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waldensis_n thus_o conclude_v ecce_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la incipit_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la &_o currit_fw-la per_fw-la cunctos_fw-la executores_fw-la justitiae_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la inciperet_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la &_o sola_fw-la executio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la manaret_fw-la in_o principem_fw-la 52._o ecce_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la imperator_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la quamvis_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la christianus_n homo_fw-la tamen_fw-la nec_fw-la homo_fw-la nec_fw-la christianus_n homo_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la imperator_fw-la nec_fw-la christianus_n imperator_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la quamvis_fw-la per_fw-la pontificem_fw-la fidelis_fw-la sit_fw-la imperator_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la unde_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la et_fw-la nunquid_fw-la spiritus_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o pontifice_fw-la tertullianus_n intendi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la profecto_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o sacerdotio_fw-la provenit_fw-la a_o cujus_fw-la dono_fw-la animam_fw-la non_fw-la accepit_fw-la potestatis_fw-la regiae_n primum_fw-la initium_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la manat_fw-la in_o subditas_fw-la potestates_fw-la as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a as_o i_o shall_v here_o demonstrate_v against_o all_o papal_a or_o pontifical_a pretence_n to_o the_o contrary_n for_o method_n sake_n i_o shall_v digest_v the_o sum_n of_o my_o first_o book_n into_o these_o 5._o proposition_n 1._o that_o from_o adam_n creation_n till_o the_o law_n give_v by_o god_n to_o moses_n and_o by_o he_o unto_o the_o israelite_n his_o peculiar_a people_n the_o supreme_a 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vest_v the_o one_o in_o moses_n josuah_n david_n solomon_n and_o their_o royal_a successor_n the_o other_o in_o aaron_n his_o son_n and_o tribe_n of_o levi_n leave_v the_o sovereign_n ecclesiastical_a power_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o person_n cause_n still_o annex_v to_o the_o kingly_a or_o supreme_a magistratical_a office_n and_o reside_v in_o the_o king_n or_o chief_a civil_a officer_n as_o before_o transfer_v to_o priest_n only_o the_o ministerial_a priestly_a office_n not_o the_o sovereign_n spiritual_a jurisdiction_n the_o same_o in_o kind_n with_o a_o real_a part_n of_o and_o various_a dispensation_n only_o from_o the_o civil_a supremacy_n 3_o that_o the_o supreme_a government_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a after_o christ_n incarnation_n under_o the_o gospel_n be_v vest_v in_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o god_n and_o man_n only_o as_o he_o be_v the_o king_n not_o priest_n or_o prophet_n of_o the_o church_n his_o priestly_a and_o prophetical_a office_n be_v unite_v to_o his_o 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ever_o the_o zeal_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n will_v perform_v this_o isaiah_n 33._o 22._o forth_o lord_n be_v our_o judge_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o law_n giver_n the_o lord_n be_v our_o king_n he_o will_v save_v we_o jer._n 23._o 5_o 6._o the_o day_n come_v say_v the_o lord_n that_o i_o will_v raise_v 〈◊〉_d avid_n a_o righteous_a branch_n and_o a_o king_n shall_v reign_v and_o prosper_v and_o shall_v execute_v judgement_n and_o justice_n in_o the_o earth_n in_o his_o day_n judah_n shall_v be_v save_v and_o israel_n 〈◊〉_d dwell_v safe_o and_o this_o be_v his_o name_n wherewith_o he_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o lord_n our_o righteousness_n etc._n etc._n ezek._n 27._o 22_o 24_o 25._o and_o they_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o two_o nation_n neither_o shall_v they_o be_v divide_v into_o two_o kingdom_n any_o more_o at_o all_o and_o david_n my_o servant_n shall_v be_v king_n ever_o they_o and_o they_o all_o shall_v have_v one_o shepherd_n