Propoſitio facta coram anglicis

deſideriorūqꝫ ſplendidoꝝ ſeſe attollētes qͣſiuerūt olim multo ſtudio ꝯcorditer ꝙ congregarent̉ filij iſrael ⁊ filij iuda pariter. Ethec eſt nō parua ꝯgratulatōnis materia ꝙin vnā ꝯuentū eſt ſententiā ꝑ duas vniuerſitates toto orbe celeberrimas ⁊ ip̄is nōnefides dari debet. cū illic ſint viri ſpūales ⁊ſapiētes ẜm qͣlia iudicia mediū v̓tutis acciꝑe iubet ph̓s. Illic p̄terea ſunt idonei cōditores legū doctrinalit̓ ⁊ inſtructiue/ qͥbꝰſil̓is interptatio ꝑ epikeyā debita eſt. Illicſunt qͥ mētiri neſciūt/ de qͥbꝰ nouerūt ⁊ mētientes redarguere pn̄t. dū a ꝟo falſum a licito illicitū ſciūt ſecernere. Cū ergo ꝯueniunt ꝯgregatio ml̓tiplex ſapientū in celebrationē huius ꝯcilij generalis tāqͣꝫ in rē expedientē vt in pͥma cauſa dicebat̉. In rē p̄t̓eadecentē ſicut viſum eſt in ſcd̓a. Nā qͥd decēſe licitam atqꝫ legitimam quod in quarta ⁊vltima ꝯſideratōne videbimus q̄ talis eſt.Conſideratio qͣrta.O ¶ Congregatio filioꝝ iſrl̓ et iuda parit̓ ſumit ſuā efficaciā et virtutē a diuīo ſemineqd̓ ꝑ eccl̓iaſticū corpus tanqͣꝫ ſanguis viuificus diffuſum ē/ ⁊ radicaliter ſeu inſeꝑabiliter inſertū. Ponamus ꝓ ſolido fundamēto pn̄tis ꝯſideratōis ⁊ alioꝝ tā dictorūqͣꝫ dicēdoꝝ/ textū apl̓i ad Ephe. iiij. Solliciti ſeruate vnitatē ſpūs in vinculo pacisvnū corpus ⁊ vnus ſpūs. ſicut vocati eſtisin vna ſpe vocatōis vr̄e. vnus dn̄s/ vna fides/ vnū baptiſma/ vnus deus ⁊ pr̄ oīumqui ſuꝑ oēs ⁊ ſuꝑ omīa ⁊ in oībꝰ. Sequit̉Et ip̄e dedit qͦſdā qͥdē apl̓os qͦſdā aūt ꝓphetas. alios ꝟo euāgeliſtas. alios aūt paſtores ⁊ doctores ad ꝯſūmatiōeꝫ ſctōꝝ/ inopus mīſterij in edificatōeꝫ corꝑis xp̄i donec occurramus oēs in vnitatē fidei ⁊ agnitionis filij dei in viꝝ ꝑfectū in mēſura etatis plenitudīs xp̄i. Sequit̉. Ueritatē aūtfaciētes ī charitate creſcamus in illo ꝑ oīaqui ē caput xp̄s/ ex qͦ totū corpus ꝯpactuꝫ⁊ ꝯnexū ꝑ omnē iuncturā ſubminiſtratōisẜm oꝑatōeꝫ in menſurā vniuſcuiuſqꝫ membri augmētū corꝑis facit in edificatōꝫ ſuiin charitate. ¶ Eliciamus ex his pauciſſimis ſꝫ ſentētioſiſſimis apl̓i v̓bis aliqͣs veritates. ¶ Prima. ¶ Congregatio eccl̓iaſtica ad vnū caput xp̄m fac̄ ⁊ ꝯglutinat̉ ꝑ vīculū amoroſum ſpūſſctī mediātibꝰ qͣlitati-

