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from_o spain_n unto_o rome_n many_o hundred_o mile_n distant_a yet_o cyprian_n write_v hereof_o say_v supra_fw-la he_o say_v non_fw-la tà m_fw-la quam_fw-la the_o pope_n be_v not_o so_o much_o too_o blame_v who_o be_v deceive_v by_o the_o appellant_n as_o be_v the_o appellant_n himself_o that_o deceive_v he_o as_o though_o this_o be_v not_o a_o full_a reprehension_n of_o both_o if_o one_o say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o so_o felonious_a that_o receive_v steal_v good_n as_o the_o man_n that_o do_v steal_v they_o your_o non_fw-la tà m_fw-la quam_fw-la do_v distinguish_v they_o in_o the_o degree_n of_o more_o or_o less_o felony_n but_o make_v no_o difference_n in_o their_o nature_n and_o kind_n for_o both_o be_v felony_n so_o then_o the_o pope_n be_v less_o unblamable_a ergo_fw-la he_o be_v unblamable_a but_o the_o other_o more_o because_o the_o appellant_n will_v needs_o appeal_v in_o the_o consciousness_n of_o his_o crime_n but_o the_o pope_n entertain_v it_o in_o a_o presumption_n of_o the_o man_n integrity_n and_o therefore_o both_o unblamable_a because_o as_o cyprian_n argue_v against_o equity_n and_o justice_n three_o but_o ibidem_fw-la the_o decree_n which_o cyprian_n speak_v of_o say_v your_o cardinal_n be_v against_o the_o first_o judgement_n which_o be_v to_o be_v make_v in_o the_o place_n where_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v but_o he_o forbid_v not_o second_a judgement_n elsewhere_o by_o way_n of_o appeal_v than_o which_o what_o can_v be_v more_o false_a i_o have_v almost_o say_v faithless_a for_o the_o cardinal_n himself_o know_v that_o cyprian_a use_v this_o as_o a_o reason_n against_o their_o fly_v to_o rome_n for_o a_o second_o judgement_n even_o because_o say_v cyprian_n they_o have_v be_v already_o judge_v by_o i_o and_o my_o bishop_n by_o who_o they_o be_v condemn_v four_o but_o cyprian_n say_v supra_fw-la he_o argue_v from_o this_o decree_n as_o it_o imply_v most_o notorious_a and_o manifest_a crime_n what_o do_v your_o cardinal_n mean_a by_o this_o his_o ipse_fw-la dixit_fw-la to_o infascinate_v his_o reader_n and_o to_o deprive_v he_o both_o of_o reason_n and_o sense_n for_o ordinary_a reason_n teach_v in_o point_n of_o law_n first_o that_o a_o man_n must_v not_o distinguish_v where_o the_o law_n do_v not_o distinguish_v although_o then_o it_o happen_v that_o these_o crime_n of_o the_o appellant_n be_v indeed_o notorious_a yet_o in_o the_o decree_n itself_o there_o be_v no_o such_o distinction_n second_o it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n to_o think_v that_o any_o crime_n can_v appear_v so_o notorious_a to_o a_o judge_n who_o be_v many_o hundred_o mile_n off_o but_o one_o report_n will_v encounter_v another_o and_o the_o appellant_n will_v still_o make_v fair_a pretence_n of_o innocency_n for_o himself_o until_o the_o matter_n be_v try_v and_o that_o we_o may_v appeal_v to_o common_a sense_n in_o read_v of_o the_o canon_n and_o decree_n itself_o it_o be_v general_n thus_o it_o be_v just_a that_o every_o man_n cause_n be_v hear_v there_o where_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v it_o seem_v then_o that_o your_o cardinal_n dream_v of_o a_o cause_n employ_v in_o this_o decree_n which_o can_v not_o be_v any_o man_n cause_n else_o he_o will_v have_v consider_v that_o where_o every_o man_n cause_n be_v express_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o man_n can_v be_v except_v five_o but_o supra_fw-la if_o cyprian_n say_v he_o shall_v here_o deny_v appeal_v than_o shall_v he_o take_v away_o all_o appeal_v not_o only_o to_o rome_n but_o even_o to_o every_o place_n else_o which_o answer_v how_o unworthy_a it_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o any_o man_n of_o learning_n you_o will_v easy_o perceive_v cyprian_a as_o your_o 