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A25426 The king's right of indulgence in spiritual matters, with the equity thereof, asserted by a person of honour, and eminent minister of state lately deceased. Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 1614-1686.; Care, Henry, 1646-1688. 1688 (1688) Wing A3169; ESTC R6480 75,236 84

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to_o grant_v to_o the_o king_n subject_n divers_a authority_n faculty_n licenses_fw-la indulgence_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o enact_v that_o all_o dispensation_n from_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n shall_v be_v void_a and_o that_o the_o effect_n and_o content_n of_o bull_n faculty_n etc._n etc._n purchase_v of_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n which_o shall_v be_v allowable_a shall_v be_v confirm_v under_o the_o great_a seal_n by_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o parliament_n this_o right_a of_o indulgence_n be_v declare_v and_o enact_v to_o be_v in_o the_o king_n and_o that_o such_o indulgence_n etc._n etc._n as_o be_v necessary_a and_o allowable_a for_o the_o people_n to_o have_v whereof_o the_o king_n be_v judge_n shall_v in_o the_o effect_n of_o they_o be_v pass_v under_o the_o great_a seal_n that_o be_v by_o the_o king_n who_o warrant_n to_o the_o chancellor_n do_v authorise_v he_o to_o pass_v a_o grant_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n according_o the_o statute_n of_o 1_o el._n reeite_v that_o in_o 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and_o person_n and_o for_o reformation_n under_o and_o correction_n of_o the_o same_o and_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o error_n heresy_n schism_n abuse_n offence_n contempt_n and_o enormity_n shall_v for_o ever_o by_o authority_n of_o that_o parliament_n be_v unite_v and_o annex_v to_o the_o imperial_a crown_n of_o this_o realm_n i_o shall_v still_o forbear_v to_o mention_v that_o arrogancy_n of_o grant_v indulgence_n to_o reach_v to_o eternisy_n to_o pardon_v sin_n at_o which_o every_o sober_a christian_a may_v grieve_v and_o will_v ready_o agree_v it_o not_o to_o be_v within_o this_o act._n nor_o will_v it_o be_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o pope_n practise_v here_o the_o grant_n of_o indulgence_n to_o whosoever_o he_o please_v and_o in_o any_o spiritual_a matter_n whatsoever_o and_o as_o the_o law_n be_v then_o take_v and_o submit_v unto_o he_o be_v hold_v lawful_o to_o exercise_v that_o jurisdiction_n if_o it_o be_v so_o than_o the_o same_o jurisdiction_n and_o right_a of_o indulgence_n 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public_a priesthood_n which_o be_v patrimonial_a and_o hereditary_a and_o among_o they_o the_o prince_n be_v also_o the_o high_a priest_n 12._o syne_n ep._n 12._o the_o caldean_a king_n be_v priest_n also_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o prince_n be_v all_o one_o among_o the_o egyptian_n so_o the_o magi_n among_o the_o persian_n and_o the_o priest_n of_o apollo_n at_o delphos_n among_o the_o grecian_n 10._o arist_n polit._n c._n 10._o aristotle_n speak_v of_o king_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o hero_n say_v that_o they_o be_v ruler_n of_o matter_n of_o war_n and_o of_o sacrifice_n or_o sacred_a thing_n which_o pertain_v to_o the_o sacerdotal_a function_n in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v that_o the_o king_n be_v leader_n or_o general_n of_o the_o war_n and_o judge_n or_o moderator_n of_o divine_a thing_n and_o to_o be_v moderator_n imply_v a_o power_n and_o right_n of_o indulgence_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o roman_a emperor_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n be_v their_o high_a priest_n 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of_o lodowick_n and_o offer_v to_o amend_v all_o that_o be_v amiss_o by_o the_o prince_n judgement_n in_o the_o strife_n between_o donatus_n and_o cécilianus_n 162.166_o euseb_n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o optat._n l._n 1._o cont_n parm._n august_n ep._n 162.166_o the_o matter_n and_o person_n both_o ecclesiastical_a meltiades_n then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v appoint_v with_o other_o by_o constantine_n to_o determine_v the_o matter_n from_o who_o judgement_n the_o party_n appeal_n the_o emperor_n appoint_v new_a judge_n from_o who_o they_o appeal_n likewise_o at_o last_o constantine_n determine_v it_o sit_v himself_o in_o person_n under_o theodosius_n the_o elder_a damascus_n sericius_n and_o anastacius_n 1._o