uis diſpoſitiōibꝰ reddētibꝰ in corꝑe myſtico cōplexionalē armoniā viuifica ⁊ decentē. Hec aūt dona ſunt v̓tutes theologice fides ſpes ⁊ charitas. ſūt etiā ſacr̄a eccl̓iaſtica. ſūt diuerſe diuiſiōes gr̄aꝝ ꝓut vnicuiqꝫꝯceſſū eſt. hͦ ē ſemē in qͦ ꝯueniūt ābe obediētie/ qͣle non abſtuliſſet ſciſma peſtifeꝝ/ ſi depace reformāda nihil actū eſſet/ ꝓut aliasſcpͥſit ip̄is romāis Pariſien̄. vniuerſitas.¶ Scd̓a. ¶ Cōgregatio eccl̓aſtica ad vnū Pcaput xp̄m copioſior ē atꝫ fecūdior qͣꝫ fuitꝯgregatio ſynagoge. Nō em̄ habuit ſynagoga talē in ſacris ⁊ alijs ml̓tis cōmutationē adiūctōis ſic̄ eccl̓ia. nā extra eā ſtabat ſalus quēadmodū ſaluatus iob on̄dit ¶ Tercia. ¶ Cōgregatio eccl̓aſtica ad vnū caputſecūdariū ml̓tiplicior ē ⁊ maior qͣꝫ ſit ꝯgrgatio ciuil̓ ſub vno rectore vel imꝑatore vl̓rege. Cōnexio qͥppe tal̓ politice ciuilitatisfit ꝑ leges ⁊ dona nature pͥncipalit̓ ⁊ in ill̓ꝯſtituit ſuā vnitateꝫ. Eccl̓ia ꝟo vt policiaet ordīata / hꝫ hāc vnitatē. et vltra hāc hꝫalterā ſuꝑna turalē ⁊ diuinā q̄ dicta eſt. Etita ſequit̉ cōſeq̄nter ꝙ eccl̓iaſtica pluribuſlegibꝰ regit̉ qͣꝫ altera policia. ¶ Quarta.Cōgregatio eccl̓iaſtica nō habet vl̓ habuit ex ſe ptātem ordinādi et ꝯſumēdi ꝑ gradus varios atqꝫ hierarchicos dignitatuꝫet admīſtrationū quales in ip̄a reꝑimus aſūmo p̄ſulatu vſqꝫ ad infimū admīſtratōnis gradū qͥcūqꝫ ſit ille. Patet qꝛ ſuꝑnaturalis eſt hec inſtitutio ꝯſurgens ex ſolo beneplacito liberaliſſimi ꝯditorꝭ. Nec vt opinor voluiſſet vnqͣꝫ oppoſitū ſētire p̄fatusmagiſter Henricꝰ de haſſia dū ponit ꝙ eccleſia poſſet ſibi inſtituere ſummū pontificē ſi nō fuiſſet īmediate cōſtitutꝰ a chriſto.Addit enī ꝙ hͦ potuiſſet eccl̓ia a ſpūſanctoedocta et autorizata qd̓ eſt ꝓbabilit̓ ſentiendū. ¶ Quinta ¶ Cōgregatio corꝑis myſtici ad vnū caput xp̄m ſꝑ habebit ꝑ omnemiūcturā gͣdus dignitatū et officiorū ⁊ adminiſtrationū. de qͥbus dictū ē. patꝫ ex illoverbo donec occurramꝰ oēſ ⁊c̄. Proptereadicit̉ eccl̓ia deſponſata xp̄o ī ſempiternumOzee .i. Dicit̉ p̄terea hr̄e ſemꝑ in ſe ſemē adſui ꝓpagatōem et cōẜuatōem vſqꝫ ad ꝯſūmatōem ſecl̓i. ¶ Sexta CCōgregatio eccleſiaſtica ad vnū caput chriſtū lege ſtāte nonremanebit in ſola ml̓iere. īmo nec in ſol̓ laicis. ſed erunt vſqꝫ ad cōſūmationeꝫ ſeculiep̄i et ſacerdotes aliqͥ fideles. ¶ Septima OCongregatio eccl̓iaſtica dici p̄t hr̄e dupli-