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so_o be_v a_o dean_n de_fw-fr mero_fw-la jure_fw-la for_o he_o be_v spiritual_a 273._o the_o ordinary_a have_v also_o power_n of_o correction_n of_o a_o parson_n 46._o and_o every_o hospital_n be_v it_o lay_v or_o spiritual_n be_v visitable_a 31._o by_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o the_o realm_n the_o king_n have_v power_n to_o visit_v reform_v and_o correct_v all_o abuse_n and_o enormity_n in_o the_o church_n 4._o nor_o be_v the_o king_n donative_n visitable_a by_o the_o ordinary_a 21._o but_o proper_o by_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n a._n and_o the_o king_n may_v grant_v a_o special_a commission_n to_o that_o purpose_n 46._o but_o as_o to_o hospital_n if_o they_o be_v spiritual_a the_o ordinary_a shall_v visit_v they_o if_o they_o be_v lay-hospital_n the_o patron_n 31._o in_o the_o statute_n of_o 1_o el._n cap._n 2._o there_o be_v a_o proviso_n that_o all_o and_o singular_a archbishop_n and_o bishop_n and_o every_o of_o their_o chancellor_n commissary_n archdeacon_n and_o other_o 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4._o ca._n 35._o this_o visitation_n be_v a_o special_a and_o peculiar_a duty_n belong_v to_o every_o bishop_n as_o derive_v from_o the_o apostle_n who_o themselves_o be_v visitor_n and_o for_o that_o end_n and_o purpose_n do_v pertransire_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la 16._o the_o bishop_n have_v his_o triennial_n per_fw-la archidiaconi_fw-la visitatio_fw-la potest_fw-la fieri_fw-la singulis_fw-la annis_fw-la extr._n de_fw-fr offic._n archid._n c._n mandamus_fw-la we_o find_v also_o that_o episcopus_fw-la debet_fw-la visitare_fw-la singulis_fw-la annis_fw-la parochiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la dimittat_fw-la propter_fw-la gravamen_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la &_o 238._o tunc_fw-la mittat_fw-la archidiaconum_n etc._n etc._n ab._n sic._n super_fw-la 2._o 1._o de_fw-mi offic._n archid._n c._n ut_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la 10._o q._n 1._o c._n decrevimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n episcopum_fw-la 19_o every_o bishop_n have_v his_o cathedral_n and_o council_n and_o the_o council_n and_o bishop_n there_o decide_v matter_n of_o controversy_n the_o prebend_n have_v their_o name_n from_o the_o afford_v of_o help_n to_o the_o bishop_n if_o any_o clerk_n etc._n after_o he_o have_v swear_v canonical_a obedience_n shall_v happen_v to_o commit_v episcopicide_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o petty-treason_n and_o shall_v suffer_v as_o such_o whereas_o heretofore_o the_o county_n of_o gloucester_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o worcester_n out_o of_o which_o it_o be_v take_v by_o king_n h._n 8._o when_o first_o make_v a_o bishopric_n the_o diocese_n of_o worcester_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n ed_n 6._o lay_v to_o the_o see_v of_o gloucester_n dr._n heylin_n be_v hist_n eccl._n p._n 101._o next_o unto_o the_o two_o archbishop_n the_o bishop_n of_o london_n of_o all_o the_o other_o bishop_n have_v the_o pre-eminence_n episcopus_fw-la londinensis_fw-la say_v a_o ancient_a record_n speciali_fw-la quadam_fw-la dignitate_fw-la caeteris_fw-la anteponendus_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cantuariensis_n decanus_n est_fw-la provincialis_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o duresme_fw-fr who_o be_v
may_v not_o of_o the_o same_o church_n exact_v one_o procuration_n from_o the_o rector_n another_o from_o the_o vicar_n if_o he_o have_v the_o procuration_n in_o victualibus_fw-la of_o the_o rector_n he_o ought_v to_o receive_v nothing_o of_o the_o vicar_n nec_fw-la è_fw-la contra_fw-la for_o one_o procuration_n of_o one_o church_n for_o one_o day_n be_v hold_v sufficient_a dict_z c._n foelicis_fw-la de_fw-fr censib_n nor_o do_v the_o canon_n allow_v above_o one_o procuration_n in_o case_n there_o be_v more_o church_n than_o one_o visited_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o day_n the_o reason_n whereof_o in_o law_n because_o the_o visitation_n be_v the_o principal_a the_o procuration_n be_v but_o the_o accessary_a and_o the_o visitation_n only_o of_o one_o day_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v the_o procuration_n of_o more_o nor_o ought_v the_o accessary_a to_o exceed_v the_o principal_a lindw_n ibid._n de_fw-fr censib_n c._n quamvis_fw-la &_o gl_a ib._n ver_fw-la canon_n nor_o ought_v there_o to_o be_v pay_v above_o one_o procuration_n for_o the_o