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absolution_n why_o allow_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 139._o anacletus_fw-la and_o cletus_n by_o some_o thought_n to_o be_v the_o same_o 88_o anathema_n of_o the_o romanist_n 289._o angel_n popish_a doctrine_n of_o worship_v they_o contrary_a to_o scripture_n 280._o apostle_n which_o the_o elder_a 34._o that_o office_n of_o the_o great_a authority_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n 37._o this_o authority_n of_o their_o office_n they_o frequent_o assert_v never_o superiority_n over_o one_o another_o 50._o their_o manner_n of_o life_n ibid._n their_o equality_n attest_v by_o the_o father_n and_o plain_a from_o scripture_n 57_o 59_o their_o extraordinary_a privilege_n and_o miraculous_a power_n not_o successive_a nor_o communicable_a 78._o appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n disclaim_v 248_o 249._o b._n s._n basil_n his_o authority_n against_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n 123._o bishop_n how_o to_o discharge_v their_o office_n 40._o in_o what_o sense_n say_v to_o be_v successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n 79._o all_o bishop_n style_v clavigeri_fw-la by_o the_o council_n of_o compeigne_n 65._o their_o residence_n and_o translation_n 84_o 85._o the_o high_a order_n in_o the_o church_n 128._o their_o equality_n notwithstanding_o some_o difference_n in_o order_n and_o privilege_n 125_o 129_o 151._o a_o answer_n to_o such_o who_o object_n they_o have_v a_o power_n as_o well_o as_o emperor_n to_o call_v general_a council_n 193._o metropolitan_a bishop_n in_o their_o province_n have_v far_o more_o power_n and_o more_o true_o ground_v than_o the_o pope_n have_v in_o the_o whole_a church_n 212._o what_o kind_n of_o authority_n they_o have_v heretofore_o in_o synod_n ibid._n their_o ordination_n in_o who_o power_n their_o authority_n and_o right_n 215_o 216._o constitution_n of_o they_o not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n but_o emperor_n 225._o nor_o censure_v they_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n 231_o 232._o no_o power_n in_o the_o pope_n to_o depose_v they_o 233_o the_o 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for_o the_o like_a reason_n saint_n peter_n may_v assume_v the_o bishopric_n of_o rome_n i_o answer_v 1._o it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o saint_n james_n the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v a_o apostle_n 1.12_o mean_v a_o apostle_n of_o the_o primary_n rank_n for_o eusebius_n the_o great_a antiquary_n of_o old_a time_n do_v reckon_v he_o one_o of_o the_o 70_o disciple_n so_o do_v the_o author_n of_o the_o apostolical_a constitution_n in_o divers_a place_n suppose_v james_n hegesippus_n that_o most_o ancient_a historian_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n who_o say_v 2.23_o that_o there_o be_v many_o of_o this_o name_n and_o that_o this_o james_n do_v undertake_v the_o church_n with_o the_o apostle_n of_o the_o same_o opinion_n be_v epiphanius_n 78._o who_o say_v that_o saint_n james_n be_v the_o son_n of_o joseph_n by_o another_o wife_n the_o whole_a greek_a church_n do_v suppose_v the_o same_o keep_v three_o distinct_a solemnity_n for_o he_o and_o the_o two_o apostle_n of_o the_o same_o name_n gregory_n nyssene_n st._n hierome_n and_o divers_a other_o ancient_a writer_n do_v concur_v herein_o who_o we_o may_v see_v allege_v by_o grotius_n dr._n hammond_n 20._o who_o themselves_o do_v embrace_v the_o same_o opinion_n valesius_fw-la blondel_n etc._n etc._n salmasius_n after_o his_o confident_a manner_n say_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o be_v not_o one_o of_o the_o twelve_o i_o may_v at_o least_o say_v it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o he_o be_v and_o consequent_o the_o objection_n be_v ground_v on_o a_o uncertainty_n 2._o grant_v that_o saint_n james_n be_v one_o of_o the_o apostle_n as_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n seem_v to_o think_v 1.19_o call_v he_o a_o apostle_n and_o as_o divers_a modern_a divine_n conceive_v ground_v chief_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o saint_n paul_n but_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n see_v i_o none_o save_v james_n the_o lord_n brother_n and_o take_v apostle_n there_o in_o the_o strict_a sense_n i_o answer_v that_o the_o case_n be_v 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think_v it_o fit_a to_o follow_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n the_o holy_a scripture_n teach_v we_o