theodos_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 23._o gozon_n l._n 8._o cap._n 28._o niceph._n l._n 15._o c._n 30._o lib._n pontific_a in_o viz._n bonif._n ep._n bonif._n ad_fw-la honor._n aug._n rescrip_n honour_n ad_fw-la bonif_n leo_n epist_n 9.12_o 13_o 17._o epist_n 43.50_o conoil_n chalce_v art._n 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unbeliever_n neither_o do_v any_o of_o they_o disturb_v he_o though_o his_o persuasion_n differ_v much_o from_o they_o in_o spiritual_a matter_n but_o he_o be_v indulge_v therein_o both_o while_o he_o be_v there_o and_o when_o he_o be_v in_o egypt_n and_o in_o his_o return_n to_o canaan_n after_o 〈◊〉_d after_o gen._n 19_o 1_o 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr 〈…〉_o 15_o be●eshith_n r●●●●a_o parash_n f._n 56._o col_fw-fr 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lot_n part_v from_o he_o he_o be_v not_o only_o indulge_v in_o wicked_a sodom_n but_o prefer_v by_o they_o to_o be_v chief_a justice_n in_o the_o city_n as_o their_o rabbin_n and_o other_o author_n and_o the_o original_a itself_o in_o this_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n use_v in_o this_o chapter_n do_v testify_v abraham_n be_v also_o indulge_v by_o the_o king_n of_o gerar_n 20.11_o gen._n 20.11_o though_o he_o think_v sure_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n be_v not_o in_o this_o place_n isaac_n enjoy_v his_o freedom_n with_o a_o succeed_a abimelech_n king_n of_o gerar_n who_o say_v we_o have_v not_o touch_v thou_o 23._o gen._n 26.29_o 23._o we_o have_v do_v unto_o thou_o nothing_o but_o good_a and_o have_v send_v thou_o away_o in_o peace_n even_a philistine_n indulge_v this_o servant_n of_o god_n and_o among_o they_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n and_o worship_v his_o god_n without_o disturbance_n jacob_n pay_v his_o devotion_n at_o bethel_n and_o have_v his_o liberty_n and_o indulgence_n in_o laban_n house_n from_o who_o persuasion_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n he_o much_o differ_v in_o his_o return_n from_o thence_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 20._o gen._n 33.18_o 19_o 20._o he_o purchase_v a_o field_n and_o build_v a_o altar_n and_o be_v indulge_v by_o hamor_n the_o hivite_n prince_n of_o the_o country_n he_o enjoy_v the_o like_a freedom_n at_o bethel_n 35.5_o gen._n 35.5_o and_o in_o egypt_n after_o he_o go_v down_o thither_o both_o he_o and_o all_o his_o family_n enjoy_v their_o liberty_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n and_o be_v not_o disturb_v for_o many_o year_n hereupon_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o this_o indulgence_n be_v give_v by_o king_n and_o allow_v to_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n even_o by_o philistine_n much_o more_o may_v the_o like_o be_v expect_v from_o protestant_n to_o their_o brethren_n the_o next_o indulgence_n that_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o time_n the_o holy_a story_n be_v that_o give_v by_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n to_o the_o israelite_n the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n and_o he_o be_v a_o prosperous_a man_n 4._o gen._n 39.2_o 4._o and_o the_o egyptian_a his_o master_n not_o only_o give_v he_o the_o liberty_n of_o his_o conscience_n but_o prefer_v he_o to_o be_v overseer_n of_o his_o house_n and_o his_o godly_a disposition_n appear_v in_o his_o carriage_n to_o his_o mistress_n after_o he_o have_v interpretd_a pharaoh_n dream_n though_o he_o much_o differ_v in_o his_o persuasion_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n from_o the_o egyptian_n yet_o the_o king_n see_v his_o wisdom_n and_o spirit_n make_v he_o ruler_n of_o the_o land_n targum_fw-la gen._n 41.41_o 42_o 43._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldee_n of_o onkeles_n and_o knathan_n hierosol_n targum_fw-la and_o to_o ride_v in_o the_o second_o chariot_n and_o they_o cry_v before_o he_o bow_v the_o knee_n the_o hebrew_n word_n for_o which_o abrech_n signify_v father_n of_o the_o tender_a king_n or_o the_o tender_a father_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v the_o high_a title_n and_o honour_n whereof_o a_o subject_a be_v capable_a among_o they_o and_o the_o high_a trust_n that_o can_v be_v under_o the_o king_n be_v confer_v on_o joseph_n though_o he_o be_v a_o nonconformist_n and_o the_o difference_n of_o persuasion_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n between_o the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o egyptian_n be_v such_o that_o they_o will_v not_o eat_v together_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o