mother-church_n and_o the_o chapel_n thereto_o belong_v when_o they_o be_v visited_n can._n ibid._n ver_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la yet_o there_o be_v canonist_n of_o very_a good_a authority_n as_o andraeas_n and_o other_o who_o hold_v the_o contrary_a do_v positive_o assert_v that_o every_o chapel_n dependent_a if_o people_v and_o of_o ability_n shall_v pay_v its_o own_o proper_a procuration_n at_o time_n of_o the_o ordinary_a visitation_n for_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v to_o have_v a_o respect_n to_o every_o individual_a member_n of_o his_o diocese_n it_o be_v therefore_o distinguish_v and_o confess_v that_o this_o be_v true_a when_o the_o chapel_n dependent_a have_v a_o curate_n proper_a of_o its_o one_o and_o distinct_a from_o or_o other_o than_o the_o curate_n of_o the_o mother-church_n but_o otherwise_o when_o the_o rector_n of_o the_o superior_a church_n be_v curate_n of_o both_o only_o do_v exercise_v the_o cure_n in_o the_o say_a chapel_n by_o a_o vicar_n not_o perpetual_a but_o temporal_a and_o removable_a ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la gl._n in_o d._n ver_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la lindwood_n on_o this_o occasion_n put_v the_o question_n whether_o in_o case_n the_o church_n be_v of_o one_o diocese_n and_o the_o chapel_n thereto_o annex_v or_o unite_v or_o dependent_a thereon_o of_o another_o whether_o in_o that_o case_n there_o shall_v at_o the_o visitation_n be_v but_o one_o procuration_n pay_v for_o both_o he_o resolve_v it_o thus_o viz._n that_o if_o the_o ordinary_a of_o the_o place_n where_o the_o say_a chapel_n stand_v have_v former_o have_v there_o his_o visitation_n and_o procuration_n ratione_fw-la visitationis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la then_o and_o in_o that_o case_n the_o power_n of_o visit_v the_o same_o nor_o by_o consequence_n the_o procuration_n due_a ratione_fw-la visitationis_fw-la be_v not_o take_v away_o from_o that_o ordinary_a by_o such_o union_n or_o dependency_n gloss_n ibid._n in_o ver_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 7._o by_o the_o aforesaid_a council_n of_o lateran_n all_o visitor_n be_v limit_v to_o a_o certain_a number_n of_o visitation-attendants_a according_a to_o their_o several_a quality_n as_o archbishop_n to_o the_o number_n of_o forty_o or_o fifty_o man_n with_o their_o horse_n the_o bishop_n to_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o cardinal_n to_o twenty_o five_o though_o they_o can_v not_o digest_v such_o a_o undervaluation_n archdeacon_n to_o five_o or_o seven_o dean_n that_o be_v archipresbyteri_fw-la rurales_n as_o the_o gloss_n expound_v it_o to_o two_o only_a gl._n in_o ver_fw-la decani_fw-la extr._n eod_a c._n cum_fw-la apostolus_fw-la extr._n com._n de_fw-la censib_n c._n vas_fw-la electionis_fw-la and_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o archdeacon_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n may_v not_o have_v in_o his_o ordinary_a visitation_n above_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o person_n if_o he_o exceed_v that_o number_n there_o be_v not_o any_o procuration_n due_a for_o the_o supernumeraries_n lind._o de_fw-la cens_fw-la &_o procurat_fw-la c._n 1._o ver_fw-la excedant_fw-la &_o glow_n ibid._n &_o gl_v in_o ver_fw-la visitationis_fw-la &_o gl_a ib._n in_o ver_fw-la debitam_fw-la 8._o the_o word_n synodale_n seem_v to_o have_v three_o signification_n as_o 1_o it_o seem_v to_o signify_v conventus_fw-la or_o a_o meeting_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o synodus_fw-la as_o be_v take_v for_o the_o meeting_n or_o synod_n itself_o and_o so_o use_v by_o gregory_n 3._o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o baiory_n and_o almany_n catholica_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la authoritas_fw-la jubet_fw-la ut_fw-la bis_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v populi_fw-la christiani_n seu_fw-la exhortatione_n adoptionis_fw-la filiorum_fw-la synodalia_fw-la debent_fw-la celebrari_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o epistle_n you_o have_v cite_v by_o cardinal_n baronius_n in_o the_o eight_o tome_n of_o his_o annal_n about_o the_o year_n 738._o 2_o it_o seem_v to_o signify_v the_o act_n do_v at_o a_o synod_n as_o well_o as_o the_o synod_n itself_o and_o in_o this_o sense_n you_o have_v it_o in_o the_o tripartite_a history_n 452._o where_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n assemble_v at_o antioch_n out_o of_o divers_a province_n who_o send_v the_o