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licenses_fw-la dispensation_n faculty_n grant_n etc._n etc._n all_o this_o be_v to_o be_v do_v at_o home_n by_o our_o own_o bishop_n and_o in_o our_o own_o synod_n and_o council_n cap._n 21._o and_o this_o provision_n be_v particular_o make_v sect._n 19_o ibid._n provide_v that_o this_o act_n or_o any_o thing_n or_o thing_n herein_o contain_v shall_v be_v hereafter_o interpret_v or_o expound_v that_o your_o grace_n your_o noble_n and_o subject_n intend_v by_o the_o same_o to_o decline_v or_o vary_v from_o the_o congregation_n of_o christ_n church_n in_o any_o thing_n concern_v the_o very_a article_n of_o the_o catholic_n faith_n of_o christendom_n or_o in_o any_o other_o thing_n declare_v in_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o word_n of_o god_n necessary_a for_o you_o and_o their_o salvation_n but_o only_o to_o make_v a_o ordinance_n by_o policy_n necessary_a and_o convenient_a to_o repress_v vice_n and_o for_o good_a conservation_n of_o this_o realm_n in_o peace_n unity_n and_o 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their_o good_n forfeit_v that_o no_o priest_n may_v marry_v for_o mass_n auricular_a confession_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o 34_o 5._o cap._n 1._o recourse_n must_v be_v have_v to_o the_o catholic_n apostolic_a church_n for_o the_o decision_n of_o controversy_n and_o therefore_o all_o book_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n in_o english_a be_v of_o tindal_n be_v false_a translation_n or_o comprise_v any_o matter_n of_o christian_a religion_n article_n of_o the_o faith_n or_o holy_a scripture_n contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n set_v forth_o since_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1540_o or_o to_o be_v set_v forth_o by_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v abolish_v no_o printer_n or_o bookseller_n shall_v utter_v any_o of_o the_o say_a book_n no_o person_n shall_v play_v or_o interlude_n sing_v or_o rhyme_n contrary_a to_o the_o say_a doctrine_n no_o person_n shall_v retain_v any_o english_a book_n or_o write_n concern_v matter_n against_o the_o holy_a and_o bless_a sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n 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late_o observe_v and_o report_v to_o the_o world_n by_o a_o most_o faithful_a and_o learned_a hand_n in_o another_o language_n i_o can_v say_v but_o sometime_o even_o these_o very_a man_n appear_v more_o civil_a towards_o we_o and_o pass_v upon_o we_o high_a and_o mighty_a compliment_n and_o their_o practice_n be_v not_o so_o rude_a as_o their_o determination_n be_v rigorous_a upon_o we_o nor_o do_v they_o approve_v our_o unruly_a dissenter_n and_o peace-breaker_n in_o point_n of_o government_n though_o their_o document_n and_o principle_n such_o our_o home-schismaticks_a receive_v and_o copy_n out_o from_o they_o and_o who_o authority_n we_o be_v still_o urge_v withal_o though_o what_o they_o will_v do_v be_v they_o as_o secure_v as_o blondel_n think_v himself_o in_o 1646._o when_o he_o dedicate_v his_o apology_n to_o the_o then_o rebellious_a parliament_n and_o assembly-man_n be_v another_o question_n what_o manner_n of_o spirit_n his_o be_v then_o have_v be_v already_o declare_v and_o what_o personal_a aspersion_n and_o load_n of_o calumny_n he_o lay_v as_o upon_o the_o cause_n itself_o so_o upon_o the_o present_a bishop_n will_v appear_v from_o that_o often-forced_n apology_n of_o our_o learned_a doctor_n hammond_n for_o their_o innocency_n and_o integrity_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o he_o dissert_n 1_o contra_fw-la blondel_n cap._n 12._o sect_n 22._o in_o haec_fw-la unica_fw-la hierarchicorum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la adeò_fw-la totum_fw-la antichristum_n ebibisse_fw-la censeatur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la unum_fw-la erroris_fw-la pelagus_fw-la alia_fw-la omne_fw-la acherontis_fw-la ostia_fw-la se_fw-la effudisse_fw-la aut_fw-la quidquid_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la seculi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la fuit_fw-la illud_fw-la statim_fw-la in_o episcopis_fw-la huius_fw-la aevi_fw-la puniendum_fw-la videatur_fw-la or_o whether_o it_o may_v return_v again_o god_n know_v all_o the_o progress_n we_o have_v make_v yet_o seem_v to_o be_v but_o this_o we_o have_v and_o still_o do_v pity_n and_o bemoan_v that_o state_n of_o they_o as_o sad_a and_o to_o be_v lament_v which_o they_o have_v and_o do_v still_o account_v