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nec_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la vel_fw-la alio_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la ligare_fw-la it_o be_v conclude_v unanimous_o by_o the_o council_n that_o such_o a_o sentence_n be_v of_o no_o force_n not_o bind_v in_o law_n or_o any_o other_o way_n which_o opinion_n or_o resolution_n of_o they_o the_o above-menâ—tioned_n author_n say_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o condemn_v while_o the_o church_n do_v tolerate_v it_o behold_v a_o principal_a cause_n of_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o english_a church_n from_o the_o pope_n the_o usurpation_n and_o encroachment_n of_o the_o roman_a court_n upon_o the_o political_a right_n of_o the_o crown_n which_o they_o will_v not_o let_v go_v until_o they_o be_v quite_o shake_v off_o antonius_n de_fw-fr rosellis_n a_o zealous_a assertour_n of_o the_o papal_a authority_n conclude_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v a_o heretic_n or_o a_o apostate_n though_o but_o in_o secret_a it_o be_v lawful_a without_o any_o sentence_n or_o declaration_n precede_v for_o any_o of_o 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de_fw-fr appâ—â—pr_fw-la 15._o r._n 2._o c._n 64_o h._n 4._o c._n 12._o 2._o h._n 4._o c._n 3_o 2._o h_o 4._o c._n 4._o 9_o h._n 6._o c._n 11._o coâ—k_v râ—port_n cawdry_n case_n canon_n law_n of_o no_o more_o force_n in_o england_n then_o as_o it_o be_v receive_v 20._o h._n 3._o c._n 9_o 4._o e._n 1._o c._n 5._o bigamy_n 2._o r._n 2._o c._n 6._o aedmer_n in_o initio_fw-la placit_fw-la a_o 1._o h._n 7._o pl._n a_o 1._o h_o 7._o pl._n a_o 32._o et_fw-la 34._o e._n 1._o ant._n brit._n 279._o the_o statute_n of_o mortmain_n justify_v exod._n 36._o 6._o 〈…〉_z nicet_fw-la l._n 7._o consid._n p._n 49_o oratio_fw-la ad_fw-la paul_n 5._o pro_fw-la rep._n veneta_n mat._n paâ—_n a_o 1164._o 35._o e._n 1._o statute_n of_o carlisle_n malm._n de_fw-fr gest._n pont._n aug._n p._n 257._o id._n l._n 2._o p._n 45._o p._n 242._o id._n l._n 1._o p._n 204._o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la 25._o e._n 3._o 25._o e._n 3._o 16._o r._n 2._o c._n 5._o 27._o e._n 3._o c._n 1._o act._n and._n mon._n pontif._n veâ—us_fw-la pontif._n novum_fw-la exit_fw-la regist._n craâ—m_n p._n 4._o hall_n in_o henrico_n 8._o fol._n 206._o occh._n pâ—rt_n 2._o c._n 22._o de_fw-fr frill_n &_o reâ—udic_n the_o sovereignty_n of_o our_o king_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n antiqu._n brit._n p._n 325._o king_n henry_n 8._o do_o no_o more_o than_o his_o predecessor_n the_o judgement_n of_o our_o english_a lawyer_n fitzherb_n natu._n brev_n 44._o lord_n cook_n cawdry_n â—ase_v the_o true_a differ_v part_n 2._o cyp._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conc._n eph._n in_o epist._n synod_n ad_fw-la nâ—stor_n ambr._n et_fw-la alij_fw-la bell_n de_fw-fr pont._n l._n 4._o â—_o c._o 22._o the_o supremacy_n in_o the_o whole_a college_n of_o the_o apostle_n act._n 1._o act._n 6._o â—ct_n 8._o sy_n 1â—_n act._n 11._o act._n 11._o act_n 15._o the_o other_o apostle_n have_v successor_n as_o well_o as_o s._n peter_n why_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n s._n peter_n successor_n rather_o than_o of_o antioch_n plat._n in_o vita_fw-la sti._n peâ—ri_fw-la the_o high_a constitution_n of_o the_o apostle_n exceed_v not_o national_a primat_n can._n apost_n 33._o how_o some_o primate_fw-la come_v to_o be_v more_o respect_v in_o the_o church_n than_o other_o either_o by_o custom_n con._n nic._n or_o from_o the_o grandeur_n of_o the_o city_n conc_fw-fr chal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n or_o by_o decree_n of_o counsel_n or_o by_o edict_n of_o prince_n many_o prâ—mats_n subject_n to_o none_o of_o the_o five_o great_a patriarch_n ruff._n hist._n eccl._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o the_o case_n between_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n and_o cyprian_a bishop_n conc._n ephes._n part_n 1._o act._n 7._o greg._n l._n 1._o ep._n 24._o the_o case_n of_o the_o cyprian_a bishop_n apply_v the_o proof_n in_o this_o cause_n ought_v to_o rest_v upon_o our_o adversary_n the_o brittannique_a church_n ancient_a than_o the_o roman_a gild._n de_fw-fr enid_n et_fw-fr conqâ—_n brit._n plat_v in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri._n