that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o head_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o father_n do_v avow_v no_o other_o as_o we_o have_v otherwhere_o show_v but_o the_o pope_n assume_v to_o himself_o the_o headship_n of_o the_o church_n retract_v affirm_v all_o power_n and_o authority_n to_o be_v derive_v from_o he_o into_o the_o subject_a member_n of_o the_o church_n flor._n we_o decree_v that_o the_o roman_a pontife_n be_v the_o true_a vicar_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o head_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n the_o scripture_n declare_v that_o god_n do_v institute_v marriage_n for_o remedy_n of_o incontinency_n and_o prevention_n of_o sin_n forbid_v the_o use_n of_o it_o to_o none_o 19.11_o who_o shall_v think_v it_o needful_a or_o convenient_a for_o they_o 9.5_o reckon_v the_o prohibition_n of_o it_o among_o heretical_a doctrine_n 4.3_o imply_v it_o to_o be_v impose_v a_o snare_n upon_o man_n 7.35_o but_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o complice_n do_v prohibit_v it_o to_o whole_a order_n of_o man_n 9_o priest_n etc._n etc._n engage_v they_o into_o dangerous_a vow_n 7.10_o our_o lord_n forbid_v any_o marriage_n lawful_o contract_v to_o be_v dissolve_v otherwise_o than_o in_o case_n of_o adultery_n 9_o but_o the_o pope_n command_v priest_n marry_v to_o be_v divorce_v and_o that_o marriage_n contract_v by_o such_o person_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v he_o dissolve_v matrimony_n agree_v by_o the_o profession_n of_o monkery_n of_o one_o of_o the_o espouse_v 6._o if_o any_o shall_v say_v that_o matrimony_n confirm_v not_o consummate_v be_v not_o dissolve_v by_o the_o solemn_a profession_n of_o religion_n of_o either_o party_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n 6.53_o our_o saviour_n do_v institute_v and_o enjoin_v we_o under_o pain_n of_o damnation_n if_o we_o shall_v wilful_o transgress_v his_o order_n to_o eat_v of_o his_o body_n and_o drink_v of_o his_o blood_n in_o participation_n of_o the_o holy_a supper_n the_o father_n do_v according_o practice_v with_o the_o whole_a church_n till_o late_a time_n but_o notwithstanding_o christ_n institution_n as_o they_o express_v it_o papal_a synod_n do_v prohibit_v all_o layman_n 3._o and_o priest_n not_o celebrate_v to_o partake_v of_o christ_n blood_n so_o maim_v and_o pervert_v our_o lord_n institution_n 12._o and_o yet_o they_o decline_v to_o drink_v the_o blood_n of_o our_o redemption_n in_o defence_n of_o which_o practice_n they_o confound_v body_n and_o blood_n 3._o and_o under_o a_o curse_n will_v oblige_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o one_o kind_n do_v contain_v the_o other_o or_o that_o a_o part_n do_v contain_v the_o whole_a whereas_o our_o lord_n say_v 6.54_o that_o whoso_o eat_v his_o flesh_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n have_v eternal_a life_n and_o consequent_o suppose_v 4._o that_o bad_a man_n do_v not_o partake_v of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n yet_o they_o condemn_v this_o assertion_n under_o a_o curse_n the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o father_n after_o it_o 11.26_o common_o do_v call_v the_o element_n of_o the_o eucharist_n after_o consecration_n bread_n and_o wine_n gelas._o affirm_v they_o to_o retain_v their_o nature_n but_o the_o popish_a cabal_n anathematize_v those_o who_o say_v that_o bread_n and_o wine_n do_v then_o remain_v 2._o if_o any_o shall_v say_v that_o in_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n the_o substance_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n remain_v let_v he_o be_v anathema_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n do_v imply_v communion_n and_o company_n 8._o but_o they_o forbid_v any_o man_n to_o say_v that_o a_o priest_n may_v not_o communicate_v alone_o so_o establish_v the_o belief_n of_o nonsense_n and_o contradiction_n the_o holy_a scripture_n teach_v we_o that_o our_o lord_n have_v depart_v and_o be_v absent_a from_o we_o in_o body_n until_o that_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o judge_v which_o be_v call_v his_o presence_n 3.21_o that_o heaven_n whither_o he_o ascend_v and_o where_o he_o sit_v at_o god_n right_a hand_n must_v hold_v he_o till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o restitution_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o the_o pope_n with_o his_o lateran_n and_o tridentine_n complice_n draw_v he_o down_o from_o heaven_n and_o make_v he_o corporal_o present_v every_o day_n in_o numberless_a place_n