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or_o diminution_n of_o their_o own_o authority_n viz._n the_o stand_a law_n of_o christianity_n be_v secure_v to_o submit_v all_o other_o matter_n to_o his_o sovereign_n will_v and_o pleasure_n and_o p._n 108._o he_o approve_v king_n james_n reply_v to_o cardinal_n perron_n where_o he_o let_v he_o know_v that_o though_o christian_a king_n and_o emperor_n never_o arrogate_a to_o themselves_o a_o power_n of_o be_v sovereign_a judge_n in_o matter_n and_o controversy_n of_o faith_n yet_o for_o moderation_n of_o synod_n for_o determination_n and_o order_n establish_v in_o council_n and_o for_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n they_o have_v make_v a_o full_a and_o good_a use_n of_o their_o imperial_a authority_n such_o be_v the_o last_o sense_n if_o i_o mistake_v not_o of_o this_o writer_n and_o that_o when_o he_o be_v in_o his_o high_a exaltation_n of_o the_o church_n authority_n and_o all_o the_o difference_n i_o can_v find_v between_o his_o own_o last_o and_o first_o opinion_n be_v 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in_o my_o other_o book_n of_o the_o authority_n of_o christian_a prince_n p._n 382._o blot_v out_o line_n 5._o 6_o 7_o 8._o in_o which_o i_o find_v myself_o to_o have_v be_v mistake_v book_n print_v for_o r._n sare_n at_o grays-inn-gate_n the_o authority_n of_o christian_a prince_n over_o their_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n assert_v with_o particular_a respect_n to_o their_o convocation_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o church_n of_o england_n occasion_v by_o a_o late_a pamphlet_n entitle_v a_o letter_n to_o a_o convocation-man_n etc._n etc._n 8_o o_o price_n 5_o s._n a_o practical_a discourse_n concern_v swear_v 8_o o._n price_n 1_o s._n 6_o d._n also_o several_a sermon_n upon_o particular_a occasion_n all_o by_o w._n wake_n d._n d._n municip_n eccles_n pref._n ib._n preface_n municip_n eccles_n pref._n pag._n 2._o ib._n pag._n 3._o pag._n 4._o 39th_o can._n first_o can._n ibid._n p._n 107._o comp._n p._n 155._o pag._n 123_o 124._o pag._n 109._o pag._n 177._o by_o the_o 1_o 2_o and_o 12._o can._n preface_n p._n 160._o 160._o def._n of_o the_o apolog._n p._n 590._o 605._o etc._n etc._n etc._n bilson_n p._n 174_o 179._o 182._o 184._o 186._o 200._o 200._o whitgift_n fol._n 700_o 700_o tort._n torti_n 169._o 170._o pag._n 6._o 8._o 49._o 55._o see_v euseb._n vit._n const._n l._n 1._o p._n 352._o comp._n p._n 405._o pag._n 177._o pag._n 177._o §._o 1._o §_o 2._o §_o 3._o the_o act_n of_o 25_o h._n viii_o c._n 19_o 26._o h._n viii_o c._n 19_o §_o 4._o 1_o &_o 2_o ph._n &_o m._n c._n 8._o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o §_o 5._o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o ib_n sect._n 1_o &_o 2._o which_o i_o observe_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o peevish_a cavil_n of_o a_o late_a author_n against_o i_o on_o this_o account_n municip_n eccles._n p._n 108._o 176._o see_v below_o §._o 39_o §_o 6_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n 28._o h._n viii_o c._n 10._o and_o 35._o h._n viii_o c._n 1._o 1._o 1_o eliz_n c._n 1_o sect._n 7._o which_o all_o person_n in_o h._n order_n be_v at_o their_o ordination_n oblige_v to_o do_v see_v 1_o of_o w._n &_o m._n c._n 8._o 1._o eliz._n c._n 1._o from_o the_o one_a of_o eliz_n to_o the_o one_a of_o w._n and_o m._n above_o 130_o year_n §._o 7._o the_o nine_o and_o thirty_o article_n article_n in_o the_o latin_a article_n it_o be_v supreme_a §._o 8._o see_v p._n 10._o municip_n eccles._n pag._n 119._o 119._o especial_o