which_o all_o man_n be_v to_o submit_v 126._o 138._o 157_o case_n that_o do_v happen_v be_v to_o be_v all_o settle_a by_o some_o rule_n or_o other_o 145_o civil_a law_n perfect_v as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n very_o sufficient_a to_o resolve_v all_o case_n that_o can_v happen_v 15._o 53._o 147._o 155_o 171._o and_o be_v the_o true_a art_n and_o science_n of_o law_n 166_o canon_n law_n and_o civil_a law_n have_v be_v at_o variance_n which_o shall_v spread_v most_o 163._o 185._o yet_o both_o of_o they_o have_v be_v admit_v by_o prince_n for_o several_a use_n 125._o 185._o that_o they_o be_v not_o inseparable_a as_o some_o do_v imagine_v 184._o canon_n law_n be_v but_o the_o civil_a law_n apply_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n and_o church_n matter_n and_o be_v in_o most_o thing_n the_o same_o with_o the_o civil_a 163._o 186_o order_n divers_a thing_n mere_o temporal_a under_o pretence_n of_o be_v spiritual_a 186_o cause_n that_o be_v try_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n before_o the_o government_n change_v why_o they_o shall_v be_v try_v by_o the_o same_o law_n still_o 178._o and_o in_o the_o epistle_n d_o defence_n legal_a ought_v not_o even_o in_o capital_a matter_n be_v deny_v a_o subject_n against_o his_o king_n 7_o dead_a body_n not_o to_o be_v arrest_v nor_o touch_v in_o their_o grave_n 80_o e_o exarchate_n of_o ravenna_n after_o constantinople_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v still_o govern_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n 118_o england_n have_v the_o civil_a law_n read_v public_o in_o it_o as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v restore_v in_o italy_n by_o lotharius_n 125_o ecclesiastical_a man_n and_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n have_v be_v and_o may_v be_v regulate_v by_o temporal_a prince_n 186._o 162_o ecclesiastical_a man_n have_v through_o favour_n of_o prince_n rather_o than_o of_o right_a be_v suffer_v to_o order_v some_o cause_n which_o be_v mere_o temporal_a 186_o f_o fraud_n so_o detest_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n that_o sometime_o it_o do_v dissolve_v the_o whole_a bargain_n sometime_o it_o do_v enjoin_v the_o whole_a true_a value_n to_o be_v pay_v where_o one_o be_v deceive_v in_o more_o than_o half_a the_o worth_n 12._o never_o suffer_v to_o bring_v any_o advantage_n to_o the_o deceiver_n or_o to_o any_o one_o else_o 13._o most_o detestable_a in_o those_o that_o the_o law_n do_v most_o privilege_n when_o deceive_v 13_o foreign_a state_n not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o municipal_a law_n 146_o foreign_a state_n why_o they_o do_v judge_v so_o much_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n 153_o g_o great_a man_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o assume_v or_o protect_v the_o controversy_n or_o litigious_a suit_n of_o other_o 62_o guardian_n may_v husband_n but_o not_o sell_v the_o estate_n of_o their_o pupil_n 106_o government_n be_v at_o first_o without_o any_o law_n at_o all_o 110_o government_n be_v change_v the_o law_n seldom_o remain_v the_o same_o 116_o government_n howsoever_o change_v yet_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v of_o use_n 157._o 176_o i_o ingratitude_n do_v make_v a_o free_a gift_n revocable_a from_o he_o that_o be_v ungrateful_a 84_o italy_n be_v seven_o time_n bring_v almost_o to_o utter_v desolation_n in_o less_o than_o eighty_o year_n 114_o justinian_o body_n of_o the_o law_n be_v compile_v at_o constantinople_n and_o keep_v out_o of_o italy_n 500_o year_n together_o 118._o but_o prevail_v altogether_o in_o the_o east_n ibid._n italy_n when_o it_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o goth_n and_o lombard_n some_o part_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v in_o use_n there_o still_o 119_o justinian_n be_v by_o some_o make_v instrumental_a in_o suppress_v the_o old_a book_n of_o the_o roman_a law_n after_o his_o collection_n be_v finish_v but_o without_o just_a ground_n 121_o k_o kill_v in_o one_o own_o defence_n ought_v to_o receive_v no_o punishment_n 6._o nor_o kill_v by_o chance_n ibid._n a_o king_n by_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v no_o more_o absolve_v from_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o law_n nor_o have_v any_o loose_a power_n over_o the_o life_n liberty_n or_o good_n of_o his_o subject_n then_o by_o other_o law_n 19_o king_n be_v drive_v out_o of_o rome_n their_o law_n be_v never_o in_o use_n more_o 103_o l_o law_n what_o property_n it_o ought_v to_o have_v and_o that_o chief_o it_o ought_v to_o agree_v with_o reason_n 1._o 2._o &_o seq_n 46._o it_o be_v but_o a_o determination_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 4._o it_o must_v not_o only_o not_o cross_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a principle_n of_o nature_n but_o not_o such_o neither_o as_o be_v any_o way_n though_o remote_o depend_v on_o they_o 8._o to_o be_v fair_o and_o candid_o interpret_v and_o without_o any_o fraud_n 13._o may_v profitable_o contain_v the_o very_a maxim_n of_o reason_n 21._o common_a capacity_n no_o good_a judge_n of_o law_n 25._o and_o who_o be_v and_o what_o must_v be_v consider_v to_o judge_v right_o of_o they_o ibid._n the_o severity_n of_o they_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o demerit_n of_o man_n 26._o though_o not_o so_o rational_a as_o other_o subject_n must_v acquiess_v in_o they_o till_o they_o be_v alter_v 31_o law_n of_o nation_n be_v that_o which_o order_v all_o affair_n between_o nation_n and_o nation_n 59_o to_o be_v know_v out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n 61_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n the_o groundwork_n and_o foundation_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n 104_o law_n of_o all_o other_o nation_n be_v go_v and_o extinct_a with_o the_o state_n themselves_o except_v the_o roman_a 110_o law_n of_o some_o people_n more_o famous_a than_o other_o 111_o lotharius_n the_o emperor_n be_v the_o restorer_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n when_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v extinct_a in_o europe_n 122_o law_n foreign_a not_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o proper_a law_n of_o the_o country_n 125._o 140._o 144_o law_n of_o no_o nation_n so_o sufficient_a but_o that_o another_o law_n be_v needful_a 128._o 144._o 154_o law_n of_o government_n proper_a for_o the_o state_n itself_o be_v necessary_a in_o every_o nation_n 129._o 140_o law_n of_o all_o nation_n too_o imperfect_a for_o the_o multitude_n of_o case_n that_o do_v happen_v 52._o 144._o 145_o law_n not_o to_o be_v measure_v by_o their_o abuse_n or_o execution_n 28_o legal_a matter_n be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o lawyer_n only_o 25._o 151_o lawyer_n none_o in_o foreign_a part_n but_o civilian_n 152_o lawyer_n of_o the_o latter_a age_n more_o learned_a than_o those_o before_o they_o 160_o two_o law_n in_o one_o state_n not_o inconvenient_a 120._o 154._o 182_o m_n municipal_a law_n must_v be_v in_o every_o nation_n 129._o 140._o and_o they_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o any_o other_o law_n or_o reason_n 103._o 125._o 140._o 143._o 144_o municipal_a law_n be_v too_o short_a and_o scanty_a to_o take_v in_o all_o case_n that_o do_v arise_v 144_o merchant_n no_o fit_a judge_n to_o try_v and_o decide_v sea_n cause_n 148_o man_n how_o much_o they_o differ_v in_o their_o temper_n and_o so_o in_o their_o action_n 25._o 41._o 53._o 145_o monarchy_n be_v no_o loose_a government_n than_o any_o other_o 19_o military_a question_n to_o be_v regulate_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o epistle_n municipal_a law_n have_v no_o degree_n take_v nor_o lecture_n read_v in_o they_o any_o where_o but_o in_o england_n 152._o 153._o all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o they_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n 98._o 164._o n_o nation_n not_o so_o abound_v in_o all_o thing_n but_o that_o they_o do_v or_o may_v stand_v in_o need_n one_o of_o another_o 155_o nation_n abroad_o do_v main_o practice_v the_o civil_a law_n in_o matter_n between_o man_n and_o man_n 128._o 133._o 159_o nation_n abroad_o be_v best_a satisfy_v by_o justice_n do_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n 134_o nation_n in_o their_o deal_n with_o one_o another_o must_v have_v some_o common_a law_n to_o guide_v they_o 59_o 146._o 155_o national_a difference_n not_o to_o be_v debate_v but_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o epist_n and_o fol._n 65._o natural_a law_n can_v be_v repeal_v 49._o 174_o o_o offence_n though_o the_o same_o may_v be_v punish_v with_o more_o severity_n in_o one_o state_n then_o in_o another_o 26_o p_o parent_n can_v not_o give_v away_o nor_o forfeit_v their_o whole_a estate_n from_o their_o child_n by_o the_o civil_a law_n except_o in_o case_n of_o treason_n 9_o proceed_n legal_a how_o rational_o order_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n 15_o precedent_n or_o example_n no_o rule_n to_o judge_v by_o 38._o 65_o promise_n if_o serious_a though_o without_o consideration_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o civil_a law_n 87_o pope_n of_o rome_n do_v make_v edict_n against_o the_o civil_a law_n thereby_o to_o advance_v
or_o good_n get_v by_o robbery_n or_o violent_a oppression_n or_o casual_o find_v after_o they_o be_v lose_v yet_o by_o the_o finder_n deny_v be_v they_o not_o for_o purgation_n and_o clear_n of_o the_o party_n from_o the_o crime_n impute_v and_o in_o some_o respect_n also_o decisory_a of_o the_o whole_a controversy_n unless_o find_v proof_n touch_v the_o true_a guiltiness_n of_o the_o party_n may_v afterward_o be_v find_v out_o and_o use_v 14._o num._n 5_o 14._o the_o oath_n of_o jealousy_n take_v with_o a_o further_a solemnity_n of_o purgation_n and_o impose_v by_o the_o priest_n a_o public_a magistrate_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v a_o oath_n not_o only_o of_o enquiry_n but_o of_o purgation_n to_o the_o woman_n denounce_v for_o suspicion_n of_o adultery_n by_o her_o husband_n 21.8_o deut._n 21.8_o last_o the_o oath_n impose_v by_o god_n law_n upon_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o city_n situate_v next_o unto_o the_o corpse_n of_o a_o man_n which_o be_v find_v secret_o murder_v be_v a_o plain_a and_o most_o direct_a oath_n of_o purgation_n even_o in_o a_o crime_n in_o his_o own_o nature_n evil_a and_o capital_a to_o the_o offender_n for_o justify_v of_o the_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o a_o party_n and_o of_o purgation_n with_o compurgator_n all_o in_o a_o manner_n as_o above_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n be_v manifold_o extant_a but_o that_o even_o the_o oppugner_n doubt_v not_o of_o nor_o deny_v but_o reject_v they_o as_o in_o their_o conceit_n unreasonable_a and_o ungodly_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o name_v they_o be_v so_o easy_a to_o be_v see_v and_o obvious_a to_o every_o common_a eye_n the_o receive_a use_n of_o they_o among_o most_o civil_a nation_n make_v it_o to_o be_v little_o less_o than_o jus_fw-la gentium_fw-la and_o therefore_o by_o moderate_a and_o grave_a man_n not_o to_o be_v slight_v chap._n vii_o that_o the_o like_a practice_n touch_v these_o oath_n be_v and_o be_v in_o all_o foreign_a christian_a nation_n and_o other_o nation_n not_o christian_a guide_v only_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n to_o prove_v this_o in_o christian_a commonwealth_n the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o practice_n thereof_o in_o all_o such_o foreign_a christian_a nation_n evince_v it_o than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o manifest_a to_o cite_v the_o particular_n at_o leastwise_o to_o recite_v they_o will_v be_v voluminous_a scatter_v all_o along_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n dr._n cousin_n in_o his_o three_o part_n of_o that_o apology_n chap._n 9_o quote_v many_o of_o they_o as_o they_o be_v use_v in_o the_o roman_a empire_n before_o constantine_n time_n as_o well_o as_o after_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o hungary_n there_o be_v many_o and_o long_a constitution_n make_v for_o the_o take_v such_o oath_n and_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o purgat_fw-la consuetud_fw-la hunger_n de_fw-fr ju_fw-fr ram_n purgat_fw-la it_o be_v testify_v also_o to_o e_z the_o usual_a practice_n of_o all_o the_o dominion_n in_o italy_n that_o the_o party_n convent_v in_o temporal_a court_n 3._o marian._n in_o c._n qualiter_fw-la qu._n 84._o casonus_fw-la in_o pract._n fol._n 8._o num_fw-la 3._o whether_o by_o way_n of_o accusation_n or_o at_o the_o prosecution_n of_o another_o or_o by_o way_n of_o enquiry_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la judicis_fw-la must_v swear_v to_o declare_v the_o truth_n in_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v ask_v of_o he_o even_o of_o the_o crime_n itself_o this_o be_v much_o strict_a than_o in_o the_o law_n of_o england_n ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a for_o merchandize_n to_o be_v carry_v out_o of_o france_n 895._o ordonance_n du_fw-fr france_n liv_o 2._o tom_n 2._o tit_n 14._o du_fw-fr droit_fw-fr derefue_fw-fr have_v passage_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 895._o the_o merchant_n must_v under_o his_o hand_n particularize_v the_o commodity_n with_o the_o weight_n and_o measure_n thereof_o that_o there_o be_v no_o deceitful_a or_o forbid_a merchandise_n there_o and_o upon_o the_o truth_n thereof_o he_o be_v to_o swear_v in_o another_o ordinance_n there_o the_o plaintiff_n swear_v to_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o be_v in_o their_o bill_n 38._o ordnance_n de_fw-fr france_n premier_fw-fr a_fw-fr 1539._o artic_a 38._o and_o the_o defendant_n answer_v upon_o oath_n to_o confess_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v within_o their_o knowledge_n in_o other_o matter_n criminal_a it_o be_v report_v to_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o france_n 674._o marcus_n deciscor_fw-la 674._o for_o the_o party_n defendant_n only_o to_o make_v faith_n when_o they_o be_v object_v and_o he_o be_v thereupon_o to_o answer_v whether_o he_o have_v commit_v they_o or_o not_o but_o he_o be_v not_o to_o take_v a_o corporal_a oath_n normandy_n grand_fw-fr constumier_fw-fr entre_fw-fr les_fw-fr constume_n du_fw-fr normandy_n betwixt_o which_o two_o before_o god_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n but_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o normandy_n the_o appeal_v of_o murder_n must_v upon_o his_o oath_n hold_v his_o adversary_n by_o the_o hand_n solemn_o swear_v whether_o he_o have_v commit_v such_o fact_n or_o no_o and_o stamford_n affirm_v the_o law_n of_o england_n to_o be_v the_o same_o in_o like_a case_n of_o appeal_n among_o nation_n of_o far_o elder_a time_n in_o most_o flourish_a commonweal_n oath_n be_v take_v by_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n athen._n exit_fw-la polluce_n sigonius_n l_o 4._o c._n 4._o de_fw-la repub_fw-la athen._n in_o all_o cause_n whether_o civil_o or_o crminal_o move_v so_o among_o the_o athenian_n beside_o a_o sum_n deposit_v to_o be_v forfeit_v by_o the_o failer_z when_o aeschines_n accuse_v timarchus_n of_o a_o foul_a crime_n perpetrate_v upon_o he_o by_o one_o misgolas_n misgolas_n be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o his_o oath_n è._fw-la aeschines_n contra_fw-la timarchum_fw-la pag_n 7._o grae_fw-la è._fw-la plato_n commend_v rhadamanthus_n that_o strict_a justicy_a feign_v by_o the_o poet_n as_o aeacus_n and_o minos_n also_o be_v legibus_fw-la platolib_n 12._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la to_o be_v a_o judge_n in_o another_o world_n over_o ghost_n decease_v for_o his_o justice_n i_o say_v he_o commend_v he_o for_o exact_v a_o oath_n in_o every_o cause_n in_o controversy_n aristotle_n plato_n scholar_n 10._o arist_n polit._n lib._n 3_o 10._o testify_v and_o commend_v the_o like_a course_n the_o history_n of_o glaucus_n a_o ancient_a spartan_a that_o most_o just_a people_n of_o greece_n evidence_n this_o there_o the_o oath_n of_o a_o thing_n leave_v in_o pawn_n be_v usual_o give_v 6._o herodotus_n in_o brato_n lib._n 6._o glaucus_n and_o his_o whole_a family_n root_v out_o for_o deny_v such_o a_o pawn_n leave_v with_o he_o king_n agamemnon_z solemnly_z and_o public_o take_v his_o oath_n trojani_n dâ—ctis_fw-la creten_v lib._n 2._o belli_fw-la trojani_n that_o he_o have_v never_o pollute_v hippodamia_n by_o incontinency_n so_o be_v the_o custom_n in_o greece_n in_o matter_n criminal_a homer_n mention_v the_o same_o king_n purge_v himself_o also_o in_o another_o form_n 257._o homer_n iliad_n l._n 19_o v._n 257._o but_o with_o a_o oath_n too_o that_o he_o have_v not_o violate_v briseis_n in_o the_o olympic_a game_n eliacis_n pausanias_n eliacis_n the_o gamester_n with_o their_o parent_n and_o brethren_n swear_v they_o have_v use_v no_o fraud_n nor_o deceit_n in_o the_o old_a roman_a commonwealth_n 145._o cato_n de_fw-fr re_fw-mi rust_n c._n 144_o 145._o private_a householder_n put_v a_o oath_n to_o their_o labourer_n that_o gather_v olive_n that_o they_o have_v not_o steal_v nor_o imbezelled_a any_o anal._n a_o c_o final_a sect_n 1._o de_fw-la juram_fw-la calum_fw-la etc._n etc._n inter_fw-la soliciâ—udines_fw-la xâ—philanus_n in_o comodo_n tacit._n lib._n 2._o anal._n etc._n etc._n so_o the_o old_a roman_a law_n be_v upon_o presumption_n he_o that_o refuse_v to_o take_v the_o oath_n though_o the_o cause_n be_v criminal_a be_v take_v for_o convict_a victorianus_n general_a of_o germany_n displace_v his_o legate_n or_o lieutenant_n for_o refuse_v to_o take_v a_o oath_n that_o he_o be_v not_o bribe_v so_o tacitus_n speak_v of_o a_o solemn_a oath_n which_o the_o senate_n cause_v to_o be_v take_v by_o way_n of_o purgation_n in_o high_a criminal_a matter_n when_o the_o prator_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a magistrate_n in_o rome_n have_v make_v choice_n of_o 450._o judge_n to_o decide_v cause_n judiciis_fw-la lex_fw-la servilia_n glauciae_fw-la apud_fw-la sigonium_n l._n 2._o c._n 6._o de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la he_o be_v to_o swear_v he_o have_v choose_v none_o of_o they_o dolo_fw-la malo_fw-la or_o for_o any_o sinister_a respect_n and_o much_o more_o may_v be_v instance_a to_o this_o purpose_n to_o show_v the_o justice_n of_o such_o proceed_n chap._n viii_o that_o by_o the_o know_a law_n of_o this_o land_n the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v so_o warrant_v and_o command_v to_o give_v that_o oath_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n or_o dinary_n be_v authorize_v to_o inquire_v of_o
in_o their_o mutual_a transaction_n when_o such_o a_o numberless_a number_n of_o they_o come_v before_o their_o own_o judicatory_n they_o chief_o mind_v the_o regulation_n of_o such_o matter_n the_o law_n that_o be_v now_o extant_a be_v almost_o whole_o take_v up_o in_o they_o and_o handle_v the_o public_a very_o spare_o for_o of_o the_o fifty_o book_n of_o the_o digest_v nine_o and_o forty_o do_v almost_o whole_o consist_v of_o these_o private_a controversiall_a thing_n they_o have_v take_v up_o likewise_o all_o the_o code_n save_v a_o little_a of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o it_o &_o the_o three_o last_o book_n of_o all_o the_o institutes_n be_v altogether_o spend_v herein_o except_v that_o one_o title_n de_fw-fr publicis_fw-la judiciis_fw-la which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o all_o hereof_o cujacius_n and_o duarenus_n render_v this_o reason_n ideo_fw-la neglectum_fw-la est_fw-la jus_o publicum_fw-la say_v they_o quod_fw-la parum_fw-la videretur_fw-la ejus_fw-la cognitie_n singulis_fw-la esse_fw-la necessaria_fw-la quòd_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la privatis_fw-la frequentiores_fw-la essent_fw-la light_n quodque_fw-la rarò_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la publico_fw-la interrogaretur_fw-la therefore_o by_o the_o roman_a law_n so_o little_o be_v declare_v concern_v the_o public_a because_o the_o knowledge_n of_o such_o matter_n be_v so_o little_a necessary_a for_o private_a man_n and_o for_o that_o most_o suit_n be_v bring_v for_o difference_n betwixt_o one_o subject_n and_o another_o as_o also_o because_o little_a advice_n be_v ask_v upon_o that_o which_o concern_v the_o general_a welfare_n there_o be_v nothing_o therefore_o upon_o which_o a_o controversy_n may_v be_v raise_v in_o our_o deal_n with_o one_o another_o in_o this_o life_n but_o to_o cast_v the_o right_a where_o it_o ought_v to_o go_v there_o may_v be_v find_v out_o in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n that_o which_o though_o it_o be_v a_o law_n to_o the_o roman_n only_o yet_o have_v it_o the_o force_n of_o profound_a pure_a solid_a reason_n to_o all_o other_o man_n so_o perfect_a absolute_a and_o so_o rational_a a_o systeme_n be_v it_o of_o all_o humane_a affair_n and_o deal_n whatsoever_o neither_o be_v we_o able_a to_o prize_n or_o esteem_v the_o singular_a benefit_n that_o have_v grow_v unto_o the_o world_n by_o the_o roman_a civil_a law_n be_v still_o extant_a as_o the_o value_n thereof_o deserve_v for_o the_o precept_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o natural_a reason_n whereof_o it_o abound_v be_v either_o such_o as_o we_o of_o ourselves_o can_v not_o easy_o have_v find_v out_o and_o then_o the_o benefit_n be_v not_o small_a to_o have_v they_o ready_o set_v down_o to_o our_o hand_n or_o if_o they_o be_v so_o clear_a and_o manifest_a that_o no_o man_n endue_v with_o reason_n can_v easy_o be_v ignorant_a of_o they_o yet_o the_o law_n as_o it_o be_v borrow_v they_o from_o the_o school_n of_o nature_n to_o prove_v other_o thing_n less_o manifest_a and_o to_o induce_v a_o necessary_a consequence_n of_o something_o which_o be_v in_o itself_o more_o hard_a and_o dark_a unless_o it_o shall_v in_o such_o sort_n be_v clear_v the_o very_a apply_v of_o they_o unto_o case_n particular_a be_v not_o without_o most_o singular_a use_n and_o profit_v many_o way_n for_o man_n instruction_n beside_o be_v they_o plain_a of_o themselves_o or_o obscure_v the_o evidence_n of_o so_o renown_a a_o law_n add_v unto_o the_o natural_a assent_n of_o reason_n concern_v the_o certainty_n of_o they_o do_v not_o a_o little_a authorise_v and_o confirm_v the_o same_o wherefore_o in_o as_o much_o as_o our_o action_n be_v conversant_a about_o thing_n beset_v with_o many_o circumstance_n which_o cause_n man_n of_o sundry_a wit_n to_o be_v also_o of_o sundry_a judgement_n concern_v that_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v beneficial_a it_o can_v but_o seem_v that_o the_o rule_n of_o civil_a law_n have_v herein_o help_v our_o infirmity_n whereby_o we_o do_v so_o well_o understand_v what_o be_v right_a and_o just_a and_o what_o otherwise_o though_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v easy_a and_o discern_v general_o by_o all_o man_n yet_o concern_v the_o duty_n which_o nature_n law_n do_v require_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n in_o a_o number_n of_o thing_n particular_a so_o far_o have_v the_o natural_a understanding_n even_o of_o sundry_a whole_a nation_n be_v darken_v that_o they_o have_v not_o discern_v no_o not_o gross_a injustice_n and_o injury_n to_o be_v so_o whereby_o it_o appear_v how_o much_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o admire_v the_o profound_a wisdom_n and_o even_o honour_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o roman_a lawgiver_n who_o have_v deliver_v such_o a_o law_n to_o the_o world_n a_o law_n wherein_o so_o many_o thing_n be_v lay_v open_a clear_a and_o manifest_a as_o a_o light_n which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v be_v bury_v in_o darkness_n not_o without_o the_o hazard_n or_o rather_o not_o with_o the_o hazard_n but_o with_o the_o certain_a loss_n of_o the_o right_n of_o many_o man_n and_o nation_n for_o albeit_o there_o be_v in_o the_o civil_a law_n as_o there_o be_v and_o must_v be_v in_o all_o law_n whatsoever_o a_o very_a great_a intermixture_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v establish_v by_o the_o voluntary_a determination_n and_o proceed_v from_o the_o mere_a will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o those_o that_o have_v ordain_v they_o who_o may_v limit_v time_n place_n form_n action_n reward_n punishment_n &_o difference_n person_n &_o may_v order_v and_o dispose_v of_o all_o circumstance_n in_o what_o way_n and_o manner_n they_o please_v as_o the_o nature_n manner_n government_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o roman_a people_n most_o require_v without_o any_o respect_n to_o common_a and_o universal_a reason_n and_o be_v therefore_o neither_o obligatory_a nor_o useful_a to_o any_o other_o state_n or_o nation_n as_o they_o be_v to_o the_o roman_a yet_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o rational_a and_o natural_a part_n also_o which_o belong_v unto_o man_n as_o man_n or_o to_o man_n as_o they_o live_v in_o politic_a society_n consist_v of_o such_o common_a and_o natural_a notion_n and_o so_o abstract_v from_o such_o circumstance_n which_o shall_v change_v and_o alter_v it_o that_o it_o be_v always_o permanent_a alike_o know_v to_o all_o man_n or_o at_o least_o to_o the_o wise_a sort_n of_o man_n obligatory_a and_o useful_a every_o where_n and_o never_o be_v there_o any_o humane_a law_n that_o abound_v so_o much_o with_o this_o as_o the_o civil_a law_n do_v it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v every_o where_n about_o the_o whole_a law_n though_o intermix_v with_o that_o which_o be_v mere_o positive_a proper_a and_o useful_a for_o that_o state_n and_o none_o else_o or_o at_o least_o not_o fit_v to_o be_v make_v a_o rule_n for_o all_o people_n by_o natural_a and_o rational_a i_o understand_v that_o which_o our_o own_o natural_a understanding_n allow_v as_o good_a or_o disallow_n as_o evil_n though_o there_o be_v no_o law_n to_o forbid_v the_o one_o or_o to_o prescribe_v the_o other_o and_o this_o be_v the_o same_o which_o st._n paul_n 2.14_o paul_n rom._n 2.14_o express_v to_o be_v the_o guide_n of_o the_o gentile_n that_o be_v of_o all_o man_n natural_o the_o gentile_n which_o have_v not_o the_o law_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n which_o show_v the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n also_o that_o which_o be_v common_o receive_v and_o practise_v by_o all_o man_n in_o re_fw-la consensio_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la lex_fw-la naturae_fw-la putanda_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o est_fw-la cicer._n tusc_n l._n 1._o what_o all_o nation_n agree_v on_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v natural_a quod_fw-la mundus_fw-la probat_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la improbare_fw-la say_v baldus_n 496._o baldus_n consild_a 4._o consil_n 496._o i_o dare_v not_o question_v that_o which_o be_v general_o allow_v of_o likewise_o i_o account_v that_o natural_a and_o rational_a which_o be_v necessary_a and_o behooveful_a for_o those_o that_o lead_v their_o life_n in_o any_o well-ordered_a state_n of_o government_n and_o without_o which_o we_o take_v away_o all_o possibility_n of_o a_o sociable_a life_n in_o the_o world_n further_o that_o justice_n may_v well_o be_v esteem_v natural_a and_o rational_a which_o be_v square_v by_o and_o accommodate_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n as_o it_o be_v define_v and_o as_o it_o general_o pass_v in_o the_o account_n of_o all_o or_o at_o least_o the_o most_o know_a man_n neither_o do_v i_o account_v that_o only_o to_o be_v natural_a &_o rational_a which_o be_v so_o when_o the_o first_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v lay_v &_o man_n become_v in_o habitant_fw-la thereof_o for_o then_o all_o thing_n be_v common_a and_o man_n be_v not_o gather_v into_o civil_a society_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o distinction_n of_o nation_n nor_o any_o contract_n no_o wage_n war_n nor_o lead_v