and_o they_o shall_v also_o walk_v in_o my_o judgement_n and_o observe_v my_o statute_n and_o do_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n which_o i_o have_v give_v unto_o jacob_n my_o servant_n wherein_o your_o father_n have_v dwell_v and_o they_o shall_v dwell_v therein_o even_o they_o and_o their_o child_n and_o their_o child_n child_n for_o ever_o and_o my_o servant_n david_n shall_v be_v their_o prince_n for_o ever_o hosea_n 3._o 5._o &_o ch_z 13._o 9_o 10._o afterwards_o shall_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n return_n and_o seek_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o david_n their_o king_n and_o shall_v fear_v the_o lord_n and_o his_o goodâ—esse_n in_o the_o latter_a day_n o_o israel_n thou_o have_v 〈◊〉_d thyself_o but_o in_o i_o be_v thy_o help_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o king_n where_o be_v any_o other_o that_o may_v save_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o city_n jer._n 33._o 15_o 16_o 17._o chap._n 8._o 19_o ch_n 9_o 10._o in_o those_o day_n and_o at_o that_o time_n will_v i_o cause_v the_o branch_n of_o righteousness_n to_o 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kingdom_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o daughter_n of_o jerusalem_n now_o why_o do_v thou_o cry_v out_o aloud_o be_v there_o no_o king_n in_o thou_o zach_n 9_o 9_o rejoice_v great_o o_o daughter_n of_o zion_n shout_n o_o daughter_n of_o jerusalem_n behold_v thy_o king_n come_v unto_o thou_o he_o be_v be_v just_a have_v salvation_n lowly_a and_o ride_v upon_o a_o ass_n and_o upon_o a_o colt_n the_o foal_n of_o a_o ass_n actualy_n fulfil_v at_o christ_n triumphant_a ride_v into_o jerusalem_n and_o cry_v 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o son_n of_o david_n bless_a be_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o bless_v be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o our_o father_n david_n 47._o that_o come_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n hosanna_n in_o the_o high_a as_o all_o the_o four_o evangelist_n record_v zech_n
14._o 9_o 16._o and_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v king_n over_o all_o the_o earth_n and_o in_o that_o day_n shall_v there_o be_v one_o lord_n and_o his_o name_n one._n and_o it_o shall_v câ—me_v to_o pass_v that_o every_o one_o that_o be_v leave_v of_o all_o the_o nation_n that_o come_v against_o jerusalem_n shall_v even_o go_v up_o from_o year_n to_o year_n to_o worship_v the_o king_n the_o lord_n of_o hosits_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v subjoin_v these_o prophecy_n of_o king_n david_n himself_o concern_v the_o kingship_n and_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n god_n son_n of_o his_o seed_n psalm_n 2._o 6_o 7_o 8._o yet_o have_v i_o set_v my_o king_n upon_o my_o holy_a hill_n of_o zion_n i_o will_v declare_v the_o decree_n the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o i_o thou_o be_v my_o son_n this_o day_n have_v i_o beget_v thou_o ask_v of_o i_o and_o i_o shall_v give_v thou_o the_o heathen_a for_o thy_o inheritance_n and_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o thy_o possession_n thou_o shall_v 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prophesy_v of_o by_o david_n as_o one_o principal_a part_n both_o of_o their_o and_o all_o other_o christian_n duty_n and_o felicity_n upon_o earth_n psal_n 145._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o all_o thy_o work_n shall_v praise_v thou_o o_o lord_n and_o thy_o saint_n shall_v bless_v thou_o they_o shall_v speak_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n and_o talk_v of_o thy_o power_n to_o make_v know_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n his_o mighty_a act_n and_o the_o glorious_a majesty_n of_o his_o kingdom_n thy_o kingdom_n be_v a_o everlasting_a kingdom_n and_o thy_o dominion_n endure_v through_o all_o generation_n in_o pursuance_n of_o which_o duty_n king_n david_n himself_o pen_v two_o special_a psalm_n of_o praise_n ps_n 45._o 1._o my_o heart_n be_v indite_v a_o good_a matter_n i_o speak_v of_o the_o thing_n i_o have_v make_v for_o the_o king_n etc._n etc._n gird_v thy_o sword_n not_o peter_n or_o the_o pope_n key_n upon_o thy_o thigh_n o_o most_o mighty_a with_o thy_o