emperor_n jovinian_a a_o copy_n of_o the_o nicene_n creed_n hunc_fw-la libellum_fw-la mean_v the_o say_a creed_n in_o collectione_n synodalium_n sabini_n conscriptum_fw-la invenimus_fw-la 392._o in_o which_o place_n synodalia_fw-la seem_v to_o import_n the_o act_n of_o that_o synod_n collect_v by_o that_o sabinus_n 3_o it_o signify_v a_o cense_v or_o tribute_n in_o money_n pay_v to_o the_o bishop_n or_o to_o some_o other_o for_o his_o use_n by_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n the_o forementioned_a author_n of_o the_o historical_a discourse_n of_o procuration_n 78._o etc._n etc._n acquaint_v we_o that_o in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o appendix_n to_o the_o three_o general_n council_n of_o lateran_n there_o be_v a_o epistle_n of_o pope_n alex._n 3._o to_o certain_a archdeacon_n and_n dean_n reprove_v they_o for_o extort_v of_o money_n from_o the_o clergy_n sub_fw-la diversis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la in_o a_o fraudulent_a kind_n of_o way_n et_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la exactionem_fw-la say_v that_o epistle_n ut_fw-la eam_fw-la liberius_n videamini_fw-la exigere_fw-la quandoque_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la quandoque_fw-la synodalia_fw-la quandoque_fw-la denarios_fw-la paschales_fw-la appellantes_fw-la and_o in_o this_o sense_n be_v the_o word_n synodale_n here_o use_v and_o take_v which_o the_o archdeacon_n claim_v not_o so_o much_o jure_fw-la communi_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la as_o by_o composition_n with_o or_o prescription_n from_o the_o bishop_n 9_o this_o synodal_n or_o synodical_a duty_n be_v ancient_o know_v by_o two_o other_o name_n which_o now_o be_v grow_v obsolete_a the_o one_o cathedraticum_n probable_o from_o the_o original_a cause_n thereof_o be_v ob_fw-la honorem_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la the_o other_o synodaticum_fw-la from_o the_o time_n of_o payment_n both_o use_v promiscuous_o the_o former_a of_o these_o viz._n the_o cathedraticum_n be_v a_o cense_v of_o two_o shilling_n pay_v by_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n to_o the_o bishop_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o act_n of_o certain_a council_n of_o bracar_n and_o toledo_n as_o also_o by_o the_o constitution_n and_o rescript_n of_o pope_n ilud_fw-la te_fw-la volumus_fw-la modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la custodire_fw-la ne_fw-la qui_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la siciliae_fw-la de_fw-la parochiis_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la nomine_fw-la cathedratici_n amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la dvos_fw-la solidos_fw-la praesumant_fw-la accipere_fw-la 10._o q._n 3._o c._n illud_fw-la etc._n etc._n placuit_fw-la ibi_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o honorius_n 3_o express_v two_o shilling_n nomine_fw-la cathedratici_n extr._n de_fw-fr offic._n jud._n ordin_n c._n conquerent_a &_o gl_v ibid._n in_o ver_fw-la dvos_fw-la solidos_fw-la which_o be_v a_o pension_n pay_v to_o the_o bishop_n à _fw-fr qualibet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la secundum_fw-la loci_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la as_o panormitan_n upon_o that_o text_n abb._n c._n conquerent_a de_fw-fr offic._n jud._n ord._n the_o reason_n of_o this_o payment_n be_v according_a to_o hostiensis_n in_o argumentum_fw-la subjectionis_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la honorem_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la hostiens_fw-la in_o sum._n de_fw-fr censib_n ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la ver_fw-la cathedraticum_fw-la autem_fw-la and_o the_o council_n of_o bracar_n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la per_fw-la svas_fw-la dioeceses_fw-la ambulans_fw-la praeter_fw-la honorem_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la suae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la dvos_fw-la solidos_fw-la aliud_fw-la aliquid_fw-la per_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la tollat_fw-la cite_v in_o the_o decree_n 10._o q._n 3._o c._n placuit_fw-la note_v that_o the_o cistersian_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o order_n be_v privilege_v from_o be_v present_a at_o the_o synodical_a meeting_n assemble_v by_o the_o bishop_n within_o his_o diocese_n and_o from_o the_o payment_n of_o those_o synodal_n gloss_n in_o ver_fw-la episcopus_fw-la c._n episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la dist_n 18._o extr._n de_fw-fr majoris_fw-la &_o obed._n c._n 9_o quod_fw-la supr_fw-la &_o gl_v ib._n in_o ver_fw-la diocoesana_n this_o cathedratick-payment_n begin_v when_o