book_n have_v by_o variety_n of_o proof_n so_o sufficient_o make_v it_o good_a already_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o set_n down_o what_o some_o of_o our_o own_o countryman_n have_v in_o their_o writing_n acknowledge_v to_o the_o very_a same_o purpose_n and_o those_o especial_o among_o the_o rest_n who_o interest_n and_o high_a valuation_n which_o they_o pass_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o their_o own_o country_n will_v not_o permit_v they_o to_o ascribe_v more_o to_o the_o civil_a law_n than_o the_o just_a truth_n will_v bear_v and_o it_o be_v most_o observable_a what_o king_n james_n himself_o the_o learnede_a of_o all_o modern_a prince_n say_v here_o in_o a_o speech_n make_v to_o no_o less_o solemn_a assembly_n than_o his_o lord_n and_o commons_o of_o parliament_n 1609._o parliament_n 21._o martii_fw-la 1609._o which_o we_o have_v extant_a among_o his_o print_a work_n as_o a_o king_n say_v he_o i_o have_v least_o cause_n of_o any_o man_n to_o dislike_v the_o common-law_n for_o no_o law_n can_v be_v more_o favourable_a and_o advantageous_a for_o a_o king_n and_o extend_v further_o his_o prerogative_n than_o it_o do_v and_o for_o a_o king_n of_o england_n to_o despise_v the_o the_o common-law_n it_o be_v to_o neglect_v his_o own_o crown_n yet_o say_v he_o i_o do_v great_o esteem_v the_o civil_a law_n the_o profession_n thereof_o serve_v more_o for_o general_a learning_n and_o be_v most_o necessary_a for_o matter_n of_o treaty_n with_o all_o foreign_a nation_n and_o i_o think_v that_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v take_v away_o it_o will_v make_v a_o entry_n to_o barbarism_n in_o this_o kingdom_n and_o will_v blemish_v the_o honour_n of_o england_n for_o it_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n lex_fw-la gentium_fw-la and_o maintain_v intercourse_n with_o all_o foreign_a nation_n but_o i_o only_o allow_v it_o to_o have_v course_n here_o according_a to_o those_o limit_n of_o jurisdiction_n which_o the_o common-law_n itself_o do_v allow_v it_o and_o therefore_o though_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o the_o general_a government_n of_o the_o people_n here_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v it_o shall_v be_v extinct_a no_o more_o then_o because_o the_o latin_a tongue_n be_v not_o the_o mother_n or_o radical_a language_n of_o any_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n at_o this_o time_n that_o therefore_o the_o english_a tongue_n shall_v only_o now_o be_v learn_v in_o this_o kingdom_n which_o be_v to_o bring_v in_o barbarism_n and_o in_o another_o speech_n in_o star-chamber_n 1616._o star-chamber_n 20_o jun._n 1616._o print_v also_o god_n forbid_v say_v he_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n intend_v thereby_o chief_o the_o civil_a law_n shall_v be_v bar_v in_o this_o kingdom_n and_o that_o for_o two_o cause_n one_o because_o it_o be_v a_o law_n to_o satisfy_v stranger_n which_o will_v not_o hold_v themselves_o so_o well_o satisfy_v with_o other_o municipal_a law_n another_o to_o satisfy_v our_o own_o subject_n in_o matter_n of_o piracy_n marriage_n will_n and_o thing_n of_o like_a nature_n and_o again_o when_o he_o be_v so_o mighty_o press_v to_o have_v have_v a_o union_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n under_o the_o same_o policy_n of_o law_n as_o they_o have_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o king_n in_o a_o speech_n make_v upon_o that_o subject_n 1607._o subject_n ult._n mart._n 1607._o extant_a in_o his_o print_a work_n he_o tell_v his_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n that_o in_o point_n of_o conjunction_n of_o nation_n the_o civil_a law_n ought_v to_o bear_v a_o great_a sway_n it_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nation_n these_o be_v the_o expression_n of_o a_o king_n the_o interest_n of_o who_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n and_o the_o prerogative_n thereunto_o belong_v do_v depend_v upon_o the_o favour_n of_o another_o law_n and_o yet_o he_o positive_o and_o in_o downright_a term_n in_o the_o face_n of_o all_o his_o people_n avow_v the_o civil_a law_n to_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o that_o all_o transaction_n of_o treaty_n and_o of_o trade_n with_o foreign_a nation_n be_v dispatch_v by_o the_o rule_n and_o reason_n thereof_o and_o that_o the_o authority_n thereof_o be_v so_o great_a in_o the_o esteem_n of_o stranger_n that_o they_o will_v rest_v satisfy_v therewith_o when_o no_o municipal_a law_n can_v satisfy_v they_o but_o in_o that_o he_o aver_v also_o that_o when_o the_o people_n of_o england_n shall_v exterminate_v that_o law_n which_o must_v needs_o be_v when_o the_o practice_n thereof_o be_v quite_o take_v away_o or_o thrust_v into_o a_o poor_a narrow_a compass_n their_o honour_n will_v be_v obscure_v and_o they_o will_v be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v overrun_v with_o barbarism_n it_o be_v never_o so_o well_o worth_a the_o observe_n as_o at_o this_o present_a time_n and_o it_o clear_o show_v that_o wise_a and_o learned_a king_n do_v perfect_o understand_v the_o true_a use_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n for_o as_o the_o language_n thereof_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o maintain_v learning_n which_o do_v civilize_v &_o soften_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n so_o there_o be_v no_o sort_n of_o learning_n with_o the_o which_o the_o matter_n of_o it_o do_v not_o correspond_v and_o participate_v but_o above_o all_o it_o do_v afford_v more_o and_o better_a rule_n for_o civil_a live_n and_o orderly_a conversation_n among_o man_n and_o for_o righteous_a deal_n each_o with_o other_o than_o any_o other_o study_n or_o learning_n whatsoever_o but_o this_o practice_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o foreign_a part_n be_v yet_o better_o confirm_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o those_o who_o study_v and_o profess_v the_o law_n of_o england_n have_v be_v always_o jealous_a of_o the_o rise_n and_o growth_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o this_o nation_n for_o though_o they_o have_v desire_v to_o keep_v it_o low_o here_o for_o what_o reason_n i_o need_v not_o mention_v yet_o some_o of_o they_o have_v free_o enough_o own_v how_o much_o it_o be_v in_o use_n and_o practice_v in_o other_o country_n sir_n francis_n bacon_n in_o his_o epistle_n dedicatory_a to_o the_o queen_n set_v before_o his_o maxim_n of_o law_n after_o he_o have_v tell_v the_o queen_n that_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n do_v glorious_o and_o yet_o apt_o call_v the_o body_n of_o the_o roman_a law_n proprium_fw-la &_o sanctissimum_fw-la templum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la consecratum_fw-la a_o true_a and_o a_o most_o sacred_a temple_n consecrate_v unto_o justice_n he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o work_n of_o great_a excellency_n indeed_o as_o may_v well_o appear_v in_o that_o france_n italy_n and_o spain_n who_o have_v long_o since_o shake_v off_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n do_v yet_o nevertheless_o continue_v to_o use_v the_o policy_n of_o that_o law_n my_o lord_n ellesmere_n chancellor_n of_o england_n as_o sir_n francis_n bacon_n be_v in_o his_o speech_n of_o the_o postnati_n do_v express_o deliver_v that_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v take_v to_o be_v the_o most_o universal_a and_o general_a law_n in_o the_o world_n sir_n john_n fortescue_n himself_o lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o england_n and_o afterward_o lord_n chancellor_n in_o king_n henry_n the_o sixth_n day_n in_o his_o book_n wherein_o he_o do_v so_o high_o magnify_v and_o commend_v the_o law_n england_n above_o the_o civil_a law_n yet_o he_o can_v say_v 9_o say_v de_fw-fr laud._n legum_fw-la angliae_fw-la ca._n 9_o that_o civiles_fw-la supra_fw-la humanas_fw-la cunctas_fw-la leges_fw-la alius_fw-la fama_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la extollit_fw-la gloriosa_fw-la the_o civil_a law_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v advance_v in_o glory_n and_o renown_n above_o all_o other_o man_n law_n fulbeck_n also_o another_o of_o the_o same_o profession_n and_o of_o great_a learning_n do_v agree_v with_o the_o former_a in_o these_o word_n reader_n word_n in_o his_o parallel_n part_n 1._o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n the_o roman_a law_n say_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o arcadius_n theodosius_n and_o justinian_n recover_v their_o strength_n and_o shine_v to_o all_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o europe_n as_o the_o sun_n to_o all_o the_o climate_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v for_o their_o worthiness_n and_o necessary_a use_n and_o employment_n receive_v entertainment_n countenance_n and_o great_a reward_n of_o emperor_n king_n and_o prince_n likewise_o mr_n sâ—lden_n a_o graduate_n in_o the_o common-law_n but_o a_o great_a student_n in_o all_o learning_n and_o one_o that_o seem_v to_o have_v search_v narrow_o into_o the_o state_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n as_o it_o have_v stand_v in_o use_n and_o request_n in_o other_o country_n as_o well_o as_o in_o england_n in_o all_o time_n in_o his_o additional_a discourse_n upon_o fleta_n whole_o spend_v upon_o that_o subject_n own_v the_o entertainment_n and_o use_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o western_a country_n of_o europe_n that_o have_v leave_v to_o acknowledge_v the_o roman_a empire_n long_o before_o for_o in_o that_o discourse_n 4._o discourse_n ca._n
be_v from_o himself_o his_o reason_n one_o chief_a part_n of_o his_o essence_n be_v take_v away_o beside_o how_o will_v sin_n and_o trespass_n against_o nature_n multiply_v how_o common_a will_v natural_a injustice_n be_v and_o what_o loud_a complaint_n thereof_o will_v arise_v whereby_o not_o only_o great_a confusion_n will_v break_v in_o and_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v disturb_v but_o the_o common_a society_n of_o nation_n will_v in_o time_n also_o cease_v the_o civil_a law_n then_o as_o it_o be_v natural_a essential_a or_o rational_a can_v be_v repeal_v second_o let_v it_o be_v speak_v to_o its_o praise_n also_o that_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v make_v useless_a to_o a_o nation_n where_o the_o whole_a state_n of_o government_n have_v be_v subvert_v as_o that_o it_o be_v thereby_o become_v more_o useful_a and_o necessary_a it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o roman_a people_n themselves_o think_v it_o so_o when_o they_o dispatch_v certain_a choose_v man_n on_o purpose_n to_o fetch_v it_o from_o athens_n for_o their_o use_n and_o service_n after_o they_o have_v drive_v out_o their_o king_n suppress_v their_o law_n and_o erect_v a_o popular_a government_n in_o place_n of_o the_o regal_a the_o like_a opinion_n possess_v now_o adays_o the_o prince_n and_o potentate_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o europe_n as_o be_v clear_o demonstrate_v by_o their_o admit_v the_o learning_n and_o profession_n thereof_o into_o their_o several_a territory_n that_o it_o may_v be_v at_o hand_n to_o decide_v and_o resolve_v such_o case_n and_o question_n of_o right_a that_o happen_v among_o their_o people_n wherein_o a_o law_n of_o their_o own_o be_v want_v nay_o if_o any_o such_o difference_n or_o controversy_n arise_v between_o the_o prince_n themselves_o or_o between_o nation_n and_o nation_n which_o be_v most_o frequent_a and_o common_a because_o there_o never_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v by_o any_o authority_n a_o positive_a law_n make_v to_o bind_v they_o they_o debate_v and_o argue_v such_o difference_n by_o argument_n fetch_v from_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o allow_v of_o the_o reason_n thereof_o as_o a_o most_o competent_a and_o equal_a rule_n to_o decide_v they_o by_o and_o if_o this_o supply_n of_o justice_n by_o the_o learning_n and_o knowledge_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v take_v away_o too_o what_o ignorance_n uncertainty_n arbitrariness_n injustice_n and_o oppression_n will_v the_o people_n of_o the_o world_n lie_v under_o and_o what_o hazard_n of_o detriment_n or_o ruin_n will_v their_o right_n fortune_n and_o estate_n be_v expose_v unto_o for_o where_o all_o manner_n of_o law_n be_v want_v in_o a_o commonweal_n to_o do_v the_o act_n of_o justice_n and_o ministration_n of_o right_n by_o it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v the_o law_n since_o that_o be_v the_o only_a mean_n which_o be_v give_v to_o man_n at_o first_o to_o judge_v and_o discern_v by_o of_o humane_a thing_n before_o any_o law_n be_v give_v but_o if_o that_o shall_v depend_v upon_o the_o wander_a fancy_n and_o imagination_n of_o man_n only_o and_o not_o be_v illuminate_v by_o some_o right_a knowledge_n and_o learning_n under_o how_o many_o several_a shape_n and_o form_n must_v it_o need_v appear_v when_o the_o apprehension_n and_o conception_n of_o man_n through_o the_o variety_n of_o natural_a gift_n education_n age_n knowledge_n and_o experience_n be_v as_o differ_v as_o their_o visage_n and_o person_n be_v and_o where_o will_v the_o certainty_n constancy_n and_o unity_n of_o justice_n be_v when_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o same_o tribunal_n furnish_v with_o bare_a natural_a endowment_n only_o will_v differ_v from_o and_o oppose_v one_o another_o when_o one_o tribunal_n shall_v judge_v direct_o opposite_a to_o another_o upon_o one_o and_o the_o same_o fact_n or_o which_o be_v a_o levity_n shameful_a and_o unbeseeming_a when_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o same_o court_n in_o case_n of_o like_a nature_n shall_v judge_v and_o order_n diverse_o from_o that_o which_o they_o have_v do_v before_o 6._o before_o apud_fw-la romanos_fw-la prius_fw-la quà m_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ferrent_fw-la praeâ—o_fw-la clara_fw-la uâ—ce_fw-la judices_fw-la bortabatur_fw-la ne_fw-la se_fw-la paterentur_fw-la svi_fw-la dissimiles_fw-la esse_fw-la bodin_n de_fw-fr rep_n lib._n 6._o ca._n 6._o under_o which_o uncertainty_n and_o discordance_n how_o shall_v people_n know_v what_o to_o expect_v when_o their_o right_n come_v into_o question_n what_o can_v any_o counsel_n advise_v or_o what_o caution_n or_o advisedness_n can_v be_v use_v by_o man_n to_o put_v themselves_o or_o their_o affair_n out_o of_o jeopardy_n when_o they_o be_v never_o certain_a of_o that_o justice_n to_o which_o they_o shall_v conform_v themselves_o and_o be_v secure_a by_o the_o conversion_n and_o change_n of_o state_n therefore_o though_o the_o municipal_a law_n go_v to_o wrack_v as_o common_o such_o great_a frame_n be_v seldom_o meddle_v withal_o but_o all_o fall_v a_o piece_n the_o civil_a law_n be_v not_o the_o less_o but_o rather_o the_o more_o necessary_a to_o be_v retain_v still_o first_o because_o it_o have_v no_o coherence_n or_o conglutination_n with_o the_o particular_a custom_n or_o government_n either_o regal_a or_o episcopal_a as_o the_o municipal_a law_n have_v and_o so_o the_o one_o may_v fall_v and_o yet_o the_o other_o stand_v second_o because_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v the_o proper_a art_n and_o science_n of_o that_o right_n natural_a reason_n which_o for_o want_v of_o other_o rule_n in_o the_o do_n of_o justice_n we_o have_v say_v must_v necessary_o be_v the_o common_a standard_n to_o try_v all_o thing_n by_o the_o principle_n of_o which_o art_n and_o science_n be_v not_o weak_a or_o superficial_a but_o strong_a and_o solid_a not_o various_a or_o repugnant_a but_o certain_a and_o agree_v not_o harsh_a and_o rigorous_a but_o tender_a compassionate_a and_o equitable_a not_o partial_a to_o any_o but_o alike_o just_a to_o all_o not_o obscure_a and_o perplex_a but_o clear_a and_o perspicuous_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o judicious_a and_o right_a discern_a man_n though_o above_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o vulgar_a three_o because_o it_o carry_v the_o weight_n of_o undeniable_a authority_n along_o with_o it_o the_o decision_n thereof_o be_v not_o the_o sudden_a fancy_n and_o raw_a conceit_n of_o a_o few_o man_n nor_o do_v they_o rest_v upon_o the_o bare_a report_n of_o any_o how_o learned_a in_o the_o law_n soever_o but_o they_o be_v the_o clear_a evidence_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o prudent_a advisement_n and_o mature_a deliberation_n of_o a_o whole_a state_n excel_v in_o wisdom_n mighty_a in_o greatness_n and_o famous_a in_o renown_n and_o howsoever_o it_o be_v at_o first_o ordain_v to_o be_v a_o law_n for_o a_o particular_a nation_n to_o be_v rule_v by_o yet_o have_v it_o since_o be_v make_v universal_a in_o use_n throughout_o europe_n and_o by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o learned_a spring_v up_o to_o a_o art_n or_o science_n to_o teach_v natural_a justice_n and_o equity_n to_o all_o mankind_n four_o because_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n do_v not_o only_o right_o inform_v and_o teach_v the_o understanding_n what_o be_v just_a and_o right_a but_o the_o certainty_n thereof_o do_v keep_v the_o judgement_n steady_a and_o unexpose_v to_o those_o fit_n of_o variation_n and_o instability_n which_o those_o that_o be_v direct_v by_o no_o certain_a principle_n be_v subject_a to_o for_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a for_o they_o to_o vary_v who_o have_v any_o fix_a rule_n to_o guide_v they_o so_o that_o if_o this_o law_n be_v due_o apply_v by_o those_o only_a that_o be_v learn_v in_o it_o since_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o be_v do_v by_o any_o other_o sort_n of_o man_n neither_o ignorance_n nor_o error_n nor_o arbitrariness_n nor_o uncertainty_n of_o justice_n nor_o the_o consequence_n thereof_o wrong_v injustice_n or_o oppression_n will_v be_v find_v at_o least_o they_o will_v not_o be_v so_o frequent_a and_o common_a as_o where_o the_o guidance_n and_o light_n of_o such_o a_o law_n be_v want_v but_o beside_o these_o forego_n reason_n there_o be_v yet_o further_o and_o much_o strong_a reason_n to_o be_v add_v why_o those_o matter_n and_o cause_n which_o before_o the_o present_a change_n of_o government_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o trial_n and_o determination_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n shall_v be_v keep_v within_o the_o same_o cognisance_n still_o these_o alteration_n notwithstanding_o first_o because_o for_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n that_o and_o no_o other_o have_v be_v the_o stand_n approve_a and_o practise_v law_n in_o those_o matter_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o regard_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o any_o new_a law_n though_o better_a if_o such_o a_o one_o can_v possible_o be_v find_v second_o because_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v lay_v aside_o it_o will_v be_v so_o impossible_a to_o
