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A16835 The supremacie of Christian princes ouer all persons throughout theor dominions, in all causes so wel ecclesiastical as temporall, both against the Counterblast of Thomas Stapleton, replying on the reuerend father in Christe, Robert Bishop of VVinchester: and also against Nicolas Sanders his uisible monarchie of the Romaine Church, touching this controuersie of the princes supremacie. Ansvvered by Iohn Bridges. Bridges, John, d. 1618. 1573 (1573) STC 3737; ESTC S108192 937,353 1,244

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comprehend_v by_o it_o though_o he_o comprehend_v it_o not_o pag._n 14._o a._n m._n stapleton_n cap._n 7._o fol._n 68_o a_o m._n stapl._n order_n in_o this_o division_n stapl._n 68_o a._n m._n sta._n now_o at_o the_o length_n be_v drive_v to_o gra●…t_a prince_n some_o regiment_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n m._n stapleton_n grant_v also_o to_o prince_n supreme_a government_n in_o all_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n in_o natural_a and_o ordinary_a proposition_n the_o indefinite_a betoken_v the_o universal_a stap._n 68_o ●…_n ▪_o m._n stap_n ▪_o confess_v that_o the_o bishop_n have_v prove_v the_o full_a issue_n in_o question_n between_o m._n fecknham_n and_o he_o stap._n 68_o a_o m._n s●…apl_n grant_v of_o all_o that_o the_o bishop_n have_v hitherto_o allege_v esai_n 49._o whether_o the_o bishop_n example_n and_o allegation_n be_v grant_v of_o m._n stapl._n reach_v home_o or_o no._n the_o prince_n supreme_a governor_n of_o all_o and_o
every_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n what_o this_o supreme_a government_n be_v why_o king_n &_o queen_n be_v call_v nourisher_n and_o nurse_n of_o god_n church_n st●…p_n 67._o ●…_n m._n st●…p_n grant_n to_o constantine_n this_o supreme_a government_n and_o deny_v it_o to_o the_o queen_n majesty_n m._n stap._n go_v now_o about_o by_o wrangle_v to_o defeat_v all_o his_o former_a grant_n the_o princebeing_n call_v metaphorical_o as_o it_o be_v a_o bishop_n make_v no_o breach_n into_o the_o offico_fw-la of_o a_o bishop_n what_o these_o word_n bishop_n and_o nurse_n betoken_v although_o in_o deed_n the_o prince_n be_v neither_o nurse_n nor_o bishop_n stap._n 68_o a._n stapl._n 68_o b_o m._n stapl._n false_a translation_n of_o constantine●…_n word_n the_o sentence_n of_o constantine_n and_o the_o true_a meaning_n thereof_o euseb._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la const._n li._n 4._o how_o m._n stap._n understand_v inward_a thing_n and_o outward_a thing_n &_o how_o we_o understand_v they_o in_o constantine_n sentence_n the_o matter_n &_o manner_n of_o either_o bishoprik_n stapl._n 29._o b._n as_o m._n stapleton_n understand_v this_o sentence_n the_o turk_n be_v as_o good_a a_o bishop_n as_o a_o christian_n ▪_o prince_n procuration_n &_o execution_n of_o church_n matter_n the_o papist_n will_v have_v prince_n to_o be_v b●…t_v the_o priest_n proctor_n and_o executioner_n ▪_o at_o the_o most_o fol._n 69._o a._n the_o bishop_n allegation_n ou●…_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n 62._o b._n stap._n 69._o a_o ●…_n sta._n grant_v the_o bishop_n argument_n stap._n 69._o a_o m._n stapletons_n divinity_n stap._n 69._o ●…_n m._n stapleto●…_n up_o brayd_n the_o bishop_n divinity_n see_v what_o good_a divinity_n he_o himself_o make_v m._n stapl._n logic_n matth._n 22._o the_o new_a testament_n confirm_v the_o figure_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o subject_n may_v pay_v tribute_n ▪_o but_o they_o ought_v not_o all_o humanity_n i●…_n destroy_v by_o by_o m._n stapletons_n good_a divinity_n stap._n 69._o a_o the_o captious_a question_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o flat_a and_o general_a answer_n of_o christ_n m._n stapl._n dea_fw-la le●…h_o as_o captious_o as_o the_o jew_n a_o external_a prince_n a_o infidel_n prince_n luc._n 2._o stap._n 69._o a._n b_o by_o the_o name_n of_o