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

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4._o burn_a offering_n and_o peace_n offering_n gen._n 8.20_o exod._n 5_o 1.-10.25_a the_o bird_n in_o sacrifice_n not_o divide_v gen._n 15.10_o as_o it_o be_v afterward_o command_v in_o leu._n 1.17_o of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n gen._n 7.2_o and_o of_o not_o eat_v the_o blood_n gen._n 9.4_o of_o purifying_n cleansing_n change_v their_o garment_n etc._n etc._n gen._n 2._o of_o tithe_n pay_v to_o the_o priest_n gen._n 14.20_o of_o make_v vow_n gen._n 28.20_o of_o not_o match_v with_o unbeliever_n gen._n 6.2_o comp_n 1._o of_o the_o brother_n raise_v of_o seed_n to_o his_o brother_n gen._n 38_o 8.comp_n deut._n 25.5_o thus_o then_o from_o the_o beginning_n god_n have_v a_o church_n have_v preacher_n and_o priest_n and_o certain_a rule_n of_o his_o due_a worship_n 2._o in_o these_o time_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o people_n for_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o god_n worship_n be_v cast_v whole_o upon_o the_o instruction_n and_o doctrine_n tradition_n and_o dictate_v of_o their_o 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ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la tarraconensem_fw-la a_o city_n in_o spain_n nobis_fw-la major_n cunctis_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la zelus_fw-la incumbit_fw-la portamus_fw-la onera_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la gravantur_fw-la quinimo_fw-la haec_fw-la portat_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la beatus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la petrus_n qui_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la confidimus_fw-la administrationis_fw-la suae_fw-la protegit_fw-la &_o tuetur_fw-la haeredes_fw-la see_v leo_n serm_fw-la 1._o de_fw-la natali_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la thus_o speak_v to_o rome_n per_fw-la sacram_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n sedem_fw-la caput_fw-la orbis_n effecta_fw-la latius_fw-la praesides_fw-la religione_fw-la divina_fw-la quam_fw-la dominatione_fw-la terrena_fw-la and_o his_o epist_n 58._o to_o anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n and_o ep._n 66._o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o chalced._n conc._n in_o answer_n to_o the_o letter_n send_v from_o they_o where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n nihil_fw-la alexandrinae_n sedi_fw-la ejus_fw-la pereat_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la sanctum_fw-la marcum_fw-la evangelistam_fw-la b._n petri_n discipulum_fw-la meruit_fw-la antiochena_fw-la quoque_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primum_fw-la praedicante_fw-la apostolo_n petro_n christianum_fw-la nomen_fw-la exortum_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la paternae_fw-la i.e._n patrum_fw-la concilii_fw-la niceni_n constitutionis_fw-la ordine_fw-la perseveret_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o ep._n ad_fw-la marcinamum_fw-la augustum_fw-la he_o say_v habeat_fw-la constantinopolitana_n civitas_fw-la gloriam_fw-la svam_fw-la alia_fw-la tamen_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la rerum_fw-la saecularium_fw-la alia_fw-la divinarum_fw-la c._n and_o in_o conc_fw-fr chalced._n 16._o sess_v see_v the_o answer_n of_o the_o roman_a legate_n contradictio_fw-la nostra_fw-la his_fw-la gestis_fw-la inhaereat_fw-la ut_fw-la noverimus_fw-la quid_fw-la apostolico_fw-la viro_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la papae_fw-la 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cathedram_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la principalem_fw-la and_o ep._n 52._o antoniano_n cum_fw-la fabiani_n locus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la locus_fw-la petri_n vacaret_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la cornelius_n episcopus_fw-la i._n e._n of_o rome_n after_o fabianus_n irenaeus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o 2d_o age_n 3_o l._n 3._o c._n maximae_fw-la &_o antiquissime_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la cognitae_fw-la a_o gloriosissimis_fw-la duobus_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n fundatae_fw-la &_o constitutae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la &_o annunciatam_fw-la hominibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pervenientem_fw-la indicantes_fw-la confundimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la svi_fw-la placentiam_fw-la &c_n &c_n praeterquam_fw-la oportet_fw-la colligunt_fw-la hosius_n in_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n can_v 3._o concern_v appeals_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n propose_v thus_o si_fw-la vobis_fw-la placet_fw-la s._n petri_n apostoli_fw-la memoriam_fw-la honoremus_fw-la ut_fw-la scribatur_fw-la