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do_v very_o soon_o pass_v to_o that_o side_n which_o bandy_v against_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n therefore_o come_v heresy_n first_o to_o be_v seatter_v through_o france_n by_o the_o partiality_n of_o those_o prince_n which_o through_o the_o fiam_a fire_n and_o after_o through_o war_n have_v continue_v to_o this_o day_n as_o for_o henry_n the_o 8_o king_n of_o england_n who_o doubt_v that_o he_o depart_v not_o so_o much_o from_o the_o religion_n as_o from_o the_o pope_n out_o of_o his_o hatred_n against_o the_o very_a same_o authority_n clemens_n the_o 7._o have_v denounce_v henry_n deprive_v of_o the_o right_n and_o interest_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o he_o again_o conceive_v a_o anger_n which_o peradventure_o be_v not_o unjust_a of_o his_o part_n but_o blind_a and_o intemperate_a he_o open_v england_n to_o heretic_n by_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o schism_n who_o afterward_o grow_v strong_a under_o edward_n the_o 6_o destroy_v the_o ancient_a religion_n again_o scotland_n affect_v 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who_o it_o appertain_v to_o judge_v of_o leper_n and_o leper_n if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o these_o write_n which_o you_o shall_v think_v good_a and_o profitable_a i_o shall_v comfort_v my_o old_a age_n with_o the_o most_o sweet_a remembrance_n of_o so_o great_a a_o witness_n but_o if_o allow_v my_o affection_n yet_o you_o shall_v not_o allow_v my_o judgement_n it_o shall_v be_v to_o posterity_n a_o argument_n of_o your_o moderation_n that_o under_o you_o the_o simple_a liberty_n of_o disputation_n have_v not_o be_v prejudicial_a to_o any_o let_v this_o be_v a_o argument_n of_o your_o moderation_n but_o never_o of_o my_o obstinacy_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v in_o this_o business_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o your_o censure_n that_o in_o this_o book_n i_o may_v seem_v not_o so_o much_o to_o have_v deliver_v what_o i_o think_v as_o to_o have_v inquire_v of_o your_o holiness_n what_o i_o ought_v to_o think_v fare_v you_o well_o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n contain_v in_o this_o book_n chap._n 1._o the_o author_n profess_v his_o catholic_a disposition_n to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n and_o his_o sincerity_n in_o the_o handle_n of_o this_o question_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o divine_n and_o canonist_n touch_v the_o pope_n authority_n in_o temporal_a matter_n and_o particular_o touch_v bozius_n a_o canonist_n chap._n 2._o of_o the_o different_a nature_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a power_n and_o a_o taxation_n of_o bozius_n his_o sophistry_n touch_v the_o same_o chap._n 3._o that_o the_o apostle_n practise_v no_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n but_o rather_o enjoined_a obedience_n to_o be_v give_v even_o to_o heathen_a prince_n and_o a_o comparison_n between_o the_o ambition_n and_o usurpation_n of_o the_o late_a pope_n and_o humility_n of_o the_o ancient_a chap._n 4._o that_o the_o late_a pope_n serve_v themselves_o of_o two_o advantage_n to_o draw_v to_o themselves_o this_o vast_a authority_n temporal_a over_o prince_n viz._n partly_o through_o the_o great_a reverence_n which_o be_v bear_v to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n partly_o through_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o thunder_n bolt_n of_o excommunication_n chap._n 5._o that_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v by_o any_o authority_n either_o divine_a or_o humane_a that_o the_o pope_n either_o direct_o or_o indirect_o have_v any_o temporal_a authority_n over_o any_o christian_a prince_n chap._n 6._o that_o no_o instance_n can_v be_v give_v of_o any_o pope_n of_o high_a time_n that_o any_o such_o authority_n be_v usurp_v and_o practise_v by_o they_o and_o a_o vehement_a deploration_n of_o the_o miserable_a condition_n of_o these_o late_a time_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o modesty_n and_o piety_n of_o the_o former_a chap._n 7._o a_o answer_n make_v to_o a_o excuse_n pretend_v by_o bellarmine_n that_o the_o