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which_o be_v very_o negligent_a in_o hear_v sermon_n and_o in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o furthermore_o which_o do_v offend_v the_o church_n with_o their_o wicked_a life_n for_o such_o if_o they_o live_v in_o the_o city_n they_o be_v throw_v out_o of_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o ward_n or_o company_n so_o that_o they_o can_v buy_v and_o sell_v with_o no_o man_n neither_o be_v they_o capable_a of_o any_o honour_n or_o public_a office_n but_o if_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o country_n they_o be_v keep_v from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o common_a pastnre_n and_o wood_n and_o this_o way_n be_v most_o meet_a for_o we_o let_v other_o city_n and_o country_n do_v that_o which_o they_o think_v to_o be_v most_o profitable_a for_o their_o people_n for_o so_o much_o as_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o same_o form_n of_o discipline_n can_v be_v appoint_v and_o observe_v in_o all_o place_n i_o wish_v the_o other_o remove_v from_o those_o court_n and_o this_o in_o the_o place_n of_o 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excommunicate_v for_o money_n etc._n etc._n io._n whitgifte_n so_o i_o do_v indeed_o but_o it_o be_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o man_n not_o of_o the_o law_n chap._n 2._o the._n 5._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 151._o sect._n 1_o last_o of_o all_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v neither_o lawful_a for_o civil_a nor_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n nor_o simple_o for_o any_o man_n to_o do_v of_o which_o sort_n diverse_a be_v reckon_v up_o by_o the_o abmonition_n and_o some_o confess_v by_o m._n doctor_n i_o will_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o the_o unfitnesse_n of_o those_o which_o be_v chief_a officer_n in_o these_o court_n that_o the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v either_o papist_n or_o briber_n or_o drunkard_n i_o know_v what_o i_o write_v or_o epicure_n and_o such_o as_o live_v of_o benefice_n and_o prebend_n in_o england_n and_o in_o ireland_n do_v nothing_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o apperteyne_a unto_o they_o and_o of_o other_o such_o naughty_a person_n which_o 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