here_o the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o 2.17_o that_o our_o lord_n be_v a_o man_n perfect_o like_a to_o we_o in_o all_o thing_n but_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o adherent_n make_v he_o extreme_o different_a from_o we_o as_o have_v a_o body_n at_o once_o present_a in_o innumerable_a place_n insensible_a etc._n etc._n devest_v of_o the_o property_n of_o our_o body_n thereby_o destroy_v his_o humane_a nature_n and_o in_o effect_n agree_v with_o eutyches_n apollinarius_n and_o other_o such_o pestilent_a heretic_n the_o scripture_n represent_v he_o bear_v once_o for_o we_o but_o they_o affirm_v he_o every_o day_n make_v by_o a_o priest_n utter_v the_o word_n of_o consecration_n as_o if_o that_o which_o before_o do_v exist_v can_v be_v make_v as_o if_o a_o man_n can_v make_v his_o maker_n the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o our_o lord_n be_v once_o offer_v for_o expiation_n of_o our_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d but_o they_o pretend_v every_o day_n to_o offer_v he_o up_o as_o a_o propitiatory_a sacrifice_n these_o device_n without_o other_o foundation_n than_o a_o figurative_a expression_n which_o they_o resolve_v to_o expound_v in_o a_o proper_a sense_n although_o even_o in_o that_o very_a matter_n divers_a figurative_a expression_n be_v use_v as_o they_o can_v but_o acknowledge_v they_o with_o all_o violence_n and_o fierceness_n obtrude_v upon_o the_o belief_n as_o one_o of_o the_o most_o necessary_a and_o fundamental_a article_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n 17.10_o the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o humble_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o reward_n assign_v by_o god_n to_o be_v gratuitous_a and_o free_a and_o that_o we_o after_o we_o have_v do_v all_o must_v acknowledge_v ourselves_o unprofitable_a
eorum_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la vel_fw-la extraordinaria_fw-la episcopali_fw-la vel_fw-la apostolica_fw-la indiculis_fw-la antistitum_fw-la praefigere_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la eximere_fw-la cotell_n not._n p._n 299._o apostolicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr praescr_n 3â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soz._n 1.17_o 2_o tim._n 1.6_o in_o canonicis_fw-la autem_fw-la scripture_n ecclesiarum_fw-la catholicarum_fw-la quamplurium_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la sequatur_fw-la inter_fw-la quos_fw-la sanè_fw-la illae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la sedes_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o epistolas_fw-la accipere_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la aug._n the_o doctr_n ch._n 2.8_o let_v he_o follow_v the_o authority_n of_o those_o many_o catholic_n church_n in_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n among_o which_o sure_o be_v those_o which_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o have_v apostolical_a see_v and_o to_o receive_v epistle_n from_o the_o apostle_n proinde_fw-la utique_fw-la &_o caeterae_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quos_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la constitutos_fw-la apostolici_fw-la seminis_fw-la traduce_v habent_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr praescr_n 32._o sed_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la est_fw-la ephesi_n ecclesia_fw-la à _fw-la paulo_n quidem_fw-la fundata_fw-la johanne_n autem_fw-la permanente_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la trajani_n tempora_fw-la etc._n etc._n iren._n 3.3_o and_o also_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n which_o be_v found_v by_o saint_n paul_n saint_n john_n continue_v with_o they_o till_o the_o time_n of_o trajan_n etc._n etc._n ordo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la originem_fw-la recensus_fw-la in_o johannem_fw-la stabit_fw-la auctorem_fw-la tertull._n in_o marc._n 4.