ancient_a church_n can_v not_o without_o much_o hurt_n to_o the_o people_n coerce_a and_o chastise_v the_o old_a emperor_n and_o king_n and_o therefore_o forbear_v they_o more_o than_o now_o she_o need_v to_o do_v chap._n 8._o that_o the_o ancient_a church_n want_v neither_o skill_n nor_o courage_n to_o execute_v any_o lawful_a power_n upon_o evil_a prince_n but_o she_o forbear_v to_o do_v it_o in_o regard_n she_o know_v not_o any_o such_o power_n over_o they_o chap._n 9_o that_o it_o be_v a_o false_a ground_n lay_v by_o bellarmine_n that_o henry_n the_o 4._o emperor_n and_o other_o christian_a prince_n upon_o who_o the_o pope_n have_v practise_v their_o pretend_a temporal_a authority_n may_v be_v deal_v withal_o more_o secure_o than_o the_o former_a prince_n chap._n 10._o the_o censure_n of_o the_o worthy_a bishop_n frisingen_n upon_o the_o course_n which_o gregory_n the_o 7._o take_v against_o henry_n the_o 4._o emperor_n and_o the_o issue_n thereof_o how_o lamentable_a to_o the_o church_n and_o unfortunate_a to_o the_o pope_n himself_o chap._n 11._o a_o reason_n suppose_v for_o the_o tolerancie_n and_o
connivencie_n of_o the_o ancient_a pope_n and_o the_o vanity_n thereof_o discover_v chap._n 12._o that_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o authority_n not_o so_o much_o as_o indirect_o over_o christian_a prince_n in_o temporal_a matter_n prove_v both_o by_o the_o special_a prerogative_n of_o a_o absolute_a prince_n and_o also_o by_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o catholic_n and_o the_o inconueniency_n ensue_a of_o the_o admittance_n thereof_o chap._n 13._o he_o undertake_v bellarmine_n his_o proof_n propound_v his_o first_o main_a reason_n with_o the_o media_n whereby_o bellarmine_n enforce_v the_o same_o chap._n 14._o he_o take_v away_o the_o ground_n which_o bellarmine_n lay_v for_o the_o strengthen_n of_o his_o first_o proposition_n and_o lay_v open_v the_o lightness_n and_o vanity_n thereof_o chap._n 15._o he_o amplifi_v the_o answer_n to_o the_o last_o ground_n lay_v by_o bellarmine_n and_o explain_v in_o what_o term_n of_o relation_n or_o subordination_n the_o power_n both_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a do_v stand_v second_o he_o show_v that_o clergy_n person_n be_v as_o well_o and_o full_o to_o be_v repute_v the_o subject_n of_o temporal_a prince_n as_o lay_v man_n be_v three_o that_o the_o clergy_n first_o receive_v their_o privilege_n from_o the_o favour_n of_o prince_n and_o that_o the_o pope_n himself_o as_o successor_n of_o peter_n must_v necessary_o be_v subject_a to_o a_o temporal_a prince_n but_o that_o he_o be_v a_o temporal_a prince_n in_o italy_n himself_o which_o state_n also_o he_o receive_v at_o the_o first_o by_o the_o bounty_n of_o temporal_a prince_n chap._n 16._o he_o detect_v a_o plain_a fallacy_n in_o a_o reason_n of_o bellarmine_n which_o in_o school_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d addictum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o show_v at_o large_a that_o temporal_a prince_n have_v submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o pope_n as_o their_o spiritual_a father_n but_o not_o so_o absolute_o but_o that_o they_o ever_o reserve_v their_o civil_a authority_n firm_a and_o untouched_a to_o themselves_o chap._n 17._o he_o answer_v bellarmine_n second_o reason_n and_o prove_v that_o this_o unlimited_a power_n of_o dispose_v the_o temporalty_n of_o prince_n be_v neither_o belong_v nor_o necessary_a for_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o church_n flourish_v more_o the_o first_o three_o hundred_o year_n without_o the_o same_o authority_n than_o it_o have_v do_v since_o certain_a late_a pope_n usurp_v the_o same_o chap._n 18._o he_o discuss_v more_o at_o large_a the_o sense_n of_o bellarmine_n his_o latter_a argument_n to_o prove_v the_o pope_n sovereignty_n over_o king_n in_o temporalty_n and_o bewray_v the_o inconsequence_n and_o vanity_n thereof_o chap._n 19_o he_o discuss_v a_o passage_n in_o s._n bernard_n touch_v the_o material_a sword_n and_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n ecce_fw-la duo_fw-la glâ—dij_fw-la and_o conclude_v that_o the_o temporal_a sword_n be_v neither_o proper_a to_o the_o pope_n nor_o subject_n to_o