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de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccles._n sect_n 7._o prop._n 2._o where_o he_o write_v thus_o clerici_fw-la sunt_fw-la exempti_fw-la a_o tributis_fw-la non_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la sed_fw-la priâ—ulegio_fw-la principuâ—_n hoc_fw-la express_v dicit_fw-la d._n thomas_n super_fw-la illum_fw-la locum_fw-la roman_n 13._o ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o tributa_fw-la praestatis_fw-la et_fw-la dicit_fw-la hanc_fw-la exemptionem_fw-la habere_fw-la equitatem_fw-la quamâ—â—â—_n non_fw-la autem_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la that_o final_o however_o this_o be_v certain_o true_a yet_o soto_n infer_v out_o of_o that_o reason_n of_o st._n thomas_n not_o a_o congruency_n but_o a_o necessity_n for_o as_o we_o have_v see_v before_o thus_o he_o discourse_v whereas_o tribut_n custom_n and_o other_o public_a tax_n be_v pay_v to_o king_n for_o their_o maintenance_n and_o as_o a_o reward_n or_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o labour_n they_o undergo_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o whereas_o 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as_o pretend_v from_o either_o to_o infer_v his_o purpose_n for_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o as_o a_o reward_n or_o satisfaction_n that_o public_a tax_n be_v pay_v to_o king_n but_o also_o as_o necessary_a enablement_n to_o they_o for_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n nor_o be_v the_o care_n trouble_n solicitude_n pain_n or_o vexation_n of_o clerk_n any_o way_n near_o that_o which_o be_v of_o king_n nor_o also_o can_v the_o pain_n of_o any_o they_o be_v whatever_o it_o be_v of_o any_o and_o we_o know_v many_o or_o most_o take_v but_o little_a pain_n respective_o be_v undertake_v common_o and_o so_o direct_o and_o proper_o for_o the_o commonwealth_n as_o the_o labour_n of_o king_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v and_o as_o natural_a reason_n itself_o require_v and_o show_v they_o must_v be_v beside_o do_v not_o even_o st._n thomas_n himself_o express_o teach_v above_o on_o the_o 13._o to_o
and_o therefore_o say_v also_o by_o consequence_n that_o he_o lie_v under_o some_o constraint_n and_o some_o necessity_n and_o some_o bond_n tie_n or_o obligation_n to_o pay_v that_o didrachma_fw-la yet_o be_v it_o not_o consequent_a that_o i_o say_v he_o want_v that_o freedom_n or_o any_o such_o freedom_n which_o be_v simple_o such_o or_o lay_v under_o any_o constrrint_n or_o necessity_n which_o be_v simple_o such_o or_o even_o under_o any_o bond_n tie_n or_o obligation_n at_o least_o of_o justice_n simple_o such_o or_o which_o may_v oblige_v he_o under_o sin_n or_o the_o penalty_n of_o sin_n or_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o tribute_n law_n itself_o to_o pay_v any_o tribute_n for_o the_o rest_n of_o my_o discourse_n most_o evident_o show_v i_o mean_v thereby_o no_o other_o constraint_n necessity_n or_o obligation_n but_o such_o as_o be_v secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la or_o diminutive_o such_o even_o such_o as_o john_n the_o xxii_o himself_o allow_v even_o such_o as_o our_o saviour_n himself_o mean_v by_o say_v ut_fw-la non_fw-la scandalizemus_fw-la eos_fw-la da_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o even_o such_o final_o as_o arise_v only_o from_o the_o law_n of_o love_n and_o of_o that_o divine_a love_n which_o tell_v he_o it_o be_v not_o fit_v for_o he_o to_o give_v cause_n of_o scandal_n to_o the_o weak_a one_o by_o his_o own_o refusal_n or_o denial_n or_o failer_z and_o which_o make_v he_o at_o last_o to_o give_v his_o life_n for_o they_o that_o take_v it_o from_o he_o and_o therefore_o also_o it_o be_v not_o consequent_a that_o by_o any_o thing_n or_o word_n say_v in_o that_o passage_n of_o my_o page_n 239_o