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patriarch-ship_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o what_o heresy_n may_v not_o such_o emperor_n advance_v as_o he_o please_v if_o he_o can_v find_v at_o least_o some_o clergy_n on_o his_o side_n and_o what_o wrong_n do_v those_o pope_n and_o council_n to_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n in_o their_o maintain_n athanasius_n still_o in_o his_o former_a authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n against_o he_o §_o 65_o the_o doctor_n be_v instance_n will_v not_o much_o trouble_v we_o concern_v α_n α_n α_n the_o first_o and_o chief_a the_o bishop_n of_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la the_o emperor_n justinian_n novel_a 131._o run_v thus_o sancimus_fw-la per_fw-la tempus_fw-la beatissimum_fw-la primae_fw-la justinanae_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la habere_fw-la semper_fw-la sub_fw-la sva_fw-la jurisdictione_n episcopos_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la daciae_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la in_o subjectis_fw-la sibi_fw-la provinciis_fw-la locum_fw-la obtinere_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la romae_fw-la 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thessalonica_n and_o other_o and_o this_o also_o the_o word_n follow_v in_o the_o novel_a secundum_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la definita_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o sanctissimo_fw-la papa_n vigilio_n do_v sufficient_o declare_v to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v the_o request_n of_o this_o deputation_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o justiniana_n make_v by_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n to_o agapetus_n vigilius_n his_o predecessor_n who_o delay_v his_o grant_n of_o it_o return_v he_o this_o answer_n epist._n 4._o de_fw-fr justiniana_n civitate_fw-la gloriosi_fw-la natalis_n vestri_fw-la conscia_fw-la necnon_fw-la &_o de_fw-la nostrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la vicibus_fw-la injungendis_fw-la quid_fw-la servato_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n quem_fw-la diligitis_fw-la principatu_fw-la &_o vestrae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la affectu_fw-la plenius_fw-la deliberari_fw-la contigerit_fw-la per_fw-la choose_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la dirigimus_fw-la legatos_fw-la deo_fw-la propitio_fw-la celeriter_fw-la intimamus_fw-la if_o 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and_o ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n such_o person_n as_o they_o think_v most_o meet_a to_o receive_v from_o the_o church_n these_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n within_o their_o dominion_n yet_o if_o any_o secular_a power_n shall_v possess_v such_o person_n of_o these_o jurisdiction_n in_o any_o province_n either_o by_o his_o own_o sole_a authority_n or_o by_o the_o concurrence_n of_o some_o inferior_a clergy_n or_o minor_a part_n of_o such_o province_n who_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o such_o province_n or_o the_o due_a ecclesiastical_a superior_n to_o who_o according_a to_o church_n canon_n the_o confer_v of_o such_o jurisdiction_n do_v belong_v to_o judge_v uncapable_a or_o unfit_a and_o therefore_o refuse_v the_o collation_n of_o they_o on_o such_o a_o subject_n they_o affirm_v such_o a_o act_n of_o the_o prince_n or_o clergy_n assist_v he_o to_o be_v unlawful_a and_o that_o it_o must_v needs_o open_v a_o way_n to_o all_o heresy_n and_o schism_n and_o dissolve_v the_o faith_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_n neither_o can_v any_o such_o person_n so_o introduce_v though_o he_o be_v valid_o ordain_v just_o exercise_v such_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n neither_o do_v all_o such_o people_n as_o know_v receive_v any_o salvifical_a benefit_n by_o his_o unlawful_a administration_n to_o they_o of_o the_o church_n sacrament_n or_o at_o least_o of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o absolution_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o defect_n of_o a_o right_a disposition_n in_o the_o suscipient_n and_o the_o great_a guilt_n they_o contract_v in_o apply_v themselves_o to_o such_o a_o person_n unless_o this_o be_v do_v in_o a_o case_n of_o necessity_n when_o there_o be_v no_o catholic_n clergy_n to_o repair_v to_o for_o such_o office_n so_o have_v novatianus_n ordain_v and_o adhere_v to_o by_o three_o or_o four_o bishop_n be_v upon_o this_o settle_a by_o a_o christian_a emperor_n in_o the_o apostolic_a chair_n against_o cornelius_n ordain_v and_o confirm_v in_o these_o jurisdiction_n by_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o roman_a episcopal_a clergy_n yet_o novatianus_n will_v no_o less_o for_o this_o
