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and_o 〈◊〉_d than_o the_o worthy_a divine_a bellarmine_n who_o i_o mention_v for_o honour_n sake_n who_o although_o he_o give_v as_o much_o to_o the_o pope_n authority_n in_o temporality_n as_o honest_o he_o may_v and_o more_o than_o he_o ought_v yet_o can_v he_o not_o satisfy_v the_o ambition_n of_o the_o most_o imperious_a man_n sixius_fw-la the_o fist_n who_o affirm_v that_o he_o have_v supreme_a power_n over_o all_o king_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n and_o all_o people_n country_n and_o nation_n commit_v unto_o he_o not_o by_o humane_a but_o by_o divine_a ordinance_n regeâ—_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v very_o near_o by_o his_o pontificial_a censure_n to_o the_o great_a hurt_n of_o the_o church_n to_o have_v abolish_v all_o the_o write_n of_o that_o doctor_n which_o do_v oppugn_v heresy_n with_o great_a reader_n success_n at_o this_o day_n as_o the_o father_n of_o that_o order_n whereof_o bellarmine_n be_v then_o do_v serious_o report_v to_o i_o which_o matter_n comfort_v i_o if_o peradventure_o that_o which_o i_o will_v not_o any_o pope_n possess_v with_o the_o like_a ambition_n shall_v for_o the_o like_a cause_n forbid_v catholic_n to_o read_v my_o book_n let_v he_o do_v what_o he_o will_v but_o he_o shall_v never_o bring_v to_o pass_v that_o i_o ever_o forsake_v the_o catholic_a apostolic_a and_o romish_a faith_n wherein_o i_o have_v live_v from_o a_o child_n to_o this_o great_a age_n or_o die_v in_o another_o profession_n of_o faith_n than_o which_o be_v prescribe_v by_o pius_n the_o 4._o we_o will_v then_o bring_v their_o reason_n hither_o out_o of_o bellarmine_n for_o they_o be_v five_o in_o number_n leave_v other_o especial_o bozius_n his_o fancy_n which_o be_v unworthy_a that_o a_o man_n of_o learning_n shall_v trouble_v himself_o to_o refute_v the_o first_o reason_n be_v which_o bellarmine_n propound_v in_o these_o word_n the_o civil_a power_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o spiritual_a power_n when_o each_o of_o they_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o christian_a commonwealth_n therefore_o a_o spiritual_a prince_n may_v command_v over_o temporal_a prince_n and_o dispose_n of_o temporal_a matter_n in_o order_n to_o a_o spiritual_a good_a for_o every_o superior_a may_v command_v his_o inferior_a and_o lest_o any_o peradventure_o elude_v this_o reason_n by_o deny_v the_o proposition_n with_o the_o next_o he_o labour_v to_o strengthen_v the_o same_o by_o three_o reason_n or_o media_n as_o they_o call_v they_o now_o that_o civil_a power_n not_o only_o as_o christian_a but_o also_o as_o civil_a be_v subject_a to_o the_o ecclesiastike_a as_o it_o be_v such_o first_o it_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o end_n of_o they_o both_o for_o the_o temporal_a end_n be_v subordinate_a to_o the_o spiritual_a end_n as_o it_o appear_v because_o temporal_a felicity_n be_v not_o absolute_o the_o last_o end_n and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o felicity_n eternal_a now_o it_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o aristotle_n lib._n 1._o eth._n cap._n 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subject_a to_o the_o temporal_a authority_n of_o secular_a prince_n in_o those_o several_a country_n wherein_o they_o live_v and_o be_v punishable_a by_o the_o say_a prince_n as_o well_o as_o other_o lay_v subject_n in_o all_o case_n that_o be_v not_o meerclie_o spiritual_a chap._n 34._o he_o return_v to_o the_o particular_a answer_n of_o bellarmine_n his_o argument_n and_o show_v that_o excommunication_n work_v only_o so_o far_o as_o to_o exclude_v from_o the_o company_n of_o the_o faithful_a but_o not_o to_o deprive_v prince_n of_o any_o temporal_a estate_n chap._n 35._o he_o propound_v certain_a reason_n of_o nicholas_n sanders_n which_o have_v be_v omit_v by_o bellarmine_n for_o the_o establish_n of_o the_o pope_n temporal_a authority_n over_o prince_n chap._n 36._o he_o answer_v the_o say_a reason_n of_o sanders_n touch_v samuel_n and_o saul_n 2._o touch_v ahias_n the_o shilonite_n 3._o touch_v elias_n 4._o touch_v elizeus_fw-la his_o sword_n as_o reason_n forge_v either_o of_o 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