12._o pamelius_n note_v be_v the_o chief_a primate_n in_o africa_n who_o hold_v a_o council_n of_o his_o bishop_n to_o excommunicate_a fortunatus_n and_o to_o depose_v he_o the_o council_n foreseeing_a the_o factiousnesse_n of_o fortunatus_n that_o he_o will_v seek_v to_o rome_n to_o trouble_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n by_o work_a distraction_n between_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o carthage_n make_v the_o former_a decree_n express_v the_o iniquity_n of_o any_o appeal_v to_o remote_a place_n where_o the_o cause_n can_v not_o be_v just_o try_v hereby_o the_o say_a council_n take_v not_o away_o all_o appeal_v within_o africa_n for_o it_o be_v then_o lawful_a for_o a_o clerk_n to_o appeal_v from_o his_o bishop_n to_o a_o archbishop_n from_o a_o metropolitan_a to_o a_o council_n and_o behold_v here_o be_v a_o council_n of_o bishop_n which_o put_v the_o period_n to_o all_o further_a appeal_v express_o forbid_v appeal_n to_o place_n so_o remote_a as_o rome_n be_v which_o none_o in_o africa_n can_v come_v unto_o without_o transmigration_n over_o sea_n your_o cardinal_n answer_n will_v teach_v a_o man_n to_o argue_v thus_o there_o lie_v a_o appeal_v from_o thâ—_n bishop_n of_o chester_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o from_o the_o court_n of_o york_n to_o the_o delegate_n but_o the_o state_n of_o england_n deny_v transalpinari_fw-la appeal_v from_o england_n over_o the_o alps_n to_o rome_n ergò_fw-la the_o state_n of_o england_n abrogate_v all_o manner_n of_o appeal_v whether_o from_o chester_n to_o york_n or_o from_o york_n to_o the_o delegate_n moreover_o cyprian_n speak_v of_o those_o schismatical_a appellant_n except_o say_v he_o some_o few_o desperate_a and_o wretched_a fellow_n think_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n less_o insinuate_v as_o we_o may_v true_o just_o and_o according_a to_o their_o intention_n interpret_v it_o than_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n thereby_o impair_n the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o national_n council_n no_o say_v your_o ibidem_fw-la cardinal_n but_o the_o word_n less_o authority_n have_v relation_n to_o the_o cause_n and_o not_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o signify_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n have_v authority_n sufficient_a to_o judge_v that_o cause_n here_o again_o he_o feign_v cyprian_a to_o have_v think_v those_o few_o desperate_a and_o wretched_a appellant_n to_o have_v be_v so_o absurd_a as_o to_o think_v they_o can_v not_o be_v judge_v by_o a_o provincial_a council_n whereunto_o they_o be_v subject_a a_o absurdity_n which_o none_o iâ—_n christianity_n can_v true_o imagine_v beside_o the_o word_n less_o authority_n of_o they_o that_o have_v judge_v have_v relation_n to_o he_o who_o those_o fellow_n desire_v to_o reiudge_a their_o cause_n namely_o the_o pope_n therefore_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o cyprian_a have_v say_v lest_o those_o few_o naughty_a fellow_n may_v think_v the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n have_v less_o authority_n than_o be_v that_o which_o they_o appeal_v unto_o and_o their_o appeal_v be_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n so_o apparent_a it_o be_v that_o cyprian_a thus_o twit_v those_o few_o desperate_a
