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a_o right_a to_o give_v its_o establishment_n to_o such_o constitution_n and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n as_o subject_n be_v bind_v to_o apply_v themselves_o thereto_o for_o the_o obtain_v of_o it_o the_o call_n of_o council_n 46._o so_o far_o as_o be_v needful_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o peace_n and_o order_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v perform_v as_o the_o former_a by_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n where_o the_o civil_a disow_v the_o church_n but_o this_o be_v no_o particular_a exercise_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n but_o only_o of_o a_o general_a authority_n do_v peculiar_o belong_v to_o the_o prince_n or_o supreme_a governor_n if_o he_o will_v make_v use_n thereof_o the_o ancient_a right_n and_o exercise_n of_o the_o authority_n of_o king_n in_o summon_v provincial_a or_o national_a council_n be_v sufficient_o observe_v and_o assert_v by_o p._n de_fw-fr marca_n but_o indeed_o he_o himself_o in_o his_o 5_o chapter_n abundant_o demonstrate_v both_o that_o 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church_n want_v they_o afterward_o have_v they_o but_o rare_o and_o since_o the_o breach_n between_o the_o oriental_a and_o western_a church_n for_o many_o century_n there_o have_v be_v none_o the_o first_o general_n council_n 185._o indeed_o all_o be_v congregat_v by_o emperor_n their_o congregation_n depend_v on_o the_o permission_n and_o pleasure_n of_o secular_a power_n and_o in_o all_o equity_n shall_v do_v so_o and_o in_o his_o most_o elaborate_v treatise_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n 185._o the_o most_o just_a and_o pious_a emperor_n who_o do_v bear_v great_a love_n to_o the_o clergy_n do_v call_v they_o without_o scruple_n it_o be_v deem_v their_o right_n to_o do_v it_o none_o do_v remonstrate_v against_o their_o practice_n the_o same_o he_o show_v of_o national_a and_o provincial_a council_n p._n 186_o etc._n etc._n to_o these_o they_o summon_v the_o bishop_n in_o a_o peremptory_a manner_n 189._o and_o direct_v both_o the_o time_n and_o place_n of_o their_o meeting_n the_o pope_n petition_v they_o to_o call_v council_n and_o sometime_o they_o prevail_v ib._n and_o sometime_o they_o do_v not_o this_o power_n 192._o upon_o many_o just_a account_n peculiar_o do_v belong_v to_o prince_n it_o suit_v to_o the_o dignity_n of_o their_o state_n it_o appertain_v to_o their_o duty_n they_o be_v most_o able_a to_o discharge_v it_o they_o alone_o can_v well_o cause_v the_o expense_n needful_a for_o hold_v synod_n to_o be_v exact_v and_o defray_v they_o alone_o can_v protect_v they_o can_v maintain_v order_n and_o peace_n in_o they_o can_v procure_v observance_n to_o their_o determination_n they_o alone_o have_v a_o sword_n to_o restrain_v resty_a and_o refractory_a person_n to_o oblige_v they_o to_o convene_v to_o confer_v peaceable_o to_o agree_v to_o observe_v what_o be_v settle_a it_o inseparable_o do_v belong_v to_o sovereign_n 193._o in_o the_o general_a assembly_n of_o their_o state_n to_o preside_v and_o moderate_a affair_n propose_v what_o they_o judge_v 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