the_o spiritual_a chap._n 20._o he_o encounter_v bellarmine_n his_o three_o reason_n and_o the_o proâ—â—es_n of_o the_o same_o wherein_o he_o except_v especial_o against_o this_o proposition_n of_o bellarmine_n that_o it_o be_v as_o dangerous_a to_o choose_v a_o heathen_a prince_n as_o not_o to_o depose_v he_o that_o be_v not_o a_o christian_a but_o the_o elench_v or_o fallacy_n of_o the_o whole_a argument_n he_o plain_o discover_v chap._n 21._o he_o insist_v further_a on_o the_o point_n whether_o christian_n ought_v to_o suffer_v over_o they_o a_o king_n that_o be_v not_o a_o christian._n the_o text_n of_o the_o 1._o cor._n 6._o be_v discuss_v of_o go_v to_o law_n under_o infidel_n prince_n or_o judge_n and_o bellarmine_n his_o fraud_n and_o captiousnes_n discover_v in_o abuse_v that_o place_n to_o serve_v his_o turn_n second_o a_o place_n of_o thomas_n aquinas_n examine_v touch_v the_o point_n of_o take_v from_o heathen_a prince_n their_o right_n three_o that_o it_o be_v not_o want_v of_o strength_n but_o mere_a religion_n and_o conscience_n that_o keep_v the_o primitive_a church_n in_o obedience_n by_o bellarmine_n own_o ground_n chap._n 22._o he_o answer_v bellarmine_n second_o main_n reason_n tax_v the_o same_o both_o for_o matter_n in_o truth_n and_o form_n in_o logic_n and_o give_v a_o right_a supply_n to_o the_o deficiency_n of_o the_o same_o by_o which_o the_o force_n of_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v take_v away_o chap._n 23._o he_o take_v in_o hand_n bellarmine_n three_o argument_n which_o be_v draw_v from_o a_o comparison_n of_o the_o bond_n of_o marriage_n with_o the_o bond_n of_o the_o obedience_n due_a from_o the_o subject_n to_o the_o prince_n and_o both_o show_n how_o weak_a it_o be_v in_o itself_o and_o how_o strong_a against_o he_o that_o bring_v it_o chap._n 24._o he_o examine_v a_o four_o reason_n of_o bellarmine_n take_v from_o the_o form_n of_o a_o oath_n which_o prince_n be_v suppose_v to_o take_v when_o they_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n and_o show_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v make_v thereof_o to_o prove_v bellarmine_n assertion_n for_o the_o pope_n temporal_a authority_n over_o christian_a prince_n chap._n 25._o he_o examine_v the_o last_o reason_n of_o bellarmine_n ground_v on_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n to_o peter_n pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la the_o which_o reason_n from_o these_o word_n if_o it_o have_v any_o edge_n at_o all_o he_o turn_v the_o same_o back_n upon_o bellarmine_n himself_o chap._n 26._o he_o prove_v that_o bellarmine_n be_v deceive_v or_o do_v deceive_v of_o purpose_n in_o his_o reason_n draw_v from_o the_o comparison_n of_o the_o pope_n as_o a_o shepherd_n and_o a_o heretic_n prince_n as_o a_o wolf_n 2._o what_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o shepherd_n in_o case_n the_o prince_n do_v of_o a_o sheep_n become_v a_o wolf_n chap._n 27._o he_o debate_v the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n to_o dispense_v what_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o those_o law_n wherewith_o the_o pope_n may_v dispense_v but_o that_o he_o have_v no_o colour_n to_o dispense_v with_o the_o obedience_n of_o a_o subject_n to_o his_o prince_n the_o madness_n of_o the_o canonist_n that_o give_v too_o vast_a a_o fullness_n of_o power_n to_o the_o pope_n chap._n 28._o the_o examination_n of_o a_o rescript_n of_o pope_n innocent_a the_o three_o which_o have_v these_o word_n not_o man_n but_o god_n do_v separate_v who_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v separate_v which_o word_n many_o have_v labour_v to_o reconcile_v but_o have_v miss_v chap._n 29._o but_o the_o author_n give_v the_o resolution_n excuse_v the_o pope_n meaning_n and_o blame_v the_o word_n to_o answer_v the_o canonist_n chap._n 30._o that_o the_o pope_n although_o he_o may_v dispense_v with_o the_o oath_n of_o a_o subject_n yet_o can_v he_o not_o dispense_v with_o his_o obedience_n to_o his_o prince_n to_o which_o he_o be_v bind_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n which_o be_v great_a than_o his_o oath_n 2._o the_o dangerous_a consequence_n to_o 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