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A civil nosegayA ciuile nosgay
A civil nosegay wherein is contained not only the office and duty of all magistrates and judges but also of of [sic] all subjects with a preface concerning the liberty of justice in this our time newly collected and gathered out of latin and so translated in to the English tongue by I.G.A ciuile nosgay wherin is contayned not onelye the offyce and dewty of all magestrates and iudges but also of of [sic] all subiectes with a preface concernynge the lyberty of iustice in this our tyme newly collected and gethered out of latyn and so translated in to the Inglyshe tonge by I.G.
printed for John goodale, 1550printed for Ihon goodale, 1550
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¶ The Emperor did command 1Ambrose that he should give his Temple to the Arians, but Ambrose did not obey, for it was not lawful to obey a commandment of wicked and ungodly things, and the Emperor ought not to take away a lawful ordinance ⟨image 34⟩from the Church, nor to make a wicked teacher to bear the rule of the Church. Ambrose was lawfully ordained / and did 2teach well.
¶ The Emperoure dyd cōmaunde 1Ambrose that he shoulde gyue his Temple to the Arrians, but Ambrose dyd not obey, for it was not lefull to obey a commaundement of wicked and vngodly thinges, and the Emperoure oughte not to take awaye a laufull ordenaunce ⟨image 34⟩from the Churche, nor to make a wycked teacher to beare the rule of the Churche. Ambrose was laufully ordayned / and dyd 2teache well.
- 1Ambrose.
- 2Lawful ordaynnaunce.Laufull ordaynnaunce.
¶ For a lawful ordinance doth contain a vocation or election which is made of the people or of then to whom the people doth commit that thing and the approbation of come Bishops. Further to Bishops doth pertain to constitute Judgements of learnings, and to convocate synods as the old constitution was, that every Bishop, should twice