if_o graduate_v in_o the_o university_n too_o see_v can._n 36._o ibid._n can._n v._n 13_o eliz._n c._n 12._o §._o 9_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o king_n james_n the_o first_o comp._n munic_n eccles._n pag._n 165._o municip_n eccles_n chap._n x._o p._n 126._o pag._n 122_o 155_o 176._o §_o 10._o excommunication_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la cap._n 26._o exeunt_n de_fw-fr appellat_fw-la heylin_n ref_o justify_v p._n 19_o 20._o §_o 11._o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o clergy_n in_o defence_n of_o this_o supremacy_n municip_n eccles_n pag._n 55._o ib._n p._n 121._o 122._o §_o 12._o of_o k._n h._n 8._o &_o q._n mary_n institution_n of_o a_o christian_a man_n anno._n 1537._o see_v the_o convocation_n address_v to_o the_o king_n subscribe_v by_o both_o house_n house_n regis_fw-la senatus_fw-la populique_fw-la angliae_fw-la sententia_fw-la de_fw-la concilio_n etc._n etc._n witebergae_n anno_fw-la 1537._o a._n 5._o ib._n b._n 5._o bishop_n burnet_n hist._n ref._n vol._n 1._o app._n p._n 155._o 156._o regis_fw-la angl._n epistola_fw-la de_fw-fr synod_n vincentina_fw-la vitebergae_n anno._n 1539._o munucip_n eccles_n pref._n fox_n mâ—rt_n 2_o vol._n 347._o fox_n ibid._n 3_o vol._n p._n 19_o 29._o stripe_n hist._n of_o a._n b._n cranmer_n p._n 368._o §_o 13._o the_o parliament_n the_o queen_n sparrow_n collect_v p._n 67._o 1._o eliz._n c._n 1._o §_o 14._o all_o the_o bishop_n together_o bishop_n burnet_n hist_o of_o the_o reform_v 2_o vol._n append_v p._n 365._o 366._o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o sparrow_n collect_v pag._n 83._o see_v municip_n eccles._n p._n 107._o §_o 15._o a._n b._n whitgift_n defence_n of_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o admonition_n etc._n etc._n ib._n p._n 700._o who_o authority_n the_o municip_n eccles._n also_o bring_v against_o it_o p._n 163_o 164._o ib._n pag._n 701._o see_v municip_n eccles._n p._n 173._o very_o foolish_o as_o well_o as_o disrespectful_a as_o to_o this_o matter_n pag._n 702._o §._o 16._o archbishop_n bancroft_n see_v the_o survey_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xxii_o xxiii_o page_n 259._o page_n 267._o p._n 269._o municip_n eccle_n p._n 123_o 124._o §._o 17._o bishop_n jewel_n jewel_n def._n of_o the_o apolog._n p._n 582._o ibid._n p._n 592._o pag._n 558._o ibid._n p._n 600._o pag._n 597._o ibid._n p._n 604._o pag._n 602._o ibid._n p._n 558._o §._o 18._o municip_n eccles_n pref._n and_o pag._n 7._o bishop_n bilson_n pag._n 192_o to_o 198._o ibid._n p._n 200_o 249._o §._o 19_o dean_n nowell_n dean_n nowell_n reproof_n of_o mr._n dorman_n book_n entitle_v a_o proof_n etc._n etc._n 4_o o._n lond._n 1565._o part_n second_o against_o t._n c._n before_o §._o 15._o comp._n pag_n 51_o 68_o 257_o 263._o §._o 20._o mr._n hooker_n eccles._n polit._n p._n 457._o pag_n 459._o page_n 468._o §._o 21._o king_n james_n the_o king_n be_v work_n p._n 255._o ib_a p._n 427._o §_o 22._o bp._n andrews_n tort._n torti_n p._n 177._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 14._o 15._o see_v also_o p._n 174._o §._o 23._o see_v spotswood_n lib._n seven_o p._n 486._o calderwood_n hist._n p._n 543._o ⸪_o let_v the_o author_n of_o the_o municip_n eccles._n answer_v this_o question_n better_o if_o he_o can_v §._o 24._o sermon_n pag._n 105._o pag._n 106._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 100_o 101._o pag._n 107._o comp._n municip_n eccles._n p._n 131_o 132_o etc._n etc._n pag_n 108._o comp._n municip_n eccles_n p._n 126_o 135_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 109._o pag._n