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A41016 Sacra nemesis, the Levites scourge, or, Mercurius Britan. disciplin'd, [Mercurius] civicvs [disciplin'd] also deverse remarkable disputes and resolvs in the Assembly of Divines related, episcopacy asserted, truth righted, innocency vindicated against detraction. Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645. 1644 (1644) Wing F593; ESTC R2806 73,187 105

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art_n 36._o and_o ●_z de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi it_o be_v evident_a to_o all_o man_n read_v holy_a scripture_n and_o ancient_a author_n that_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n there_o have_v be_v these_o three_o order_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o a_o bishop_n ought_v to_o correct_v and_o punish_v such_o as_o be_v unquiet_a ●riminous_a and_o disobedient_a within_o his_o diocese_n according_a to_o such_o authority_n as_o he_o have_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n *_o vide_fw-la record_n in_o exchequer_n i_o will_v preserve_v and_o maintain_v to_o you_o and_o the_o church_n commit_v to_o your_o charge_n all_o canonical_a privilege_n and_o i_o will_v be_v your_o protector_n and_o defender_n to_o my_o power_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n as_o every_o good_a king_n in_o his_o kingdom_n in_o right_a aught_o to_o defend_v the_o bishop_n and_o church_n under_o their_o government_n etc._n etc._n then_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o the_o book_n on_o the_o communion_n table_n he_o say_v the_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v before_o promise_v i_o shall_v perform_v and_o keep_v so_o help_v i_o god_n and_o by_o the_o content_n of_o this_o book_n *_o cic._n tusc._n quaest._n *_o pro_fw-la mur._n tolle_fw-la no●en_fw-la catonis_fw-la *_o statut._n ed._n 3._o ann._n 25._o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v found_v in_o the_o state_n of_o prelacy_n etc._n etc._n for_o we_o owe_v to_o it_o our_o best_a law_n make_v in_o the_o saxon_a time_n and_o charta_fw-la magna_fw-la itself_o the_o union_n of_o the_o two_o rose_n yo●k_n and_o lancaster_n the_o marriage_n with_o scotland_n and_o above_o all_o the_o plantation_n and_o reformation_n of_o true_a religion_n see_v vindication_n of_o episcopacy_n page_v 23_o 24._o see_v also_o the_o statute_n book_n of_o 16._o rich._n 2._o where_o the_o commons_o ●hew_v that_o the_o prelate_n be_v much_o profitable_a and_o necessary_a to_o their_o sovereign_a lord_n the_o k._n and_o the_o realm_n etc._n etc._n *_o jerome_n advers._n luc._n c._n 4._o ecclesiae_fw-la salu●_z à_fw-la summi_fw-la sacerdot●_z dignitate_fw-la pendet_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ●xors_v quaedam_fw-la and_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la em●nens_fw-la detur_fw-la protestas_fw-la tot_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la efficientur_fw-la schismata_fw-la quot_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 3._o non_fw-la aliunde_fw-la haereses_fw-la abortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la nata_fw-la schismata_fw-la quam_fw-la inde_fw-la quod_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperatur_fw-la nec_fw-la unus_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la judex●_z vice_fw-la christi_fw-la cogitatur_fw-la *_o athanas._n apol._n 2._o colithus_fw-la quidam_fw-la presbyter_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la alexandrina_fw-la alios_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la ordinare_fw-la praesumpserat_fw-la sed_fw-la rescissa_fw-la fuit_fw-la ejus_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la and_o omnes_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la constituti_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la in_fw-la laic●rum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la redacti_fw-la see_v epiph._n haer._n 75._o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n beget_v father_n in_o the_o church_n but_o the_o order_n of_o presbyter_n son_n in_o baptism_n but_o no_o father_n or_o doctor_n see_v also_o ●_z abbot_n in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o visibility_n of_o the_o church_n and_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o hill_n *_o