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the_o pope_n have_v suffer_v to_o be_v lose_v on_o the_o contrary_a the_o pope_n have_v a_o terrible_a aversion_n and_o fear_n of_o the_o french_a monarchy_n since_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o upon_o such_o a_o occasion_n france_n will_v make_v a_o great_a reformation_n in_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n and_o bridle_v the_o pope_n authority_n so_o much_o that_o he_o will_v signify_v no_o more_o than_o a_o simple_a patriarch_n and_o he_o must_v attend_v the_o same_o fate_n if_o spain_n shall_v aspire_v to_o the_o universal_a monarchy_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n it_o will_v go_v very_o ill_o with_o the_o protestant_n and_o from_o hence_o we_o may_v conclude_v that_o the_o great_a support_n of_o the_o papal_a chair_n be_v the_o jealousy_n and_o aequilibrium_fw-la which_o rome_n wise_o maintain_v between_o the_o two_o crown_n of_o france_n and_o spain_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o near_a and_o dear_a of_o the_o pope_n interest_n to_o hinder_v any_o one_o of_o those_o 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also_o use_v all_o their_o effort_n to_o exclude_v from_o the_o succession_n any_o cardinal_n that_o they_o suspect_v to_o be_v incline_v to_o their_o adversary_n interest_n but_o so_o soon_o as_o france_n begin_v to_o lift_v up_o its_o head_n again_o the_o pope_n resume_v their_o former_a indifference_n and_o liberty_n and_o will_v show_v themselves_o no_o more_o favourable_a to_o either_o party_n than_o as_o they_o be_v serviceable_a and_o addict_v to_o the_o papal_a interest_n and_o therefore_o guichard_n declare_v public_o in_o a_o sermon_n at_o paris_n in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n 1637._o that_o the_o war_n which_o france_n make_v then_o against_o spain_n be_v a_o holy_a war_n and_o in_o defence_n of_o the_o religion_n for_o have_v not_o the_o french_a king_n make_v use_n of_o that_o mean_n to_o bring_v spain_n to_o reason_n the_o king_n of_o spain_n will_v certain_o have_v place_v his_o almoner_n in_o
be_v not_o allow_v their_o people_n to_o read_v either_o their_o write_n or_o refutation_n beside_o some_o have_v observe_v that_o the_o scandalous_a life_n of_o the_o pope_n have_v be_v extreme_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o romish_a religion_n because_o they_o be_v expose_v to_o all_o the_o world_n by_o the_o write_n of_o the_o protestant_n they_o do_v now_o endeavour_v to_o retort_v the_o same_o reproach_n on_o the_o protestant_n not_o only_o by_o declare_v the_o fault_n and_o oversight_n of_o some_o few_o particular_n but_o by_o charge_v they_o with_o the_o most_o scandalous_a vice_n and_o desire_v they_o afterward_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_a whereby_o they_o prepossess_v their_o follower_n with_o notion_n extreme_o disadvantageous_a to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n they_o have_v likewise_o impudence_n enough_o to_o cry_v up_o the_o miracle_n and_o exploit_n of_o their_o martyr_n do_v in_o very_o remote_a country_n by_o which_o they_o acquire_v a_o great_a credit_n at_o least_o 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such_o as_o be_v any_o way_n suspect_v of_o heresy_n the_o worst_a of_o which_o be_v that_o which_o destroy_v the_o credit_n doctrine_n and_o decree_n of_o the_o pope_n by_o which_o mean_v the_o people_n be_v keep_v in_o a_o intolerable_a slavery_n and_o the_o pest_n be_v not_o so_o dreadful_a to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o those_o country_n as_o be_v this_o sort_n of_o justice_n which_o be_v so_o rigorous_o put_v in_o execution_n that_o he_o who_o fall_v into_o the_o inquisitor_n hand_n shall_v not_o escape_v without_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o great_a many_o feather_n sect._n 37._o now_o though_o the_o direction_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o