glory_n and_o thy_o 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which_o time_n this_o emperor_n send_v a_o imperial_a edict_n to_o pope_n constantine_n per_fw-la quam_fw-la jussit_fw-la eum_fw-la ad_fw-la regiam_fw-la ascendere_fw-la urbem_fw-la constantinople_n qui_fw-la jussis_fw-la imperialibus_fw-la attemperans_fw-la illico_fw-la navigia_fw-la fecit_fw-la parari_fw-la and_o go_v to_o constantinople_n the_o emperor_n be_v then_o at_o nice_a command_v he_o to_o meet_v he_o at_o nicomedia_n which_o he_o do_v where_o the_o next_o lord_n day_n he_o say_v mass_n and_o administer_v the_o communion_n to_o the_o emperor_n the_o emperor_n there_o renew_v all_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n give_v this_o pope_n leave_v to_o return_v again_o to_o rome_n after_o which_o anastatius_fw-la the_o emperor_n send_v a_o second_o edict_n by_o the_o exarch_n of_o italy_n to_o rome_n per_fw-la quam_fw-la verae_fw-la se_fw-la orthodoxa_fw-la fidei_fw-la praedicatorem_fw-la &_o sancti_fw-la sexti_fw-la concilii_fw-la confessorem_fw-la esse_fw-la omnibus_fw-la 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ecclesiastical_a matter_n express_v in_o his_o epistle_n he_o conclude_v it_o thus_o tu_fw-la prosperitas_fw-la regni_fw-la tu_fw-la salus_fw-la populi_fw-la tu_fw-la decus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tu_fw-la omnium_fw-la protectio_fw-la fidelium_fw-la christi_fw-la nobis_fw-la igitur_fw-la sub_fw-la umbrae_fw-la potentiae_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la tegmine_fw-la pietatis_fw-la tua_fw-la divina_fw-la concessit_fw-la gratia_fw-la religiosam_fw-la ducere_fw-la vitam_fw-la atque_fw-la secura_fw-la quiet_a deo_fw-la christo_fw-la deservire_fw-la ideo_fw-la sollicita_fw-la ment_fw-la &_o pia_fw-la intention_n pro_fw-la tua_fw-la prosperitate_fw-la &_o salute_v curam_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o intercedere_fw-la justum_fw-la &_o necessarium_fw-la habemus_fw-la domine_fw-la desiderantissime_fw-la atque_fw-la omni_fw-la honore_fw-la dignissime_fw-la david_n rex_fw-la in_o his_o 1649_o epist_n 106._o ad_fw-la karolum_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la he_o have_v this_o passage_n unde_fw-la patenter_fw-la cognosci_fw-la poterit_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la imperatoriae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la potestatem_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ad_fw-la solum_fw-la mundi_fw-la regimen_fw-la sed_fw-la maxim_n ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesidium_n et_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la decorem_fw-la collatum_fw-la siquidem_fw-la praeter_fw-la imperiales_fw-la et_fw-la publicas_fw-la curas_fw-la evangelicas_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la academicis_fw-la vestris_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la enucleandas_fw-la inquiritis_fw-la etc._n etc._n epistola_fw-la 83_o &_o 84._o contain_v a_o admonition_n of_o this_o charles_n to_o pope_n leo_n where_o he_o style_v himself_o karolus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o defensor_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la wherein_o among_o other_o thing_n he_o admonish_v this_o pope_n who_o promise_v to_o do_v he_o fealty_n upon_o the_o certificate_n of_o the_o charter_n of_o his_o election_n send_v to_o he_o de_n simoniaca_n subvertenda_fw-la haeresi_fw-la quae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la corpus_fw-la multis_fw-la malè_fw-la maculat_v in_fw-la locis_fw-la then_o inform_v the_o pope_n nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la aurilium_fw-la divinae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ubique_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ab_fw-la incursu_fw-la paganorum_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la infidelium_fw-la devastatione_n armis_fw-la defendere_fw-la foris_fw-la et_fw-la intus_fw-la catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la agnitione_n munire_fw-la vestram_fw-la est_fw-la sanctissime_fw-la pater_fw-la elevatis_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la cum_fw-la moysi_n manibus_fw-la nostram_fw-la adjuvare_fw-la militiam_fw-la quatenus_fw-la vobis_fw-la intercedentibus_fw-la deo_fw-la