apol._n confess_v augustan_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr numero_fw-la et_fw-la usu_fw-la sacrament_n ●os_fw-la saepe_fw-la pro●estati_fw-la sumus_fw-la summa_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la conservare_fw-la p●litiam_fw-la eccl●siasticam_fw-la and_o g●adus_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la factos_fw-la etiam_fw-la summa_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scimus_fw-la enim_fw-la utili_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesiacticam_fw-la disciplina_fw-la hanc_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la vet●res_fw-la eam_fw-la d●scribunt_fw-la constitutam_fw-la luther_n tom._n 2._o p._n 320._o nemo_fw-la contra_fw-la statum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la et_fw-la veros_fw-la episcopos_fw-la vel_fw-la bonos_fw-la pastor_fw-la dictum_fw-la putet_fw-la quicquid_fw-la contra_fw-la hos_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la dicitur_fw-la *_o gerard_n de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la eccles._n nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la dicit_fw-la nihil_fw-la interest_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la and_o presbyterum_fw-la sed_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la graduum_fw-la propter_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la concordia_fw-la conservetur_fw-la *_o calv._n de_fw-fr necess_n reform_v ecclesiae_fw-la talem_fw-la nobis_fw-la hierarchiam_fw-la s●_z exbibeant_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la sic_fw-la emin●a●t_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ut_fw-la ch●isto_fw-la subeste_fw-la non_fw-la recusent_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la unico_fw-la capite_fw-la pendeant_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la referantur_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la sic_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la fraternam_fw-la societa●em_fw-la colant_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la quam_fw-la ejus_fw-la veritate_fw-la si●t_fw-la colligati_fw-la tum_fw-la vero_fw-la nullo_fw-la non_fw-la anathemate_fw-la dignos_fw-la fateo●_z si_fw-la qui_fw-la erunt_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ●am_fw-la ●everenter_fw-la summaque_fw-la obedientia_fw-la observent_fw-la *_o beza_n de_fw-fr grad._n minist._n evang._n c._n 18._o sess._n 3._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la nunc_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la instau●atae_fw-la anglicanae_fw-la suorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la et_fw-la archiepisc●porum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la suffultae_fw-la perstant_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la nostra_fw-la memoria_fw-la contigit_fw-la ut_fw-la eju●_z ordinis_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la ●antum_fw-la ensign_fw-la dei_fw-la martyr_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la praestantissimos_fw-la doctores_fw-la et_fw-la pastor_fw-la habuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n brit._n p._n 67._o ans._n m._n nye_n brit._n p._n 68_o ans._n see_v the_o testimony_n of_o dr._n moulin_n and_o other_o foreign_a divine_n in_o the_o coroll●●ie_n the_o handmaid_n to_o devotio●_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n entitle_v a_o safeguard_n from_o ship_n wrak_v a●●s_n forbid_v not_o all_o usury_n but_o bite_a usury_n in_o his_o case_n of_o conscience_n plutarch_n apopl●_n brit._n p._n 68_o answ._n turtul_n prescript_n *_o cook_n at_o the_o bridge_n foot_n cic._n pro_fw-la sylla_n isocr_n ad_fw-la daem●nicum_fw-la hesiod_n l._n 1_o ●p_n and_o die_v adag._n homerica_fw-la nube_fw-la tectus_fw-la ve●itas_fw-la tempo●is_fw-la filia_fw-la a_o book_n so_o entitle_v ans._n mat._n 5._o ●_z see_v the_o statu●_n 16._o rich._n 2._o and_o the_o 25_o of_o edw._n 3._o see_v sphyni●_z philosophica_fw-la ps●l_n 69_o 2●_z basil._n ●p_n 62._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o guillaume_n herbert_n in_o the_o epistle_n dedicatory_a prefix_v to_o his_o translation_n of_o doct._n featley_n handmaid_n of_o devotion_n into_o french_a wolsgangus_fw-la meyer_n in_o his_o epistle_n dedicatory_a before_o his_o 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