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be_v the_o high_a fly_a pope_n that_o be_v the_o chief_a stickler_n for_o the_o advancement_n of_o this_o distinction_n as_o appear_v not_o only_o from_o the_o collection_n of_o gratian_n distinct._n 69._o where_o it_o be_v large_o exemplify_v but_o from_o petrus_n de_fw-fr marca_n himself_o warrant_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o doctrine_n from_o the_o authority_n of_o gelasius_n symmachus_n gregory_n the_o second_o nicolaus_n the_o first_o innocentius_n the_o three_o who_o in_o their_o several_a high_a contest_v with_o the_o emperor_n that_o endeavour_v to_o check_v and_o bridle_v their_o ecclesiastical_a insolence_n still_o bid_v they_o mind_n their_o own_o business_n and_o not_o presume_v to_o meddle_v with_o the_o church_n the_o government_n whereof_o be_v entrust_v to_o st._n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n but_o their_o adversary_n have_v be_v even_o with_o they_o especial_o the_o erastian_n heretic_n for_o what_o great_a heresy_n can_v
appear_v by_o those_o prodigious_a provision_n that_o he_o make_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o poverty_n within_o the_o empire_n but_o for_o the_o reader_n satisfaction_n or_o rather_o amazement_n in_o this_o matter_n i_o must_v refer_v he_o to_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr aedificiis_fw-la and_o now_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v sufficient_o vindicate_v the_o reputation_n of_o this_o matchless_a prince_n against_o all_o the_o malicious_a calumny_n both_o of_o the_o libel_n and_o the_o librarian_a so_o as_o to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o it_o can_v never_o be_v write_v by_o procopius_n but_o by_o some_o man_n in_o the_o barbarous_a age_n that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o custom_n and_o transaction_n of_o that_o time_n and_o that_o the_o whole_a work_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o heap_n of_o ignorance_n malice_n and_o falsehood_n and_o be_v prove_v so_o by_o the_o best_a and_o most_o undoubted_a record_n of_o that_o age._n and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o can_v be_v do_v more_o for_o the_o discovery_n and_o conviction_n of_o a_o imposture_n finis_fw-la book_n late_o publish_v by_o the_o author_n disputationes_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la divinâ_fw-la i._o a_o philosophorum_fw-la ulli_fw-la et_fw-la quinam_fw-la athei_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ii_o a_o rerum_fw-la finibus_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la iii_o epicuri_fw-la et_fw-fr cartesii_n hypothesis_n the_o universi_fw-la fabricatione_n evertuntur_fw-la iv._o mundum_fw-la neque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la infectum_fw-la neque_fw-la necessitate_v factum_fw-la sed_fw-la solo_fw-la opificis_fw-la consilio_fw-la extructum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la v._o a_o generis_fw-la humani_fw-la ortu_fw-la et_fw-la corporis_fw-la humani_fw-la structurâ_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la vi_o contrâ—â—_n sâ—epticorum_fw-la &_o academicorum_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la potissimùm_fw-la ciceronis_fw-la de_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la academicis_fw-la libros_fw-la et_fw-la cartesii_n meditationes_fw-la metaphysica_n disputatur_fw-la the_o divine_a right_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o christian_a religion_n the_o case_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n state_v a_o account_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n for_o the_o first_o six_o hundred_o year_n religion_n and_o loyalty_n or_o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n within_o itself_o the_o supremacy_n of_o sovereign_a power_n over_o it_o duty_n of_o passive_a obedience_n or_o nonresistance_n to_o all_o their_o command_n religion_n and_o loyalty_n part_v the_o 2_o d._n or_o the_o history_n of_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o imperial_a and_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jovian_a to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o justinian_n can._n 2._o 2._o