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decret_n apud_fw-la binnium_n tom_n 1._o eusebius_n because_o christi_fw-la vice_fw-la legatione_fw-la sunguntur_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la in_o stead_n of_o christ_n they_o execute_v a_o ambassage_n in_o the_o church_n for_o it_o be_v augustine_n his_o double_a rule_n 〈…〉_o rule_n august_n in_o 〈…〉_o omnis_fw-la antistes_fw-la â—sâ—â—hristi_fw-la viâ—ius_n every_o bishop_n be_v christ_n vicar_n and_o 106._o and_o idem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d q._n 106._o homo_fw-la impertum_fw-la dei_fw-la habens_fw-la quasi_fw-la vicarius_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la man_n have_v god_n dominion_n be_v as_o god_n vicar_n how_o can_v the_o pope_n then_o be_v christ_n vicar_n when_o christ_n have_v not_o make_v he_o so_o neither_o do_v he_o behave_v himself_o as_o a_o vicar_n or_o vicegerent_n but_o as_o a_o lord-royal_a when_o yet_o his_o own_o law_n be_v that_o init_fw-la that_o joâ—_a 22_o extravag_n con._n lib._n 3_o tit_n 2._o cap._n 5._o ad_fw-la init_fw-la the_o vicar_n of_o christ_n shall_v comforme_v himself_o to_o the_o act_n of_o christ_n for_o three_o be_v he_o not_o entitle_v caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o this_o christ_n freehold_n whereupon_o he_o so_o usurp_v and_o yet_o how_o can_v he_o be_v a_o vicar_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n for_o as_o that_o titular_a patriarch_n of_o antioch_n speak_v in_o the_o council_n of_o basill_n 2._o basill_n joh._n patriar_n antioch_n in_o append_v council_n apud_fw-la binnium_n tom_n 3._o pa._n 2._o caput_fw-la esse_fw-la denotat_fw-la praeeminentiam_fw-la quam_fw-la minister_n non_fw-la habet_fw-la supra_fw-la dominam_fw-la to_o be_v head_n note_v a_o preeminence_n which_o the_o servant_n have_v not_o above_o his_o mistress_n ob._n ob._n yes_o say_v they_o 5._o they_o rhemist_n in_o 1._o eph._n §._o 5._o he_o may_v be_v a_o ministerial_a head_n as_o the_o pope_n be_v to_o the_o militant_a church_n here_o on_o earth_n well_o be_v it_o so_o sol._n sol._n but_o i_o demand_v what_o scripture_n teach_v this_o for_o no_o place_n be_v yet_o to_o our_o knowledge_n bring_v by_o any_o of_o they_o for_o ground_n of_o this_o distinction_n but_o to_o deal_v kind_o with_o they_o who_o so_o disgrace_n their_o saviour_n by_o magnify_v their_o pope_n admit_v this_o yet_o than_o the_o pope_n have_v not_o to_o do_v with_o the_o church_n triumphant_a be_v only_o the_o ministerial_a head_n of_o the_o militant_a church_n neither_o yet_o can_v every_o pope_n be_v a_o true_a head_n thereof_o since_o some_o pope_n be_v damn_v creature_n in_o hell_n even_o q._n even_o watson_n quodlibet_n q._n sixtus_n quintus_fw-la by_o bellarmine_n judgement_n and_o landus_n with_o other_o of_o that_o rank_n who_o etc._n who_o vid._n baron_n annal._n ad_fw-la ann._n 900._o etc._n etc._n baronius_n and_o etc._n and_o platina_n in_o lando_n etc._n etc._n platina_n have_v censure_v either_o for_o monster_n or_o obscure_a villain_n but_o if_o they_o be_v never_o so_o good_a man_n i_o marvel_v how_o the_o church_n shall_v live_v when_o the_o pope_n be_v dead_a shall_v it_o walk_v hop-headlesse_a poor_a church_n either_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o thy_o head_n upon_o who_o thy_o life_n depend_v as_o the_o life_n of_o the_o member_n be_v from_o the_o head_n or_o else_o thou_o may_v make_v a_o great_a many_o resurrection_n upon_o the_o installing_n of_o every_o new_a pope_n yea_o and_o must_v be_v sometime_o like_o the_o triple-headed_a cerberus_n absit_fw-la dicto_fw-la blasphemia_fw-la upon_o any_o schism_n answer_v these_o doubt_n you_o papist_n or_o your_o pope_n be_v no_o head_n of_o the_o militant_a church_n but_o four_o the_o pope_n be_v sponsus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o bridegroom_n of_o the_o church_n if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o head_n nay_o than_o he_o must_v be_v the_o head_n as_o the_o 5.23_o the_o ephes_n 5.23_o husband_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o wife_n but_o who_o dare_v call_v the_o pope_n the_o bridegroom_n to_o the_o church_n which_o by_o saint_n 11.2_o saint_n 2._o cor._n 11.2_o paul_n be_v espouse_v and_o present_v to_o one_o husband_n even_o christ_n who_o as_o the_o baptist_n say_v 3.29_o say_v john_n 3.29_o be_v the_o bridegroom_n because_o he_o have_v the_o bride_n who_o he_o 2.19_o he_o hos_fw-la 2.19_o marry_v unto_o himself_o for_o ever_o sure_o neither_o scripture_n nor_o council_n nor_o father_n ever_o give_v this_o title_n to_o the_o pope_n till_o a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o christ_n when_o the_o dog_n have_v his_o day_n in_o the_o