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to_o kill_v or_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o any_o man_n threaten_v to_o require_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o life_n of_o every_o man_n at_o his_o brother_n hand_n without_o make_v st._n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n cannibal_n and_o murderer_n yea_o beast_n and_o fowl_n instead_o of_o man_n who_o god_n only_o commission_v to_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o king_n captains_z mighty_a man_n free_a and_o bond_n rev._n 19_o 17_o 18._o i_o can_v discern_v 3_o st._n peter_n notwithstanding_o this_o invitation_n not_o simple_a command_n do_v 16._o neither_o kill_v nor_o eat_v any_o of_o these_o beast_n fowl_n but_o absolute_o refuse_v to_o do_v it_o whereupon_o they_o be_v take_v up_o again_o into_o heaven_n as_o the_o text_n relate_v how_o then_o come_v his_o pretend_a successor_n both_o to_o kill_v and_o eat_v when_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v either_o and_o to_o ground_v their_o supremacy_n thereon_o it_o seem_v they_o be_v now_o more_o hungry_a and_o voracious_a then_o st._n peter_n be_v then_o 4_o this_o whole_a history_n be_v no_o reality_n but_o a_o 11._o mere_a trance_n and_o vision_n wherein_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o beast_n creature_n as_o well_o clean_a as_o unclean_a by_o the_o 4_o levitical_a law_n which_o beast_n and_o fowl_n peter_n then_o conceive_v he_o may_v not_o lawful_o eat_v now_o the_o end_n of_o this_o vision_n be_v double_a first_o to_o instruct_v peter_n 31._o that_o the_o levitical_a law_n put_v a_o difference_n between_o unclean_a and_o clean_a beast_n be_v then_o total_o abolish_v and_o all_o of_o they_o to_o be_v free_o eat_v by_o jew_n as_o well_o as_o gentile_n 2._o that_o the_o 18._o gentile_n be_v now_o as_o holy_a and_o dear_a unto_o god_n as_o the_o jew_n christ_n have_v break_v down_o the_o wall_n of_o partition_n that_o be_v between_o they_o as_o the_o sequel_n of_o that_o chapter_n and_o peter_n himself_o relate_v chap_n 11._o now_o how_o this_o vision_n only_o to_o inform_v and_o instruct_v st._n peter_n judgement_n in_o these_o two_o particular_n can_v give_v he_o or_o the_o pope_n such_o a_o sovereign_a jurisdiction_n as_o they_o by_o head_n and_o shoulder_n deduce_v from_o it_o let_v all_o rational_a man_n resolve_v the_o seven_o commission_n the_o 3._o pontifician_n have_v find_v out_o give_v by_o christ_n to_o peter_n be_v that_o of_o matth._n 21._o 2_o 3._o then_o send_v jesus_n two_o disciple_n whereof_o the_o romanist_n aver_v peter_n to_o be_v one_o say_v unto_o they_o go_v you_o into_o the_o village_n over_o against_o you_o and_o straight_o way_n you_o shall_v find_v a_o ass_n tie_v and_o a_o colt_n with_o she_o loose_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o unto_o i_o and_o if_o any_o say_v aught_o unto_o you_o you_o shall_v say_v the_o lord_n have_v need_v of_o they_o and_o straightway_o they_o will_v send_v they_o and_o the_o disciple_n go_v and_o do_v as_o jesus_n command_v they_o from_o whence_o they_o infer_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v power_n to_o bind_v loose_a excommunicate_a and_o depose_v king_n emperor_n absolve_v their_o subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n and_o take_v away_o their_o crown_n kingdom_n from_o they_o when_o he_o their_o lord_n have_v need_n of_o they_o as_o he_o do_v king_n john_n and_o other_o as_o peter_n do_v thus_o loose_a and_o take_v away_o the_o ass_n colt_n and_o bring_v they_o unto_o christ_n i_o answer_v first_o that_o it_o appear_v not_o by_o any_o story_n that_o peter_n be_v one_o of_o those_o two_o disciple_n that_o loose_v and_o bring_v away_o this_o ass_n and_o colt_n to_o christ_n 2_o admit_v he_o be_v yet_o he_o have_v another_o disciple_n equal_o join_v with_o he_o in_o commission_n which_o destroy_v his_o sole_a monarchy_n and_o supremacy_n 3_o they_o go_v not_o about_o this_o errand_n till_o christ_n give_v they_o a_o special_a commission_n for_o it_o but_o pope_n run_v in_o a_o quite_o contrary_a errand_n to_o depose_v king_n and_o emperor_n before_o they_o be_v send_v by_o christ_n yea_o against_o his_o express_a inhibition_n 4_o they_o do_v not_o take_v they_o away_o without_o the_o owner_n consent_n but_o with_o it_o as_o the_o word_n