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the_o counsel_n of_o trent_n in_o the_o 25._o section_n chap._n 18._o do_v think_v this_o canon_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o lateran_n so_o unreasonable_a and_o unjust_a for_o to_o impropriate_a benefice_n with_o charge_n of_o soul_n and_o to_o ordain_v in_o they_o a_o perpetual_a vicar_n to_o serve_v the_o cure_n that_o they_o do_v forbid_v the_o like_a to_o be_v do_v ever_o hereafter_o notwithstanding_o any_o grace_n or_o grant_v wise_o weigh_v the_o difference_n between_o a_o institution_n of_o god_n and_o a_o ordinance_n of_o man_n the_o serve_v of_o god_n in_o a_o public_a charge_n &_o in_o private_a person_n &_o final_o how_o much_o great_a good_a or_o hurt_n may_v ensue_v by_o the_o continual_a presence_n or_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o person_n in_o or_o from_o his_o parish_n then_o by_o his_o lie_v at_o or_o from_o the_o cathedral_n church_n so_o that_o to_o salve_v all_o this_o gere_n both_o you_o and_o we_o be_v force_v to_o say_v that_o the_o counsel_n go_v not_o about_o 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