julio_n romano_n episcopo_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n ep._n to_o damasus_n concern_v the_o word_n hypostasis_fw-la whether_o he_o may_v admit_v it_o ideo_fw-la mihi_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n &_o fidem_fw-la apostolico_fw-la ore_fw-la laudatam_fw-la censui_fw-la consulendam_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la patrum_fw-la servatur_fw-la authoritas_fw-la alius_fw-la haereditas_fw-la ego_fw-la nullum_fw-la primum_fw-la nisi_fw-la christum_fw-la sequens_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la tuus_fw-la i._n e._n cathedrae_fw-la petri_n communione_fw-la consocior_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la petram_fw-la adificatam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la scio_fw-la and_o in_o another_o ep._n ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n jungitur_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la greg._n l._n 4._o ep._n 36._o 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
epistle_n of_o zosimus_n a_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o st._n augustine_n time_n ad_fw-la episc_n salonit_fw-la where_o prohibit_v the_o admit_v of_o monk_n and_o also_o laic_n immediate_o to_o be_v bishop_n without_o their_o pass_v through_o and_o continuance_n for_o some_o time_n in_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a function_n he_o say_v hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la speeialiter_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la praedecessoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la interdictum_fw-la constat_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la gallias_n hispaniasque_fw-la transmissis_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la potissimum_fw-la scripta_fw-la direximus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la &_o coepiscoporum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la facies_fw-la ire_n notitiam_fw-la sciet_fw-la quisquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la postposita_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la districtius_fw-la vindicandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n 4._o §_o 23._o n._n 4._o in_o the_o 5_o carthaginian_a and_o in_o the_o milevitan_n council_n hold_v there_o against_o p●lagianism_n among_o who_o be_v s._n austin_n send_v to_o pope_n innocent_a i_o and_o his_o answer_n to_o they_o be_v among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n the_o 90_o 91_o 92_o 93._o where_o the_o 92._o the_o african_a bishop_n begin_v thus_o quia_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praecipuae_fw-la munere_fw-la in_o sede_n apostolica_fw-la collocavit_fw-la talemque_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praestitit_fw-la ut_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v the_o close_a thereof_o and_o in_o epistle_n 90._o hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la gestum_fw-la domine_fw-la frater_fw-la sancte_fw-la charitati_fw-la tuus_fw-la intimandum_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la statutis_fw-la nostroe_v mediocritatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la authoritas_fw-la and_o s._n austin_n retract_v 2._o l._n 49._o c._n speak_v of_o the_o same_o business_n in_o this_o language_n postea_fw-la quam_fw-la pelagiana_n haeresis_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la authoribus_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanoe_n prius_fw-la innocentio_n deinde_fw-la zosimo_n cooperantibus_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la africanorum_n literis_fw-la convicta_fw-la atque_fw-la damnata_fw-la est_fw-la scripsi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o possidonius_fw-la s._n augustine_n collegiate_n in_o vita_fw-la august_n 18._o c._n thus_o et_fw-la cum_fw-la iidem_fw-la pelagiani_n perversi_fw-la sedi_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la eandem_fw-la perfidiam_fw-la persuadere_fw-la conabantur_fw-la instantissime_fw-la etiam_fw-la conciliis_fw-la africanis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la gestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la so_o papae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la venerabili_fw-la innocentio_n &_o postea_fw-la sancto_fw-la zosimo_n ejus_fw-la successori_fw-la persuaderetur_fw-la quod_fw-la illa_fw-la secta_fw-la catholica_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o abominanda_fw-la &_o damnanda_fw-la fuisset_fw-la at_o illi_fw-la tantae_fw-la sedis_fw-la antistites_fw-la suis_fw-la diversis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la eosdem_fw-la notantes_fw-la atque_fw-la a_o membris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n catholicae_fw-la praecidentes_fw-la datis_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la africanas_fw-la orientis_fw-la &_o