invec_fw-fr 1._o p._n 80._o a._n a._n am._n marcel_n l._n 21._o c._n 2._o 2._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 1._o 1._o l._n 3._o c._n 22._o 22._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 3._o 3._o greg._n naz._n in_o laud._n athanas_n athanas_n athanas_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la ad_fw-la jovian_a jovian_a soc._n l._n 3._o c._n 25._o 25._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 6._o c_o â—_o â—_o lib._n 26._o c._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr male_n et_fw-fr mathemat_n l._n 9_o v._n sozimus_fw-la lib._n 4._o 4._o ibid._n l._n l._n de_fw-fr medicis_n et_fw-fr professor_n l._n 5._o 5._o ibid._n l._n 6._o 6._o sozim_n l._n 6._o c._n â—_o l._n 20._o qutru_fw-la appellat_fw-la sint_fw-la suscip_n suscip_n soc._n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o saeculi_fw-la 40_o pars_fw-la prima_fw-la §_o 14._o 14._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 8._o epist._n 74._o 74._o soz._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 12._o hilarii_n frag_v l._n 1._o pag._n 40._o 40._o athanas_n ad_fw-la episc_n afric_n afric_n athanas_n ep_n ad_fw-la epictelum_fw-la epictelum_fw-la sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 12._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 13_o 14._o 14._o epist._n 61._o 61._o sozom._n l._n 4._o c._n 27._o 27._o epist._n 10._o 10._o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 13._o 13._o socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 14._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c_o 13._o v._o baroâ—_n a_o 317._o n._n 29._o et_fw-la vales._n not_o in_o socrat_n socrat_n socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 15._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 13._o 13._o lib._n 4._o c._n 19_o 19_o basil_n epist._n 69._o 69._o epist._n 70._o 70._o v._o greg._n naz._n de_fw-fr laud._n basil._n basil._n theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 10._o de_fw-fr haeret._n l._n 33._o 33._o theod._n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o 6._o cod._n theodos._n de_fw-fr episc_n &_o cler._n l._n 3._o 3._o can._n apost_n 80._o 80._o am._n marcel_n lib._n 30._o c._n 6_o 6_o epist._n 140._o 140._o soc._n l._n 3_o c._n 25._o 25._o orat._n 9_o 9_o lib._n 30._o 30._o ne_fw-fr baptisma_fw-la iteretur_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o l._n 3._o 3._o l._n 75_o de_fw-la decurionibus_fw-la decurionibus_fw-la de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 4._o 4._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o sozom_n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o 1._o theod._n l._n 5.12_o 5.12_o l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-mi epist_n l._n 23._o 23._o de_fw-fr concord_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o §_o 4._o 4._o novel_a 83._o 83._o am._n marcel_n l._n 31._o 31._o in_o cron._n cron._n l._n 7._o c._n 33._o 33._o lib._n 4.35_o c._n 37._o 37._o soc._n l._n â—_o c._n 2._o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o 2._o lib._n 3._o c._n 3._o et_fw-la c._n 23._o 23._o l._n 2._o 2._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o 4._o account_v of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 20._o 20._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 11.12_o 11.12_o ibid._n l._n 13._o 13._o ibid._n 14._o 14._o de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la religione_fw-la contendunt_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o v._o gothofredi_n notas_fw-la in_o legem_fw-la legem_fw-la orat._n 26._o 26._o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la cathol_n l._n 4._o 4._o ruffin_n l._n 2._o c._n 16._o 16._o lib._n 4._o epist._n 32._o 32._o ambros._n l._n 5._o epist._n 27._o in_o which_o letter_n he_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o embassy_n to_o the_o emperor_n emperor_n zosimus_n lib._n 4._o 4._o ambrose_n ep._n 26._o 26._o see_v his_o epistle_n in_o their_o proper_a place_n in_o labbé_fw-fr labbé_fw-fr de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 15._o 15._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 14._o 14._o ambros._n ep._n 29._o 29._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 