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religion again vent into exile.
But Christians are not required, say, theY
ought not, 10 tolerate an infdeI king At the ey.
ident dSnger Of religion. for when divine righl
and human right are opposed, divine righI
aaght to be preserved at lhs expense Of human
right; for It is a matter Of divine right 10 pre-.
serve the true faith and religion, which is one
only, and not many. It is matter of human
right that we should have this or that king.
FINALLY why can not believing people be
freed from the yoke Of an nfdel king who is
leading them to infielity, If a believing hus-
band Is free from the Obligation Of remaining
"ih an unbelleving wife, when be is unwilling
70 remain with Christian wife, without injury
~ the faith, a is manifest from Paul, Corin-
mans WI. Innocent llfcn the Csuon Law.
lDecTet Greg, TX, Lib. w, Tit. ~. cap. 8,
Guadeamus.) For the power Of husband
over wife,is not less than that Of king over
subjects and sometimes it is greater.
Fourth reason. When kings and PRINCES
come 10 the Church that they might become
Christians, they are received with this express
condition, either expressed or understood. that
their sceptres should be subject to Christ. and
they promise that they shall preserve and de.
lend The faith OF Christ, even under the pain
OF losing their kingdoms. When, therefore.
lhey become herstics or oppose religion, they
can be Judged by the Church, and even deDos.
ed from their dominion ; nor is there any in.
jury done them should they be deposed.-
For he is not 6t for the sacrament of baptism,
who is not ready to serve Christ, and for his
sake lose whatever he now possesses, Luke xiv
II any one comelh to me, and hateth not bis
father, and mother, and wife, and children,
nay even his own life, he can not be my dis.
ciple. Moreover, the Church would err very
much, II she would tolerate any king who
you'd, with impunity, cherish any sect, and
defend SSerstics, anu 0yertufn religion.
Fifth reason. When it is said to Peter,
Feed my sheep, John xxi, every power is given
to him which is necessary to attend the flock
But threefold power is necessary for the pas.
tor, namely. one respecting the wolves, that be
might drive them away in any manner he can: /:
another is respecting the rams, that il anv Of
them should hurt the flock with his horns. he
could shut them in and prevent them, that they
should not thereafter lead astray the flock; the
third IS about the other sheep, that he would
furnish to each of Them suitable food. There.
fore, this triple power hath the supreme Pom
tiff.
There are, therefore three arguments which
can be deduced from this place:
H. The wolves, which devastates the Church
Of the Lord. are the heretics, as appears from
Matthew vii: Beware of false prophets. IT.
therefore, any prince, from sheep OF ram,
should become wolf, that is, from Christian
should bee nme hereto, the pastor Of the
Church could exclude him by excommunica.
| ton, and at the same time command the peo-
pie they should not follow him; ;and, hence, de-
prive him of his dominions over his subjects.
z The pastor can separate and keep out the
'nrIous rams that destroy the sheep, But a
prince is furious ram destroying the sheep,
when he Is Catholic in filth. but so bad that
he Is n hlnderance to religion and the Church,
q, II he would sell epscopaes, and tear the
hurches, etc; therefore. the pastor of the
Church could exclude him or reduce him 10
The order Of sheep.
3 pastor can and ought so 10 feed all the
sheep, as is suitable for them; therefore, the
rope can ana ought 10 enlon those things to
all Christians, and ezen compel to DO those
things which each Uflhem is held to according
to biz station, that IS, to compel each to serve
tod in that manner to which be is bound ac-
cordingly to his station
But kings ought TO serve God in defending
the Church, in furnishing heretics and schis,
matics, as Augustine on epist. SO. to
R,niface see epist rs to Leo Augustus and
Greg, Lib. II, Ep 81, to Maurice. Therefore
he can and ought to command kings, and cause
this to BE- done, and if il be not done. even to
compel bv communication and other suitable
mt hojs. The more in Nicholas Sanders, Lib,
ii cap 4, de vsib,I manarchia where YOU
will fud many other things besides what We
have said '--Bearm, de Rom. Ponuf Lio. Y,
cap. Z, Tom. |, pages 1911 to 1875.