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A31089 A treatise of the Pope's supremacy to which is added A discourse concerning the unity of the church / by Isaac Barrow ... Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677. 1683 (1683) Wing B962; ESTC R16226 478,579 343

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credulous_a people_n then_o his_o dictate_v will_v pass_v for_o infallible_a oracle_n and_o his_o decree_n for_o inviolable_a law_n whence_o his_o veneration_n be_v exceed_o increase_v 19_o he_o be_v forward_o to_o support_v factious_a churchman_n against_o prince_n par._n upon_o pretence_n of_o spiritual_a interest_n and_o liberty_n and_o usual_o by_o his_o importunity_n and_o art_n get_v the_o better_a in_o such_o contest_v he_o thereby_o do_v much_o strengthen_v his_o authority_n 20._o he_o make_v himself_o the_o head_n of_o all_o the_o clergy_n and_o carry_v himself_o as_o its_o protector_n and_o patron_n do_v engage_v thereby_o innumerable_a most_o able_a head_n tongue_n and_o pen_n who_o be_v devote_v to_o maintain_v whatever_o he_o do_v and_o have_v little_a else_o to_o do_v 21._o so_o great_a a_o party_n he_o cherish_v with_o exorbitant_a liberty_n suffer_v none_o to_o rule_v over_o they_o or_o touch_v they_o beside_o himself_o 22._o he_o do_v find_v divers_a militias_n and_o band_n of_o spiritual_a janissary_n to_o be_v combatant_n for_o his_o interest_n who_o depend_v immediate_o upon_o he_o subsist_v by_o his_o charter_n enjoy_v exemption_n by_o his_o authority_n from_o other_o jurisdiction_n be_v swear_v to_o a_o special_a obeisance_n of_o he_o be_v entire_o at_o his_o devotion_n ready_a with_o all_o their_o might_n to_o advance_v his_o interest_n and_o to_o maintain_v all_o the_o pretence_n of_o their_o patron_n and_o benefactor_n these_o have_v great_a sway_n among_o the_o people_n upon_o account_n of_o their_o religious_a guise_n and_o pretence_n to_o extraordinary_a height_n of_o sanctimony_n austerity_n contempt_n of_o the_o world_n and_o learning_n be_v most_o confine_v to_o they_o they_o be_v the_o chief_a teacher_n and_o guide_n of_o christendom_n so_o that_o no_o wonder_n if_o he_o do_v challenge_v and_o can_v maintain_v any_o thing_n by_o their_o influence_n they_o do_v cry_v up_o his_o power_n as_o superior_a to_o all_o other_o they_o do_v attribute_n to_o he_o title_n strange_o high_a vicegod_n spouse_n of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n strange_a attribute_n of_o omnipotency_n infallibility_n etc._n etc._n 23._o whereas_o wealth_n be_v a_o great_a sinew_n of_o power_n he_o do_v invent_v divers_a way_n of_o draw_v great_a store_n thereof_o to_o himself_o 4.44_o by_o how_o many_o trick_n do_v he_o proll_v money_n from_o all_o part_n of_o christendom_n as_o by_o dispensation_n for_o marriage_n within_o degree_n prohibit_v or_o at_o uncanonical_a time_n for_o vow_n and_o oath_n for_o observance_n of_o fast_n and_o abstinence_n for_o plurality_n and_o incompatible_a benefice_n nonresidences_a etc._n etc._n indulgence_n and_o pardon_n and_o free_v soul_n from_o the_o pain_n of_o purgatory_n reservation_n and_o provision_n of_o benefice_n not_o bestow_v gratís_o camerariae_fw-la consecrate_a present_n dei_n sword_n rose_n etc._n etc._n confirmation_n of_o bishop_n 274._o send_v pall_v appeal_v to_o his_o court._n tribute_n of_o peterpence_n annates_fw-la 257._o tithe_n introduce_v upon_o occasion_n of_o holy_a war_n and_o continue_v play_v fast_o and_o loose_a tie_v knot_n and_o undo_v they_o for_o gain_v send_v legate_n to_o drain_v place_n of_o money_n commutation_n of_o penance_n for_o money_n invite_v to_o pilgrimage_n at_o rome_n hook_v in_o legacy_n what_o a_o mass_n of_o treasure_n do_v all_o this_o come_v to_o christi_fw-la what_o a_o trade_n do_v he_o drive_v 24._o he_o do_v indeed_o easy_o by_o the_o help_n of_o his_o mercenary_a divine_n transform_v most_o point_n of_o divinity_n in_o accommodation_n to_o his_o interest_n of_o power_n reputation_n and_o gain_n 25._o any_o pretence_n how_o slender_a soever_o will_v in_o time_n get_v some_o validity_n be_v fortify_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o divers_a author_n and_o a_o current_n of_o suitable_a practice_n any_o story_n serve_v the_o