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accusaverit_fw-la of_o which_o canon_n thus_o dr._n field_n p._n 518._o patriarch_n be_v by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n can._n 17._o to_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o either_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall._n and_o l._n 5._o c._n 37._o p._n 551._o '_o without_o the_o patriarch_n consent_v none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o they_o bring_v say_v he_o prove_v nothing_o that_o we_o ever_o doubt_v of_o for_o we_o know_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o right_a of_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o within_o the_o precincts_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o thus_o bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n c._n 9_o p._n 259._o etc._n etc._n what_o power_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n the_o same_o have_v a_o patriarch_n over_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n of_o 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according_a to_o their_o different_a judgement_n what_o confusion_n §_o 40_o see_v bishop_n andrews_n go_v the_o same_o way_n with_o the_o former_a resp_n ad_fw-la bell._n apol._n p._n 332._o cum_fw-la in_o deuteronomio_n dicere_fw-la jubeantur_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o docere_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la dei_fw-la leget_fw-la exemplar_n suum_fw-la rex_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la a_o ex_fw-la ea_fw-la respondeant_fw-la pascua_n petet_fw-la nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la pastor_n erit_fw-la sed_fw-la sibi_fw-la tamen_fw-la gustabit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la amarum_fw-la pabulum_fw-la &_o noxtum_fw-la gustabit_fw-la ut_fw-la christus_fw-la acetum_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la gustasset_fw-la noluit_fw-la bibere_fw-la and_o after_o he_o mason_n de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la anglicano_n 3._o l._n 3._o c._n p._n 272._o pastorum_fw-la est_fw-la dubia_fw-la legis_fw-la explicare_fw-la regum_fw-la vero_fw-la veritatem_fw-la cognitam_fw-la sibi_fw-la promulgare_fw-la &_o subditis_fw-la cujufcunque_fw-la sint_fw-la ordinis_fw-la i._n e._n whether_o clergy_n or_o laity_n imperare_fw-la ibid._n p_o 273._o nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la splendidis_fw-la hominum_fw-la titulis_fw-la aut_fw-la suffragiorum_fw-la numero_fw-la aut_fw-la locorum_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la tantum_fw-la deferet_fw-la quantum_fw-la veritati_fw-la i._n e._n that_o which_o he-conceives_a to_o be_v truth_n paucis_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturas_fw-la docentibus_fw-la i._n e._n when_o he_o conceive_v to_o teach_v so_o potius_fw-la credet_fw-la quam_fw-la 400_o pseudo_fw-la prophetis_fw-la proâ—cultu_fw-la baalis_fw-la contendentibus_fw-la and_o ibid._n 4._o c._n p._n 289._o imperator_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o sacrosanctis_a fidei_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la proveritate_fw-la i._n e._n quae_fw-la sibi_fw-la videtur_fw-la jubere_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la doctrina_fw-la apostolica_fw-la concilii_fw-la decreto_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la and_o p._n 297._o neque_fw-la ad_fw-la primatum_fw-la regium_fw-la quicquam_fw-la interest_n sive_fw-la praelucentes_fw-la synodorum_n sententias_fw-la habeat_fw-la rex_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la sive_fw-la enim_fw-la veritatem_fw-la caelestem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la dignoscant_fw-la sive_fw-la a_o praelatis_fw-la suis_fw-la edocti_fw-la ediscant_fw-la dummodo_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la i_o e._n quae_fw-la sibi_fw-la videtur_fw-la jubeant_fw-la &_o leges_fw-la condant_fw-la veer_fw-la se_fw-la exhibent_fw-la supremos_n gubernatores_fw-la §_o 411_o here_o therefore_o the_o king_n judge_v when_o or_o which_o of_o the_o clergy_n judge_v aright_o and_o which_o otherwise_o and_o be_v at_o his_o liberty_n to_o follow_v therein_o any_o number_n of_o they_o and_o neither_o be_v he_o thus_o a_o judge_n for_o himself_o only_a judicio_fw-la diseretivo_fw-la as_o they_o call_v it_o but_o for_o other_o also_o judicio_fw-la decisivo_fw-la which_o the_o clergy_n be_v not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o promulgate_v and_o command_v all_o his_o subject_n and_o among_o they_o the_o 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