bar._n a_o 44._o the_o brittannique_a church_n side_v with_o the_o eastern_a against_o the_o roman_a british_a bishop_n ordain_v at_o home_n reg._n land_n apud_fw-la vsh._n dâ—prim_n eccl._n brit._n p._n 56._o plat._n the_o answer_n of_o dionothus_n spelm._n conc._n an._n 601._o confirm_v by_o two_o british_a synod_n spel._n eon_z a_o 601._o galt_n mon._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o beda_n &_o omnes_fw-la alii_fw-la resp._n greg._n ad_fw-la 8._o quest_n bed_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o ant._n brit_n p._n 48._o malm._n prol_n ad_fw-la lib._n the_o gest_n pont_n aug._n glos._n juris_fw-la c._n cleros_fw-la do_v 21._o sovereign_n prince_n have_v power_n to_o alter_v whatsoever_o be_v of_o humane_a institution_n in_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n append._n de_fw-fr schism_n art_n 4._o p._n 526._o suar._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la prim_fw-la summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la cap._n 1._o num_fw-la 4._o morl._n in_o emp._n jur_n p._n 1._o tit_n 2._o citati_fw-la à _fw-la sanc._n claâ—_n in_o art_n 37._o append._n de_fw-fr schism_n p._n 527._o p._n 528._o protestant_n in_o their_o reformation_n have_v alter_v no_o article_n of_o religion_n nor_o sacred_a rite_n nor_o violate_a charity_n p._n 533._o p._n 528._o p._n 530._o augustine_n nor_o swerve_v from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n exit_fw-la archivis_fw-la turris_n londinensis_fw-la citat_fw-la author_n antiquit._n acad._n cantab_n in_o case_n doubtful_a we_o may_v not_o disobey_v the_o king_n and_o the_o law_n exod._n 1._o 17._o 1_o sam._n 22._o 17._o august_n unjust_a command_n may_v be_v just_o obey_v prince_n be_v oblige_v to_o protect_v their_o subject_n from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n paâ—s_n lait_fw-fr etc._n etc._n citati_fw-la a_o sancta_fw-la clara_n in_o art_n 37._o p._n 420._o 421._o sancta_fw-la clara_n p._n 146._o &_o 417._o king_n may_v exercise_v exernal_a act_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n by_o fit_a delegate_n the_o emperor_n of_o 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my_o duty_n on_o both_o side_n in_o yield_a obedience_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o not_o conceal_v what_o i_o think_v for_o god_n a_o most_o rare_a and_o christian_a precedent_n of_o that_o great_a patriarch_n and_o fit_a for_o our_o observation_n and_o imitation_n in_o these_o day_n he_o acknowledge_v the_o emperor_n to_o be_v his_o lord_n and_o himself_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o his_o command_n and_o though_o no_o humane_a invention_n can_v warrant_v a_o act_n that_o be_v moral_o evil_a in_o itself_o yet_o if_o it_o be_v only_o impeditive_a of_o a_o great_a good_a as_o that_o bless_a saint_n do_v take_v this_o law_n to_o be_v the_o command_n of_o a_o sovereign_n do_v weigh_v down_o the_o scale_n and_o oblige_v a_o patriarch_n to_o obedience_n in_o a_o matter_n that_o concern_v religion_n how_o much_o more_o do_v the_o command_n of_o the_o english_a monarch_n and_o the_o english_a church_n disoblige_v a_o english_a subject_n from_o a_o foreign_a patriarch_n who_o original_a right_n be_v but_o humane_a at_o the_o most_o and_o in_o the_o case_n in_o question_n between_o rome_n and_o england_n none_o at_o all_o but_o to_o come_v up_o yet_o close_o to_o the_o question_n patriarchate_n the_o general_a counsel_n of_o constantinople_n and_o chalcedon_n with_o the_o presence_n concurrence_n and_o confirmation_n of_o theodosius_n the_o great_a &_o martian_a the_o emperor_n notwithstanding_o the_o opposition_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n by_o his_o legate_n 8._o do_v advance_v the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n from_o be_v a_o poor_a suffragan_n under_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o heraclea_n to_o be_v the_o second_o patriarch_n and_o equal_a in_o dignity_n power_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o privilege_n to_o the_o first_o and_o assign_v unto_o he_o for_o his_o patriarchate_n pontus_n and_o asia_n the_o less_o and_o thracia_n and_o some_o other_o country_n part_n of_o which_o territory_n they_o substract_v from_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n at_o least_o over_o which_o the_o roman_a