la scimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quod_fw-la semel_fw-la imbiberint_fw-la nolle_fw-la disponere_fw-la nec_fw-la proposstum_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la facile_fw-la mutare_fw-la sed_fw-la salvo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la propria_fw-la retinere_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la iberum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la or_o bishop_n rationem_fw-la actus_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o place_n the_o father_n speak_v of_o all_o bishop_n have_v their_o free_a vote_n in_o the_o council_n none_o lord_v it_o over_o the_o rest_n nor_o they_o to_o give_v account_n of_o such_o vote_n save_v to_o god_n alone_o this_o seem_v clear_a from_o the_o word_n immediate_o precede_v superest_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la proferamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o word_n they_o be_v please_v not_o to_o mention_v with_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o second_o he_o only_o say_v of_o himself_o and_o the_o council_n that_o they_o do_v not_o vim_o facere_fw-la nor_o legem_fw-la dare_v cviquam_fw-la collegarum_fw-la by_o which_o colleague_n he_o mean_v not_o stephen_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o any_o foreign_a but_o only_o some_o african_a bishop_n who_o have_v no_o such_o former_a custom_n of_o rebaptise_v any_o dissent_v from_o that_o council_n judgement_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v both_o from_o the_o word_n precede_v here_o credimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la placere_fw-la and_o from_o the_o former_a epistle_n 71._o to_o quintus_n where_o he_o say_v nescio_fw-la qua_fw-la praesumptione_n ducuntur_fw-la quidam_fw-la de_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ut_fw-la putent_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la haereticos_fw-la tincti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quando_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venerint_fw-la baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la this_o being_n speak_v of_o his_o colleague_n et_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sva_fw-la praestat_fw-la cedit_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o consentit_fw-la &c._n &c._n this_o being_n speak_v of_o stephen_n who_o countenance_v his_o african_a colleague_n but_o be_v these_o colleague_n who_o they_o please_v of_o they_o i_o ask_v be_v they_o subordinate_a and_o subject_a to_o this_o council_n or_o not_o if_o they_o be_v then_o legem_fw-la non_fw-la damus_fw-la must_v not_o be_v make_v equivalent_a to_o non_fw-la licet_fw-la dare_v and_o in_o doubtful_a matter_n as_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v on_o cyprian_n side_n go_v against_o the_o former_a general_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n except_o that_o of_o his_o predecessor_n it_o be_v many_o time_n great_a prudence_n legem_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v where_o there_o be_v a_o legislative_a power_n or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o subordinate_a then_o indeed_o non_fw-la licuit_fw-la legem_fw-la illis_fw-la dare_v but_o this_o rule_n non_fw-la licet_fw-la etc._n etc._n can_v be_v extend_v to_o other_o governor_n where_o there_o be_v a_o subordination_n of_o other_o to_o they_o now_o as_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o council_n coequal_a who_o therefore_o may_v not_o give_v the_o law_n to_o one_o another_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o one_o diocese_n or_o one_o provincial_a council_n can_v regulate_v another_o so_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o council_n superior_a to_o other_o as_o above_o a_o ordinary_a bishop_n be_v metropolitans_n primat_n patriarch_n above_o council_n provincial_a be_v patria_fw-la shall_fw-mi general_n therefore_o either_o s._n cyprian_n word_n must_v not_o be_v so_o far_o extend_v as_o to_o assert_v