ductore_fw-la et_fw-la datore_fw-la 1748._o populus_fw-la christianus_n super_fw-la inimicos_fw-la svi_fw-la sancti_fw-la nominis_fw-la ubique_fw-la semper_fw-la habeat_fw-la victoriam_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o his_o poemata_fw-la section_n 221._o he_o write_v thus_o to_o he_o tu_fw-la decus_fw-la eccleclesiae_fw-la rector_n defensor_fw-la amator_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o rex_fw-la carolus_n caput_fw-la orbis_fw-la europae_n venerandus_fw-la apex_n altaque_fw-la disponens_fw-la venturae_fw-la moenia_fw-la romae_fw-la pâ—urima_fw-la nempe_fw-la tibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la emendanda_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la o_o 1744._o rex_fw-la o_o rector_n o_o decus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la grex_n est_fw-fr quip_n tuus_fw-la populus_fw-la tu_fw-la pastor_n ovilis_fw-la ipsa_fw-la caput_fw-la mundi_fw-la spectat_fw-la te_fw-la roma_fw-la patronum_fw-la rector_n et_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la rex_fw-la rite_n regatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o pater_fw-la o_o pastor_n rector_n spes_fw-la alma_fw-la tuorum_fw-la sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la vita_fw-la salus_fw-la sit_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la vale._n most_o of_o his_o write_n poem_n epistle_n be_v full_a of_o the_o like_a expression_n in_o few_o word_n he_o write_v of_o he_o 2._o plurimos_fw-la convertit_fw-la populos_fw-la ad_fw-la caritatem_fw-la christi_fw-la et_fw-la laudes_fw-la antiqui_fw-la saxones_n et_fw-la omnes_fw-la frisone_n populi_fw-la instant_n rege_fw-la karolo_n alios_fw-la praemiis_fw-la alios_fw-la minis_fw-la sollicitante_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la christi_fw-la conversi_fw-la sunt_fw-la beside_o many_o other_o charles_n the_o great_a while_o king_n of_o france_n the_o great_a protector_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o see_v of_o rome_n by_o his_o sovereign_a ecclesiastical_a authority_n 800_o out_o of_o sacred_a council_n and_o synod_n collect_v a_o book_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o constitution_n for_o the_o preservation_n and_o propagation_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n the_o peace_n good_a government_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n the_o discharge_n of_o his_o regal_a trust_n duty_n and_o salvation_n of_o his_o people_n soul_n which_o he_o enjoin_v all_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n priest_n monk_n clergyman_n and_o other_o his_o subject_n to_o observe_v thus_o prefaced_a by_o himself_o 519._o regnante_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la ego_fw-la karolus_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la ejusque_fw-la misericordia_fw-la donanâ—e_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-fr rector_n regni_fw-la francorum_fw-la et_fw-la devotus_fw-la sanctae_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la defensor_fw-la humilisque_fw-la ad_fw-la utor_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la pietutis_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la seu_fw-la seculari_fw-la potentiae_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la in_fw-la christo_fw-la deo_fw-la aeterno_fw-la perpetuae_fw-la pacis_fw-la et_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la salutem_fw-la considerans_fw-la pacifico_fw-la piae_fw-la mentis_fw-la intuitu_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o consiliariis_fw-la nostris_fw-la abundantem_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la nostrumque_fw-la populum_fw-la christi_fw-la regis_fw-la â—clementiam_fw-la et_fw-la quam_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n &_o ore_fw-la ejus_fw-la pietati_fw-la agâ—regratias_fw-la incessanter_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la continuo_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la exercitatione_n ejus_fw-la insistere_fw-la laudibus_fw-la quatenus_fw-la qui_fw-la nostro_fw-la regno_fw-la tantos_fw-la contulit_fw-la honores_fw-la sua_fw-la protectione_n nos_fw-la nostrumque_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la aeternum_fw-la conservare_fw-la dignetur_fw-la