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in_o so_o bless_v a_o work_n and_o will_v chronicle_v they_o and_o renown_v they_o to_o all_o posterity_n and_o entitule_fw-la they_o to_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o be_v conformist_n in_o after-age_n but_o some_o man_n do_v not_o love_v honour_n so_o well_o as_o to_o purchase_v it_o at_o so_o dear_a a_o rate_n for_o in_o all_o conscience_n the_o suffragan-bishop_n that_o share_v in_o the_o pain_n may_v honest_o put_v in_o their_o spoon_n for_o a_o meals-meat_n and_o share_v in_o the_o gain_n for_o that_o very_a trick_n therefore_o i_o do_v not_o expect_v to_o live_v to_o see_v such_o a_o primitive_a face_n of_o the_o church_n in_o this_o iron_n age_n nor_o so_o much_o tenderness_n and_o conscientiousness_n in_o the_o discharge_n of_o duty_n and_o self-denial_n in_o any_o bishop_n but_o i_o wish_v i_o can_v see_v it_o in_o the_o interim_n as_o i_o hap_v to_o meet_v with_o they_o i_o will_v see_v if_o i_o can_v persuade_v they_o to_o it_o because_o the_o harvest_n be_v so_o great_a and_o the_o labourer_n too_o few_o no_o wonder_n so_o much_o good_a corn_n be_v lose_v among_o the_o nonconformist_n and_o quaker_n and_o shake_v in_o the_o field_n for_o want_v of_o more_o hand_n to_o the_o work_n the_o mighty_a work_n of_o confirmation_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o apposite_a and_o seasonable_a to_o conclude_v this_o essay_n than_o his_o most_o gracious_a majesty_n declaration_n pag._n 11._o publish_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1660._o to_o vindicate_v it_o from_o all_o appearance_n of_o novelty_n in_o these_o word_n because_o the_o diocese_n especial_o some_o of_o they_o be_v think_v to_o be_v of_o too_o large_a extent_n we_o will_v appoint_v such_o a_o number_n of_o suffragan_n bishop_n in_o every_o diocese_n as_o shall_v be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o due_a performance_n of_o their_o work_n 3._o no_o bishop_n shall_v ordain_v or_o exercise_v any_o part_n of_o jurisdiction_n which_o appertain_v to_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n without_o the_o advice_n and_o assistance_n of_o the_o presbyter_n and_o no_o chancellor_n commissary_n or_o official_o as_o such_o shall_v exercise_v any_o act_n of_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n in_o these_o case_n viz._n excommunication_n absolution_n etc._n etc._n as_o to_o excommunication_n our_o will_n and_o pleasure_n be_v that_o no_o chancellor_n commissary_n or_o official_a decree_v any_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n or_o absolution_n yet_o i_o myself_o be_v absolve_v by_o dr._n pinfold_n and_o dr._n stearnes_n two_o loy-doctor_n in_o the_o delegate_n no_o presbyter_n be_v present_a quaere_fw-la whether_o the_o statute_n aforesaid_a 25_o h._n 8.19_o which_o alone_a constitute_v the_o delegate_n give_v such_o delegate_n power_n to_o excommunicate_v and_o absolve_v how_o come_v they_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n nor_o shall_v the_o archdeacon_n exercise_v any_o jurisdiction_n without_o the_o advice_n of_o six_o minister_n of_o his_o archdeaconry_n whereof_o three_o to_o be_v nominate_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o three_o