his_o majesty_n prerogative_n or_o the_o know_a law_n of_o the_o land_n ecclesiastical_a or_o temporal_a or_o the_o politic_a government_n either_o in_o church_n or_o state_n or_o which_o may_v give_v just_a offence_n i_o do_v hereby_o absolute_o retract_v it_o as_o no_o way_n by_o i_o intend_v or_o think_v of_o wish_v this_o small_a taste_n may_v stir_v up_o other_o more_o able_a to_o make_v a_o further_o and_o better_a progress_n in_o this_o kind_n anno_fw-la 13._o caroli_n ii_o regis_n a_o act_n for_o explanation_n of_o a_o clause_n contain_v in_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n make_v in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o the_o late_a king_n charles_n entitle_v a_o act_n for_o repeal_n of_o a_o branch_n of_o a_o statute_n primo_fw-la elizabethae_fw-la concern_v commissioner_n for_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a whereas_o in_o a_o act_n of_o parliantent_fw-la make_v in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o the_o late_a king_n charles_n entitle_v a_o act_n for_o repeal_n of_o a_o branch_n of_o a_o statute_n primo_fw-la elizabethae_fw-la concern_v commissioner_n for_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a it_o be_v among_o other_o thing_n enact_v that_o no_o archbishop_n bishop_n nor_o micar_n general_n nor_o any_o chancellor_n nor_o commissary_n of_o any_o archbishop_n bishop_n or_o micar_n general_n nor_o any_o droinary_a whatsoever_o nor_o any_o other_o spiritual_a or_o ecclessastical_a judge_n dificer_n or_o minister_n of_o justice_n nor_o any_o other_o person_n or_o person_n whatsoever_o exercise_v spiritual_a or_o ecclessastical_a power_n authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n by_o any_o grant_n licence_n or_o commission_n of_o the_o king_n majesty_n his_o meirs_n or_o successor_n or_o by_o any_o power_n or_o authority_n derive_v from_o the_o king_n his_o they_o or_o successor_n or_o otherwise_o shall_v from_o and_o after_o the_o first_o day_n of_o august_n which_o then_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n bod_fw-mi one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o forty_o one_o award_v impose_v or_o inflict_v any_o pain_n penalty_n fine_a amercement_n imprisonment_n or_o other_o corporal_a punishment_n upon_o any_o of_o the_o king_n subject_n for_o any_o contempt_n misdemeanour_n crime_n offence_n matter_n or_o thing_n whatsoever_o belong_v to_o spiritual_a or_o ecclestastical_a cognilance_n or_o jucisdiction_n whereupon_o some_o doubt_n have_v be_v make_v that_o all_o ordinary_a power_n of_o coercion_n and_o proceed_n in_o cause_n ecclessastical_a be_v take_v away_o whereby_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o justice_n in_o cause_n ecclessastical_a have_v be_v obstruct_v be_v it_o therefore_o declare_v and_o enact_v by_o the_o king_n most_o excellent_a majesty_n by_o and_o with_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v and_o by_o the_o authority_n thereof_o that_o neither_o the_o say_a act_n nor_o any_o thing_n therein_o contain_v both_o or_o shall_v take_v away_o and_o ordinary_a power_n or_o authority_n from_o any_o of_o the_o say_a archbishop_n bishop_n of_o any_o other_o person_n of_o person_n name_v as_o aforesaid_a but_o that_o they_o and_o every_o of_o they_o everci_v ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n may_v proceed_v determine_v sentence_n erecute_v and_o erecise_a all_o manner_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o all_o censure_n and_o coertion_n appertain_v and_o belong_v to_o the_o same_o before_o the_o make_n of_o the_o act_n before_o recite_v in_o all_o cause_n and_o matter_n belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n according_a to_o the_o king_n magesty_n ecclesiastical_a law_n use_v and_o practise_v in_o this_o realm_n in_o as_o ample_a manner_n and_o form_n as_o they_o do_v and_o may_v lawful_o have_v none_o before_o the_o make_n of_o the_o say_v act._n and_o be_v it_o further_o enact_v by_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o the_o afore_o recite_v act_n of_o decimo_fw-la septimo_fw-la caroli_n and_o all_o the_o matter_n and_o clause_n therein_o contain_v ercept_n what_o concern_v the_o high_a commission_n court_n or_o the_o new_a erection_n of_o some_o such_o like_a court_n by_o commission_n shall_v be_v and_o be_v hereby_o repeal_v to_o all_o intent_n and_o parpose_n whatsoever_o any_o thing_n clause_n or_o sentence_n in_o the_o say_a act_n contain_v to_o the_o contrary_a notwithstanding_o provide_v always_o and_o it_o be_v hereby_o enact_v that_o neither_o this_o act_n not_o any_o thing_n herein_o contain_v shall_v ertend_v or_o he_o construe_v to_o revive_v or_o give_v force_n to_o the_o say_a branch_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n mave_v in_o the_o say_v first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o say_v late_a queen_n elizabeth_n mention_v in_o the_o say_a act_n of_o parliament_n make_v in_o the_o say_v seventeen_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o say_a king_n charles_n but_o that_o the_o say_a branch_n of_o the_o say_a statute_n make_v in_o the_o say_v first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o say_a queen_n elizabeth_n shall_v stand_v and_o be_v repeal_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o if_o this_o act_n have_v never_o be_v make_v provide_v also_o and_o it_o be_v hereby_o further_o enact_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o archbishop_n bishop_n hicar_n general_n chancellor_z commissary_n or_o any_o other_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n officer_n or_o minister_n or_o any_o other_o person_n have_v or_o erercise_v spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n to_o tenver_v or_o administer_v anto_n any_o person_n whatsoever_o the_o oath_n usual_o call_v the_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la or_o any_o other_o oath_n whereby_o such_o person_n to_o who_o the_o same_o be_v tenver_v or_o administer_v may_v be_v charge_v or_o compel_v to_o confess_v or_o accuse_v or_o to_o purge_v he_o or_o herself_o of_o any_o criminal_a matter_n or_o thing_n whereby_o he_o or_o she_o may_v be_v liable_a to_o any_o censure_n or_o punishment_n any_o thing_n in_o this_o statute_n or_o any_o other_o law_n custom_n or_o mage_n heretofore_o to_o the_o contrary_a hereof_o in_o any_o wise_a not_o withstand_v provide_v always_o that_o this_o act_n or_o any_o thing_n therein_o contain_v shall_v not_o extend_v or_o be_v construe_v to_o extend_v to_o give_v unto_o any_o archbishop_n bishop_n or_o any_o other_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n officer_n or_o other_o person_n or_o person_n aforesaid_a any_o power_n or_o authority_n to_o exercise_v execute_v inflict_v or_o determine_v any_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n censure_n or_o coercion_n which_o they_o may_v not_o by_o law_n have_v do_v before_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o nine_o nor_o to_o abridge_v or_o diminish_v the_o king_n majesty_n supremacy_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n and_o affair_n nor_o to_o confirm_v the_o canon_n make_v in_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o and_o forty_o nor_o any_o of_o they_o nor_o any_o other_o ecclesiastical_a law_n or_o canon_n not_o former_o confirm_v allow_v or_o enart_v by_o parliament_n or_o by_o the_o establish_a law_n of_o the_o land_n as_o they_o stand_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o lord_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o nine_o the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n chap._n i._n the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o innovator_n to_o change_v the_o course_n of_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n that_o stupendous_a fanatic_a hackett_n his_o fearful_a end_n mr._n cambdens_n judgement_n touch_v the_o innovator_n their_o perseverance_n in_o their_o design_n of_o innovation_n in_o king_n james_n his_o time_n and_o afterward_o the_o pretend_v take_v away_o the_o coercive_a power_n from_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n how_o gain_v what_o use_n be_v make_v of_o it_o by_o the_o innovator_n and_o how_o they_o boast_v of_o their_o benefit_n by_o it_o two_o passage_n in_o the_o long_a parliament_n touch_v two_o inconformists_n page_n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o two_o proviso_n in_o the_o late_a act_n that_o take_v away_o the_o doubt_n touch_v coercive_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n dr._n cousin_n apology_n for_o sundry_a proceed_n by_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a that_o groundless_a opinion_n that_o a_o several_a royal_a assent_n to_o the_o execute_n of_o every_o particular_a canon_n in_o require_v be_v confute_v the_o validity_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n the_o clamour_n of_o inconformists_n innovator_n and_o fanatic_n against_o the_o put_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n in_o execution_n though_o the_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n and_o minister_n be_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n severe_o command_v to_o do_v it_o p._n 10._o chap._n iii_o the_o head_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n in_o that_o apology_n of_o doctor_n cousin_n part_n 1._o p._n 27._o chap._n iu._n by_o the_o late_a act_n the_o manner_n of_o proceed_v in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v not_o alter_v but_o left_a as_o it_o be_v a_o summary_n relation_n of_o what_o dr._n cousin_n in_o his_o apology_n have_v assert_v and_o make_v good_a by_o god_n word_n the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o father_n the_o
or_o indicia_fw-la or_o take_v with_o the_o manner_n or_o other_o notoriety_n of_o the_o fact_n or_o impeachment_n by_o some_o of_o the_o complice_n or_o collusion_n of_o the_o accuser_n or_o the_o not_o object_v in_o due_a time_n or_o when_o the_o enquiry_n tend_v but_o to_o a_o spiritual_a punishment_n may_v several_o any_o of_o they_o serve_v to_o warrant_v such_o enquiry_n with_o some_o observation_n touch_v the_o nature_n of_o most_o of_o these_o c._n 8._o that_o to_o proceed_v sometime_o against_o a_o offence_n otherwise_o then_o upon_o accusation_n or_o presentment_n or_o then_o upon_o a_o appeal_n or_o indictment_n which_o then_o at_o the_o common_a law_n have_v respective_a correspondence_n unto_o the_o two_o former_a be_v no_o diverse_a much_o less_o any_o contrary_a or_o repugnant_a course_n to_o the_o law_n statute_n and_o custom_n of_o this_o realm_n this_o be_v prove_v by_o common_a law_n statutes_n and_o practice_n in_o proceed_n informative_a and_o punitive_a with_o answer_n to_o certain_a objection_n make_v to_o the_o contrary_n c._n 9_o how_o the_o second_o opinion_n here_o to_o be_v treat_v of_o be_v that_o no_o lay-person_n may_v be_v cite_v of_o office_n in_o any_o cause_n but_o testamentary_a or_o matrimonial_a and_o that_o the_o drift_n of_o that_o opinlon_n be_v against_o proceed_v of_o office_n in_o matter_n criminal_a the_o necessary_a use_n and_o equity_n of_o proceed_v sometime_o criminal_o by_o the_o judge_n office_n in_o court_n both_o temporal_a and_o ecclesiastical_a c._n 10._o contain_v a_o answer_n to_o some_o further_a objection_n make_v against_o the_o conveniency_n and_o reasonableness_n of_o proceed_v against_o crime_n of_o office_n c._n 11._o that_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n do_v use_v inquiry_n and_o proceed_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la that_o they_o allow_v it_o in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a with_o answer_n to_o some_o objection_n that_o be_v make_v to_o the_o contrary_n c._n 12._o be_v set_v down_o a_o reply_n to_o the_o note-gatherers_a answer_n give_v to_o certain_a reason_n that_o have_v be_v make_v long_o ago_o for_o to_o show_v the_o like_a course_n to_o be_v also_o practise_v in_o temporal_a court_n and_o a_o answer_n to_o his_o reason_n bring_v to_o prove_v that_o in_o proceed_v of_o office_n there_o be_v some_o contrariety_n unto_o the_o law_n of_o england_n c._n 13._o that_o the_o enquiry_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la against_o crime_n be_v allow_v both_o in_o civil_a and_o temporal_a court_n and_o in_o ecclesiastical_a also_o by_o the_o two_o law_n canon_n and_o civil_a c._n 14_o contain_v a_o answer_n to_o such_o objection_n as_o upon_o the_o civil_a or_o canon_n law_n be_v bring_v against_o all_o proceed_n of_o office_n in_o cause_n criminal_a by_o the_o treatisor_n and_o the_o note-gatherer_n c._n 15._o enquiry_n and_o proceed_n of_o office_n without_o a_o accuser_n and_o ground_v upon_o some_o other_o of_o the_o mean_n afore_o prove_v sufficient_a to_o enter_v into_o such_o enquiry_n be_v approve_v by_o sundry_a example_n of_o scripture_n c._n 16._o a_o answer_n be_v make_v to_o such_o objection_n as_o out_o of_o scripture_n or_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n be_v make_v against_o criminal_a proceed_n of_o office_n by_o the_o note-gath_a and_o other_o in_o the_o three_o part_n he_o conclude_v upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n for_o which_o his_o apology_n be_v make_v c._n 1._o of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o oath_n what_o a_o oath_n be_v and_o the_o reason_n or_o original_a formal_a cause_n of_o the_o use_n of_o oath_n c._n 2._o a_o answer_n to_o certain_a doubt_n make_v concern_v oath_n as_o namely_o why_o in_o scripture_n god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v swear_v how_o by_o oath_n he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v call_v to_o witness_n a_o oath_n no_o tempt_a of_o god_n but_o a_o part_n of_o his_o worship_n why_o nevertheless_o some_o be_v repel_v from_o take_v oath_n whether_o adjuration_n be_v lawful_a after_o who_o meaning_n a_o oath_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v whether_o every_o promissory_a oath_n be_v simple_o to_o be_v keep_v whether_o a_o oath_n may_v be_v dispense_v with_o and_o how_o far_o and_o whether_o a_o christian_a may_v by_o mutual_a oath_n contract_n with_o he_o that_o swear_v by_o false_a god_n c._n 3._o division_n of_o oath_n according_a to_o the_o outward_a form_n of_o take_v they_o according_a to_o the_o matter_n and_o inward_a form_n of_o they_o with_o plain_a description_n of_o every_o kind_n of_o oath_n c._n 4._o that_o the_o ceremony_n use_v in_o take_v and_o give_v of_o corporal_a oath_n with_o lay_v hand_n upon_o the_o bible_n or_o testament_n and_o swear_v by_o the_o content_n of_o it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a c._n 5._o the_o true_a issue_n of_o the_o next_o opinion_n in_o question_n two_o sort_n of_o crime_n and_o offence_n prohibit_v in_o what_o cause_v a_o oath_n here_o speak_v of_o may_v not_o be_v minister_v and_o the_o manifold_a convenience_n and_o necessity_n of_o a_o oath_n sometime_o to_o be_v minister_v in_o a_o cause_n criminal_a and_o penal_a unto_o the_o party_n with_o some_o few_o objection_n touch_v inconvenience_n thereof_o answete_v c._n 6._o that_o oath_n of_o man_n touch_v matter_n damageable_a criminal_a and_o penal_a to_o themselves_o be_v urge_v and_o act_v by_o temporal_a court_n and_o by_o the_o law_n of_o this_o realm_n c._n 7._o wherein_o be_v contain_v answer_n to_o such_o objection_n and_o reason_n as_o be_v make_v for_o proof_n of_o a_o contrariety_n or_o repugnancy_n in_o these_o oath_n unto_o the_o statute_n law_n or_o custom_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o a_o reply_n to_o the_o treatisour_n answer_v make_v unto_o certain_a objection_n suppose_v likely_a to_o be_v make_v in_o justification_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o oath_n by_o the_o temporal_a law_n c._n 8._o that_o minister_a of_o such_o oath_n be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n allow_v unto_o judge_n of_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o some_o few_o objection_n make_v to_o the_o contrary_n answer_v c._n 9_o that_o such_o oath_n touch_v a_o man_n own_o crime_n be_v allow_v both_o by_o the_o canon_n and_o civil_a law_n how_o far_o and_o in_o what_o sort_n and_o that_o the_o like_a be_v establish_v and_o think_v equal_a by_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o sundry_a other_o nation_n as_o well_o ancient_a as_o modern_a c._n 10._o a_o answer_n to_o some_o objection_n pretend_v to_o be_v make_v against_o this_o kind_n of_o oath_n from_o the_o law_n civil_a and_o canon_n c._n 11._o that_o not_o only_o such_o a_o oath_n may_v be_v take_v but_o also_o be_v by_o magistrate_n due_o command_v ought_v not_o to_o be_v refuse_v be_v approve_v by_o scripture_n by_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o of_o late_a time_n together_o with_o a_o reply_n unto_o certain_a answer_n make_v unto_o some_o proof_n here_o use_v c._n 12._o a_o answer_n unto_o such_o objection_n as_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v gather_v from_o divinity_n divine_n and_o from_o the_o example_n of_o godly_a man_n against_o minister_a oath_n unto_o party_n in_o matter_n of_o their_o own_o crime_n c._n 13._o four_o several_a opinion_n of_o the_o innovator_n against_o the_o party_n take_v of_o a_o oath_n in_o criminal_a cause_n with_o answer_n also_o unto_o their_o reason_n and_o objection_n c._n 14._o that_o a_o man_n be_v charge_v by_o authority_n to_o discover_v his_o knowledge_n touch_v some_o offence_n which_o his_o christian_a brother_n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v do_v be_v bind_v to_o reveal_v it_o though_o it_o may_v breed_v trouble_n and_o punishment_n to_o his_o broaher_n and_o the_o reason_n to_o the_o contrary_n be_v answer_v and_o refute_v c._n 15._o their_o argument_n be_v answer_v that_o condemn_v the_o minister_a and_o take_v of_o a_o oath_n as_o unlawful_a because_o they_o have_v not_o distinct_a knowledge_n give_v unto_o they_o of_o every_o particular_a before_o the_o take_n of_o it_o and_o the_o like_a course_n by_o example_n be_v upprove_v lawful_a and_o godly_a c._n 16._o that_o after_o the_o party_n have_v answer_v upon_o his_o oath_n it_o be_v neither_o unusual_a unlawful_a or_o ungodly_a to_o seek_v to_o convince_v he_o by_o witness_n or_o other_o trial_n if_o he_o be_v suspect_v not_o to_o have_v deliver_v a_o plain_a and_o full_a truth_n and_o somewhat_o also_o in_o approbation_n of_o canonical_a purgation_n with_o answer_n to_o the_o treatisor_n objection_n against_o they_o chap._n iu._n by_o the_o late_a act_n the_o manner_n of_o proceed_v in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v not_o alter_v but_o left_a as_o it_o be_v a_o summary_n relation_n of_o what_o doctor_n cousin_n in_o his_o apology_n have_v assert_v and_o make_v good_a by_o god_n word_n the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o father_n the_o law_n canon_n and_o civil_a and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n allow_v and_o warrant_v they_o the_o like_a practice_n at_o common_a law_n and_o
at_o common_a law_n proceed_n in_o chancery_n with_o the_o several_a species_n and_o kind_n of_o case_n wherein_o such_o oath_n at_o common_a law_n be_v tender_v be_v very_o numerous_a and_o be_v by_o he_o cap._n 6._o in_o the_o three_o part_n of_o his_o apology_n and_o other_o part_n thereof_o reckon_v up_o and_o full_o set_v forth_o and_o if_o this_o may_v be_v do_v in_o civil_a cause_n ought_v it_o not_o much_o rather_o be_v allow_v the_o church_n in_o criminal_a which_o work_v only_o medicinaliter_fw-la to_o reformation_n the_o commonwealth_n work_v ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la the_o church_n not_o so_o this_o to_o the_o amendment_n of_o the_o party_n to_o bring_v he_o to_o a_o voluntary_a submission_n and_o to_o take_v away_o the_o offence_n and_o scandal_n which_o he_o have_v just_o give_v to_o his_o neighbour_n and_o to_o lead_v a_o new_a life_n that_o perhaps_o to_o the_o loss_n of_o liberty_n corporal_a punishment_n or_o livelihood_n at_o least_o beside_o the_o infamy_n of_o be_v convict_v of_o do_v dishonest_o and_o unworthy_o chap._n v._n that_o it_o be_v consonant_a to_o god_n word_n to_o give_v such_o a_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la or_o otherwise_o every_o soul_n be_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o high_a power_n 13._o rom._n 13._o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o all_o command_v not_o contrary_a to_o god_n word_n 5.29_o act_n 5.29_o in_o such_o come_v in_o the_o apostle_n rule_v it_o be_v better_a to_o obey_v god_n then_o man_n that_o the_o give_v such_o a_o oath_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o god_n word_n a_o oath_n due_o impose_v by_o the_o magistrate_n necessitate_v the_o subject_a to_o take_v it_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n himself_o thou_o shall_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o serve_v he_o and_o shall_v swear_v by_o his_o name_n the_o like_a be_v give_v by_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n o_o israel_n thou_o shall_v swear_v the_o lord_n live_v in_o truth_n in_o judgement_n and_o righteousness_n joshua_n give_v charge_n to_o all_o the_o magistrate_n of_o israel_n 4.25_o jer._n 4.25_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o god_n of_o other_o nation_n nor_o shall_v cause_v to_o swear_v by_o they_o saul_n do_v not_o only_o charge_v the_o people_n with_o a_o oath_n 7._o josh_n 23.2_o 7._o but_o make_v they_o vow_n with_o a_o curse_n not_o to_o eat_v any_o food_n that_o day_n till_o night_n therefore_o one_o of_o they_o report_v to_o jonathan_n saul_n son_n 14._o 1_o sam._n 14._o that_o his_o father_n have_v make_v the_o people_n to_o swear_v some_o will_v cavil_v at_o this_o as_o but_o a_o adjuration_n and_o will_v without_o reason_n difference_n that_o from_o a_o oath_n but_o in_o that_o chapter_n 1_o sam._n 14._o it_o be_v four_o several_a time_n call_v a_o oath_n the_o wise_a king_n solomon_n impose_v a_o oath_n upon_o shimei_n in_o a_o cause_n capital_a to_o he_o do_v not_o i_o make_v thou_o say_v he_o swear_v by_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n 42._o 2_o king_n 42._o so_o king_n saul_n urge_v david_n to_o swear_v unto_o he_o 24._o 1_o sam._n 24._o for_o a_o private_a offence_n only_o between_o neighbour_n king_n solomon_n testify_v that_o a_o necessary_a oath_n of_o purgation_n may_v be_v require_v by_o the_o complainant_n 8._o 3_o king_n 8._o when_o a_o man_n shall_v trespass_v against_o his_o neighbour_n and_o he_o lie_v upon_o he_o a_o oath_n to_o cause_v he_o to_o swear_v etc._n etc._n 34._o 2_o chron._n 34._o king_n josias_n make_v a_o covenant_n and_o vow_n and_o cause_v all_o that_o be_v find_v in_o jerusalem_n and_o benjamin_n to_o stand_v to_o it_o 5.12_o neh._n 5.12_o nehemiah_n cause_v the_o priest_n to_o swear_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v assign_v for_o a_o special_a mark_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n to_o swear_v to_o his_o neighbour_n and_o not_o to_o disappoint_v he_o though_o it_o be_v to_o his_o own_o hindrance_n 15.4_o num._n 30.3_o psal_n 15.4_o abraham_n say_v thus_o to_o his_o servant_n i_o will_v make_v thou_o swear_v by_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n this_o in_o a_o private_a cause_n 24.3_o gen._n 24.3_o much_o more_o a_o magistrate_n in_o a_o cause_n wherein_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o church_n of_o god_n have_v interest_n to_o have_v it_o sincere_o deal_v in_o jacob_n move_v esau_n to_o the_o sale_n of_o his_o birthright_n 25.33_o gen._n 25.33_o and_o take_v a_o oath_n for_o confirmation_n of_o it_o a_o man_n suppose_v to_o have_v bear_v false_a witness_n against_o another_o be_v thereof_o bring_v in_o question_n 19.17_o deut._n 19.17_o and_o re-examined_a if_o it_o be_v object_v it_o be_v not_o upon_o oath_n by_o consequence_n of_o reason_n it_o must_v be_v upon_o oath_n when_o what_o he_o have_v say_v before_o upon_o oath_n be_v re-examined_a and_o this_o in_o a_o case_n very_o penal_a to_o he_o the_o oath_n of_o adjuration_n be_v very_o frequent_a in_o scripture_n prov._n 29.14_o about_o not_o declare_v cursing_z which_o he_o hear_v by_o the_o history_n 2._o history_n jud._n 17.1_o 2._o of_o micah_n as_o we_o be_v 10.3_o be_v 1_o cor._n 10.3_o bind_v to_o do_v all_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n so_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n for_o a_o man_n by_o due_a presumption_n burden_a with_o a_o crime_n and_o charge_v by_o the_o magistrate_n to_o confess_v of_o himself_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o history_n of_o achan_n the_o lot_n fall_v upon_o he_o but_o this_o be_v but_o a_o inducement_n to_o ground_n a_o special_a inquisition_n against_o he_o if_o hereupon_o he_o may_v have_v be_v execute_v joshua_n need_v not_o to_o have_v require_v any_o further_a confession_n of_o he_o but_o he_o go_v further_a with_o a_o most_o solemn_a adjuration_n 5.1_o leu._n 5.1_o in_o those_o day_n use_v for_o a_o oath_n the_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v both_o and_o be_v translate_v sometime_o juramentum_fw-la and_o sometime_o adjuratio_fw-la son_n give_v glory_n to_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n etc._n etc._n 7.9_o josh_n 7.9_o albeit_o the_o punishment_n be_v capital_a ezra_n adjure_v the_o chief_a priest_n etc._n etc._n calvin_n in_o his_o institution_n gather_v 10.5_o ezra_n 10.5_o that_o achan_n take_v a_o oath_n when_o a_o man_n be_v find_v secret_o murder_v in_o the_o field_n and_o the_o murder_n be_v not_o know_v nor_o suspect_v yet_o all_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o next_o city_n thereunto_o shall_v use_v certain_a ceremony_n and_o then_o swear_v that_o their_o hand_n have_v not_o shed_v this_o blood_n nor_o their_o eye_n have_v see_v he_o that_o shed_v it_o 21._o deut._n 21._o in_o leviticus_n a_o certain_a sacrifice_n be_v to_o be_v make_v for_o certain_a sin_n among_o which_o this_o be_v one_o as_o arias_n montanus_n translate_v it_o out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n if_o a_o soul_n or_o a_o man_n shall_v have_v sin_v and_o have_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o adjuration_n or_o oath_n etc._n etc._n that_o which_o be_v here_o say_v â—_o leu._n â—5_n â—_o if_o he_o have_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o oath_n the_o geneva_n translation_n offer_v it_o thus_o in_o the_o margin_n as_o if_o it_o be_v near_o to_o the_o hebrew_n than_o the_o other_o in_o that_o text_n viz._n if_o the_o judge_n have_v take_v a_o oath_n of_o any_o other_o â—â—_o exod._n â—â—_o when_o a_o man_n deliver_v money_n of_o stuff_n on_o trust_n to_o be_v keep_v by_o his_o neighbour_n if_o it_o happen_v to_o be_v imbezelled_a away_o and_o the_o thief_n be_v not_o certain_o know_v or_o find_v by_o the_o low_a of_o god_n be_v must_v take_v a_o necessary_a oath_n of_o purgation_n and_o enquiry_n the_o same_o also_o be_v a_o little_a after_o establish_v by_o god_n touch_v any_o quick_a good_n happen_v to_o be_v leave_v in_o deposito_fw-la 10._o ibid._n v._o 10._o a_o sacrifice_n of_o atonement_n for_o such_o a_o sin_n of_o perjury_n be_v prescribe_v if_o any_o do_v sin_n say_v the_o lord_n any_o deny_v unto_o his_o neighbour_n etc._n etc._n if_o a_o man_n be_v move_v with_o a_o jealous_a mind_n against_o his_o wife_n 5.14_o num._n 5.14_o she_o be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v charge_v with_o a_o oath_n but_o to_o have_v further_a trial_n to_o drink_v the_o bitter_a water_n 38.14_o jer._n 38.14_o when_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n be_v charge_v by_o the_o king_n in_o a_o generality_n to_o answer_v that_o which_o he_o will_v ask_v he_o the_o prophet_n promise_v so_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v capital_a to_o he_o he_o will_v answer_v it_o whether_o upon_o oath_n or_o not_o oath_n for_o before_o god_n it_o be_v the_o same_o no_o doubt_n he_o answer_v the_o truth_n 37.13_o truth_n jer._n 37.13_o the_o same_o prophet_n when_o he_o be_v charge_v with_o a_o particular_a high_a crime_n refuse_v not_o to_o answer_v or_o bid_v they_o prove_v it_o but_o roundly_o answer_v it_o 5._o it_o 2_o king_n 5._o so_o elisha_n
