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A16835 The supremacie of Christian princes ouer all persons throughout theor dominions, in all causes so wel ecclesiastical as temporall, both against the Counterblast of Thomas Stapleton, replying on the reuerend father in Christe, Robert Bishop of VVinchester: and also against Nicolas Sanders his uisible monarchie of the Romaine Church, touching this controuersie of the princes supremacie. Ansvvered by Iohn Bridges. Bridges, John, d. 1618. 1573 (1573) STC 3737; ESTC S108192 937,353 1,244

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and_o vengeance_n of_o god_n to_o come_v upon_o they_o after_o which_o declaration_n they_o do_v not_o subtract_v from_o they_o their_o civil_a obedience_n &_o count_v they_o from_o that_o day_n forward_a no_o long_o to_o be_v their_o king_n or_o exhort_v the_o church_n of_o god_n to_o forsake_v their_o politic_a government_n but_o have_v declare_v their_o message_n from_o god_n they_o let_v they_o alone_o till_o either_o god_n himself_o do_v strike_v they_o or_o stir_v up_o by_o some_o especial_a and_o extraordinary_a mean_n some_o foreign_a or_o domestical_a persecu●…_n of_o they_o three_o this_o make_v nothing_o to_o prove_v that_o those_o king_n
day_n of_o doom_n dese●…ed_v for_o the_o bless_a virgin_n sake_n christ_n ignorance_n discip._n ibidem_fw-la exempl_a 9_o who_o hear_v this_o might_n ●…_n blast_v beside_o sir_n william_n the_o utter_a corruption_n of_o the_o clergy_n &_o mon_fw-fr kerie_n by_o christ_n own_o ▪_o mouth_n ibid_fw-la they_o so_o contemptuous_o they_o term_v christ_n christ_n a●…_n i_o stay_v by_o his_o mother_n the_o papist_n teach_v that_o say_v tes_z pray_v for_o pro●…onging_v the_o day_n of_o doom_n and_o christ_n teach_v we_o to_o prai_fw-la for_o the_o hasten_v of_o it_o matth._n 6._o luke_n 24._o mark_n 13._o apocal._n 6._o apoca._n 22._o discip._n de_fw-fr miraculis_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la christ_n judgement_n revoke_v alan_n ▪_o the_o rupe_z in_o psalterio_fw-la beatae_fw-la virgin_n more_o ascribe_v to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n than_o to_o christ._n vigerius_n saonensis_n cardiralis_fw-la decacord_n 4._o can_v 12._o christ_n bind_v to_o deny_v no_o petition_n to_o his_o mother_n jacob_n de_fw-fr vorag_n serm_n 1._o in_o die_v pascae_fw-la the_o bless_a virgin_n make_v the_o reconciler_n and_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n rom._n 5._o 1._o tim._n 1._o eph._n 2._o enchirid._n ad_fw-la laur._n ca._n 32._o rom._n 5._o 2._o tim._n 2_o robertus_fw-la de_fw-la licio_n sermon_n de_fw-fr sanctis_fw-la ser._n 24._o the_o concept_n beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la ca._n 1._o nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la amore_fw-la huius_fw-la pvellae_fw-la &_o reverentia_fw-la col._n 1._o john_n 1._o blasphemy_n in_o all_o the_o whole_a popish_a church_n gen._n ●…_n in_o prologue_n eiusdem_fw-la ad_fw-la serm_fw-la concep_n jacobus_n de_fw-fr vorag_n serm_n quarag_v 50._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o quad●…_n ●…_n 8._o &_o in_o assum_fw-la serm_n 8._o s._n peter_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o office_n belike_o but_o christ_n say_v ego_fw-la sum_fw-la ostium_fw-la a_o proper_a reason_n &_o well_o apply_v in_o assump_n serm_n 7._o god_n unmerciful_a christ_n clean_o forget_v serm._n 5._o the_o papist_n blasphemous_a example_n of_o invocate_a the_o bless_v virgin_n discip._n exemp_n 40._o in_o legenda_fw-la fist_n assumpt_n johannes_n de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr in_fw-la svo_fw-la mariali_fw-la discipulus_fw-la disc._n exem_o 57_o alanus_fw-la de_fw-la rupe_z albertus_n magnus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la de_fw-fr ●…anlingen_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d the_o papist●…s_v shut_v that_o these_o be_v but_o private_a man_n error_n missale_n in_o officio_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la the_o father_n &_o the_o soon_o give_v by_o the_o bless_a virgi●…_n salutis_fw-la causa_fw-la vitae_fw-la porta_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o gra●…ia_fw-la sumus_fw-la domine_fw-la nostrae_fw-la all_o the_o papist_n shift_n about_o invocation_n confute_v legenda_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la s._n petri._n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d arb_z lib._n 3._o in_o epist_n joh._n tract_n 1._o s._n aug_n against_o the_o papist_n shift_v of_o