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jartíclcfí tt Eelfffíon.
of Ef^glandy and other htr Do-
niinions, ur.to whom the chief
Goverr.mtnr of all Fftaies or
tl i? Rp-ilm, whether they be
Eccleiiuftical- or Civil, in all
cauirp coth appertain,ar.d Isnor,
nor cukhr to be fubjecl to atiy
FoiMC'ti Jurifdielion.
VMiMf &s we ai tribute to the
Queens M/jcfty the ch-cf Government,
by which Titles we
iiridcrftand the Minds of fome
llanncrous folks to be offtnded:
we give net ro our Princes the
Miniftring either ofGods Word,
or of the ^ :.cramencs, the which
thine the Ínj-inítionR alio I.uelv
iet forth by Elizaktb our
Queen do mod plainly teftifie :
,' bur th.it ci;l Prerogative which
we iee to have been given always
to 'A': godly Princes in
ho'y ScripturLS b/ God him-
ftlf, that is that they fl:iould
rule iill Eilates and Degrees
committed to their Charge by
God,\^ hethtr they be Eccleliaftl-
Ciil or i emporal, and rtftrain
wich the civil Sword the ftubborn
and tvil doers.
The Bifliop of Rome hath no
]'ariicH6tion in this Realm ef
The Laws oFthis Realm may
puniih Chr.rtun men wiija
Deiith, for hainous and grievous
Offences.
It is lawful for Chlftian men,
at the Commmdmenc or the
muf die dg twófttídif nÉí 6diniiiogdrj,
óá mb^nan '