their_o gospel-simplicity_n and_o perfection_n plead_v that_o necessity_n for_o they_o which_o they_o deny_v and_o wilful_o persist_v in_o which_o provoke_v back_o again_o only_o their_o pity_n for_o we_o not_o to_o say_v their_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n for_o so_o it_o have_v by_o some_o of_o they_o be_v return_v upon_o we_o and_o by_o the_o most_o favourable_a we_o be_v behold_v as_o well-meaning_a but_o ignorant_a man_n so_o gersom_a bucer_n plain_o tell_v bishop_n dounham_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o sermon_n pag._n 594._o our_o own_o plea_n and_o argument_n by_o compliance_n and_o condescension_n to_o and_o for_o they_o be_v manage_v and_o retort_v upon_o ourselves_o and_o not_o by_o they_o only_o but_o and_o which_o be_v the_o great_a disadvantage_n have_v come_v to_o we_o by_o it_o by_o our_o own_o 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this_o and_o it_o be_v no_o further_o than_o beza_n and_o gersom_a bucer_n have_v go_v before_o insalubrior_fw-la est_fw-la as_o bucer_n speak_v in_o his_o answer_n to_o bishop_n downham_n sermon_n pag._n 18._o 255._o 6._o and_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o same_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o beza_n it_o be_v less_o advantageous_a that_o our_o government_n though_o but_o a_o mere_a humane_a invention_n be_v what_o may_v be_v bear_v with_o its_o yoke_n may_v be_v endure_v by_o those_o that_o be_v under_o it_o et_fw-la quamvis_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la eminentiam_fw-la supra_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la institutionis_fw-la esse_fw-la merè_fw-la humanae_fw-la firmissiâ—â—_n redam_fw-la praestat_fw-la tamen_fw-la meo_fw-la judicio_fw-la regimen_fw-la illud_fw-la episcopale_n patient_fw-la far_o etc._n etc._n so_o the_o late_a replyer_n to_o bishop_n pearson_n and_o doctor_n beveridge_n dailee_n the_o son_n as_o it_o be_v think_v observat_fw-la in_o ignatianas_n pearsonis_n vindicias_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 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bluster_v against_o and_o misrepresent_v §_o iii_o that_o as_o the_o levitical_a discipline_n in_o its_o first_o make_v and_o design_n have_v only_o corporal_a reward_n and_o punishment_n promise_v and_o inflict_v suitable_o as_o the_o command_n and_o indentment_n be_v carnal_a so_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v spiritual_a have_v its_o reward_n and_o punishment_n which_o be_v spiritual_a and_o like_a itself_o suitable_a to_o its_o nature_n and_o constitution_n and_o the_o spiritual_a commandment_n the_o earthly_a magistrate_n or_o worldly_a secular_a power_n as_o call_v in_o antiquity_n and_o which_o have_v be_v sufficient_o already_o observe_v can_v have_v no_o first_o original_a share_n in_o the_o church_n sanction_n and_o denunciation_n administration_n and_o distribution_n because_o a_o body_n in_o its_o frame_n independent_a in_o its_o design_n call_v out_o from_o the_o world_n capable_a of_o the_o world_n favour_n but_o not_o of_o either_o a_o rise_n or_o dissolution_n 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give_v upon_o other_o motive_n yet_o they_o exclude_v not_o that_o design_n which_o be_v typical_a but_o suppose_v it_o in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o the_o principal_a purpose_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n be_v by_o type_n and_o shadow_n to_o represent_v the_o succeed_a gospel_n so_o st._n clemens_n alexandrinus_n l._n 7._o strom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o sacrifice_n under_o the_o law_n do_v allegorise_v or_o speak_v in_o other_o thing_n our_o worship_n under_o the_o gospel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o speak_v ibid._n the_o sacrifice_a ourselves_o or_o that_o we_o present_v ourselves_o a_o live_a sacrifice_n holy_a acceptable_a which_o be_v our_o reasonable_a service_n rom._n 12.1_o mentem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la pro_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la as_o lactantius_n l._n 5._o sect._n 19_o where_o the_o mind_n itself_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d temperance_n righteousness_n and_o humanity_n be_v offer_v in_o justin_n martyr_n apol._n 2._o opima_fw-la hostia_fw-la oratio_fw-la de_fw-fr carne_n pudicâ_fw-la de_fw-fr anima_fw-la innocenti_fw-la de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la
