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Show Of W4r 'dnd Pe4ct oels. And whatfoever he did by right of his power·, he did it not by human but divine vernte,~ven then when he caR the buyers and idlers out of the Temple. For, chefcourge was not an infl:rutnent , but a · fign of divine anger ; as at other time >t Abulenlis on fpitde and oil a fign healing * , not a meMatth 9· we\1 d . . Ll , f1. · h 1 f ex lai~s this. tcme. y;LUf.UJ~m upon t at p ace 0 p John : H eark.fn yee Jews and Gentiles, Circumcijion and uncircumcijion; Herk!n all ye Kingdoms of the earth: I hinder not . . your domination in this world t. UUy t Htlartzu Are· d · ,t h · latenfis. :For King Dmn u_ not O; t u world : Do not ye Chrifi: came fear mo_(f vamly, as Herod the Great feanot to invade red, when he hear-d of the birth of {hrift, anochers ~lo- and ~ew Jo many Infants,hoping to deftrol ry but to m1- h . b . l . h . fi , . pa'r t h't s ow n .• z.m , etnef:f. more c.r ue tn ts . ear t1?.a n 111 nottotakean huanger. My Kmgdom ,Jauhhe, ts110t earthly King- of this world. What would you more? Come dom, but to unto the Kine,dom , which is not of thtJ befi:ow an hea- ld C b 1· · d d 1 wor . ome y e tevrng, an o not ragt ven y • b .r. "P l h h' 1 • Tim.;. 2., y Jearint:,. au , among ot er t mgs, t Aa. Apo£t forbids aBif11op to be a fhiker.To ru!ebya hcm . .3 · epift. nece{fity impo[ed, i. e. which proceedeth ad T1t~1~~· ~: from human force,is the part ofKmgs not h~·~·. ~. .c · of Bifhops , faid {hryfoflom t. And eK-t De facerdor. ' Jib. t.. Chrifri:ans are not permiccd ro chafiife, by force, t~e. faults of the guilty. Secular Judges , awing evil-doeri by thCIC L~ws, exercife power over them , and confi:rain them to obe• d ence ever. againfi: cheir will: But we mufi: endeavour to reform men, not by compuHion but perfwafion. Neither do the Laws ~· low us power of coercion; and if they did, how fhoul.d we.ufe t~, • feeing God doth not crown thofe that abdein fron~ cvJl necetfan· ly , but willingly ? Wherefore, we mufi: rake pams to pcrfwadc lick foules to yield rhc:m!dves oftheir own accord· co be: aurcd by . ~.s. . . The fec~nd part; 4t9 us. A littre after. He that erreth ftom the faith cannot be drawn unto i_t by force , no~ compeld by fear. Atld ~pon Epbt[.4• We are appomted to te:ach men, not to command not co exercife 1 coercive power. We are like Counfelers, who advife the he'are_r, not force him,but leave_ him hi~·. free choice. Ambrof.t. 2.. de cam, 0. Abel. 4. Stlcerd9J qu1dem offie~um [uum exhibet at nMl· lit!4 poteftatu j1era exerctt. Citatur c. verbum. de p~nit. dift. x, · where, We have not power granted 111 to reftrain men from offences by authority of our fentence :. i.e. iuch as conteins in it. a powerful execution by a ruling or tnili-tary hand, or a d~privation of any human right whatfover . Hence it fufficienc ap-,. Adreg~stlli»>,~ pears, tha~ Bilhops , as fuch , have no non ad Eccle- · right to reign over n1eti after a humanft~m pertinet j~· way. Hierom t, comparina a Kino and dzcare.defeu~u, · . I'L h r . rA. I:) '· nov1t. de J''Btmop :o~et er , 1a1th , J. n~ one ru_les diciis:defeudtj: tbe unwtlLmg, the other the wtll:ng. But, de poffiffionibll4, whether Kings themfelves may wage war,~· caufllll! ~~~ · in the way of punifhment, againH tnofe Jnttr. fJ.11~ fil1J . ~l Ch ·a· R 1. . . b fint leg1t1me ~hat ~2 Je"' n 1an e 1g10n , 1s a ove Re!es enim.{~·- wqmred. perioremi1ttm.; . , • . . p6ralibll4 mi13i• 'lf1t recogno[cu~t ,c. ptr vtnerabJltm. eod,tet, Chnfl:us voluit uc Chciftiani lmpp. pro vic_:a zterna pontificib. indigerent, & Pomifices 'pro curfu temporahum rerum lmper:alibus legibus iuerenrur • CJUatenus fpirital is aCtio a carnalibus diftaret incurfibus & De~ mtlitans minime fecularibus negotiis fe impJicaret. c.q1~~niamdi• (imct Io. &c. t Hieron. in epitaph. Nep_otiani. r!71'linus lictt 1!.pi(copo quam Regi. Il~t t~z m nolentlbtu pr!6a{t, I~JC vole~t1bas. Ilfttmori {ttbjicit , hie fer· vJtlth donatur._ Caffiod. l~b. I~· JO epift, ~d Epifcopos: E,pi[cD• pu5 doceP.t, ne ]udtx pof!it mvemre quod pumat. :Fredericus prim us apud Guntherum Ligurino de pontifice: Eccleflam r.tgat ~lle fnam, d:vinaq; jura . · ; Temptrel: zmpmum nobis fttfce[q; rtlinquar.: . S4cnnonem 0anlor regem exc;ommunicatum cum Rofc::hildcnft~ E c 2. Epifcopus |