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primate_n of_o the_o church_n to_o wete_z as_o one_o be_v call_v a_o king_n of_o his_o kingdom_n a_o bishop_n of_o his_o bishopric_n or_o a_o bailife_n of_o his_o bailiwick_n 4_o whether_o by_o the_o same_o supremacy_n or_o primacy_n he_o may_v not_o be_v call_v head_n of_o this_o church_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o only_a supreme_a governor_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o cause_n spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastical_a &_o over_o all_o person_n ecclesiastical_a 5_o whether_o that_o primacy_n or_o supremacy_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a to_o wete_z which_o consist_v in_o all_o thing_n ecclesiastical_a and_o over_o all_o person_n ecclesiastical_a and_o which_o be_v term_v by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n or_o power_n spiritual_a see_v that_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n respect_v the_o king_n authority_n ecclesiastical_a and_o the_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n his_o authority_n civil_a as_o our_o 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these_o as_o adversary_n extreme_o dissent_v touch_v these_o question_n as_o for_o caluin_n tortura_fw-la torti_n a_o good_a while_n since_o have_v answer_v thus_o as_o caluin_n do_v not_o allow_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v king_n or_o the_o king_n to_o be_v pope_n 379._o pag._n 379._o so_o we_o approve_v not_o that_o in_o the_o king_n which_o we_o detest_v in_o the_o pope_n but_o caluin_n with_o we_o and_o we_o with_o he_o think_v that_o those_o thing_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o church_n christian_n which_o belong_v to_o josias_n in_o the_o church_n judaical_a and_o we_o desire_v no_o more_o now_o have_v pass_v these_o rock_n the_o remainder_n of_o our_o way_n be_v easy_a and_o all_o becans_n jar_n hereafter_o object_v against_o we_o may_v as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o blast_n of_o some_o few_o word_n be_v eftsoon_o scatter_v and_o bring_v to_o nought_o for_o by_o this_o which_o be_v already_o demonstrate_v it_o be_v most_o manifest_a that_o all_o our_o english_a protestant_n 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judge_n of_o all_o controversy_n in_o the_o church_n 1._o controversy_n that_o arise_v in_o the_o church_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n some_o be_v about_o faith_n and_o religion_n other_o be_v concern_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n the_o former_a of_o these_o question_n then_o be_v whether_o the_o king_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o primacy_n be_v supreme_a judge_n of_o all_o controversy_n which_o pertain_v unto_o faith_n and_o religion_n master_n salclebridge_n say_v be_v be_v pag._n 163._o in_o these_o word_n sic_fw-la luce_fw-fr clarius_fw-la est_fw-la christianos_n principes_fw-la cum_fw-la laud_fw-la controversias_fw-la fidei_fw-la dijudicasse_fw-la &_o diremisse_a etiam_fw-la in_o universalibus_fw-la octo_fw-la concilijs_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o as_o it_o be_v more_o clear_a than_o the_o sun_n that_o christian_a prince_n with_o praise_n have_v judge_v of_o and_o decide_v controversy_n of_o faith_n and_o that_o in_o eight_o general_n counsel_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v in_o the_o first_o of_o nice_a the_o first_o of_o constantinople_n that_o of_o ephesus_n chalcedon_n the_o second_o three_o and_o four_o of_o constantinople_n and_o the_o second_o of_o nice_a wherein_o diverse_a controversy_n concern_v matter_n of_o faith_n be_v judge_v of_o and_o decide_v especial_o cuncern_v the_o divinitis_fw-la of_o christ_n against_o the_o heretic_n arius_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n against_o macedonius_n of_o one_o person_n of_o christ_n against_o nestorius_n of_o two_o nature_n in_o christ_n against_o eutiches_n and_o dioscorus_n and_o so_o of_o other_o all_o these_o controversy_n say_v master_n saclebridge_n be_v judge_v of_o and_o decide_v by_o king_n and_o emperor_n 2._o master_n tooker_n now_o he_o affirm_v the_o quite_o contrary_a who_o by_o no_o mean_n will_v have_v king_n or_o emperor_n to_o be_v judge_n of_o controversy_n of_o faith_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v pag._n 3._o of_o his_o book_n olere_fw-la