quapropter_fw-la placuit_fw-la nobis_fw-la vestram_fw-la rogare_fw-la solertiam_fw-la o_o pastor_n ecclesiarum_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o ductores_fw-la gregis_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o clarissima_fw-la mundi_fw-la luminaria_fw-la ut_fw-la vigili_fw-la cura_fw-la et_fw-la sedula_fw-la admonitione_n populum_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la pascua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ducere_fw-la studeatis_fw-la et_fw-la errantes_fw-la oves_fw-la bonorum_fw-la exemplo_fw-la operum_fw-la seu_fw-la adhortatione_fw-la humeris_fw-la intra_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la firmitatis_fw-la muros_fw-la reportare_fw-la satagatis_fw-la ne_fw-la lupus_fw-la insidians_fw-la aliquem_fw-la canonicas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la transgredientem_fw-la vel_fw-la paternas_fw-la traditiones_fw-la vniversalium_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la excedentem_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la inveniens_fw-la devoret_fw-la ideo_fw-la magnae_fw-la devotionis_fw-la study_v admonendi_fw-la &_o adhortandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la imo_fw-la compellendi_fw-la ut_fw-la firma_fw-la fide_fw-la et_fw-la infatigabili_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la intra_fw-la paternas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la se_fw-la contineant_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la operis_fw-la study_v sciat_fw-la certissime_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la nostram_fw-la vobis_fw-la cooperari_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la quapropter_fw-la et_fw-la nostros_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la direximus_fw-la missas_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la nostri_fw-la nominis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la una_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la corrigerent_n quae_fw-la corrigenda_fw-la essent_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la aliqua_fw-la capitula_fw-la ex_fw-la canonicis_fw-la institutionibus_fw-la quae_fw-la magis_fw-la vobis_fw-la necessaria_fw-la videbantur_fw-la subjunximus_fw-la ne_fw-fr aliquis_fw-la quaeso_fw-la huius_fw-la pietatis_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la esse_fw-la praesumptuosam_fw-la putet_fw-la vel_fw-la judicet_fw-la qua_fw-la nos_fw-la errata_fw-la corrigere_fw-la superflua_fw-la abscindere_fw-la recta_fw-la coarctare_fw-la studeamus_fw-la sed_fw-la magis_fw-la benevolo_fw-la charitatis_fw-la animo_fw-la suscipiat_fw-la nam_fw-la legimus_fw-la in_o regnorum_fw-la libris_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sanctus_fw-la josias_n regnum_fw-la sibi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la datum_fw-la circumeundo_fw-la corrigendo_fw-la &_o admonendo_fw-la cultum_fw-la very_fw-la dei_fw-la studuit_fw-la revocare_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o ejus_fw-la sanctitati_fw-la aquiparabilem_fw-la faciam_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la sint_fw-la ubique_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la semper_fw-la exempla_fw-la exsequenda_fw-la et_fw-la quoscunque_fw-la poterimus_fw-la ad_fw-la studium_fw-la bonae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la in_o laudem_fw-la et_fw-la in_o gloriam_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la congregare_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la quapropter_fw-la ut_fw-la praedirimus_fw-la aliqua_fw-la capitula_fw-la notare_fw-la jussimus_fw-la ut_fw-la simul_fw-la nec_fw-la eadem_fw-la vos_fw-la admonere_fw-la studeatis_fw-la et_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la vobis_fw-la alia_fw-la necessaria_fw-la esse_fw-la scitis_fw-la ut_fw-la et_fw-la ista_fw-la et_fw-la illa_fw-la aequali_fw-la intention_n praedicetis_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la vestrae_fw-la sanctitati_fw-la populoque_fw-la dei_fw-la utile_fw-la videatur_fw-la omittatis_fw-la sed_fw-la pio_fw-la study_v admoneatis_fw-la quatenus_fw-la et_fw-la vestra_fw-la solertia_fw-la subjectorum_fw-la obedientia_fw-la aeterna_fw-la faelicitate_fw-la ab_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la