another_o branch_n or_o instance_n of_o which_o vow_n be_v this_o to_o forsake_v the_o devil_n and_o all_o his_o work_n the_o pomp_n and_o vanity_n of_o the_o wicked_a world_n and_o all_o the_o sinful_a lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o to_o keep_v all_o god_n holy_a commandment_n cum_fw-la aquam_fw-la ingressi_fw-la renunciasse_n nos_fw-la diabolo_fw-it &_o pompa_fw-la &_o angelis_n ejus_fw-la contestamur_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la l._n 4._o and_o de_n habitu_fw-la muliebri_fw-la c._n 2._o his_fw-la sunt_fw-la angeli_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o lavacro_fw-la renunciamus_fw-la and_o de_fw-fr coronâ_fw-la militis_fw-la c._n 3._o aquam_fw-la adituri_fw-la sub_fw-la antistitis_fw-la manu_fw-la contestamur_fw-la nos_fw-la renunciare_fw-la diabolo_fw-it &_o pompa_fw-la &_o angelis_n ejus_fw-la so_o st._n cyprian_n ep._n 7._o seculo_fw-la renunciaveramus_fw-la cùm_fw-la baptizati_fw-la fuimus_fw-la so_o optatus_n interrogamus_fw-la a_o renunciat_fw-la diabolo_fw-it lib._n â—_o cont._n parmen_fw-la donatist_n and_o salvian_n say_v the_o same_o quae_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la salutari_fw-la christianorum_fw-la prima_fw-la professio_fw-la quae_fw-la sc_fw-la nisi_fw-la se_fw-la renunciare_fw-la diabolo_fw-it ac_fw-la pompis_fw-la ejus_fw-la ac_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la &_o operibus_fw-la profitentur_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la o_fw-la christiane_n post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la sequeris_fw-la quae_fw-la opus_fw-la diaboli_fw-la confiteris_fw-la de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o and_o all_o which_o be_v but_o the_o baptismal_a vow_n in_o latin_a with_o a_o severe_a check_n to_o those_o who_o after_o their_o baptism_n and_o so_o solemn_a a_o engagement_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v overrule_v by_o the_o devil_n and_o follow_v after_o the_o world_n pomp_n and_o vanity_n and_o sinful_a lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o st._n jerome_n ep._n ad_fw-la paulam_fw-la call_v the_o monastical_a vow_n secundum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la a_o second_o baptism_n and_o it_o be_v that_o st._n austin_n caution_n the_o donatist_n ne_fw-fr seculo_fw-la verbis_fw-la solis_fw-la renunciant_fw-la l._n 5._o de_fw-fr baptism_n count_v donatist_n that_o they_o renounce_v not_o the_o world_n in_o word_n only_o nor_o be_v the_o christian_n of_o old_a their_o body_n or_o association_n discernible_a and_o apart_o from_o the_o whole_a world_n in_o any_o thing_n more_o than_o in_o their_o good_a life_n their_o strict_a and_o most_o heavenly_a conversation_n §_o xvi_o this_o union_n of_o christian_n as_o one_o body_n and_o association_n be_v far_a express_v by_o tertullian_n apol._n cap._n 39_o edam_fw-la nunc_fw-la ipse_fw-la negotia_fw-la factionis_fw-la christianae_n corpus_fw-la sumus_fw-la de_fw-la conscientia_fw-la religionis_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la unitate_fw-la &_o spei_fw-la foedere_fw-la coimit_n in_o coetum_fw-la &_o congregationem_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la quasi_fw-la manu_fw-la factâ_fw-la precationes_fw-la ambiamus_fw-la orantes_n haec_fw-la vis_fw-la deo_fw-la grata_fw-la est_fw-la oramus_fw-la etiam_fw-la pro_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la pro_fw-la ministris_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o potestatibus_fw-la pro_fw-la statu_fw-la seculi_fw-la pro_fw-la rerum_fw-la quiet_a pro_fw-la morâ_fw-la finis_fw-la cogimur_fw-la ad_fw-la divinarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la commemorationem_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la praesentium_fw-la rerum_fw-la qualitas_fw-la aut_fw-la praemonere_fw-la cogit_fw-la aut_fw-la recognoscere_fw-la certe_fw-la fidem_fw-la sanctis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la poscimus_fw-la spem_fw-la erigimus_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la sigimus_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la praeceptorum_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la inculcationibus_fw-la densamus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la etiam_fw-la exhortationes_fw-la castigaetiones_fw-la &_o censura_fw-la divina_fw-la i_o will_v now_o declare_v the_o office_n of_o christianity_n we_o be_v a_o body_n in_o the_o conscience_n of_o religion_n in_o unity_n of_o discipline_n and_o covenant_n of_o hope_n we_o come_v together_o in_o one_o company_n and_o congregation_n that_o make_v prayer_n altogether_o and_o at_o once_o we_o may_v