that_o not_o be_v so_o much_o as_o divers_a course_n they_o can_v be_v contrariant_n or_o repugnant_a therefore_o these_o oath_n be_v lawful_o practise_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a or_o thus_o that_o which_o be_v justice_n and_o equity_n in_o one_o court_n can_v be_v unjust_a unequal_a or_o cruel_a in_o another_o court_n that_o be_v thereunto_o no_o less_o authorize_v than_o the_o first_o but_o such_o be_v these_o oath_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o aforementioned_a temporal_a court_n therefore_o they_o be_v lawful_a and_o equal_a also_o in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n chap._n x._o the_o inconvenience_n and_o hurt_n that_o probable_o may_v follow_v by_o the_o forbid_a the_o minister_a of_o a_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la or_o any_o other_o oath_n whereby_o such_o person_n to_o who_o the_o same_o be_v tender_v or_o administer_v may_v be_v charge_v or_o compel_v to_o confess_v or_o accuse_v or_o to_o purge_v he_o or_o herself_o of_o any_o criminal_a matter_n or_o thing_n whereby_o he_o or_o she_o may_v be_v liable_a to_o any_o censure_n or_o punishment_n praise_v of_o the_o civil_a law_n civilian_n first_o and_o last_o and_o great_a sufferer_n amity_n betwixt_o both_o robe_n his_o majesty_n and_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n favour_n to_o civilian_n doctor_n cousin_n have_v touch_v upon_o some_o of_o such_o inconvenience_n in_o general_a not_o much_o in_o particular_a sparsìm_fw-la in_o that_o his_o apology_n but_o not_o in_o any_o one_o distinct_a chapter_n some_o of_o such_o as_o i_o have_v think_v of_o i_o shall_v set_v down_o that_o evil_n shall_v be_v remove_v be_v often_o inculcate_v in_o holy_a writ_n and_o that_o right_a and_o justice_n shall_v be_v do_v in_o all_o cause_n as_o well_o criminal_a as_o civil_a public_a and_o private_a all_o law_n sacred_a and_o profane_a command_n this_o tend_v to_o the_o well-being_n even_o the_o be_v of_o all_o kingdom_n commonwealth_n and_o government_n whatsoever_o as_o the_o contrary_a to_o the_o desolation_n and_o destruction_n thereof_o and_o of_o all_o commerce_n and_o humane_a society_n that_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o commonwealth_n punishment_n be_v most_o needful_a the_o sacred_a writ_n show_v it_o and_o give_v many_o example_n where_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o few_o whole_a army_n and_o society_n have_v be_v punish_v 7._o josh_n 7._o achans_n steal_v of_o the_o accurse_a garment_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o overthrow_n of_o israel_n in_o battle_n 4._o 1_o sam._n 4._o so_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o eli_n and_o his_o son_n many_o thousand_o of_o the_o israelite_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o philistine_n solomon_n give_v charge_n to_o kill_v joab_n say_v 1.2_o 1_o king_n 1.2_o smite_v he_o that_o thou_o may_v take_v away_o the_o blood_n which_o joab_n shed_v causeless_a from_o i_o and_o the_o house_n of_o my_o father_n and_o for_o ionas_n his_o disobedience_n the_o whole_a ship_n be_v in_o danger_n to_o have_v perish_v 14._o aristot_n rhetor._n theodor._n c._n 14._o the_o heathen_a can_v say_v justicia_fw-la est_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la basis_n aristotle_n can_v say_v that_o punishment_n be_v a_o remedy_n to_o be_v use_v against_o fault_n and_o cassiodor_n remedium_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la peccatum_fw-la accclerata_fw-la correctio_fw-la for_o all_o crime_n and_o offence_n be_v but_o as_o so_o many_o malady_n and_o distemper_n in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n which_o if_o suffer_v to_o grow_v without_o the_o curb_n of_o law_n will_v quick_o like_o a_o canker_n disperse_v either_o to_o the_o destruction_n or_o eminent_a danger_n of_o both_o so_o that_o the_o necessity_n of_o punishment_n and_o force_v justice_n to_o be_v do_v both_o in_o civil_a and_o criminal_a cause_n by_o the_o very_a end_n unto_o which_o it_o be_v refer_v clear_o appear_v 7._o appear_v aug._n in_o ep_v joan._n tract_n 7._o charitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la languor_n ubi_fw-la mali_fw-la mores_fw-la digna_fw-la poena_fw-la non_fw-la castigantur_fw-la 83._o castigantur_fw-la idem_fw-la ep_n 50._o ad_fw-la bonifac._n c._n error_n do_v 83._o error_n cvi_fw-la non_fw-la resistitur_fw-la approbatur_fw-la 14._o approbatur_fw-la cassiod_n l._n 3._o uac_n epist_n 14._o malum_fw-la cum_fw-la perseveret_fw-la augetur_fw-la tudine_fw-la augetur_fw-la c._n cum_fw-la tanto_fw-la de_fw-la consu_fw-la tudine_fw-la tanto_fw-la sunt_fw-la graviora_fw-la peccata_fw-la quanto_fw-la diutiùs_fw-la animam_fw-la detinent_fw-la illigatam_fw-la tully_n say_v mâ—lone_a say_v cicer._n pro_fw-la mâ—lone_a impunitatis_fw-la spes_fw-la magna_fw-la peccandi_fw-la illecebra_fw-la 45._o illecebra_fw-la c._n sed_fw-la and._n do_v 45._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la misericordia_fw-la quae_fw-la bonitas_fw-la uni_fw-la parcere_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la in_o discrimen_fw-la adducere_fw-la the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n do_v teach_v even_o heathen_a man_n thus_o vulnerat_fw-la thus_o f._n ad_fw-la l._n aquil_n l._n ita_fw-la vulnerat_fw-la interest_n reipublicae_fw-la delicta_fw-la puniri_fw-la and_o final_a and_o h._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la pur_fw-it l._n 7._o sect_n final_a poenas_fw-la ob_fw-la maleficia_fw-la solvi_fw-la magna_fw-la ratio_fw-la suadet_fw-la now_o if_o upon_o such_o weighty_a reason_n it_o be_v most_o needful_a that_o justice_n be_v due_o administer_v and_o crime_n punish_v for_o in_o criminal_a matter_n the_o great_a care_n be_v to_o be_v have_v though_o no_o neglect_n neither_o to_o be_v in_o commutative_a and_o distributive_a justice_n to_o have_v that_o right_o perform_v it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o all_o due_a and_o good_a mean_n may_v be_v use_v to_o attain_v that_o end_n qui_fw-la that_o finem_fw-la that_fw-mi media_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la injur_fw-fr finem_fw-la f._n de_fw-fr injur_fw-fr peccata_fw-la nocentium_fw-la expedit_fw-la esse_fw-la nota_fw-la now_o when_o crime_n cease_v to_o be_v secret_a but_o be_v by_o fame_n or_o by_o such_o way_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a so_o far_o discover_v if_o there_o be_v as_o very_o often_o there_o be_v not_o not_o other_o way_n to_o discover_v they_o that_o so_o the_o evil_a and_o the_o scandal_n may_v be_v take_v away_o but_o by_o put_v the_o party_n to_o his_o oath_n thereby_o to_o clear_v himself_o if_o further_o due_a proof_n thereof_o can_v be_v make_v or_o by_o refusal_n of_o the_o oath_n to_o be_v take_v pro_fw-la confesso_fw-la than_o it_o follow_v the_o evil_a and_o scandal_n must_v still_o remain_v and_o all_o the_o sad_a effect_n thereof_o to_o church_n and_o state_n may_v be_v expect_v to_o follow_v be_v the_o fame_n of_o a_o crime_n adultery_n or_o the_o like_a never_o so_o pregnant_a that_o town_n and_o country_n even_o the_o kingdom_n ring_n of_o it_o though_o a_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n have_v cohabit_v together_o a_o long_a time_n yet_o if_o they_o be_v not_o take_v or_o see_v in_o flagranti_fw-la crimine_fw-la or_o see_v in_o bed_n together_o which_o be_v a_o violent_a presumption_n equivalent_a to_o a_o proof_n and_o the_o party_n deny_v the_o fact_n some_o make_v it_o disputable_a whether_o or_o no_o any_o manner_n of_o punishment_n the_o fact_n be_v neither_o prove_v nor_o confess_v can_v be_v lay_v upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d for_o this_o great_a scandal_n to_o the_o church_n some_o hold_n that_o by_o the_o word_n of_o this_o late_a act_n that_o a_o innocent_a party_n upon_o who_o a_o fame_n be_v unjust_o raise_v and_o the_o beginning_n of_o it_o can_v be_v find_v as_o often_o have_v happen_v yet_o though_o he_o offer_v to_o purge_v himself_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v not_o to_o tender_v or_o administer_v the_o oath_n to_o he_o though_o this_o seem_v otherwise_o because_o the_o oath_n be_v forbid_v but_o only_o in_o such_o case_n whereby_o the_o person_n to_o who_o the_o same_o be_v tender_v or_o administer_v may_v be_v charge_v or_o compel_v to_o confess_v or_o accuse_v or_o to_o purge_v he_o or_o herself_o of_o any_o criminal_a matter_n or_o thing_n whereby_o he_o or_o she_o may_v be_v liable_a to_o any_o censure_n or_o punishment_n but_o in_o this_o case_n of_o voluntary_a offer_n to_o take_v the_o oath_n that_o reason_n of_o censure_n or_o punishment_n cease_v volenti_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a injuria_fw-la neque_fw-la dolus_fw-la juris_fw-la reg._n juris_fw-la such_o course_n by_o way_n of_o oath_n to_o find_v out_o the_o sin_n be_v forbid_v how_o great_a a_o encouragement_n it_o may_v prove_v to_o commit_v such_o sin_n be_v obvious_a to_o the_o easy_a judgement_n it_o be_v extreme_a to_o make_v adultery_n punishable_a by_o death_n though_o that_o extreme_a be_v to_o be_v avoid_v the_o contrary_a too_o must_v be_v shun_v if_o it_o be_v lawful_a at_o common_a law_n as_o in_o a_o wager_n at_o law_n and_o many_o other_o case_n as_o before_o touch_v to_o tender_a and_o administer_v such_o oath_n and_o in_o such_o cause_n as_o need_v it_o not_o so_o much_o as_o these_o cause_n ordinary_o do_v wherein_o before_o that_o late_a act_n it_o be_v administer_v in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n then_o why_o not_o in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n except_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o fame_n course_n shall_v be_v
be_v the_o most_o frequent_a and_o only_a mention_n almost_o of_o such_o a_o thing_n this_o very_a term_n to_o swear_v you_o will_v scarce_o any_o where_n find_v it_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n but_o either_o under_o the_o word_n hiphil_n that_o be_v the_o imperative_a command_a conjugation_n in_o respect_n of_o he_o that_o give_v the_o oath_n or_o under_o the_o word_n niphal_n that_o be_v the_o passive_a suffer_a conjugation_n in_o respect_n of_o he_o that_o take_v the_o oath_n and_o under_o the_o same_o rule_n be_v the_o greek_n among_o who_o orcos_fw-la be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o oath_n which_o almost_o sole_o the_o holy_a ghost_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o that_o word_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o straighten_a necessity_n and_o as_o they_o say_v a_o exigengy_a no_o less_o than_o there_o be_v in_o the_o word_n orcos_fw-la for_o from_o the_o same_o word_n come_v both_o that_o be_v of_o straighten_n thereupon_o come_v that_o common_a proverb_n war_n and_o oath_n be_v voluntary_a evil_n and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v good_a they_o ought_v to_o be_v press_v and_o express_v as_o st._n augustine_n of_o oath_n say_v witty_o either_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o he_o that_o give_v the_o oath_n or_o at_o leastwise_o by_o the_o hardness_n of_o his_o heart_n that_o believe_v not_o so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n either_o to_o swear_v or_o to_o make_v war_n except_o it_o be_v at_o least_o in_o some_o manner_n exact_v and_o upon_o some_o and_o no_o light_a cause_n therefore_o that_o it_o may_v be_v require_v or_o rather_o that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o very_a force_n of_o nature_n the_o very_a force_n of_o the_o term_n itself_o evince_v it_o but_o whether_o from_o the_o magistrate_n this_o be_v the_o second_o branch_n yes_o sure_o from_o the_o magistrate_n so_o the_o divine_n of_o old_a not_o only_o every_o body_n but_o every_o soul_n be_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o power_n rom._n 13.1_o therefore_o the_o power_n have_v power_n to_o commit_v the_o body_n to_o custody_n by_o imprison_v it_o lest_o it_o escape_v and_o so_o likewise_o the_o soul_n to_o commit_v that_o to_o custody_n by_o lay_v a_o oath_n upon_o it_o lest_o it_o shall_v have_v any_o subterfuge_n by_o which_o name_n god_n himself_o have_v most_o fit_o call_v a_o oath_n the_o bond_n or_o prison_n of_o the_o soul_n num._n 30.13_o by_o which_o the_o soul_n may_v as_o it_o be_v be_v tie_v up_o and_o be_v so_o tie_v up_o may_v be_v bind_v to_o answer_v apposite_o and_o ready_o but_o yet_o it_o come_v near_a if_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o master_n to_o force_v his_o servant_n to_o take_v a_o oath_n as_o gen._n 24.3_o abraham_n do_v if_o a_o father_n to_o his_o son_n as_o jacob_n to_o joseph_n gen._n 47.29_o if_o a_o brother_n to_o a_o brother_n as_o the_o same_o jacob_n to_o esau_n gen._n 25.33_o by_o how_o much_o better_o right_n be_v it_o lawful_a for_o the_o magistrate_n to_o do_v it_o to_o his_o subject_n who_o command_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o any_o other_o command_n i_o add_v also_o about_o the_o right_n settle_v in_o marriage_n of_o a_o son_n if_o that_o be_v lawful_a as_o abraham_n to_o his_o servant_n of_o choose_v a_o fit_a place_n of_o burial_n as_o to_o joseph_n of_o pass_v away_o the_o right_n of_o birthright_n as_o esau_n and_o in_o private_a cause_n i_o add_v also_o of_o the_o least_o concernment_n if_o compare_v with_o the_o public_a then_o sure_o by_o better_a righr_n may_v the_o magistrate_n do_v it_o in_o the_o common_a cause_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n who_o interest_n be_v great_a than_o any_o other_o interest_n and_o that_o be_v provide_v for_o by_o god_n law_n exod._n 12.8_o in_o express_v term_n in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o pawn_n say_v god_n let_v they_o come_v before_o the_o magistrate_n in_o which_o place_n the_o magistrate_n be_v name_v by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n himself_o and_o not_o by_o any_o name_n but_o by_o that_o very_a name_n which_o be_v take_v from_o the_o force_n of_o a_o oath_n as_o though_o he_o shall_v say_v let_v they_o come_v before_o the_o oath-giver_n or_o those_o who_o when_o they_o give_v the_o law_n in_o god_n stead_n in_o his_o judgement_n and_o in_o his_o name_n may_v require_v his_o oath_n to_o be_v take_v that_o be_v god_n deputy_n psal_n 82.6_o in_o god_n judgement_n 2_o chro._n 19.8_o the_o oath_n of_o god_n eccles._n 8.2_o therefore_o to_o the_o magistrate_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o the_o magistrate_n i_o say_v as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a before_o he_o that_o be_v the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n by_o law_n the_o woman_n be_v command_v to_o purge_v herself_o in_o a_o case_n of_o suspicion_n of_o breach_n of_o wedlock_n bond_n num._n 5.19_o before_o he_o that_o be_v the_o temporal_a judge_n by_o law_n the_o man_n be_v command_v to_o purge_v himself_o in_o a_o cause_n of_o suspicion_n of_o breach_n of_o social_n promise_n or_o contract_n exod._n 22.8_o the_o practice_n whereof_o we_o see_v and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v the_o interpreter_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n in_o ezra_n who_o require_v a_o oath_n in_o a_o matrimonial_a cause_n ezra_n 10.5_o of_o the_o temporal_a judge_n in_o nehemiah_n who_o force_v a_o oath_n in_o a_o cause_n of_o usury_n neh._n 5.12_o neither_o have_v the_o pious_a and_o religious_a magistrate_n only_o right_a to_o do_v this_o but_o the_o heathen_a magistrate_n too_o and_o that_o to_o god_n people_n zedekiah_n give_v his_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_n 2_o chron._n 36.9_o though_o force_v he_o give_v it_o and_o right_o too_o if_o we_o believe_v ezekiel_n and_o afterward_o by_o a_o sacrilegious_a boldness_n he_o attempt_v to_o break_v it_o he_o escape_v not_o unpunished_a for_o it_o ezek._n 17.13_o last_o i_o add_v that_o this_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o do_v to_o their_o own_o people_n only_o but_o also_o to_o guest_n and_o stranger_n live_v within_o their_o territory_n either_o for_o traffic_v or_o any_o other_o cause_n in_o which_o regard_n joseph_n now_o become_v viceroy_n of_o egypt_n impose_v a_o oath_n upon_o his_o brethren_n in_o a_o case_n of_o treason_n suspect_v though_o both_o by_o law_n and_o by_o nature_n they_o be_v canaanites_n gen._n 43.3_o therefore_o hence_o it_o now_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o impose_v a_o oath_n and_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a also_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o whether_o be_v it_o lawful_a to_o do_v it_o to_o the_o party_n that_o be_v the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n the_o three_o thing_n i_o propound_v nor_o can_v that_o be_v call_v into_o question_n exod._n 22.8_o he_o to_o who_o the_o pawn_n be_v concredit_v be_v the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n num._n 5.19_o the_o woman_n suspect_v by_o the_o jealous_a husband_n to_o have_v wrong_v his_o bed_n be_v also_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n but_o to_o each_o of_o they_o be_v this_o oath_n to_o be_v give_v nor_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o decline_v it_o in_o a_o few_o word_n i_o will_v sum_n it_o up_o whether_o one_o deceitful_o keep_v his_o neighbour_n good_n or_o perfidious_o detein_v his_o friend_n good_n or_o restore_v not_o to_o the_o owner_n his_o find_a good_n when_o he_o require_v they_o levit._n 6.3_o or_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o in_o any_o other_o crime_n for_o it_o be_v mention_v indefinite_o 1_o king_n 8.31_o in_o whatsoever_o he_o shall_v sin_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o plaintiff_n or_o agent_n to_o impose_v a_o oath_n upon_o the_o party_n that_o be_v the_o guilty_a or_o defendant_n or_o to_o lay_v a_o oath_n upon_o he_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n nor_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o the_o guilty_a or_o defendant_n party_n to_o refuse_v it_o whether_o it_o be_v impose_v by_o the_o agent_n or_o plaintiff_n or_o by_o the_o magistrate_n indeed_o i_o can_v deny_v but_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o such_o time_n that_o it_o may_v be_v expedient_a to_o impose_v the_o oath_n upon_o the_o party_n agent_n or_o plaintiff_n and_o not_o only_o upon_o the_o defendant_n for_o it_o may_v happen_v that_o they_o may_v both_o prevaricate_v that_o be_v the_o party_n agent_n or_o plaintiff_n by_o calumniate_a and_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n by_o tergiversation_n but_o if_o we_o will_v take_v the_o law_n from_o heaven_n from_o the_o holy_a writ_n to_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n it_o be_v more_o necessary_a to_o be_v give_v example_n be_v thereof_o scarce_o will_v you_o find_v in_o the_o law_n a_o oath_n lay_v upon_o the_o agent_n or_o plaintiff_n but_o very_o often_o may_v you_o find_v it_o upon_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n moses_n render_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o the_o actor_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v the_o party_n
off_o his_o posterity_n 2_o sam._n 21.2_o therefore_o this_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o king_n a_o commonwealth_n nor_o a_o private_a man_n to_o do_v now_o i_o conclude_v so_o be_v it_o there_o be_v not_o danger_n of_o loss_n of_o life_n in_o it_o in_o matter_n and_o cause_n which_o be_v punish_v either_o by_o pecuniary_a mulct_n or_o by_o imprisonment_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o subject_a to_o undergo_v that_o oath_n and_o for_o the_o magistrate_n to_o require_v it_o but_o in_o this_o point_n be_v much_o doubt_v this_o oath_n how_o far_o it_o be_v lawful_a and_o in_o what_o manner_n a_o case_n which_o while_o i_o treat_v of_o all_o my_o action_n be_v as_o they_o call_v it_o the_o pursue_v of_o the_o judicial_a proceed_n by_o which_o it_o may_v be_v know_v at_o length_n in_o which_o way_n we_o may_v go_v where_o we_o may_v go_v no_o further_o and_o hereof_o i_o see_v three_o part_n as_o for_o as_o concern_v our_o purpose_n which_o be_v thus_o design_v in_o holy_a writ_n 1._o the_o admission_n of_o the_o suit_n or_o complaint_n as_o the_o hebrew_n call_v it_o that_o be_v the_o entrance_n of_o the_o cause_n into_o judgement_n out_o of_o isaiah_n 1.23_o st._n paul_n call_v it_o receive_v a_o accusation_n 1_o tim._n 5.19_o the_o second_o be_v the_o state_n and_o position_n of_o the_o cause_n that_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o suit_n or_o complaint_n as_o the_o hebrew_n give_v it_o the_o name_n out_o of_o deut._n 19.13_o the_o greek_n call_v it_o the_o matter_n to_o be_v judge_v and_o determine_v st._n paul_n if_o i_o be_v not_o deceive_v say_v it_o be_v a_o end_n of_o strife_n heb._n 6.16_o the_o three_o be_v inquisition_n upon_o the_o proof_n that_o be_v as_o the_o jew_n call_v it_o a_o pervestigation_n or_o sift_v of_o the_o suit_n or_o complaint_n out_o of_o job_n 29.16_o the_o greek_n call_v it_o a_o structure_n of_o the_o cause_n st._n paul_n call_v it_o a_o confirmation_n heb._n 6.16_o for_o with_o the_o four_o which_o all_o man_n call_v the_o sentence_n i_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v therefore_o these_o three_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v in_o all_o judiciary_n proceed_n that_o the_o party_n ought_v to_o be_v lawful_o question_v after_o that_o the_o state_n of_o the_o cause_n then_o the_o proof_n be_v to_o be_v look_v into_o and_o in_o the_o first_o part_n there_o be_v no_o use_n of_o a_o oath_n that_o i_o know_v or_o have_v read_v of_o yet_o that_o i_o shall_v inquire_v hereof_o some_o man_n error_n make_v i_o do_v it_o which_o error_n i_o shall_v lessen_v this_o day_n if_o it_o may_v be_v do_v who_o think_v themselves_o not_o sufficient_o accuse_v nay_o they_o think_v they_o shall_v accuse_v themselves_o except_o a_o accuser_n step_v forth_o and_o show_v himself_o and_o who_o false_o and_o rash_o suppose_v and_o yet_o they_o suppose_v it_o that_o that_o oath_n which_o be_v require_v of_o they_o for_o the_o state_v of_o the_o cause_n that_o be_v the_o second_o part_n that_o be_v to_o be_v require_v to_o the_o first_o part_n this_o be_v the_o admission_n of_o the_o suit_n or_o complaint_n so_o i_o propose_v it_o thus_o in_o every_o suit_n or_o complaint_n the_o matter_n either_o be_v so_o apparent_a as_o that_o it_o be_v manifest_a as_o well_o concern_v the_o fact_n as_o the_o person_n whether_o the_o person_n be_v deprehend_v in_o the_o deed_n do_v that_o be_v as_o they_o say_v take_v in_o the_o manner_n as_o she_o be_v john_n 8.4_o or_o so_o with_o a_o high_a hand_n or_o as_o we_o use_v to_o say_v with_o a_o notorious_a boldness_n as_o attempt_v before_o the_o magistrate_n and_o all_o the_o congreation_n as_o be_v zimri_n wickedness_n numb_a 25.8_o in_o which_o case_n so_o open_o act_v there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o accuser_n or_o witness_n or_o if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o the_o fact_n be_v manifest_a but_o the_o person_n be_v unknown_a as_o in_o the_o deed_n body_n find_v but_o the_o murderer_n be_v not_o know_v deut._n 21.1_o or_o the_o person_n be_v know_v but_o the_o fact_n unknown_a as_o in_o achans_n case_n josh_n 7.18_o in_o which_o matter_n so_o controvert_v a_o man_n may_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n