magistrate_n to_o who_o the_o civil_a in_o honour_n to_o the_o clergy_n have_v remit_v it_o till_o in_o case_n of_o heinous_a crime_n after_o degradation_n from_o the_o sacerdotal_a dignity_n they_o be_v return_v to_o the_o secular_a justice_n β._o β_n β_n see_v canon_n apostol_n 35._o episcopos_fw-la gentium_fw-la singularum_fw-la scire_fw-la convenit_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la habeatur_fw-la quem_fw-la velut_fw-la caput_fw-la existiment_fw-la §_o 11_o &_o nihil_fw-la amplius_fw-la praeter_fw-la ejus_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la gerant_fw-la quam_fw-la illa_fw-la sola_fw-la singuli_fw-la quae_fw-la parochiae_fw-la propriae_fw-la &_o villis_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la ea_fw-la sunt_fw-la competunt_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la ille_fw-la praeter_fw-la omnium_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la faciat_fw-la aiiquid_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la parochiis_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la unanimitas_fw-la erit_fw-la council_n nicen._n can._n 4._o episcopum_fw-la convenit_fw-la maxim_n quidem_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o provincia_n episcopis_fw-la ordinari_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la difficile_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la instantem_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la itineris_fw-la longitudinem_fw-la tribus_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnimodis_fw-la in_o idipsum_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la &_o absentibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la pari_fw-la modo_fw-la decernentibus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la scripta_fw-la consentientibus_fw-la tunc_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la celebretur_fw-la firmitas_fw-la autem_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la geruntur_fw-la per_fw-la unamquamque_fw-la provinciam_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it tribuatur_fw-la episcopo_fw-la can._n 5._o de_fw-fr his_o qui._n communione_fw-la privantur_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la clero_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la laico_fw-la ordine_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la per_fw-la unamquamque_fw-la provinciam_fw-la sententia_fw-la regularis_fw-la obtineat_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la abjiciuntur_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la non_fw-la recipiantur_fw-la can._n 6._o antiqua_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la servetur_fw-la per_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la lybiam_fw-la &_o pentapolim_n ita_fw-la ut_fw-la alexandrinus_n episcopus_fw-la horum_fw-la omnium_fw-la habeat_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la episcopo_fw-la parilis_fw-la mos_fw-la est_fw-la similiter_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la ceterasque_fw-la provincias_fw-la suis_fw-la privilegia_fw-la serventur_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la illud_fw-la autem_fw-la generaliter_fw-la clarum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la praeter_fw-la sententiam_fw-la metropolitani_n fuerit_fw-la factus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la hunc_fw-la magna_fw-la synodus_fw-la definivit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la communi_fw-la cunctorum_fw-la decreto_fw-la rationabili_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la regulam_fw-la comprobato_fw-la duo_fw-la aut_fw-la tres_fw-la propter_fw-la contentiones_fw-la proprias_fw-la contradicant_fw-la obtineat_fw-la sententia_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la i_o may_v spare_v the_o recital_n of_o