church_n but_o by_o the_o magistrate_n i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o if_o the_o magistrate_n may_v punish_v heretic_n much_o more_o may_v the_o church_n because_o the_o magistrate_n and_o prince_n as_o he_o be_v not_o to_o judge_v which_o be_v heresy_n so_o it_o pertain_v not_o to_o he_o to_o punish_v heretic_n 11._o vide_fw-la suarâ—z_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la cap._n 11._o heresy_n be_v a_o crime_n which_o pertain_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a not_o to_o the_o temporal_a court_n and_o therefore_o that_o prince_n by_o their_o law_n do_v decree_n punishment_n against_o heretic_n they_o do_v it_o by_o commission_n from_o the_o church_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o church_n first_o deliver_v they_o up_o to_o secular_a power_n whence_o follow_v that_o the_o church_n who_o give_v authority_n to_o prince_n to_o punish_v heretic_n may_v do_v it_o herself_o when_o they_o be_v want_v in_o their_o office_n which_o also_o all_o the_o argument_n allege_v do_v convince_v and_o 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the_o chief_a pastor_n 15._o act._n 15._o notwithstanding_o that_o it_o represent_v the_o whole_a church_n contain_v all_o the_o chief_a pastor_n of_o the_o church_n and_o have_v in_o it_o assemble_v all_o the_o learning_n wisdom_n authority_n and_o sanctity_n yea_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o director_n may_v err_v who_o can_v err_v and_o after_o such_o authority_n reject_v who_o shall_v we_o find_v of_o great_a authority_n for_o interpret_n scripture_n decide_v controversy_n clear_v doubt_n and_o difficulty_n and_o enact_v wholesome_a law_n 18._o mat._n 18._o christ_n bid_v we_o hold_v he_o for_o no_o better_a than_o a_o ethnic_a and_o publican_n who_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n and_o where_o or_o when_o do_v the_o church_n more_o express_o deliver_v her_o mind_n or_o teach_v with_o more_o authority_n or_o command_v with_o more_o right_a to_o be_v obey_v then_o in_o a_o general_n council_n 16._o â—â—au_fw-fr 14._o &_o 16._o and_o if_o in_o any_o place_n or_o community_n the_o 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in_o authority_n consist_v of_o as_o lawful_a bishop_n as_o the_o four_o ghospelle_n to_o wit_n for_o their_o infallibility_n this_o i_o think_v good_a to_o premise_v because_o widdrington_n and_o other_o seem_v not_o to_o give_v that_o respect_n to_o counsel_n as_o the_o authority_n of_o they_o require_v let_v we_o now_o see_v what_o the_o counsel_n say_v of_o this_o matter_n in_o hand_n and_o then_o let_v i_o see_v the_o face_n that_o dare_v face_n out_o so_o great_a authority_n 2._o and_o first_o let_v we_o see_v what_o the_o general_n council_n of_o lateran_n hold_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1215._o under_o innocentius_n the_o three_o determine_v in_o this_o matter_n 3._o surius_n praefat_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la conc._n platina_n in_o innocentie_n 3._o no_o man_n say_v laurentius_n surius_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o this_o council_n can_v doubt_v of_o the_o authority_n and_o generality_n of_o this_o council_n because_o in_o it_o be_v handle_v matter_n of_o religion_n &_o determine_v
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bellarmine_n allege_v affirm_v the_o same_o yea_o the_o magdeburgian_o in_o blaspheme_v that_o this_o translation_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a miracle_n of_o antichrist_n affirm_v it_o and_o although_o marsilius_n of_o milan_n who_o barclay_n and_o widdrington_n be_v enforce_v to_o follow_v against_o the_o torrent_n of_o all_o good_a autour_n affirm_v that_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o author_n of_o this_o translation_n yet_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n plain_o demonstrate_v the_o contrary_a not_o only_o by_o all_o historiographer_n who_o attribute_v this_o to_o the_o pope_n but_o also_o by_o this_o that_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n if_o they_o have_v any_o authority_n to_o choose_v the_o emperor_n have_v lose_v it_o when_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v translate_v to_o constantinople_n and_o therefore_o for_o the_o space_n of_o five_o hundred_o year_n that_o be_v from_o constantine_n the_o great_a to_z charles_n the_o great_a never_o meddle_v with_o choose_v the_o emperor_n seqq_n lib._n 