neque_fw-la id_fw-la abhorret_fw-la a_o communi_fw-la usu_fw-la loquendi_fw-la ut_fw-la obedire_fw-la nos_fw-la dicamus_fw-la quum_fw-la facimus_fw-la quod_fw-la alter_fw-la cupit_fw-la bellarmin_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr rom._n pâ—nt_fw-la cap._n 28._o 28._o ego_fw-la indignus_fw-la famulus_fw-la vester_fw-ge vestrae_fw-la iussioni_fw-la subiectus_fw-la eandem_fw-la legem_fw-la per_fw-la diversas_fw-la terrarum_fw-la part_n transmitti_fw-la feci_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la lex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la deo_fw-la minimè_fw-la concordat_fw-la ecce_fw-la per_fw-la suggestionis_fw-la meae_fw-la paginam_fw-la serenissimis_fw-la dominis_fw-la nunciavi_fw-la vtrobique_fw-la ergo_fw-la absolui_fw-la quod_fw-la debui_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o imperatori_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la praebui_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la sensi_fw-la minimè_fw-la tacui_fw-la gregor_n l._n 2._o indict_v 11._o epist._n 62._o aut_fw-la ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la libri_fw-la habent_fw-la 65._o apud_fw-la bin._n tom._n 2._o 2._o gregorius_n primus_fw-la idem_fw-la &_o magnus_fw-la l._n 2._o epist._n 64._o ingenuè_fw-fr agnoscebat_fw-la imperatori_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la concessum_fw-la â—acerdotibus_fw-la dominari_fw-la espensaeus_n in_o tit._n digress_v 10._o paris_n 1568._o 1568._o for_o the_o council_n speak_v not_o particular_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a westchurch_n whereas_o your_o article_n be_v praecise_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n rome_n chrysostom_n hom._n 3._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la antiochenum_fw-la nobis_fw-la consideratio_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la infinitis_fw-la animabus_fw-la de_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la capite_fw-la capite_fw-la justin._n institut_n lib._n 4._o tit_n 11._o §._o quam_fw-la formam_fw-la cum_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la omnes_fw-la provincias_fw-la caput_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la civitatum_fw-la i_o e._n hanc_fw-la reginam_fw-la urbem_fw-la sequi_fw-la loquor_fw-la de_fw-la constantinopoli_n constantinopoli_n see_v above_o at_o â—_o these_o be_v not_o the_o word_n of_o the_o council_n but_o of_o theodorus_n a_o deacon_n and_o of_o ischarion_n another_o deacon_n and_o of_o paschasius_fw-la the_o legate_n of_o the_o pope_n haec_fw-la singula_fw-la in_o actione_n 3_o concilij_fw-la chalcedon_n chalcedon_n domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la beatissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la patrum_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o oecumenico_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la jonanni_n &_o sanctae_fw-la synodo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la secundae_fw-la syriae_n etc._n etc._n epist._n ad_fw-la johan_n patriarch_n &_o synod_n constantinop_n 5._o apud_fw-la binium_fw-la tom._n 2._o 2._o cod._n authent_fw-fr constitut._n 3_o tharasium_fw-la generalem_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n episcopus_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la habet_fw-la talem_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la christianos_n curam_fw-la ut_fw-la singulis_fw-la tamen_fw-la praesulibus_fw-la sua_fw-la remaneat_fw-la administratio_fw-la atque_fw-la officium_fw-la costerus_n jes._n euchirid_n tract_n de_fw-fr pontif._n solut._n 7._o &_o lindanus_n panop_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 93._o 93._o see_v above_o ca._n 6._o §._o 6._o 6._o see_v above_o ca._n 8._o §._o 5._o and_o as_o pope_n john_n the_o first_o also_o by_o the_o save_o argument_n move_v a_o archbishop_n to_o repress_v haeretike_n see_v above_o p._n 196.2_o 196.2_o see_v above_o cap._n 12._o §._o 3._o 3._o see_v above_o ca_fw-mi 8._o 8._o bellarmin_n li._n 2._o dâ—_n râ—m_n pâ—nt_fw-la â—_o 12._o 12._o bellar._n ibid._n ca._n 31._o ut_fw-la &_o in_fw-la literis_fw-la marginal_a seq_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la â—_o papa_n ut_fw-la linus_n per_fw-la ignatium_fw-la quod_fw-la quamuis_fw-la communiter_fw-la alijs_fw-la tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la