dislike_v repeal_v 2._o that_o though_o metropolitan_a synod_n in_o some_o time_n be_v not_o unfrequent_a yet_o patriarchal_a synod_n be_v never_o nor_o never_o well_o can_v be_v so_o nor_o find_v we_o any_o set_v time_n appoint_v for_o call_v they_o as_o for_o call_v the_o other_o so_o that_o as_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o many_o former_a instance_n that_o the_o patriarch_n ordinary_o do_v so_o it_o be_v all_o reason_n that_o he_o shall_v decide_v some_o appeal_n without_o they_o though_o in_o some_o case_n extraordinary_a and_o of_o great_a consequence_n such_o council_n also_o be_v assemble_v 3._o since_o where_o they_o speak_v of_o the_o metropolitan_o judge_v matter_n alone_o to_o have_v be_v a_o practice_n only_o of_o latter_a time_n yet_o they_o allow_v this_o to_o be_v do_v upon_o very_o rational_a ground_n observe_v that_o there_o be_v the_o same_o rational_a ground_n of_o do_v it_o ancient_o and_o again_o that_o the_o practice_n they_o justify_v for_o metropolitan_o in_o 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above_o other_o and_o among_o they_o supereminent_o above_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o give_v to_o these_o person_n not_o only_o as_o join_v with_o council_n but_o as_o single_a magistrate_n in_o the_o vacancy_n thereof_o in_o the_o next_o place_n these_o proposition_n also_o i_o think_v must_v necessary_o be_v grant_v first_o that_o whatever_o authority_n be_v thus_o settle_a upon_o any_o person_n by_o the_o canon_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n concern_v the_o manage_n of_o affair_n not_o civil_a but_o mere_o spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastical_a can_v be_v annul_v and_o dissolve_v nor_o can_v be_v confer_v contrary_a to_o the_o church_n constitution_n on_o any_o other_o person_n by_o any_o secular_a power_n neither_o by_o heathen_a and_o unbelieving_a prince_n who_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o church_n nor_o by_o christian_a much_o less_o because_o these_o be_v in_o spiritual_a matter_n son_n and_o subject_n of_o the_o church_n and_o now_o oblige_v to_o obey_v her_o law_n neither_o by_o the_o one_o who_o so_o may_v easy_o hinder_v the_o propagation_n of_o christianity_n nor_o by_o the_o other_o who_o if_o happen_v at_o any_o time_n to_o be_v heretical_a or_o schismatical_a may_v easy_o hinder_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n or_o disturb_v the_o church_n peace_n thus_o grotius_n a_o great_a lawyer_n in_o rivet_n apol._n discuss_v p._n 70._o imperatorum_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la esse_fw-la officium_fw-la etiam_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_fw-la confesso_fw-la est_fw-la at_o non_fw-la tale_n quale_fw-la in_o saeculi_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ad_fw-la tutando_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la violandos_fw-la canon_n jus_o hoc_fw-la comparatum_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la principes_fw-la silij_fw-la sint_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la vi_fw-la in_o matrem_fw-la uti_fw-la omne_fw-la corpus_fw-la sociale_a jus_o habet_fw-la quaedam_fw-la constituendi_fw-la quibus_fw-la membra_fw-la obligentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o etiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la competere_fw-la apparet_fw-la act._n 15.28_o heb._n 13.17_o where_o he_o quote_v facundus_n say_v of_o martianus_n cognovit_fw-la ille_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la uteretur_fw-la principis_fw-la potestate_fw-la &_o in_o quibus_fw-la exhiberet_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la christiani_n and_o obedite_fw-la praepositis_fw-la etiam_fw-la regibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la see_v this_o discourse_v more_o large_o in_o success_n clerg_n §_o 64_o 65._o 2._o and_o further_o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n so_o establish_v and_o never_o since_o by_o the_o same_o ecclesiastical_a law_n reverse_v i_o say_v here_o concern_v matter_n ecclesiastical_a not_o civil_a therefore_o let_v that_o proposition_n of_o dr._n hammond_n schism_n 6._o c._n p._n 129._o for_o i_o stand_v good_a that_o a_o law_n though_o make_v by_o a_o general_n council_n and_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o christian_a prince_n i._n e._n of_o that_o time_n yet_o if_o it_o have_v respect_n to_o a_o civil_a right_n may_v in_o this_o or_o that_o nation_n be_v repeal_v i._n e._n by_o that_o prince_n successor_n provide_v only_o that_o the_o ordain_v or_o confirm_v of_o inferior_a governor_n and_o officer_n of_o the_o church_n the_o assemble_v of_o synod_n and_o decision_n of_o controversy_n of_o religion_n the_o order_v church-service_n and_o discipline_n the_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n upon_o delinquent_n and_o the_o like_a for_o prevent_v or_o suppress_v of_o heresy_n schism_n and_o faction_n and_o for_o preserve_v the_o church_n in_o unity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n provide_v i_o say_v that_o such_o thing_n be_v not_o reckon_v among_o civil_a right_n as_o they_o may_v not_o be_v because_o all_o these_o be_v thing_n use_v by_o the_o church_n under_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n even_o against_o their_o frequent_a edict_n yet_o can_v they_o not_o have_v be_v lawful_o so_o use_v if_o any_o of_o these_o have_v encroach_v on_o civil_a right_n in_o any_o of_o which_o civil_a right_n the_o heathen_a prince_n may_v claim_v as_o much_o lawful_a power_n to_o prohibit_v they_o as_o the_o christian_a