procure_v his_o favour_n and_o blessing_n this_o force_n be_v grateful_a to_o god_n we_o pray_v also_o for_o the_o emperor_n for_o their_o minister_n and_o such_o to_o who_o their_o power_n be_v depute_v for_o the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n for_o the_o quiet_a and_o due_a accomplishment_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o divine_a letter_n be_v urge_v upon_o we_o either_o to_o premonish_v we_o against_o what_o we_o may_v expect_v to_o come_v or_o establish_v in_o we_o what_o we_o have_v receive_v our_o faith_n be_v nourish_v our_o hope_n increase_v our_o confidence_n fix_v and_o duty_n frequent_o inculcate_v upon_o we_o there_o be_v exhortation_n castigation_n and_o the_o divine_a censure_n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 9_o scripturae_fw-la leguntur_fw-la psalmi_n canuntur_fw-la adlocutiones_fw-la proseruntur_fw-la petitiones_fw-la delegantur_fw-la the_o scripture_n be_v read_v psalm_n be_v sing_v admonition_n be_v make_v and_o petition_n be_v send_v forth_o by_o we_o deum_fw-la principem_fw-la ac_fw-la rerum_fw-la cunctarum_fw-la dominum_fw-la adorans_fw-la obsequio_fw-la venerabili_fw-la invocare_fw-la arnob._n lib._n 1._o adv_n gentes_fw-la and_o lib._n 4._o huic_fw-la omnes_fw-la ex_fw-la more_fw-it prosternimur_fw-la hunc_fw-la collatis_fw-la precibus_fw-la adoramus_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la justa_fw-la &_o honesta_fw-la &_o auditu_fw-la ejus_fw-la digna_fw-la deposcimus_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la summus_fw-la oratur_fw-la deus_fw-la pax_fw-la cunctis_fw-la &_o venia_fw-la postulatur_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la exercitibus_fw-la regibus_fw-la familiaribus_fw-la amicis_fw-la vitam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la degentibus_fw-la &_o resolutis_fw-la corporum_fw-la unctione_n in_o quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la auditur_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la humanos_fw-la faciat_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la mite_n verecundos_fw-la pudicos_fw-la castos_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o there_o adore_v with_o obsequious_a reverence_n call_v upon_o god_n the_o chief_a and_o lord_n of_o all_o thing_n before_o he_o as_o be_v the_o custom_n we_o be_v prostrate_a ask_v of_o he_o what_o be_v just_a and_o honest_a and_o worthy_a his_o hear_n we_o pray_v for_o peace_n and_o pardon_n to_o all_o in_o authority_n for_o the_o army_n for_o king_n for_o our_o familiar_n and_o friend_n whether_o dead_a or_o alive_a nor_o be_v any_o hear_v from_o we_o but_o what_o make_v we_o humane_a meek_a modest_a and_o chaste_a and_o the_o same_o account_n we_o have_v in_o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o second_o apology_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n pray_v and_o send_v up_o hymn_n of_o thanksgiving_n suitable_a to_o our_o power_n for_o that_o he_o create_v we_o give_v we_o health_n plenty_n fruitful_a season_n and_o will_v bestow_v upon_o we_o a_o bless_a resurrection_n we_o there_o worship_n and_o adore_v god_n the_o father_n god_n the_o son_n and_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o bless_a trinity_n and_o so_o in_o the_o close_a of_o that_o apology_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o sunday_n we_o meet_v together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o common_a prayer_n and_o supplication_n for_o themselves_o all_o christian_n all_o mankind_n give_v one_o another_o the_o holy_a kiss_n celebrate_v the_o communion_n give_v thanks_o to_o the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o which_o the_o people_n say_v amen_n read_v the_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n as_o the_o time_n will_v bear_v the_o precedent_n or_o bishop_n discourse_v to_o they_o upon_o some_o one_o or_o more_o portion_n of_o they_o and_o against_o this_o it_o be_v he_o caution_n that_o upon_o any_o pet_n or_o assume_v anger_n upon_o what_o difference_n may_v happen_v they_o do_v not_o absent_a and_o go_v apart_o from_o the_o communion_n in_o prayer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n ad_fw-la zenam_fw-la &_o serenum_fw-la so_o also_o origen_n in_o his_o three_o and_o four_o book_n against_o celsus_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n in_o his_o seven_o stromaton_n eusebius_n l._n 7._o c._n 9_o eccl._n hist_o and_o de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la constantini_n l._n 4._o c._n 17_o 18._o and_o eccl._n hist_n l._n 10._o c._n 3._o