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bless_a saviour_n do_v to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o feed_v the_o flock_n he_o think_v it_o their_o duty_n as_o well_o as_o he_o to_o feed_v our_o bless_a saviour_n sheep_n and_o that_o which_o further_a and_o ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la more_o strong_o confirm_v what_o i_o have_v say_v in_o this_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o adversary_n grant_v though_o in_o contradiction_n to_o the_o sense_n many_o of_o they_o â—ive_a of_o those_o word_n feed_v my_o sheep_n when_o they_o â—ould_v build_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n upon_o they_o â—hat_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o as_o it_o signify_v to_o rule_v and_o feed_v and_o so_o the_o duty_n of_o rule_v and_o feed_v our_o bless_a saviour_n sheep_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v peculiar_a to_o peter_n or_o prove_v his_o supremacy_n that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n not_o only_o of_o peter_n but_o of_o every_o bishop_n in_o the_o christian_a world_n both_o to_o rule_v and_o feed_v our_o bless_a saviour_n sheep_n 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very_a place_n of_o 16._o st._n john_n on_o which_o they_o will_v build_v peter_n supremacy_n be_v cite_v in_o the_o margin_n as_o contain_v a_o precept_n oblige_v not_o peter_n only_o but_o all_o who_o have_v cure_n of_o soul_n to_o feed_v christ_n sheep_n now_o if_o those_o word_n feed_v my_o sheep_n contain_v praeceptum_fw-la a_o precept_n oblige_v all_o pastor_n to_o a_o pastoral_n duty_n then_o they_o do_v not_o contain_v what_o they_o pretend_v donum_fw-la a_o donation_n of_o supremacy_n 4._o but_o pope_n boniface_n viii_o and_o pope_n innocent_a iii_o in_o their_o before_o mention_a titulo_fw-la constitution_n tell_v we_o that_o by_o oves_fw-la meas_fw-la our_o bless_a saviour_n mean_n all_o his_o sheep_n all_o christian_n in_o the_o world_n because_o he_o do_v not_o speak_v singularitèr_fw-la of_o these_o or_o those_o but_o generalitèr_fw-la of_o his_o sheep_n whence_o they_o and_o many_o after_o they_o conclude_v thaâ—_n our_o bless_a saviour_n commit_v all_o his_o sheep_n 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by_o peter_n must_v mean_v some_o of_o they_o be_v to_o be_v feed_v by_o he_o pro_fw-la loco_fw-la &_o tempore_fw-la as_o he_o have_v place_n and_o time_n to_o meet_v with_o they_o it_o be_v impossible_a he_o shall_v feed_v they_o 62._o all_o there_o be_v many_o thousand_o of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n sheep_n who_o peter_n never_o do_v nor_o can_v see_v nor_o they_o hear_v he_o and_o certain_o his_o gracious_a lord_n and_o master_n will_v not_o tie_v he_o to_o impossibility_n 2._o when_o they_o say_v which_o be_v evident_o untrue_a that_o by_o those_o word_n feed_v my_o sheep_n all_o the_o faithful_a be_v mean_v and_o be_v commit_v to_o peter_n care_n and_o charge_n and_o therefore_o the_o 2._o apostle_n themselves_o be_v our_o saviour_n sheep_n as_o well_o as_o other_o be_v part_n of_o his_o charge_n and_o under_o his_o jurisdiction_n this_o they_o say_v indeed_o usual_o but_o miserable_o mistake_v only_o say_v it_o for_o they_o neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v any_o just_a ground_n or_o reason_n for_o it_o for_o it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o our_o bless_a saviour_n be_v to_o his_o whole_a church_n the_o only_a 〈◊〉_d high_a priest_n the_o 〈◊〉_d prince_n of_o all_o the_o pastor_n and_o the_o grand_a 〈◊〉_d shepherd_n of_o the_o sheep_n and_o as_o king_n have_v imperial_a power_n to_o rule_n and_o govern_v they_o 2._o it_o be_v certain_a the_o apostle_n from_o and_o under_o he_o be_v pastor_n and_o shepherd_n as_o well_o as_o peter_n to_o feed_v the_o flock_n but_o their_o power_n be_v ministerial_a not_o imperial_a even_o the_o apostleship_n itself_o be_v 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ministry_n and_o they_o minister_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o 5._o church_n now_o though_o in_o respect_n of_o christ_n the_o great_a shepherd_n they_o be_v sheep_n even_o peter_n himself_o yet_o on_o earth_n they_o be_v shepherd_n only_o not_o sheep_n neither_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o church_n over_o which_o our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v set_v they_o to_o be_v