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point_n in_o his_o former_a examination_n publish_v in_o print_n may_v here_o be_v receive_v as_o part_v of_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n above_o specify_v sect._n 16._o 39_o for_o there_o this_o examinat_fw-la as_o he_o true_o say_v 19_o m_o blakwels_n exam._n pag._n 18_o 19_o be_v urge_v to_o explicate_v himself_o touch_v the_o sense_n he_o rely_v upon_o out_o of_o his_o majesty_n word_n when_o he_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n in_o that_o it_o be_v say_v he_o may_v so_o understand_v they_o as_o not_o withstand_v his_o oath_n that_o duty_n which_o be_v expect_v be_v no_o way_n satisfy_v because_o his_o majesty_n meaning_n be_v evident_a that_o he_o do_v account_v it_o to_o proceed_v from_o appetite_n and_o rashness_n in_o any_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n whosoever_o who_o presume_v to_o excommunicate_v any_o king_n shall_v by_o the_o same_o either_o absolve_v his_o subject_n from_o their_o obedience_n or_o excite_v they_o to_o bear_v arm_n against_o he_o or_o 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they_o to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o his_o person_n or_o to_o stir_v up_o any_o sedition_n or_o tumult_n within_o his_o kingdom_n or_o to_o assist_v any_o that_o shall_v make_v such_o attempt_n either_o against_o the_o king_n or_o the_o state_n of_o the_o kingdom_n he_o this_o examinate_v answer_v now_o as_o he_o answer_v then_o for_o the_o further_o open_v of_o his_o meaning_n say_v his_o judgement_n be_v that_o no_o lawful_a excommunication_n term_v either_o excommunicatio_fw-la maior_fw-la the_o great_a excommunication_n or_o ecclesiastical_a curse_n of_o anathematization_n can_v produce_v such_o effect_n or_o aught_o to_o enforce_v the_o same_o and_o that_o he_o agree_v therein_o with_o many_o sound_a catholic_a writer_n as_o he_o think_v and_o particular_o with_o these_o follow_v and_o so_o draw_v out_o his_o pocket-note_n as_o oft_o upon_o sundry_a occasion_n he_o do_v he_o cause_v their_o word_n to_o be_v set_v down_o for_o the_o better_a declaration_n of_o his_o duty_n excommunicatio_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la excommunicatum_fw-la facere_fw-la potest_fw-la eaque_fw-la fulminatur_fw-la in_o principes_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la tyranni_fw-la fiant_fw-la neque_fw-la ut_fw-la suis_fw-la ditionibus_fw-la removeantur_fw-la neque_fw-la ut_fw-la subiectis_fw-la laxentur_fw-la habene_fw-la vel_fw-la juratâ_fw-la fide_fw-la liberentur_fw-la that_o be_v a_o excommunication_n can_v but_o make_v a_o man_n excommunicate_v and_o it_o be_v thunder_v against_o prince_n not_o to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o shall_v thereby_o become_v tyrant_n or_o be_v remoove_v from_o their_o dominion_n or_o that_o the_o ruin_n shall_v be_v loose_v unto_o subject_n or_o they_o be_v free_v from_o the_o oath_n of_o their_o fidelity_n ludou_n richeome_v in_o apologet._n pa_n 175._o and_o again_o soto_n 4._o medina_n in_o primam_fw-la secundae_fw-la pag._n 513._o q_o 96._o art_n 4._o say_v as_o medina_n do_v allege_v he_o quod_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la privatio_fw-la alicuius_fw-la boni_fw-la proprij_fw-la quod_fw-la transgressor_n legis_fw-la prius_fw-la posseder_n at_o sed_fw-la est_fw-la privatio_fw-la bonorum_fw-la communium_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la crat_fw-mi percepturus_fw-la ut_fw-la communionis_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la &_o receptionis_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la that_o be_v excommunication_n be_v not_o the_o privation_n of_o any_o proper_a or_o peculiar_a good_a whereof_o the_o transgressor_n of_o the_o law_n be_v former_o possess_v but_o of_o those_o common_a benefit_n which_o he_o shall_v have_v reap_v from_o the_o church_n as_o of_o the_o spiritual_a communion_n and_o receive_v of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o s._n thomas_n say_v 3._o tho._n aquin._n secunda_fw-la secuudae_fw-la q._n 11._o art_n 3._o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la eradicatio_fw-la excommunication_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o eradication_n another_o which_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o canon_n law_n of_o a_o epistle_n of_o pope_n vrbane_n where_o it_o be_v say_v liquidò_fw-la apparet_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la excommunicationem_fw-la aliud_fw-la eradicationem_fw-la qui_fw-la enim_fw-la excommunicatur_fw-la ut_fw-la apostolus_fw-la 37._o decret_n 2._o part_n cause_n 24._o q._n 3._o cap._n 37._o ait_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la excommunicatur_fw-la ut_fw-la spiritus_fw-la eius_fw-la salnus_fw-la fiat_fw-la in_o die_fw-la domini_fw-la disciplina_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la &_o non_fw-la eradicatio_fw-la that_o be_v it_o do_v plain_o appear_v that_o excommunication_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o eradication_n another_o for_o he_o which_o be_v excommunicate_v be_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v to_o this_o end_n excommunicate_v that_o his_o soul_n may_v be_v save_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o excommunication_n be_v a_o correction_n and_o not_o a_o extirpation_n so_o as_o this_o examinate_v here_o say_v that_o for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o have_v before_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o