any_o more_o though_o the_o same_o be_v frequent_o iterate_v in_o the_o follow_a council_n see_v conc._n laodic_n c._n 12._o 2._o conc._n arelat_n c._n 5._o 2._o carth._n c._n 12._o rhegiense_n c._n 1._o cabilon_n c._n 10._o epist_n synodal_n conc._n romani_fw-la sub_fw-la siricio_n papa_n c._n 1._o and_o see_v what_o be_v say_v of_o this_o matter_n in_o consideration_n on_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n §_o 10._o etc._n etc._n see_v likewise_o the_o caution_n use_v by_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 24._o de_fw-fr reform_v c._n 1._o and_o sess_n 22._o de_fw-fr reform_v c._n 2._o concern_v the_o approbation_n of_o such_o person_n as_o be_v nominate_v for_o bishopric_n by_o other_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n and_o so_o the_o collation_n of_o these_o preferment_n upon_o they_o by_o the_o pope_n §_o 12_o this_o confirmation_n of_o all_o ordination_n by_o their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n for_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n be_v free_o acknowledge_v by_o mr._n thorndike_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n 5._o c._n p._n 248._o where_o he_o mention_n also_o some_o of_o the_o former_a canon_n the_o four_o canon_n say_v he_o of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a require_v that_o all_o bishop_n be_v ordain_v by_o a_o council_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n si_fw-fr fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la which_o council_n because_o it_o can_v always_o be_v have_v therefore_o it_o be_v provide_v there_o that_o two_o or_o three_o may_v do_v the_o work_v the_o rest_n consent_v and_o authorise_v the_o proceed_v and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v provide_v to_o keep_v the_o visible_a communion_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o unity_n but_o when_o among_o the_o bishop_n of_o any_o province_n part_n consent_n to_o ordination_n part_v not_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n can_v be_v preserve_v unless_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a follow_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o great_a part_n and_o therefore_o it_o seem_v that_o there_o can_v no_o valid_a ordination_n be_v make_v where_o the_o great_a number_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n dissent_n which_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o ordination_n of_o novatianus_n for_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o though_o do_v by_o three_o bishop_n yet_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o that_o great_a schism_n because_o cornelius_n be_v ordain_v on_o the_o other_o side_n by_o sixteen_o after_o which_o in_o application_n of_o these_o thing_n to_o the_o ordination_n make_v in_o the_o church_n england_n at_o the_o reformation_n he_o have_v this_o reflection_n ibid._n p._n 250._o now_o it_o be_v manifest_a say_v he_o that_o the_o ordination_n by_o which_o that_o order_n of_o bishop_n be_v propagate_v in_o england_n at_o and_o since_o the_o reformation_n be_v not_o make_v by_o consent_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o each_o province_n but_o against_o their_o mind_n though_o they_o make_v no_o contrary_a ordination_n and_o by_o the_o same_o mean_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o all_o those_o ecclesiastical_a law_n by_o which_o the_o reformation_n be_v establish_v in_o england_n i._n e._n by_o these_o new_a bishop_n be_v not_o make_v by_o a_o consent_n capable_a to_o oblige_v the_o church_n if_o we_o set_v aside_o the_o secular_a power_n that_o give_v force_n unto_o that_o which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o bishop_n contrary_v to_o that_o rule_n wherein_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n consist_v but_o in_o other_o part_n the_o reformation_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v do_v by_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n or_o any_o consent_n which_o be_v able_a to_o conclude_v the_o church_n by_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n that_o the_o very_a order_n of_o bishop_n be_v lay_v aside_o and_o forget_v if_o not_o worse_o i._n e._n detest_a among_o they_o upon_o which_o precedent_n it_o sound_v plausible_o with_o the_o great_a part_n among_o we_o