be_v call_v into_o question_n four_o manner_n of_o way_n for_o either_o one_o may_v be_v bring_v forth_o upon_o some_o sign_n or_o presumption_n as_o in_o that_o first_o piece_n of_o god_n justice_n which_o all_o humane_a justice_n imitate_v it_o be_v do_v against_o adam_n without_o a_o accuser_n only_o upon_o sign_n and_o presumption_n that_o be_v that_o he_o flee_v and_o hide_v himself_o among_o the_o tree_n a_o sign_n of_o a_o guilty_a mind_n gen._n 3.8_o in_o the_o second_o piece_n of_o justice_n against_o cain_n that_o likewise_o be_v upon_o sign_n and_o presumption_n that_o be_v abel_n appear_v no_o where_n effusion_n of_o blood_n be_v find_v cain_n anger_n or_o envy_v towards_o abel_n forego_v it_o gen._n 4.6.10_o this_o be_v the_o first_o manner_n the_o second_o be_v or_o one_o may_v be_v bring_v forth_o upon_o the_o impeachment_n of_o another_o as_o in_o that_o very_o first_o piece_n of_o justice_n adam_n only_o be_v cite_v but_o he_o be_v question_v as_o usual_o it_o happen_v impeache_n eve_n she_o likewise_o the_o serpent_n gen._n 3.12_o and_o so_o they_o two_o hereby_o be_v make_v party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n the_o three_o be_v by_o fame_n or_o rather_o infamy_n as_o for_o the_o most_o part_n suspicion_n follow_v in_o the_o neck_n of_o the_o fact_n of_o wicked_a man_n talk_v or_o fame_n follow_v the_o suspicion_n and_o insinuation_n or_o complaint_n follow_v the_o talk_n or_o fame_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o course_n against_o the_o sodomite_n gen._n 18.20_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o sodomite_n be_v great_a i_o will_v go_v down_o now_o and_o see_v etc._n etc._n say_v the_o lord_n and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v inquisition_n make_v both_o in_o the_o law_n if_o it_o be_v tell_v thou_o and_o thou_o have_v hear_v it_o deut._n 17.4_o and_o in_o the_o gospel_n against_o the_o incestuous_a person_n 1_o cor_fw-la 5.1_o it_o be_v report_v the_o four_o be_v by_o suggestion_n or_o complaint_n as_o in_o job_n case_n cap._n 1.11_o where_o the_o accuser_n of_o our_o brethren_n as_o st._n john_n call_v he_o will_v have_v make_v that_o holy_a man_n guilty_a of_o hypocrisy_n a_o false_a crime_n yet_o a_o crime_n and_o that_o partly_o juridical_o under_o which_o name_n among_o the_o hebrew_n they_o be_v call_v master_n of_o the_o suit_n or_o controversy_n isaiah_n 50.8_o we_o translate_v it_o adversary_n and_o here_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o offend_a party_n be_v seek_v after_o that_o he_o may_v give_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o person_n wrong_v partly_o as_o it_o be_v call_v evangelical_o wherein_o one_o be_v denounce_v or_o report_v to_o the_o church_n where_o only_o the_o medicine_n or_o remedy_n be_v seek_v after_o that_o the_o church_n may_v have_v satisfaction_n in_o cause_n of_o scandal_n in_o the_o first_o the_o thing_n itself_o as_o we_o use_v to_o say_v speak_v and_o impeache_n the_o party_n guilty_a in_o the_o second_o one_o guilty_a person_n impeache_n another_o in_o the_o three_o the_o speech_n of_o the_o people_n be_v the_o accuser_n in_o the_o four_o any_o one_o under_o the_o proper_a and_o true_a name_n of_o a_o accuser_n to_o this_o i_o add_v a_o five_o but_o not_o as_o these_o as_o a_o ordinary_a remedy_n to_o determine_v the_o controversy_n but_o plain_o a_o extraordinary_a one_o not_o to_o be_v put_v in_o practice_n but_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n that_o be_v against_o the_o troubler_n of_o israel_n for_o so_o the_o word_n anchor_n sound_v that_o be_v in_o some_o heinous_a wickedness_n or_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n and_o kingdom_n be_v in_o danger_n in_o such_o case_n we_o run_v to_o extraordinary_a remedy_n that_o be_v to_o lot_n as_o joshua_n do_v which_o in_o certain_a cause_n be_v not_o grant_v josh_n 7.16_o in_o this_o joseph_n make_v use_v only_o of_o his_o own_o suspicion_n be_v not_o you_o spy_v say_v he_o to_o see_v the_o nakedness_n of_o the_o land_n you_o be_v come_v gen_n 42_o 9_o and_o when_o they_o deny_v yet_o without_o sign_n or_o token_n fame_n or_o any_o accuser_n he_o question_v they_o thrust_v simeon_n into_o prison_n and_o force_v the_o rest_n to_o take_v a_o oath_n nor_o do_v they_o appeal_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n or_o complain_v that_o they_o be_v use_v contrary_a to_o law_n and_o right_n for_o where_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v concern_v that_o be_v of_o such_o moment_n that_o i_o doubt_v not_o that_o god_n suffer_v his_o spirit_n of_o jealousy_n to_o come_v upon_o the_o magistrate_n touch_v the_o safety_n of_o his_o israel_n no_o less_o than_o he_o suffer_v the_o husband_n to_o have_v
not_o be_v good_a just_a and_o lawful_a and_o after_o the_o same_o matrimony_n solemnize_v and_o consummate_v by_o carnal_a knowledge_n and_o also_o sometime_o fruit_n of_o child_n ensue_v of_o the_o same_o marriage_n upon_o pretence_n of_o a_o former_a contract_n make_v and_o not_o consummate_v by_o carnal_a copulation_n for_o proof_n whereof_o two_o witness_n by_o that_o law_n be_v only_o require_v be_v divorce_v and_o separate_v contrary_a to_o god_n law_n and_o so_o the_o true_a matrimony_n both_o solemnize_v â—n_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n and_o confirm_v also_o with_o the_o fruit_n of_o child_n have_v between_o they_o clear_o frustrate_a and_o dissolve_v farther_o also_o by_o reason_n of_o other_o prohibition_n than_o god_n law_n admit_v for_o their_o lucre_n by_o that_o court_n invent_v the_o dispensation_n whereof_o they_o always_o reserve_v to_o themselves_o as_o in_o kindred_n or_o affinity_n between_o cousin-german_n and_o so_o to_o the_o four_o and_o four_o degree_n carnal_a knowledge_n of_o any_o of_o the_o same_o kin_n or_o affinity_n before_o in_o such_o outward_a degree_n which_o else_o be_v lawful_a and_o be_v not_o prohibit_v by_o god_n law_n and_o all_o because_o they_o will_v get_v money_n by_o it_o and_o keep_v a_o reputation_n of_o their_o usurp_a jurisdiction_n whereby_o not_o only_o much_o discord_n between_o lawful_a marry_a person_n have_v contrary_a to_o god_n ordinance_n arisen_a much_o debate_n and_o suit_n at_o the_o law_n with_o wrongful_a veration_n and_o great_a damage_n of_o the_o innocent_a party_n have_v be_v procure_v and_o many_o just_a marriage_n bring_v in_o doubt_n and_o danger_n of_o undo_n and_o also_o many_o time_n undo_v and_o lawful_a heir_n disherit_v whereof_o there_o have_v never_o else_o but_o for_o his_o vainglorious_a usurpation_n be_v move_v any_o such_o question_n since_o freedom_n in_o they_o be_v give_v by_o god_n law_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v most_o sure_a and_o certain_a but_o that_o notwithstanding_o marriage_n have_v be_v bring_v into_o such_o a_o uncertainty_n thereby_o that_o no_o marriage_n can_v be_v sure_o knit_v and_o bind_v but_o it_o shall_v lie_v in_o either_o of_o the_o party_n power_n and_o arbyter_n cast_v away_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n by_o mean_n and_o compass_n to_o prove_v a_o precontract_n a_o kindred_n and_o alliance_n or_o a_o carnal_a knowledge_n to_o defeat_v the_o same_o and_o so_o under_o the_o pretence_n of_o these_o allegation_n afore_o rehearse_v to_o live_v all_o the_o day_n of_o their_o life_n in_o detestable_a adultery_n to_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o their_o own_o soul_n and_o the_o provocation_n of_o the_o terrible_a wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o place_n where_o such_o abomination_n be_v use_v and_o suffer_v be_v it_o therefore_o enact_v by_o the_o king_n our_o sovereign_a lord_n the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v and_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o same_o that_o from_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o month_n of_o july_n next_o come_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n 1540_o all_n and_o every_o such_o marriage_n as_o within_o this_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v contract_v between_o lawful_a person_n as_o by_o this_o act_n we_o declare_v all_o person_n to_o be_v lawful_a that_o be_v not_o prohibit_v by_o god_n law_n to_o marry_v such_o be_v marriage_n contract_v and_o solemnize_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n or_o fruit_n of_o child_n or_o child_n be_v have_v therein_o between_o the_o party_n so_o marry_v shall_v be_v by_o authority_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n aforesaid_a deem_v judge_v and_o take_v to_o be_v lawful_a good_a just_a and_o indissoluble_a notwithstanding_o any_o precontract_n or_o precontract_n or_o matrimony_n not_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n which_o either_o of_o the_o party_n so_o marry_v or_o both_o shall_v have_v make_v with_o any_o other_o person_n or_o person_n before_o the_o time_n of_o contract_v that_o marriage_n which_o be_v solemnize_v and_o consummate_v or_o whereof_o such_o fruit_n be_v ensue_v or_o may_v ensue_v as_o afore_o and_o notwithstanding_o any_o dispensation_n prescription_n law_n or_o other_o thing_n grant_v or_o confirm_v by_o act_n or_o otherwise_o and_o that_o no_o reservation_n or_o prohibition_n god_n law_n except_v shall_v trouble_v or_o impeach_v any_o marriage_n without_o the_o levitical_a degree_n and_o that_o no_o person_n of_o which_o estate_n degree_n or_o condition_n he_o or_o she_o be_v shall_v after_o the_o say_v first_o day_n of_o the_o month_n of_o july_n aforesaid_a be_v admit_v to_o any_o of_o the_o spiritual_a court_n within_o this_o the_o king_n realm_n or_o any_o his_o grace_n other_o land_n and_o dominion_n to_o any_o process_n plea_n or_o allegation_n contrary_a to_o this_o foresay_a act._n rep._n 1_o &_o 2_o p._n &_o m._n 8._o rep._n 1._o el._n 1._o this_o act_n be_v not_o many_o year_n after_o repeal_v as_o follow_v 2_o &_o 3_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 23._o part_v of_o the_o statute_n of_o precontract_n repeal_v whereas_o in_o the_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o late_a king_n of_o famous_a memory_n king_n henry_n the_o eight_o because_o that_o many_o inconvenience_n have_v chance_v in_o this_o realm_n by_o break_v and_o dissolve_v good_a and_o lawful_a marriage_n yea_o whereupon_o also_o sometime_o issue_n and_o child_n have_v follow_v under_o the_o colour_n and_o pretence_n of_o a_o former_a contract_n make_v with_o another_o the_o which_o contract_n divers_a time_n be_v but_o very_o slender_o prove_v and_o often_o but_o surmise_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o party_n who_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v from_o the_o marriage_n which_o they_o like_v not_o and_o to_o be_v couple_v with_o another_o there_o be_v a_o act_n make_v that_o all_o and_o every_o such_o marriage_n as_o within_o the_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v contract_v and_o solemnize_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n or_o fruit_n of_o child_n or_o child_n be_v have_v between_o the_o party_n so_o marry_v shall_v be_v by_o authority_n of_o the_o say_a parliament_n deem_v judge_v and_o take_v to_o be_v lawful_a good_a just_a and_o indissoluble_a notwithstanding_o any_o precontract_n or_o precontract_n of_o matrimony_n not_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n which_o either_o of_o the_o person_n so_o marry_v or_o both_o have_v make_v with_o any_o other_o person_n or_o person_n before_o the_o time_n of_o contract_v that_o marriage_n which_o be_v solemnize_v or_o consummate_v or_o whereof_o such_o fruit_n be_v ensue_v or_o may_v ensue_v as_o by_o the_o same_o act_n more_o plain_o appear_v since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o which_o act_n although_o the_o same_o be_v godly_a mean_v the_o unrulinesse_n of_o man_n have_v ungodly_a abuse_v the_o same_o and_o divers_a inconvenience_n intolerable_a in_o manner_n to_o christian_a ear_n and_o eye_n follow_v thereupon_o woman_n and_o man_n break_v their_o own_o promise_n and_o faith_n make_v by_o the_o one_o unto_o the_o other_o so_o set_v upon_o sensuality_n and_o pleasure_n that_o if_o after_o the_o contract_n of_o matrimony_n they_o may_v have_v who_o they_o more_o favour_v and_o desire_v they_o can_v be_v content_v by_o lightness_n of_o their_o nature_n to_o overturn_v all_o that_o they_o have_v do_v afore_o and_o not_o afraid_a in_o manner_n even_o from_o the_o very_a church_n door_n and_o marriage_n feast_v the_o man_n to_o take_v another_o spouse_n and_o the_o espouse_v to_o take_v another_o husband_n more_o for_o bodily_a lust_n and_o carnal_a knowledge_n then_o for_o surety_n of_o faith_n and_o truth_n or_o have_v god_n in_o their_o good_a remembrance_n contemn_v many_o time_n also_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n forbid_v the_o party_n have_v make_v the_o contract_n to_o attempt_v or_o do_v any_o thing_n in_o prejudice_n of_o the_o same_o be_v it_o therefore_o enact_v by_o the_o king_n highness_n the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v that_o as_o concern_v precontract_n the_o say_v former_a statute_n shall_v from_o the_o first_o day_n of_o day_n next_o come_v cease_v be_v repeal_v and_o of_o no_o force_n or_o effect_n and_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o estate_n and_o order_n of_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n which_o immediate_o before_o the_o make_n of_o the_o say_a estatute_n in_o this_o case_n be_v use_v in_o this_o realm_n so_o that_o from_o the_o say_v first_o day_n of_o day_n when_o any_o cause_n or_o contract_n of_o marriage_n be_v pretend_v to_o have_v be_v make_v it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a to_o the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a judge_n of_o that_o place_n to_o hear_v and_o examine_v the_o say_a cause_n and_o
the_o law_n of_o law_n or_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n above_o all_o humane_a law_n whatsoever_o by_o sir_n robert_n wiseman_n knight_n doctor_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n together_o with_o a_o discourse_n concern_v the_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o canonical_a purgation_n london_n print_v for_o r._n royston_n bookseller_n to_o the_o king_n be_v most_o excellent_a majesty_n 1664._o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n reader_n if_o this_o book_n be_v set_v forth_o in_o any_o other_o language_n for_o foreigner_n to_o read_v i_o be_v unavoidable_o drive_v to_o give_v they_o a_o account_n why_o i_o have_v put_v myself_o upon_o so_o superfluous_a and_o so_o unnecessary_a a_o undertake_n as_o to_o extol_v and_o commend_v that_o who_o worth_n and_o merit_n be_v own_v by_o all_o the_o world_n and_o which_o every_o where_o shine_v so_o bright_o that_o it_o can_v be_v obscure_v by_o any_o either_o tongue_n or_o pen._n for_o it_o be_v very_o well_o know_v to_o they_o that_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v the_o issue_n and_o product_v of_o that_o great_a and_o mighty_a state_n the_o roman_a empire_n that_o lead_v so_o many_o nation_n and_o people_n captive_a by_o their_o wisdom_n as_o much_o as_o by_o their_o valour_n that_o be_v once_o the_o school_n of_o all_o moral_a honesty_n and_o goodness_n and_o the_o stage_n whereon_o the_o whole_a variety_n of_o humane_a affair_n be_v represent_v neither_o need_v i_o tell_v they_o that_o what_o through_o the_o prosperous_a success_n of_o that_o state_n for_o which_o it_o be_v ordain_v and_o what_o through_o the_o natural_a equity_n that_o be_v to_o be_v read_v all_o along_o in_o it_o and_o its_o be_v fit_v for_o the_o general_a affair_n of_o europe_n the_o law_n of_o most_o of_o the_o european_a nation_n who_o indeed_o all_o of_o they_o ancient_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o roman_a government_n be_v but_o as_o copy_n draw_v from_o that_o original_n borrow_v that_o lustre_n of_o goodness_n they_o have_v from_o it_o and_o where_o their_o particular_a law_n fail_v thither_o their_o judicatories_n resort_v to_o be_v supply_v they_o can_v be_v ignorant_a that_o though_o every_o particular_a nation_n have_v some_o few_o law_n of_o their_o own_o proper_a for_o their_o occasion_n government_n and_o people_n yet_o no_o where_n beyond_o the_o sea_n be_v there_o any_o profession_n or_o science_n of_o law_n but_o this_o nor_o any_o law_n account_v the_o law_n of_o nation_n but_o the_o civil_a law_n only_o that_o time_n practice_n argument_n and_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o several_a affair_n of_o so_o many_o nation_n where_o it_o have_v be_v use_v have_v make_v it_o so_o perfect_a and_o so_o sufficient_a a_o body_n to_o decide_v all_o case_n by_o that_o be_v between_o party_n and_o party_n and_o do_v not_o concern_v the_o public_a government_n that_o they_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o very_a few_o law_n of_o their_o own_o make_n and_o without_o it_o no_o law_n they_o can_v make_v will_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o serve_v their_o turn_n to_o those_o therefore_o that_o make_v such_o continual_a use_n of_o this_o law_n in_o their_o court_n and_o who_o suffer_v none_o to_o sit_v as_o judge_n nor_o plead_v at_o their_o bar_n but_o such_o as_o have_v be_v bring_v up_o in_o that_o faculty_n and_o who_o strive_v to_o employ_v those_o only_a in_o all_o transaction_n between_o themselves_o and_o other_o nation_n to_o they_o i_o say_v to_o praise_v and_o applaud_v this_o law_n that_o be_v dignify_v by_o they_o so_o many_o several_a way_n be_v so_o little_a needful_a that_o it_o be_v almost_o impertinent_a but_o to_o make_v know_v to_o the_o people_n of_o this_o nation_n to_o who_o it_o be_v render_v now_o so_o contemptible_a how_o excellent_a it_o be_v in_o itself_o how_o rational_a what_o a_o general_a approbation_n it_o have_v have_v with_o other_o nation_n and_o how_o very_o useful_a it_o may_v be_v to_o the_o public_a welfare_n of_o this_o nation_n divers_a way_n it_o be_v a_o work_n so_o seasonable_a and_o necessary_a that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v without_o either_o apology_n preface_n or_o reason_n premise_v and_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o present_a state_n of_o thing_n call_v for_o for_o when_o it_o be_v consider_v what_o a_o account_n it_o have_v be_v in_o among_o we_o for_o many_o hundred_o year_n together_o how_o many_o cause_n civil_a ecclesiastical_a maritime_a and_o military_a it_o deal_v in_o how_o the_o jurisdiction_n thereof_o run_v through_o the_o whole_a nation_n how_o very_o little_a it_o be_v beneath_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o common-law_n itself_o how_o many_o professor_n and_o practiser_n it_o maintain_v and_o how_o much_o it_o do_v enrich_v they_o what_o a_o number_n of_o student_n it_o encourage_v what_o coercive_a power_n it_o be_v entrust_v withal_o and_o the_o many_o court_v the_o employment_n thereof_o lay_v in_o and_o when_o we_o see_v that_o now_o the_o cause_n thereof_o be_v cantonize_v and_o like_o a_o spoil_n divide_v some_o carry_v to_o the_o court_n of_o common-law_n some_o to_o the_o court_n of_o equity_n other_o send_v into_o the_o country_n some_o leave_v without_o any_o rule_n or_o regulation_n at_o all_o and_o nothing_o leave_v entire_a to_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o when_o the_o solid_a reason_n of_o that_o law_n be_v crowd_v out_o by_o vulgar_a reason_n the_o professor_n thereof_o scatter_v the_o study_n thereof_o discontinue_v the_o very_a law-book_n for_o want_n of_o use_n here_o all_o transport_v beyond_o sea_n to_o other_o nation_n and_o all_o coercion_n take_v away_o it_o be_v so_o much_o worth_n the_o inquire_n what_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o great_a change_n shall_v be_v that_o to_o be_v silent_a thereat_o be_v great_a stupidity_n that_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n may_v be_v a_o reason_n to_o suspend_v the_o exercise_n of_o that_o profession_n in_o some_o cause_n for_o a_o time_n till_o it_o be_v again_o settle_v i_o admit_v but_o why_o it_o shall_v not_o under_o this_o present_a form_n of_o government_n if_o authority_n think_v fit_a be_v restore_v against_o as_o to_o a_o civil_a regulation_n of_o those_o very_a matter_n under_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n no_o satisfactory_a reason_n can_v be_v render_v i_o be_o sure_a it_o can_v neither_o be_v rational_a nor_o convenient_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v carry_v from_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o be_v the_o know_v establish_a and_o practise_v law_n in_o those_o matter_n unto_o the_o conizance_n of_o those_o that_o have_v neither_o law_n nor_o rule_n nor_o skill_n to_o try_v they_o especial_o when_o the_o so_o do_v do_v inevitable_o draw_v after_o it_o the_o certain_a ruin_n of_o that_o whole_a profession_n it_o be_v therefore_o very_a well_o worthy_a the_o most_o serious_a consideration_n of_o those_o that_o sit_v at_o the_o helm_n that_o since_o there_o must_v be_v a_o trial_n of_o those_o matter_n still_o and_o again_o attend_v thereupon_o to_o one_o or_o other_o which_o be_v the_o game_n every_o body_n hunt_v after_o whether_o the_o public_a be_v more_o concern_v that_o the_o profit_n of_o such_o conisance_n shall_v flow_v into_o the_o purse_n of_o other_o no_o way_n apt_a or_o skilful_a then_o go_v to_o the_o maintain_n and_o keep_v up_o of_o such_o a_o learned_a profession_n which_o this_o nation_n can_v be_v without_o and_o certain_o whensoever_o we_o see_v that_o profession_n lay_v aside_o which_o for_o the_o public_a good_a i_o trust_v i_o never_o shall_v we_o shall_v find_v this_o commonwealth_n of_o we_o make_v very_o much_o inferior_a and_o unequal_a to_o other_o nation_n with_o who_o as_o it_o be_v a_o island_n and_o now_o become_v a_o active_a one_o it_o have_v and_o must_v have_v many_o way_n to_o do_v in_o other_o thing_n as_o in_o strength_n riches_n and_o alliance_n we_o contend_v for_o advantage_n and_o superiority_n with_o they_o why_o shall_v we_o then_o suffer_v they_o to_o over-match_n we_o in_o wit_n dexterity_n skill_n knowledge_n wisdom_n policy_n reason_n or_o judgement_n which_o that_o learning_n above_o all_o other_o and_o experience_n together_o give_v they_o the_o deal_n that_o we_o may_v have_v with_o they_o as_o they_o be_v not_o a_o few_o but_o innumerable_a even_o as_o many_o as_o there_o be_v thing_n in_o the_o world_n to_o deal_v in_o so_o some_o of_o they_o be_v of_o high_a moment_n and_o consequence_n also_o as_o right_o to_o kingdom_n or_o province_n by_o donation_n last_o will_n succession_n or_o by_o marriage_n community_n or_o property_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o right_n of_o fish_v and_o trade_v there_o freedom_n from_o custom_n and_o other_o immunity_n grant_v to_o foreign_a merchant_n precedency_n among_o the_o ambassador_n of_o prince_n and_o republic_n promise_n of_o protection_n and_o aid_n against_o enemy_n entertainment_n and_o harbour_v of_o traitor_n or_o rebel_n interpretation_n of_o public_a league_n or_o