i_o join_v or_o concur_v with_o marsilius_n or_o jandunus_fw-la in_o this_o first_o article_n of_o they_o not_o even_o as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o word_n much_o less_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o that_o article_n condemn_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o xxii_o beside_o it_o be_v clear_a enough_o that_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o my_o thesis_fw-la against_o bellarmine_n argument_n 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general_n thesis_fw-la only_o that_o be_v to_o the_o general_a doctrine_n only_o of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o that_o wherever_o they_o swerve_v from_o that_o i_o do_v from_o they_o and_o where_o that_o church_n condemn_v they_o i_o also_o condemn_v they_o nay_o and_o that_o i_o be_o content_a likewise_o to_o condemn_v they_o where_o ever_o john_n the_o xxii_o himself_o alone_o or_o in_o this_o bull_n of_o he_o condemn_v they_o and_o yet_o hold_v still_o constant_o to_o my_o thesis_fw-la for_o and_o forasmuch_o as_o concern_v their_o second_o complex_fw-la article_n viz._n quod_fw-la b._n petrus_n apostolus_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la habuit_fw-la quam_fw-la alii_fw-la apostoli_fw-la habuerint_fw-la nec_fw-la aliorum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la fuit_fw-la caput_fw-la item_n quod_fw-la christus_fw-la nullum_fw-la caput_fw-la dimisit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquem_fw-la vicarium_fw-la suum_fw-la fecit_fw-la it_o be_v plain_a it_o concern_v not_o our_o present_a controversy_n of_o the_o exemption_n of_o clergieman_n or_o that_o even_o of_o the_o very_a apostle_n themselves_o or_o that_o even_o sail_v also_o of_o s._n peter_n himself_o from_o the_o temporal_a power_n and_o in_o temporal_a matter_n for_o that_o peter_n shall_v have_v have_v that_o be_v actual_o and_o immediate_o from_o christ_n himself_o have_v more_o authority_n than_o the_o other_o apostle_n have_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v make_v or_o be_v actual_o make_v the_o head_n of_o they_o all_o and_o that_o christ_n shall_v have_v or_o have_v leave_v some_o one_o head_n to_o the_o church_n and_o make_v &_o leave_v some_o one_o his_o own_o vicar_n which_o be_v the_o contradictory_n of_o this_o second_o article_n of_o marsilius_n and_o jandunus_fw-la argue_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o the_o exemption_n from_o temporal_a prince_n in_o temporal_a matter_n of_o as_o much_o as_o peter_n himself_o or_o of_o he_o that_o have_v that_o great_a authority_n or_o of_o that_o 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in_o general_a both_o his_o definition_n and_o reason_n in_o this_o bull_n and_o in_o particular_a what_o he_o reason_n and_o define_v against_o this_o second_o article_n as_o not_o as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o least_o touch_v i_o or_o my_o thesis_fw-la of_o the_o subjection_n of_o all_o clergiem_n whether_o apostle_n or_o not_o apostle_n and_o even_o of_o the_o very_a spiritual_a prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n peter_n himself_o in_o temporal_a matter_n to_o the_o supreme_a temporal_a respective_a prince_n within_o who_o dominion_n they_o live_v for_o likewise_o as_o for_o the_o three_o of_o those_o article_n or_o this_o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la spectat_fw-la papam_fw-la instituere_fw-la &_o destituere_fw-la ac_fw-la punire_fw-la as_o the_o say_v john_n the_o xxii_o relate_v it_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o bull_n or_o this_o other_o form_n of_o it_o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la spectat_fw-la papam_fw-la corrigere_fw-la &_o punire_fw-la ac_fw-la instituere_fw-la 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archiepiscopum_fw-la &_o