that_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o whole_a be_v thus_o dissolve_v by_o the_o reformation_n i._n e._n by_o the_o reformer_n either_o be_v against_o bishop_n or_o be_v bishop_n make_v against_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o former_a bishop_n the_o unity_n of_o the_o reformation_n can_v be_v preserve_v but_o by_o dissolve_v the_o order_n of_o bishop_n among_o we_o the_o like_a he_o say_v before_o p._n 248._o if_o the_o clergy_n of_o that_o time_n i._n e._n in_o the_o begin_n of_o qu._n elizabeth_n reformation_n have_v be_v support_v in_o that_o power_n which_o by_o the_o premise_n set_n down_o and_o justify_v in_o his_o book_n be_v challenge_v on_o behalf_n of_o the_o clergy_n this_o reformation_n can_v not_o have_v be_v bring_v to_o pass_v yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o learned_a man_n think_v himself_o still_o secure_a in_o that_o communion_n by_o imagine_v first_o that_o the_o apostolical_a succession_n of_o the_o govern_v clergy_n which_o canonical_o conclude_v the_o whole_a have_v in_o several_a thing_n violate_v christ_n law_n but_o quo_fw-la judice_fw-la will_n any_o such_o thing_n be_v clear_v see_v below_o §_o 37._o and_o two_o that_o in_o any_o such_o case_n the_o secular_a power_n may_v oppose_v their_o authority_n the_o this_o establish_v by_o the_o apostle_n viz._n so_o often_o as_o either_o the_o apostle_n ordinance_n or_o christ_n law_n must_v necessary_o one_o of_o they_o be_v infringe_v γ_n γ_n γ_n see_v conc._n nicen._n c._n 6._o conc._n chalced._n c._n 28._o and_o act._n 16._o 8._o gen._n conc._n c._n 10.17.21_o where_o in_o c._n 17._o be_v mention_v the_o 6_o canon_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n §_o 13_o and_o thus_o explain_v qua_fw-la pro_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o sancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o seniori_fw-la &_o nova_fw-la roma_fw-it constantinopoli_fw-it quam_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la antiochiae_fw-la &_o hierosolymorum_fw-la priscam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la decernit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la conservari_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la earum_fw-la praesules_fw-la universorum_fw-la metrapolitanorum_n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la promoventur_fw-la &_o sive_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la pallii_fw-la dationem_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la accipiant_fw-la habeant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la convocandum_fw-la eos_fw-la urgente_fw-la necessitate_v ad_fw-la synodalem_fw-la conventum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendunt_fw-la illos_fw-la &_o corrigendum_fw-la cum_fw-la fama_fw-la eos_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la delictis-forsitan_a
accusaverit_fw-la of_o which_o canon_n thus_o dr._n field_n p._n 518._o patriarch_n be_v by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n can._n 17._o to_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o either_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall._n and_o l._n 5._o c._n 37._o p._n 551._o '_o without_o the_o patriarch_n consent_v none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o they_o bring_v say_v he_o prove_v nothing_o that_o we_o ever_o doubt_v of_o for_o we_o know_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o right_a of_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o within_o the_o precincts_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o thus_o bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n c._n 9_o p._n 259._o etc._n etc._n what_o power_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n the_o same_o have_v a_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 and_o afterward_o wherein_o then_o consist_v patiarchal_a authority_n in_o ordain_v their_o metropolitan_o or_o confirm_v they_o δ._fw-la δ_n δ_n bishop_n carleton_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o jurisdiction_n regal_a and_o episcopal_a 4._o c._n p._n 42._o §_o 14_o external_n jurisdiction_n be_v either_o definitive_a or_o mulctative_a authority_n definitive_a in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o religion_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n mulctative_a power_n be_v understand_v