occidentis_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la eos_fw-la anathematizandos_fw-mi &_o devitandos_fw-mi ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la catholicis_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la tale_n de_fw-la illis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la probatum_fw-la judi●ium_fw-la where_o he_o seem_v to_o call_v the_o pope_n judgement_n the_o catholical_a etiam_fw-la p●issimus_fw-la imperator_fw-la honorius_n audience_n &_o sequens_fw-la suis_fw-la eos_fw-la legibus_fw-la damnatos_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la haereticos_fw-la habere_fw-la debere_fw-la constituit_fw-la and_o see_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n answer_n wherein_o he_o vindicate_v the_o universal_a authority_n of_o that_o see_v something_o of_o which_o be_v quote_v before_o §_o 21._o after_o which_o judgement_n in_o africa_n both_o pelagius_n and_o caelestius_n his_o chief_a disciple_n make_v their_o appeal_n to_o rome_n to_o zosimus_n the_o successor_n of_o this_o innocentius_n under_o such_o form_n as_o these_o si_fw-mi forte_fw-fr quispiam_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la error_n obrepserit_fw-la vestra_fw-la sententia_fw-la corrigatur_fw-la and_o emendari_fw-la cupimus_fw-la a_o te_fw-la qui_fw-fr petri_n &_o fidem_fw-la &_o sedem_fw-la tenes_fw-fr and_o be_v upon_o a_o false_a relation_n of_o their_o tenant_n favour_v there_o to_o the_o great_a offence_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n but_o afterward_o also_o condemn_v by_o that_o see_v and_o their_o condemnation_n publish_v from_o thence_o to_o all_o church_n see_v for_o what_o be_v say_v the_o authority_n in_o s._n austin_n and_o other_o quote_v by_o baronius_n a.d._n 418._o see_v s._n austin_n contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la 1._o l._n 2._o c._n where_o urge_v against_o julian_n the_o testimony_n of_o the_o occidental_a father_n for_o original_a sin_n he_o say_v thus_o a_o ideo_fw-la contemnendos_fw-la putas_fw-la quia_fw-la occidentalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la puto_fw-la tibi_fw-la eam_fw-la partem_fw-la orbis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la debere_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la voluit_fw-la dominus_fw-la gloriosissimo_fw-la martyrio_fw-la coronare_fw-la cui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesidentem_fw-la beatum_fw-la innocentium_n si_fw-la audire_fw-la voluisses_fw-la jam_fw-la tunc_fw-la periculosam_fw-la juventutem_fw-la tuam_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la laqueis_fw-la exuiss_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la potuit_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la sanctus_n africanis_fw-la respondere_fw-la conciliis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sedes_fw-la &_o romana_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la tenet_fw-la perseveranter_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la cur_n provoces_fw-la ad_fw-la orientis_fw-la antistites_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v s._n augustine_n epistle_n 261._o write_v to_o celestine_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o his_o old_a age_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o epistle_n si_fw-la meam_fw-la senectutem_fw-la fueris_fw-la consolatus_fw-la and_o probable_o after_o the_o contest_v of_o the_o african_a council_n about_o appeals_n that_o council_n be_v hold_v 419._o and_o celestine_n make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n 423._o who_o outlive_v s._n austin_n who_o die_v 430._o ludou._n de_fw-fr angelis_n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o it_o be_v write_v concern_v one_o antonius_n for_o who_o s._n austin_n have_v procure_v the_o bishopric_n of_o fussala_n a_o place_n former_o in_o his_o own_o diocese_n but_o be_v very_o remote_a from_o hippo_n he_o obtain_v that_o a_o new_a bishopric_n may_v be_v erect_v there_o which_o antonius_n for_o some_o miscarriage_n be_v by_o the_o neighbour_a bishop_n of_o numidia_n remove_v from_o that_o bishopric_n yet_o not_o utter_o degrade_v have_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o have_v much_o threaten_v by_o this_o bishop_n power_n to_o procure_v a_o restorement_n to_o his_o place_n in_o this_o epistle_n thus_o s._n austin_n beseech_v the_o pope_n collabora_fw-la obsecro_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la &_o jube_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la decreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la recitari_fw-la existat_fw-la exemplo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la apostolica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la judicante_fw-la vel_fw-la aliorum_fw-la judicia_fw-la firmante_fw-la quosdam_fw-la pro_fw-la culpis_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopali_fw-la