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subjectam_fw-la the_o chief_a act_n of_o government_n require_v the_o chief_a or_o supreme_a power_n but_o the_o make_n of_o law_n be_v the_o supreme_a act_n of_o government_n therefore_o it_o can_v be_v exercise_v but_o by_o a_o person_n have_v or_o at_o least_o by_o virtue_n and_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o person_n have_v supreme_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o community_n subject_n unto_o he_o now_o in_o this_o the_o doctor_n seem_v to_o be_v uniform_a to_o himself_o since_o he_o grant_v that_o the_o clergy_n can_v exercise_v this_o power_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n and_o so_o they_o act_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o authority_n but_o it_o will_v be_v just_o question_v whether_o the_o power_n be_v not_o in_o the_o king_n the_o authority_n be_v his_o for_o a_o legislative_a power_n wherever_o place_v be_v uncontrollable_a and_o self-sufficient_a and_o so_o the_o doctor_n tell_v we_o potestas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o if_o the_o power_n the_o jus_o condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la be_v in_o the_o clergy_n than_o that_o power_n be_v self-sufficient_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o consequence_n their_o act_n of_o legislation_n make_v know_v oblige_v the_o community_n eodem_fw-la omninò_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la princeps_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 84._o pag._n 84._o ferendo_fw-la leges_fw-la obligat_fw-la subditos_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la observationem_fw-la but_o perhaps_o we_o may_v be_v tell_v that_o a_o difference_n be_v here_o to_o be_v take_v between_o jus_o condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la and_o potestas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o then_o the_o doctor_n must_v be_v allow_v not_o to_o talk_v with_o coherence_n for_o he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v posse_fw-la de_fw-la novo_fw-la condi_fw-la leges_fw-la de_fw-la ritibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o personis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la omnibusque_fw-la sacri_fw-la cultûs_fw-la externi_fw-la circumstantiis_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinem_fw-la honestatem_fw-la &_o edificationem_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la extra_fw-la eas_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la traditae_fw-la which_o be_v in_o short_a that_o there_o be_v somewhere_o a_o legislative_a power_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a not_o determine_v in_o the_o scripture_n now_o this_o very_a power_n jus_fw-la condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la he_o place_n in_o ecclesiastical_a person_n wherefore_o the_o power_n which_o he_o ascribe_v to_o they_o in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n be_v a_o legislative_a power_n and_o some_o will_v question_v how_o much_o soever_o the_o clergy_n compliment_n the_o king_n whether_o they_o take_v not_o the_o restraint_n which_o they_o submit_v to_o to_o be_v a_o condescension_n nay_o that_o power_n be_v by_o he_o ascribe_v to_o the_o clergy_n in_o the_o very_a same_o expression_n wherein_o he_o express_v the_o king_n power_n 189._o pag._n 189._o for_o as_o he_o say_v jus_fw-la condendarum_fw-la legum_n 209._o pag._n 209._o be_v penes_fw-la unum_fw-la regem_fw-la so_o he_o tell_v we_o jus_fw-la condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la be_v penes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o will_v glad_o see_v the_o difference_n right_o state_v upon_o these_o principle_n the_o clergy_n have_v the_o power_n of_o make_v law_n or_o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n yet_o the_o exercise_n be_v restrainable_a by_o the_o king_n jus_fw-la condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la esse_fw-la penes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la aliasque_fw-la personas_fw-la à _fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la clero_fw-la ritè_fw-la electas_fw-la &_o legitimâ_fw-la synodo_fw-la congregatas_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la juris_fw-la exercitium_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la republicâ_fw-la christianâ_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la supremi_fw-la magistratûs_fw-la politici_fw-la pendere_fw-la debeat_fw-la idque_fw-la à _fw-la parte_fw-la ante_fw-la &_o à _fw-la parte_fw-la post_fw-la the_o king_n have_v the_o legislative_a power_n in_o civil_a affair_n yet_o the_o exercise_n be_v restrainable_a by_o the_o people_n cum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la penes_fw-la unum_fw-la regem_fw-la esse_fw-la jus_o condendarum_fw-la legum_n 189._o pag._n 189._o non_fw-la id_fw-la ità _fw-la intelligendum_fw-la quasi_fw-la vellemus_fw-la quicquam_fw-la regi_fw-la libuerit_fw-la jubere_fw-la id_fw-la continuò_fw-la legis_fw-la vim_o obtinere_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la consensum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la aliaque_fw-la non_fw-la nulla_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la constituendam_fw-la requiri_fw-la mox_fw-la ostendam_fw-la ergo_fw-la quere_z whether_o churchman_n be_v not_o supreme_a in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n as_o the_o king_n be_v in_o civil_a it_o will_v be_v say_v admit_v they_o be_v yet_o that_o power_n may_v be_v very_o consistent_a with_o monarchy_n for_o which_o purpose_n one_o need_v but_o transcribe_v with_o very_o little_a variation_n the_o doctor_n be_v word_n apply_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o lawgiver_n in_o temporal_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a lawgiver_n 203._o pag._n 203._o posse_fw-la duo_fw-la haec_fw-la regis_fw-la inquam_fw-la consensum_fw-la &_o supremum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_n in_fw-la ferendis_fw-la legibus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o amicè_fw-la satis_fw-la consistere_fw-la praeterea_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la nulla_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la repugnantia_fw-la vel_fw-la inde_fw-la constare_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la angliae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la clerici_fw-la quorum_fw-la supremam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la ante_fw-la infoelicissima_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la omnes_fw-la huius_fw-la regni_fw-la incolae_fw-la prolixissimè_fw-la semper_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la nunquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la legislativam_fw-la svam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ità _fw-la exercuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la regum_fw-la suorum_fw-la consensu_fw-la leges_fw-la aliquas_fw-la condiderint_fw-la now_o whether_o the_o doctor_n be_v reflection_n upon_o they_o that_o feign_v a_o power_n coordinate_a with_o the_o king_n nay_o whether_o his_o imputation_n of_o perjury_n upon_o they_o who_o deny_v the_o king_n a_o legislative_a power_n after_o have_v swear_v that_o he_o be_v supreme_a head_n and_o governor_n over_o all_o cause_n and_o person_n as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a will_v not_o fall_v upon_o himself_o some_o will_v question_v 191._o pag._n 191._o and_o they_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o one_o of_o they_o that_o believe_v contradictoria_fw-la posse_fw-la simul_fw-la esse_fw-la vera_fw-la and_o thus_o again_o they_o argue_v out_o of_o he_o 188._o pag._n 188._o in_o statu_fw-la monarchico_fw-la unius_fw-la regis_fw-la personae_fw-la inhaeret_fw-la summa_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o a_o monarchy_n the_o supreme_a power_n be_v inherent_a in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n only_o but_o we_o be_v a_o monarchy_n therefore_o the_o supreme_a power_n be_v inherent_a in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o king_n only_o ibid._n ibid._n he_o be_v omnium_fw-la personarum_fw-la causarumque_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la regnis_fw-la supremus_fw-la imò_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la supremus_fw-la moderator_n make_v of_o law_n either_o in_o ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a matter_n be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n therefore_o the_o right_n of_o make_v law_n 192._o pag._n 192._o in_o the_o one_o as_o well_o tother_o be_v in_o the_o king_n in_o who_o the_o supreme_a power_n be_v inherent_a not_o in_o churchman_n but_o if_o one_o may_v dispute_v the_o authority_n of_o so_o great_a a_o man_n one_o may_v be_v bold_a to_o ask_v what_o proof_n there_o be_v that_o what_o he_o assert_v about_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n be_v consentaneous_a &_o doctrinae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n &_o regni_fw-la 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