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B15350 De adiaphoris Theological and scholastical positions, concerning the nature and vse of things indifferent. Where also is methodically and briefely handled, of ciuill and ecclesiasticall magistrates, of humane lawes, of Christian libertie, of scandall, and of the worship of God. A vowed worke, destinated (by the grace of God) to appease the dissentions of the Church of England. Written in Latine by M. Gabriel Powel, and translated into English by T.I.; De adiaphoris. English Powel, Gabriel, 1576-1611.; Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640, attributed name.; T. I., fl. 1607. 1607 (1607) STC 20146; ESTC S101530 122,532 204

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a_o ethnique_n and_o publican_n matth._n 18.17_o you_o know_v what_o commandment_n we_o give_v you_o by_o the_o lord_n jesus_n he_o therefore_o that_o despise_v these_o thing_n despise_v not_o man_n but_o god_n who_o have_v give_v we_o his_o holy_a spirit_n 1._o thess_n 4.2.8_o 100_o wherefore_o see_v the_o right_a of_o both_o power_n be_v like_a the_o law_n also_o bind_v alike_o 101_o five_o matter_n 5_o from_o the_o matter_n from_o the_o matter_n about_o which_o they_o be_v employ_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o civil_a power_n be_v the_o society_n of_o man_n and_o the_o conservation_n thereof_o to_o live_v in_o this_o life_n under_o one_o and_o the_o same_o magistrate_n 102_o so_o also_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n be_v the_o church_n that_o be_v a_o company_n of_o christian_a man_n as_o they_o be_v call_v by_o god_n and_o consecrate_v to_o lead_v a_o spiritual_a life_n in_o the_o true_a obedience_n of_o god_n therefore_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n of_o 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sentence_n have_v be_v give_v not_o upon_o inquisition_n information_n or_o accusation_n according_a to_o the_o statute_n but_o only_o upon_o process_n ex_fw-la mero_fw-la officio_fw-la x._o because_o some_o minister_n have_v be_v deprive_v only_o for_o not_o subscribe_v to_o the_o three_o article_n mention_v in_o the_o 36._o canon_n scripture_n and_o reason_n not_o succeed_v to_o the_o suppliant_n and_o defender_n wish_v minister_n rejoiner_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o proceed_n against_o the_o refractory_a minister_n nor_o sort_v to_o that_o effect_n they_o purpose_v now_o they_o have_v enter_v a_o more_o politic_a course_n challenge_v the_o proceed_n against_o the_o refractory_a minister_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n not_o to_o be_v justifiable_a by_o law_n and_o pretend_v that_o they_o be_v deal_v with_o and_o grievous_o oppress_v forsooth_o contrary_a to_o law_n as_o if_o they_o do_v carry_v a_o principal_a and_o zealous_a care_n to_o have_v all_o his_o majesty_n law_n due_o observe_v for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o go_v not_o about_o to_o defend_v the_o fact_n and_o proceed_n of_o particular_a man_n in_o this_o case_n of_o deprivation_n because_o i_o know_v not_o the_o circumstance_n whereby_o they_o be_v induce_v so_o to_o determine_v neither_o have_v i_o the_o leisure_n and_o mean_n at_o this_o instant_n to_o inquire_v thereof_o and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o grave_n and_o wise_a personage_n here_o traduce_v by_o the_o defender_n be_v able_a to_o answer_v for_o themselves_o and_o sufficient_o to_o justify_v their_o proceed_n against_o this_o calumniator_n only_o i_o be_o according_a to_o my_o poor_a ability_n to_o maintain_v the_o general_a equity_n of_o the_o proceed_n ordain_v and_o practise_v by_o the_o prescript_n and_o determination_n of_o our_o church_n and_o state_n against_o these_o factious_a minister_n wherefore_o i_o answer_v to_o these_o particular_a grievamce_n or_o branch_n of_o suppose_a oppression_n to_o the_o 1._o i._n factious_a appellant_n appellant_n answ_n to_o the_o 1._o grievance_n of_o factious_a appellant_n be_v deny_v prosecution_n of_o their_o frivolous_a and_o unjust_a appeal_n because_o they_o be_v notorious_a perturber_n of_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o canon_n make_v thereupon_o seem_v to_o have_v reference_n unto_o a_o local_a statute_n of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n whereby_o nightwalker_n incontinent_a liver_n and_o such_o as_o commit_v any_o corporal_a violence_n to_o the_o disturbance_n of_o the_o common_a quietness_n of_o the_o university_n be_v term_v perturber_n and_o breaker_n of_o the_o public_a peace_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o permit_v to_o prosecute_v the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o appeal_n grant_v to_o other_o in_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n with_o which_o kind_n of_o people_n the_o refractory_a and_o incorrigible_a minister_n be_v just_o to_o be_v rank_v as_o man_n that_o be_v not_o by_o the_o judge_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la permit_v to_o make_v their_o appeal_n nor_o have_v the_o ordinary_a time_n and_o term_n of_o prosecution_n allow_v they_o for_o as_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o say_a university_n the_o judices_fw-la inhibitionum_fw-la be_v the_o proctor_n who_o be_v to_o tie_v the_o hand_n and_o to_o shut_v the_o mouth_n of_o all_o judge_n from_o proceed_v or_o annul_v such_o sentence_n as_o be_v by_o they_o give_v if_o they_o in_o their_o discretion_n shall_v think_v it_o fit_a and_o by_o the_o statute_n be_v lawful_a so_o be_v the_o archbishop_n