shepherd_n nor_o in_o relation_n one_o to_o another_o paul_n or_o james_n or_o john_n be_v no_o more_o sheep_n in_o respect_n of_o peter_n to_o be_v feed_v and_o rule_v by_o he_o than_o he_o to_o be_v feed_v and_o rule_v by_o they_o and_o therefore_o to_o say_v as_o our_o adversary_n vain_o do_v that_o in_o those_o word_n feed_v my_o sheep_n peter_n be_v command_v to_o feed_v and_o rule_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o his_o charge_n who_o be_v shepherd_n only_o and_o sheep_n to_o no_o superior_a pastor_n except_o our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o by_o their_o apostolical_a commission_n anon_o equal_a to_o himself_o be_v irrational_a without_o any_o ground_n in_o scripture_n or_o pure_a antiquity_n there_o be_v another_o metaphor_n concern_v the_o apostle_n and_o their_o feed_v and_o building_n the_o church_n which_o may_v illustrate_v this_o business_n all_o the_o apostle_n as_o well_o and_o as_o much_o as_o peter_n be_v in_o scripture_n call_v foundation_n 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n convert_v feed_v and_o confirm_v by_o they_o in_o respect_n of_o christ_n our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o be_v the_o only_a prime_n and_o principal_a firmâ—_n rock_n on_o which_o the_o church_n be_v build_v they_o be_v all_o of_o they_o superstruction_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n foundation_n and_o that_o without_o any_o dependence_n upon_o peter_n he_o be_v not_o the_o foundation_n on_o which_o they_o be_v build_v but_o but_o both_o he_o and_o they_o immediate_o upon_o the_o prime_a rock_n and_o foundation_n jesus_n christ_n so_o that_o as_o the_o apostle_n be_v superstructure_n in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n the_o church_n in_o respect_n of_o christ_n the_o prime_n firm_a foundation_n and_o none_o of_o they_o superstructure_n in_o respect_n of_o peter_n be_v neither_o build_v upon_o he_o nor_o make_v superstruction_n by_o he_o by_o
quam_fw-la regius_fw-la dignitate_fw-la sit_fw-la altior_fw-la dignitas_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la gratian._n can._n duo_o sunt_fw-la 10._o distinct._n 96._o 96._o quia_fw-la colla_n regum_fw-la &_o principum_fw-la submittuntur_fw-la genibus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la by_o sacerdotes_fw-la here_o the_o pope_n be_v principal_o mean_v as_o be_v evident_a both_o by_o the_o text_n and_o the_o gloss_n glossa_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la can._n verbo_fw-la dúo_fw-la sunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la papa_n excipit_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la ad_fw-la osculum_fw-la pedisut_fw-la primum_fw-la videt_fw-la papam_fw-la detecto_fw-la capite_fw-la illum_fw-la genâ—â—_n terram_fw-la tangens_fw-la veneraâ—u_fw-la &_o poutificis_fw-la pedes_fw-la devotè_n osculatur_fw-la lib._n sacrarum_fw-la ceremoniarum_fw-la rom._n 1560._o l._n 1._o tit._n 5._o p._n 22._o col._n 2._o 3._o 3._o volentes_fw-la ut_fw-la hac_fw-la tantum_fw-la compilatione_fw-la utantur_fw-la vniversi_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la &_o in_fw-la scholis_fw-la etc._n etc._n greg._n 9_o in_o literis_fw-la acad._n bononiensi_fw-la that_fw-mi 1230._o juri_fw-la canonico_n praefixis_fw-la edit_fw-la lugduni_n 1661._o 1661._o edit_fw-la paris_n 1520._o cum_fw-la glossis_fw-la glossis_fw-la vide_fw-la bullam_fw-la greg._n 13._o datam_fw-la romae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1580._o corpori_fw-la juris_fw-la canonici_fw-la praefixam_fw-la praefixam_fw-la nulli_fw-la liceat_fw-la libris_fw-la canonici_fw-la juris_fw-la de_fw-la mandaâ—o_fw-la nostro_fw-la correctis_fw-la recognitis_fw-la &_o expurgatis_fw-la quicquam_fw-la addere_fw-la detrahere_fw-la vel_fw-la immutare_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n dicta_fw-la greg._n 13._o bulla_n bulla_n they_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v our_o bless_a saviour_n himself_o who_o constitute_v peter_n and_o his_o successor_n supreme_a monarch_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n christus_fw-la catholicam_fw-la ecclesiâ—m_fw-la uni_fw-la soli_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la petro_n petrÃque_fw-la successori_fw-la rom._n pontifici_fw-la in_fw-la potestatis_fw-la plenitudine_fw-la tradidit_fw-la gubernandam_fw-la so_o pius_n the_o five_o in_o this_o bull_n of_o excommunication_n of_o