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that_o he_o have_v deliberate_o peruse_v the_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n although_o he_o will_v not_o have_v make_v it_o so_o himself_o yet_o he_o find_v such_o thing_n in_o it_o as_o satisfy_v his_o conscience_n and_o therefore_o he_o will_v use_v it_o himself_o and_o see_v his_o parishioner_n do_v so_o too_o the_o same_o in_o effect_n he_o say_v to_o the_o lord_n treasurer_n secretary_n peter_n and_o sir_n william_n herbert_n when_o they_o come_v to_o he_o with_o article_n from_o the_o king_n himself_o to_o confirm_v this_o procedure_v it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v 1._o the_o whole_a affair_n be_v manage_v by_o a_o approve_a catholic_n rule_n which_o be_v to_o reform_v what_o be_v amiss_o according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n not_o to_o form_v any_o new_a religion_n but_o retrieve_v the_o old_a and_o to_o reduce_v it_o into_o that_o state_n as_o christ_n have_v leave_v it_o the_o apostle_n practise_v and_o the_o primitive_a church_n have_v receive_v and_o observe_v as_o the_o king_n declare_v to_o the_o romish_a rebel_n 2._o it_o be_v order_v as_o the_o tridentine_a assembler_n think_v most_o fit_a decreto_fw-la de_fw-la celebratione_fw-la missae_fw-la in_o which_o institution_n be_v read_v concern_v abuse_n to_o be_v correct_v in_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o mass_n the_o substance_n whereof_o be_v that_o the_o bishop_n ought_v to_o forbid_v all_o thing_n bring_v in_o by_o avarice_n irreverence_n or_o superstition_n if_o it_o be_v allege_v the_o bishop_n be_v so_o to_o do_v as_o delegate_n of_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n the_o return_n be_v obvious_a our_o bishop_n as_o commissioner_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n may_v do_v what_o they_o do_v with_o better_a authority_n and_o warranty_n for_o 1._o learned_a romanist_n do_v confess_v that_o particular_a nation_n have_v a_o power_n to_o purge_v themselves_o from_o corruption_n as_o well_o in_o church_n as_o state_n without_o leave_n from_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n this_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o seren._n cressy_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o dr._n pierce_n sermon_n p._n 285._o but_o what_o if_o the_o pope_n issue_n out_o a_o prohibition_n and_o interdict_v the_o whole_a nation_n very_o many_o of_o they_o do_v conceive_v it_o may_v be_v wave_v and_o oppose_v because_o no_o reason_n can_v be_v assign_v why_o the_o church_n shall_v continue_v under_o know_a corruption_n for_o the_o pope_n reâ—lyeness_n to_o have_v they_o redress_v aeneas_z 1._o aeneas_z de_fw-fr conc._n basil_n l._n 1._o silvius_z after_o pius_n the_o second_o be_v once_o of_o this_o mind_n for_o that_o if_o the_o pope_n recusancy_n may_v hinder_v the_o proceed_n of_o a_o general_n council_n to_o the_o disturbance_n of_o the_o church_n corruption_n of_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o their_o soul_n all_o will_v thereby_o be_v undo_v without_o remedy_n cardinal_n 15._o cardinal_n de_fw-fr concord_n conc._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o &_o l._n 3._o c._n 15._o gusan_n go_v yet_o high_o affirm_v that_o the_o emperor_n in_o duty_n be_v oblige_v by_o his_o imperial_a authority_n to_o assemble_v a_o synod_n when_o the_o great_a danger_n of_o the_o church_n require_v it_o which_o determination_n be_v also_o resolve_v in_o the_o first_o 69._o first_o conc._n pis_n impress_n lutet_fw-la 1612._o fol._n 69._o pisan_n council_n quintinus_n aristocratia_fw-la quintinus_n a_o lawyer_n and_o pablick_a professor_n at_o paris_n in_o repet_n lectione_n de_fw-fr civitatis_fw-la christianae_n aristocratia_fw-la heduus_n who_o live_v in_o henry_n the_o eighth_n time_n have_v approve_v by_o many_o canon_n that_o if_o the_o pope_n command_n and_o the_o king_n forbid_v the_o king_n be_v to_o be_v oby_v therefore_o when_o the_o king_n call_v together_o the_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n to_o reform_v the_o state_n thereof_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o obey_v though_o the_o pope_n forbid_v it_o not_o it_o franc._n praelect_a 4._o a._n 161._o at_o 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