design_n of_o a_o party_n will_v get_v credit_n by_o be_v often_o tell_v especial_o by_o writer_n bear_v a_o semblance_n of_o gravity_n whereof_o divers_a will_v never_o be_v want_v to_o abet_v a_o flourish_a party_n 26._o the_o history_n of_o some_o age_n be_v compose_v only_o by_o the_o pope_n client_n friar_n and_o monk_n and_o such_o people_n which_o therefore_o be_v partial_a to_o he_o addict_v to_o his_o interest_n and_o under_o awe_n of_o he_o for_o a_o long_a time_n none_o dare_v open_v his_o mouth_n to_o question_v any_o of_o his_o pretence_n or_o reprehend_v his_o practice_n without_o be_v call_v heretic_n and_o treat_v as_o such_o 27._o whereas_o the_o pope_n have_v two_o sort_n of_o opposite_n to_o subdue_v temporal_a prince_n and_o bishop_n his_o business_n be_v to_o overtop_v prince_n and_o to_o enslave_v all_o bishop_n or_o to_o invade_v and_o usurp_v the_o right_n of_o both_o he_o use_v the_o help_n of_o each_o to_o compass_v his_o design_n on_o the_o other_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o prince_n oppress_v bishop_n and_o by_o the_o assistence_n of_o bishop_n mate_v prince_n 28._o when_o any_o body_n will_v not_o do_v as_o he_o will_v have_v they_o 37._o he_o do_v incessant_o clamour_v or_o whine_v that_o saint_n peter_n be_v injure_v 29._o the_o forgery_n of_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n wherein_o the_o ancient_a pope_n be_v make_v express_o to_o speak_v and_o act_v according_a to_o some_o of_o his_o high_a pretence_n devise_v long_o after_o their_o time_n and_o which_o they_o never_o think_v of_o good_a man_n do_v huge_o conduce_v to_o his_o purpose_n authorise_v his_o encroachment_n by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o ancient_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o canon-law_n be_v extract_v out_o of_o these_o and_o ground_v on_o they_o the_o donation_n of_o constantine_n fictitious_a act_n of_o council_n and_o the_o like_a counterfeit_a stuff_n do_v help_v thereto_o the_o which_o be_v soon_o embrace_v as_o we_o see_v in_o pope_n gregory_n ii_o peto_fw-la as_o also_o legend_n fable_n of_o miracle_n and_o all_o such_o deceivableness_n of_o unrighteousness_n 30._o pope_n be_v so_o cunning_a as_o to_o form_n grant_v and_o impute_v that_o to_o privilege_n derive_v from_o they_o which_o prince_n do_v enjoy_v by_o right_n or_o custom_n 31._o synod_n of_o bishop_n call_v by_o he_o at_o opportune_a season_n consist_v of_o his_o votary_n or_o slave_n chalc._n none_o dare_v therein_o to_o whisper_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o his_o authority_n he_o carry_v whatever_o he_o please_v to_o propose_v without_o check_n or_o contradiction_n who_o dare_v to_o question_v any_o thing_n do_v by_o such_o number_n of_o pastor_n style_v themselves_o the_o representative_a of_o christendom_n 32._o the_o have_v hamper_v all_o the_o clergy_n with_o strict_a oath_n of_o universal_a obedience_n to_o he_o begin_v about_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n gregory_n vii_o do_v great_o assure_v his_o power_n 33._o when_o intolerable_a oppression_n and_o exaction_n do_v constrain_v prince_n to_o struggle_v with_o he_o if_o he_o can_v not_o utter_o prevail_v thing_n be_v bring_v to_o composition_n whereby_o he_o be_v to_o be_v sure_a for_o that_o time_n a_o gainer_n and_o gain_v establishment_n in_o some_o point_n leave_v the_o rest_n to_o be_v get_v afterward_o in_o more_o favourable_a juncture_n witness_v the_o concordates_n between_o henry_n ii_o and_o p._n alex._n iii_o anno_fw-la 1172._o edw._n iii_o and_o p._n greg._n xi_o anno_fw-la 1373._o henry_n v._o and_o p._n mart._n v._o anno_fw-la 1418._o 34._o when_o prince_n be_v fain_o to_o curb_v their_o exorbitance_n by_o pragmatical_a sanction_n they_o be_v restless_a till_o they_o have_v get_v those_o sanction_n revoke_v and_o when_o they_o find_v weak_a prince_n or_o any_o prince_n in_o circumstance_n advantage_v their_o design_n they_o do_v obtain_v their_o end_n so_o pope_n leo_n x._o get_v lewis_n xi_o to_o repeal_v the_o pragmatical_a sanction_n of_o his_o ancestor_n 35._o the_o power_n he_o do_v assume_v to_o absolve_v man_n from_o oath_n and_o vow_n to_o dispense_v with_o prohibit_v marriage_n etc._n etc._n do_v not_o