CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church

Therefore all the actions of the civill Magistrate, even when he is employed about Ecclesiastical matters, are of their own nature and essentially civill: he punisheth externally Idolaters, Blasphemers, Sacrilegious persons, Heretics, Profaners of holy things, and according to the nature and measure of the sin he condemneth to death or banishment, forfeiture of goods, or imprisonment; he guardeth and underproppeth Ecclesiastical Cannons with civill authority, giveth a place of habitation to the Church in his territory, restraineth or expelleth the insolent and untamed disturbers of the Church.

Therefore all the actions of the civill Magistrate, even when hee is imployed about Ecclesiasticall matters, are of their own nature and essentially civill: he punisheth externally Idolaters, Blasphemers, Sacrilegious persons, Hereticks, Prophaners of holy things, and according to the nature and measure of the sinne hee condemneth to death or banishment, forfeiture of goods, or imprisonment; he guardeth and underproppeth Ecclesiasticall Cannons with civill authority, giveth a place of habitation to the Church in his territorie, restraineth or expelleth the insolent and untamed disturbers of the Church.