si_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la defuerit_fw-la in_o justitia_fw-la exhibenda_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la perveniendum_fw-la est_fw-la postremò_fw-la ut_fw-la praecepto_fw-la ipsius_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la controversia_fw-la terminetur_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la ulteriùs_fw-la procedere_fw-la absque_fw-la assensu_fw-la regis_fw-la 7._o si_fw-mi calumnia_fw-la emerserit_fw-la inter_fw-la clericum_fw-la &_o laicum_fw-la vel_fw-la è_fw-la conuerso_fw-la de_fw-la ullo_fw-la tenemento_fw-it quod_fw-la clericus_fw-la velit_fw-la ad_fw-la cleemosynam_fw-la attrahere_fw-la laicus_fw-la verò_fw-la ad_fw-la laicum_fw-la sendum_fw-la recognitione_n duodecim_fw-la legalium_fw-la hominum_fw-la per_fw-la capitalis_fw-la justitiae_fw-la regis_fw-la considerationem_fw-la terminabitur_fw-la utrum_fw-la tenementum_fw-la sit_fw-la pertinens_fw-la ad_fw-la cleemosynam_fw-la five_o ad_fw-la feudum_fw-la laicum_fw-la coram_fw-la 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accusare_fw-la eos_fw-la vicecome_v requifitus_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la faciet_fw-la jurare_fw-la duodecem_fw-la legales_fw-la homines_fw-la de_fw-la visueto_n seu_fw-la de_fw-fr villa_n coram_fw-la episcopo_fw-la quoth_v jude_v veritatem_fw-la secundum_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la svam_fw-la manifestabunt_fw-la 3._o archiepiscopi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o
universae_fw-la personae_fw-la regni_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la &_o habent_fw-la possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la de_fw-la dominico_fw-la regis_fw-la sicut_fw-la baroniam_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la respondent_fw-la justitiis_fw-la &_o ministris_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o sequuntur_fw-la &_o faciunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regias_fw-la &_o rectitudines_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la ceteri_fw-la barones_n debent_fw-la interest_n judiciis_fw-la curiae_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la cum_fw-la baronibus_fw-la usque_fw-la perveniatur_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la ad_fw-la diminutionem_fw-la membrorum_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la 4._o si_fw-mi quisquam_fw-la de_fw-la proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la diffortiaverit_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la vel_fw-la episcopo_fw-la vel_fw-la archidiacono_n de_fw-fr se_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la justitiam_fw-la exhibere_fw-la rex_fw-la debet_fw-la justitiare_fw-la &_o si_fw-la fortè_fw-la aliquis_fw-la 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pedes_fw-la ad_fw-la milliare_fw-la unum_fw-la incedere_fw-la valeam_fw-la tibi_fw-la qui_fw-la metropolitani_n officium_fw-la quoad_fw-la omne_fw-la assumis_fw-la &_o utrum_fw-la bene_fw-la a_o male_a vide_fw-la concilium_fw-la tridentinum_n committimus_fw-la ut_fw-la juxta_fw-la harum_fw-la literarum_fw-la tenorem_fw-la omnes_fw-la vicarios_fw-la apostolicos_fw-la episcopales_fw-la &_o reliquos_fw-la qui_fw-la adesse_fw-la deberent_fw-la admoneas_fw-la ut_fw-la eidem_fw-la conventui_fw-la adsint_fw-la vel_fw-la se_fw-la legitime_fw-la excusent_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la dominationi_fw-la vestrae_fw-la prospera_fw-la cuncta_fw-la optans_fw-la cesso_fw-la vestrae_fw-la reverendae_fw-la dominationis_fw-la amicus_fw-la &_o servus_n eugenius_n killmorensis_n dat._v february_n 22._o 1665._o s_o v._o and_o yet_o i_o must_v here_o advertise_v the_o reader_n that_o notwithstanding_o this_o bishop_n fair_a compliance_n in_o so_o much_o yet_o as_o he_o come_v not_o nor_o indeed_o can_v come_v 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