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A60381 Animadversions on the eight theses laid down, and the inferences deduced from them in a discourse entitl'd Church-Government part V, lately printed at Oxford Smalridge, George, 1663-1719. 1687 (1687) Wing S4001; ESTC R19272 50,166 74

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240._o 240._o heylins_n ref._n justify_v part_n 1._o 1._o 6._o 6._o burn_v ref._n ●_o 3._o p._n 182._o 182._o convocatis_fw-la undique_fw-la dictae_fw-la academiae_fw-la theologis_fw-la habitoque_fw-la complurium_fw-la biorum_fw-la spatio_fw-la ac_fw-la deliberandi_fw-la tempore_fw-la sasatis_fw-la ampl●_n quo_fw-la interim_n cum_fw-la omni_fw-la qua_fw-la potuimus_fw-la diligentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la ●elo_fw-la religione_fw-la &_o conscientia_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la perscruta_fw-la remur_fw-la tam_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la libros_fw-la quam_fw-la super_fw-la iisdem_fw-la approbatissimo's_fw-la interpretes_n &_o eos_fw-la quidem_fw-la saepe_fw-la &_o saepius_fw-la a_o ●obis_fw-la evolutos_fw-la &_o exactissime_fw-la collatos_fw-la repetitos_fw-la &_o examinatos_fw-la deinde_fw-la &_o disputationibus_fw-la solennibus_fw-la palam_fw-la ac_fw-la publicae_fw-la habitis_fw-la &_o celebratis_fw-la tandem_fw-la in_o hanc_fw-la sententiam_fw-la unanimiter_fw-la omnes_fw-la convenimus_fw-la ac_fw-la concord_n fuimus_fw-la viz._n romanum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la majorem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la sibi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la collatam_fw-la in_o sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la quam_fw-la alium_fw-la quemvis_fw-la episcopum_fw-la antiq._n oxon_n lib._n 1._o pag._n 259._o 259._o ref._n 1._o 2._o p._n 142._o pag._n 2._o 2._o 2._o 2._o ibid._n p._n 137._o 137._o ibid._n p._n 144._o 144._o book_n of_o educ●_n ox._n 1677_o p._n 86._o 86._o in_o ●●s_o quae_fw-la exterioris_fw-la politiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la svo_fw-la sibi_fw-la jure_fw-la vindicat_fw-la tort_fw-fr p._n ●80_n ●80_n custos_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la secundae_fw-la tabulae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o primae_fw-la p._n 381._o 381._o quodcunque_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la religionis_fw-la reges_fw-la israel_n fecetunt_fw-la id_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_o faciendi_fw-la jus_o sit_fw-la ac_fw-la potestas_fw-la ib._n ib._n leges_fw-la autoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la ferendi_fw-la ne_fw-la blasphemetur_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la jejunio_fw-la placetur_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la festo_fw-la honoretur_fw-la ib._n ib._n delegandi_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la sic_fw-la lata_fw-la judicent_fw-la ib._n ib._n siqui_fw-la in_o leges_fw-la ita_fw-la latas_fw-la committant_fw-la ●tsi_fw-la religionis_fw-la causa_fw-la sit_fw-la in_fw-la eos_fw-la autoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la an●madvertendi_fw-la ib._n ib._n non_fw-la ut_fw-la totus_fw-la ab_fw-la alieno_fw-la ore_fw-la pendeat_fw-la ipse_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la nihil_fw-la dijudicet_fw-la ib._n ib._n omnibus_fw-la omnium_fw-la ordinum_fw-la jus_o dicendi_fw-la ib._n ib._n abiathar_n ipsum_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la meruit_fw-la pontificatu_fw-la abdicandi_fw-la 382._o 382._o excelsa_fw-la diruendi_fw-la i_o e._n peregrinum_fw-la cultum_fw-la abolendi_fw-la ib._n ib._n sive_z in_o idololatriam_fw-la abeat_fw-la vitulus_n aureus_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o superstitionem_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la utrumque_fw-la comminuendi_fw-la ib._n ib._n haec_fw-la primatus_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la jura_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la