cesar_n christ_n comprehend_v all_o prince_n christ_n answer_n a_o general_a commandment_n stapl._n 69._o b._n m._n sea._n manifest_a untru●…_n stap._n 69._o b_o by_o m._n stapletons_n exposition_n of_o christ_n sentence_n not_o all_o obedienc●…_n to_o prince_n 〈◊〉_d se●…e_v at_o liberty_n but_o all_o obedience_n to_o god._n the_o one_o part_n of_o the_o sentence_n bind_v asmuch_o as_o the_o other_o matth._n 22._o m._n stapletons_n grammar_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o this_o sentence_n clean_o contrary_a to_o master_n stapleton_n lib._n the_o fug_n in_o persecution_n in_o matth._n 22._o tract_n 21._o the_o same_o say_v m._n stapl._n orig._n ibid._n in._n 20._o luc._n homil_n 38._o in_o mat._n c●…_n 23._o in_o regula_fw-la monachorum_fw-la in_o matth._n 22._o homil_n 71._o in_o luc._n lib._n 9_o cap._n 20._o contr._n faustum_n manichaeu●…_n lib._n 22._o ca._n 74._o in._n 22._o math._n lyra_n in_o matth._n 22._o m._n stapletons_n contradiction_n stapl._n 69._o b._n stap._n 70._o ●…_n this_o admonition_n godly_a and_o necessary_a stap._n fol._n 70._o what_o a_o proper_a determination_n m._n sta._n make_v of_o christ_n sentence_n stapl._n 70._o a_o m._n stapleton_n measure_v our_o do_n by_o his_o own_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o pope_n with_o christian_n prince_n sta_n pag._n 70._o ●…_n the_o bishop_n further_a testimony_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n with_o the_o father_n judgement_n thereon_o the_o order_n of_o m._n stapletons_n answer_v stap._n pag._n 71._o b_o m._n stapletons_n manner_n at_o first_o to_o grant_n aoon_o after_o by_o some_o wrangle_a distinction_n to_o revoke_v his_o grant_n m._n sta._n grant_v the_o prince_n have_v the_o oversight_n as_o well_o of_o the_o first_o as_o the_o second_o table_n stapl._n pag._n 72._o stap._n pag._n 72._o m._n stapletons_n shift_n of_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n melancth_n five_o ▪_o supra_fw-la the_o prince_n deal_v neither_o with_o the_o first_o nor_o second_o table_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n but_o of_o the_o outward_a fact_n stap._n pag._n 7●…_n stapl._n 7●…_n b._n m._n stapl._n after_o his_o pinch_a take_v clean_o away_o his_o own_o grant_n m._n stapleton_n will_v prove_v contradiction_n to_o melancthon_n stap._n fol._n 72._o b_o m._n stapl._n subtle_a and_o false_a translate_n stap._n fol._n 73._o a._n m._n stapletons_n cavil_n agayoste_n mast._n nowell_n christian_n prin_fw-mi ces_fw-fr claim_n not_o supreme_a go●…ement_n without_o limitation_n but_o the_o pope_n clamy_v it_o stapl._n 73._o ●…_n the_o act_n of_o parliament_n sta._n pag._n 73._o ●…_n stap._n pag._n 73._o a_o stap._n pag._n 73._o a_o what_o manner_n of_o authority_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o supremacy_n require_v m._n stapletons_n quarrel_n at_o the_o bishop_n interpretation_n of_o this_o word_n godliness_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr trin_n cap._n 14._o s._n augustine_n exposition_n the_o exposition_n of_o other_o father_n chrysost._n in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o bomil_n 7_o amb●…osius_n in_o 1._o tim._n 2._o h●…ymo_fw-la in_fw-la 1._o tim_n 2._o glossa_fw-la interlineata_fw-la ●…ytanus_fw-la hugo_n card._n stapl._n 73._o b._n stap._n fol._n 73._o b_o stap._n fol._n 73._o b._n sta._n 73._o b._n the_o cause_n why_o the_o apostle_n teach_v obedience_n so_o earnest_o stap._n fol._n 72._o b_o stapl._n fol._n 73_o b_o a_o distinction_n between_o the_o the_o prince_n person_n or_o vice_n and_o his_o estate_n or_o office_n chrysost._n in_o rom._n stapl._n 73._o b._n the_o pope_n claim_v superiority_n in_o civil_a and_o temporal_a matter_n the_o pope_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o emperor_n subject_n by_o m._n staplet_n own_o grant_n chrysosto_n in_o rom._n 13._o homil_n 23._o why_o the_o prince_n be_v call_v god_n 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b._n the_o bishop_n proof_n