The third is from that the “see” of St. Peter is called by St. Cyprian, the “head,” the “source,” the “root,” the “sun,” from whence the authority of bishops is derived. But by the law of Nature, which is a better principle of right and wrong than the word of any doctor that is but a man, the civil sovereign in every commonwealth is the “head,” the “source,” the “root,” and the “sun,” from which all jurisdiction is derived. And therefore the jurisdiction of bishops is derived from the civil sovereign.
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