contra_fw-la fecerint_fw-la quam_fw-la polliciti_fw-la professique_a sunt_fw-la quidvis_fw-la potius_fw-la tulisse_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la they_o that_o do_v promulgate_v to_o the_o people_n pernicious_a and_o unjust_a law_n since_o they_o do_v clean_o contrary_a to_o that_o that_o they_o always_o promise_v and_o profess_v to_o do_v they_o may_v better_o be_v think_v to_o enact_v any_o thing_n else_o then_o law_n and_o though_o it_o be_v never_o or_o very_o rare_o see_v that_o any_o state_n do_v suffer_v any_o law_n to_o pass_v they_o which_o do_v direct_o cross_v the_o chief_a and_o fundamental_a law_n of_o nature_n or_o which_o oppose_v the_o first_o and_o main_a principle_n of_o common_a reason_n as_o to_o give_v direct_a licence_n to_o atheism_n theft_n adultery_n homicide_n invade_v of_o the_o right_n or_o possession_n of_o other_o breach_n of_o faith_n or_o covenant_n rebellion_n against_o magistrate_n disobedience_n to_o parent_n abandon_v of_o child_n or_o such_o like_a for_o this_o be_v too_o odious_a and_o detestable_a and_o will_v present_o dissolve_v all_o society_n and_o government_n yet_o the_o care_n of_o a_o legislator_n do_v not_o determine_v here_o but_o must_v extend_v further_a also_o if_o they_o will_v have_v their_o law_n to_o be_v of_o one_o complexion_n and_o likeness_n and_o all_o to_o agree_v with_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o dictate_v of_o sound_a reason_n for_o to_o each_o of_o those_o first_o and_o fundamental_a principle_n there_o be_v divers_a inferior_a thing_n and_o action_n appertain_v which_o do_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o depend_v upon_o and_o refer_v unto_o they_o stand_v some_o in_o a_o near_o other_o in_o a_o remote_a distance_n from_o they_o but_o all_o so_o knit_v and_o conjoin_v with_o the_o first_o and_o main_a principle_n to_o which_o they_o be_v subordinate_a and_o do_v as_o it_o be_v wait_v upon_o that_o if_o any_o of_o they_o be_v settle_v by_o a_o law_n or_o practise_v otherwise_o then_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o great_a principle_n also_o by_o consequence_n be_v violate_v &_o break_v or_o at_o least_o a_o occasion_n offer_v to_o violate_v and_o break_v it_o and_o therefore_o the_o legislator_n care_n must_v be_v to_o settle_v these_o inferior_a and_o subordinate_a thing_n also_o in_o such_o wise_a as_o that_o they_o may_v not_o encounter_v with_o any_o chief_a or_o fundamental_a rule_n of_o nature_n to_o which_o they_o may_v have_v any_o reference_n or_o application_n for_o instance_n that_o parent_n shall_v educate_v their_o child_n and_o supply_v they_o with_o maintenance_n be_v a_o law_n proceed_v from_o nature_n and_o though_o no_o humane_a law_n be_v ever_o find_v that_o discharge_v parent_n of_o such_o their_o duty_n yet_o if_o a_o law_n shall_v leave_v it_o free_a to_o a_o parent_n when_o he_o die_v to_o give_v away_o all_o from_o his_o own_o child_n to_o a_o stranger_n or_o to_o dispose_v of_o all_o to_o one_o child_n without_o make_v any_o provision_n for_o the_o rest_n be_v not_o that_o fundamental_a law_n of_o nature_n thereby_o consequential_o infringe_v and_o break_v by_o the_o roman_a law_n therefore_o which_o do_v strict_o tie_v all_o parent_n to_o this_o duty_n liber_n duty_n co._n de_fw-fr alend_n liber_n there_o be_v such_o a_o proportion_n due_a to_o child_n out_o of_o their_o parent_n estate_n when_o they_o die_v as_o the_o parent_n but_o upon_o certain_a cause_n just_a and_o true_a can_v give_v away_o from_o they_o which_o be_v the_o three_o part_n if_o there_o be_v four_o child_n or_o under_o or_o half_o of_o the_o whole_a substance_n if_o there_o be_v more_o among_o they_o all_o the_o rest_n they_o may_v free_o give_v away_o to_o who_o they_o please_v and_o this_o the_o law_n make_v so_o sure_a to_o they_o that_o though_o the_o father_n for_o some_o offence_n do_v suffer_v death_n and_o his_o estate_n be_v confiscate_v yet_o half_a the_o estate_n shall_v go_v to_o the_o child_n notwithstanding_o ne_fw-fr alieno_fw-la admisso_fw-la graviorem_fw-la poenam_fw-la luerent_fw-la quos_fw-la nulla_fw-la contingeret_fw-la culpa_fw-la damnage_n culpa_fw-la lib._n 7._o dig_v de_fw-fr bon._n damnage_n lest_o the_o father_n fault_n shall_v prove_v a_o sharp_a punishment_n to_o they_o that_o offend_v not_o except_o the_o fault_n be_v treason_n in_o which_o case_n for_o terror_n to_o other_o they_o lose_v all_o ut_fw-la chariâ—as_fw-la liberorum_fw-la amiciores_fw-la parent_n reip_v redderet_fw-la fin_fw-fr redderet_fw-la lib._n 8._o dig_v quod_fw-la metus_fw-la cause_n sect_n fin_fw-fr that_o their_o very_a affection_n to_o their_o child_n know_v how_o great_o they_o be_v like_a to_o suffer_v after_o they_o may_v make_v they_o timorous_a how_o they_o so_o offend_v likewise_o if_o the_o parent_n shall_v make_v no_o will_n nor_o make_v any_o disposition_n of_o his_o estate_n in_o his_o life_n time_n but_o die_v intestate_a if_o when_o one_o of_o the_o child_n have_v enter_v upon_o his_o father_n estate_n though_o by_o lawful_a aathority_n the_o law_n of_o a_o state_n shall_v adjudge_v the_o whole_a inheritance_n unto_o he_o and_o not_o admit_v any_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n and_o sister_n how_o many_o soever_o they_o be_v to_o divide_v or_o to_o have_v any_o share_n with_o he_o neither_o in_o real_a estate_n nor_o personal_a sure_o this_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o that_o original_a law_n of_o nature_n that_o bind_v parent_n to_o provide_v for_o all_o those_o that_o be_v of_o the_o same_o flesh_n &_o blood_n with_o they_o for_o what_o themselves_o can_v do_v be_v dead_a their_o estate_n ought_v to_o perform_v the_o civil_a law_n therefore_o make_v no_o difference_n between_o land_n and_o good_n nor_o between_o elder_a and_o young_a nor_o male_a and_o female_a divide_v the_o whole_a estate_n real_a and_o personal_a equal_o among_o the_o child_n ratio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la quasi_fw-la lex_fw-la quaedam_fw-la tacita_fw-la liberis_fw-la parentum_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la addicit_fw-la velut_fw-la ad_fw-la debitam_fw-la successionem_fw-la eos_fw-la vocando_fw-la say_v 1._o say_v d._n l._n 7._o dig._n de_fw-fr ben._n damn_v l._n 7._o dig._n si_fw-la tab._n testam_fw-la thursday_n s_o 1._o paulus_n there_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o secret_a law_n make_v by_o nature_n herself_o that_o settle_v the_o parent_n estate_n upon_o the_o child_n call_v they_o to_o succeed_v as_o in_o their_o proper_a right_n and_o omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la nostra_fw-la sunt_fw-la liberis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ex_fw-la voto_fw-la paramus_fw-la say_v 2._o say_v lib._n 50._o dig._n de_fw-fr bâ—u_fw-fr libert_n sect_n 2._o tryphoninus_n all_o that_o we_o do_v possess_v we_o profess_o destine_v to_o our_o child_n neither_o do_v it_o give_v one_o child_n any_o advantage_n against_o the_o rest_n that_o he_o have_v first_o lawful_o get_v into_o possession_n for_o he_o have_v but_o thereby_o make_v himself_o subject_a to_o be_v sue_v by_o the_o rest_n to_o come_v to_o a_o partition_n with_o they_o creise_v they_o tot._n tit._n dig_v &_o co._n famil_n creise_v for_o action_n to_o divide_v be_v once_o bring_v the_o judge_n be_v tell_v by_o eod._n by_o lib._n 25._o sect_n 20._o dig._n eod._n paulus_n what_o he_o must_v do_v index_n familia_fw-la erciscundae_fw-la nihil_fw-la debet_fw-la indivisum_fw-la relinquere_fw-la the_o judge_n of_o a_o partition_n ought_v to_o leave_v nothing_o undivided_a a_o law_n then_o that_o forbid_v parent_n to_o cast_v off_o the_o care_n of_o their_o child_n as_o nature_n do_v do_v not_o agree_v with_o nature_n nor_o with_o itself_o neither_o if_o it_o do_v not_o as_o the_o civil_a law_n do_v make_v its_o other_o constitution_n suitable_a and_o put_v it_o out_o of_o the_o power_n both_o of_o parent_n and_o child_n by_o fraudulent_a way_n to_o make_v their_o grand_a law_n of_o nature_n and_o dictate_v of_o reason_n fruitless_a and_o of_o no_o effect_n likewise_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a that_o the_o law_n of_o a_o state_n have_v not_o declare_v any_o thing_n against_o honour_n reverence_n and_o awful_a respect_n which_o nature_n itself_o have_v enjoin_v child_n to_o yield_v unto_o their_o parent_n except_o it_o do_v dispose_v and_o order_v the_o action_n and_o demeanour_n of_o child_n answerable_a to_o that_o very_a duty_n for_o if_o a_o state_n shall_v give_v child_n a_o freedom_n to_o bring_v like_o action_n and_o accusation_n against_o their_o parent_n as_o against_o other_o or_o to_o marry_v without_o their_o consent_n or_o to_o give_v in_o evidence_n against_o they_o or_o shall_v not_o punish_v they_o when_o they_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o parent_n or_o speak_v reproachful_o against_o they_o the_o reverential_a respect_n so_o due_a by_o nature_n to_o parent_n will_v soon_o be_v turn_v into_o contempt_n and_o scorn_n the_o civil_a law_n therefore_o have_v not_o only_o say_v filio_fw-la semper_fw-la honesta_fw-la &_o sancta_fw-la persona_fw-la patris_fw-la videri_fw-la debet_fw-la pâ—aestand_v debet_fw-la lib._n 9_o digâ—_n obseq_n parent_n &_o patâ—on_n pâ—aestand_v the_o person_n of_o a_o parent_n
inter_fw-la praesentes_fw-la tenet_fw-la say_v judic_n say_v lib._n 47._o dig_v de_fw-mi re_fw-mi judic_n paulus_n those_o that_o be_v in_o court_n only_o be_v bind_v by_o that_o which_o be_v decree_v neither_o shall_v a_o man_n lose_v his_o right_n for_o want_n of_o witness_n to_o prove_v it_o for_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v transact_v between_o he_o and_o his_o adversary_n only_o so_o that_o his_o adversary_n be_v bring_v upon_o his_o oath_n must_v need_v confess_v the_o whole_a matter_n the_o law_n will_v enjoin_v a_o man_n to_o answer_v though_o against_o himself_o and_o to_o his_o own_o prejudice_n rather_o than_o that_o the_o truth_n shall_v suffer_v and_o wrong_n shall_v prevail_v i_o may_v take_v the_o same_o advantage_n also_o if_o my_o witness_n live_v after_o off_o or_o that_o i_o will_v avoid_v the_o trouble_n and_o charge_n of_o examine_v they_o or_o that_o my_o adversary_n will_v confess_v more_o to_o my_o benefit_n than_o my_o witness_n will_v be_v able_a to_o prove_v and_o he_o that_o be_v cast_v by_o his_o own_o confession_n be_v more_o powerful_o condemn_v than_o he_o can_v be_v by_o any_o kind_n of_o evidence_n whatsoever_o 2._o whatsoever_o confessio_fw-la est_fw-la probitâ—o_fw-la probata_fw-la neque_fw-la ulla_fw-la est_fw-la probatio_fw-la illa_fw-la major_n l._n 1._o dig._n de_fw-fr confess_v vulteii_fw-la jurisp_n roman_n lit_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 2._o for_o that_o can_v be_v subject_a either_o to_o mistake_v or_o falsehood_n as_o other_o testimony_n may_v be_v but_o witness_n be_v then_o of_o use_n if_o he_o deny_v what_o i_o charge_v upon_o he_o who_o if_o they_o be_v far_o distant_a or_o through_o scknesse_n imprisonment_n or_o other_o occasion_n be_v not_o able_a to_o come_v the_o law_n have_v a_o ready_a way_n to_o relieve_v i_o for_o i_o may_v have_v a_o commission_n to_o examine_v they_o where_o they_o live_v it_o be_v too_o great_a a_o oppression_n that_o i_o must_v lose_v my_o right_n because_o my_o witness_n can_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o bar_n insomuch_o as_o if_o they_o be_v travail_v into_o foreign_a part_n i_o shall_v have_v letter_n of_o request_n grant_v i_o to_o the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o place_n where_o they_o remain_v pray_v they_o to_o examine_v they_o upon_o the_o matter_n in_o issue_n and_o to_o transmit_v their_o testimony_n else_o regular_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n they_o be_v to_o be_v examine_v in_o open_a court_n that_o it_o may_v be_v see_v whether_o their_o countenance_n do_v not_o contradict_v what_o their_o tongue_n declare_v ibid._n declare_v lib._n 3._o sect._n 3._o dig_v de_fw-fr test_n &_o gothofred_n ibid._n neither_o do_v the_o civil_a law_n require_v direct_a and_o positive_a proof_n only_o but_o it_o will_v admit_v of_o strong_a and_o forcible_a presumption_n also_o that_o by_o argument_n of_o conjecture_n draw_v from_o one_o thing_n to_o another_o bring_v forth_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o issue_n par_fw-fr est_fw-fr probationi_fw-la praesumptio_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la attinet_fw-la quia_fw-la pro_fw-la probatione_fw-la habetur_fw-la say_v 14._o say_v parat_fw-la dig._n de_fw-fr prob_fw-la &_o praesumpt_n num_fw-la 14._o wesenbeck_n presumption_n be_v equivalent_a to_o proof_n and_o there_o be_v the_o same_o effect_n in_o both_o and_o if_o a_o presumptive_a proof_n be_v not_o as_o effectual_a to_o carry_v the_o right_n as_o any_o other_o kind_n of_o evidence_n in_o vain_a do_v menochius_fw-la bestow_v his_o pain_n when_o he_o make_v that_o very_o long_a and_o most_o elaborate_a treatise_n of_o that_o subject_n only_o but_o yet_o no_o proof_n whether_o it_o be_v presumptive_a only_o or_o whether_o it_o be_v direct_a and_o evident_a to_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v sufficient_a except_o it_o be_v make_v out_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o two_o witness_n for_o by_o that_o law_n testimonium_fw-la unius_fw-la est_fw-la testimonium_fw-la nullius_fw-la one_o witness_n and_o no_o witness_n at_o all_o be_v all_o alike_o and_o so_o constantine_n the_o emperor_n have_v very_o emphatical_o declare_v in_o these_o word_n manifestè_fw-la sancimus_fw-la ut_fw-la unius_fw-la omnino_fw-la testis_fw-la responsio_fw-la non_fw-la audiatur_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la praeclarae_fw-la curiae_fw-la honore_fw-la praefulgeat_fw-la test_n praefulgeat_fw-la l._n 9_o cold_a test_n we_o express_o require_v that_o the_o testimony_n of_o one_o witness_n be_v not_o take_v although_o he_o have_v the_o stamp_n of_o high_a dignity_n upon_o he_o for_o it_o be_v hard_a and_o dangerous_a that_o a_o man_n whole_a right_n and_o interest_n of_o what_o value_n soever_o it_o be_v shall_v depend_v upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o single_a person_n only_o who_o if_o he_o be_v honest_a and_o sincere_a yet_o through_o want_n of_o good_a observation_n or_o by_o a_o fail_a memory_n may_v report_v the_o matter_n of_o fact_n otherwise_o then_o indeed_o it_o be_v yet_o in_o matter_n of_o small_a prejudice_n and_o value_n the_o civil_a law_n do_v allow_v of_o the_o testimony_n of_o one_o witness_n if_o the_o plaintiff_n himself_o can_v swear_v the_o thing_n in_o demand_n be_v true_a for_o in_o that_o case_n his_o aver_n upon_o oath_n as_o much_o as_o his_o witness_n have_v swear_v do_v supply_v the_o testimony_n of_o another_o winesse_n 68_o winesse_n mince_v cent_n 1._o observe_v 68_o howbeit_o the_o civil_a law_n have_v a_o further_a care_n yet_o for_o before_o it_o will_v suffer_v any_o man_n right_a to_o be_v judge_v away_o from_o he_o it_o will_v see_v not_o only_o a_o competent_a number_n of_o witness_n but_o they_o must_v swear_v of_o their_o knowledge_n too_o prob._n too_o l._n neque_fw-la natales_fw-la co._n de_fw-fr prob._n and_o it_o do_v cast_v a_o very_a considerate_a eye_n upon_o their_o reputation_n and_o quality_n also_o it_o give_v way_n therefore_o to_o the_o prove_v of_o any_o remarkable_a exception_n that_o can_v be_v bring_v against_o they_o testium_fw-la fides_fw-la say_v callistratus_n diligenter_n examinanda_fw-la est_fw-la ideâ—que_fw-la in_o persona_fw-la corum_fw-la exploranda_fw-la erunt_fw-la inprimis_fw-la conditio_fw-la cujusque_fw-la utrum_fw-la quis_fw-la decurio_fw-la a_o plebeius_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o a_o honestae_fw-la &_o inculpatae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aen_fw-la vero_fw-la notatus_fw-la quis_fw-la &_o reprehensibilis_fw-la a_o locuple_n vel_fw-la egens_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la lucri_fw-la causa_fw-la quid_fw-la facilè_fw-la admittat_fw-la vel_fw-la a_fw-mi inimicus_fw-la ei_fw-la sit_fw-la adversus_fw-la quem_fw-la testimonium_fw-la fert_fw-la vel_fw-la amicus_fw-la ei_fw-la sit_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la testimonium_fw-la that_fw-mi nam_fw-la si_fw-la careat_fw-la suspicion_n testimonium_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la personam_fw-la à _fw-la qua_fw-la fertur_fw-la quòd_fw-la honesta_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la causam_fw-la quòd_fw-la neque_fw-la lucri_fw-la neque_fw-la gratiae_fw-la neque_fw-la inimicitiae_fw-la causa_fw-la sit_fw-la admittendus_fw-la est_fw-la test_n est_fw-la lib_fw-la 3_o dig._n the_o test_n the_o sincerity_n of_o witness_n be_v strict_o to_o be_v inquire_v after_o therefore_o as_o to_o their_o person_n the_o condition_n of_o every_o witness_n must_v be_v examine_v whehe_fw-ge be_v a_o magistrate_n or_o a_o common_a person_n whether_o he_o be_v of_o good_a and_o unblameable_a life_n or_o whether_o he_o lie_v open_a to_o just_a reproof_n or_o have_v be_v any_o way_n asperse_v whether_o he_o be_v able_a or_o necessitous_a so_o that_o he_o may_v be_v tempt_v to_o transgress_v for_o filthy_a lucre_n sake_n whether_o he_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o he_o against_o who_o he_o come_v to_o testify_v or_o whether_o he_o be_v gracious_a with_o he_o who_o witness_n he_o be_v to_o be_v for_o if_o his_o testimony_n be_v void_a of_o all_o suspicion_n either_o in_o regard_n of_o his_o person_n as_o that_o he_o be_v honest_a or_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o cause_n as_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o gain_n nor_o affection_n nor_o enmity_n to_o corrupt_v he_o he_o be_v to_o be_v allow_v moreover_o it_o leave_v a_o latitude_n to_o every_o court_n of_o judicature_n to_o give_v such_o a_o time_n both_o to_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n to_o prove_v as_o the_o distance_n of_o place_n from_o whence_o the_o proof_n be_v to_o be_v bring_v do_v necessary_o require_v neither_o do_v it_o exact_a that_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n shall_v prove_v within_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n but_o the_o defendant_n begin_v to_o prove_v his_o defence_n after_o the_o plaintiff_n proof_n be_v end_v 20._o end_v speculat_v de_fw-fr test_n sect_n qualiter_fw-la num_fw-la 20._o when_o both_o have_v do_v the_o judge_n be_v to_o conclude_v the_o cause_n by_o which_o all_o further_a proof_n be_v exclude_v so_o that_o the_o next_o step_n be_v to_o judge_v and_o pronounce_v final_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n and_o although_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v the_o large_a and_o most_o extend_v that_o ever_o be_v and_o the_o multitude_n of_o cause_n must_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v great_a too_o yet_o no_o civil_a cause_n whatsoever_o be_v to_o last_v and_o continue_v long_o then_o by_o the_o space_n of_o tree_n year_n nor_o any_o criminal_a matter_n
truth_n yet_o there_o be_v nothing_o either_o of_o equity_n or_o reason_n to_o make_v they_o so_o authoritative_a and_o powerful_a as_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v draw_v into_o example_n for_o the_o future_a and_o be_v make_v pattern_n to_o determine_v other_o though_o never_o so_o like_a case_n by_o since_o the_o way_n and_o mean_n of_o obtain_v they_o may_v not_o be_v fair_a and_o their_o integrity_n and_o soundness_n be_v questionable_a four_o whereas_o similitude_n and_o likeness_n of_o case_n be_v the_o only_a reason_n to_o persuade_v the_o walk_n by_o the_o light_n of_o such_o judgement_n as_o have_v be_v before_o pronounce_v upon_o fact_n that_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v have_v the_o same_o circumstance_n quintilian_n 2._o quintilian_n institut_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 2._o say_v very_o true_o vix_fw-la ulla_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la alteri_fw-la similis_fw-la there_o be_v scarce_o any_o cause_n that_o suit_v or_o agree_v with_o another_o in_o all_o circumstance_n and_o again_o iupraefat_n again_o lib._n 7._o iupraefat_n he_o say_v tot_o seculis_fw-la nulla_fw-la reperia_a est_fw-la causa_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la totae_fw-la alteri_fw-la similis_fw-la in_o so_o many_o age_n and_o in_o such_o a_o multitude_n of_o case_n that_o have_v occur_v there_o have_v not_o be_v find_v one_o whole_o like_o another_o for_o indeed_o the_o dissimilitude_n and_o difformity_n that_o be_v among_o ourselves_o and_o the_o whole_a offspring_n of_o man_n not_o in_o outward_a form_n visage_n lineament_n or_o stature_n only_o but_o even_o in_o our_o nature_n temper_n inclination_n and_o humour_n also_o make_v all_o the_o matter_n we_o deal_v in_o and_o the_o action_n that_o flow_v from_o we_o disagree_v too_o also_o in_o the_o other_o production_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o accident_n that_o be_v common_o ascribe_v to_o chance_n and_o fortune_n there_o be_v such_o a_o strange_a and_o wonderful_a variety_n that_o nothing_o be_v act_v produce_v or_o happen_v like_o another_o but_o that_o there_o be_v some_o circumstance_n or_o other_o that_o do_v diversify_v it_o and_o make_v it_o differ_v when_o therefore_o case_n be_v either_o whole_o diverse_a &_o differ_v though_o in_o never_o so_o small_a a_o circumstance_n their_o determination_n can_v be_v the_o same_o 6._o same_o res_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la ipsa_fw-la valde_fw-la perniciosa_fw-la est_fw-la exemplis_fw-la non_fw-la legibus_fw-la judicare_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la levissima_fw-la personarum_fw-la vel_fw-la locorum_fw-la vel_fw-la temporum_fw-la varietare_fw-la judicia_fw-la mutentur_fw-la bodin_n de_fw-fr rep_n l._n 6._o c._n 6._o for_o diversity_n of_o fact_n must_v needs_o beget_v a_o diversity_n of_o law_n too_o and_o a_o very_a small_a circumstance_n will_v change_v and_o alter_v the_o state_n of_o any_o business_n and_o require_v clean_o another_o judgement_n than_o can_v be_v have_v from_o case_n that_o do_v not_o exact_o parallel_v they_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o this_o have_v make_v all_o lawyer_n to_o agree_v that_o argumentum_fw-la ductum_fw-la a_o simili_fw-la est_fw-la multùm_fw-la fragile_a &_o infirmum_fw-la nec_fw-la procedit_fw-la quaudo_fw-la datur_fw-la dissimilitudo_fw-la etiam_fw-la parva_fw-la 12._o parva_fw-la everard_n topi._n loc_fw-la à _fw-la simili_fw-la nu_fw-la 12._o a_o argument_n draw_v from_o a_o like_a case_n be_v very_o weak_a and_o impotent_a and_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n when_o the_o least_o dissimilitude_n be_v find_v five_o since_o before_o former_a precedent_n can_v be_v make_v fit_v rule_n to_o decide_v &_o judge_v other_o case_n by_o it_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a that_o the_o case_n shall_v agree_v punctual_o in_o all_o such_o circumstance_n as_o be_v the_o prime_n efficient_a cause_n of_o such_o final_a and_o definitive_a judgement_n how_o shall_v this_o concordance_n be_v make_v evident_a and_o certain_a for_o it_o must_v either_o depend_v upon_o the_o memory_n and_o truth_n of_o a_o reporter_n and_o the_o judge_n together_o or_o else_o upon_o the_o safe_a keep_n of_o all_o that_o be_v allege_v and_o prove_v in_o the_o case_n in_o some_o rgistry_n or_o office_n and_o the_o exact_a search_n and_o perusal_n of_o all_o upon_o occasion_n neither_o of_o which_o be_v authentical_a and_o sure_a enough_o whereby_o to_o judge_v and_o condemn_v another_o man_n for_o either_o the_o report_n may_v be_v very_o easy_o mistake_v or_o some_o lead_a circumstance_n may_v slip_v out_o of_o the_o judge_n remembrance_n or_o some_o of_o the_o record_n be_v lose_v or_o mislay_v so_o that_o a_o part_n of_o the_o case_n whereupon_o the_o judgement_n pass_v may_v be_v want_v and_o not_o right_o know_v upon_o these_o and_o sucâ—_n like_o consideration_n be_v it_o that_o the_o civil_a law_n do_v so_o frequent_o express_v itself_o in_o disallowance_n of_o judge_v by_o precedent_n or_o example_n and_o direct_v judge_n to_o reflect_v only_o upon_o that_o which_o truth_n and_o the_o law_n will_v bear_v and_o not_o upon_o any_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v do_v by_o other_o licet_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la provinciae_fw-la praeest_fw-la omnium_fw-la romae_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la vice_n &_o officio_fw-la fungi_fw-la debeat_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la spectandum_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la romae_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la quid_fw-la fieri_fw-la debeat_fw-la say_v proculus_n praesâ—a_fw-la proculus_n l._n 12._o dig._n the_o offâ—_n praesâ—a_fw-la though_o the_o provincial_a and_o inferior_a magistrate_n do_v exercise_v the_o same_o power_n and_o office_n that_o the_o magistrate_n do_v in_o rome_n yet_o he_o must_v not_o look_v so_o much_o at_o what_o they_o do_v in_o rome_n though_o the_o chief_a and_o head_n city_n as_o what_o indeed_o and_o in_o right_n they_o ought_v to_o do_v justinian_n also_o do_v by_o a_o express_a constitution_n make_v in_o his_o time_n command_v all_o the_o judge_n to_o pursue_v strict_o truth_n justice_n and_o the_o law_n and_o not_o in_o judge_v to_o take_v their_o example_n from_o the_o most_o solemn_a sentence_n of_o the_o high_a and_o most_o eminent_a judge_n in_o the_o whole_a empire_n no_o nor_o to_o follow_v such_o resolution_n as_o himself_o shall_v make_v to_o emergent_a doubt_n propound_v unto_o he_o if_o he_o have_v otherwise_o decide_v they_o then_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v non_fw-la enim_fw-la say_v he_o si_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la dirimatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o in_fw-la aliorum_fw-la judicum_fw-la vitium_fw-la extendi_fw-la oportet_fw-la cùm_fw-la non_fw-la exemplis_fw-la sed_fw-la legibus_fw-la judicandum_fw-la sit_fw-la jud_v sit_fw-la l._n 13._o co._n the_o scent_n &_o inter_v l._n omn._n jud_v for_o if_o a_o case_n have_v be_v once_o determine_v amiss_o this_o shall_v not_o spread_v to_o the_o corrupt_a of_o other_o judge_n since_o we_o ought_v to_o judge_n by_o the_o law_n and_o not_o by_o example_n and_o therefore_o gordian_n the_o emperor_n make_v it_o a_o strange_a and_o a_o unwonted_a thing_n in_o rome_n that_o judgement_n have_v between_o other_o party_n shall_v either_o profit_n or_o prejudice_v those_o who_o be_v neither_o present_a then_o in_o court_n nor_o ever_o call_v res_fw-la inter_fw-la alios_fw-la judicatae_fw-la say_v he_o neque_fw-la emolumentum_fw-la afforre_fw-mi his_o qui_fw-fr judicio_fw-la non_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la neque_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la solent_fw-la irrogare_fw-la not_z irrogare_fw-la l._n 2._o co._n quibus_fw-la res_fw-la judic_fw-la non_fw-fr not_z which_o hold_v not_o only_o in_o civil_a matter_n but_o as_o to_o prejudice_n reach_v to_o criminal_a also_o juris_fw-la manifestissimi_fw-la say_v dioclesian_n and_o maximinian_n emperor_n eod._n emperor_n l._n 3._o co._n eod._n &_o in_o accusationibus_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la congressi_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la officere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la siquâ—d_fw-mi forte_fw-fr prejudicii_fw-la videatur_fw-la oblatum_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o manifest_a in_o law_n then_o that_o in_o criminal_a prosecution_n a_o condemnation_n have_v can_v do_v no_o manner_n of_o hurt_n or_o hindrance_n to_o he_o that_o be_v not_o accuse_v i_o therefore_o say_v as_o to_o prejudice_v because_o when_o life_n or_o honour_n be_v in_o jeopardy_n by_o a_o criminous_a impeachment_n the_o law_n be_v so_o careful_a to_o preserve_v the_o same_o that_o the_o acquittal_n of_o one_o offender_n be_v a_o acquittal_n of_o the_o other_o also_o the_o law_n be_v more_o prone_a to_o absolve_v then_o to_o condemn_v and_o so_o ulpian_n answer_v in_o the_o case_n of_o adultery_n adulter_fw-la adultery_n l._n 17._o parag._n 6._o dig_v ad_fw-la l._n jul._n de_fw-fr adulter_fw-la expectabit_fw-la mulier_fw-la say_v he_o sententiam_fw-la de_fw-la adultero_fw-la latam_fw-la si_fw-la absolutus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mulier_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la vincet_fw-la not_o ultra_fw-la accusari_fw-la potest_fw-la let_v the_o woman_n wait_v the_o doom_n of_o the_o man_n if_o he_o be_v quit_v she_o be_v thereby_o free_a and_o can_v never_o be_v accuse_v but_o if_o he_o be_v cast_v that_o do_v not_o cast_v she_o but_o she_o shall_v defend_v herself_o notwithstanding_o and_o the_o reason_n that_o be_v assign_v be_v observable_a quid_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la adulter_fw-la inimicitiis_fw-la oppressus_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la falsis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la