the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n first_o come_v to_o be_v divide_v and_o allot_v to_o several_a ministery_n than_o it_o be_v that_o this_o payment_n be_v first_o make_v to_o the_o bishop_n by_o the_o benefice_a clergy_n within_o his_o diocese_n duaren_n ut_fw-la supr_fw-la &_o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o foe_n 53._o it_o be_v probable_a that_o this_o division_n of_o the_o church_n revenue_n be_v not_o far_o distant_a in_o time_n from_o the_o first_o or_o original_a distinguishment_n of_o parochial_a bound_n upon_o which_o affair_n pope_n euaristus_n otherwise_o call_v anacletus_fw-la graecus_n do_v first_o enter_v about_o the_o year_n 110._o volateran_n l._n 22._o anast_n biblioth_n &_o baron_n annal._n ad_fw-la an._n 112._o nu_fw-la 4_o 5_o 6._o and_o be_v afterward_o carry_v on_o by_o pope_n dionysius_n about_o the_o year_n 260._o baron_fw-fr annal._n ad_fw-la an._n 260._o nu_fw-la 17._o parochial_a distribution_n in_o england_n be_v by_o theodorus_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n about_o the_o year_n 668._o spelm._n council_n 152_o but_o speed_n say_v by_o honorius_n the_o five_o archbishop_n also_o of_o canterbury_n about_o the_o year_n 636._o it_o may_v not_o hence_o be_v infer_v that_o this_o cathedraticum_fw-la or_o synodal_n be_v only_o pay_v ratione_fw-la synodi_fw-la for_o it_o be_v sometime_o and_o very_o ancient_o pay_v also_o at_o visitation_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o seven_o council_n at_o toledo_n mention_v in_o the_o decree_n 10._o q._n 3._o c._n inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la &_o casus_fw-la ibi_fw-la where_o there_o be_v a_o canon_n against_o the_o exact_v of_o more_o than_o two_o shilling_n only_a pro_fw-la cathedratico_fw-la in_o episcopal_a visitation_n this_o cense_v or_o payment_n though_o it_o be_v onus_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la yet_o it_o be_v not_o onus_fw-la innovatum_fw-la but_o onus_fw-la ordinarium_fw-la and_o by_o imposition_n of_o law_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o provincial_a constitution_n solutio_fw-la cathedratici_n synodatici_n &_o 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conjectural_o conceive_v that_o the_o pentecostal_n otherwise_o call_v whitson-farthing_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o annual_a commemoration_n continuation_n or_o repetition_n of_o a_o ancient_a payment_n or_o pension_n issue_v out_o of_o the_o oblation_n bring_v by_o the_o people_n long_o since_o special_o at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o foundation_n or_o dedication_n of_o their_o several_a church_n or_o at_o some_o other_o solemnity_n viz._n the_o moiety_n or_o three_o part_n of_o the_o oblation_n then_o make_v the_o same_o be_v reserve_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o by_o a_o contract_n seu_fw-la quasi_fw-la contractu_fw-la between_o he_o and_o the_o founder_n of_o such_o church_n or_o priest_n assign_v to_o attend_v the_o same_o settle_v in_o and_o upon_o the_o episcopal_n see_v and_o payable_a yearly_a at_o or_o about_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n these_o pentecostalia_n be_v not_o as_o some_o conceive_v the_o peter-pence_n here_o ancient_o pay_v for_o they_o be_v usual_o pay_v 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their_o offering_n and_o pay_v their_o tithe_n convert_v they_o to_o their_o own_o use_n 13_o all_o such_o as_o deny_v the_o gather_n of_o the_o tithe_n of_o any_o fruit_n or_o molest_v and_o hinder_v the_o collector_n thereof_o 14_o all_o lay-person_n who_o usurp_v upon_o such_o oblation_n and_o offering_n as_o be_v due_a and_o appertain_v only_o to_o ecclesiastical_a person_n without_o their_o assent_n and_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o bishop_n 15_o sacrilegious_a person_n and_o all_o such_o as_o invade_v the_o just_a right_n liberty_n or_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n or_o otherwise_o unjust_o possess_v themselves_o de_fw-la bonis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la 16_o all_o bailiff_n and_o other_o officer_n that_o unjust_o enter_v upon_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n or_o undue_o exact_v from_o the_o same_o or_o commit_v waste_n upon_o any_o the_o revenue_n of_o a_o church_n vacant_a 17_o all_o oppugner_n of_o episcopal_a authority_n or_o