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the_o commission_n grant_v to_o the_o convocation_n of_o that_o year_n at_o the_o first_o open_v of_o the_o parliament_n and_o of_o it_o be_v according_a to_o law_n and_o this_o speak_v plain_o of_o the_o king_n leave_n and_o license_v grant_v and_o alone_o needful_a herein_o see_v more_o full_o thereof_o in_o dr._n heylins_n life_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n p._n 423.424.425_o i_o conclude_v this_o matter_n with_o the_o decision_n of_o a_o great_a casuist_n he_o in_o discourse_v of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o the_o manner_n how_o they_o be_v enact_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n jus_fw-la condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la say_v he_o est_z paene_n episcopos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la aliasque_fw-la personas_fw-la à _fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la clero_fw-la rite_n electas_fw-la &_o in_fw-la legitima_fw-la synodo_fw-la rite_n congregatas_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la juris_fw-la sine_fw-la potestatis_fw-la exercitium_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la repub._n christiana_n ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la supremi_fw-la magistrate_n we_o politici_fw-la pendere_fw-la debeat_fw-la idque_fw-la &_o apart_o ant_n ut_fw-la loqui_fw-la solemus_fw-la &_o apart_o post_fw-la vir_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la iis_fw-la statuendi_fw-la canon_n ecclesiasticos_fw-la causâ_fw-la liceat_fw-la convenire_fw-la nisi_fw-la autipsius_fw-la mandato_fw-la &_o inssu_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la negotii_fw-la convocatis_fw-la aut_fw-la ejus_fw-la saltem_fw-la authoritate_fw-la venia_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la petita_fw-la &_o obtenta_fw-la munitis_fw-la nec_fw-la canon_n in_o quos_fw-la illi_fw-la sic_fw-la consenserint_fw-la tali_fw-la sint_fw-la aut_fw-la vim_o aliquam_fw-la habeant_fw-la obligandi_fw-la quoad_fw-la supremi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la assensus_fw-la accedat_fw-la cujus_fw-la approbatione_fw-la &_o publica_fw-la authoritate_fw-la simulac_fw-la confirmati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la illico_fw-la pro_fw-la legibus_fw-la habendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o subditos_fw-la obligant_fw-la bishop_n sanderson_n de_fw-fr conscient_fw-la obligat_fw-la praelect_v 7._o sect._n 30._o mr._n hooker_n eccles._n polit._n book_n 8._o in_o p._n 219.220.221_o etc._n etc._n thus_o much_o have_v be_v say_v touch_v the_o canon_n of_o our_o church_n and_o their_o authority_n so_o far_o forth_o at_o this_o present_a as_o suit_n with_o the_o present_a occasion_n and_o what_o they_o be_v produce_v in_o proof_n of_o in_o several_a provincial_a constitution_n we_o find_v it_o decree_v that_o concern_v matter_n belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n proceed_n may_v be_v make_v against_o any_o layman_n or_o public_a officer_n as_o sheriff_n and_o other_o even_o to_o the_o inflict_a public_a censure_n upon_o they_o many_o of_o this_o kind_n will_v occur_v to_o the_o reader_n that_o be_v conversant_a in_o they_o that_o constitution_n aeterna_fw-la sanctis_fw-la de_fw-la paenis_fw-la enact_v in_o a_o council_n at_o lambeth_n under_o boniface_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n anno_fw-la 1260._o in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o and_o that_o constitution_n ut_fw-la invadentibus_fw-la de_fw-la immunitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la enact_v by_o the_o same_o boniface_n likewise_o the_o constitution_n contingit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la eodem_fw-la and_o accidit_fw-la novitate_fw-la perversa_fw-la eodem_fw-la enact_v by_o john_n stratford_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o time_n
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out_o and_o the_o end_v aim_v at_o by_o they_o it_o have_v be_v say_v that_o that_o age_n be_v the_o very_a crisis_n of_o regal_a and_o papal_a power_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n then_o be_v the_o sharp_a conflict_n betwixt_o both_o and_o thence_o forward_a the_o papal_a power_n begin_v to_o dwindle_v and_o decline_v and_o as_o a_o disease_n make_v the_o sharp_a assault_n upon_o nature_n immediate_o before_o it_o begin_v to_o abate_v so_o do_v the_o papal_a power_n at_o this_o time_n before_o its_o declension_n the_o exercise_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n do_v then_o the_o facto_fw-la derive_v from_o and_o be_v dependent_a