straightway_o they_o will_v send_v they_o imply_v whereas_o pope_n depose_v and_o take_v away_o king_n and_o emperor_n crown_n kingdom_n and_o absolve_v their_o subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n against_o their_o will_n 5_o christ_n do_v not_o send_v they_o to_o take_v away_o the_o propriety_n but_o only_o to_o borrow_v the_o use_n of_o this_o ass_n and_o colt_n at_o this_o very_a instant_n not_o the_o crown_n sceptre_n or_o kingdom_n of_o jerusalem_n king_n and_o that_o only_a for_o his_o necessary_a use_n for_o a_o few_o hour_n even_o then_o when_o he_o ride_v like_o a_o king_n in_o great_a trimph_n he_o ever_o use_v on_o earth_n into_o jerusalem_n and_o then_o send_v they_o back_o pope_n do_v not_o borrow_v but_o forcible_o seize_v detain_v not_o the_o ass_n or_o
may_v make_v our_o accustom_a prayer_n together_o with_o the_o people_n to_o the_o almighty_a god_n and_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n for_o your_o empire_n or_o reign_n as_o we_o have_v always_o accustom_v in_o time_n past_a and_o yet_o cease_v not_o to_o do_v and_o now_o wish_v to_o continue_v not_o dare_v to_o depart_v from_o this_o council_n without_o his_o licence_n gregory_n nazianzen_n 370._o oratio_fw-la 17._o inform_v the_o prince_n and_o governor_n cum_fw-la christo_fw-la imperium_fw-la geris_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la munus_fw-la hoc_fw-la administras_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la gladium_fw-la accepisti_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la utaris_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la mineris_fw-la ut_fw-la teneas_fw-la quare_fw-la tibi_fw-la videndum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la donarium_fw-la quoddam_fw-la purum_fw-la &_o integrum_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la dedit_fw-la serve_v imago_fw-la dei_fw-la es_fw-la verum_fw-la imaginem_fw-la quoque_fw-la dei_fw-la regis_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la hic_fw-la certa_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la gubernaretur_fw-la ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la autem_fw-la vitam_fw-la migrat_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la omnes_fw-la quoque_fw-la concedemus_fw-la moneat_fw-la te_fw-la exemplar_n tuum_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la te_fw-la rejunge_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la mundum_fw-la ad_fw-la benignum_fw-la dominum_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la acerbum_fw-la tyrannum_fw-la oratio_fw-la 27._o he_o thus_o describe_v the_o supremacy_n office_n of_o king_n orbis_n universus_fw-la manui_fw-la vestrae_fw-la subjectus_fw-la est_fw-la diademate_n parvo_fw-la atque_fw-la exiguo_fw-la panno_fw-la retentus_fw-la supera_n solius_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la infera_fw-fr autem_fw-la vestra_fw-la etiam_fw-la sunt_fw-la subditis_fw-la vestris_fw-la deos_fw-la vos_fw-la praebete_fw-la 1._o liceat_fw-la enim_fw-la audacius_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dicere_fw-la cor_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n audimus_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la hic_fw-la imperium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o auro_fw-la et_fw-la exercitibus_fw-la aulici_fw-la proceres_fw-la fidem_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la servate_a sed_fw-la prius_fw-la deo_fw-la propter_fw-la quem_fw-la his_fw-la etiam_fw-la quibus_fw-la commissi_fw-la &_o traditi_fw-la estis_fw-la and_o oratio_fw-la 46._o to_o nectarius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n he_o exhort_v he_o to_o stir_v up_o the_o emperor_n to_o suppress_v the_o apollinarian_a heretic_n conclude_v thus_o ut_fw-la potentissimum_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la doceat_fw-la nihil_fw-la et_fw-la reliquo_fw-la ipsius_fw-la erga_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la study_v rediturum_fw-la esse_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la si_fw-la tale_n malum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la sanae_fw-la eversionem_fw-la per_fw-la eorum_fw-la libertatem_fw-la licentiamque_fw-la praevaleat_fw-la st._n basil_n the_o great_a bishop_n of_o caesarea_n homil._n in_o psal_n 32._o non_fw-la servatur_fw-la