that_o resist_n and_o oppose_v the_o exercise_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o all_o such_o as_o dissuade_v other_o from_o their_o due_a obedience_n thereunto_o 18_o all_o such_o as_o be_v imprison_v for_o their_o contempt_n to_o some_o ecclesiastical_a sentence_n be_v thence_o set_v at_o liberty_n contrary_a to_o the_o liberty_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v excommunicate_a person_n when_o they_o be_v first_o apprehend_v 19_o all_o such_o as_o violent_o usurp_v upon_o the_o propriety_n of_o such_o tree_n and_o fruit_n as_o grow_v in_o the_o churchyard_n root_a they_o up_o or_o fell_v they_o down_o or_o mow_v down_o the_o grass_n thereof_o contrary_a to_o the_o will_n and_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o rector_n or_o vicar_n of_o any_o church_n or_o chappel_n or_o their_o tenant_n 20_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v non_fw-la ritè_fw-la solemnize_v prohibit_v marriage_n that_o be_v such_o as_o have_v any_o canonical_a impediment_n 21_o all_o such_o as_o contrary_a to_o the_o true_a catholic_n sense_n shall_v assert_v any_o thing_n or_o lay_v down_o position_n or_o make_v proposition_n savour_v of_o heresy_n public_o in_o the_o school_n 22_o all_o such_o as_o in_o their_o preach_a or_o otherwise_o shall_v violate_v the_o canon_n that_o enjoin_v a_o due_a examination_n and_o approbation_n of_o person_n before_o they_o be_v admit_v to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n 23_o all_o such_o as_o touch_v the_o sacrament_n assert_v any_o thing_n beside_o or_o contrary_n to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o church_n or_o call_v such_o thing_n into_o doubt_n public_o as_o be_v define_v and_o state_v by_o the_o church_n 24_o all_o such_o as_o in_o the_o university_n do_v after_o a_o premonition_n to_o the_o contrary_a hold_v any_o opinion_n or_o assert_v any_o doctrine_n proposition_n or_o conclusion_n touch_v the_o catholic_n faith_n or_o good_a manner_n of_o a_o ill_a tendency_n contrary_a to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o church_n 25_o all_o such_o clerk_n as_o without_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n shall_v of_o themselves_o or_o by_o any_o lay-power_n intrude_v themselves_o into_o the_o possession_n of_o any_o parochial_a church_n or_o other_o ecclesiastical_a live_n have_v curam_fw-la animarum_fw-la these_o case_n and_o some_o other_o now_o not_o of_o use_n in_o this_o realm_n be_v enumerate_v by_o lindwood_n lindw_n de_fw-fr sententia_fw-la excom_n c._n ult_n gloss_n in_o verb._n candelis_fw-la accensis_fw-la but_o there_o be_v very_o many_o other_o case_n in_o the_o canon_n law_n that_o fall_n under_o this_o excommunication_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la by_o which_o in_o the_o law_n be_v ever_o understand_v the_o major_n excommunicatio_fw-la and_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v publish_v and_o denounce_v in_o the_o church_n four_o solemn_a day_n in_o every_o year_n when_o the_o congregation_n be_v likely_a to_o be_v most_o full_a and_o that_o in_o majorem_fw-la terrorem_fw-la 9_o the_o cause_n of_o excommunication_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la according_a to_o the_o constitution_n and_o canon_n ecclesiastical_a of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n now_o in_o force_n be_v such_o as_o these_o viz._n 1_o impugner_n of_o the_o king_n supremacy_n 2_o affirmer_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o now_o establish_v to_o be_v not_o a_o true_a and_o apostolical_a church_n 3_o impugner_n of_o the_o public_a worship_n of_o god_n establish_v in_o the_o church_n 4_o impugner_n of_o the_o article_n of_o religion_n establish_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 5_o impugner_n of_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n establish_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 6_o impugner_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n by_o archbishop_n bishop_n etc._n etc._n 7_o impugner_n of_o the_o form_n of_o make_v and_o consecrate_v archbishop_n bishop_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n 8_o author_n of_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n 9_o maintainer_n of_o schismatic_n conventicle_n and_o constitution_n make_v in_o conventicle_n likewise_o by_o the_o say_a canon_n the_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n of_o excommunication_n be_v incur_v by_o all_o such_o minister_n as_o revolt_n from_o the_o article_n unto_o which_o they_o subscribe_v at_o their_o