upon_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n and_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o spiritual_a court_n or_o court_n christian_n be_v repute_v aliud_fw-la forum_n à _fw-la foro_fw-la regio_fw-la and_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o experience_v many_o attempt_n make_v to_o limit_v and_o restrain_v his_o prerogative_n insomuch_o as_o with_o great_a insolence_n his_o bishop_n threaten_v to_o excommunicate_v he_o 3d._n he_o sir_n richard_z baker_n chronicle_n the_o reign_n of_o heâ—_n 3d._n they_o be_v prop_v up_o and_o support_v by_o papal_a authority_n and_o after_o such_o a_o dare_a and_o confident_a manner_n be_v they_o inspirited_a from_o rome_n as_o to_o look_v upon_o themselves_o in_o their_o act_n utter_o independent_a on_o the_o crown_n and_o than_o it_o be_v chief_o that_o by_o the_o greatness_n and_o prevalency_n of_o boniface_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n uncle_n to_o elinor_n then_o queen_n of_o england_n that_o many_o provincial_a constitution_n be_v enact_v concern_v matter_n of_o mere_a temporal_a cognizance_v and_o encroachment_n be_v daily_o make_v on_o the_o secular_a court_n and_o excommunication_n and_o other_o censure_n be_v thunder_v out_o against_o the_o king_n bailiff_n and_o officer_n but_o why_o only_o because_o they_o oppose_v they_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o such_o constitution_n hereupon_o proceed_v these_o prohibition_n to_o the_o bishop_n upon_o these_o ground_n they_o be_v command_v not_o to_o censure_v such_o officer_n and_o bailiff_n that_o be_v for_o so_o execute_v their_o office_n and_o discharge_v their_o allegiance_n and_o duty_n to_o their_o prince_n here_o be_v no_o intent_n to_o restrain_v the_o bishop_n in_o the_o right_a exercise_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n touch_v such_o matter_n as_o true_o belong_v to_o it_o but_o to_o keep_v they_o from_o exceed_v their_o own_o bound_n and_o meddle_v in_o matter_n which_o be_v not_o cognizable_a before_o they_o and_o thus_o much_o appear_v plain_o from_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o very_a record_n itself_o set_v down_o by_o this_o author_n in_o the_o place_n before_o mention_v si_fw-la vero_fw-la praepositus_fw-la noster_fw-la aliquid_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la contra_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la faciemus_fw-la cum_fw-la juri_fw-la parere_fw-la postquam_fw-la delictum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nobis_fw-la denuntiatum_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la interim_n eum_fw-la absoâ—vi_fw-la faciatis_fw-la so_o that_o here_o be_v no_o more_o than_o what_o the_o ordinary_a writ_n of_o prohibition_n do_v import_v the_o king_n require_v to_o be_v inform_v of_o the_o true_a state_n of_o that_o cause_n his_o officer_n be_v convent_v upon_o so_o he_o require_v to_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o any_o of_o his_o other_o subject_n upon_o address_n make_v to_o he_o concern_v the_o same_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v find_v to_o belong_v indeed_o to_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n the_o party_n concern_v therein_o be_v they_o in_o any_o office_n or_o place_n of_o power_n so_o as_o belong_v to_o the_o present_a case_n they_o must_v be_v subject_a thereunto_o but_o if_o the_o matter_n do_v not_o so_o belong_v the_o king_n will_v rescue_v they_o thence_o and_o shield_v they_o with_o his_o regal_a protection_n and_o not_o suffer_v a_o incompetent_a court_n to_o have_v any_o authority_n over_o they_o but_o see_v the_o ill_a luck_n that_o this_o author_n have_v in_o allege_v this_o record_n for_o whilst_o he_o make_v a_o show_n of_o advance_v the_o king_n prerogative_n in_o one_o kind_n he_o do_v real_o depress_v it_o in_o another_o i_o can_v contain_v myself_o from_o call_v upon_o the_o reader_n and_o desire_v he_o to_o observe_v and_o then_o wonder_v that_o any_o one_o shall_v insist_v upon_o this_o writ_n as_o any_o way_n advantageous_a to_o the_o thing_n he_o bestir_v himself_o to_o make_v good_a thereby_o when_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o very_a body_n of_o it_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o bishop_n non_fw-la attendentes_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la ordinariis_fw-la locorum_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la excommunicari_fw-la ballivi_fw-la nostri_fw-la nisi_fw-la de_fw-la excessibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la prius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nobis_fw-la relata_fw-la querela_fw-la