testibusque_fw-la subornatis_fw-la apud_fw-la praesidem_fw-la gravatus_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la noluit_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la provocare_fw-la mulier_fw-la verò_fw-la judicem_fw-la religiosum_fw-la sortita_fw-la pudicitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la defendet_fw-la possible_o he_o may_v be_v oppress_v with_o malice_n or_o condemn_v by_o false_a witness_n or_o the_o judge_n may_v be_v carry_v away_o with_o smooth_a word_n or_o mere_a outward_a show_n the_o woman_n come_v under_o a_o better_o and_o more_o upright_a judge_n may_v vindicate_v her_o chastity_n and_o clear_v her_o innocence_n better_o neither_o will_v any_o likeness_n of_o one_o case_n to_o another_o involve_v a_o absent_a person_n in_o such_o accident_n as_o have_v fall_v upon_o other_o man_n for_o nec_fw-la in_o simili_fw-la negocio_fw-la res_fw-la inter_fw-la alios_fw-la actas_fw-la absenti_fw-la praejudicare_fw-la saepe_fw-la constitutum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v the_o law_n judit_fw-la law_n l._n 4._o co._n quib._n res_fw-la judit_fw-la it_o have_v be_v frequent_o overrule_v that_o though_o the_o case_n be_v never_o so_o much_o the_o same_o yet_o a_o three_o person_n that_o never_o be_v a_o party_n shall_v sustain_v no_o detriment_n by_o what_o have_v be_v do_v between_o those_o that_o be_v for_o beside_o divers_a law_n that_o be_v set_v under_o other_o title_n there_o be_v a_o whole_a title_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n nocere_fw-la effect_n co._n res_fw-la inter_fw-la alios_fw-la judicat_fw-la aliis_fw-la non_fw-la nocere_fw-la neither_o do_v the_o law_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o any_o incongruous_a or_o strange_a thing_n that_o the_o same_o business_n shall_v be_v judge_v diverse_o for_o it_o do_v instance_n where_o it_o do_v frequent_o come_v to_o pass_v circae_fw-la inofficiosi_fw-la querelam_fw-la say_v paulus_n evenire_fw-la plerumque_fw-la assolet_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o una_fw-la atque_fw-la eadem_fw-la causa_fw-la diversae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la proferantur_fw-la testam_fw-la proferantur_fw-la l._n 24._o dig_v de_fw-fr inoffic_n testam_fw-la and_o the_o same_o say_v papinian_n filius_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la inoffociosi_fw-la actione_n adversus_fw-la dvos_fw-la haeredes_fw-la expertus_fw-la diversas_fw-la sententias_fw-la judicum_fw-la tulit_fw-la &_o unum_fw-la vicit_fw-la ab_fw-la altero_fw-la superatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o a_o action_n that_o be_v bring_v against_o the_o will_n make_v by_o a_o father_n to_o the_o disinherit_n of_o his_o own_o child_n it_o be_v usual_a to_o have_v contrary_a sentence_n pronounce_v the_o son_n to_o vanquish_v one_o executor_n and_o to_o be_v overthrow_v by_o another_o and_o therefore_o the_o practicant_n allow_v not_o any_o such_o plea_n in_o the_o court_n as_o to_o say_v that_o the_o case_n have_v be_v judge_v except_o there_o be_v a_o concurrence_n of_o all_o these_o three_o thing_n together_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o cause_n and_o process_n be_v the_o same_o the_o right_a of_o action_n the_o same_o and_o the_o person_n the_o same_o too_o 17._o too_o gail_n ob_n lib._n 1._o ob_n 70._o nu_fw-la 17._o so_o that_o though_o the_o causa_fw-la agendi_fw-la the_o ground_n of_o suit_n be_v the_o same_o in_o all_o thing_n yet_o if_o the_o same_o person_n never_o have_v any_o such_o suit_n depend_v but_o that_o there_o be_v a_o new_a person_n in_o judgement_n which_o never_o appear_v before_o the_o proceed_n must_v now_o be_v make_v whole_o upon_o a_o new_a stock_n without_o consider_v how_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o right_n have_v be_v judge_v before_o between_o other_o person_n neither_o be_v it_o material_a whether_o the_o judge_n that_o be_v to_o give_v the_o present_a judgement_n be_v the_o same_o that_o judge_v the_o like_a case_n before_o or_o whether_o they_o be_v diverse_a for_o the_o law_n be_v still_o the_o same_o in_o both_o menochius_fw-la resolve_v the_o one_o case_n 59_o case_n consil_n 59_o diversae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la say_v he_o à _fw-la diversis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la inter_fw-la diversas_fw-la personas_fw-la diversis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ex_fw-la una_fw-la cademque_fw-la facti_fw-la specie_fw-la ferri_fw-la possunt_fw-la upon_o one_o and_o the_o same_o fact_n contrary_a sentence_n may_v be_v give_v by_o several_a judge_n between_o other_o person_n at_o several_a time_n and_o again_o 51._o again_o consil_n 180_o â—um_fw-la 51._o non_fw-fr aequissimâ—_n judicù_fw-fr est_fw-fr facere_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la fuit_fw-la factum_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la â—_o buit_fw-la sequi_fw-la it_o be_v not_o the_o part_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n to_o judge_v as_o other_o have_v do_v but_o as_o they_o and_o all_o aught_o to_o do_v as_o to_o the_o other_o christinaeus_n notwithstanding_o the_o great_a pain_n he_o have_v take_v to_o gather_v together_o as_o many_o judgement_n and_o decision_n of_o the_o great_a council_n of_o machlyn_n in_o the_o empire_n as_o take_v up_o six_o volume_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o stick_v to_o say_v 2._o say_v vol._n 1._o decis_fw-la 2._o that_o senatus_n non_fw-la ligatur_fw-la suis_fw-la anterioribus_fw-la sententiis_fw-la quin_fw-la valeat_fw-la postea_fw-la contrarium_fw-la judicare_fw-la the_o senate_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o former_a judgement_n but_o that_o they_o may_v judge_v the_o quite_o contrary_a afterward_o for_o he_o account_v it_o praiseworthy_a to_o relinquish_v a_o error_n and_o to_o embrace_v a_o truth_n at_o any_o time_n nor_o to_o be_v possible_a but_o that_o the_o change_n of_o time_n shall_v introduce_v change_n of_o opinion_n and_o judgement_n also_o and_o show_v that_o afflictis_fw-la in_o his_o time_n see_v that_o judge_v one_o way_n which_o grammaticus_n afterward_o report_v to_o have_v be_v judge_v the_o contrary_a 6._o contrary_a ac_fw-la propterea_fw-la euria_fw-la par_fw-fr siâ—â—â—â—_n in_o sententiis_fw-la saepius_fw-la haee_fw-la verbâ—_n subjecis_fw-la neu_n judicata_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la consequentia_fw-la trabatur_fw-la bodin_n de_fw-fr rep_n l._n 6._o c._n 6._o thus_o then_o since_o we_o require_v that_o reason_n and_o natural_a equity_n shall_v be_v strong_a and_o vigorous_a both_o in_o law_n and_o custom_n or_o at_o least_o not_o mean_v repugnant_a to_o they_o when_o they_o come_v to_o judge_v we_o and_o that_o we_o see_v all_o manner_n of_o reason_n to_o stand_v against_o judge_v by_o precedent_n or_o forego_v judgement_n beside_o the_o universal_a law_n and_o practice_n of_o nation_n we_o conclude_v that_o the_o way_n of_o judge_v by_o precedent_n be_v as_o erroneous_a a_o guide_n to_o walk_v by_o and_o as_o little_a satisfactory_a to_o the_o people_n as_o a_o law_n or_o custom_n that_o be_v void_a of_o all_o equity_n and_o reason_n and_o therefore_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v entertain_v or_o admit_v and_o yet_o we_o must_v allow_v what_o callistratus_n report_v from_o the_o emperor_n legib._n emperor_n l._n 38._o dig_v de_fw-fr legib._n severus_n that_o rerum_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la similiter_fw-la judicatarum_fw-la autoritas_fw-la vim_o legis_fw-la obtinet_fw-la case_n constant_o judge_v one_o way_n for_o a_o long_a tract_n of_o time_n together_o do_v set_v a_o rule_n to_o such_o as_o shall_v succeed_v for_o as_o cujacius_n liken_n it_o to_o custom_n ju_o custom_n l._n 7_o dig_v de_fw-fr just_a &_o ju_o consuetudo_fw-la say_v he_o non_fw-fr vaelet_n nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la longo_fw-la usuque_fw-la frequenti_fw-la it_o a_o rerum_fw-la judicatarum_fw-la argumentum_fw-la non_fw-la valet_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la longo_fw-la sive_fw-la diuturuo_fw-la frequentique_fw-la judicioque_fw-la simili_fw-la as_o custom_n be_v of_o no_o force_n except_o it_o endure_v a_o long_a time_n and_o be_v frequent_o put_v in_o ure_n so_o to_o argue_v from_o forego_v judgement_n be_v no_o weighty_a argument_n except_o they_o have_v be_v many_o and_o constant_o the_o same_o for_o a_o long_a time_n together_o in_o like_a manner_n it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o optima_fw-la legum_fw-la &_o consuetudinis_fw-la interpres_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la similiter_fw-la judicata_fw-la the_o judge_n of_o the_o same_o thing_n always_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v the_o best_a help_n to_o understand_v both_o law_n and_o custom_n by_o but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v say_v cujacius_n non_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la judicium_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la numero_fw-la &_o tempore_fw-la valet_fw-la as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v it_o must_v not_o be_v once_o twice_o or_o thrice_o judge_v so_o but_o the_o judgement_n must_v be_v many_o as_o well_o as_o alike_o and_o it_o must_v hold_v on_o so_o for_o a_o long_a time_n together_o before_o it_o can_v have_v the_o force_n or_o effect_v of_o a_o law_n and_o after_o it_o have_v so_o long_o prevail_v it_o may_v be_v esteem_v not_o so_o much_o law_n as_o reason_n for_o certain_o it_o can_v not_o have_v so_o long_o endure_v if_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o have_v not_o be_v evident_a to_o those_o who_o judgement_n be_v so_o conformable_a as_o never_o to_o disagree_v therein_o chap._n vii_o that_o they_o be_v great_a advantage_n which_o a_o nation_n have_v by_o rule_v by_o such_o a_o law_n as_o be_v rational_a the_o govern_n and_o judge_v by_o that_o law_n which_o reason_n teach_v we_o can_v but_o be_v effectual_a unto_o that_o nation_n great_a good_a that_o observe_v
plague_n wherewith_o almighty_a god_n may_v just_o punish_v his_o people_n for_o neglect_v this_o good_a and_o wholesome_a law_n who_o will_v think_v have_v we_o not_o sad_o feel_v their_o design_n that_o the_o great_a magnifier_n of_o parliament_n for_o which_o i_o discommend_v they_o not_o so_o they_o keep_v within_o due_a compass_n will_v have_v be_v so_o bitter_a against_o those_o that_o act_v but_o according_a to_o these_o strict_a parliamentary_a charge_n chap._n iii_o the_o head_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n in_o that_o apology_n of_o doctor_n cousin_n part_v 1_o c._n 1._o the_o particular_a distribution_n of_o cause_n prove_v to_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n beside_o testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a with_o a_o discourse_n of_o c._n 2._o bishop_n certificate_n against_o person_n excommunicate_v be_v a_o special_a point_n of_o their_o voluntary_a jurisdiction_n where_o there_o be_v no_o party_n that_o prosecute_v c._n 3._o that_o matter_n in_o the_o former_a chapter_n adjoin_v to_o testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a cause_n though_o proper_o they_o be_v not_o of_o testament_n or_o matrimony_n be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n and_o how_o far_o c._n 4._o general_a proof_n out_o of_o statute_n that_o sundry_a other_o cause_n beside_o testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n c._n 5._o that_o suit_n for_o tithe_n of_o benefice_n upon_o avoidance_n or_o spoliation_n likewise_o that_o suit_n for_o tithe_n oblation_n mortuary_n and_o pension_n procuration_n etc._n etc._n be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n be_v prove_v by_o statute_n especial_o c._n 6._o that_o suit_n for_o right_a of_o tithe_n belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o how_o far_o be_v show_v out_o of_o the_o book_n and_o report_n of_o the_o common_a law_n so_o of_o place_n of_o burial_n and_o churchyard_n and_o of_o pension_n mortuary_n oblation_n etc._n etc._n c._n 7._o of_o right_a to_o have_v a_o curate_n and_o of_o contribution_n to_o reparation_n and_o to_o other_o thing_n require_v in_o church_n c._n 8._o proof_n in_o general_a that_o sundry_a crime_n and_o offence_n be_v punishable_a by_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o namely_o idolatry_n heresy_n perjury_n or_o laesio_fw-la fidei_fw-la and_o how_o far_o the_o last_o of_o these_o be_v there_o to_o be_v correct_v also_o of_o disturbance_n of_o divine_a service_n or_o not_o frequent_v of_o it_o and_o neglect_v of_o the_o sacrament_n c._n 9_o that_o simony_n usury_n defamation_n or_o slander_n beat_v of_o a_o clerk_n sacrilege_n brawl_v or_o fight_v in_o church_n or_o churchyard_n dilapidation_n or_o waste_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a live_n and_o all_o incontinency_n be_v punishable_a by_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n and_o how_o far_o c._n 10._o several_a other_o matter_n reckon_v in_o this_o ten_o chapter_n as_o ordain_v of_o real_a composition_n and_o disannul_v of_o they_o suspension_n ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n interdiction_n of_o a_o church_n sequestration_n excommunication_n parish-clerk_n fee_n good_n due_a to_o a_o church_n detain_v blasphemy_n idolatry_n apostasy_n from_o christianity_n violation_n and_o profanation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n subornation_n of_o perjury_n attestation_n of_o a_o woman_n chastity_n drunkenness_n filthy_a speech_n violation_n of_o a_o sequestration_n or_o induction_n hinder_v and_o disturbance_n to_o carry_v away_o tithe_n enjoin_v of_o penance_n corporal_a contempt_n of_o obey_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n fee_n due_a in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n curate_n and_o clerk_n wage_n forgery_n in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n as_o of_o letter_n testimonial_a of_o order_n of_o institution_n bury_v of_o excommunicate_a person_n communicate_v with_o excommunicate_a person_n frequenter_n of_o conventicle_n dig_v up_o of_o corpse_n bury_v and_o general_o for_o any_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a indefinite_o by_o the_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la may_v be_v cite_v all_o these_o be_v of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o proof_n that_o any_o subjeet_a lay_v or_o other_o may_v be_v cite_v in_o any_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a c._n 11._o that_o layman_n may_v be_v cite_v and_o urge_v to_o take_v oath_n in_o other_o cause_n then_o testamentary_a and_o matrimonial_a c._n 12._o the_o ground_n of_o the_o opinion_n to_o the_o contrary_n examine_v and_o confute_v c._n 13._o that_o judgement_n of_o heresy_n still_o remain_v at_o the_o common_a law_n in_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a and_o that_o the_o proviso_n touch_v heresy_n in_o the_o statute_n 1_o eliz._n 1._o be_v only_o speak_v of_o ecclesiastical_a commissioner_n thereby_o authorize_v c._n 14._o that_o by_o the_o statute_n her_o majesty_n may_v commit_v authority_n and_o they_o may_v take_v and_o use_v for_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n attachment_n imprisonment_n and_o fine_n herein_o he_o write_v also_o how_o the_o law_n be_v at_o that_o time_n c._n 15._o that_o a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o benefice_n without_o indictment_n or_o prosecution_n of_o party_n c._n 16._o that_o after_o forty_o day_n a_o excommunicate_a person_n may_v be_v otherwise_o punish_v then_o upon_o the_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la and_o that_o the_o say_a writ_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v award_v upon_o contempt_n arise_v on_o other_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a than_o any_o of_o those_o ten_o crime_n mention_v in_o the_o statute_n 5_o eliz._n 23._o c._n 17._o of_o a_o prohibition_n what_o it_o be_v where_o it_o lie_v not_o and_o where_o it_o do_v and_o how_o it_o cease_v by_o a_o consultation_n and_o of_o the_o writ_n of_o indicavit_fw-la c._n 18._o a_o analysis_n or_o unfolding_n of_o the_o two_o special_a statute_n touch_v praemunire_n with_o sundry_a question_n and_o doubt_n about_o that_o matter_n require_v more_o grave_a resolution_n then_o in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o his_o apology_n the_o doctor_n set_v forth_o his_o proof_n together_o with_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n make_v against_o the_o manner_n of_o practice_n of_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a by_o those_o that_o oppugn_v it_o c._n 1._o of_o the_o distinction_n of_o offence_n and_o several_a kind_n and_o end_n in_o punish_v they_o with_o the_o necessity_n of_o punishment_n c._n 2._o of_o two_o sort_n of_o prosecution_n of_o crime_n and_o offence_n viz._n by_o a_o party_n and_o of_o office_n the_o practice_n of_o they_o in_o scripture_n and_o in_o the_o several_a court_n of_o this_o realm_n c._n 3._o of_o the_o sundry_a kind_n of_o object_v crime_n by_o a_o party_n mention_v in_o the_o civil_a law_n as_o by_o reason_n of_o a_o man_n public_a charge_n and_o function_n also_o by_o way_n of_o exception_n supplication_n complaint_n delation_n and_o accusation_n the_o true_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n accusatio_fw-la its_o divers_a acception_n definition_n and_o exposition_n thereof_o with_o some_o reason_n of_o the_o frequency_n of_o accusation_n in_o court_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o former_a time_n be_v also_o declare_v c._n 4._o that_o the_o prosecution_n of_o crime_n by_o way_n of_o accusation_n be_v in_o most_o place_n forbid_v or_o grow_v into_o disuse_n the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v partly_o the_o danger_n to_o the_o accuser_n and_o partly_o the_o hatefulness_n of_o that_o course_n therein_o also_o be_v dispute_v whether_o all_o accusation_n be_v unlawful_a and_o certain_a point_n deliver_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o all_o they_o that_o will_v accuse_v other_o c._n 5._o of_o the_o several_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n officium_fw-la the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n inquisitio_fw-la questio_fw-la crimina_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la &_o extraordinaria_fw-la the_o reason_n why_o enquiry_n by_o office_n come_v in_o place_n of_o accusation_n of_o enquiry_n in_o general_a and_o special_a of_o enquiry_n special_a exit_fw-la officio_fw-la nobili_fw-la sive_fw-la mero_fw-la mixto_fw-la &_o promoto_fw-la and_o of_o the_o privilege_n of_o proceed_v ex_fw-la mero_fw-la officio_fw-la above_o the_o other_o c._n 6._o of_o denunciation_n a_o special_a mean_n of_o stir_v up_o the_o office_n of_o the_o manifold_a use_n thereof_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o sea_n the_o general_a acception_n of_o that_o word_n and_o of_o four_o kind_n of_o denunciation_n how_o they_o differ_v one_o from_o another_o what_o be_v require_v in_o they_o and_o when_o a_o denouncer_n be_v to_o be_v condemn_v or_o excuse_v of_o expense_n and_o what_o course_n of_o deal_n against_o crime_n and_o offence_n be_v hold_v both_o in_o court_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a commission_n and_o in_o ordinary_a court_n ecclesiastical_a of_o this_o realm_n c._n 7._o that_o the_o civil_a and_o canon_n law_n allow_v sundry_a mean_n to_o ground_n a_o special_a enquiry_n of_o office_n against_o a_o crime_n beside_o accusation_n and_o presentment_n therein_o be_v also_o contain_v a_o answer_n to_o a_o suppose_a rule_n and_o declare_v how_o from_o general_a they_o descend_v to_o special_a enquiry_n and_o that_o beside_o those_o two_o either_o a_o fame_n or_o clamosa_fw-la insinuatio_fw-la or_o private_a judicial_a denunciation_n or_o canonical_a denunciation_n