bishop_n challenge_v jurisdiction_n and_o part_n from_o other_o patriarch_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o alteration_n be_v the_o same_o for_o which_o caesarea_n of_o old_a be_v a_o long_a time_n prefer_v before_o jerusalem_n and_o alexandria_n before_o antioch_n and_o rome_n before_o all_o other_o to_o conform_v the_o ecclesiastical_a regiment_n to_o the_o political_a because_o constantinople_n be_v make_v of_o a_o mean_a city_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o eastern_a empire_n and_o have_v as_o many_o diocese_n and_o province_n subject_a unto_o it_o as_o old_a rome_n itself_o but_o lest_o it_o may_v be_v conceive_v that_o this_o be_v not_o do_v at_o all_o by_o imperial_a power_n but_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ecumenical_a synod_n we_o may_v observe_v further_o that_o justiniâ—n_n the_o emperor_n by_o his_o sole_a sovereign_n legislative_a power_n do_v new-found_a the_o patriarchate_n of_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la et_fw-la and_o assign_v a_o province_n unto_o it_o and_o endow_v it_o with_o most_o ample_a privilege_n 131._o free_v it_o from_o all_o appeal_n and_o all_o acknowledgement_n of_o superiority_n give_v the_o bishop_n thereof_o equal_a power_n with_o that_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v in_o his_o patriarchate_n the_o same_o privilege_n and_o prerogative_n be_v give_v by_o the_o same_o emperor_n by_o the_o same_o legislative_a authority_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o carthage_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v always_o pretend_v that_o carthage_n be_v under_o their_o jurisdiction_n i_o deny_v not_o that_o vigilius_n and_o gregory_n succeed_v pope_n do_v make_v deputation_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o justiniana_n to_o supply_v their_o place_n but_o this_o be_v but_o a_o old_a roman_a fineness_n the_o bishop_n of_o justiniana_n need_v none_o of_o their_o commission_n justinian_n the_o father_n and_o founder_n of_o the_o imperial_a law_n know_v well_o enough_o how_o far_o his_o legislative_a power_n do_v extend_v and_o though_o the_o act_n be_v notorious_a the_o whole_a world_n and_o insert_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o the_o father_n of_o that_o age_n do_v not_o complain_v of_o any_o innovation_n or_o usurpation_n or_o breach_n of_o their_o privilege_n or_o violation_n of_o their_o right_n king_n henry_n the_o eight_o have_v the_o same_o imperial_a power_n emperor_n and_o be_v as_o much_o a_o sovereign_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n as_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n in_o his_o large_a dominion_n as_o william_n rufus_n son_n and_o successor_n of_o the_o conqerour_n say_v most_o true_o that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v all_o those_o liberty_n in_o their_o own_o kingdom_n which_o the_o emperor_n have_v in_o the_o empire_n and_o have_v as_o much_o authority_n to_o exempt_v his_o own_o subject_n from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o one_o patriarch_n paris_n and_o transfer_v they_o to_o another_o especial_o with_o the_o advice_n consent_n and_o concurrence_n of_o a_o national_a synod_n so_o king_n arthur_n his_o predecessor_n remove_v the_o primacy_n from_o caâ—rleon_n to_o saint_n david_n and_o another_o of_o they_o to_o canterbury_n for_o the_o advantage_n of_o their_o subject_n according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o time_n if_o the_o pope_n have_v be_v the_o king_n of_o england_n subject_n as_o former_a pope_n be_v the_o emperor_n he_o may_v have_v serve_v he_o as_o they_o do_v some_o of_o his_o predecessor_n call_v a_o council_n regulate_v he_o and_o reduce_v he_o to_o order_n and_o reason_n or_o if_o he_o prove_v incorrigible_a have_v depose_v he_o but_o the_o pope_n be_v a_o stranger_n all_o that_o he_o can_v just_o do_v be_v what_o he_o do_v rather_o than_o to_o see_v his_o royal_a prerogative_n daily_o trample_v upon_o his_o law_n destroy_v his_o subject_n oppress_v rather_o than_o to_o have_v new_a article_n of_o faith_n daily_o obtrude_v upon_o the_o english_a church_n rather_o than_o to_o incur_v the_o peril_n of_o wilful_a idolatry_n against_o conscience_n and_o therefore_o formal_a to_o cashier_v the_o roman_a court_n with_o all_o their_o pardon_n and_o