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after_o the_o council_n of_o peter_n now_o you_o be_v warn_v keep_v yourselves_o that_o you_o be_v not_o pluck_v away_o &_o seduce_v by_o the_o arror_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o fall_v away_o from_o your_o own_o steadfastness_n ¶_o but_o grow_v in_o grace_n &_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n chryste_n to_o who_o be_v glory_n both_o now_o and_o ever_o amen_n ☞_o finis_fw-la ¶_o imprint_v at_o london_n in_o the_o fletestret_fw-la at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o rose_n garland_n by_o william_n copland_n ¶_o cum_fw-la gratia_fw-la et_fw-la privilegio_fw-la ad_fw-la â—mprimendum_fw-la solum_fw-la
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own_o as_o they_o lyste_v folio_n eodem_fw-la bysshoppe_n of_o room_n make_v late_o execrable_a ordinance_n for_o stipend_n folio_n c._n two_o bishop_n of_o room_n have_v set_v the_o church_n in_o darkness_n foe_fw-mi c._n three_o bysshope_n of_o room_n ponyssh_v man_n after_o they_o be_v deed_n and_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o england_n folio_n eodem_fw-la c._n ¶_o crisostome_n in_o his_o sermone_fw-la folion_n x_o congregation_n in_o the_o act_n folio_n xi_o christ_n choose_v peter_n before_o he_o be_v bish_n of_o rome_n foe_fw-mi xviii_o chryst_n forbid_v to_o swear_v by_o jerusalem_n folio_n nineteeen_o christ_n choose_v jerusalem_n to_o byld_v his_o temple_n folio_n eodem_fw-la child_n be_v void_a of_o ambition_n folio_n xxii_o clerk_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o diocese_n folio_n xxix_o cause_n shall_v be_v determinid_v within_o their_o province_n foe_n eod_a christ_n forbid_v superiorite_n amongst_o his_o disciple_n foe_n xxxi_o consilium_fw-la chartage_n folio_n xxxv_o christ_n pay_v tribute_n to_o the_o king_n or_o emperure_n folio_n lxvii_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n do_v evermore_o obey_v the_o civel_n power_n folio_n lxix_o constantin_n to_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o council_n of_o dire_a foe_fw-mi lxxvii_o constantyne_n the_o emperor_n cause_v hethen_a man_n to_o honour_n god_n and_o know_v god_n folio_n lxxviii_o childernt_v suck_v the_o milk_n folio_n lxxxxi_fw-la clerus_fw-la anglie_a gladium_fw-la petri_n habet_fw-la folio_fw-la lxxxxv_v correction_n of_o the_o clargi_fw-la commit_v to_o the_o bish_n foe_fw-mi lxxxxvii_fw-la d_o ¶_o difference_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a &_o regal_a power_n fol_z iiii_o division_n of_o this_o work_n into_o four_o part_n folio_n vi_fw-la dystin_n xl_o chapter_n multi_fw-la folio_n xxiâ—_n desire_n of_o primaci_fw-la cause_v confusion_n foe_n xxii_o distin_n lxv_o mos_fw-la antiquo_fw-la folio_fw-la xxvii_o distin_n iiii_o cap_n statuimus_fw-la folio_n xxxviii_o de_fw-fr consecratione_fw-la folio_n thirty-nine_o dygnites_n of_o the_o church_n be_v give_v to_o alien_n foe_o lxxxx_n devotion_n be_v decay_v folio_n eodem_fw-la e_o ¶_o aeneas_n siluin_n folio_n x_o ecclesiastica_fw-la historia_fw-la folio_n xxiiii_o englonde_n do_v resist_v the_o popis_fw-la provision_n folio_n thirty-nine_o enterpretation_n of_o this_o word_n clerk_n folio_n xliiii_o ezechias_n king_n put_v away_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n folio_n lxii_o ezeckias_n command_v the_o preste_n and_o levite_n to_o puryfy_v themselves_o folio_n lxiiii_o ezechias_n command_v the_o people_n to_o offer_v folio_n eodem_fw-la every_o man_n that_o confess_v chry_v to_o be_v the_o soon_o of_o god_n may_v