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§_o 9_o according_o christ_n teach_v his_o chief_a disciple_n that_o if_o they_o be_v not_o so_o convert_v as_o to_o become_v as_o little_a child_n they_o can_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n matth._n 18._o 3._o his_o school_n receive_v not_o masterly_a disciple_n but_o humble_a teachable_a learner_n that_o become_v fool_n that_o they_o may_v be_v wise_a and_o when_o they_o be_v dispute_v and_o seek_v which_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v great_a he_o earnest_o rebuke_v all_o such_o thought_n set_v a_o little_a child_n before_o they_o tell_v they_o that_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o earth_n exercise_n authority_n and_o be_v call_v benefactor_n or_o by_o big_a name_n but_o with_o they_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o but_o he_o that_o will_v be_v the_o great_a must_v be_v servant_n ofâ—_n all_o luk._n 22._o show_v they_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o worldly_a grandeur_fw-fr nor_o force_a power_n by_o the_o sword_n which_o belong_v to_o civil_a magistrate_n which_o be_v to_o 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praesumptuosè_fw-la assâ—mpsit_fw-la ut_fw-la imperator_fw-la fieret_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la desideratus_fw-la et_fw-la optatus_fw-la postulatus_fw-la a_fw-la nobis_fw-la â—t_z a_o deo_fw-la vocatus_fw-la et_fw-la honorificatus_fw-la ad_fw-la defendendam_fw-la religionem_fw-la et_fw-la christintique_fw-la seruos_fw-la tuendos_fw-la humiliter_fw-la et_fw-la obedienter_fw-la accessit_fw-la etc._n etc._n nisi_fw-la enim_fw-la talem_fw-la cognovissemus_fw-la ejus_fw-la intentionem_fw-la nunquam_fw-la animus_n noster_fw-la fieret_fw-la tam_fw-la promptus_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsius_fw-la promotionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o if_o the_o pope_n have_v not_o like_v he_o the_o emperor_n be_v hereditary_a right_n have_v never_o make_v he_o emperor_n and_o the_o flatter_a bishop_n say_v to_o the_o pope_n bin._n p._n 1010._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la vos_fw-la prius_fw-la eligeret_fw-la sed_fw-la contra_fw-la vos_fw-la cum_fw-la et_fw-la eligeretis_fw-la et_fw-la diligeretis_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la o_fw-la coangelice_fw-la papa_n vestigia_fw-la vestra_fw-la sectantes_fw-la et_fw-la salubria_fw-la monita_fw-la recipientes_fw-la quem_fw-la amatis_fw-la amamus_fw-la quem_fw-la eligistis_fw-la eligimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o now_o come_v in_o binnius_n with_o his_o comment_n and_o say_v that_o will_v our_o refractory_a novelist_n ☜_o who_o with_o great_a temerity_n dare_v profess_v that_o the_o roman_a pope_n in_o the_o crown_n of_o emperor_n have_v no_o other_o right_n then_o bare_o ministerial_o to_o anoint_v and_o crown_v they_o have_v but_o know_v these_o act_n they_o they_o will_v from_o they_o have_v learn_v that_o that_o pope_n john_n alias_z joan_z do_v not_o only_o anoint_v and_o crown_n charles_n but_o also_o by_o god_n instinct_n do_v choose_v he_o to_o govern_v the_o empire_n and_o raise_v he_o to_o that_o sublime_a dignity_n honour_v he_o with_o the_o augustal_a name_n before_o he_o be_v anoint_v and_o crown_v by_o he_o and_o that_o the_o empire_n be_v confer_v on_o he_o not_o by_o hereditary_a right_n of_o succession_n but_o by_o the_o will_n of_o the_o pope_n who_o choose_v he_o and_o grant_v it_o to_o he_o be_v wise_a therefore_o o_o you_o king_n be_v instruct_v you_o that_o be_v judge_n of_o the_o earth_n kiss_v the_o pope_n foot_n lest_o he_o be_v angry_a and_o you_o perish_v in_o the_o way_n if_o his_o wrath_n be_v kindle_v yea_o but_o a_o little_a etc._n etc._n §_o 82._o ccxci_o an._n 879._o a_o concilium_fw-la pontigonense_n confirm_v the_o choice_n of_o charles_n where_o it_o be_v say_v bin._n p._n 1012_o et_fw-la legit_fw-la johannes_n arietinus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quandam_fw-la schedulam_fw-la ratione_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la carentem_fw-la postquam_fw-la legit_fw-la odo_n belgivacorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quaedam_fw-la capitula_fw-la a_o legatis_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la ansegiso_fw-la the_o pope_n vicar_n et_fw-la eodem_fw-la odone_n sine_fw-la conscientiâ—_n synodi_fw-la dictata_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la dissona_fw-la et_fw-la nullam_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la habentia_fw-la verúm_fw-la et_fw-la ratione_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la carentia_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la habentur_fw-la subjuncta_fw-la §_o 83._o ccxcii_o an._n 877._o a_o council_n in_o neustria_n normandy_n under_o hincmarus_n rhemensis_n rebuke_v hugo_n base_a son_n of_o lotharius_n for_o rebellion_n and_o devastation_n of_o the_o country_n §_o 84._o ccxciii_o an._n 878._o a_o concilium_fw-la trecense_n where_o the_o pope_n be_v present_a excommunicate_v formosusâ—_n portuensis_n one_o of_o the_o former_a pope_n preacher_n to_o the_o bulgarian_n and_o one_o that_o be_v after_o pope_n himself_o also_o hincmarus_n laudunensis_n be_v restore_v blind_a and_o join_v with_o the_o other_o that_o have_v his_o place_n and_o so_o one_o church_n have_v two_o bishop_n in_o spite_n of_o his_o uncle_n hincmarus_n rhemensis_n that_o oppose_v it_o and_o have_v both_o put_v he_o in_o and_o cast_v he_o out_o §_o 85._o 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be_v canonical_a from_o the_o apocryphal_a for_o as_o pope_n martin_n conciliariter_fw-la after_o so_o here_o and_o elsewhere_o the_o pope_n have_v so_o ambiguous_o give_v their_o consent_n that_o no_o wit_n of_o man_n can_v tell_v what_o be_v consent_v to_o by_o they_o and_o what_o not_o as_o their_o controversy_n confess_v etc._n etc._n §_o 89._o at_o least_o whether_o the_o pope_n consent_v or_o no_o see_v in_o this_o council_n the_o former_a 8_o general_n council_n be_v condemn_v and_o the_o filioque_fw-la expunge_v the_o creed_n we_o see_v how_o ridiculous_o our_o late_a papist_n argue_v from_o the_o consent_n of_o council_n to_o prove_v the_o constant_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n ☜_o say_v do_v the_o council_n go_v to_o bed_n in_o one_o mind_n and_o rise_v in_o another_o do_v these_o 385_o bishop_n do_v so_o or_o do_v the_o former_a who_o they_o condemn_v do_v so_o be_v this_o the_o smooth_a current_n of_o tradition_n and_o may_v we_o know_v by_o it_o what_o our_o father_n 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