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apost_n const._n 7.46_o ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la esâ—_n smyrnis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la constitutus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la iren._n 3.3_o smyrnaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la habens_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la ab_fw-la johanne_n conlocatum_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr praescr_n 32._o euseb._n 3.36_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb._n 3.36_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozom._n 4.25_o tertull._n de_fw-fr praes_n 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syn._n chalc._n act._n 10._o p._n 379._o &_o p._n 284._o thou_o despise_v this_o apostolical_a throne_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d niceph._n 2.39_o forasmuch_o as_o have_v appoint_v holy_a stachys_n the_o first_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n which_o he_o first_o settle_v there_o non_fw-la dedignetur_fw-la regiam_fw-la civitatem_fw-la quam_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la facere_fw-la sedem_fw-la p._n leo_fw-la i._n ep._n 54._o let_v he_o not_o disdain_v the_o royal_a city_n which_o he_o can_v make_v a_o apostolic_a see_n memento_n quia_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la sedem_fw-la regis_fw-la greg._n m._n ep._n 4.37_o remember_v you_o rule_v a_o apostolic_a see_n const._n apost_n 7.46_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syn._n chal._n act._n 11._o 2_o tim._n 1.6_o from_o holy_a timothy_n till_o now_o there_o have_v be_v seven_o and_o twenty_o bishop_n and_o all_o ordain_v at_o ephesus_n johanne_n autem_fw-la permanente_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la etc._n etc._n iren._n 3.3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb._n hist._n 3.23_o ordo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la originem_fw-la recensus_fw-la in_o joannem_fw-la stabit_fw-la auctorem_fw-la tertull._n in_o marc._n 4.5_o ann._n chr._n 39_o baron_fw-fr §_o 8._o act._n 9.32_o act._n 11.20_o denique_fw-la primum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la antiochenae_n ecclesiae_fw-la petrum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la accepimus_fw-la &_o romam_fw-la exinde_fw-la translatum_fw-la quod_fw-la lucas_n penitus_fw-la omisit_fw-la hier._n in_o gal._n 2._o last_o we_o have_v receive_v by_o tradition_n that_o peter_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o from_o thence_o translate_v to_o rome_n which_o luke_n have_v altogether_o omit_v it_o be_v the_o distinction_n of_o a_o pope_n rex_fw-la etruriae_n &_o rex_fw-la in_o etruria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb._n 1.12_o apost_n const._n 6.12.6.14.2.55.7.46_o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6.12_o we_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n together_o with_o james_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb._n 2.23_o epiph._n haer._n 78._o grot._n in_o jac._n 1.1_o hamm._n dissert_v ignat._n 4.3_o vales._n in_o euseb._n 1.12_o blondel_n in_o epist._n clem._n ad_fw-la jacob._n certum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la duodecim_fw-la wal._n mess._n p._n 20._o hierosolymitanam_fw-la quam_fw-la primus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la jacobus_n episcopatu_fw-la svo_fw-la rexit_fw-la aug._n c._n cresc_n 2.37_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o james_n the_o apostle_n first_o govern_v by_o his_o episcopal_a power_n gal._n 1.19_o act._n 21.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eus._n 2.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n haer._n 78._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la una_fw-la quae_fw-la tenet_fw-la &_o possidet_fw-la omnem_fw-la sponsi_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o domini_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la praesidemus_fw-la pro_fw-la honore_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o unitate_fw-la pugnamus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 73._o aug._n de_fw-fr bapt._n c._n don._n 4.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bas._n epist._n 69._o 1_o tim._n 3.5_o 15._o act._n 20.28_o eph._n 4.12_o collegium_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 67.52_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apost_n const._n 8.10_o idcirco_fw-la enim_fw-la frater_fw-la carissime_fw-la copiosum_fw-la corpus_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la concordiae_fw-la mutuae_fw-la glutino_fw-la atque_fw-la unitatis_fw-la vinculo_fw-la copulatum_fw-la ut_fw-la siquis_fw-la ex_fw-la collegio_fw-la nostro_fw-la haeresin_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o gregem_fw-la christi_fw-la lacerare_fw-la &_o vastare_fw-la tentaverit_fw-la subveniant_fw-la caeteri_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la pastor_n utiles_fw-la &_o misericordes_fw-la oves_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o gregem_fw-la colligant_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 67._o