13._o 13._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 16._o 16._o l._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 19_o 19_o lib._n 7._o c._n 17._o 17._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 20_o 22_o 23._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr episc_n l._n 2d_o 2d_o an._n 390._o n._n 70_o 71._o 71._o lib._n 2d_o c._n 3._o 3._o dé_v episc_n l._n 20_o 20_o epist_n 31._o 31._o marciani_n novella_n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr testam_fw-la l._n 48._o 48._o de_fw-fr mâ—nachis_n l._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr d_o curionibus_fw-la l._n 63._o 63._o de_fw-fr episc_n l._n 3.6_o 9_o cod._n tit._n 45._o de_fw-fr bis_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eccles_n confâ—g_n l._n 1._o tacit._n annal_n lib._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 65._o 65._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 7.9.11.18.20_o 7.9.11.18.20_o de_fw-fr apoatis_n l._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr apostatis_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 3_o 4_o 5._o 5._o qui_fw-la sanctum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la profane_v profane_v de_fw-fr paganis_fw-la l._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr maleficis_fw-la l._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr pag._n l._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr pag._n l._n 9_o 9_o ibid._n l._n 10._o 10._o ibid._n l._n 11._o 11._o ibid._n l._n 12._o 12._o de_fw-fr judais_n l._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 5._o epist._n 29._o 29._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o anno_fw-la 368._o anno_fw-la 369._o anno_fw-la 371._o n._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o v._o labbé_fw-fr vol._n 2._o anno_fw-la 381._o p._n 1001._o lib._n 9_o tit._n 29._o c._n 1._o 1._o ne_fw-fr inter_fw-la bellicas_fw-la necessitâ—tes_fw-la obreptio_fw-la importuna_fw-la teâ—tâ—tur_fw-la teâ—tâ—tur_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 385._o m._n 6._o 6._o soc._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 22._o 22._o lib._n 4._o c._n 21_o 22._o 22._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o extrav_fw-mi de_fw-fr episcopali_fw-la judicio_fw-la l._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n l._n 5._o c._n 23_o 23_o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 15._o 15._o soz._n l._n 8._o c._n 3._o 3._o pallad_n dial_n dial_n de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la religione_fw-la contendunt_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr haereâ—â—bus_fw-la priscillianus_n instituit_fw-la maximè_fw-la gnosticorum_fw-la &_o manichaeorum_fw-la dogmata_fw-la permixta_fw-la sectantur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la aliis_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la in_o eas_fw-la sordes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o sentinam_fw-la quandam_fw-la horribili_fw-la confusione_n confluxerint_fw-la propter_fw-la occultandas_fw-la autem_fw-la contaminationes_fw-la et_fw-la
those_o who_o receive_v the_o holy_a eucharist_n without_o eat_v it_o for_o that_o be_v the_o common_a practice_n of_o those_o profane_a wretch_n that_o they_o may_v avoid_v discovery_n to_o seem_v to_o communicate_v with_o the_o catholic_n even_o in_o this_o great_a sacrament_n but_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v guilty_a of_o join_v in_o true_a and_o real_a communion_n secret_o to_o convey_v it_o away_o and_o so_o turn_v it_o into_o occasional_a communion_n as_o we_o call_v it_o and_o to_o the_o like_a purpose_n be_v the_o other_o canon_n the_o heretic_n be_v thus_o condemn_v in_o council_n they_o make_v priscillian_n the_o bishop_n of_o their_o sect_n upon_o which_o ithacius_n and_o idacius_n apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n and_o at_o length_n gain_v a_o rescript_n from_o the_o emperor_n gratian_n to_o banish_v they_o not_o only_o from_o all_o city_n but_o out_o of_o the_o empire_n itself_o for_o the_o word_n in_o sulpitius_n extra_fw-la omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la can_v signify_v no_o less_o though_o episcopis_fw-la