eliz._n in_o principio_fw-la and_o bellarmine_n say_v successio_fw-la ex_fw-la christi_fw-la instituto_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la instituit_fw-la in_o petro_n pontificatum_fw-la ideo_fw-la quicumque_fw-la petro_n succedit_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la accipit_fw-la pontificatum_fw-la de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l_o 2._o c._n 12._o §_o ut_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la papa_n in_o petri_n cathedra_fw-la sedeat_fw-la summum_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la gradum_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la humanis_fw-la constitutionibus_fw-la sed_fw-la divinitus_fw-la datum_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la catechis_n trident._n part._n 2._o c_o 7._o de_fw-fr ordinis_fw-la sacramento_n §_o 28._o vide_fw-la can._n sacrosancta_fw-la 2._o dist._n 22._o &_o glossam_fw-la &_o turrecrematam_fw-la idem_fw-la idem_fw-la baronius_n say_z that_o peter_n suffer_v martyrdom_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 69._o &_o therefore_o 34._o or_o 35._o year_n after_o our_o bless_a saviour_n passion_n annal._n tom._n 1._o ad_fw-la ann._n 69._o §._o 1._o 1._o bellarmine_n say_v than_z it_o be_v evident_a in_o scripture_n that_o peter_n supremacy_n be_v to_o descend_v to_o a_o successor_n aliquem_fw-la petro_n succedere_fw-la deducitur_fw-la evidentèr_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o §_o observandum_fw-la tertio_fw-la tertio_fw-la bellarmine_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v not_o express_o in_o scripture_n that_o the_o pope_n be_v peter_n successor_n but_o that_o must_v be_v prove_v by_o apostolical_a tradition_n rom._n pontificem_fw-la succedere_fw-la petro_n non_fw-la habetur_fw-la express_v in_o scripture_n sed_fw-la habetur_fw-la ex_fw-la traditione_n apostolicâ_fw-la bellarm._n loco_fw-la dicto_fw-la dicto_fw-la they_o constant_o tell_v we_o the_o pope_n have_v two_o sword_n and_o of_o the_o temporal_a sword_n they_o say_v figurat_fw-la pontisicalis_fw-la hic_fw-la gladius_fw-la potestatem_fw-la summam_fw-la temporalâ—m_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la ejus_fw-la vicario_n collatam_fw-la juxta_fw-la illud_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la omnis_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o câ—elo_n &_o in_fw-la terrâ_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la dominabitur_fw-la à _fw-la mari_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mare_fw-la &_o à _fw-la flumine_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la terminos_fw-la orbie_n terrarum_fw-la libre_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la ceremoniorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la rom._n romae_fw-la 1560._o lib._n 1._o tit._n 7._o de_fw-fr ense_n benedicendo_fw-la p._n 36._o col._n 1._o 1._o vide_fw-la methodum_fw-la veronianam_fw-la seu_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la quilibet_fw-la catholicus_n potest_fw-la solis_fw-la bibliis_fw-la religionis_fw-la praetensae_fw-la ministrum_fw-la evidentèr_fw-la mutum_fw-la reddere_fw-la etc._n etc._n authore_fw-la francisco_n verono_n parisiensi_fw-la societatis_fw-la jesus_n theolog._n colon._n agrip._n 1610._o vide_fw-la jac._n masenij_fw-la meditatam_fw-la concordiam_fw-la protestantium_fw-la cum_fw-la catholic_o ex_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei._n edit_fw-la colon._n 1661._o 1661._o francis_n veroni_n scientiam_fw-la è_fw-la doctissimâ_fw-la societate_fw-la jesus_n prodeuntem_fw-la veneramur_fw-la sententiam_fw-la libenter_fw-la sequimur_fw-la &_o labores_fw-la optimo_fw-la successu_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la donatos_fw-la honoramus_fw-la adrian_n &_o petrus_n walenburch_n in_o exam_n princip_n fidei_fw-la etc._n etc._n exam_n 3._o §._o 1._o num_fw-la 3._o p._n 111._o 111._o vide_fw-la dispute_n de_fw-fr fidei_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n demonstratione_fw-la contra_fw-la novam_fw-la nonnullorum_fw-la methodun_fw-la per_fw-la joh._n dallaeum_n 8â—_n genevae_n 1610._o 1610._o they_o do_v now_o pretend_v to_o potestatem_fw-la summain_fw-fr temporalem_fw-la as_o the_o book_n of_o their_o sacred_a ceremony_n a_o little_a before_o cite_v tell_v we_o that_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 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