co_fw-la colligitur_fw-la primatus_fw-la primatus_fw-la 1._o romano_n per_fw-la antonomasiam_fw-la conc._n chalced._n act_n 16_o 16_o in_o cypriani_fw-la passione_n proconsuli_fw-la quaerenti_fw-la a_o tu_fw-la be_v es_fw-mi quem_fw-la christiani_n suum_fw-la papam_fw-la vocant_fw-la respondet_fw-la cyprianus_n ego_fw-la pontius_n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la cypriani_fw-la cypriani_fw-la 2._o quia_fw-la voco_fw-la papa_n vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dilecte_fw-la papa_n athanasi_n arsinius_n in_o apologia_fw-la athanasii_fw-la athanasii_fw-la see_v above_o above_o 3._o quia_fw-la a_o generalibus_fw-la concilijs_fw-la voco_fw-la papa_n ipse_fw-la verò_fw-la neminem_fw-la vocat_fw-la papam_fw-la vel_fw-la patrem_fw-la sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la filios_fw-la aut_fw-la frate_z frate_z cornelius_n episcopus_fw-la romanus_n cyprianum_n carthaginensem_fw-la papam_fw-la vocat_fw-la &_o papatem_fw-la onâ—iphrius_n initio_fw-la tract_n obscurarum_fw-la vocum_fw-la vocum_fw-la cyprianus_n li._n 2._o epistola_fw-la 8._o 8._o binius_fw-la tom._n 2._o conc._n pa._n 365._o a_o a_o see_v hereafter_o at_o o_o o_o pater_fw-la patrum_fw-la fic_z damasus_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cathag_n cathag_n papa_n i._n e._n pater_fw-la patrum_fw-la salmeron_n jes._n tom._n 13._o in_o epist._n pauli_n pa._n 172._o col._n 2._o 2._o see_v after_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 16._o and_o above_o cap._n 12._o §._o 1._o 1._o poâ—tifex_fw-la christianorum_fw-la 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z summus_n pontifex_fw-la ab_fw-la hieronymo_n &_o alijs_fw-la alijs_fw-la princeps_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la a_o valentiniano_n &_o quod_fw-la concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n vetat_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la sic_fw-la vocetur_fw-la concilium_fw-la hoc_fw-la statuit_fw-la solum_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la africa_n africa_n nazianzenus_n vocabat_fw-la basilium_fw-la magnum_fw-la magnum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la canis_fw-la jes._n ex_fw-la nazian_n epist._n 38._o add_v simplic_n simplic_n see_v hereafter_o at_o the_o letter_n s._n s._n see_v above_o ca._n 12._o §._o 3._o 3._o vicarius_fw-la christi_fw-la a_o bernardo_n bernardo_n 2_o cor._n 5.20_o 5.20_o eusebius_n papa_n epist._n 3._o apud_fw-la bin._n tom._n 1._o episcopis_fw-la tusciae_fw-la &_o campaniae_fw-la allude_v to_o that_o of_o saint_n paul_n ephes._n 1_o &_o 2._o cor._n 5._o legatione_fw-la fungimur_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la caput_fw-la enim_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la autem_fw-la vicarij_fw-la sunt_fw-la eius_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la qui_fw-la vice_fw-la christi_fw-la legatione_fw-la funguntur_fw-la funguntur_fw-la caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la a_o concilio_n chalced._n &_o à _fw-fr gregorio_n omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la caput_fw-la sedes_fw-la romana_fw-la romana_fw-la athanasius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v above_o cap._n 12._o §._o 4._o 4._o patres_fw-la concilij_fw-la ephesini_fw-la in_o epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la vocant_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la caput_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la congregatorum_fw-la bin._n act._n conc._n eph._n tom._n 4._o c._n 8._o 8._o chrysostom_n hom._n 3._o ad_fw-la pop_n antioch_n antiochia_n caput_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la de_fw-la constantinop_n in_o epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la