5._o the_o roman_a pontif._n cap._n 8._o §._o ad_fw-la alios_fw-la &_o seqq_n yea_o as_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n show_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n never_o meddle_v with_o the_o election_n of_o the_o emperor_n for_o that_o he_o come_v to_o the_o empire_n either_o by_o hereditary_a descent_n or_o by_o acclamation_n of_o the_o soldier_n 6._o gregory_n the_o fifte_n also_o institute_v the_o seven_o electour_n and_o give_v they_o authority_n to_o choose_v the_o emperor_n which_o manner_n be_v use_v to_o this_o day_n so_o platina_n blondus_n nauclerus_fw-la and_o other_o allege_v by_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n in_o the_o place_n above_o note_v wherefore_o as_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n do_v so_o do_v i_o urge_v our_o adversary_n with_o this_o dilemna_n either_o the_o pope_n do_v sufficient_o transfer_v the_o empire_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o institute_v the_o seven_o electour_n or_o no_o if_o he_o do_v than_o he_o have_v power_n to_o dispose_v of_o temporal_a kingdom_n if_o he_o do_v not_o than_o the_o emperor_n be_v not_o legitimate_a nor_o the_o electour_n sufficient_a gregory_n the_o seven_o be_v allege_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n 7._o these_o pope_n i_o think_v good_a to_o allege_v that_o our_o adversary_n may_v see_v that_o it_o be_v not_o true_a which_o they_o say_v to_o wit_n that_o gregory_n the_o seven_o be_v the_o first_o that_o challege_v to_o himself_o power_n to_o dispose_v of_o kingdom_n for_o all_o the_o allege_v be_v before_o gregory_n the_o seven_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o pope_n who_o have_v depose_v prince_n he_o that_o desire_v to_o know_v may_v read_v cardinal_n bellarmine_n against_o barclay_n and_o schulkenius_n against_o widdrington_n conformable_a to_o these_o fact_n of_o pope_n be_v the_o the_o doctrine_n of_o s._n 2._o 2.2_o q._n 12_o art_n 2._o thomas_n of_o aquin_n that_o great_a light_n of_o the_o church_n which_o he_o deliver_v unto_o we_o in_o these_o word_n infidelitatem_fw-la illorum_fw-la qui_fw-la fidem_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la potest_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la punire_fw-la &_o convenienter_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la puniuntur_fw-la quod_fw-la subditis_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la dominari_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la vergere_fw-la posset_n in_fw-la magnam_fw-la fidei_fw-la corruptionem_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la hoino_fw-la apostata_fw-la pravo_fw-la cord_n machinatur_fw-la malum_fw-la &_o iurgia_fw-la seminat_fw-la intendens_fw-la homines_fw-la separare_fw-la a_o fide_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la quà m_fw-la citò_fw-la aliquis_fw-la per_fw-la sententiam_fw-la denuntiatur_fw-la excommunicatus_fw-la propter_fw-la apostasiam_fw-la a_o fide_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la eius_fw-la subditi_fw-la sunt_fw-la absoluti_fw-la a_o dominio_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o juramento_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la the_o infidelity_n of_o those_o who_o have_v receive_v the_o faith_n the_o church_n may_v punish_v by_o sentence_n and_o convenientlie_o in_o this_o be_v they_o punish_v that_o they_o may_v not_o bear_v rule_n over_o faithful_a christian_n subject_n for_o this_o may_v turn_v to_o a_o great_a corruption_n of_o faith_n because_o as_o it_o be_v say_v a_o man_n apostata_fw-la with_o a_o wicked_a heart_n do_v plot_n evil_a and_o sow_v brawl_n intend_v to_o separate_v man_n from_o faith_n and_o therefore_o so_o soon_o as_o any_o one_o be_v by_o sentence_n denounce_v excommunicate_v for_o apostasy_n from_o faith_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la by_o and_o by_o his_o subject_n be_v absolve_v from_o his_o dominion_n and_o from_o the_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n thus_o this_o learned_a doctor_n pronounce_v and_o thereby_o justifi_v these_o fact_n of_o these_o holy_a pope_n chapter_n xiii_o by_o the_o number_n of_o doctor_n who_o have_v embrace_v the_o opinion_n that_o give_v this_o power_n to_o the_o pope_n the_o same_o doctrine_n be_v prove_v betwixt_o the_o number_n gravity_n and_o authority_n of_o which_o doctor_n and_o those_o who_o stand_v for_o 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