deo_fw-la remuneretur_fw-la these_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o he_o 7._o with_o the_o law_n of_o ludovicus_n pius_n his_o son_n and_o lothorius_fw-la collect_v 〈◊〉_d into_o 7_o book_n by_o abbot_n ansegisus_fw-la upon_o the_o command_n of_o ludovicus_n pius_n contain_v in_o they_o all_o matter_n concern_v the_o orthodox_n faith_n the_o canonical_a scripture_n 825._o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n &_o lord_n supper_n preach_v catechise_n sanctification_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n the_o ordination_n qualification_n duty_n elect_v installing_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n priest_n monk_n deacon_n their_o respective_a office_n duty_n order_n excess_n holy_a day_n church_n chapel_n tithis_n churchlands_n excommunication_n mass_n sacrilege_n simony_n appeal_n ecclesiastical_a judge_n synod_n consistory_n visitation_n vow_n marriage_n virginity_n altar_n church-ornament_n sanctuary_n
quis_fw-la contra_fw-la nostram_fw-la jussionem_fw-la facere_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la exilio_fw-la afficiatur_fw-la illud_fw-la enim_fw-la propter_fw-la superiores_fw-la tumultus_fw-la adjectum_fw-la videtur_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la vitanda_fw-la comitiorum_fw-la dissidia_fw-la 827._o aut_fw-la legati_fw-la regis_fw-la aut_fw-la rex_fw-la ipse_fw-la si_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la adessent_fw-la consecrationi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la interessent_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la subsequentibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la observatum_fw-la &_o postremo_fw-la nova_fw-la lege_fw-la sancitum_fw-la by_o reason_n of_o this_o new_a law_n 4._o gregory_n the_o four_o be_v elect_a pope_n anno_fw-la 827._o by_o the_o people_n sed_fw-la ante_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la quam_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la legatus_fw-la romam_fw-la veniens_fw-la electionem_fw-la populi_fw-la qualis_fw-la esset_fw-la examinavit_fw-la et_fw-la gregorius_n papatum_fw-la inire_fw-la noluit_fw-la futura_fw-la pericula_fw-la timens_fw-la donec_fw-la imperator_fw-la ejus_fw-la approbasset_fw-la electionem_fw-la this_o 835._o pope_n come_v to_o the_o emperor_n ludovicus_n in_o france_n under_o pretext_n to_o reconcile_v lotharius_n to_o his_o father_n but_o in_o truth_n to_o forment_fw-la and_o promote_v his_o son_n and_o some_o french_a and_o german_a bishop_n conspiracy_n to_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o empire_n for_o which_o they_o be_v afterward_o condemn_v and_o banish_v and_o to_o excommunicate_v those_o bishop_n who_o adhere_v to_o ludovicus_n they_o return_v he_o this_o answer_n si_fw-mi excomminaturus_fw-la adverniret_fw-la excommunicatus_fw-la abiret_fw-la who_o depart_v thence_o return_v not_o with_o that_o honour_n he_o expect_v the_o 404._o synod_n of_o mentz_n under_o the_o archbishop_n rabanus_n maurus_n assemble_v by_o the_o command_n of_o this_o emperor_n ludovicus_n pius_n anno_fw-la 829._o send_v all_o their_o canon_n with_o a_o preface_n before_o they_o to_o this_o emperor_n with_o this_o inscription_n domino_fw-la serenissimo_fw-la &_o christianissimo_fw-la regi_fw-la ludovico_n verae_fw-la religionis_fw-la serenissimo_fw-la rectori_fw-la ac_fw-la defensori_fw-la sanctae_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la uxore_fw-la &_o prole_fw-la sua_fw-la ejusque_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o salus_fw-la 829._o honour_n &_o benedictio_fw-la cum_fw-la victoria_fw-la sine_fw-la sive_fw-la mansura_fw-la dignissimae_fw-la reverentiae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la patefecimus_fw-la nos_fw-la humiles_fw-la simul_fw-la vestri_fw-la rabanus_n cum_fw-la coepiscopis_fw-la ejus_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherein_o they_o have_v this_o notable_a passage_n touch_v prince_n ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n petimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la antecessores_fw-la vestros_fw-la reges_fw-la atque_fw-la imperatores_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la vos_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la