autem_fw-la malitiam_fw-la ac_fw-la clamitare_fw-la audaciam_fw-la tuam_fw-la illud_fw-la videtur_fw-la cùm_fw-la regem_fw-la caput_fw-la ecelesiae_fw-la primatemque_fw-la confingas_fw-la omniumque_fw-la causarum_fw-la &_o controversiarum_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la sidem_fw-la &_o religionem_fw-la pertinent_a iudicem_fw-la tribuas_fw-la it_o may_v seem_v to_o savour_n of_o malice_n &_o cry_v out_o upon_o your_o sauciness_n when_o as_o you_o fain_o the_o king_n to_o be_v head_n of_o the_o church_n &_o judge_n of_o all_o cause_n and_o controversy_n which_o pertain_v unto_o faith_n and_o religion_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o pag._n 50._o rexin_n svo_fw-la regno_fw-la omnibus_fw-la superior_a sit_fw-la nullisubditus_fw-la fidei_fw-la iudex_fw-la no_n appelletur_fw-la quidem_fw-la although_o the_o king_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n be_v above_o all_o &_o subject_n to_o none_o yet_o he_o may_v not_o be_v call_v in_o any_o case_n the_o jadge_n of_o our_o faith_n etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 313._o reges_fw-la christiani_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la religionis_fw-la judices_fw-la christian_n king_n be_v not_o judge_n of_o faith_n and_o religion_n 3._o so_o as_o if_o now_o in_o england_n there_o shall_v chance_v to_o arise_v a_o dissension_n or_o debate_n concern_v any_o point_n of_o faith_n or_o religion_n as_o for_o example_n concern_v the_o real_a presence_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o eucharist_n what_o shall_v your_o academic_n here_o do_v to_o who_o shall_v your_o citizen_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o subject_n have_v recourse_n shall_v they_o go_v unto_o the_o king_n as_o judge_v in_o this_o point_n and_o ask_v his_o sentence_n &_o determination_n master_n tooker_n you_o see_v will_v not_o go_v to_o the_o king_n what_o shall_v they_o go_v to_o some_o other_o judge_n then_o but_o master_n salclebridge_n he_o will_v admit_v no_o other_o what_o then_o be_v best_a to_o be_v do_v in_o this_o case_n true_o even_o that_o which_o hitherto_o have_v be_v do_v in_o the_o debate_n of_o the_o king_n supremacy_n to_o wit_n always_o to_o brawl_v and_o jar_n thereabouts_o and_o never_o end_v the_o controversy_n and_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n in_o very_a deed_n no_o other_o but_o for_o that_o some_o think_v one_o thing_n some_o another_o and_o they_o can_v or_o rather_o will_v not_o find_v out_o the_o certain_a and_o true_a judge_n who_o can_v decide_v the_o matter_n and_o this_o be_v the_o property_n of_o heretic_n 4._o the_o other_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o king_n be_v judge_n of_o all_o controversy_n that_o concern_v other_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n master_n salclebridge_n say_v that_o he_o be_v pag._n 165._o in_o these_o word_n audin_n '_o controversias_fw-la episcopales_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n diremptas_fw-la do_v you_o not_o hear_v sir_n that_o episcopal_a controversy_n have_v be_v decide_v by_o emperor_n etc._n etc._n be_v hat_n ma._n tooker_n think_v of_o this_o point_n be_v not_o well_o know_v for_o sometime_o he_o affirm_v it_o as_o for_o example_n pg._n 24_o thus_o nemini_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la in_o primitiva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o personis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la â—us_fw-la dicerent_fw-la imperatores_fw-la no_o man_n can_v doub_v but_o that_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n emperor_n judge_v of_o matter_n and_o person_n ecclesiastical_a etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o pag._n 23._o he_o seem_v to_o deny_v it_o non_fw-la est_fw-la princeps_fw-la supra_fw-la res_fw-la sed_fw-la supra_fw-la personas_fw-la the_o prince_n say_v he_o be_v not_o above_o the_o matter_n but_o abone_n the_o person_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o again_o pag._n 49._o rex_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la regno_fw-la supremus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la supra_fw-la res_fw-la sed_fw-la supra_fw-la homines_fw-la the_o king_n in_o his_o own_o kingdom_n be_v the_o chief_a or_o principal_n but_o yet_o not_o chief_a over_o thing_n but_o over_o man_n and_o thus_o you_o see_v every_o where_o nothing_o but_o jar_v and_o disagreement_n english_a concord_n both_o doctor_n tooker_n and_o hainric_n deny_v the_o king_n to_o be_v supreme_a judge_n in_o
