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that_o ever_o be_v over_o christian_n cornel._n 8._o the_o union_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o one_o body_n under_o one_o government_n or_o sovereign_a authority_n will_v be_v inconvenient_a and_o hurtful_a prejudicial_a to_o the_o main_a design_n of_o christianity_n destructive_a to_o the_o welfare_n and_o peace_n of_o mankind_n in_o many_o respect_n this_o we_o have_v show_v particular_o concern_v the_o pretence_n of_o the_o papacy_n and_o those_o discourse_n be_v applicable_a to_o any_o like_a universal_a authority_n perhaps_o with_o more_o advantage_n monarchy_n be_v less_o subject_a to_o abuse_v than_o other_o way_n of_o government_n i_o shall_v forbear_v to_o say_v more_o 9_o such_o a_o union_n be_v of_o no_o need_n will_v be_v of_o small_a use_n or_o will_v do_v little_a good_a in_o balance_n to_o the_o great_a mischief_n and_o inconvenience_n which_o it_o will_v produce_v this_o point_n also_o we_o have_v declare_v in_o regard_n to_o the_o papacy_n and_o we_o may_v say_v the_o same_o concern_v any_o other_o like_o authority_n substitute_v thereto_o 10._o such_o a_o connexion_n of_o church_n be_v not_o any-wise_a needful_a or_o expedient_a to_o the_o design_n of_o christianity_n which_o be_v to_o reduce_v mankind_n to_o the_o knowledge_n love_n and_o reverence_n of_o god_n 2.12_o to_o a_o just_a and_o love_a conversation_n together_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o sobriety_n temperance_n purity_n meekness_n and_o all_o other_o virtue_n all_o which_o thing_n may_v be_v compass_v without_o form_v man_n into_o such_o a_o policy_n it_o be_v expedient_a there_o shall_v be_v particular_a society_n in_o which_o man_n may_v concur_v in_o worship_v god_n and_o promote_a that_o design_n by_o instruct_v and_o provoke_v one_o another_o to_o good_a practice_n in_o a_o regular_a decent_a and_o orderly_a way_n it_o be_v convenient_a that_o the_o subject_n of_o each_o temporal_a sovereignty_n shall_v live_v as_o in_o a_o civil_a so_o in_o a_o spiritual_a uniformity_n in_o order_n to_o the_o preservation_n of_o goodwill_n and_o peace_n among_o they_o for_o that_o neighbour_n differ_v in_o opinion_n and_o fashion_n of_o practice_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o contend_v each_o for_o his_o way_n and_o thence_o to_o disaffect_v one_o another_o for_o the_o beauty_n and_o pleasant_a harmony_n of_o agreement_n in_o divine_a thing_n for_o the_o more_o commodious_a succour_n and_o defence_n of_o truth_n and_o piety_n by_o unanimous_a concurrence_n but_o that_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v so_o join_v be_v needless_a and_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o produce_v more_o mischief_n than_o benefit_n 11._o the_o church_n in_o the_o scripture_n sense_n have_v ever_o continue_v one_o and_o will_v ever_o continue_v so_o notwithstanding_o that_o it_o have_v not_o have_v this_o political_a unity_n 12._o it_o be_v in_o fact_n apparent_a that_o church_n have_v not_o be_v thus_o unite_v which_o yet_o have_v continue_v catholic_n and_o christian._n it_o be_v great_a no_o less_o folly_n than_o uncharitableness_n to_o say_v that_o the_o greek_a church_n have_v be_v none_o there_o be_v no_o church_n that_o have_v in_o effect_n less_o reason_n than_o that_o of_o rome_n to_o prescribe_v to_o other_o 13._o the_o reason_n allege_v in_o proof_n of_o such_o a_o unity_n be_v insufficient_a and_o inconclude_a the_o which_o with_o great_a diligence_n although_o not_o with_o like_a perspicuity_n advance_v by_o a_o late_a divine_a of_o great_a repute_n and_o collect_v out_o of_o his_o write_n with_o some_o care_n be_v those_o which_o brief_o propose_v do_v follow_v together_o with_o answer_n declare_v their_o invalidity_n 114._o arg._n i._n the_o name_n church_n be_v attribute_v to_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o christian_n which_o imply_v unity_n answ._n this_o indeed_o do_v imply_v a_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n but_o determine_v not_o the_o kind_n or_o ground_n thereof_o there_o be_v several_a kind_n of_o unity_n one_o of_o those_o which_o we_o have_v touch_v or_o several_a or_o all_o of_o they_o may_v suffice_v to_o ground_n that_o comprehensive_a appellation_n 144._o arg._n ii_o our_o creed_n do_v import_v the_o belief_n of_o such_o a_o unity_n for_o in_o the_o apostolical_a we_o profess_v to_o believe_v the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n in_o the_o constantinopolitan_a the_o holy_a catholic_n and_o apostolic_a church_n answ._n 1._o the_o