popish_a religion_n together_o with_o other_o mean_n which_o we_o have_v already_o show_v be_v sufficient_a to_o keep_v the_o people_n in_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o duty_n especial_o since_o the_o romish_a clergy_n do_v so_o well_o manage_v the_o business_n that_o they_o can_v content_v every_o one_o and_o that_o most_o of_o those_o that_o live_v under_o the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n credulous_o swallow_v for_o great_a truth_n all_o that_o their_o priest_n tell_v they_o nor_o have_v they_o any_o opportunity_n of_o know_v the_o contrary_a yet_o i_o real_o believe_v that_o the_o most_o politic_a and_o learned_a among_o they_o plain_o see_v how_o matter_n go_v and_o will_v never_o continue_v under_o so_o ridiculous_a and_o intolerable_a a_o yoke_n without_o a_o great_a many_o worldly_a prospect_n and_o if_o i_o may_v pronounce_v my_o judgement_n in_o the_o case_n i_o fancy_n that_o most_o of_o they_o be_v keep_v back_o from_o declare_v against_o it_o because_o they_o be_v unable_a to_o oppose_v it_o alone_o nor_o be_v they_o willing_a to_o ruin_v a_o good_a fortune_n which_o they_o enjoy_v among_o the_o papist_n and_o to_o go_v over_o to_o the_o protestant_n where_o they_o be_v to_o expect_v nothing_o but_o poverty_n and_o contempt_n which_o be_v too_o sharp_a a_o trial_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o therefore_o they_o think_v it_o be_v enough_o if_o they_o believe_v in_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o merit_n and_o that_o thereby_o alone_o they_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o as_o for_o the_o other_o opinion_n which_o be_v the_o additamenta_fw-la religionis_fw-la they_o yield_v a_o external_a compliance_n to_o they_o but_o think_v they_o may_v believe_v as_o much_o of_o they_o as_o they_o please_v whether_o the_o common_a people_n and_o woman_n who_o be_v usual_o delight_v with_o strange_a and_o incredible_a thing_n believe_v they_o in_o good_a earnest_n or_o not_o be_v of_o no_o great_a importance_n beside_o there_o be_v without_o doubt_n a_o great_a many_o that_o be_v not_o able_a to_o distinguish_v what_o there_o be_v of_o divine_a in_o their_o religion_n and_o what_o the_o clergy_n for_o their_o own_o interest_n have_v add_v therefore_o if_o they_o happen_v to_o discover_v the_o imposture_n of_o the_o last_o they_o look_v upon_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o a_o mere_a fable_n but_o be_v force_v to_o conceal_v their_o atheism_n from_o the_o world_n for_o fear_v of_o bring_v themselves_o into_o trouble_n and_o let_v any_o wise_a man_n judge_v how_o easy_o a_o italian_a or_o spaniard_n that_o have_v never_o read_v the_o bible_n nor_o any_o good_a protestant_a book_n may_v fall_v into_o such_o impious_a thought_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o begin_v to_o discover_v the_o cheat_n of_o his_o clergy_n it_o be_v likewise_o certain_a that_o since_o luther_n time_n the_o popedom_n have_v put_v on_o another_o face_n and_o do_v proceed_v much_o more_o cautious_o than_o heretofore_o beside_o there_o be_v a_o great_a number_n of_o people_n of_o all_o condition_n that_o find_v their_o advantage_n in_o the_o romish_a communion_n either_o by_o enter_v into_o several_a order_n of_o knight_n or_o but_o put_v themselves_o into_o convent_v which_o be_v oftentimes_o a_o great_a ease_n and_o sometime_o the_o aggrandize_v of_o a_o whole_a family_n and_o at_o the_o least_o the_o superstitious_a parent_n be_v very_o well_o 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circa_fw-la statum_fw-la hominum_fw-la divortia_fw-la nullitates_fw-la matrimoniorum_fw-la sucessiones_n haereditates_fw-la and_o all_o other_o of_o the_o like_a importance_n into_o his_o forum_n or_o tribunal_n and_o to_o colour_v his_o abuse_n the_o better_a he_o have_v make_v a_o new_a sacrament_n of_o matrimony_n the_o primitive_a christian_n by_o