either_o as_o it_o be_v with_o coaction_n i._n e._n use_v secular_a force_n or_o as_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o spiritual_a censure_n as_o it_o stand_v in_o spiritual_a censure_n it_o be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n and_o be_v practise_v by_o the_o church_n when_o without_o christian_a magistrate_n and_o since_o but_o coactive_a jurisdiction_n be_v always_o understand_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n whether_o christian_n or_o heathen_a ibid._n 1._o c._n p._n 9_o as_o for_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n stand_v in_o examination_n of_o controversy_n of_o faith_n judge_v of_o heresy_n depose_v of_o heretic_n excommunication_n of_o notorious_a and_o stubborn_a offender_n ordination_n of_o priest_n and_o deacon_n institution_n and_o collation_n of_o benefice_n and_o spiritual_a cure_n this_o we_o reserve_v entire_a to_o the_o church_n which_o prince_n can_v give_v to_o nor_o take_v from_o the_o church_n and_o by_o this_o power_n say_v he_o 4._o c._n p._n 39_o without_o coaction_n the_o church_n be_v call_v faith_n be_v plant_v devil_n be_v subdue_v the_o nation_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n the_o world_n reduce_v to_o the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n by_o this_o power_n without_o coactive_a jurisdiction_n the_o church_n be_v govern_v for_o 300_o year_n together_o but_o if_o it_o be_v inquire_v what_o be_v do_v when_o the_o emperor_n be_v christian_a and_o when_o their_o coactive_a power_n come_v in_o the_o emperor_n say_v he_o p._n 178._o never_o take_v upon_o they_o by_o their_o authority_n to_o define_v matter_n of_o faith_n and_o religion_n that_o they_o leave_v to_o the_o church_n but_o when_o the_o church_n have_v define_v such_o truth_n against_o heretic_n and_o have_v depose_v such_o heretic_n then_o the_o emperor_n concur_v with_o the_o church_n by_o their_o imperial_a constitution_n do_v by_o their_o coactive_a power_n give_v strength_n to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 15_o mr._n thorndike_n rights_n of_o the_o church_n 4._o c._n p._n 234._o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o absolute_a and_o depend_v on_o god_n alone_o that_o if_o a_o sovereign_n profess_v christianity_n shall_v forbid_v the_o profession_n of_o that_o faith_n or_o the_o exercise_n of_o those_o ordinance_n which_o god_n have_v require_v to_o be_v serve_v with_o the_o judgement_n of_o which_o faith_n and_o ordinance_n what_o they_o be_v protestant_n also_o affirm_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o clergy_n or_o even_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o ecclesiastical_a power_n which_o shall_v be_v necessary_a to_o preserve_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v necessary_a for_o those_o that_o be_v trust_v with_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n not_o only_o to_o disobey_v the_o command_n of_o the_o sovereign_n but_o to_o use_v that_o power_n which_o their_o quality_n in_o the_o society_n of_o the_o church_n give_v they_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o subsistence_n thereof_o without_o the_o assistance_n of_o secular_a power_n a_o thing_n manifest_o suppose_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n in_o all_o those_o action_n wherein_o they_o refuse_v to_o obey_v their_o emperor_n seduce_v by_o heretic_n refuse_v to_o obey_v they_o in_o forbear_v to_o teach_v still_o and_o publish_v the_o catholic_n doctrine_n when_o prohibit_v by_o they_o and_o to_o suffer_v their_o church_n to_o be_v regulate_v by_o they_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o christianity_n 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service_n