rex_fw-la per_fw-la multam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la anno_fw-la descant_v thus_o non_fw-la exercitus_fw-la militaris_fw-la quantavis_fw-la munitio_fw-la non_fw-la civitatum_fw-la moenia_fw-la 370._o 181._o non_fw-la peditum_fw-la phalanx_n non_fw-la equestris_fw-la turma_fw-la non_fw-la navalis_fw-la muniminis_fw-la praeparatio_fw-la regi_fw-la salutem_fw-la parit_fw-la dominus_fw-la enim_fw-la reges_fw-la constituit_fw-la et_fw-la destituit_fw-la sive_fw-la transfert_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la constituta_fw-la servatur_fw-la ergo_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la multam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la therefore_o it_o shall_v be_v his_o principal_a care_n to_o serve_v please_v obey_v honour_n god_n promote_v his_o glory_n and_o make_v his_o kingdom_n regnum_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la principaâ—um_fw-la peccato_fw-la minime_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la as_o he_o there_o define_v a_o kingdom_n optatus_n milevetanus_n resolve_v 370._o super_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la parmenianum_fw-la and_o justify_v his_o authority_n to_o suppress_v and_o punish_v the_o donatist_n with_o death_n itself_o for_o their_o heresy_n schism_n and_o sedition_n st._n ambrose_n resolve_v 10._o that_o king_n be_v exempt_v from_o human_a punishment_n tuti_fw-la imperii_fw-la potestate_fw-la as_o have_v no_o superior_n to_o punish_v they_o and_o in_o his_o oration_n de_fw-fr exitu_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o virtutibus_fw-la theodosii_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la he_o give_v he_o this_o applause_n quis_fw-la splendidius_fw-la pascha_fw-la celebravit_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la removit_fw-la errores_fw-la clausit_fw-la templa_fw-la simulacra_fw-la destruxit_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la josias_n rex_fw-la superioribus_fw-la antelatus_fw-la est_fw-la manet_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o lumine_fw-la theodosius_n &_o sanctorum_fw-la coetibus_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la constantinus_n quod_fw-la primus_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la credidit_fw-la &_o post_fw-la se_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la fidei_fw-la principibus_fw-la dereliquit_fw-la magni_fw-la meriti_fw-la locum_fw-la reperit_fw-la cujus_fw-la temporibus_fw-la completum_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la propheticum_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la die_fw-la erit_fw-la quod_fw-la supra_fw-la frenum_fw-la est_fw-la 14._o sanctum_fw-la domino_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la etc._n etc._n then_o turn_v his_o speech_n to_o the_o emperor_n honorius_n he_o add_v denique_fw-la ideo_fw-la te_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la pater_fw-la fecit_fw-la dominus_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la militares_fw-la patri_fw-la sed_fw-la omnibus_fw-la imperares_fw-la still_v he_o totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la in_o his_o 29._o epistle_n to_o theodosius_n he_o have_v this_o passage_n of_o his_o suppress_v the_o valentinian_n heretic_n quis_fw-la habet_fw-la valentinorum_fw-la haeresin_fw-la vindicare_fw-la quam_fw-la pietas_fw-la tua_fw-la quomodo_fw-la vindicat_fw-la cum_fw-la eos_fw-la excludi_fw-la jusserit_fw-la nec_fw-la conveniendi_fw-la usurpare_fw-la copiam_fw-la si_fw-mi joslam_n tibi_fw-la objiciam_fw-la regem_fw-la deo_fw-la probatum_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la damnabis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la probatum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 30._o epistle_n to_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n beseech_v he_o not_o to_o suffer_v the_o destroy_a altar_n of_o the_o gentile_n upon_o their_o petition_n to_o he_o to_o be_v repair_v by_o his_o decree_n he_o resolve_v cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la ditione_n romana_fw-la sunt_fw-la militent_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la timorem_fw-la atque_fw-la principibus_fw-la tam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la vos_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la