To come therfore vnto the matter out of the places of the. 20. of Mathewe, and the. 22. of Luke, where our Sauiour Christe, vppon occasion of the mordinate request of the sonnes of zebede, putteth a difference betweene* 1.1 the ciuill and ecclesiasticall function, he placeth the distinc∣tion of them in two poyntes, whereof the one is, in theyr office, the other is in theyr names and titles.
The distinction of the office, he noteth, in these wordes, the kyngs of the Gentiles haue dominion ouer them, and the Princes exercise authoritie ouer them, but it shall not be so with you. Wherevpon the argument may be thus gathered, that wherin the Ciuill magistrate is se∣uered from the Ecclesiasticall officer, dothe not agree to one minister ouer an other. But the (a) 1.2 ciuil magistrate is seuered from the Ecclesiastical officer by bearing (b) 1.3 dominion. Therfore bearyng dominion doth not agrec to one minister ouer an other.