cui_fw-la rei_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la consulere_fw-la &_o subvenire_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la qui_fw-la divinam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la cogitantes_fw-la &_o gubernandae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la libram_fw-la tenentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la nos_fw-la decet_fw-la pro_fw-la corpore_fw-la totlus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cujus_fw-la per_fw-la varias_fw-la quasque_fw-la provincias_fw-la membra_fw-la digesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la excuâ—are_fw-la cler._n rom._n apud_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 30._o ad_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la instar_fw-la cujus_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la individua_fw-la potestas_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la diversos_fw-la antistites_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la p._n symmachus_n ad_fw-la aeonium_fw-la arelat_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d const._n apost_n 6.14_o manifesta_fw-la est_fw-la sententia_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la apostolos_fw-la suos_fw-la mittentis_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la solis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n sibi_fw-la datam_fw-la permittentis_fw-la quibus_fw-la nos_fw-la successimus_fw-la eâdem_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la domini_fw-la gubernantes_fw-la conc._n carth._n apud_fw-la cypr._n p._n 405._o christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la noster_fw-la ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la proficiscens_fw-la sponsam_fw-la svam_fw-la nobis_fw-la commendavit_fw-la ibid._n p._n 404._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eus._n 7.27_o cum_fw-la communis_fw-la sit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la fungimur_fw-la episcopatûs_fw-la officio_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la praemineas_fw-la celsiore_fw-la fastigio_fw-la spâ—cula_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la aug._n ad_fw-la bonif._n contra_fw-la dvas_fw-la epist._n pelag._n 1.1_o huius_fw-la ergo_fw-la rei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la vobis_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la sancta_fw-la commissa_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la laboremus_fw-la &_o cunctis_fw-la opem_fw-la far_o non_fw-la negligamus_fw-la p._n joh._n i._o ep._n 1._o ad_fw-la zachar._n apud_fw-la bin._n tom._n 3._o p._n 812._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n tom._n 5._o or._n 93._o a_o corpore_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o sacerdotii_fw-la consensione_n discesserit_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 67._o qui_fw-la se_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la atque_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la collegio_fw-la separat_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 52._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil._n epist._n 56._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la aliunde_fw-la haereses_fw-la obortae_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la nata_fw-la sunt_fw-la schismata_fw-la quam_fw-la indè_fw-la quòd_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperetur_fw-la nec_fw-la unus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la sacerdos_n &_o ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la judex_n vice_fw-la christi_fw-la cogitatur_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 55._o episcopus_fw-la personam_fw-la habet_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o vicarius_fw-la domini_fw-la est_fw-la ambr._n in_o 1_o cor._n 11._o the_o bishop_n sustain_v the_o person_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v the_o vicar_n of_o our_o lord_n cypr._n ep._n 27._o quod_fw-la ex_fw-la verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la facilè_fw-la intelligi_fw-la potest_fw-la quibus_fw-la b._n petro_n cujus_fw-la vicem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la gerunt_fw-la ait_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n capit._fw-la caroli_n m._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 163._o ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la potestas_fw-la ergò_fw-la remittendorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la apostolis_n data_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ecclesiis_fw-la quâ—â—_n illi_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la missi_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la eye_n ordinatione_fw-la vicariâ_fw-la succedunt_fw-la firmil_n apud_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 75._o respond_v mihi_fw-la ad_fw-la alexandrinum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la palestina_n quid_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la pammach_n ep._n 61.