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priest_n and_o bishop_n ought_v like_o aaron_n and_o abiathar_n to_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o their_o censure_n chap._n vii_o the_o objection_n of_o the_o divine_n of_o louvain_n and_o other_o jesuit_n against_o the_o former_a doctrine_n of_o the_o prince_n his_o authority_n over_o the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a answer_v and_o the_o foresay_a truth_n sufficient_o prove_v by_o the_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o father_n and_o council_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o pope_n and_o papist_n themselves_o but_o against_o this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o prince_n his_o authority_n to_o rectify_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v amiss_o and_o out_o of_o order_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n obj._n the_o jesuit_n and_o their_o follower_n tell_v we_o spirituales_fw-la dignitates_fw-la praestantiores_fw-la essâ_n secularibus_fw-la seu_fw-la mundanis_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la that_o the_o spiritual_a dignity_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o those_o that_o be_v worldly_a when_o 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that_o rule_v the_o night_n and_o receive_v her_o clear_a light_n from_o the_o sun_n as_o all_o christian_a kingdom_n do_v receive_v their_o best_a light_n and_o sure_a rule_n of_o government_n from_o the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o pillar_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o truth_n but_o to_o these_o that_o thus_o make_v the_o civil_a government_n subordinate_a to_o that_o which_o be_v spiritual_a as_o both_o the_o papist_n and_o our_o fanatick-sectary_n here_o among_o we_o like_o the_o old_a dote_a donatist_n will_v do_v and_o so_o abridge_v and_o deprive_v the_o christian_a prince_n of_o his_o just_a right_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o affair_n and_o person_n of_o the_o church_n i_o answer_v sol._n 1._o that_o symbolical_a proposition_n example_n parable_n comparison_n and_o similitude_n can_v prove_v nothing_o they_o may_v serve_v for_o some_o illustration_n but_o for_o no_o infallible_a demonstration_n of_o truth_n sacrilege_n isidorus_n in_o glossa_fw-la in_o gen._n 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because_o they_o be_v subject_a unto_o it_o and_o so_o to_o be_v rule_v by_o it_o 4._o and_o last_o i_o say_v that_o the_o regal_a government_n or_o temporal_a state_n and_o civil_a government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v not_o mere_o secular_a and_o worldly_a as_o if_o king_n and_o prince_n and_o other_o civil_a magistrate_n be_v to_o take_v no_o care_n of_o man_n soul_n and_o future_a happiness_n which_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v and_o not_o to_o say_v with_o cain_n nunquid_fw-la ego_fw-la custos_fw-la fratris_fw-la am_n i_o oblige_v to_o look_v what_o shall_v become_v of_o their_o soul_n but_o they_o be_v call_v secular_a state_n and_o civil_a government_n because_o the_o great_a though_o not_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o their_o time_n and_o employment_n be_v spend_v about_o civil_a affair_n and_o the_o outward_a happiness_n of_o the_o kingdom_n even_o as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a person_n be_v bind_v to_o provide_v for_o the_o poor_a and_o to_o procure_v peace_n and_o 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they_o say_v as_o i_o have_v say_v even_o now_o that_o similitude_n and_o example_n nihil_fw-la
not_o otherwise_o by_o this_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d make_v like_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o that_o he_o be_v indeed_o the_o son_n of_o god_n 3._o hebr._n 7_o 3._o even_o as_o nabuchadnezzar_n say_v the_o four_o man_n that_o walk_v with_o the_o three_o child_n in_o the_o fiery-furnace_n be_v like_a unto_o the_o son_n of_o god_n 3.25_o dan._n 3.25_o whereby_o he_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v none_o other_o than_o the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o come_v there_o to_o preserve_v his_o servant_n so_o here_o the_o apostle_n in_o say_v that_o he_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d make_v like_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o god_n mean_v without_o question_n that_o this_o melchisedec_n or_o this_o christ_n that_o meet_v abraham_n assume_v now_o a_o body_n of_o the_o same_o likeness_n habit_n and_o countenance_n as_o afterward_o he_o mean_v to_o unite_v personal_o unto_o himself_o for_o that_o it_o be_v un_o usual_a thing_n in_o scripture_n to_o say_v that_o he_o which_o be_v be_v like_a unto_o himself_o as_o that_o saint_n paul_n be_v like_o saint_n paul_n as_o where_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o christ_n be_v find_v in_o shape_n or_o fashion_n 8._o phil._n 2.7_o 8._o as_o a_o man_n and_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n and_o be_v make_v in_o the_o likeness_n of_o man_n that_o be_v he_o be_v make_v indeed_o a_o true_a perfect_a and_o a_o natural_a man_n reason_n 5._o reason_n 5._o because_o abraham_n do_v give_v unto_o this_o melchisedec_n the_o tithe_n of_o all_o that_o be_v take_v from_o four_o king_n a_o great_a booty_n as_o perceive_v under_o that_o visible_a shape_n and_o form_n of_o man_n a_o invisible_a deity_n to_o subsist_v to_o who_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v only_o due_a and_o everlasting_o due_a to_o he_o and_o to_o none_o but_o to_o he_o as_o the_o lord_n say_v himself_o 27.30_o levit._fw-la 27.30_o all_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n be_v the_o lord_n that_o be_v the_o lord_n christ_n because_o he_o be_v the_o 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