sacrae_fw-la fidei_fw-la militatis_fw-la aliter_fw-la enim_fw-la salus_fw-la tuta_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la nisi_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la deum_fw-la unum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la cunctareguntur_fw-la veraciter_fw-la colat_fw-la 4._o ipse_fw-la enim_fw-la solus_fw-la verus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la dii_fw-la autem_fw-la gentium_fw-la daemonia_fw-la huic_fw-la igitur_fw-la deo_fw-la vero_fw-la cuique_fw-la militat_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la intimo_fw-la colendum_fw-la recipit_fw-la affectu_fw-la non_fw-la dissimulationem_fw-la non_fw-la irreverentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la fidei_fw-la studium_fw-la et_fw-la devotionis_fw-la impendit_fw-la postremo_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ista_fw-la consensum_fw-la saltem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la colendis_fw-la idolis_fw-la &_o prophanis_fw-la caeremoniarum_fw-la cultibus_fw-la exhibere_fw-la haec_fw-la si_fw-la jam_fw-la sublata_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la auferenda_fw-la svo_fw-la imperio_fw-la comprobarem_fw-la at_o cum_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la fere_n orbem_fw-la a_o pluribus_fw-la retro_fw-la principibus_fw-la inhibita_fw-la interdictaque_fw-la sint_fw-la romae_fw-la autem_fw-la a_o fratre_fw-la clementiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la augustae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la gratiano_n fidei_fw-la vera_fw-la ratione_fw-la sublata_fw-la sunt_fw-la et_fw-la datis_fw-la antiquata_fw-la rescriptis_fw-la ne_fw-la quaeso_fw-la vel_fw-la fideliter_fw-la statuta_fw-la convelles_fw-fr vel_fw-la fraterna_fw-la praecepta_fw-la rescindas_fw-la de_fw-fr negotiis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quod_fw-la statutum_fw-la nemo_fw-la putat_fw-la esse_fw-la temerandum_fw-la &_o praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-la religione_fw-la calcatur_fw-la he_o likewise_o press_v the_o necessity_n of_o all_o christian_a bishop_n church_n people_n public_a prayer_n for_o king_n and_o chief_a temporal_a magistrate_n as_o well_o pagan_n as_o christian_n then_o general_o use_v in_o all_o church_n and_o although_o he_o have_v two_o or_o three_o passage_n seem_v to_o oppose_v the_o emperor_n supreme_a jurisdiction_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a in_o the_o case_n between_o auxentius_n the_o arrian_n bishop_n and_o himself_o at_o who_o request_n the_o emperor_n will_v the_o case_n in_o difference_n may_v be_v hear_v in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n and_o that_o the_o emperor_n himself_o may_v be_v judge_n whether_o st._n ambrose_n ought_v to_o yield_v up_o his_o church_n to_o this_o arrian_n bishop_n upon_o the_o emperor_n command_n 2._o ambrose_n utter_o refuse_v it_o and_o write_v thus_o to_o the_o emperor_n 8._o quando_fw-la audisti_fw-la clementissime_fw-la imperator_fw-la in_fw-la causa_fw-la fidei_fw-la laicos_fw-la de_fw-la episcopo_fw-la judicasse_n si_fw-mi vel_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la seriem_fw-la divinarum_fw-la vel_fw-la cetera_fw-la tempora_fw-la retractemus_fw-la quis_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la abnegat_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_fw-la causa_fw-la inquam_fw-la fidei_fw-la episcopo_fw-la usage_n solere_fw-la de_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la christianis_fw-la non_fw-la 116._o imperatores_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopo_fw-la judicare_fw-la volens_fw-la nunquam_fw-la jus_o deseram_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la which_o he_o will_v not_o resign_v up_o to_o the_o arrian_n upon_o the_o emperor_n command_n as_o be_v god_n not_o he_o coactus_fw-la repugnare_fw-la non_fw-la novi_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la divina_fw-la sunt_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la potestatati_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la subjecta_fw-la in_o consistorio_fw-la non_fw-la solet_fw-la christus_fw-la reus_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la judex_n causam_fw-la fidei_fw-la agendam_fw-la
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