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the_o popish_a hierarchy_n not_o at_o all_o to_o impeach_v the_o lawful_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o episcopacy_n for_o we_o find_v at_o the_o same_o time_n as_o cromwell_n commission_n be_v in_o force_n and_o have_v be_v then_o but_o new_o pass_v that_o cranmer_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n make_v his_o metropolitical_a visitation_n under_o which_o as_o i_o conceive_v most_o proper_o fall_v the_o conusance_n of_o any_o contempt_n or_o abuse_v commit_v by_o any_o of_o his_o suffragan_n bishop_n if_o not_o in_o a_o bishop_n provincial_a synod_n archiepiscopi_fw-la jurisdictioni_fw-la subsunt_fw-la immediate_a suffraganti_fw-la see_v lind._o provin_n the_o exclusion_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n hen._n viii_o make_a no_o diminution_n of_o the_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o clergy_n as_o to_o determine_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n or_o make_v canon_n constitution_n and_o other_o synodical_a act_n as_o be_v right_o observe_v by_o dr._n heylin_n in_o his_o introduction_n to_o the_o history_n of_o laud_n late_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n upon_o this_o ground_n it_o be_v that_o to_o this_o day_n they_o exercise_v all_o manner_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o their_o own_o name_n and_o under_o the_o distinct_a seal_n of_o their_o office_n the_o statute_n that_o make_v some_o alteration_n in_o the_o matter_n be_v all_o repeal_v see_v dr._n heylin_n introduct_n aforesaid_a ibid._n fol._n 341._o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a continue_v in_o the_o convocation_n for_o make_v canon_n and_o constitution_n confirm_v by_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n discipline_n and_o the_o admonition_n still_o reside_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o those_o under_o they_o in_o case_n of_o any_o irregularity_n in_o the_o metropolitan_a resort_v must_v doubtless_o be_v to_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o earth_n the_o king_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o archbishop_n abbot_n who_o shoot_v at_o