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commission_n give_v to_o read_v and_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n but_o not_o every_o where_o or_o in_o all_o or_o in_o any_o place_n or_o at_o any_o time_n or_o to_o any_o congregation_n or_o society_n of_o christian_n as_o the_o ordain_v person_n please_v this_o be_v impracticable_a and_o will_v occasion_v great_a disorder_n and_o confusion_n but_o it_o be_v limit_v to_o certain_a thereunto_o certain_a in_o the_o office_n of_o order_v of_o deacon_n if_o thou_o be_v thereto_o license_v by_o the_o bishop_n himself_o in_o the_o office_n of_o order_v of_o priest_n in_o the_o congregation_n where_o thou_o shall_v be_v lawful_o appoint_v thereunto_o condition_n of_o which_o licens_v be_v one_o and_o this_o give_v i_o occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o licens_v to_o preach_v which_o some_o man_n be_v prone_a to_o censure_v as_o a_o unnecessary_a imposition_n upon_o the_o clergy_n and_o here_o i_o shall_v offer_v something_o first_o concern_v the_o necessity_n of_o licens_v 2_o concern_v the_o person_n who_o be_v to_o licence_n 1._o as_o to_o the_o necessity_n of_o licens_v by_o the_o etc._n the_o canon_n xlv_o singuli_fw-la beneficiati_fw-la in_o beneficiis_fw-la suis_fw-la residentes_fw-la dummodo_fw-la sint_fw-la legitima_fw-la authoritate_fw-la admissi_fw-la per_fw-la singulos_fw-la etc._n etc._n canon_n xlvi_o omnis_fw-la beneficiatus_fw-la ad_fw-la concionandum_fw-la non_fw-la admissus_fw-la concionem_fw-la per_fw-la concionatorem_fw-la legitime_fw-la approbatum_fw-la haberi_fw-la procurabit_fw-la etc._n etc._n canon_n of_o 1603._o it_o appear_v that_o all_o benefice_a man_n be_v not_o allow_v to_o be_v preacher_n i_o take_v it_o that_o benefice_a man_n be_v such_o as_o have_v institution_n to_o benefice_n so_o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o convocation_n by_o which_o that_o body_n of_o canon_n be_v compile_v institution_n alone_o do_v not_o authorize_v man_n to_o be_v preacher_n but_o preacher_n be_v to_o be_v license_v therefore_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o licens_v even_o as_o to_o benefice_a man_n and_o though_o there_o be_v not_o god_n be_v thank_v that_o real_a necessity_n that_o it_o may_v be_v there_o be_v at_o the_o time_n of_o that_o convocation_n sit_v there_o be_v since_o then_o a_o general_a increase_n of_o learning_n and_o knowledge_n yet_o still_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n as_o to_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o a_o great_a expediency_n if_o it_o be_v more_o use_v as_o to_o the_o regulate_v of_o preach_v which_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o our_o own_o observation_n and_o experience_n have_v be_v make_v a_o instrument_n not_o only_o of_o promote_a error_n in_o the_o church_n but_o also_o sedition_n and_o rebellion_n in_o the_o state_n institution_n then_o do_v not_o authorise_v benefice_v man_n to_o preach_v in_o their_o own_o benefice_n unlicensed_a so_o that_o if_o neither_o ordination_n nor_o institution_n give_v sufficient_a authority_n to_o preach_v i_o mean_v as_o to_o particular_a 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man_n ought_v not_o to_o undertake_v so_o that_o it_o be_v very_o evident_a that_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n or_o at_o least_o a_o great_a expediency_n in_o require_v preacher_n to_o be_v license_v ii_o as_o to_o the_o person_n who_o be_v to_o licence_n it_o be_v only_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n himself_o in_o which_o the_o license_v person_n reside_v this_o as_o to_o deacon_n seem_v very_o plain_a by_o these_o word_n in_o the_o office_n of_o ordination_n which_o the_o bishop_n use_v in_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o the_o ordain_a person_n take_v thou_o authority_n to_o read_v the_o gospel_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o to_o preach_v the_o same_o if_o thou_o be_v thereto_o license_v by_o the_o bishop_n himself_o which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n where_o the_o ordain_v person_n have_v a_o title_n to_o officiate_v and_o therefore_o if_o a_o bishop_n of_o one_o diocese_n by_o virtue_n of_o letter_n dimissory_a ordain_v a_o deacon_n who_o have_v a_o title_n in_o another_o diocese_n that_o bishop_n in_o who_o diocese_n the_o title_n be_v aught_o to_o grant_v the_o licence_n and_o not_o the_o ordain_v bishop_n but_o that_o for_o which_o i_o mention_v this_o principal_o be_v that_o the_o licence_n be_v to_o be_v grant_v by_o the_o bishop_n himself_o this_o addition_n or_o limitation_n be_v make_v at_o the_o reformation_n when_o the_o form_n of_o ordain_v deacon_n priest_n and_o bishop_n be_v purge_v and_o alter_v it_o be_v then_o judge_v requisite_a to_o restrain_v the_o authority_n of_o licens_v reader_n and_o preacher_n to_o the_o bishop_n himself_o know_v what_o ill_a use_n have_v be_v make_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n before_o the_o reformation_n they_o be_v then_o under_o no_o restraint_n for_o grant_v such_o licence_n so_o that_o this_o limitation_n be_v make_v on_o purpose_n to_o restrain_v any_o other_o officer_n or_o substitute_n and_o as_o to_o deacon_n so_o also_o to_o priest_n as_o it_o seem_v evident_a by_o the_o xxxvi_o and_o