intercession_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la rel._n cap._n 55._o s._n august_n judge_v the_o saint_n dishonour_v by_o invocate_a 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7._o matth._n 11._o matth._n 15._o joh._n 9_o how_o the_o papist_n exalt_v thou_o self_n above_o god_n word_n pigghius_n de_fw-fr invocat_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la controver_n 13._o what_o the_o papist_n mean_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n what_o manner_n of_o huswife_n the_o popish_a church_n ●…s_v matth._n 11._o matth._n 24._o the_o child_n of_o the_o mother_n church_n of_o rome_n joh._n 8._o matth._n 10._o joh._n 10._o matth._n 3._o matth._n 11._o coll._n 2._o 1._o cor._n 1._o job._n 14._o joh._n 1._o rom._n 10._o in_o ezech._n homil_n 7._o ad_fw-la pompei●…_n contra_fw-la stephanum_n luc._n 18._o 3._o esdr._n 3_n a_o notable_a similitude_n of_o cyprian_a hilarius_n in_o matth._n can_v 14_o chrisostomus_n in_o matth._n cap._n 23._o in_o matth._n 15._o homil_n 32._o pretence_n of_o ancestor_n &_o forefather_n the_o papist_n shift_v that_o their_o tradition_n be_v not_o like_o the_o pharisee_n tradition_n ibidem_fw-la doctrine_n of_o man_n the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la tit_n home_o 1._o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o crier_n and_o a_o preacher_n li._n de_fw-fr paradiso_fw-la ca._n 12._o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o witness_n bearer_n se●…m_fw-la 6._o de_fw-fr vera_fw-la rel_n ca._n vlt._n in_o psal._n 160._o in_o esa_n ca._n 2._o act_n 5._o luc._n 20._o jib._n 1._o ●…a_n 5._o human_a tradition_n the_o chief_a bulwark_n and_o foundation_n of_o the_o popish_a doctrine_n ibidem_fw-la how_o the_o sorbonist_n deal_v with_o eras●…_n for_o speak_v against_o popish_a ceremony_n declarat_fw-la ad_fw-la cesuras_fw-la facultatis_fw-la do_fw-mi 11._o propos_fw-fr 58._o frasmus_n excuse_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ceremony_n liken_v to_o wagon_n kneel_v how_o we_o use_v well_o even_o some_o of_o the_o popish_a ceremony_n but_o nothing_o like_o to_o their_o use_v of_o they_o trust_v in_o ceremony_n decl._n 70._o ex_fw-la collo_fw-la 1._o erasmus_n proposition_n of_o the_o popish_a ceremony_n he_o mean_v canonist_n concupiscence_n sin_n after_o baptism_n the_o messalians_n li._n 1._o contr_n 2._o epi_v pelag._n ad_fw-la bonif._n our_o confession_n how_o original_a sin_n be_v take_v away_o pigghius_n de_fw-fr peccato_fw-la orig_n contiover_n 1._o ibidem_fw-la pigghius_n offend_v with_o s._n aug._n for_o say_v ing_z coacupiscence_n be_v fin_n the_o inconvenience_n that_o master_n st._n incur_v more_o absurdity_n to_o say_v god_n impute_v 〈◊〉_d where_o be_v none_o than_o to_o say_v where_o sin_n be_v god_n impute_v none_o the_o objection_n of_o the_o messalian_n heresy_n to_o we_o return_v on_o the_o papist_n histo._n tripart_n lib._n 7._o ca._n 11._o the_o papist_n worse_a than_o the_o messalian_n the_o papist_n say_v ▪_o god_n con●…th_o where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 6._o rom._n 5._o the_o papist_n make_v original_a sin_n to_o be_v ●…o_o sin_n our_o own_o satisfaction_n do_v more_o than_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o papist_n doctrine_n the_o gross_a ignorance_n of_o the_o learned_a papist_n in_o the_o ●…udiments_n of_o christianity_n what_o we_o be_v before_o baptism_n joh._n 3._o rom._n 8._o 1._o cor._n 5._o col._n 2._o gal._n 3._o rom._n 3._o
king_n supra_fw-la 799._o sand_n pag._n 82._o how_o m._n sand_n esteem_v of_o all_o other_o man_n that_o deny_v that_o which_o he_o affirm_v m._n sand_n contradiction_n christion_n prin_fw-mi ces_fw-fr power_n be_v not_o only_o a_o earthly_a power_n sand_n pag._n 82._o not_o we_o but_o the_o papist_n confound_v both_o power_n sand_n pag._n 82._o 2._o cor._n 3._o 1._o reg._n 8._o the_o due_a and_o true_a spiritual_a power_n the_o popish_a spiritual_a power_n how_o the_o prince_n power_n be_v earthly_a how_o heavenly_a supra_fw-la 791._o the_o prince_n power_n come_v from_o christ_n proverb_n 8._o christ_n a_o saviour_n as_o well_o in_o that_o he_o be_v a_o king_n as_o in_o that_o he_o be_v a_o priest._n how_o both_o the_o prince_n &_o the_o bishop_n pover_fw-mi pertain_v to_o heaven_n and_o minister_v life_n sand_n pag._n 82._o rom._n 12._o 1._o cor._n 12._o ephes._n 4._o the_o popish_a church_n jurisdiction_n sand_n pag._n 82._o &_o 83._o m._n sand_n presupposal_n of_o the_o prince_n 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