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be_v a_o uncertain_a thing_n what_o rashness_n then_o &_o impudency_n be_v it_o to_o go_v about_o to_o bind_v catholic_n in_o their_o conscience_n to_o swear_v that_o which_o they_o themselves_o do_v affirm_v some_o of_o they_o to_o be_v false_a some_o other_o to_o be_v doubt_n full_a 8._o i_o will_v explicate_v more_o distinct_o that_o which_o i_o have_v say_v the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n primacy_n do_v contain_v so_o many_o part_n as_o there_o be_v or_o be_v think_v to_o be_v office_n and_o function_n of_o the_o king_n primacy_n the_o office_n then_o either_o be_v or_o be_v think_v to_o be_v dinerse_n as_o we_o have_v see_v before_o towit_n to_o assemble_v synod_n to_o exact_v and_o decree_v ecclesiastical_a law_n to_o confer_v benefice_n to_o create_v bishop_n to_o determine_v controver_n sie_fw-la of_o faith_n and_o the_o like_a therefore_o diverse_a be_v the_o part_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n supremacy_n of_o these_o part_n then_o let_v we_o take_v one_o of_o they_o 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swear_v there_o unto_o how_o then_o shall_v catholic_n be_v compel_v to_o do_v the_o same_o who_o do_v in_o no_o wise_n acknow_v ledge_n it_o and_o what_o i_o have_v say_v concern_v this_o point_n the_o same_o may_v be_v also_o say_v of_o there_a 9_o my_o other_o reason_n be_v this_o king_n james_n do_v often_o protest_v that_o he_o claim_v no_o more_o right_a or_o inrisdiction_n oner_o the_o church_n than_o do_v the_o king_n in_o the_o olà _fw-fr tistament_n in_o ancient_a time_n and_o therefore_o that_o this_o his_o primacy_n must_v be_v coutain_v within_o the_o same_o limit_n &_o term_n that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n but_o the_o king_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n can_v not_o compel_v their_o subject_n to_o swear_v such_o a_o oath_n as_o this_o ay_o a._n b._n do_v open_o testify_v and_o in_o my_o conscience_n declare_v that_o jeroboam_fw-la be_v the_o only_a supreme_a gonernour_n of_o this_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n as_o well_o in_o spiritual_a as_o temporal_a matter_n and_o that_o no_o foreigner_n have_v any_o jurisdiction_n power_n superiority_n pre-eminence_n or_o authority_n in_o this_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n ergo_fw-la neither_o king_n james_n can_v enforce_v his_o subject_n to_o take_v such_o a_o like_a oath_n the_o mayor_n be_v manifest_a out_o of_o his_o majesty_n own_o word_n in_o his_o apology_n the_o minor_a i_o thus_o explicate_v after_o the_o death_n of_o king_n solomon_n his_o kingdom_n god_n so_o dispose_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o part_n whereof_o one_o contain_v ten_o tribe_n the_o other_o two_o so_o as_o by_o this_o mean_n they_o become_v two_o distinct_a kingdom_n afterward_o and_o therein_o reign_v two_o distinct_a king_n one_o whereof_o have_v no_o dependence_n of_o the_o other_o in_o temporal_a gonernment_n one_o be_v call_v king_n of_o israel_n the_o other_o king_n of_o juda_n and_o both_o of_o they_o have_v
egypt_n and_o he_o put_v one_o of_o they_o in_o bethel_n and_o the_o other_o in_o dan._n also_o he_o make_v a_o house_n of_o the_o high_a place_n and_o make_v bim_n priest_n of_o the_o low_a of_o the_o people_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o son_n of_o levi._n and_o jeroboam_fw-la make_v a_o feast_n in_o the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o the_o eight_o month_n like_v unto_o the_o feast_n that_o be_v in_o judah_n and_o sacrifice_v on_o the_o altar_n so_o do_v he_o in_o bethel_n and_o offer_v unto_o the_o calf_n that_o he_o have_v make_v and_o he_o constitute_v in_o bethel_n the_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n which_o he_o have_v make_v and_o you_o may_v read_v in_o the_o 13._o chapter_n that_o be_v rebuke_v by_o a_o prophet_n for_o this_o matter_n yet_o he_o depart_v not_o from_o his_o evil_a way_n but_o turn_v himself_o and_o make_v he_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n the_o saece_n populi_fw-la of_o the_o dregs_n of_o the_o people_n and_o whosoever_o please_v he_o he_o consecrate_v he_o and_o make_v he_o