be_v call_v peter_n folio_n ix_o every_o man_n that_o seek_v the_o word_n of_o peter_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o peter_n folio_n xvii_o ezechias_n commaundid_v the_o people_n to_o geve_v part_n of_o their_o good_n to_o the_o preste_n folio_n lxv_o edgarus_n king_n make_v spiritual_a law_n folio_n lxxii_o edmundus_n king_n make_v spirituali_fw-la law_n folio_n eodem_fw-la epistel_n of_o king_n william_n conqueror_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o room_n folio_n lxxxix_o episâ—ola_fw-es cassidori_fw-es folio_n c_o exortation_n to_o the_o reder_n to_o love_v the_o truyth_v folio_n c_o vi_fw-mi f._n father_n of_o the_o primative_a church_n shrink_v from_o the_o unite_v of_o the_o primacy_n foe_fw-mi xxvii_o fraeltie_n of_o man_n be_v evermore_o compase_v &_o busy_a foe_fw-mi xlix_o g._n god_n by_o the_o prophet_n say_v i_o will_v dwell_v in_o hiel'm_n foe_fw-mi nineteeen_o god_n some_o time_n suffer_v tyrranycall_a power_n to_o punish_v his_o people_n folio_n xx_o god_n give_v bysshope_n authorite_n but_o no_o dominion_n foe_fw-mi xxxi_o gregory_n will_v not_o be_v call_v the_o head_n bysshoppe_n foe_fw-mi l._n gregorius_n ad_fw-la felicem_fw-la folio_n liiii_o gâ—â—_n by_o his_o own_o mouth_n make_v king_n ruler_n foe_fw-mi lvii_o en_fw-fr governaunce_n king_n appear_v by_o natural_a thing_n foe_fw-mi eodi_fw-la gregorius_n ad_fw-la mauricium_fw-la folio_n lxxii_o gregorius_n be_v obedient_a to_o the_o emperor_n foe_fw-mi lxxii_o god_n shall_v requere_v it_o of_o the_o king_n whether_o the_o peace_n and_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n be_v increase_v or_o diminissh_v foe_fw-mi lxxvi_o grant_v of_o the_o king_n to_o the_o monasteri_fw-la of_o glastomburi_n foe_fw-mi lxxxiii_o gentleness_n over_o moche_n oppressid_v and_o grevid_v seek_v for_o the_o truth_n folio_n c._n v._n h._n hieronimus_fw-la super_fw-la mathe_v xvi_o folio_n ix_o he_o prove_v by_o a_o similitude_n of_o the_o emperor_n that_o the_o successor_n in_o the_o seat_n of_o peter_n can_v by_o no_o reason_n challenge_v the_o prerogative_n of_o peter_n fo._n xvii_o how_o moche_n chryste_n set_v by_o jerusalem_n fo._n xiâ—_n how_o king_n serve_v god_n as_o king_n foe_fw-mi codem_fw-la he_o call_v the_o church_n of_o england_n our_o mother_n foe_fw-mi lxxxx_fw-la hit_v be_v expedient_a for_o the_o king_n and_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o 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the_o earth_n be_v the_o our_o lord_n etc._n etc._n god_n the_o pope_n call_v the_o king_n the_o vicar_n of_o god_n appellat_fw-la vicarius_fw-la dei_fw-la regem_fw-la appellat_fw-la further_o it_o plain_o appear_v by_o a_o book_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o bysshope_n of_o durham_n that_o king_n of_o engeland_n have_v great_a authorite_n in_o the_o ordination_n of_o bysshoppe_n for_o it_o be_v hade_fw-mi in_o the_o book_n that_o chadde_v be_v make_v bysshoppe_n of_o york_n by_o the_o bysshoppe_n kingeg_fw-mi make_v and_o ordain_v bysshoppe_n commandment_n of_o king_n oswen_n and_o king_n egfryde_v cause_v the_o reverend_a cutberte_n to_o be_v consecreate_a bysshoppe_n of_o durham_n and_o that_o edmonde_n priest_n nominate_v by_o the_o marvelous_a voice_n of_o cuthbert_n be_v bring_v with_o great_a honour_n to_o king_n knute_n of_o who_o ellection_n he_o be_v very_o glad_a and_o commaundid_v he_o to_o be_v consecrate_v solemlye_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v manifest_a by_o matthew_n 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