pope_n possession_n nor_o any_o more_o subject_a unto_o he_o than_o other_o christian_a kingdom_n be_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o imperial_a or_o civil_a authority_n to_o depose_v his_o majesty_n and_o that_o the_o pope_n excommunication_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a censure_n of_o his_o spiritual_a authority_n can_v bring_v forth_o no_o such_o effect_n as_o be_v suppose_v in_o the_o say_a oath_n of_o allegiance_n viz._n neither_o deposition_n eradication_n absolution_n of_o subject_n from_o their_o obedience_n nor_o any_o sufficient_a warrant_v either_o to_o rebel_v or_o to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o any_o king_n he_o this_o examinat_fw-la be_v persuade_v that_o little_o more_o can_v be_v require_v at_o his_o hand_n in_o answer_n of_o the_o say_v main_a objection_n touch_v the_o sense_n of_o that_o oath_n according_a to_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o majesty_n speech_n insinuate_v as_o be_v above_o say_v by_o he_o this_o examinate_a unto_o the_o cardinal_n 40_o before_o the_o further_a press_v of_o the_o insufficiency_n of_o all_o that_o hitherto_o he_o have_v say_v for_o the_o clear_n of_o the_o say_a objection_n sect._n 35._o for_o as_o much_o as_o in_o his_o last_o speech_n touch_v excommunication_n he_o say_v that_o excommunication_n can_v bring_v forth_o no_o such_o fruit_n as_o he_o there_o recite_v it_o be_v demand_v of_o he_o how_o that_o his_o assertion_n can_v agree_v with_o these_o point_n of_o popish_a doctrine_n publish_v by_o a_o classical_a author_n of_o the_o romish_a sect_n where_o he_o labour_v to_o prove_v by_o sundry_a reason_n that_o henry_n 3._o be_v king_n of_o france_n stand_v diverse_a year_n excommunicate_v before_o he_o be_v murder_v as_o have_v commit_v many_o offence_n which_o be_v subject_a ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la to_o diverse_a excommunication_n as_o namely_o that_o of_o the_o bull_n coenae_fw-la dominicae_fw-la some_o of_o which_o fault_n he_o set_v down_o to_o be_v these_o follow_v show_v the_o say_a king_n to_o have_v be_v excommunicate_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la for_o 35._o de_fw-fr justa_fw-la abdic_fw-la hen._n 3._o l._n 2._o cap._n 35._o every_o one_o of_o they_o for_o example_n 1._o quod_fw-la haereticis_fw-la favebat_fw-la 2._o quod_fw-la 8imoniacus_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la cum_fw-la haereticis_fw-la reginâ_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o navarro_n foedus_fw-la inierat_fw-la 4._o quod_fw-la bona_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pontifice_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la occupaverat_fw-la etc._n etc._n 1._o for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o favourer_n of_o heretic_n 2._o for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o simonist_n 3._o for_o that_o he_o have_v enter_v into_o league_n with_o heretic_n the_o queen_n of_o england_n and_o the_o navarrian_n 4._o for_o that_o without_o the_o pope_n privity_n he_o have_v seize_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n whereupon_o after_o many_o other_o discourse_n and_o allegation_n of_o scripture_n father_n history_n and_o what_o not_o he_o fall_v upon_o this_o conclusion_n that_o the_o say_a king_n be_v lawful_o murder_v before_o any_o excommunication_n of_o he_o be_v publish_v say_v non_fw-la percipit_fw-la formulam_fw-la publicus_fw-la 2._o ibid._n lib._n 4._o c._n 2._o dolour_n common_a grief_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o form_n and_o that_o albeit_o in_o occulto_fw-la crimine_fw-la in_o a_o hide_a crime_n no_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v condemn_v indictâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la or_o before_o he_o be_v cite_v and_o call_v yet_o in_o public_a and_o notorious_a crime_n such_o as_o by_o no_o tergiversation_n can_v be_v hide_v euidens_fw-la notitia_fw-la facti_fw-la sâ—ntentiae_fw-la ibidem_fw-la idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la locum_fw-la tenet_fw-la evident_a notice_n of_o the_o fact_n be_v in_o place_n of_o a_o sentence_n all_o which_o particular_n do_v cross_v this_o examinate_v former_a opinion_n how_o excommunication_n have_v no_o power_n to_o deprive_v any_o king_n from_o his_o kingdom_n and_o can_v much_o less_o give_v authority_n to_o murder_v he_o 41_o whereunto_o this_o 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37._o every_o catholic_a man_n be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o employ_v his_o person_n and_o force_n by_o direction_n of_o such_o as_o be_v virtuous_a &_o intelligent_a in_o such_o case_n but_o especial_o etc._n etc._n of_o christ_n vicar_n in_o earth_n who_o sovereign_a power_n and_o authority_n etc._n etc._n may_v best_o instruct_v and_o warrant_v a_o christian_a soldier_n how_o far_o when_o and_o where_o either_o at_o home_n or_o abroad_o in_o civil_a or_o foreign_a war_n make_v against_o the_o enemy_n or_o rebel_n of_o god_n church_n he_o may_v and_o must_v break_v with_o his_o temporal_a sovereign_n 131_o furthermore_o this_o examinate_a say_v that_o he_o can_v choose_v but_o confess_v from_o his_o heart_n that_o he_o do_v dislike_n and_o disallow_v all_o the_o argument_n england_n card._n allens_n admonition_n to_o the_o nobility_n of_o england_n publish_v in_o a_o book_n about_o the_o year_n 1588._o which_o do_v tend_v to_o persuade_v the_o late_a queen_n subject_n to_o 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