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prince_n bishop_n andrews_n tort._n tort._n p._n 377._o also_o seem_v well_o content_a who_o in_o answer_n to_o bellarmin_n say_v the_o authority_n allege_v out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o be_v give_v to_o prince_n be_v to_o the_o heathen_a who_o yet_o have_v no_o primacy_n in_o ecclesiastical_n and_o therefore_o these_o place_n serve_v nothing_o for_o prove_v such_o a_o primacy_n grant_v neither_o infidel_n prince_n nor_o yet_o christian_n if_o heretical_a to_o have_v a_o ecclesiastical_a primacy_n over_o god_n church_n primatum_fw-la ad_fw-la reges_fw-la infideles_fw-la pertinere_fw-la non_fw-la probant_fw-la these_o text_n non_fw-la sanc_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la hos_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la ahasuerum_fw-la vel_fw-la nabuchodonosor_fw-la in_fw-la veteri_fw-la interim_n sit_v vel_fw-la infidelis_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la haereticus_fw-la oretur_fw-la pro_fw-la co_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o non_fw-la id_fw-la agitur_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 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id_fw-la est_fw-la quoad_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la non_fw-la quoad_fw-la rectum_fw-la &_o plenum_fw-la usum_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la quoad_fw-la officium_fw-la non_fw-la quoad_fw-la illustrem_fw-la executionem_fw-la officii_fw-la none_o such_o therefore_o may_v execute_v any_o ecclesiastical_a primateship_n so_o as_o by_o virtue_n of_o it_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n against_o the_o act_n of_o the_o clergy_n in_o spiritual_n unless_o this_o author_n seek_v some_o refuge_n in_o the_o epithet_n rectus_fw-la plenus_fw-la and_o illustris_fw-la §_o 23_o after_o the_o former_a passage_n of_o bishop_n andrews_n and_o mason_n see_v dr._n hammond_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o s._n w._n schism_n disarm_v p._n 203._o who_o to_o the_o drs_n word_n schism_n p._n 125._o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n have_v most_o be_v set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n reply_v that_o never_o be_v it_o hear_v that_o a_o emperor_n claim_v a_o negative_a voice_n in_o make_v the_o canon_n of_o a_o council_n valid_a which_o concern_v matter_n pure_o spiritual_a to_o which_o dr._n hammond_n return_v this_o for_o the_o appendage_n &c_n &c_n i_o need_v not_o reply_n have_v never_o pretend_v nor_o seem_v to_o pretend_v what_o he_o charge_v on_o i_o concern_v the_o emperor_n negative_a voice_n in_o the_o council_n what_o i_o pretend_v i_o speak_v out_o in_o plain_a word_n that_o the_o canon_n have_v be_v most_o set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n and_o this_o receive_n their_o authority_n be_v i_o suppose_v in_o order_n to_o their_o powerful_a reception_n in_o their_o dominion_n and_o this_o he_o acknowledge_v and_o so_o we_o be_v friend_n bianca_n dr._n hammond_n consent_n then_o a_o negative_a voice_n the_o prince_n have_v not_o to_o reverse_v or_o contrary_a the_o church_n canon_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n only_o thus_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o give_v authority_n to_o they_o by_o cause_v a_o powerful_a reception_n of_o they_o in_o his_o dominion_n powerful_a i.e._n by_o assist_v the_o church_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o with_o this_o coactive_a power_n and_o elsewhere_o answer_v to_o schism_n disarm_v p._n 164._o he_o grant_v in_o the_o controversy_n of_o erect_v metropoles_fw-la that_o if_o the_o prince_n exercise_v this_o power_n so_o as_o to_o thwart_v know_v canon_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n this_o certain_o be_v a_o abuse_n and_o afterward_o say_v it_o be_v invalid_a as_o do_v wrong_a to_o another_o in_o those_o privilege_n he_o enjoy_v by_o the_o canon_n §_o 24_o thus_o also_o grotius_n rivet_n apol._n discuss_v p._n 70._o well_o see_v in_o the_o imperial_a right_n not_o long_o before_o his_o death_n 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_o 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 tutandos_fw-mi non_fw-la ad_fw-la violandos_fw-la canon_n jus_o hoc_fw-la comparatur_n est_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la principes_fw-la silij_fw-la sunt_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 obligenter_n 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 say_v he_o etiam_fw-la regibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la §_o 25_o i_o will_v conclude_v with_o the_o sentiment_n of_o our_o two_o last_o most_o gracious_a sovereign_n king_n james_n and_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o right_n of_o king_n against_o cardinal_n perron_n p._n 427_o 428._o it_o be_v grant_v say_v 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of_o prove_v that_o these_o king_n do_v reform_v