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coutt_n of_o justice_n and_o of_o make_v law_n and_o order_n for_o the_o government_n of_o god_n house_n be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o head_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n p._n 31._o what_o be_v ignatius_n and_o ambrose_n if_o we_o look_v at_o their_o authority_n more_o than_o other_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n that_o liberty_n therefore_o which_o they_o have_v to_o make_v new_a order_n when_o they_o see_v cause_n have_v all_o other_o prelate_n in_o their_o church_n edward_n boughanes_n serm_n pag._n 17._o submit_v yourselves_o to_o those_o that_o be_v put_v in_o authority_n by_o king_n so_o then_o to_o bishop_n because_o they_o be_v put_v in_o authority_n by_o king_n if_o they_o have_v no_o other_o claim_n but_o bless_v be_v god_n they_o hold_v not_o only_o by_o this_o but_o by_o a_o high_a tenor_n since_o all_o power_n be_v of_o god_n from_o he_o they_o have_v their_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n what_o ever_o it_o be_v s._n paul_n therefore_o you_o see_v assume_v this_o power_n unto_o himself_o of_o set_v thing_n in_o order_n in_o the_o church_n before_o any_o prince_n become_v christian_n 1_o cor._n 11.34_o the_o like_a power_n he_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v in_o titus_n 1.5_o and_o in_o all_o bishop_n heb._n 15.17_o ibid._n pag._n 18._o king_n make_v law_n and_o bishop_n make_v canon_n this_o indeed_o it_o be_v of_o necessity_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o christianity_n king_n make_v law_n for_o the_o state_n and_o bishop_n for_o the_o church_n because_o then_o there_o be_v no_o christian_a king_n either_o to_o authorise_v they_o to_o make_v such_o law_n or_o who_o will_v countenance_v they_o when_o they_o be_v make_v but_o after_o that_o king_n become_v nourish_v father_n to_o the_o church_n in_o these_o pious_a and_o regular_a time_n bishop_n make_v no_o canon_n without_o the_o assent_n and_o confirmation_n of_o christian_a king_n and_o such_o be_v our_o canon_n so_o make_v so_o confirm_v chounei_n collect_v pag._n 53._o reges_fw-la membra_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o filios_fw-la eccesiae_n se_fw-la esse_fw-la habitos_fw-la reiecisse_fw-la contempsisse_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la audivimus_fw-la obediunt_fw-la simulque_fw-la regnant_a jura_n quibus_fw-la gubernari_fw-la se_fw-la permittunt_fw-la sva_fw-la sunt_fw-la vitalitatem_fw-la nativam_fw-la ex_fw-la praepositis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la cord_n recipiunt_fw-la &_o vivacitatem_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la capitibus_fw-la derivant_n samuel_n hoard_v pag._n 9_o nor_o do_v they_o exercise_v this_o power_n when_o they_o be_v in_o counsel_n only_o but_o when_o they_o be_v asunder_o also_o speak_v of_o apostle_n as_o they_o be_v pattern_n to_o all_o bishop_n 2._o that_o in_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n the_o bishop_n alone_o without_o the_o privity_n of_o any_o of_o the_o clergy_n of_o any_o of_o the_o laity_n may_v abolish_v all_o the_o ecclesiastic_a judicatories_n which_o the_o stand_a and_o unrepeal_v law_n which_o the_o constant_a custom_n ever_o 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