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodor._n 5.9_o mater_fw-la christiani_n nominis_fw-la imper._n just._n ad_fw-la p._n hornisd_v apud_fw-la bin._n tom._n 3._o p._n 794._o the_o mother_n of_o the_o christian_a name_n
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and_o disorder_n creep_v in_o answ._n 2._o the_o many_o difference_n which_o arise_v concern_v the_o observation_n of_o easter_n the_o rebaptisation_a of_o heretic_n the_o reconciliation_n of_o revolter_n and_o scandalous_a criminal_n concern_v the_o decision_n of_o cause_n and_o controversy_n etc._n etc._n do_v more_o clear_o show_v that_o there_o be_v no_o stand_v common_a jurisdiction_n in_o the_o church_n for_o have_v there_o be_v such_o a_o one_o recourse_n will_v have_v be_v have_v thereto_o and_o such_o difference_n by_o its_o authority_n will_v easy_o have_v be_v quash_v 209._o arg._n xi_o another_o argument_n be_v ground_v on_o the_o relief_n which_o one_o church_n do_v yield_v to_o another_o which_o suppose_v all_o church_n under_o one_o government_n impose_v such_o tribute_n answ._n 1._o this_o be_v a_o strange_a fetch_v as_o if_o all_o who_o be_v under_o obligation_n to_o relieve_v one_o another_o in_o need_n be_v to_o be_v under_o one_o government_n then_o all_o mankind_n must_v be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d answ._n 2._o it_o appear_v by_o st._n paul_n that_o these_o succour_n be_v of_o free_a charity_n favour_n and_o liberality_n and_o not_o by_o constraint_n 400._o arg._n xii_o the_o use_n of_o council_n be_v also_o allege_a as_o a_o argument_n of_o this_o unity_n aug._n answ._n 1._o general_a council_n in_o case_n truth_n be_v disow_v that_o peace_n be_v disturb_v that_o discipline_n be_v loose_v or_o pervert_v be_v wholesome_a expedient_n to_o clear_a truth_n and_o heal_v breach_n but_o the_o hold_v they_o be_v no_o more_o a_o argument_n of_o political_a unity_n in_o the_o church_n than_o the_o treaty_n of_o munster_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o all_o europe_n be_v under_o one_o civil_a government_n answ._n 2._o they_o be_v extraordinary_a arbitrary_a prudential_a mean_n of_o restore_a truth_n peace_n order_n discipline_n but_o from_o they_o nothing_o can_v be_v gather_v concern_v the_o continual_a ordinary_a state_n of_o the_o church_n answ._n 3._o for_o during_o a_o long_a time_n the_o church_n want_v they_o and_o afterward_o have_v they_o but_o rare_o for_o the_o first_o three_o hundred_o year_n say_v bell._n there_o be_v no_o general_a assembly_n 1.8_o afterward_o scarce_o one_o in_o a_o hundred_o year_n and_o since_o the_o breach_n between_o the_o oriental_a and_o western_a church_n for_o many_o centenaries_n there_o have_v be_v none_o yet_o be_v the_o church_n from_o the_o beginning_n one_o till_o constantine_n and_o long_o afterward_o answ._n 4._o the_o first_o general_n council_n indeed_o all_o that_o have_v be_v with_o any_o probable_a show_n capable_a of_o that_o denomination_n be_v congregat_v by_o emperor_n to_o cure_v the_o dissension_n of_o bishop_n what_o therefore_o can_v be_v argue_v from_o they_o but_o that_o the_o emperor_n do_v find_v it_o good_a to_o settle_v peace_n and_o truth_n and_o take_v this_o for_o a_o good_a mean_v thereto_o alb._n pighius_fw-la say_v that_o general_a council_n be_v a_o invention_n of_o constantine_n and_o who_o can_v confute_v he_o 1.13_o answ._n 5._o they_o do_v show_v rather_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o empire_n than_o of_o the_o church_n or_o of_o the_o church_n as_o national_a under_o one_o empire_n than_o as_o catholic_n for_o it_o be_v the_o state_n which_o do_v call_v and_o moderate_v they_o to_o its_o purpose_n answ._n 6._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o congregation_n of_o they_o depend_v on_o the_o permission_n and_o pleasure_n of_o secular_a power_n and_o in_o all_o equity_n shall_v do_v so_o as_o otherwhere_o be_v show_v consent_v answ._n 7._o it_o be_v not_o expedient_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o of_o they_o now_o that_o christendom_n sland_v divide_v under_o divers_a temporal_a