a_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n and_o again_o 2._o chron._n ii_o chap._n 13._o verse_n and_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o levite_n that_o be_v in_o all_o israel_n resort_v to_o he_o out_o of_o all_o their_o coast_n meaning_n roboam_n the_o son_n of_o solomon_n for_o the_o levite_n leave_v their_o suburb_n &_o their_o possession_n and_o come_v to_o judah_n and_o to_o jerusalem_n for_o jeroboam_fw-la and_o his_o son_n have_v cast_v they_o out_o from_o minister_a in_o the_o priest_n office_n before_o the_o lord_n but_o thus_o write_v the_o king_n and_o his_o learned_a interpreter_n the_o bishop_n of_o ely_n in_o tort._n tort._n pag._n 381._o quodcunque_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la religionis_fw-la reges_fw-la israel_n fecerunt_fw-la nec_fw-la sine_fw-la laud_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la id_fw-la ut_fw-la et_fw-la regi_fw-la jacobo_n faciendi_fw-la ius_fw-la sit_fw-la atque_fw-la potestas_fw-la whatsoever_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n do_v with_o commendation_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o religion_n the_o same_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n now_o have_v king_n james._n let_v this_o therefore_o be_v the_o proposition_n or_o first_o part_n of_o the_o second_o reason_n which_o becane_n himself_o acknowledge_v in_o his_o refuration_n cap._n 8._o pag._n 124_o and_o then_o i_o will_v assume_v the_o minor_n but_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n not_o without_o commendation_n by_o their_o royal_a authority_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n 1._o have_v enact_v law_n 2._o delegated_a of_o their_o subject_n to_o judge_v of_o such_o law_n 3._o have_v bind_v all_o their_o subject_n both_o clergy_n man_n and_o layman_n by_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n 4._o have_v pumsh_v the_o transgressor_n of_o such_o law_n 5._o have_v call_v assembly_n or_o counsel_n 6._o have_v rule_v all_o estate_n as_o the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o other_o tribe_n and_o be_v as_o much_o king_n of_o the_o clergy_n as_o of_o the_o laity_n 7._o if_o any_o abiathar_n or_o high_a priest_n wax_v proud_a they_o bridle_v he_o by_o their_o censure_n and_o if_o there_o be_v cause_n depose_v abiathar_n from_o the_o high_a priesthood_n 8._o they_o abolish_v all_o strange_a worship_n as_o when_o they_o raze_v the_o high_a place_n break_v in_o piece_n the_o golden_a calf_n and_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n etc._n etc._n to_o conclude_v they_o give_v order_n for_o thing_n indifferent_a which_o appertain_v to_o the_o outward_a splendour_n &_o comeliness_n of_o the_o house_n of_o g_o o_o d_o and_o by_o their_o authority_n cut_v off_o idle_a and_o curious_a question_n in_o religion_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v the_o mother_n and_o breeder_n of_o schism_n as_o the_o scripture_n express_o witness_v whereof_o you_o may_v read_v in_o tort._n torti_n pag._n 381.382_o therefore_o i_o will_v conclude_v that_o king_n james_n have_v the_o same_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n and_o therefore_o may_v bind_v his_o subject_n by_o a_o oath_n ay_o a._n b._n do_v open_o testify_v and_o declare_v in_o my_o conscience_n that_o king_n james_n be_v the_o only_a supreme_a governor_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o of_o this_o church_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n as_o be_v david_n and_o solomon_n of_o the_o church_n of_o israel_n and_o asa_n ezekias_n and_o josias_n of_o the_o church_n of_o juda_n and_o that_o no_o foreigner_n have_v or_o aught_o to_o have_v any_o jurisdiction_n power_n etc._n etc._n within_o this_o kingdom_n as_o they_o have_v none_o in_o juda_n and_o so_o may_v lawful_o say_v to_o the_o priest_n subject_n obey_v not_o the_o high_a priest_n which_o dwell_v in_o any_o foreign_a kingdom_n but_o obey_v i_o alone_o as_o the_o only_a supreme_a governor_n of_o this_o church_n you_o be_v all_o exempt_a from_o his_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n for_o so_o david_n solomon_n asa_n ezekias_n and_o josias_n may_v lawful_o command_v their_o priest_n &_o levit_n and_o therefore_o so_o may_v king_n james_n command_v his_o clergy_n these_o thing_n thou_o may_v perceive_v 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