propter_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la nobis_fw-la indultum_fw-la privilegium_fw-la i_o wish_v the_o reader_n will_v be_v at_o the_o pain_n to_o consult_v the_o very_a record_n set_v down_o by_o this_o author_n in_o the_o place_n of_o his_o book_n refer_v to_o before_o and_o i_o pray_v let_v any_o one_o consider_v this_o advise_o and_o then_o tell_v i_o what_o right_o do_v that_o man_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n that_o while_o he_o appear_v mighty_o busy_v in_o assert_v the_o supremacy_n thereof_o will_v yet_o make_v it_o dependent_a on_o papal_a authority_n be_v it_o come_v to_o this_o that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n must_v ask_v leave_n of_o the_o pope_n to_o put_v any_o restraint_n upon_o his_o own_o bishop_n the_o production_n of_o this_o record_n make_v better_a to_o gratify_v the_o papist_n than_o to_o prove_v the_o thing_n it_o be_v produce_v for_o though_o in_o truth_n neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o get_v any_o real_a advantage_n hereby_o historian_n observe_v many_o miscarriage_n in_o this_o king_n government_n during_o his_o long_a reign_n of_o fifty_o and_o six_o year_n among_o which_o this_o application_n which_o he_o make_v to_o rome_n be_v not_o the_o least_o the_o most_o know_v of_o his_o subject_n be_v much_o
sect._n 37._o and_o note_v say_v he_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n have_v cognizance_n of_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n he_o instance_n in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n because_o not-excluding_a the_o other_o part_n mention_n be_v there_o make_v of_o the_o parishioner_n to_o who_o the_o repair_n belong_v and_o who_o be_v to_o contribute_v to_o the_o same_o dr_n cousin_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o apology_n cap._n 7_o inform_v we_o thus_o touch_v this_o matter_n when_o a_o prohibition_n be_v sue_v out_o say_v he_o for_o proceed_v ecclesiastical_o in_o a_o matter_n concern_v the_o reparation_n of_o the_o body_n of_o a_o church_n a_o judgement_n be_v give_v thereupon_o in_o a_o consultation_n to_o this_o effect_n which_o he_o say_v be_v record_v in_o the_o register_n cite_v by_o he_o thus_o pag._n 43._o a._n vobis_fw-la igitur_fw-la significamus_fw-la quod_fw-la super_fw-la emendatione_fw-la &_o reparatione_fw-la defectuum_fw-la corporis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la juxta_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la approbatam_fw-la facienda_fw-la procedere_fw-la poteritis_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la facere_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la forum_n ecclesiasticum_fw-la nover_v it_o be_v pertinere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d a_o prohibition_n non_fw-la obstante_fw-la and_o by_o reason_n of_o defect_n in_o the_o reparation_n of_o a_o church_n say_v the_o same_o author_n ibid._n money_n itself_o may_v lawful_o be_v sue_v for_o in_o a_o court_n ecclesiastical_a as_o appear_v by_o another_o consultation_n reg._n pag._n 48._o a._n and_o so_o it_o be_v provide_v in_o the_o very_a stature_n of_o circumspect_a agatis_fw-la the_o word_n be_v these_o mention_v in_o it_o in_o which_o case_v none_o other_o penance_n can_v be_v enjoin_v but_o pecuniary_a see_v lindwood_n ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la sub_fw-la poena_fw-la cap._n sint_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la rectores_fw-la de_fw-fr officio_fw-la archidiaconi_fw-la lord_n coke_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regis_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la p_o 9_o 3._o the_o penalty_n of_o praemunire_n will_v not_o be_v incur_v by_o any_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n on_o account_n of_o any_o proceed_n of_o this_o nature_n the_o proof_n of_o this_o assertion_n depend_v upon_o two_o thing_n viz._n the_o truth_n of_o the_o two_o former_a assertion_n that_o the_o cause_n proceed_v upon_o be_v proper_o belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n proceed_v therein_o act_v not_o by_o or_o from_o any_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n or_o power_n both_o these_o be_v so_o manifest_o true_a that_o i_o may_v supersede_n myself_o the_o labour_n of_o say_v any_o more_o therein_o but_o because_o some_o man_n mouth_n be_v open_v wide_a and_o loud_o in_o that_o point_n as_o if_o when_o by_o law_n they_o can_v not_o they_o will_v yet_o by_o their_o clamorous_a vote_n and_o confident_a affirming_n involve_v the_o bishop_n in_o the_o penalty_n of_o this_o statute_n it_o will_v therefore_o i_o think_v be_v both_o 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