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It was this kind of Government that Jesus Christ instructed to make his Peo∣ple recommendable upon Earth, and to make his Church lovely to all Na∣tions, by these manifest Perogatives of carnal felicity, and of force, which do ren∣der her happy, civil, politick, vertuous, and formidable above any other Repub∣lick that is upon Earth.* 1.1 Questo governo dissegnato da Christo per signalare in terra con manifesta perogativa il suo popolo, del qual go∣verno la base, il legame, e él'intelligenza me∣trice è l'autorità del Pontefice.
Now all the Authority of the sovereign Pontife, is founded upon the Veneration of People,* 1.2 il loro potere quanto ad effetto è tutto appoggiato alla venerazione de' popoli.
The Veneration of the People is upheld by Reason of the splendour of the Court of Rome. The splendour of the Court of Rome is maintained by the Riches, Honours, and carnal delights of its Cardinals and Prelates, so that all the Christian Religi∣on does not subsist but upon this carnal felicity: It was to merit this, that the Word became flesh, and shed his blood, and to say the contrary is a piece of Atheism,* 1.3 il te∣soro della Chiesa essersi aquistato da Christo.