gothofr_v surmise_n that_o their_o meaning_n reach_v no_o far_a than_o the_o territory_n belong_v to_o that_o particular_a city_n that_o they_o inhabit_v as_o when_o any_o man_n be_v banish_v from_o rome_n he_o be_v banish_v a_o hundred_o mile_n from_o it_o because_o so_o far_o its_o territory_n or_o suburbicary_n diocese_n extend_v as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o vrsicinus_n who_o when_o he_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o rome_n be_v confine_v to_o keep_v at_o that_o distance_n but_o i_o will_v fain_o know_v of_o the_o learned_a civilian_n where_o he_o ever_o meet_v with_o this_o sense_n and_o construction_n of_o extra_fw-la omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la when_o put_v absolute_o though_o he_o know_v it_o be_v a_o common_a phrase_n to_o express_v the_o whole_a empire_n and_o so_o it_o must_v be_v take_v here_o for_o the_o man_n be_v condemn_v to_o banishment_n for_o propagate_a wicked_a and_o debauch_v principle_n and_o if_o that_o be_v only_o out_o of_o the_o province_n in_o which_o they_o live_v that_o will_v be_v but_o a_o mean_n to_o spread_v the_o contagion_n over_o all_o the_o country_n and_o therefore_o the_o priscillianist_n upon_o the_o publication_n of_o the_o rescript_n be_v not_o only_o force_v to_o quit_v their_o own_o particular_a province_n but_o spain_n itself_o and_o far_o their_o prosecutor_n be_v not_o concern_v to_o pursue_v they_o but_o have_v quit_v spain_n they_o betake_v themselves_o to_o italy_n and_o there_o endeavour_v to_o clear_v their_o innocence_n to_o damasus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o ambrose_n bishop_n of_o milan_n but_o they_o be_v so_o wise_a as_o to_o refuse_v so_o much_o as_o to_o see_v or_o hear_v they_o upon_o that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o betake_v themselves_o to_o the_o stand_a shift_n of_o all_o heretic_n to_o buy_v off_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n with_o the_o courtier_n and_o to_o this_o end_n they_o bribe_v macedonius_n the_o magister_fw-la officiorum_fw-la who_o thereupon_o prevail_v with_o the_o emperor_n to_o reverse_v his_o rescript_n against_o they_o whereupon_o they_o return_v home_o with_o triumph_n and_o rebribe_v volventius_fw-la the_o governor_n so_o powerful_o that_o he_o force_v ithacius_n to_o fly_v his_o country_n who_o thereupon_o betake_v himself_o to_o gregorius_n the_o emperor_n praefectus_fw-la praetorio_fw-la in_o france_n to_o who_o volventius_fw-la be_v subject_a as_o his_o vicarius_fw-la and_o acquaint_v he_o with_o the_o disorder_n in_o spain_n and_o upon_o the_o information_n he_o immediate_o command_v his_o spanish_n vicarius_fw-la to_o send_v the_o heretic_n to_o he_o and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n whilst_o they_o be_v upon_o their_o journey_n inform_v the_o emperor_n of_o all_o their_o wicked_a prank_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a 445._o for_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o exorbitant_a power_n and_o wantonness_n of_o a_o few_o man_n at_o court_n all_o thing_n be_v there_o expose_v to_o sale_n and_o therefore_o the_o heretic_n after_o their_o old_a custom_n with_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n bribe_v their_o old_a patron_n macedonius_n to_o persuade_v the_o emperor_n to_o take_v the_o cognisance_n of_o the_o matter_n from_o the_o praefectus_fw-la praetorio_fw-la and_o refer_v it_o back_o to_o his_o viceâ—rius_n in_o spain_n which_o be_v according_o do_v and_o a_o messenger_n send_v by_o macedonius_n to_o seize_v ithacius_n and_o carry_v he_o prisoner_n into_o spain_n though_o at_o that_o time_n he_o escape_v his_o hand_n in_o the_o year_n 385._o the_o tyrant_n maximus_n rebel_n and_o overcome_v gratian_n in_o france_n and_o after_o his_o victory_n come_v to_o treive_v where_o ithacius_n then_o reside_v he_o immediate_o make_v his_o address_n to_o he_o against_o the_o heretic_n who_o storm_n at_o they_o and_o immediate_o command_v the_o governor_n of_o france_n and_o spain_n to_o convey_v they_o safe_a to_o a_o synod_n at_o bordeaux_n in_o which_o instantius_fw-la be_v depose_v but_o priscillian_n appeal_v 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