spoliatos_fw-la honore_fw-la neque_fw-la relictos_fw-la omnimodo_fw-la impunitos_fw-la quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n subveni_fw-la hominibus_fw-la opem_fw-la tuam_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la mesericordia_fw-la poscentibus_fw-la non_fw-la sinas_fw-la ista_fw-la fieri_fw-la i.e._n antonius_n to_o be_v restore_v by_o force_n obsecro_fw-la te_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la per_fw-la apostoli_fw-la petri_n memoriam_fw-la qui_fw-la christianorum_fw-la praepositos_fw-la populorum_fw-la monuit_fw-la ne_o violent_a dominentur_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_n etc._n etc._n this_o he_o say_v against_o the_o executores_fw-la clericos_fw-la of_o the_o roman_a see_v many_o time_n use_v unjust_a violence_n but_o we_o see_v he_o decline_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n judgement_n but_o hope_n to_o have_v it_o favourable_a to_o his_o cause_n see_v likewise_o his_o epistle_n 157._o to_o optatus_n wherein_o he_o mention_n a_o legation_n impose_v upon_o he_o and_o some_o other_o bishop_n for_o some_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n to_o caesarea_n in_o mauritania_n quo_fw-la nos_fw-la say_v he_o injuncta_fw-la nobis_fw-la a_o venerabili_fw-la papa_n zosimo_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la necessitas_fw-la traxerat_fw-la of_o which_o also_o thus_o possidonius_fw-la vit._n aug._n 14._o c._n in_o coesarinsem_fw-la mauritaniae_fw-la civitatem_fw-la venire_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la mentoriae_fw-la augustinum_n cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la literae_fw-la compulerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la terminandas_fw-la viz._n aliquas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la necessitate_v &c_n &c_n which_o show_v what_o authority_n the_o roman_a bishop_n use_v over_o the_o african_a in_o this_o father_n time_n where_o s._n austin_n do_v many_o good_a office_n for_o that_o province_n and_o have_v successful_a dispute_n with_o emeritus_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o city_n see_v possid_n vit_fw-mi aug._n 14._o c._n aug._n the_o gest_n cum_fw-la emerit_fw-la see_v the_o epistle_n of_o cyril_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n 5._o §_o 23._o n._n 5._o to_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n wherein_o he_o say_v concern_v nestorius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n before_o condemn_v by_o any_o general_a council_n at_o quamvis_fw-la res_fw-la ita_fw-la habeat_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la communionem_fw-la confidenter_fw-la disserere_fw-la ausi_fw-la fuimus_fw-la quam_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pietati_fw-la tuus_fw-la indicaremus_fw-la
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executrix_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la erat_fw-la de_fw-la acacio_n synodus_fw-la ineunda_fw-la nunquid_fw-la cum_fw-la he_o qui_fw-la jam_fw-la participes_fw-la tenebantur_fw-la acacii_n &_o per_fw-la orientem_fw-la totum_fw-la catholicis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la such_o he_o call_v those_o who_o adhere_v to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n violent_a exclusis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la exilia_fw-la diversa_fw-la relegatis_fw-la socii_fw-la evidenter_fw-la existentes_fw-la communionis_fw-la externae_fw-la i._n e._n extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la prius_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la consortia_fw-la transferrent_fw-la quam_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la scita_fw-la consulerent_fw-la concilio_n nec_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la post_fw-la primam_fw-la synodum_fw-la nec_fw-la talibus_fw-la habere_fw-la licebat_fw-la quae_fw-la congregatio_fw-la facta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la i.e._n in_o italia_n occidentalium_fw-la non_fw-it contra_fw-la chalcedonensem_fw-la non_fw-la 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when_o they_o consist_v not_o of_o all_o but_o only_o of_o all_o catholic_n church_n 2._o the_o other_o that_o in_o the_o final_a sentence_n and_o determine_v of_o great_a person_n and_o cause_n in_o the_o eastern_a church_n the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n be_v employ_v only_o from_o he_o and_o as_o his_o delegate_n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o pelagius_n the_o second_o bishop_n of_o rome_n a.d._n 580._o universis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la illicita_fw-la vocatione_n johannis_n constantinopolitanis_n episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la constantinopolim_n convenerunt_fw-la wherein_o he_o vindicate_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v against_o john_n