against_o the_o clergy_n it_o be_v urge_v that_o at_o least_o they_o may_v have_v do_v it_o because_o no_o way_n subject_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o priest_n many_o text_n may_v be_v produce_v evince_v the_o contrary_a as_o particular_o that_o deut._n 17.8_o 9_o etc._n etc._n where_o the_o judge_n name_v beside_o the_o priest_n may_v either_o respect_v those_o extraordinary_o send_v by_o god_n and_o sanctify_a in_o a_o special_a manner_n with_o his_o spirit_n as_o samuel_n and_o some_o other_o or_o also_o in_o general_a the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n join_v for_o the_o execution_n with_o the_o ecclesiastical_a or_o as_o for_o the_o decision_n the_o one_o judge_v for_o the_o civil_a and_o regal_a the_o other_o for_o god_n law_n but_o however_o it_o be_v the_o judge_n in_o such_o a_o conjunction_n be_v no_o way_n authorise_a to_o give_v sentence_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o god_n law_n without_o or_o 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succession_n to_o st._n peter_n whereby_o they_o say_v that_o the_o western_a province_n do_v now_o become_v release_v from_o their_o obedience_n due_a to_o he_o as_o patriarch_n and_o than_o that_o they_o never_o owe_v any_o obedience_n to_o he_o as_o the_o universal_a head_n to_o which_o purpose_n thus_o bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n p._n 250._o they_o the_o pope_n quit_v their_o pretend_a patriarchal_a right_n when_o they_o assume_v and_o usurp_v to_o themselves_o the_o name_n and_o thing_n of_o universal_a bishop_n spiritual_a sovereign_n and_o sole_a monarch_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v a_o patriarch_n and_o to_o be_v a_o universal_a bishop_n in_o that_o sense_n be_v inconsistent_a and_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n in_o adjecto_fw-la the_o one_o profess_v humane_a the_o other_o challenge_v divine_a institution_n the_o one_o have_v a_o limit_a jurisdiction_n over_o a_o certain_a province_n the_o other_o pretend_v to_o a_o unlimited_a jurisdiction_n over_o the_o whole_a world_n 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infunditur_fw-la anathema_n sit_v bellarm._n de_fw-fr justificationes_fw-la l._n 2._o 6._o c._n cum_fw-la tam_fw-la mors_fw-la christi_fw-la quam_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la necessaria_fw-la esset_fw-la potuisset_fw-la beatus_fw-la paulus_n utramque_fw-la partem_fw-la justificationis_fw-la i._n e._n remissionem_fw-la peccati_fw-la &_o donum_fw-la renovationis_fw-la tribuere_fw-la morti_fw-la christi_fw-la sed_fw-la maluit_fw-la resurrectioni_fw-la tribuere_fw-la renovationem_fw-la rom._n 4.15_o and_o §_o deinde_fw-la justificatio_fw-la non_fw-la ideo_fw-la solum_fw-la nobis_fw-la confertur_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ut_fw-la gehennae_fw-la paenas_fw-la evadamus_fw-la i._n e_fw-la per_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la praemia_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la caelestis_fw-la acquiramus_fw-la i._n e._n per_fw-la gratiae_fw-la infusionem_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la opera_fw-la and_o see_v ibid._n c._n 2._o §_o quod_fw-la si_fw-la where_o he_o make_v 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he_o make_v ecclesiastical_a person_n in_o their_o excommunicate_v and_o absolve_v the_o king_n substitute_n i._n e._n as_o he_o expound_v himself_o afterward_o by_o the_o king_n application_n of_o the_o matter_n namely_o of_o his_o subject_n to_o receive_v their_o absolution_n from_o such_o ecclesiastical_a person_n i_o answer_v this_o again_o if_o mean_v of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o clergy_n exercise_v their_o function_n with_o a_o coactive_a power_n or_o of_o some_o person_n among_o that_o clergy_n which_o the_o church_n own_v as_o catholic_n be_v admit_v to_o exercise_v their_o function_n absolute_o in_o such_o dominion_n and_o not_o other_o be_v very_o true_a but_o little_a to_o their_o purpose_n that_o urge_v it_o but_o if_o understand_v absolute_o as_o to_o the_o liberty_n of_o any_o such_o clergy_n at_o all_o to_o exercise_v their_o function_n at_o all_o in_o any_o christian_a prince_n dominion_n upon_o his_o subject_n without_o his_o leave_n in_o which_o sense_n only_o it_o 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