most_o ancient_a summary_n of_o christian_a faith_n extant_a in_o the_o first_o father_n nic._n irenaeus_n tertullian_n cyprian_n etc._n etc._n do_v not_o contain_v this_o point_n the_o word_n catholic_n be_v not_o original_o in_o the_o apostolical_a or_o roman_z creed_n but_o be_v add_v after_o ruffin_n and_o saint_n augustine_n time_n this_o article_n be_v insert_v into_o the_o creed_n upon_o the_o rise_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n to_o discountenance_v and_o disengage_v from_o they_o answ._n 2._o we_o do_v avow_v a_o catholic_n church_n in_o many_o respect_v one_o wherefore_o not_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n but_o the_o kind_a and_o manner_n of_o unity_n be_v in_o question_n the_o creed_n do_v not_o oppose_v what_o we_o say_v nor_o can_v with_o reason_n be_v allege_v for_o the_o special_a kind_n of_o unity_n which_o be_v pretend_v answ._n 3._o that_o the_o unity_n mention_v in_o the_o constantinopolitan_a creed_n be_v such_o as_o our_o adversary_n contend_v for_o of_o external_a policy_n be_v precarious_o assume_v and_o rely_v only_o upon_o their_o interpretation_n obtrude_v on_o we_o answ._n 4._o the_o genuine_a meaning_n of_o that_o article_n may_v reasonable_o be_v deem_v this_o that_o we_o profess_v our_o adhere_n to_o the_o body_n of_o christian_n which_o diffuse_v over_o the_o world_n do_v retain_v the_o faith_n teach_v the_o discipline_n settle_v the_o practice_n appoint_v by_o our_o lord_n and_o his_o apostle_n that_o we_o maintain_v general_a charity_n towards_o all_o good_a christian_n that_o we_o be_v ready_a to_o entertain_v communion_n in_o holy_a office_n with_o all_o such_o that_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o observe_v the_o law_n and_o order_n establish_v by_o authority_n or_o consent_n of_o the_o church_n for_o maintenance_n of_o truth_n order_n and_o peace_n that_o we_o renounce_v all_o heretical_a doctrine_n all_o disorderly_a practice_n all_o conspiracy_n with_o any_o factious_a combination_n of_o people_n 〈◊〉_d answ._n 5._o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o article_n may_v sufficient_o appear_v from_o the_o reason_n and_o occasion_n of_o introduce_v it_o which_o be_v to_o secure_v the_o truth_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n the_o authority_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o the_o common_a peace_n of_o the_o church_n according_a to_o the_o discourse_n and_o argument_n of_o the_o father_n irenaeus_n tertullian_n st._n austin_n vincentius_n lirinensis_n the_o which_o do_v plain_o countenance_v our_o interpretation_n answ._n 6._o it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a to_o interpret_v the_o article_n so_o as_o will_v not_o consist_v with_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o apostolical_a and_o
112._o §_o 8._o p._n greg._n vii_o ep._n 3.7_o p._n jul._n in_o conc._n lat._n sess._n 5._o p._n 57_o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la electio_fw-la vel_fw-la assumptio_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la nulla_fw-la existat_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la sup_n §_o 12._o such_o a_o election_n or_o assumption_n let_v it_o not_o only_o be_v upon_o that_o account_n void_a and_o null_a vide_fw-la quaeso_fw-la quantum_fw-la isti_fw-la degeneraverint_fw-la à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la illi_fw-la enim_fw-la utpote_fw-la viri_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ultrò_fw-la oblatam_fw-la contemnebant_fw-la orationi_fw-la &_o doctrinae_fw-la christianae_n vacantes_fw-la hi_o verò_fw-la largitione_n &_o ambitione_n pontificatum_fw-la quaerentes_fw-la &_o adepti_fw-la posthabito_fw-la divino_fw-la cultu_fw-la etc._n etc._n plat._n in_o serg._n 3._o p._n 279._o vid._n in_o bened._n iu._n p._n 277._o see_v i_o beseech_v you_o how_o much_o they_o have_v degenerate_v from_o their_o ancestor_n for_o they_o as_o be_v very_o holy_a man_n do_v contemn_v that_o dignity_n when_o free_o offer_v give_v themselves_o whole_o to_o prayer_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n but_o these_o by_o bribery_n and_o ambition_n seek_v and_o obtain_v the_o papacy_n plat._n in_o joh._n 10._o p._n 275._o pontifices_fw-la ipsi_fw-la à _fw-la petri_n vestigiis_fw-la discesserant_fw-la the_o pope_n have_v swerve_v from_o the_o example_n of_o peter_n possessor_n malae_fw-la fidei_fw-la ullo_fw-la tempore_fw-la non_fw-la praescribit_fw-la reg._n â—ur_n 2._o in_o sexto_fw-la he_o that_o have_v no_o right_a to_o the_o thing_n he_o possess_v can_v prescribe_v or_o plead_v any_o