entertainment_n which_o joseph_n make_v for_o his_o brethren_n when_o they_o set_v on_o bread_n for_o he_o by_o hemself_n 43.32_o gen._n 43.32_o and_o for_o they_o by_o themselves_o and_o for_o the_o egyptian_n by_o themselves_o because_o the_o egyptian_n may_v not_o eat_v bread_n with_o the_o hebrew_n for_o that_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n the_o reason_n whereof_o as_o pererius_n note_v be_v because_o the_o hebrew_n kill_v the_o cattle_n for_o their_o food_n and_o sacrifice_n 43.33_o coment_fw-fr pererii_n in_o gen._n 43.33_o and_o eat_v of_o they_o which_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v as_o their_o god_n therefore_o the_o persuasion_n of_o joseph_n and_o of_o his_o father_n jacob_n and_o of_o his_o brethren_n be_v sufficient_o different_a from_o that_o of_o the_o egyptian_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n yet_o be_v they_o therein_o indulge_v by_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o successor_n and_o we_o read_v of_o no_o disturbance_n of_o they_o in_o those_o matter_n until_o moses_n require_v of_o pharaoh_n a_o indulgence_n for_o they_o to_o go_v into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o sacrifice_v to_o their_o god_n which_o the_o king_n deny_v because_o god_n have_v harden_v his_o heart_n and_o purpose_v to_o manifest_v his_o own_o power_n and_o his_o mercy_n to_o his_o people_n in_o deliver_v they_o from_o bondage_n and_o what_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o the_o denial_n of_o that_o indulgence_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o moses_n in_o his_o story_n of_o it_o 4._o this_o may_v lead_v we_o to_o a_o consideration_n of_o what_o indulgence_n be_v grant_v by_o moses_n to_o the_o israelite_n themselves_o be_v next_o in_o order_n of_o time_n it_o be_v agree_v by_o all_o author_n that_o moses_n have_v supreme_a spiritual_a jurisdiction_n in_o he_o as_o his_o judgement_n in_o spiritual_a case_n give_v by_o he_o do_v testify_v but_o in_o his_o judgement_n in_o spiritual_a case_n we_o find_v none_o against_o any_o one_o freedom_n of_o conscience_n and_o opinion_n except_o in_o case_n of_o idolatry_n breach_n of_o some_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n or_o for_o blasphemy_n and_o in_o that_o of_o blasphemy_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o 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to_o he_o and_z according_o he_o exercise_v his_o kingly_a authority_n both_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o indulgence_n and_o in_o all_o other_o matter_n that_o he_o be_v king_n 33.5_o deut._n 33.5_o appear_v in_o the_o express_a term_n of_o the_o text_n and_o he_o be_v king_n in_o jeshurun_n so_o the_o hebrew_n read_v it_o and_o the_o chaldee_n syriac_n 44.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yfue_n en_fw-fr ysrael_n roy._n deut._n 32.15_o impinguata_n est_fw-fr gens_fw-fr judaica_n isa_n 44.2_o and_o persic_a version_n for_o jeshurun_v do_v read_v israel_n so_o do_v the_o spaniard_n and_o he_o be_v king_n in_o israel_n the_o german_n agree_v herewith_o and_o a_o little_a before_o in_o the_o song_n of_o moses_n but_o jeshurun_n wax_v fat_a and_o kick_v the_o mauritanian_n read_v it_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n wax_v fat_a and_o upon_o that_o in_o i_o say_v the_o greek_a version_n have_v a_o note_n for_o jeshurun_v understand_v israel_n the_o old_a english_a translation_n under_o hen._n 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the_o ground_n of_o piety_n not_o to_o grant_v indulgence_n to_o they_o especial_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o we_o be_v not_o only_o uncertain_a in_o find_v out_o truth_n in_o disputable_a matter_n but_o we_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o best_a and_o able_a doctor_n in_o christendom_n have_v be_v actual_o deceive_v in_o matter_n of_o great_a concernment_n which_o thing_n be_v evident_a in_o all_o those_o instance_n of_o person_n from_o who_o doctrine_n all_o sort_n of_o christian_n respective_o take_v liberty_n to_o dissent_v the_o error_n of_o papias_n iraenaeus_fw-la lactantius_n and_o justin_n martin_n in_o the_o millenary_a opinion_n of_o st._n cyprian_n the_o asian_a and_o african_a father_n in_o the_o question_n of_o rebaptisation_n st._n augustine_n in_o his_o uncharitable_a sentence_n against_o the_o unbaptised_a child_n of_o christian_a parent_n the_o roman_a or_o the_o greek_a doctor_n in_o the_o question_n of_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o in_o the_o 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