ib._n ib._n pag._n 13._o 13._o jurisd_v reg._n ep._n p._n 137._o 137._o id._n p._n 10._o 10._o epilog_n pag._n 391._o 391._o church_n government_n pag._n 390._o 390._o church_n government_n pag._n 391._o 391._o ductor_n dub._n 1._o 3._o c._n 3._o r._n 4._o 4._o ibid._n r._n 5._o 5._o ibid._n r._n 7._o 7._o ibid._n r._n 7._o n._n 9_o 9_o ibid._n r._n 8._o 8._o ibid._n r._n 8._o n._n 6._o 6._o ibid._n 1._o 3._o c._n 4._o r._n 8._o 8._o bp._n br._n work_v tom._n 1._o p._n 88_o 88_o ibid._n p._n 76._o 76._o educ_fw-la p._n 98._o 98._o ibid._n p._n 156._o 156._o f._n i._o k._n b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adu._n to_o the_o pr._n of_o wales_n wales_n ibid._n cap._n 17._o 17._o adu._n to_o the_o pr._n of_o wales_n wales_n serm._n of_o the_o right_n of_o assembly_n assembly_n field_n of_o the_o church_n 1._o 5_o c._n 52._o 52._o soave_fw-it hist._n of_o conc._n tr._n pag._n 77._o pag._n 37._o pag._n 70._o 70._o burn._n his._n ref._n part_n 2._o i._o 1._o p._n 127._o 165._o ibid._n p._n 127._o 127._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 7._o here_o the_o council_n decree_v that_o ancient_a custom_n shall_v prevail_v that_o the_o privilege_n of_o all_o church_n in_o their_o distinct_a province_n shall_v be_v keep_v inviolable_a we_o desire_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n patriarchate_n over_o the_o britannic_a church_n shall_v be_v prove_v to_o be_v a_o ancient_a custom_n and_o if_o not_o that_o the_o privilege_n of_o these_o church_n may_v be_v preserve_v preserve_v the_o father_n of_o the_o ephesine_n council_n have_v decree_v that_o the_o cyprian_a prelate_n shall_v hold_v their_o right_n untouched_a and_o unviolated_a according_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o the_o ancient_a custom_n ordain_v their_o own_o bishop_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n who_o then_o pretend_v jurisdiction_n over_o they_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n now_o do_v over_o we_o shall_v be_v exclude_v add_v far_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n cone_n eph._n can._n 8._o let_v the_o same_o be_v observe_v in_o other_o diocese_n and_o all_o province_n every_o where_o that_o no_o bishop_n occupy_v any_o other_o province_n which_o former_o and_o from_o the_o beginning_n be_v not_o under_o the_o power_n of_o he_o or_o his_o predecessor_n if_o any_o do_v occupy_v any_o province_n or_o subject_v it_o by_o force_n let_v he_o restore_v it_o now_o we_o plead_v the_o cyprian_a privilege_n and_o desire_v we_o may_v be_v exempt_v from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n till_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o he_o or_o his_o predecessor_n do_v from_o the_o beginning_n exercise_v any_o power_n in_o these_o church_n church_n ep._n 54._o 54._o true_o dif_a part_n 2._o 2._o petr._n de_fw-fr marc._n l._n 6._o c._n 25._o 25._o 8._o 8._o marca_n de_fw-fr conc._n imp._n &_o sac._n cap._n 8._o 8._o 1_o king._n c._n 2._o v._n 35._o 35._o 2_o chr._n 19_o 11●_n 11●_n v_o 8._o 8._o hos._n 4._o 15._o 15._o 2_o king._n c._n 17._o v._n 9_o pag_n 26._o 26._o sch_n c_o 7._o 7._o 5._o 5._o bp._n br._n wor._n tom._n 1._o p._n 360._o ●p_n 142._o 142._o educ_fw-la p._n 119._o 119._o soave_fw-it hist●_n conc._n tr._n p._n 153._o 153._o 2_o king._n 38._o 22._o 22._o 2_o king._n 23._o 9_o 9_o mat._n 26._o 27._o pag._n 38._o 38._o p._n 260._o 260._o 1_o tim._n c._n 1._o v._n 19_o 19_o conc._n const._n sess._n 13._o 13._o guide_v in_o controu._n disc._n 1._o c._n 6._o par_fw-fr 56._o 56._o mat._n 16._o 6._o 12._o 12._o mat._n 24._o 4._o 4._o gal._n 1._o 8._o 8._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o 24._o gal._n 2._o 11._o 14._o 14._o rev._n 18._o 4._o 4._o babylonia_n apud_fw-la joannem_fw-la romanae_fw-la ●rbis_fw-la figura_fw-la est_fw-la tertuladv_n marc._n i._n 3._o c._n 13._o roma_fw-la quasi_fw-la secunda_fw-la babylon●a_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit●_n de●_n i._o 18._o c._n 2._o
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