honorem_fw-la sancta_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la habuit_fw-la &_o per_fw-la immunitatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la possessiones_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la inconvulsae_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la manentesque_fw-la in_o eye_n semper_fw-la inlaesae_fw-la perseveraverunt_fw-la ita_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la modernis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la incontaminatae_fw-la permaneant_fw-la zelo_fw-la enum_fw-la dei_fw-la oportet_fw-la vos_fw-la defendere_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la christi_fw-la qui_fw-la vobis_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la terra_fw-la et_fw-la dominationem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la nullius_fw-la suggestiones_fw-la iniquas_fw-la vestram_fw-la concessionem_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o eleemosynam_fw-la vestram_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la christi_fw-la contulistis_fw-la sinatis_fw-la permutari_fw-la quia_fw-la inhonestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la christianis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la a_o christianis_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o paganis_fw-la regibus_fw-la tempore_fw-la gentilitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la collatum_fw-la est_fw-la vestris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la in_o vestro_fw-la regno_fw-la permutetur_fw-la nam_fw-la legimus_fw-la apud_fw-la 7._o esdram_n quod_fw-la artaxerxes_n rex_fw-la esdrae_fw-la scribae_fw-la legis_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la epistolam_fw-la mandaverit_fw-la ego_fw-la artaxerxes_n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr christianis_fw-la vero_fw-la regibus_fw-la &_o imperatoribus_fw-la non_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la aliqua_fw-la exempla_fw-la ponere_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la rectae_fw-la fidei_fw-la et_fw-la sani_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la a_o constantino_n imperatore_n qui_fw-la primus_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la christianam_fw-la religionem_fw-la defendere_fw-la atque_fw-la honorem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la amplificare_fw-la caepit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la study_v solerter_fw-la laboraverint_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la pacem_fw-la et_fw-la tranquillitatem_fw-la haberet_fw-la quatenus_fw-la cultus_fw-la dei_fw-la incontaminatus_fw-la foret_fw-la et_fw-la serviâ—e_fw-la jus_o sine_fw-la impedimento_fw-la deo_fw-la delectabiliter_fw-la deservirent_fw-la at_o the_o end_n of_o their_o last_o chapter_n they_o conclude_v with_o this_o petition_n to_o the_o emperor_n 428._o haec_fw-la vero_fw-la quae_fw-la vobis_fw-la transmissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la petimus_fw-la ut_fw-la vestra_fw-la authoritate_fw-la firmentur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la adversarius_fw-la illis_fw-la existere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la praevalere_fw-la non_fw-la permittatur_fw-la dei_fw-la enim_fw-la cooperatores_fw-la vos_fw-la esse_fw-la debetis_fw-la et_fw-la adjutores_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ejus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quatenn_n religio_fw-la christiana_n incontaminata_fw-la temporibus_fw-la regni_fw-la vestri_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la servetur_fw-la in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 829._o the_o religious_a emperor_n 1254._o lewes_n and_o lotharius_n command_v a_o general_a fast_o to_o be_v keep_v throughout_o their_o realm_n 829._o to_o divert_v god_n warth_fw-mi and_o judgement_n and_o likewise_o summon_v 4._o council_n at_o paris_n mentz_n lion_n and_o tholose_o to_o reform_v both_o in_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n church_n and_o state_n all_o sin_n vice_n error_n corruption_n contrary_a to_o god_n word_n which_o have_v bring_v plague_n war_n and_o other_o judgement_n on_o they_o to_o appease_v god_n wrath_n against_o they_o and_o their_o subject_n et_fw-la