sovereignty_n for_o their_o resolution_n may_v entrench_v on_o the_o interest_n of_o some_o prince_n and_o hardly_o can_v they_o be_v accommodate_v to_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o custom_n of_o every_o state_n whence_o we_o see_v that_o france_n will_v not_o admit_v the_o decree_n of_o their_o tridentine_a synod_n answ._n 8._o there_o be_v no_o such_o inconvenience_n in_o they_o while_o christendom_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n confine_v within_o one_o empire_n for_o than_o nothing_o can_v be_v decree_v or_o execute_v without_o the_o emperor_n leave_n or_o to_o his_o prejudice_n answ._n 9_o yea_o as_o thing_n now_o stand_v it_o be_v impossible_a there_o shall_v be_v a_o free_a council_n ep._n most_o of_o the_o bishop_n be_v swear_v vassal_n and_o client_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o by_o their_o own_o interest_n concern_v to_o maintain_v his_o exorbitant_a grandeur_n and_o domination_n answ._n 10._o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o st._n athanasius_n there_o be_v no_o reasonable_a cause_n of_o synod_n except_o in_o case_n of_o new_a heresy_n spring_v up_o 873._o which_o may_v be_v confute_v by_o the_o joint_a consent_n of_o bishop_n answ._n 11._o as_o for_o particular_a synod_n they_o do_v only_o signify_v that_o it_o be_v useful_a for_o neighbour_n bishop_n to_o conspire_v in_o promote_a truth_n order_n and_o peace_n as_o we_o have_v otherwhere_o show_v ep._n council_n have_v often_o be_v convene_v for_o bad_a design_n and_o be_v make_v engine_n to_o oppress_v truth_n and_o enslave_v christendom_n that_o of_o antioch_n against_o athanasius_n of_o ariminum_n for_o arianism_n the_o second_o ephesine_n to_o restore_v eutyches_n and_o reject_v flavianus_n the_o second_o of_o nice_a to_o impose_v the_o worship_n of_o baby_n the_o synod_n of_o ariminum_n to_o countenance_v arian_n so_o the_o four_o synod_n of_o lateran_n sub_fw-la inn._n iii_o to_o settle_v the_o prodigious_a doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n and_o the_o wicked_a doctrine_n of_o papal_a authority_n over_o prince_n the_o first_o synod_n of_o lion_n to_o practice_v that_o hellish_a doctrine_n of_o depose_v king_n the_o synod_n of_o constance_n to_o establish_v the_o maim_n of_o the_o eucharist_n against_o the_o calistines_n of_o bohemia_n the_o lateran_n under_o leo_n x._o be_v call_v as_o the_o archbishop_n of_o patras_n affirm_v for_o the_o exaltation_n of_o the_o apostolical_a see_n the_o synod_n of_o trent_n 129._o to_o settle_v a_o raff_o of_o error_n and_o superstition_n obj._n ii_o it_o may_v far_o be_v object_v that_o this_o doctrine_n do_v favour_v the_o conceit_n of_o the_o independent_o concern_v ecclesiastical_a discipline_n i_o answer_v no._n for_o 1._o we_o do_v assert_v that_o every_o church_n be_v bind_v to_o observe_v the_o institution_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o sort_n of_o government_n which_o the_o apostle_n do_v ordain_v consist_v of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o people_n 2._o we_o avow_v it_o expedient_a in_o conformity_n to_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o in_o order_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o truth_n order_n peace_n for_o several_a particular_a church_n or_o parish_n to_o be_v combine_v in_o political_a corporation_n as_o shall_v be_v find_v convenient_a by_o those_o who_o have_v just_a authority_n to_o frame_v such_o corporation_n for_o that_o otherwise_o christianity_n be_v shatter_v into_o numberless_a shred_n can_v hardly_o subsist_v and_o that_o great_a confusion_n must_v arise_v 3._o we_o affirm_v that_o such_o body_n have_v be_v establish_v and_o be_v maintain_v by_o just_a authority_n every_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o endeavour_v the_o uphold_v of_o they_o by_o obedience_n by_o peaceable_a and_o compliant_a demeanour_n 〈◊〉_d 4._o we_o acknowledge_v it_o a_o great_a crime_n by_o factious_a behaviour_n in_o they_o or_o by_o needless_a separation_n from_o they_o to_o disturb_v they_o to_o divide_v they_o to_o dissolve_v or_o subvert_v they_o etc._n 5._o we_o conceive_v it_o fit_a that_o every_o people_n under_o one_o prince_n or_o at_o least_o of_o one_o nation_n use_v the_o same_o language_n civil_a law_n and_o fashion_n shall_v be_v unite_v in_o the_o band_n of_o ecclesiastical_a polity_n 2.22_o for_o that_o such_o a_o unity_n apparent_o be_v conducible_a to_o the_o peace_n and_o welfare_n both_o of_o church_n and_o state_n to_o the_o furtherance_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o