length_n of_o time_n to_o make_v his_o possession_n lawful_a nec_fw-la vero_fw-la simile_n sit_fw-la ut_fw-la rem_fw-la tam_fw-la nocessariam_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la continendam_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la apostolis_n suis_fw-la non_fw-la revelârit_fw-la melch._n can._n 6.8_o neither_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o our_o lord_n christ_n will_v not_o have_v reveal_v to_o his_o apostle_n a_o thing_n so_o necessary_a for_o preserve_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n ad_fw-la firmamentum_fw-la igitur_fw-la coeli_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fecit_fw-la deus_fw-la duo_fw-la magna_fw-la luminaria_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la duâ—s_fw-la instituit_fw-la dignitates_fw-la quae_fw-la sunâ—_n pontificalis_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la &_o regalis_fw-la potestas_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la praeest_fw-la diebus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la major_a est_fw-la quae_fw-la verò_fw-la carnalibus_fw-la minor_fw-la etc._n etc._n innoc._n iii_o in_o decret_n greg._n i._n 33.6_o for_o the_o firmament_n therefore_o of_o heaven_n i._n e._n of_o the_o universal_a church_n god_n make_v two_o great_a light_n i._n e._n he_o ordain_v two_o dignity_n or_o power_n which_o be_v the_o pontifical_a authority_n and_o the_o regal_a power_n but_o that_o which_o rule_v the_o day_n i._n e._n spiritual_a matter_n be_v the_o great_a but_o that_o which_o govern_v carnal_a thing_n be_v â—he_n lesser_a etc._n etc._n proinde_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la quacunque_fw-la alia_fw-la re_fw-la quae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la vitamque_fw-la nostram_fw-la non_fw-la dicam_fw-la nos_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la comparandi_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la dixit_fw-la licet_fw-la si_fw-la nos_fw-la sed_fw-la omnino_fw-la quod_fw-la secutus_fw-la adjecit_fw-la si_fw-la angelus_n de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la vobis_fw-la annunciaverit_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o scripture_n legalibus_fw-la ac_fw-la evangelicis_fw-la accepistis_fw-la anathema_n sit_v aug._n contr_n petil._n 3.6_o exod._n 28.1_o exod._n 28.4_o levit._fw-la 21._o p._n nic._n i._o ep._n 10._o p._n leo._n ix_o ep._n 1._o p._n greg._n vii_o ep._n 1.22_o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o 17._o eph._n 3.11_o 12_o 13._o 1_o cor._n 12.28_o quarum_fw-la laudum_fw-la &_o gloriae_fw-la degenerem_fw-la suisse_fw-la maximum_fw-la crimen_fw-la est_fw-la cl._n rom._n ad_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 31._o to_o degenerate_v from_o which_o praise_n and_o glory_n be_v a_o exceed_o great_a crime_n rom._n 1.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n chrys._n theo._n hier._n baron_fw-fr anno_fw-la 58._o §_o 46._o etc._n etc._n rom._n 1.7.1.8.16.19_o tertull._n de_fw-fr cor._n mil._n 3._o basil._n de_fw-fr sp._n s._n 27._o hier._n advers._fw-la lucif_n 4._o const._n apost_n 7.41_o a_o full_a creed_n at_o baptism_n conc._n lat._n 4._o cap._n 5._o anno_fw-la 1215._o procedantque_fw-la vehiculis_fw-la insidentes_fw-la circumspectè_fw-la vestiti_fw-la epulas_fw-la curantes_fw-la profusas_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la convivia_fw-la regales_fw-la superent_fw-la mensas_fw-la marcell_n lib._n 27._o p._n 338._o they_o travel_v sit_v in_o chariot_n curious_o apparel_v procure_v profuse_a dainty_n insomuch_o as_o their_o meal_n exceed_v the_o feast_n of_o king_n sentiunt_fw-la enim_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la solum_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la solius_fw-la potestate_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la sunt_fw-la secundi_fw-la post_fw-la quem_fw-la primi_fw-la ante_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omnes_fw-la deos._n quidni_fw-la cum_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la vivunt_fw-la &_o mortuis_fw-la antistant_fw-la tertull._n apolog_fw-la c._n 30._o for_o they_o think_v it_o be_v god_n alone_o in_o who_o power_n they_o be_v next_o to_o who_o they_o be_v the_o chief_a before_o all_o and_o above_o all_o go_n and_o why_o not_o when_o they_o be_v above_o all_o man_n alive_a and_o surpass_v the_o dead_a dead_a colimus_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la ut_fw-la hominem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la secundum_fw-la &_o solo_fw-la deo_fw-la minorem_fw-la