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poor_a england_n and_o thy_o poor_a people_n therein_o amen_n finis_fw-la *_o 2_o thes._n 2._o 4._o histor._n concilii_fw-la trident._n ‡_o conference_n pag._n 176_o 177._o confe_fw-mi pag._n 200._o confer._n pag._n *_o confer_v pag._n 183._o *_o mark_n 9_o 32._o luke_n 9_o 45._o *_o mark_n 9_o 33_o 34._o *_o luk._n 19_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o math._n 25._o 16_o 17_o 18_o etc._n etc._n ‡_o psal._n 16._o 11._o ‡_o luk._n 6._o 24_o 25_o 26._o *_o luk._n 46_o 7._o §_o phil._n 3._o 18_o 19_o †_o lamb_n 3._o 15._o *_o confer._n pag._n 176._o *_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 13._o ‡_o 2_o thess._n 2._o 3._o *_o rev._n 13._o 14._o ‡_o ver._n 12._o *_o 1_o pet._n 5._o ‡_o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o ‡_o dan._n 6._o 7._o §_o dan._n 3._o *_o euergétal_a horat._n ‡_o mat._n 23._o 8._o 9_o 10._o ‡_o bernard_n de_fw-la consider._n ad_fw-la eugen._n 4._o lib._n 4._o c._n 2._o phil._n 2._o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 1._o *_o ver._n 5._o *_o sect._n 16._o ‡_o confer._n pag._n â—57_n *_o pag._n 157._o ‡_o pag._n 220._o 226._o ‡_o pag._n 200._o â—_z tim._n 3â—_z 2._o tit._n 1_o 7._o *_o pag._n 210_o 21._o *_o lbid._n ‡_o gal._n 4._o 29._o *_o confe_fw-mi epist._n dedicatory_a and_o pag._n 376._o *_o ioh._n 19_o â—_z *_o pag_n 15._o *_o heb._n 12._o 15._o ‡_o mat._n 15._o 13._o ‡_o rom._n â—â—â—_z §_o 2_o thess._n 2._o †_o 1_o john_n 2._o *_o ovid_n meta._n ‡_o dan._n 2._o *_o mâ—t._n 15._o 9_o *_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 3_o 4_o 5._o *_o confer_v pag._n 175_o 176._o ‡_o pag._n 183._o ‡_o heb._n 5._o 4_o 5._o §_o confer._n pag._n 177._o †_o pag._n 198_o 199._o *_o ler._n 23._o 30_o 31_o 32._o ‡_o 1_o pet._n 5._o ‡_o hist._n concil._n tâ—id_v *_o confer._n pag._n 370._o ‡_o revel._n 17._o 15._o vid_n espencaeum_n in_o tim._n gen._n 10._o 8_o 9_o *_o hist._n concil._n trid._n *_o eph._n 4._o 11._o *_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 1._o ‡_o 1._o pet._n 5._o 2._o ‡_o vides_fw-la omnem_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la zelum_fw-la fervere_fw-la sola_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitate_fw-la tuenda_fw-la ber._n 1_o tim._n 3._o â—_z ‡_o confer._n pag._n 176._o ‡_o 1_o pet._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o *_o chap._n 2._o ‡_o confer_v pag._n 298._o *_o confer._n pag._n 204._o ‡_o socrat._n hist._n eccle._n lib._n 1._o c_o 2._o *_o â—_z pet._n 5._o 1._o ‡_o â—_z luk._n 16._o *_o luk_n 21._o 12._o mat._n 24._o 9_o *_o iob._n 16._o 2._o ‡_o heb._n 10._o 27._o ‡_o 2_o tim._n 4._o 8._o *_o 1_o cor._n 9_o 1._o ‡_o john_n 16._o 13._o ‡_o act._n 8._o 26._o and_o 16._o 6._o §_o mat._n 28._o 19_o 20._o †_o act._n 13._o 2â—_z ‡_o phil._n 2._o 25._o *_o revel._n 1._o 20._o ‡_o an._n 26._o 1â—_z col._n 1._o 23._o *_o mat._n 28._o 20._o objection_n answer_n ‡_o gall_n 3._o 2._o act._n 10._o 44._o §_o gal._n 4._o 19â—_n *_o aristot._n dâ—_z ortu_fw-la and_o in_fw-la teritu_fw-la lib._n 2._o *_o rom._n 8._o 14â—_n ‡_o ioh._n 15._o 7._o §_o iob._n 16._o 13._o †_o ioh_n 14._o 26._o *_o isa._n 8._o 20._o *_o cap._n 3._o ‡_o see_v the_o prelate_n relation_n sect._n 16._o throughout_o §_o esa._n 8._o 20._o ‡_o ioh._n 6._o 53._o ‡_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 23_o *_o relation_n of_o the_o conf._n p._n 136._o ‡_o as_o in_o dr._n coosins_n book_n of_o private_a devotion_n or_o canonical_a hour_n *_o esa._n 56._o 10_o 11_o 12._o ‡_o act._n 8._o *_o verse_n 16_o 17._o ‡_o verse_n 8._o ‡_o v._n 18._o §_o v._n 19_o †_o v._n 20._o ‡_o v._n 14._o *_o v._n 22._o *_o v._n 8._o ‡_o v._n 18._o §_o v._n 10._o †_o v._n 21._o ‡_o v._n 2â—_z *_o con._n pag._n 261._o ‡_o confer_v pag_n 226._o 227._o §_o epist._n dediâ—_n pag._n 19_o 20._o *_o 1_o cor._n 2._o 9_o 10._o ‡_o rev._n 13._o 8._o 2_o thes._n 2._o 10._o §_o mat._n 24._o 5._o *_o mathâ—_z *_o hist._n concil._n trid._n lib._n 1._o ‡_o in_o platina_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o pope_n §_o mat._n 19_o 24._o *_o psal._n 82._o *_o see_v the_o apology_n his_o epistle_n to_o the_o judge_n his_o sermon_n ‡_o gen._n 3._o 15._o *_o tit._n 1._o 9_o *_o pag._n 378._o ‡_o pag._n 31._o *_o pag._n 80._o and_o 194._o ‡_o lighius_fw-la hosius_n de_fw-fr expresso_fw-la dei_fw-la verbo_fw-la ‡_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 