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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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