The monstrous plea of the See of Rome, that all perfons The ecclefiaftics beholding for that liberty to lay-princes 138 They are as much subject to their temporal fovereigns as A chapter of the Council of Trent, compos'd in defence Sovereign princes made judges of all differences ielating to the violation of that liberty What kinds of ecclefiaftical liberty the See of Rome is ibid. 14C ibid. The question examined both as to law and fact 142 Why the levites, or priests of the Jewish Church, were not allowed a fhare of the promised land King Hezekiah's reasons for taking away their eftates, and 141, C. ibid. Proofs of this both from the Old and New Testament 145 The happy condition of the Church while in a state of ibid. Why the primitive chriftians fold all their poffeffions 146 Why the Latin Church abounded with herefies while the ibid. What fort of men are generally the broachers of new ibid. Inftances of fome who have been the better for being poor, and the worse for being rich Seneca's commendation of poverty ibid. The inconfiftency of temporal poffeffions with the 148, s. The little ufe that Chrift made of his almighty power 149, &c. Their error in fubjecting the government of the Church The declaration made by Chrift, that his kingdom is not of ibid. 155, &c. Why Aaron, and not Mofes, was chofen to be the chief I56. That the Church's poffeffion of temporal eftates and do- minions may be difputed without any breach of good', CHAP. IX. Whether a republic, as well as a free prince, may be depriv'd of their dominions by excommunication? A maxim with the court of Rome about the excommuni- ibid. 159. ibid. 162, &c. 183 That no ecclefiaftical judge ought to inflict temporal pu nishment for a crime punished already by a fevere ex- Why the court of Rome is not for excommunicating a city, The injuftice of excommunicating a whole city, fenate, or republic, in the lump That the commonalty in a democracy cannot be anfwer- able for the actions of their magiftrates or fenators 165 The lawfulness of examining all excommunications, and CHAP. X. Whether a fecular prince has a right to receive the clergy's tenths, and to order what is useful to the state, with refpect to the estates and perfons of ecclefiaftics? An explanation of the command to honour thy father and mother That every body has a fuperior in one fenfe or other 169 The poffeffions of the clergy and of the laity in Venice ibid. Two ways by which a prince may be a tyrant ibid. That no fovereigns but what are independent can exact That even free princes, when they demand extraordinary Certain cafes of neceflity when a prince, whether inde- ibid. The policy of the court of Rome in granting bulls to prin- ces, to give them what was their own before An inftance of this in the titles of the king of Ireland, Remark on the Pope's confirming the choice of the king ibid. &c. An examination of the Rights of Sovereigns to make orders for the good of the ftate, with refpect to the eftates or The obligation of a prince to make all orders neceffary for his good government Arguments to prove that the clergy are as much oblig'd as the laity to contribute to the temporal neceffities of the ftate, and of the civil focieties to which they be- The answer of the Affyrians to the Samaritans on the head That a prince may on yery preffing occafions levy the A very judicious remonstrance of a minister of state to the That the law of neceffity, tho' fuperior to all others, A prince excufed who lays hands on the perfons or eftates of the clergy, when what he has in view is to procure a greater good, or prevent a greater evil Who is to be the judge of his reafons of ftate 196 CHAP. XI. Whether a temporal prince has a right per fe to judge ecclefiaftical criminals? The prophet Samuel's fubmiffion to king Saul an argu- Who are his judges when his crimes are merely eccle- The order of the ancient canons, and of the Council of That lay-judges are not more obliged than fpiritual ones to ftay for the degradation of ecclefiaftical crimi- nals before they try and punish them The inconfiftent conduct of the Romish clergy 7205 ibid. c. A1206 The ingratitude of the fpiritual court in calling to the gibid. That tho' the perfon of a delinquent be facred, his ill CHAP. XII. Concerning the Pope's infallibility. Ariftotle's genealogy of natural philofophy ibid. 7 ibid. A king of Japan's meffage to the miffionaries, and the 7210 |