the_o innocence_n and_o holiness_n of_o their_o life_n endeavour_v to_o stir_v up_o a_o desire_n in_o the_o heathen_n of_o embrace_v so_o laudable_a a_o religion_n and_o therefore_o they_o very_o severe_o punish_v those_o calumny_n and_o slander_n which_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o the_o gentile_n do_v not_o reach_v so_o that_o in_o their_o church_n when_o any_o by_o a_o notorious_a ill_a life_n have_v give_v scandal_n and_o a_o bad_a example_n to_o the_o brethren_n there_o be_v some_o public_a ecclesiastical_a penance_n or_o other_o enjoin_v he_o which_o never_o exceed_v a_o temporal_a or_o total_a exclusion_n from_o the_o congregation_n which_o custom_n can_v not_o but_o be_v very_o profitable_a in_o the_o present_a christian_a state_n provide_v that_o the_o direction_n thereof_o reside_v whole_o in_o the_o sovereign_n hand_n who_o duty_n it_o will_v be_v to_o prevent_v that_o such_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o malice_n private_a passion_n and_o self-interest_n especial_o when_o such_o censure_n operate_v so_o effectual_o in_o foro_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la civ_o li_z as_o in_o the_o eight_o century_n when_o no_o man_n will_v converse_v with_o a_o excommunicate_v person_n now_o the_o sovereign_a exercise_n of_o such_o a_o power_n can_v reasonable_o belong_v to_o none_o but_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n in_o every_o state_n without_o make_v a_o division_n in_o the_o government_n but_o how_o the_o pope_n in_o follow_a time_n have_v abuse_v and_o how_o far_o they_o have_v extend_v these_o censure_n be_v plain_o enough_o lay_v open_a by_o all_o historian_n when_o they_o neither_o spare_v 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of_o precede_v all_o those_o that_o be_v not_o of_o his_o diocese_n but_o have_v no_o jurisdiction_n over_o they_o sect._n 14._o but_o in_o the_o western_a church_n the_o different_a circumstance_n of_o thing_n alter_v quite_o the_o scene_n while_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v project_v and_o begin_v to_o exercise_v a_o peculiar_a sort_n of_o government_n and_o supremacy_n and_o which_o at_o the_o last_o they_o have_v bring_v to_o its_o high_a point_n and_o perfection_n a_o sovereignty_n that_o in_o all_o the_o world_n can_v finds_z its_o parallel_n be_v build_v upon_o quite_o different_a foundation_n and_o maintain_v by_o way_n extreme_o disagree_v from_o the_o policy_n of_o all_o other_o state_n therefore_o after_o have_v make_v a_o exact_a enquiry_n into_o its_o rise_n and_o constitution_n we_o will_v lay_v open_a its_o intrigue_n and_o describe_v the_o influence_n it_o have_v have_v the_o power_n it_o have_v usurp_v and_o maintain_v for_o so_o many_o age_n in_o all_o the_o affair_n of_o europe_n and_o with_o what_o zeal_n and_o fierceness_n this_o up_o start_v sovereignty_n have_v be_v attack_v by_o some_o and_o defend_v by_o other_o to_o which_o we_o will_v add_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o cruel_a blow_n be_v give_v to_o it_o in_o the_o last_o age_n and_o how_o it_o have_v recover_v its_o almost_o lose_a credit_n in_o this_o age_n and_o be_v like_a to_o keep_v up_o itself_o in_o a_o very_a good_a posture_n from_o which_o the_o wise_a may_v judge_v what_o hope_v there_o remain_v of_o any_o accommodation_n or_o union_n of_o the_o protestant_n with_o the_o papist_n one_o of_o the_o cause_n though_o something_o remote_a which_o have_v not_o a_o little_a contribute_v to_o the_o monstrous_a growth_n of_o a_o power_n so_o pernicious_a to_o all_o the_o other_o sovereign_n of_o europe_n be_v the_o barbarity_n and_o ignorance_n of_o science_n after_o the_o decay_n of_o the_o western_a empire_n for_o counterfeit_a ware_n be_v best_a sell_v and_o put_v off_o by_o dim_a weak_a light_n and_o a_o ignorant_a man_n be_v easy_a impose_v on_o with_o bagatelle_n and_o
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