nation_n who_o have_v make_v resistance_n to_o their_o patriareh_n in_o some_o injunction_n conceive_v by_o they_o not_o canonical_a yet_o continue_v still_o their_o obedience_n in_o the_o rest_n consider_v the_o late_o contest_v of_o the_o state_n of_o venice_n and_o the_o present_a opposal_n both_o of_o france_n and_o spain_n in_o some_o matter_n see_v vind._n 7._o c._n how_o can_v the_o bishop_n then_o reasonable_o make_v use_n of_o those_o example_n wherein_o vindic._n 7._o c._n he_o have_v copious_o show_v other_o prince_n cast_v off_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n and_o oppression_n to_o have_v retain_v still_o submission_n to_o his_o supremacy_n to_o prove_v or_o countenance_n that_o hen._n 8._o might_n lawful_o cast_v off_o both_o those_o and_o also_o his_o supremacy_n especial_o since_o it_o can_v be_v show_v but_o that_o it_o be_v absolute_o in_o his_o power_n who_o have_v the_o sword_n to_o cast_v off_o only_o so_o much_o as_o he_o please_v and_o retain_v the_o rest_n unless_o the_o sword_n in_o england_n can_v divide_v usurpation_n and_o lawful_a right_n as_o beyond_o the_o sea_n now_o it_o do_v and_o do_v here_o before_o hen._n 8._o but_o must_v necessary_o cut_v off_o both_o at_o once_o as_o this_o p._n 253_o when_o a_o steward_n choose_v in_o trust_n by_o his_o fellow-servant_n violate_v his_o trust_n and_o usurp_v a_o dominion_n &c_n &c_n it_o be_v not_o want_v of_o duty_n but_o fidelity_n for_o such_o servant_n to_o subtract_v their_o obedience_n from_o he_o but_o what_o when_o most_o of_o the_o servant_n say_v he_o do_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o those_o matter_n wherein_o the_o rest_n accuse_v he_o and_o therefore_o continue_v their_o obedience_n to_o he_o and_o also_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n for_o the_o peace_n of_o his_o family_n have_v order_v that_o the_o rest_n in_o all_o difference_n shall_v be_v sway_v with_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o major_a part_n shall_v not_o this_o small_a part_n in_o depart_v from_o the_o whole_a and_o reject_v their_o governor_n and_o set_v up_o another_o steward_n of_o their_o own_o or_o every_o one_o assume_v to_o be_v his_o own_o master_n be_v hold_v guilty_a of_o make_v a_o division_n in_o the_o family_n so_o p._n 129._o and_o p._n 134._o many_o extortion_n and_o rapine_n and_o violation_n of_o right_n both_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a commit_v by_o such_o patriarch_n be_v urge_v but_o will_v these_o thing_n do_v contrary_a to_o the_o canon_n make_v a_o rejection_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n to_o such_o authority_n lawful_a be_v it_o a_o good_a argument_n against_o a_o king_n he_o have_v be_v tyrannous_a or_o do_v many_o thing_n against_o law_n therefore_o depose_v he_o and_o his_o succession_n or_o hereafter_o yield_v he_o no_o obedience_n where_o due_a by_o the_o law_n or_o against_o bishop_n they_o have_v usurp_v some_o unjust_a power_n or_o otherways_o much_o violate_v their_o function_n therefore_o root_n out_o episcopacy_n and_o yield_v no_o more_o though_o never_o so_o canonical_a obedience_n unto_o they_o thus_o as_o we_o have_v measure_v to_o other_o it_o have_v be_v mete_v to_o we_o again_o but_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v that_o obedience_n such_o as_o be_v canonical_a to_o patriarch_n infer_v the_o violation_n of_o any_o civil_a right_n the_o contrary_n i_o think_v be_v show_v elsewhere_o in_o authority_n of_o clergy_n derive_v from_o christ_n more_o at_o large_a whither_o i_o remit_v you_o though_o perhaps_o this_o may_v be_v enough_o to_o answer_v it_o that_o general_a council_n who_o make_v the_o canon_n be_v of_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n to_o he_o nay_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v say_v that_o such_o preeminence_n as_o not_o the_o