tertull._n ad_fw-la scap._n 2._o 2._o cum_fw-la super_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la nisi_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la quì_n fecit_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la opt._n lib._n 3._o 3._o dum_fw-la se_fw-la donatus_n super_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la extollit_fw-la jam_fw-la quasi_fw-la hominum_fw-la excesserat_fw-la modum_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la hominem_fw-la aestimaret_fw-la id._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o p._n 463._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrys._n in_o rom._n â—3_n 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n suprá_fw-fr por_z he_o that_o be_v thus_o wrong_v have_v not_o his_o equal_a upon_o earth_n for_o he_o be_v king_n etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyril_n ad_fw-la theod._n in_o conc._n eph._n part_n 1._o cap._n 3._o p._n 20._o 20._o p._n greg._n m._n ep._n 2.62_o quia_fw-la sereniss_n domine_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la jam_fw-la tempore_fw-la dominus_fw-la meus_fw-la fuisti_fw-la quando_fw-la adhuc_fw-la dominus_fw-la omnium_fw-la non_fw-la eras_fw-la ego_fw-la quidem_fw-la jussioni_fw-la subjectus_fw-la ibid._n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la potestas_fw-la dominorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la pietati_fw-la coelitus_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n ego_fw-la indignus_fw-la famulus_fw-la vester_fw-ge ib._n qui_fw-la honori_fw-la quoque_fw-la imperii_fw-la vestri_fw-la se_fw-la per_fw-la privatum_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la superponit_fw-la p._n greg._n i._o ep._n 4.32_o 4.32_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n greg._n ii_o in_o epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la leon._n isaur_n apud_fw-la bin._n tom._n 5._o p._n 502._o as_o king_n and_o head_n of_o christian_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la famulo_fw-la tuo_fw-la papa_n nostro_fw-la n._n &_o antistite_fw-la nostro_fw-la n._n &_o rege_fw-la nostro_fw-la n._n &_o omnibus_fw-la orthodoxis_fw-la etc._n etc._n together_o with_o thy_o servant_n our_o pope_n n._n and_o our_o bishop_n n._n and_o our_o king_n n._n and_o all_o orthodox_n etc._n etc._n etc._n fiat_n autem_fw-la oratio_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitate_fw-la regius_fw-la post_fw-la orationem_fw-la factam_fw-la pro_fw-la papa_n quia_fw-la potestas_fw-la suprema_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la excedit_fw-la regiam_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la dignitate_fw-la &_o utilitate_fw-la etc._n etc._n gab._n biel_n in_o can._n mis._n let_v prayer_n be_v make_v for_o the_o king_n after_o prayer_n make_v for_o the_o pope_n because_o the_o supreme_a sacerdotal_a power_n exceed_v the_o kingly_a in_o antiquity_n dignity_n and_o utility_n etc._n etc._n subesse_fw-la romano_n pontifici_fw-la omni_fw-la humanae_fw-la creaturae_fw-la declaramus_fw-la dicimus_fw-la definimus_fw-la &_o pronunciamus_fw-la omnino_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v salutis_fw-la p._n bonif._n viii_o in_o extrav_n come_v lib._n 1._o tit_n 38._o at_o quamvis_fw-la vicunque_fw-la tolerabile_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la principes_fw-la seculares_fw-la in_o concilio_n sedeant_fw-la ante_fw-la alios_fw-la episcopos_fw-la tamen_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la ante_fw-la ipsum_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la etc._n etc._n bell._n de_fw-fr conc._n 1.19_o quapropter_fw-la attendat_fw-la clementia_fw-la vestra_fw-la quantus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la erga_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la uéstrorum_fw-la piorum_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la amor_fw-la &_o studium_fw-la qualiter_fw-la eam_fw-la diversis_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la extulerint_fw-la donis_fw-la ditaverint_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la ampliaverint_fw-la qualiter_fw-la eam_fw-la literis_fw-la suis_fw-la honoraverint_fw-la ejus_fw-la votis_fw-la annuerint_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n nich._n i._o epist._n 8._o ad_fw-la mich._n imp._n apol._n bell._n p._n 202._o const._n apost_n 8.4_o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apost_n can._n 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dionys._n de_fw-fr hier._n eccl._n cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d