10._o 17._o and_o 6._o 19_o 2_o cor._n 6._o 16._o *_o mat._n 24._o 5._o mark_n 13._o 6._o luk._n 21._o 8._o *_o tit._n 2._o 16._o ‡_o psal._n 45._o *_o 2_o tim._n 4._o 5._o ‡_o hist._n concil._n *_o epist._n dedi_fw-la pag._n 20._o 2_o cor._n 11._o 13._o 14._o gal._n 1._o *_o gen._n 11._o ‡_o ephes._n â—_z 15_o 16._o socrat._n hist._n eccl._n lib._n 1._o c._n 35._o confer_v pa._n 176._o *_o euseb._n hist._n eccl._n lib._n 2._o c._n 15_o ‡_o ibid_n c._n 14._o ‡_o ibid_n c._n 14._o *_o psal._n 81._o 1â—_z 12._o ‡_o psal._n 5._o 10._o ‡_o psal._n 2._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o *_o â—_z psal._n 33._o 10_o 11._o ‡_o v._n 16_o 17._o ‡_o pro._n 20._o 5._o *_o mat._n 20._o 25._o mark_n 10._o 42._o luk._n 22._o 25._o ‡_o 2_o thess._n 2._o 4._o 7._o and_o 3_o loh_fw-la 9_o 10._o *_o mat._n 12._o 25._o ‡_o 1_o king_n 22._o *_o pro._n 24._o 6._o ‡_o iudg._n 6._o 31._o ‡_o iudg._n 6._o 31._o *_o 2_o thess._n 2â—_z *_o 1_o sam._n 22._o *_o psal._n 72._o ‡_o cum_fw-la duplicantur_fw-la lateres_fw-la tunc_fw-la venit_fw-la moses_n 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arch-prelate_n or_o primate_n then_o he_o confess_v that_o archiprelaticall_a jurisdiction_n be_v ground_v upon_o canon_n and_o positive_a law_n and_o so_o consequent_o not_o upon_o the_o holy_a scripture_n as_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la and_o thus_o much_o he_o confess_v in_o open_a court_n at_o the_o high_a commission_n at_o doctor_n bastwicks_n censure_n that_o no_o one_o of_o the_o apostle_n have_v jurisdiction_n one_o over_o another_o and_o so_o consequent_o not_o a_o arch-prelate_n over_o other_o prelate_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la but_o only_o jure_fw-la canonico_n and_o positivo_fw-la by_o canon_n and_o positive_a law_n arch-prelate_n therefore_o have_v no_o jurisdiction_n by_o divine_a institution_n or_o if_o he_o mean_v it_o of_o subjection_n of_o minister_n in_o every_o diocese_n to_o their_o prelate_n respective_o that_o this_o also_o be_v ground_v upon_o canon_n and_o positive_a law_n though_o so_o he_o shall_v say_v true_o yet_o in_o so_o say_v he_o shall_v contradict_v himself_o as_o where_o he_o say_v elsewhere_o that_o christ_n think_v it_o fit_a to_o govern_v the_o church_n universal_a aristocratical_o by_o diverse_a rather_o than_o by_o one_o viceroy_n as_o much_o to_o say_v rather_o by_o many_o pope_n then_o by_o one_o 200._o and_o this_o say_v he_o i_o believe_v to_o be_v true_a so_o as_o he_o make_v it_o a_o article_n of_o his_o faith_n that_o prelate_n be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la yet_o but_o a_o little_a before_o in_o the_o same_o page_n it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o the_o whole_a militant_a church_n be_v a_o kingdom_n for_o there_o be_v no_o mean_a one_o say_v he_o which_o think_v our_o saviour_n christ_n leave_v the_o church_n militant_a in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n in_o a_o aristocratical_a or_o rather_o mix_v government_n etc._n etc._n so_o as_o what_o other_o and_o those_o no_o mean_a one_o think_v the_o prelate_n believe_v and_o the_o government_n which_o some_o think_v and_o he_o believe_v to_o 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it_o i_o believe_v this_o be_v true_a but_o thus_o i_o say_v this_o faith_n of_o his_o overthrow_n the_o credit_n of_o his_o former_a say_v that_o prelate_n with_o their_o effectual_a subjection_n be_v ground_v upon_o canon_n pag._n or_o positive_a law_n and_o so_o have_v no_o authority_n from_o christ_n as_o the_o prelate_n a_o little_a before_o affirm_v of_o what_o force_n be_v his_o canon_n for_o there_o speak_v of_o the_o pope_n he_o say_v nay_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n it_o be_v not_o the_o least_o reason_n why_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la he_o have_v so_o little_a success_n because_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la he_o have_v no_o power_n give_v but_o how_o then_o be_v it_o that_o some_o few_o *_o 183._o page_n before_o he_o say_v that_o some_o one_o must_v be_v ordine_fw-la primus_fw-la to_o avoid_v confusionâ—_n and_o he_o speak_v there_o of_o the_o româ—e_n prelate_n it_o be_v then_o of_o necessity_n that_o there_o must_v be_v one_o ordine_fw-la primus_fw-la to_o avoid_v confusion_n in_o the_o 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