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A07929 Thomas Bels motiues concerning Romish faith and religion. Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610. 1593 (1593) STC 1830; ESTC S101549 148,032 178

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merciful_a god_n bless_a be_v thy_o holy_a name_n for_o ever_o such_o be_v the_o majesty_n of_o thy_o holy_a gospel_n that_o the_o enemy_n thereof_o just_o infatuate_v for_o their_o sin_n do_v unwares_o even_o then_o illustrate_v thy_o truth_n when_o they_o think_v the_o most_o to_o obscure_v the_o same_o this_o i_o do_v not_o see_v o_o god_n when_o i_o be_v abandon_v from_o thou_o this_o i_o now_o behold_v o_o god_n when_o thou_o of_o thy_o mercy_n have_v call_v i_o to_o thou_o grant_v o_o sweet_a father_n that_o all_o seduce_a papist_n may_v behold_v the_o same_o with_o i_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o thy_o holy_a name_n the_o honour_n of_o thy_o church_n and_o the_o eternal_a solace_n of_o their_o own_o soul_n for_o more_o than_o the_o pope_n own_o dear_a doctor_n do_v teach_v we_o we_o desire_v not_o at_o the_o pope_n hand_n the_o general_a counsel_n of_o constance_n and_o basil_n decree_v this_o matter_n in_o these_o manifest_a term_n ipsa_fw-la synodus_fw-la in_o spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it legitimè_fw-la congregata_fw-la generale_fw-mi concilium_fw-la 3_o faciens_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la militantem_fw-la representans_fw-la potestatem_fw-la immediatè_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la habet_fw-la the_o synod_n lawful_o assemble_v in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n make_v a_o general_a council_n and_o represent_v the_o church_n militant_a have_v power_n immediate_o from_o christ._n thus_o say_v the_o council_n and_o doubtless_o where_o power_n come_v immediate_o from_o christ_n it_o can_v not_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o pope_n three_o s._n paul_n have_v special_a authority_n over_o the_o gentile_n and_o large_o as_o much_o as_o peter_n if_o not_o more_o and_o consequent_o since_o all_o christian_n now_o be_v gentile_n then_o the_o pope_n if_o he_o will_v needs_o have_v superiority_n over_o his_o brethren_n bishop_n must_v reduce_v his_o succession_n from_o s._n paul_n for_o thus_o say_v s._n paul_n of_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gospel_n 7._o of_o the_o uncircumcision_n be_v commit_v to_o i_o even_o as_o the_o gospel_n of_o circumcision_n to_o peter_n the_o three_o conclusion_n king_n have_v power_n coactive_a over_o pope_n but_o pope_n have_v no_o coactive_a power_n over_o king_n albeit_o pope_n of_o late_a day_n have_v not_o only_o excommunicate_v prince_n but_o depose_v they_o also_o for_o proof_n of_o this_o conclusion_n many_o text_n of_o holy_a scripture_n be_v consonant_a king_n solomon_n depose_v abiathar_n and_o place_v sadock_n in_o his_o room_n for_o so_o the_o book_n of_o king_n say_v abiathar_n quoque_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dixit_fw-la rex_fw-la vade_v in_o anathoth_n ad_fw-la agrum_fw-la tuum_fw-la 35._o &_o quidem_fw-la vir_fw-la mortis_fw-la es_fw-la sed_fw-la hodie_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la interficiam_fw-la quia_fw-la portasti_fw-la arcam_fw-la domini_fw-la dei_fw-la coram_fw-la david_n patre_fw-la meo_fw-la &_o sustinuisti_fw-la laborem_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la laboravit_fw-la pater_fw-la meus_fw-la eiecit_fw-la ergo_fw-la solomon_n abiathar_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o paulò_fw-la post_fw-la &_o sadoc_n sacerdotem_fw-la posuit_fw-la pro_fw-la abiathar_n then_o the_o king_n say_v to_o abiathar_n the_o priest_n go_v to_o anathoth_n unto_o thy_o own_o farm_n for_o thou_o be_v worthy_a to_o die_v but_o i_o will_v not_o this_o day_n kill_v thou_o because_o thou_o bear_v the_o ark_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n before_o david_n my_o father_n and_o because_o thou_o have_v suffer_v in_o all_o where_o my_o father_n have_v be_v afflict_v solomon_n therefore_o cast_v out_o abiathar_n from_o be_v priest_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o set_v sadock_n the_o priest_n in_o the_o room_n of_o abiathar_n king_n josaphat_n appoint_v both_o ecclesiastical_a and_o secular_a magistrate_n command_v they_o strict_o to_o look_v unto_o their_o charge_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o holy_a writ_n in_o jerusalem_n quoque_fw-la constituit_fw-la io_n saphat_a levitas_n &_o sacerdotes_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la familiarum_fw-la ex_fw-la israel_n ut_fw-la iudicium_fw-la &_o causam_fw-la domini_fw-la iudicarent_fw-la 9_o habitatoribus_fw-la eius_fw-la praecepitque_fw-la eye_n dicens_fw-la sic_fw-la agetis_fw-la in_o timore_fw-la domini_fw-la fidelitèr_fw-la &_o cord_n perfecto_fw-la king_n josaphat_n appoint_v in_o jerusalem_n levites_n and_o priest_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o family_n of_o israel_n that_o they_o shall_v judge_v the_o judgement_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o and_o he_o command_v they_o say_v thus_o shall_v you_o do_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n faithful_o and_o with_o a_o perfect_a heart_n and_o it_o follow_v in_o these_o word_n omnem_fw-la cau_fw-fr same_o quae_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la fratrum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la qui_fw-la habitant_fw-la 10._o in_o urbibus_fw-la suis_fw-la inter_fw-la cognationem_fw-la &_o cognationem_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la quaestio_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la 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captain_n in_o the_o house_n of_o juda_n shall_v be_v over_o those_o work_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o office_n of_o the_o king_n these_o be_v the_o express_a word_n of_o holy_a scripture_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v at_o large_a because_o if_o they_o be_v once_o apply_v effectual_o they_o can_v not_o but_o prove_v my_o opinion_n full_o 1_o first_o therefore_o as_o the_o queen_n
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