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the_o pretext_n of_o establish_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o set_v they_o in_o good_a order_n to_o which_o end_n the_o bishop_n begin_v to_o lord_n it_o over_o the_o ordinary_a priest_n and_o to_o observe_v even_o a_o kind_n of_o subordination_n among_o themselves_o and_o to_o such_o as_o be_v bishop_n of_o the_o capital_a city_n in_o each_o province_n they_o appoint_v the_o care_n and_o inspection_n over_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o same_o province_n and_o name_v they_o metropolitan_n who_o about_o eight_o age_n afterward_o take_v upon_o themselves_o the_o name_n and_o title_n of_o arch-bishop_n among_o these_o there_o be_v four_o that_o have_v the_o pre-eminence_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n namely_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n constantinople_n antioch_n and_o alexandria_n those_o be_v the_o most_o considerable_a city_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n to_o which_o we_o may_v add_v jerusalem_n famous_a for_o its_o ancient_a holiness_n and_o although_o the_o emperor_n phocas_n 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else_o they_o be_v surprise_v and_o cheat_v into_o obedience_n if_o it_o be_v the_o first_o there_o be_v no_o other_o probable_a reason_n to_o be_v give_v for_o it_o than_o that_o it_o original_o proceed_v from_o some_o covenant_n or_o agreement_n make_v betwixt_o those_o state_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n while_o the_o former_a imagine_v that_o their_o church_n can_v not_o be_v well_o govern_v till_o they_o abandon_v the_o care_n and_o direction_n of_o they_o to_o the_o latter_a now_o such_o a_o agreement_n primary_o depend_v on_o the_o free_a will_n and_o consent_n of_o any_o republic_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o other_o obligation_n be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la void_a and_o of_o no_o effect_n when_o it_o turn_v to_o the_o extreme_a disadvantage_n of_o the_o republic_n or_o when_o the_o pope_n abuse_v that_o power_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o they_o but_o if_o this_o papal_a supremacy_n be_v introduce_v dolo_fw-la malo_fw-la by_o the_o trick_n and_o cheat_v of_o the_o knavish_a priest_n than_o the_o abuse_v and_o miss-led_n state_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o can_v discover_v how_o they_o have_v be_v impose_v on_o may_v lawful_o cast_v off_o so_o unjust_a a_o yoke_n and_o have_v right_a to_o pursue_v the_o cheater_n and_o oblige_v he_o to_o refund_v all_o the_o damage_n they_o have_v sustain_v by_o his_o usurpation_n sect._n 16._o but_o it_o be_v not_o all_o at_o once_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v able_a to_o lay_v so_o heavy_a a_o yoke_n on_o all_o the_o western_a church_n on_o the_o contrary_a he_o find_v himself_o oblige_v to_o insinuate_v this_o his_o usurp_a authority_n by_o little_a and_o little_a and_o steal_v it_o insensible_o by_o divers_a slight_v and_o artifices_fw-la and_o where_o once_o he_o happen_v to_o fasten_v his_o claw_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o make_v he_o lose_v his_o hold_n till_o he_o have_v carry_v away_o a_o good_a share_n of_o the_o prey_n beside_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n never_o be_v want_v to_o serve_v themselves_o very_o advantageous_o of_o a_o good_a occasion_n of_o which_o the_o most_o advantageous_a to_o they_o in_o my_o opinion_n be_v the_o emperor_n leave_v rome_n and_o choose_v other_o city_n for_o their_o residence_n whereas_o if_o they_o have_v always_o continue_v to_o have_v maintain_v their_o authority_n in_o that_o place_n the_o bishop_n thereof_o will_v have_v never_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o have_v erect_v themselves_o into_o sovereign_n as_o we_o see_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n who_o perhaps_o have_v no_o less_o vanity_n and_o itch_a after_o gevernment_n than_o he_o of_o rome_n be_v never_o able_a to_o raise_v his_o authority_n to_o so_o high_a a_o flight_n the_o division_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n into_o several_a new_a kingdom_n found_v by_o the_o heathen_a and_o unlearned_a people_n do_v no_o less_o contribute_v to_o the_o aggrandize_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o these_o people_n be_v all_o convert_v by_o the_o prelate_n of_o the_o 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voyage_n be_v excommunicate_v from_o which_o custom_n without_o doubt_n the_o pope_n have_v pretend_v to_o oblige_v all_o bishop_n to_o receive_v their_o confirmation_n from_o rome_n the_o other_o bishop_n too_o and_o church_n have_v often_o recourse_n to_o that_o of_o rome_n as_o novice_n to_o their_o superior_n in_o all_o weighty_a affair_n consult_v their_o advice_n in_o the_o use_n and_o explication_n of_o the_o canon_n now_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n perceive_v that_o their_o answer_n be_v receive_v as_o absolute_a decision_n they_o begin_v to_o make_v decree_n and_o order_n before_o ever_o they_o be_v desire_v to_o do_v it_o under_o the_o pretence_n that_o rome_n be_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a seat_n of_o christendom_n it_o be_v the_o right_n and_o office_n of_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o to_o see_v that_o the_o canon_n and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v put_v in_o execution_n thereupon_o they_o constitute_v immediate_a judge_n of_o the_o difference_n among_o the_o other_o 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