assemble_v a_o council_n there_o without_o his_o consent_n and_o leave_v and_o call_v himself_o universal_a bishop_n seek_v to_o exalt_v himself_o above_o rome_n probable_o from_o the_o supreme_a dignity_n and_o great_a flourish_a of_o that_o imperial_a city_n in_o those_o time_n in_o which_o time_n also_o the_o poor_a city_n of_o 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as_o the_o church_n strict_o tie_v in_o canonical_a obedidience_n to_o such_o superior_n and_o submit_v to_o their_o judgement_n and_o decision_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n by_o which_o the_o king_n may_v sway_v the_o controversy_n in_o religion_n within_o his_o own_o dominion_n what_o way_n he_o please_v unless_o we_o will_v imagine_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o ecclesiastic_n at_o all_o of_o his_o own_o persuasion_n who_o he_o may_v surrogate_v into_o the_o place_n of_o those_o who_o gainsay_v such_o be_v the_o time_n of_o constantius_n and_o by_o such_o violent_a and_o uncanonical_a expulsion_n and_o intrusion_n of_o prelate_n the_o face_n of_o religion_n be_v see_v change_v and_o rechanged_n so_o often_o here_o in_o england_n within_o a_o few_o year_n according_a to_o the_o fancy_n of_o the_o present_a prince_n as_o if_o there_o be_v in_o she_o no_o certain_a form_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n we_o have_v see_v do_v before_o our_o eye_n in_o our_o own_o day_n the_o 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least_o be_v pass_v by_o the_o major_a part_n of_o that_o occidental_a council_n to_o oblige_v they_o now_o what_o honour_n these_o canon_n give_v to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n how_o they_o constitute_v he_o supreme_a in_o appeals_n see_v before_o §_o 11._o against_o this_o urge_v by_o s._n w._n bishop_n bramhall_n rep._n to_o s.w._n §_o 4._o p._n 24._o reply_v 1._o that_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v 2._o §55_n n._n 2._o that_o the_o british_a bishop_n do_v assent_v to_o that_o canon_n 2._o that_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n be_v not_o g._n council_n after_o all_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n be_v depart_v as_o they_o be_v before_o the_o make_n of_o that_o canon_n 3._o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n be_v never_o receive_v in_o england_n or_o incorporate_v into_o the_o english_a law_n and_o that_o without_o such_o incorporation_n they_o do_v not_o bind_v english_a subject_n 4._o last_o that_o this_o canon_n be_v contradict_v by_o the_o great_a general_n council_n 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consuetudinem_fw-la therefore_o the_o speech_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o bangor_n urge_v by_o dr._n hammond_n schis_fw-la p._n 111._o 1._o §56_n n._n 1._o and_o b._n bramhall_n vindic._n p._n 103._o that_o he_o know_v no_o obedience_n due_a to_o he_o who_o they_o call_v the_o pope_n but_o the_o obedience_n of_o love_n where_o b._n bramhall_n say_v observe_v what_o stranger_n the_o britain_n be_v to_o the_o papacy_n that_o man_n who_o they_o call_v the_o pope_n seem_v if_o perhaps_o authentic_a full_a of_o ignorance_n who_o after_o all_o that_o power_n exercise_v by_o this_o man_n call_v the_o pope_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o god_n especial_o over_o the_o western_a province_n and_o so_o much_o respect_v return_v he_o from_o they_o as_o be_v set_v down_o above_o in_o this_o discourse_n for_o i_o have_v make_v scarce_o any_o quotation_n but_o before_o or_o in_o this_o abbot_n time_n after_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o britain_n bishop_n at_o so_o many_o famous_a council_n after_o 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as_o that_o city_n than_o be_v the_o principal_a city_n the_o roman_a praetorium_n be_v there_o see_v spelm._n appar_n p._n 22._o a_o bishop_n of_o london_n and_o of_o some_o other_o place_n who_o be_v present_a at_o the_o council_n of_o arles_n where_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o carleon_n bishop_n of_o which_o bishop_n todiacus_n archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o theonus_n bishop_n of_o london_n be_v persecute_v by_o the_o saxon_n flee_v into_o wales_n with_o their_o clergy_n a._n d._n 586._o within_o eleven_o year_n after_o who_o flight_n thither_o augustin_n come_v into_o england_n and_o upon_o it_o their_o persecution_n in_o part_n cease_v now_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o opposition_n make_v by_o any_o of_o these_o bishop_n or_o their_o clergy_n which_o in_o eleven_o year_n space_n can_v not_o all_o be_v decease_v to_o augustin_n but_o only_o by_o the_o welsh_a under_o caerleon_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o they_o conform_v to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o west_n in_o such_o 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