council_n laodicen_n can._n 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n this_o indeed_o be_v the_o chief_a office_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n the_o great_a end_n of_o the_o christian_a incorporation_n thus_o to_o assemble_v and_o be_v one_o in_o the_o common_a service_n of_o god_n its_o undoubted_a right_n and_o property_n though_o not_o in_o every_o instance_n peculiar_a to_o it_o and_o incommunicable_a thus_o to_o confess_v with_o their_o mouth_n that_o jesus_n be_v rise_v from_o the_o dead_a to_o assent_v to_o the_o gospel_n by_o faith_n evidence_v in_o a_o holy_a and_o innocent_a conversation_n attend_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o the_o supper_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o common_a prayer_n praise_n thanksgiving_n and_o recognition_n due_a to_o god_n almighty_a as_o create_v preserve_v and_o redeem_a by_o he_o all_o of_o what_o order_n and_o rank_n soever_o thus_o join_v and_o unite_n in_o heart_n and_o hand_n and_o mouth_n every_o man_n take_v and_o perform_v his_o part_n priest_n and_o people_n say_v that_o amen_o mention_v in_o justin_n martyr_n and_o after_o he_o by_o st._n austin_n per_fw-la tot_fw-la gentes_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la respondetur_fw-la unâ_fw-la
stone_n to_o ruin_v he_o have_v procure_v the_o sentence_n of_o a_o synod_n against_o he_o licet_fw-la sciret_fw-la impletam_fw-la and_o which_o he_o know_v be_v sufficient_a and_o cogent_a of_o itself_o yet_o he_o endeavour_v all_o he_o can_v thereby_o to_o render_v he_o low_o and_o more_o contemptible_a to_o have_v it_o corroborate_v and_o confirm_v by_o that_o authority_n quâ_fw-la potiuntur_fw-la aeternae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la which_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o eternal_a city_n or_o of_o rome_n do_v enjoy_v which_o authority_n what_o it_o be_v be_v still_o in_o the_o dark_a for_o he_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o it_o in_o any_o one_o degree_n and_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a that_o he_o endeavour_v it_o as_o the_o more_o great_a and_o popular_a bishop_n of_o the_o world_n by_o reason_n of_o that_o vrbs_fw-la aeterna_fw-la as_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n for_o its_o pompous_a magnificence_n be_v all_o along_o through_o that_o history_n call_v that_o eminent_a city_n the_o seat_n of_o their_o residence_n lib._n 15._o pag._n 75_o 76._o ed._n lugdun_n in_o duodecimo_fw-la nor_o do_v it_o from_o this_o whole_a history_n appear_v that_o there_o be_v then_o as_o not_o any_o distinct_a power_n so_o nor_o any_o but_o title_n affix_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o other_o christian_a bishop_n have_v not_o the_o bishop_n in_o general_n be_v call_v christianae_n legis_fw-la antistites_fw-la and_o liberius_n of_o rome_n have_v but_o the_o same_o title_n or_o that_o of_o episcopus_fw-la romanus_n and_o vrbis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la episcopi_fw-la be_v what_o the_o whole_a succession_n be_v call_v by_o ibid._n suprà _fw-la et_fw-fr lib._n 20._o pag._n 261._o lib._n 22._o p._n 329._o and_o now_o the_o whole_a of_o the_o matter_n be_v drive_v §_o xxvi_o into_o this_o one_o point_n or_o narrow_a room_n what_o the_o power_n and_o extent_n of_o this_o church-law_n or_o canon_n ecclesiastical_a be_v in_o what_o sense_n it_o be_v impose_v own_a and_o receive_v in_o the_o church_n if_o universal_o and_o what_o be_v design_v for_o all_o christendom_n and_o oblige_v let_v they_o produce_v the_o rule_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o thing_n yet_o we_o have_v consider_v and_o then_o reconcile_v it_o with_o the_o general_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n which_o appear_v another_o thing_n and_o to_o enlarge_v this_o power_n whatever_o that_o above_o mention_v be_v as_o claim_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n beyond_o a_o limit_a exarchy_n or_o primacy_n or_o that_o it_o any_o way_n reach_n to_o antioch_n be_v to_o go_v beyond_o the_o whole_a story_n ecclesiastical_a in_o any_o tolerable_a age_n of_o it_o it_o be_v to_o go_v beside_o the_o act_n of_o every_o general_a council_n upon_o every_o occasion_n and_o all_o the_o imperial_a course_n and_o proceed_n in_o point_n of_o jurisdiction_n when_o the_o state_n come_v into_o the_o church_n engage_v for_o its_o governance_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o turn_v their_o canon_n into_o law_n 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