judge_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la by_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o convocation_n confirm_v and_o ratify_v by_o the_o king_n authority_n prohibit_v as_o the_o proctor_n of_o the_o university_n be_v to_o give_v pass_v to_o such_o factious_a appellant_n the_o equity_n of_o which_o restraint_n be_v apparent_a by_o the_o reason_n thereof_o insert_v in_o the_o preamble_n of_o the_o canon_n 98._o cite_v by_o the_o defender_n because_o they_o who_o break_v the_o law_n can_v in_o reason_n claim_v any_o benefit_n or_o protection_n by_o the_o same_o ii_o conformable_a hereunto_o it_o be_v decree_v both_o in_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n it_o be_v say_v ff_n lib._n 49._o tit_n 1._o de_fw-la appellationibus_fw-la l._n 16._o constitutiones_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la recipiendis_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la appellationibus_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la novi_fw-la fiat_fw-la locum_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la persona_fw-la quos_fw-la damnatos_fw-la statim_fw-la puniri_fw-la publicè_fw-la interest_n ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la ensign_fw-la latrones_fw-la vel_fw-la seditionum_fw-la concitatores_fw-la vel_fw-la deuce_n factionum_fw-la stirrer_n up_o of_o sedition_n and_o leader_n of_o faction_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v permit_v to_o appeal_v but_o must_v be_v present_o punish_v vide_fw-la bartol_n ad_fw-la lib._n 49._o digest_v de_fw-fr appellat_fw-la l._n 16._o constitutiones_fw-la also_o cod._n lib._n 7._o tit_n 65._o quorum_fw-la appellationes_fw-la non_fw-la recipiuntur_fw-la l._n 2._o the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o constans_n decree_n that_o confessus_fw-la non_fw-la auditur_fw-la appellans_fw-la but_o the_o refractory_a minister_n do_v not_o only_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v such_o but_o also_o wilful_o profess_v that_o they_o will_v never_o be_v conformable_a and_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o ordinance_n wherefore_o then_o shall_v they_o be_v permit_v to_o appeal_v again_o in_o the_o canon_n law_n it_o be_v decree_v si_fw-mi vero_fw-la publicus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o notorious_a eorum_fw-la excessus_fw-la appellationis_fw-la obtentu_fw-la non_fw-la praetermittas_fw-la quin_fw-la eos_fw-la excommunicatos_fw-la denuncy_n decr._n greg._n lib._n 2._o tit_n 28._o de_fw-la appellationibus_fw-la cap._n 13._o peruenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la if_o the_o appellant_n crime_n or_o excess_n be_v public_a and_o notorious_a they_o be_v not_o permit_v to_o appeal_v vide_fw-la glossam_fw-la in_o vers_fw-la notorious_a moreover_o durandus_fw-la say_v in_o delictis_fw-la notorijs_fw-la non_fw-la admittitur_fw-la appellatio_fw-la durand_n speculi_fw-la lib._n 2._o part_n 3._o §_o in_o quibus_fw-la autem_fw-la casibus_fw-la nu_fw-la 13._o and_o maranta_n quartò_fw-la principaliter_fw-la limita_fw-la non_fw-la procedere_fw-la appellationem_fw-la in_fw-la factis_fw-la notorijs_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la non_fw-la admittitur_fw-la appellatio_fw-la rob._n maranta_n speculi_fw-la aurei_fw-la part_n 6._o versic_a et_fw-la quando_fw-la appellatur_fw-la nu_fw-la 293._o now_o every_o crime_n be_v notorious_a by_o confession_n sext._n decr._n lib._n 2._o tit_n 15_o de_fw-la appellat_fw-la cap._n 3._o romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la §_o si_fw-mi autem_fw-la in_o gloss_n verse_n well_fw-mi de_fw-fr quo_fw-la nec_fw-la potest_fw-la negari_fw-la crimen_fw-la per_fw-la confessionem_fw-la fore_fw-la notorium_fw-la in_o like_a manner_n panormitan_n write_v si_fw-la verò_fw-la subditus_fw-la commonitus_fw-la à_fw-la praelato_fw-la appellaverit_fw-la si_fw-la eius_fw-la excessus_fw-la evidentiâ_fw-la rei_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsius_fw-la confession_n vel_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la legitimo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la manifestus_fw-la appellation_n deferatur_fw-la cum_fw-la appellationis_fw-la remedium_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la institutum_fw-la ad_fw-la defensionem_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la praesidium_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la panormit_fw-la
de_fw-fr appellat_fw-la cap._n 61._o cum_fw-la speciali_fw-la §_o porrò_fw-la also_o durandus_fw-la appellatio_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la praesidium_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la duran_n spec._n lib._n 2._o part_n 3._o §_o in_o quibus_fw-la autem_fw-la casibus_fw-la nu_fw-la 13._o and_o maranta_n septimò_fw-la limita_fw-la non_fw-la procedere_fw-la appellationem_fw-la in_fw-la lairone_fw-la insigni_fw-la &_o fameso_fw-la item_n in_o seditioso_fw-la &_o auctore_fw-la alicuius_fw-la factionis_fw-la quia_fw-la quicunque_fw-la damnatur_fw-la de_fw-la huiusmod_n criminibus_fw-la vel_fw-la altero_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la non_fw-la appellat_fw-la nec_fw-la supersedetur_fw-la executioni_fw-la marant_a spec._n aures_fw-la part_n 6._o versic_a et_fw-la quando_fw-la appellatur_fw-la nu_fw-la 296._o the_o refractory_a minister_n be_v require_v to_o conform_v themselves_o according_a to_o the_o order_n establish_v they_o refuse_v and_o be_v proceed_v against_o they_o appeal_v to_o what_o end_n 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