canon_n but_o only_o some_o of_o the_o roman_a writer_n more_o obsequious_a to_o the_o papacy_n give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v injurious_a to_o civil_a right_n yet_o the_o bishop_n himself_o after_o some_o vehemency_n against_o they_o seem_v to_o wipe_v off_o this_o aspersion_n in_o say_v thus_o vindic._n 8._o c._n p._n 243._o the_o best_a be_v that_o they_o who_o give_v these_o exorbitant_a privilege_n to_o pope_n do_v it_o with_o so_o many_o caution_n and_o reservation_n that_o they_o such_o privilege_n as_o they_o give_v he_o signify_v nothing_o and_o may_v be_v take_v away_o with_o as_o much_o ease_n as_o they_o be_v give_v which_o afterward_o he_o show_v in_o the_o particular_n of_o his_o infallibility_n and_o his_o temporal_a power_n do_v pope_n practice_n therefore_o only_o what_o these_o write_v much_o wrong_n can_v not_o be_v do_v again_o in_o his_o replication_n to_o bishop_n of_o chalced._n p._n 230._o it_o be_v urge_v that_o to_o who_o a_o kingdom_n be_v grant_v all_o necessary_a power_n be_v grant_v without_o which_o a_o kingdom_n can_v be_v govern_v and_o p._n 238._o that_o have_v the_o britannic_a church_n be_v subject_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n by_o general_a council_n yet_o it_o have_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o king_n and_o church_n of_o england_n to_o subtract_v their_o obedience_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o have_v erect_v a_o new_a primate_n at_o home_n among_o themselves_o upon_o the_o great_a mutation_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o great_a variation_n of_o affair_n since_o those_o time_n for_o to_o persist_v say_v he_o p._n 241._o in_o a_o old_a observation_n when_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o be_v quite_o change_v and_o the_o end_n for_o which_o the_o observation_n be_v make_v call_v upon_o we_o for_o a_o alteration_n be_v not_o obedience_n but_o obstinacy_n and_o p._n 243._o we_o pursue_v the_o same_o end_n with_o they_o i._n e._n general_n council_n that_o be_v the_o conform_v of_o the_o one_o regiment_n i._n e._n the_o ecclesiastical_a to_o the_o other_o i._n e._n the_o civil_a thus_o he_o for_o prince_n take_v away_o the_o bish_n of_o rome_n authority_n suppose_v general_a council_n have_v confer_v any_o upon_o he_o yet_o p._n 293._o speak_v of_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n that_o no_o foreign_a prelate_n ought_v to_o have_v any_o jurisdiction_n within_o this_o realm_n he_o say_v a_o general_n council_n be_v neither_o include_v here_o nor_o intend_v to_o which_o it_o be_v easy_o answer_v that_o there_o be_v no_o church-canon_n detract_n from_o prince_n any_o of_o that_o power_n without_o which_o a_o kingdom_n be_v not_o governable_a that_o the_o division_n of_o one_o empire_n into_o many_o dominion_n do_v not_o necessary_o require_v any_o alteration_n of_o the_o oeconomy_n of_o the_o church_n as_o appear_v in_o those_o state_n which_o conform_v to_o these_o canon_n still_o subsist_v and_o flourish_v without_o any_o disturbance_n of_o the_o civil_a peace_n but_o quaere_fw-la whether_o the_o throwing-off_a these_o canon_n have_v not_o be_v the_o destruction_n of_o a_o kingdom_n who_o ruin_n take_v its_o beginning_n from_o division_n in_o religion_n that_o the_o church_n end_n in_o constitute_v i_o say_v not_o of_o metropolitans_n or_o primat_n but_o of_o superior_a patriarch_n above_o they_o and_o of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a supreme_a to_o who_o from_o several_a country_n may_v be_v the_o last_o appeal_n of_o great_a controversy_n in_o religion_n be_v not_o the_o conform_v of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n to_o the_o civil_a which_o end_n the_o bishop_n plead_v but_o the_o conserve_n of_o the_o church_n though_o sojourn_v under_o never_o so_o many_o temporal_a sceptre_n still_o as_o one_o body_n and_o government_n unite_v in_o itself_o free_a from_o be_v divide_v and_o cantonize_v which_o end_n be_v frustrate_v if_o so_o many_o prince_n as_o there_o be_v there_o become_v so_o many_o independent_a ecclesiastical_a supremes_n nay_o but_o rather_o the_o more_o the_o civil_a government_n be_v multiply_v the_o more_o need_n there_o be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o but_o one_o or_o a_o few_o supremes_n that_o there_o may_v not_o be_v so_o many_o mode_n or_o sect_n in_o christianity_n as_o there_o be_v prince_n so_o vindic._n p_o 145._o 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