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A67437 The history & vindication of the loyal formulary, or Irish remonstrance ... received by His Majesty anno 1661 ... in several treatises : with a true account and full discussion of the delusory Irish remonstrance and other papers framed and insisted on by the National Congregation at Dublin, anno 1666, and presented to ... the Duke of Ormond, but rejected by His Grace : to which are added three appendixes, whereof the last contains the Marquess of Ormond ... letter of the second of December, 1650 : in answer to both the declaration and excommunication of the bishops, &c. at Jamestown / the author, Father Peter Walsh ... Walsh, Peter, 1618?-1688.; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688. Articles of peace.; Rothe, David, 1573-1650. Queries concerning the lawfulnesse of the present cessation. 1673 (1673) Wing W634; ESTC R13539 1,444,938 1,122

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ex_fw-la jure_fw-la regio_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la &_o naturali_fw-la over_o the_o person_n and_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o ecclesiastic_n and_o only_o attribute_v to_o they_o nudam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la civilem_fw-la &_o temporalem_fw-la etc._n etc._n over_o such_o person_n and_o in_o such_o cause_n than_o they_o who_o on_o the_o contrary_a attribute_n to_o king_n the_o thing_n and_o word_n jurisdiction_n over_o the_o same_o person_n and_o thing_n and_o this_o too_o per_fw-la se_fw-la and_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n hic_fw-la articulus_fw-la say_v he_o mean_v the_o foresay_a xxxvii_o article_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n of_o england_n subministrat_fw-la materiam_fw-la examinandi_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la long_o gravissimam_fw-la a_o scil_n laici_fw-la sint_fw-la capaces_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la primo_fw-la advertendum_fw-la ex_fw-la omnium_fw-la sententia_fw-la illos_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la capaces_fw-la clavium_fw-la quia_fw-la tunc_fw-la etiam_fw-la remissionis_fw-la seu_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la a_o peccatis_fw-la secundo_fw-la advertendum_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la seu_fw-la potestatem_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la immediate_a ipsam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la clavium_fw-la immo_fw-la separabiles_fw-la nec_fw-la actu_fw-la semper_fw-la conjungi_fw-la vel_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la vel_fw-la positivo_fw-la tertio_fw-la supponendum_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la sententia_fw-la secundum_fw-la absolutam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la posse_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la talem_fw-la laicis_fw-la concedere_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la express_v contra_fw-la jus_o divinum_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la soto_n 4._o do_v 20._o quaest_n 1._o art_n 4._o etc._n scot._n 4._o d._n 20_o q_o 1._o a._n 4._o mirand_n in_o manual_n q._n 3._o a._n 2._o d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la miranda_n in_fw-la manuali_fw-la quaest_n 3._o art_n 2._o &_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la virorum_fw-la sed_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la addit_fw-la tamen_fw-la miranda_n hoc_fw-la respectu_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la nusquam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la concessum_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la negate_fw-la d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la &_o abbatissis_fw-la c._n 22._o &_o citat_fw-la multa_fw-la jura_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la actu_fw-la conceditur_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la potestas_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipiendi_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ut_fw-la excommunicent_fw-la rebel_n &_o contumace_n moniale_n &_o hoc_fw-la valere_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la communi_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la vel_fw-la strictius_fw-la loquendo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la cum_fw-la laimanno_n lib._n 1._o 4._o laiman_n l._n 1._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 3._o &_o 4._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o cap._n 3._o num_fw-la 3._o &_o 4._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la proprie_fw-la sed_fw-la usuram_fw-la quandam_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la et_fw-la hinc_fw-la confer_v possunt_fw-la beneficia_fw-la &_o instituere_fw-la clericos_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la ad_fw-la monasterium_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la sensum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o re_fw-la tam_fw-la gravi_fw-la aperiam_fw-la dicendum_fw-la putem_fw-la nullo_n quidem_fw-la jure_fw-la ut_fw-la praetactum_fw-la est_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o spiritual_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la joannes_n de_fw-la parisiis_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la c._n 21._o quo_fw-la gratia_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la causatur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la papae_fw-la joan._n de_fw-fr paris_n c._n 21._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la papae_fw-la potestas_fw-la administrandi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la quae_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ex_fw-la priori_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la inflictio_fw-la poenae_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la expositio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la institutio_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la vel_fw-la examen_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la multa_fw-la quodvis_fw-la enim_fw-la horum_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la restringitur_fw-la praecise_a ad_fw-la homines_fw-la spirituales_fw-la sen_fw-la deo_fw-la sacros_fw-la ut_fw-la olim_fw-la definitum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o joan._n 22._o contra_fw-la marsilium_fw-la de_fw-la milan_n ut_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la turrecrem_fw-la l._n 4._o summae_fw-la sub_fw-la finem_fw-la summae_fw-la joan._n 22._o contra_fw-la mars_n de_fw-fr milan_n turrecr_n l._n 4._o summae_fw-la caeterum_fw-la quoad_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o antecedens_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o necessario_fw-la annexum_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la officiis_fw-la bene_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o laicis_fw-la subinde_fw-la residere_fw-la sicut_fw-la praesentatio_fw-la collatio_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la punitio_fw-la temporalis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la multa_fw-la ut_fw-la dixi_fw-la de_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praecipue_fw-la ex_fw-la concessione_n ecclesia_fw-la vel_fw-la long_fw-mi consuetudine_fw-la praescripta_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dixi_fw-la &_o merito_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concessio_fw-la 120._o innoc._n in_o c._n novit_fw-la etc._n etc._n salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n prael_n 3._o nu_fw-la 120._o sed_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tribuit_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la docet_fw-la innocent_n in_o cap._n novit_n de_fw-fr judic_n &_o multi_fw-la praesertion_n quando_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la exercitium_fw-la a_o tempore_fw-la immemoriali_fw-la probatur_fw-la ut_fw-la declarant_fw-la juristae_fw-la de_fw-fr quare_fw-la vide_fw-la salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o praelud_fw-la 3._o n._n 122_o &_o deinceps_fw-la dice_n hic_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concedi_fw-la principibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la seu_fw-la concessione_n sed_fw-la supremam_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la asseritur_fw-la quod_fw-la no●_n potest_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la doctores_fw-la tenent_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la doctores_fw-la praedicti_fw-la asserant_fw-la papa●_n non_fw-la posse_fw-la auferre_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la principum_fw-la ex_fw-la consu●tudine_fw-la vel_fw-la concessione_n firma_fw-la valide_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la introductam_fw-la 405._o nau._n c._n 27._o in_o enchir._n n_o 70._o salz_n sch_fw-mi ber._n diaz_n cap._n 55._o sect._n apud_fw-la gall._n duvall_n de_fw-fr disc_fw-fr eccl._n p._n 3_o fol._n 405._o sicut_fw-la satis_fw-la insinuat_fw-la navar._n c._n 27._o in_o
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