jnnocentium_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fundamentum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ab_fw-la hieronymo_n hieronymo_n pastor_n ovilis_fw-la dominici_n ab_fw-la ambrosio_n ambrosio_n damascenus_n appellat_fw-la athanasium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la testae_fw-la canisio_n catechis_n initio_fw-la encom_n patrum_fw-la patrum_fw-la mark_n 16.15_o 16.15_o no_o &_o petrus_n pastor_n &_o paulus_n pastor_n caeterique_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pastor_n august_n tract_n 47._o in_o johan._n johan._n rector_n domus_fw-la ab_fw-la ambrosio_n ambrosio_n 1_o tim._n 3.15_o 3.15_o custos_fw-la vineae_fw-la a_o council_n chalcedonensi_fw-la cui_fw-la vinea_fw-la domini_fw-la commissa_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la see_v above_o cap._n 8._o §._o 4._o 4._o pater_fw-la &_o doâ—â—or_fw-la omnium_fw-la christianorum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la euseb._n hist._n l._n 4._o ca._n 14._o iste_fw-la est_fw-la paâ—er_fw-la christianorum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la 1._o origenes_n est_fw-la secundus_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la magister_fw-la sic_fw-la â—_o didymo_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la expositorum_fw-la victor_n ab_fw-la hieronymo_n testae_fw-la sixto_n senensi_fw-la bibl._n lib._n 4._o tit._n origen_n §._o sed._n sed._n chrysostomus_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la innocentius_n papa_n epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la arcad._n imperatorem_fw-la eiecisti_fw-la à _fw-la throno_fw-la svo_fw-la magnum_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la doctorem_fw-la testae_fw-la canisio_n jes._n initio_fw-la catechismi_fw-la catechismi_fw-la augustinus_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la beda_n in_o chron._n omnium_fw-la doctor_n eximius_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la hilarius_n doctor_n maximus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caâ—holicae_fw-la columna_fw-la meritò_fw-la habitus_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr script_n ecclesiast_n tit._n hilarius_n hilarius_n athanasius_n egregium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la columen_fw-la cvius_fw-la dogmata_fw-la pro_fw-la orthodoxae_fw-la fidei_fw-la lege_fw-la haberentur_fw-la sic_fw-la nazianzenus_n in_o 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ruffinus_n qui_fw-la solus_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-la cvius_fw-la fide_fw-la ne_fw-la dissidentes_fw-la quidem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la part_v disputare_fw-la potuerint_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la dei_fw-la meriti_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ausus_fw-la
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9_o 9_o see_v after_o at_o q._n q._n see_v above_o cap._n 12._o §._o 4._o 4._o see_v above_o at_o t._n t._n baronius_n anno_fw-la 412._o â—um_fw-la 43._o 43._o ibidem_fw-la num_fw-la 44._o &_o 46._o 46._o jbidem_fw-la num_fw-la 47._o theophilus_n iâ—_n sanctis_fw-la sanctis_fw-la jbidem_fw-la num_fw-la 47_o populi_n concordiae_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la necessitate_v prement_fw-la ne_fw-la religionis_fw-la res_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la penderet_fw-la baronius_n in_o the_o margin_n note_v cogitur_fw-la atticus_n restituere_fw-la nomen_fw-la johannis_n and_o anno_fw-la 425_o num_fw-la 19_o ostendimus_fw-la atticum_fw-la coactum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ab_fw-la innocentio_n romanâ—_n pontifice_fw-la restituere_fw-la nomen_fw-la johannis_n and_o yet_o never_o produce_v any_o place_n to_o prove_v it_o but_o this_o forename_a in_o num_fw-la 49._o which_o speak_v only_o
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