quia_fw-la nos_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la peccasse_fw-la cognoscimus_fw-la qua_fw-la forma_fw-la salutis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la esse_fw-la debuimus_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la curam_fw-la gerere_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la imperialem_fw-la pravorum_fw-la acta_fw-la ne_fw-la tantum_fw-la adcrescerent_fw-la corrigere_fw-la cupimus_fw-la write_v these_o emperor_n in_o their_o summons_n of_o and_o pious_a prologue_n to_o the_o council_n of_o paris_n wherefore_o totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sibi_fw-la commissae_fw-la mark_v it_o generalitati_fw-la consulere_fw-la gestientes_fw-la they_o summon_v these_o council_n to_o assist_v they_o in_o this_o their_o general_a desire_a reformation_n consultu_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la &_o optimatum_fw-la caeterorumque_fw-la fidelium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la whereupon_o the_o bishop_n and_o other_o assemble_v in_o the_o council_n of_o paris_n orthodoxorum_fw-la principum_fw-la jussionibus_fw-la obedientes_fw-la compile_v several_a constitution_n and_o rule_n for_o the_o reformation_n of_o themselves_o and_o other_o christian_n which_o they_o digest_v into_o three_o book_n the_o first_o for_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o corruption_n life_n of_o bishop_n priest_n monk_n abuse_n in_o god_n worship_n and_o profanation_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n the_o second_o describe_v the_o respective_a duty_n and_o regulate_v the_o enormity_n of_o king_n civil_a magistrate_n officer_n and_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n in_o relation_n to_o god_n worship_n and_o service_n the_o 3d._n relate_v both_o to_o king_n bishop_n priest_n and_o people_n in_o the_o 2d_o book_n they_o thus_o describe_v the_o office_n and_o duty_n of_o a_o king_n cap._n 1._o quid_fw-la sit_fw-la rex_fw-la quid_fw-la esse_fw-la quidque_fw-la cavere_fw-la debet_fw-la 9_o rex_fw-la a_o recte_fw-la agendo_fw-la voco_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la piè_fw-la &_o justè_fw-la &_o misericorditer_fw-la regit_fw-la merito_fw-la rex_fw-la appellatur_fw-la si_fw-la his_fw-la caruerit_fw-la non_fw-la rex_fw-la sed_fw-la tyrannus_n est_fw-la etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la rex_fw-la a_o regendo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la primò_fw-la ei_fw-la studendum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la semet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la suamque_fw-la domum_fw-la christi_fw-la adjuvante_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la ab_fw-la operibus_fw-la nequam_fw-la emaculet_fw-la bonisque_fw-la operibus_fw-la exuberare_fw-la faciat_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la caeteri_fw-la subjecti_fw-la bonum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la semper_fw-la capiant_fw-la ipse_fw-la etiam_fw-la salutiferis_fw-la christi_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la fideliter_fw-la atque_fw-la obedienter_fw-la obsecundet_fw-la &_o recte_fw-la agendo_fw-la eye_n quibus_fw-la temporaliter_fw-la imperat_fw-la in_o pace_n &_o concordia_fw-la atque_fw-la charitate_fw-la caeterorumque_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la exhibitione_n quantum_fw-la sibi_fw-la divinitus_fw-la datur_fw-la consistere_fw-la faciat_fw-la et_fw-la dictis_fw-la atque_fw-la exemplis_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la pietatis_fw-la et_fw-la justitiae_fw-la et_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la solerter_fw-la excitet_fw-la attendens_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la his_fw-la deo_fw-la rationem_fw-la redditurus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ita_fw-la agendo_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la regum_fw-la qui_fw-la deo_fw-la sincere_a serviendo_fw-la placuerunt_fw-la post_fw-la have_v peregrinationem_fw-la consors_fw-la efficiatur_fw-la de_fw-fr rege_fw-la autem_fw-la qualis_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la quid_fw-la cavere_fw-la debeat_fw-la 17._o ita_fw-la in_o deuteronomo_n 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