very_a power_n and_o hour_n of_o darkness_n i_o mean_v when_o antichrist_n ruffle_v in_o the_o council_n assemble_v at_o gregorian_n at_o bellar._n report_v it_o out_o of_o the_o sext._n tit_n de_fw-fr elect._n caâ—_n vbi_fw-la periculum_fw-la where_o yet_o i_o can_v find_v any_o such_o word_n in_o their_o new_a edition_n gregorian_n lion_n where_o this_o title_n sponsus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la be_v give_v to_o the_o pope_n far_o contrary_a to_o saint_n bernard_n mind_n who_o tell_v 237._o tell_v bernard_n ep._n 237._o pope_n eugenius_n that_o since_o he_o be_v the_o bridegroom_n friend_n he_o shall_v make_v no_o challenge_n unto_o the_o bride_n unless_o it_o be_v to_o die_v for_o her_o sake_n for_o that_o be_v to_o make_v the_o church_n a_o harlot_n if_o she_o shall_v be_v espouse_v to_o any_o other_o since_o christ_n ever_o live_v because_o the_o 7.3_o the_o rom._n 7.3_o woman_n which_o have_v a_o husband_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o law_n unto_o her_o husband_n so_o long_o as_o he_o live_v ob._n ob._n but_o may_v not_o a_o husband_n have_v a_o deputy_n in_o his_o absence_n sol._n sol._n to_o what_o purpose_n to_o beget_v child_n of_o she_o then_o 39.9_o then_o gene._n 39.9_o joseph_n may_v without_o sin_n have_v lie_v with_o his_o mistress_n but_o she_o be_v exempt_v from_o under_o his_o hand_n as_o the_o church_n be_v from_o under_o the_o power_n of_o any_o pope_n priest_n or_o potentate_n in_o respect_n of_o her_o conjunction_n in_o marriage_n which_o be_v only_o with_o christ_n as_o she_o true_o profess_v 7.10_o profess_v canâ—_n 7.10_o i_o be_o my_o beloved_n and_o his_o desire_n be_v towards_o i_o ob._n ob._n where_o then_o the_o cardinal_n do_v not_o think_v it_o absurd_a in_o spiritual_a matter_n that_o one_o spouse_n shall_v belong_v to_o many_o howsoever_o it_o be_v gross_a in_o temporal_a cause_n sol._n sol._n let_v he_o know_v that_o as_o man_n and_o wife_n be_v by_o marrriage_n 2.23_o marrriage_n gene._n 2.23_o one_o flesh_n so_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n be_v by_o spiritual_a conjunction_n 12.12_o conjunction_n 1._o cor._n 12.12_o one_o body_n of_o which_o if_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o a_o member_n he_o be_v but_o a_o damn_a creature_n for_o ecclesiae_fw-la for_o cybrian_n lib._n the_o vuit_n ecclesiae_fw-la out_o of_o the_o church_n be_v no_o salvation_n and_o if_o he_o be_v a_o member_n then_o be_v he_o not_o sponsus_fw-la the_o bridegroom_n or_o head_n but_o one_o over_o who_o the_o spouse_n have_v a_o power_n even_o to_o be_v his_o mistress_n because_o he_o be_v but_o her_o husband_n vicar_n or_o deputy_n or_o steward_n not_o to_o rule_v over_o she_o but_o for_o her_o benefit_n to_o dispense_v their_o several_a portion_n unto_o her_o servant_n as_o thomas_n ens_fw-la thomas_n apud_fw-la aenâ—um_fw-la syluium_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr gest_n council_n basil_n ens_fw-la de_fw-fr corsellis_n do_v learned_o argue_v this_o case_n before_o the_o father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o basill_n yet_o five_o and_o last_o he_o be_v call_v and_o must_v carry_v it_o clear_o to_o be_v so_o episcopus_fw-la universalis_fw-la the_o universal_a bishop_n albeit_o no_o scripture_n ever_o give_v he_o or_o any_o other_o bishop_n such_o a_o name_n nay_o nor_o yet_o any_o father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n save_o chalcedonensis_n save_o theodo_fw-la diac_n ischyrion_n diac_n athanas_n presb_n in_o actione_n 3_o council_n chalcedonensis_n three_o private_a man_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n who_o entitle_v leo_n the_o first_o universal_a archbishop_n or_o universal_a patriarch_n but_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v the_o report_n of_o gregory_n 32._o gregory_n gregor_n ad_fw-la mauritium_n lib._n 4._o ep._n 32._o although_o this_o name_n of_o universal_a bishop_n be_v in_o honour_n of_o saint_n peter_n offer_v by_o that_o council_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n yet_o none_o of_o his_o predecessor_n ever_o take_v it_o unto_o he_o or_o give_v consent_n to_o use_v it_o for_o indeed_o gregory_n himself_o do_v registri_fw-la do_v gregor_n ep._n 36.38.39_o lib._n 4._o registri_fw-la many_o time_n inveigh_v against_o john_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n for_o usurp_v this_o name_n of_o universal_a bishop_n as_o a_o name_n too_o high_a for_o any_o man_n and_o therefore_o a_o proud_a blasphemous_a and_o sacrilegious_a title_n for_o a_o minister_n of_o christ_n yea_o and_o gratian_n 3.4_o gratian_n gratian._n do_v 99_o can_v 3.4_o from_o the_o council_n of_o africa_n and_o from_o the_o follow_a decree_n of_o