[ 484 ] Hierarchy 01all with all Veneration be worfhipped by all Princes and Subjetl:s ; And fhall not go far from Church to meet any Commanders or Nobles; Nor fhalllight from their Horfes like Supplicants or Abjeds that feared them ; nor fall down and Petition them: Elfe the Bi01op ihall be feparated a Year from the Sacrament , and the Princes, Dukes or CaptaiDS two Ye~rs.] Is this like the Law of Chrift? Are all Princes under it? XXI. c. 12. Princes as1 Prophane may not be Spe6tators of that which Holy Perfons do : and therefore Councils are held without them. (Who would thifl.k-that our Bi{hops or Priefis could fubfcribe to thefe, and to the 39 Articles, and theOathof Supremacy ·alfo ?) XXll. Can. 14. faith, [That a Lay-man {hall have no Power to Difpute by any reafon of Ec– clefia!lical SanClions,--For though aLay-man excel in the praife of Piety and Wifdom, yet he is a Lay-man and a Sheep,and not a Pafror: But a 'Bifhop, though it b_e Manifefi that he i~ defricute of ALL VIRTL1E OF RELIGI01~, yet he is ~ Pafior as long as he exercifeth the office of a Bifi1op: and the Sheep mufl: not refifl: the Shep– herd.] Princes and Parliaments rnufl: note this. XXIII. .Ar1. 876. A t'oncilium Titin. maketh Cha-rles Emperor againH: Ludovicm, the Popes ex' prdly claiming the Power of eleeting, approving and making Emperours as his right. And Stephe1f 5 ali.:u 6. with Biiliops and Lords depofe the Em~ ~perour (Carolm Crajfu;) after, as too dull. Anq the Pope t.elleth the Emperour Bafil, that the Sacerdotal Dignity is not fubjeet to Kings , a.nd that Kings are authorized to meddle only with worldly. M.aners, and Popes and Prieits with Spiritual; /
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