examine_v gehazi_n his_o servant_n 43.3_o servant_n gen_n 43.3_o joseph_n in_o egypt_n give_v a_o oath_n to_o his_o brethren_n 7.13_o brethren_n ezek._n 7.13_o zedekiah_n take_v a_o oath_n of_o subjection_n and_o be_v blame_v and_o punish_v for_o break_v of_o it_o 21.2_o it_o 1_o sam._n 21.2_o the_o oath_n give_v to_o the_o gibeonite_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v and_o the_o violation_n of_o it_o punish_v for_o the_o manner_n of_o proceed_v or_o the_o cause_n of_o question_v we_o see_v many_o instance_n first_o in_o flagranti_fw-la crimine_fw-la 8.4_o crimine_fw-la john_n 8.4_o if_o a_o party_n be_v take_v in_o the_o manner_n as_o we_o say_v or_o the_o fact_n be_v manifest_a as_o 8_o as_o num._n 25_o 8_o zimri_n be_v 21.3_o be_v deut._n 21.3_o or_o though_o the_o fact_n be_v manifest_a the_o person_n commit_v it_o be_v unknown_a or_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o person_n the_o fact_n be_v unknown_a as_o in_o 7.18_o in_o john_n 7.18_o achans_n case_n or_o by_o indicia_fw-la suspect_v sign_n so_o 3.8_o so_o gen._n 3.8_o adam_n hide_v himself_o so_o against_o 4.6_o against_o gen_n 4.6_o cam_n abel_n not_o appear_v adam_n impeach_v eve_n and_o eve_n the_o serpent_n and_o both_o be_v punish_v upon_o it_o or_o upon_o infamy_n and_o cry_n 18.10_o cry_n gen._n 18.10_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o sodomite_n be_v great_a i_o will_v descend_v say_v the_o lord_n and_o such_o kind_n of_o inquiry_n be_v make_v both_o in_o the_o law_n 17.4_o law_n deut._n 17.4_o if_o a_o report_n shall_v come_v to_o thou_o or_o thou_o shall_v hear_v as_o also_o in_o the_o gospel_n as_o against_o the_o incestuous_a person_n 5.1_o person_n 1_o cor._n 5.1_o it_o be_v report_v or_o by_o suggestion_n or_o complaint_n as_o in_o 1.11_o in_o job_n 1.11_o job_n cause_n where_o the_o devil_n be_v accuser_n joseph_n only_o upon_o suspicion_n give_v his_o brother_n the_o oath_n evangelical_n denunciation_n as_o mat._n 18.7_o when_o church_n or_o state_n be_v in_o danger_n as_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n that_o be_v against_o the_o troubler_n of_o israel_n so_o signify_v the_o word_n anchor_n when_o peter_n and_o john_n be_v examine_v in_o the_o great_a council_n by_o what_o power_n 4.7_o act_n 4.7_o or_o in_o what_o name_n they_o have_v do_v that_o miracle_n peter_n full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n answer_v plain_o and_o true_o though_o it_o may_v have_v be_v capital_a to_o he_o what_o spirit_n be_v they_o of_o who_o be_v require_v by_o lawful_a authority_n to_o answer_v in_o matter_n not_o capital_a yet_o will_v not_o answer_v at_o all_o for_o upon_o a_o man_n own_o confession_n judicial_a though_o not_o upon_o oath_n he_o may_v be_v equal_o convict_v in_o the_o proceed_n against_o st._n 6._o act_n 6._o stephen_n there_o be_v no_o accuser_n in_o truth_n but_o those_o who_o by_o subornation_n denounce_v he_o to_o the_o priest_n and_o who_o be_v twice-called_n witness_n because_o they_o depose_v against_o he_o yet_o he_o refuse_v not_o to_o make_v answer_n though_o capital_a to_o he_o when_o the_o captain_n ask_v st._n paul_n 22._o act_n 22._o whether_o he_o be_v not_o that_o egyptian_a that_o make_v a_o sedition_n etc._n etc._n he_o answer_v direct_o and_o deny_v it_o likewise_o the_o same_o saint_n paul_n in_o all_o other_o his_o conventing_n before_o authority_n mention_v in_o the_o act_n even_o at_o the_o suit_n and_o accusation_n of_o a_o p_o arty_a refuse_v not_o particular_o and_o true_o to_o answer_v to_o all_o that_o be_v object_v etc._n act_n 4.25_o etc._n etc._n and_o all_o this_o be_v do_v to_o the_o sift_v out_o truth_n and_o punish_v crime_n either_o true_o so_o or_o at_o least_o thought_n to_o be_v so_o and_o criminous_a person_n be_v question_v as_o well_o of_o the_o fact_n as_o circumstance_n or_o fame_n 3.9_o fame_n gen_n 3.9_o have_v thou_o eat_v of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o ferbidden_v tree_n so_o the_o prince_n question_v baruch_n about_o jeremiahs_n book_n 36.17_o book_n jer._n 36.17_o tell_v we_o how_o do_v thou_o write_v these_o word_n so_o 10.11_o so_o ezra_n 10.11_o esras_n examine_v the_o question_v person_n concern_v their_o own_o fact_n so_o the_o 23.20_o the_o act_n 23.20_o highpriest_n have_v commit_v saint_n paul_n examine_v he_o further_o for_o oftentimes_o accuser_n as_o the_o heathen_a can_v observe_v fall_v off_o all_o can_v some_o will_v not_o accuse_v what_o then_o many_o crime_n be_v the_o deed_n of_o darkness_n can_v be_v 5.11_o be_v eph._n 5.11_o reveal_v 16.5_o reveal_v prov._n 16.5_o because_o hand_n be_v in_o hand_n and_o they_o will_v not_o bewray_v themselves_o because_o the_o name_n of_o doeg_n find_v harsh_o and_o to_o come_v forth_o to_o accuse_v a_o man_n be_v account_v poor_a and_o odious_a a_o matter_n of_o cost_n danger_n and_o 25.8_o and_o prov._n 25.8_o infamy_n must_v villainy_n therefore_o be_v hide_v and_o scatter_v abroad_o and_o get_v strength_n till_o they_o break_v out_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o because_o none_o can_v or_o will_v for_o it_o be_v all_o one_o whether_o one_o will_v not_o accuse_v or_o can_v accuse_v therefore_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o question_v and_o without_o a_o oath_n it_o be_v to_o little_a purpose_n therefore_o god_n command_v that_o way_n of_o adjuration_n or_o give_v a_o oath_n 22._o oath_n 2_o king_n 22._o so_o the_o king_n adjure_v micheas_n 26.93_o micheas_n mat._n 26.93_o so_o the_o highpriest_n our_o saviour_n and_o both_o of_o they_o answer_v but_o shall_v any_o question_n adjuration_n even_o a_o clear_a oath_n be_v lawful_o give_v even_o to_o the_o actor_n as_o exod._n 22.8_o 1_o king_n 8.3_o and_o therefore_o more_o than_o permit_v to_o the_o magistrate_n for_o sure_o it_o be_v hard_a if_o every_o private_a man_n may_v require_v a_o oath_n of_o the_o question_v and_o not_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v it_o be_v lawful_a in_o the_o cafe_z of_o a_o pawn_n and_o not_o of_o a_o kingdom_n a_o oath_n be_v a_o end_n of_o controversy_n 6.16_o heb._n 6.16_o say_v st._n paul_n then_o a_o oath_n to_o be_v take_v for_o that_o end_n in_o a_o case_n matrimonial_a which_o be_v mere_o ecclesiastical_a interrogatories_n be_v administer_v with_o oath_n as_o in_o a_o cause_n of_o incontinency_n num._n 5._o and_o the_o proceed_n being_n by_o enquiry_n without_o any_o accuser_n at_o all_o and_o this_o which_o be_v to_o be_v note_v in_o the_o case_n in_o esdras_n 9_o esdras_n 1.8_o 9_o they_o be_v no_o way_n force_v to_o it_o but_o desire_v to_o take_v their_o oath_n first_o and_o to_o be_v examine_v after_o than_o which_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n more_o suitable_a then_o to_o the_o proceed_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n before_o the_o pass_v of_o the_o late_a act_n and_o against_o which_o the_o innovator_n heretofore_o use_v to_o take_v exception_n in_o some_o of_o these_o abovementioned_a instance_n we_o see_v how_o oath_n be_v administer_v even_o in_o capital_a cause_n much_o more_o may_v they_o be_v where_o there_o be_v not_o that_o danger_n nay_o no_o danger_n of_o loss_n of_o good_n liberty_n or_o any_o other_o loss_n but_o only_o for_o a_o medicine_n to_o the_o soul_n for_o reformation_n of_o manner_n and_o take_v away_o scandal_n and_o offence_n give_v they_o be_v question_v too_o we_o set_v upon_o small_a su7spition_n sign_n presumption_n or_o any_o other_o cause_n of_o question_n nay_o nothing_o at_o all_o as_o to_o the_o person_n question_v upon_o who_o no_o true_a colour_n of_o suspicion_n lay_v something_o like_o our_o coroner_n proceed_n in_o some_o case_n but_o only_a a_o fact_n be_v commit_v that_o be_v apparent_a whereof_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o he_o be_v not_o guilty_a as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o person_n find_v slay_v then_o much_o more_o ought_v it_o to_o be_v upon_o great_a suspicion_n presumption_n or_o public_a fame_n thereof_o prove_v this_o be_v thus_o by_o god_n word_n in_o the_o next_o place_n we_o may_v look_v into_o the_o practice_n and_o opinion_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n hereupon_o chap._n vi_o that_o the_o opinion_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n and_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n be_v to_o administer_v such_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o upon_o accusation_n and_o for_o purgation_n canonical_a with_o the_o practice_n at_o geneva_n it_o be_v well_o say_v by_o a_o ancient_a and_o learned_a quart_n learned_a cromatius_n in_o 5_o mat._n facit_fw-la canon_n 36._o council_n tolet._n quart_n writer_n dominus_fw-la inter_fw-la juramentum_fw-la &_o loquelam_fw-la nostram_fw-la nullam_fw-la vult_fw-la esse_fw-la differentiam_fw-la and_o aquinas_n say_v 3._o say_v thom._n 2.2_o qu._n 69._o art_n 3._o if_o he_o which_o be_v bring_v into_o question_n and_o interrogated_a by_o the_o judge_n without_o his_o oath_n shall_v answer_v untrue_o that_o therein_o he_o sin_v deadly_a the_o old_a christian_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v far_o
the_o foundation_n 1._o 2_o h._n 5._o c._n 1._o estate_n and_o government_n of_o hospital_n be_v not_o of_o the_o king_n foundation_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o make_v correction_n and_o reformation_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o holy_a church_n as_o to_o they_o belong_v now_o by_o those_o law_n enquiry_n touch_v crime_n not_o capital_a be_v make_v by_o the_o defendant_n oath_n as_o be_v notorious_a and_o before_o prove_v and_o this_o can_v but_o be_v penal_a to_o the_o party_n visit_v when_o guilty_a 5._o 22_o h._n 8._o c._n 5._o executor_n and_o administrator_n be_v to_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o inventory_n yet_o this_o may_v imply_v perjury_n or_o discovery_n of_o a_o man_n own_o fault_n 2._o 1_o eliz._n c._n 2._o ordinary_n be_v to_o inquire_v of_o as_o heretofore_o have_v be_v use_v by_o the_o queen_n majesty_n ecclesiastical_a law_n about_o uniformity_n of_o common_a prayer_n ordinary_n may_v give_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n to_o a_o clerk_n within_o his_o jurisdiction_n r._n 5_o eliz_n c._n r._n in_o this_o act_n of_o perjury_n the_o law_n ecclesiastical_a have_v the_o power_n reserve_v to_o proceed_v as_o before_o 9_o 5_o eliz._n c._n 9_o which_o be_v by_o oath_n that_o allowance_n be_v make_v by_o common_a law_n to_o court_n ecclesiastical_a to_o inquire_v and_o so_o consequent_o by_o such_o oath_n appear_v by_o two_o precedent_n of_o consultation_n set_v down_o in_o the_o register_n 48._o regist_n do_fw-mi consultation_n fol._n 48._o the_o first_o allow_v of_o a_o inquisition_n make_v by_o the_o dean_n of_o york_n official_a for_o defect_n in_o a_o chancel_n etc._n etc._n the_o other_o beside_o a_o consultation_n contain_v a_o commandment_n to_o the_o ordinary_a to_o take_v full_a information_n fol._n ibid._n fol._n by_o way_n of_o inquisition_n and_o other_o mean_n touch_v the_o value_n of_o tithe_n 6._o ibid._n fol._n 51._o b._n 6._o a_o ordinary_a proceed_v against_o a_o parishioner_n ex_fw-la '_o officio_fw-la as_o for_o a_o crime_n for_o tithe_n detain_v by_o he_o a._n ibid._n fol._n 49._o a._n ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la animae_fw-la the_o ordinary_a proceed_v against_o a_o layman_n for_o usury_n even_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o a_o party_n grieve_v so_o in_o several_a other_o case_n as_o in_o the_o same_o register_n mention_v fol._n 43_o 50_o 51_o 54_o 55_o 57_o upon_o the_o cavil_n of_o some_o busy_a people_n against_o oath_n minister_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a a_o constitution_n provincial_n be_v make_v against_o it_o let_v no_o man_n nullus_fw-la constitut_o provinc_fw-la de_fw-fr haereticis_fw-la c._n nullus_fw-la say_v that_o constitution_n presume_v to_o dispute_v etc._n etc._n against_o oath_n which_o be_v make_v either_o in_o ecclesiastical_a or_o temporal_a court_n in_o case_n accustom_v and_o in_o usual_a manner_n etc._n etc._n by_o this_o appear_v the_o practice_n of_o such_o oath_n in_o both_o court_n and_o quintilius_n german_n in_o henry_n the_o eighths_n time_n godfrey_n a_o treatise_n touch_v constitut_n provinc_fw-la and_o legatine_n c._n 23._o print_v by_o tho._n godfrey_n who_o write_v against_o some_o provincial_a constitution_n allow_v of_o such_o oath_n to_o be_v take_v many_o more_o instance_n hereof_o may_v be_v give_v but_o it_o be_v apparent_a and_o notorious_a that_o such_o proceed_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o party_n and_o purgation_n in_o manner_n as_o before_o be_v constant_o practise_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n constitution_n and_o law_n ecclesiastical_a before_o 25_o h._n 8._o and_o by_o the_o aforesaid_a statute_n of_o 25_o h._n 8._o such_o law_n and_o practice_n have_v be_v confirm_v not_o be_v contrariant_n to_o the_o king_n prerogative_n or_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o it_o appear_v that_o in_o such_o case_n according_a as_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n according_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v contrariant_n that_o it_o be_v most_o consonant_a and_o allow_v and_o command_v by_o the_o temporal_a law_n of_o the_o land_n say_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o act_n and_o record_n of_o ecclesiastical_a court_n that_o such_o proceed_n be_v so_o constant_o upon_o oath_n there_o need_v no_o more_o be_v say_v for_o justification_n thereof_o but_o it_o may_v safe_o be_v conclude_v that_o before_o the_o make_n of_o that_o late_a act_n the_o common_a law_n and_o statute_n of_o this_o realm_n allow_v such_o oath_n to_o be_v tender_v by_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n and_o therefore_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o party_n in_o some_o matter_n of_o crime_n that_o may_v be_v damageable_a and_o penal_a to_o he_o be_v both_o in_o practice_n and_o be_v allow_v also_o to_o be_v practise_v in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a by_o the_o law_n of_o this_o land_n chap._n ix_o that_o oath_n administer_v to_o party_n touch_v matter_n damageable_a criminal_a and_o penal_a to_o themselves_o be_v urge_v be_v require_v by_o temporal_a court_n and_o by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o the_o chancery_n when_o the_o proceed_n be_v move_v civiliter_fw-la and_o not_o criminaliter_fw-la not_o to_o any_o public_a punishment_n but_o to_o the_o private_a interest_n of_o the_o party_n and_o sometime_o lewd_a practice_n and_o misdemeanour_n criminal_a be_v in_o the_o bill_n set_v forth_o yet_o must_v the_o defendant_n make_v particular_a answer_n thereto_o upon_o his_o oath_n so_o in_o the_o court_n of_o request_n in_o the_o march_n of_o wales_n the_o court_n of_o the_o council_n there_o and_o in_o the_o north_n part_n so_o that_o to_o the_o intent_n of_o a_o defendant_n be_v urge_v by_o oath_n sometime_o to_o discover_v himself_o in_o a_o matter_n criminal_a it_o come_v to_o as_o much_o in_o these_o court_n as_o be_v challenge_v for_o unlawful_a in_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o the_o chancery_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o ancient_a court_n of_o this_o realm_n because_o from_o thence_o all_o original_a writ_n and_o commission_n do_v come_v whereupon_o the_o other_o court_n do_v ground_n all_o their_o proceed_n therefore_o probable_o as_o in_o sundry_a other_o point_n of_o proceed_v there_o they_o draw_v the_o exact_v of_o the_o defendant_n answer_v upon_o oath_n from_o the_o civil_a law_n for_o that_o court_n of_o chancery_n be_v here_o in_o time_n and_o nature_n the_o first_o after_o the_o roman_a yoke_n before_o the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o saxon_n be_v shake_v off_o here_o it_o can_v not_o take_v light_n from_o other_o court_n of_o the_o common_a law_n but_o from_o some_o other_o that_o be_v before_o both_o it_o and_o they_o the_o roman_n under_o who_o we_o be_v then_o give_v we_o these_o law_n most_o probable_o so_o they_o use_v as_o their_o history_n testify_v to_o most_o province_n they_o subdue_v many_o of_o the_o same_o law_n be_v take_v up_o and_o retain_v by_o the_o saxon_n especial_o until_o the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o norman_a conqueror_n who_o establish_v the_o custom_n of_o normandy_n among_o other_o they_o retain_v till_o then_o that_o law_n be_v one_o that_o all_o brethren_n shall_v participate_v alike_o their_o father_n inheritance_n we_o read_v of_o trebatius_n a_o ancient_a civil_a lawyer_n ep_v cicer_n famil_n ep_v often_o mention_v in_o the_o pandect_n who_o live_v in_o julius_n caesar_n time_n before_o our_o saviour_n birth_n many_o year_n do_v remain_v at_o samarobrina_n in_o this_o isle_n of_o britain_n and_o afterward_o that_o famous_a lawyer_n forcatulus_n forcatulus_n aemilius_n paulus_n papinianus_n do_v profess_v the_o law_n and_o keep_v his_o tribunal_n seat_n at_o the_o city_n of_o york_n for_o the_o court_n of_o star-chamber_n and_o high-commission_n i_o mention_v not_o the_o proceed_n there_o because_o those_o court_n be_v take_v away_o though_o as_o before_o perhaps_o the_o want_n of_o they_o especial_o if_o in_o some_o thing_n regulate_v will_v by_o many_o every_o day_n be_v more_o think_v of_o the_o proceed_n there_o be_v in_o fresh_a memory_n to_o have_v be_v in_o like_a manner_n upon_o oath_n in_o criminal_a cause_n in_o all_o the_o court_n of_o record_n at_o westminster_n do_v not_o the_o judge_n by_o corporal_a oath_n examine_v any_o person_n who_o they_o have_v cause_n in_o discretion_n to_o suspect_v to_o have_v deal_v false_o about_o the_o return_n of_o any_o writ_n entry_n of_o rule_n or_o such_o like_a matter_n not_o be_v capital_a winton_n 13_o e._n 1._o stat_fw-la winton_n man_n be_v to_o be_v assess_v and_o swear_v to_o have_v such_o assessed_a armour_n in_o their_o house_n 4._o house_n 17_o e_z 2._o prerog_n reg._n c._n 4._o the_o king_n widow_n swear_v not_o to_o marry_v without_o the_o king_n licence_n 7._o licence_n 25_o e._n 3._o the_o serve_v c._n 2_o 7._o labourer_n be_v to_o take_v a_o oath_n to_o do_v the_o labour_n appoint_v etc._n etc._n and_o if_o they_o refuse_v they_o be_v to_o be_v put_v into_o the_o stock_n
by_o enquiry_n it_o may_v be_v find_v and_o find_v it_o may_v be_v remove_v which_o enquiry_n be_v not_o leave_v at_o large_a promiscuous_o hand_n over_o head_n but_o have_v his_o limitation_n upon_o what_o ground_n to_o proceed_v now_o if_o you_o ask_v what_o ground_n we_o can_v have_v no_o better_a rule_n for_o it_o then_o if_o we_o follow_v god_n own_o proceed_n in_o his_o judicial_a course_n for_o the_o judgement_n be_v god_n proper_o and_o not_o man_n and_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o to_o be_v desire_v then_o that_o god_n will_v give_v the_o king_n his_o judgement_n for_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v in_o place_n be_v then_o best_a when_o they_o be_v like_a god_n the_o rather_o for_o that_o god_n need_v not_o to_o hold_v any_o course_n of_o enquiry_n because_o to_o he_o all_o thing_n be_v clear_a and_o manifest_a not_o only_o then_o but_o before_o they_o be_v do_v and_o yet_o bind_v himself_o to_o a_o certain_a way_n in_o his_o proceed_n no_o other_o reason_n be_v or_o can_v be_v render_v why_o he_o shall_v so_o do_v but_o only_o to_o instruct_v we_o how_o to_o proceed_v by_o his_o example_n in_o god_n court_n true_a it_o be_v there_o be_v a_o accuser_n allow_v even_o the_o accuser_n of_o we_o and_o our_o brethren_n who_o we_o see_v be_v sometime_o hear_v and_o receive_v though_o his_o suggestion_n be_v untrue_a as_o in_o job_n case_n but_o be_v there_o no_o proceed_n but_o upon_o accusation_n i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v very_o clear_a that_o it_o will_v fall_v out_o divers_a judgement_n of_o his_o have_v be_v give_v upon_o another_o ground_n in_o adam_n case_n no_o accuser_n stand_v forth_o what_o be_v do_v be_v as_o yet_o not_o know_v only_o he_o be_v take_v in_o suspicious_a manner_n fly_v from_o god_n lurk_v in_o a_o thicket_n which_o be_v plain_o species_n mali_fw-la and_o god_n think_v it_o meet_v to_o be_v inquire_v on_o and_o so_o may_v we_o upon_o like_a suspicion_n though_o there_o be_v no_o accuser_n even_o by_o his_o warrant_n in_o eve_n case_n neither_o have_v she_o any_o accuser_n but_o by_o examine_v adam_n she_o come_v to_o be_v impeach_v tanquam_fw-la particeps_fw-la criminis_fw-la at_o the_o least_o which_o as_o we_o know_v be_v by_o way_n of_o detection_n which_o be_v not_o proper_o accusation_n yet_o sufficient_a enough_o to_o ground_v a_o sentence_n upon_o as_o we_o see_v god_n do_v and_o they_o that_o sit_v in_o his_o place_n may_v do_v the_o like_a in_o cain_n case_n it_o fall_v out_o clear_a otherwise_o then_o in_o adam_n for_o in_o adam_n the_o fact_n be_v unknown_a in_o cain_n only_o the_o party_n for_o the_o murder_n be_v evident_a now_o to_o find_v out_o the_o party_n the_o way_n which_o god_n take_v be_v by_o presumption_n for_o that_o there_o have_v be_v malice_n bear_v abel_n by_o cain_n and_o he_o admonish_v thereof_o his_o very_a countenance_n betray_v as_o much_o this_o do_v god_n hold_v cause_n enough_o to_o ground_v a_o enquiry_n upon_o and_o so_o may_v we_o in_o the_o case_n of_o sodom_n there_o be_v yet_o another_o way_n clamour_n multus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v god_n there_o be_v a_o great_a rumour_n or_o fame_n run_v upon_o sodom_n naughtiness_n i_o will_v go_v down_o and_o inquire_v of_o it_o say_v god_n in_o express_a word_n so_o that_o whether_o there_o be_v accusation_n or_o no_o vehement_a suspicion_n or_o detection_n or_o strong_a presumption_n or_o fame_n will_v supply_v the_o want_n of_o a_o accuser_n and_o the_o judge_n even_o by_o very_a duty_n be_v authorize_v to_o proceed_v to_o inquire_v upon_o any_o of_o these_o a_o little_a to_o insist_v on_o this_o of_o fame_n whereof_o our_o savour_n christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n have_v make_v that_o a_o branch_n which_o we_o call_v denunciatio_fw-la evangelica_n when_o a_o party_n of_o good_a credit_n disclose_v unto_o the_o judge_n a_o fault_n but_o will_v not_o sustain_v either_o the_o hazard_n trouble_n or_o charge_n of_o a_o accuser_n yet_o do_v our_o saviour_n christ_n give_v warrant_v to_o the_o church_n even_o in_o that_o case_n to_o call_v the_o party_n and_o take_v order_n with_o he_o but_o this_o point_n of_o proceed_v upon_o fame_n have_v not_o only_o warrant_v of_o proceed_v in_o god_n example_n but_o in_o his_o express_a charge_n two_o several_a place_n of_o the_o law_n where_o the_o ground_n be_v deut._n 30.12_o deut._n 17.4_o if_o it_o be_v tell_v thou_o that_o such_o or_o such_o a_o fault_n be_v do_v the_o proceed_n be_v perscrutando_fw-la &_o interrogando_fw-la perscrutando_fw-la that_o be_v by_o search_v and_o evidence_n interrogando_fw-la that_o be_v by_o interrogate_a the_o party_n about_o the_o fault_n suggest_v and_o we_o see_v plain_o in_o a_o case_n of_o ecclesiastical_a correction_n for_o matter_n of_o incest_n the_o apostle_n go_v no_o further_o but_o lay_v this_o for_o his_o ground_n there_o go_v a_o report_n that_o such_o a_o party_n there_o be_v among_o you_o as_o therefore_o when_o a_o accuser_n offer_v himself_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reject_v so_o though_o none_o do_v rather_o than_o fault_n shall_v go_v uncensurable_a the_o judge_n even_o of_o very_a duty_n be_v to_o search_v they_o out_o in_o his_o search_n not_o proceed_v without_o some_o of_o these_o that_o have_v be_v mention_v but_o with_o these_o he_o have_v good_a warrant_n even_o as_o good_a as_o god_n own_o example_n and_o commandment_n sufficient_a have_v be_v say_v to_o show_v that_o without_o a_o accuser_n a_o judge_n may_v proceed_v by_o enquiry_n to_o interrogate_v a_o party_n but_o whether_o upon_o his_o oath_n that_o be_v the_o second_o point_n to_o be_v show_v no_o less_o warrantable_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n than_o the_o former_a in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o woman_n suspect_v to_o have_v make_v a_o fault_n to_o her_o husband_n and_o that_o upon_o no_o other_o ground_n but_o upon_o her_o husband_n own_o jealousy_n the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v not_o only_o authorize_v to_o examine_v she_o concern_v it_o and_o then_o to_o rest_v on_o her_o denial_n but_o also_o to_o put_v she_o to_o her_o oath_n and_o make_v she_o to_o abjure_v it_o with_o execration_n as_o it_o be_v plain_o num._n 5._o and_o it_o be_v a_o case_n of_o a_o sin_n against_o the_o seven_o commandment_n in_o a_o sin_n against_o the_o eight_o commandment_n betwixt_o man_n and_o man_n if_o one_o have_v commit_v aught_o to_o another_o trust_n and_o be_v persuade_v that_o he_o have_v play_v false_a with_o he_o he_o may_v bring_v he_o before_o the_o judge_n and_o have_v the_o matter_n search_v into_o and_o at_o the_o plaintiff_n instance_n the_o judge_n be_v to_o lay_v a_o oath_n upon_o he_o and_o the_o other_o not_o to_o refuse_v it_o and_o of_o this_o there_o be_v more_o case_n than_o one_o exod._n 21._o and_o if_o in_o private_a cause_n betwixt_o man_n and_o man_n this_o manner_n of_o proceed_v be_v allow_v it_o will_v follow_v à _fw-la fortiori_fw-la if_o for_o the_o private_a benefit_n much_o more_o that_o which_o god_n grant_v to_o a_o private_a man_n it_o be_v to_o be_v presume_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v to_o a_o magistrate_n that_o which_o to_o satisfy_v one_o party_n he_o license_v he_o will_v likewise_o think_v meet_a to_o license_v for_o the_o take_v away_o of_o offence_n and_o give_v satisfaction_n unto_o many_o and_o the_o chastity_n of_o a_o man_n wife_n shall_v never_o be_v more_o precious_a to_o he_o than_o the_o keep_n of_o his_o own_o spouse_n the_o church_n free_a from_o the_o like_a stain_n of_o pollution_n in_o a_o sin_n against_o the_o six_o commandment_n a_o case_n of_o murder_n one_o be_v find_v slay_v no_o man_n can_v be_v accuse_v or_o suspect_v for_o do_v it_o in_o this_o case_n the_o governor_n of_o the_o next_o city_n to_o the_o body_n so_o find_v be_v by_o the_o law_n to_o come_v to_o the_o place_n to_o offer_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o invocate_v the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o solemn_o to_o testify_v by_o that_o invocation_n that_o they_o be_v no_o way_n privy_a to_o the_o murder_n this_o be_v the_o course_n in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n but_o before_o ever_o the_o law_n be_v write_v we_o see_v the_o very_a same_o hold_v by_o joseph_n under_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o state_n in_o a_o suspicion_n of_o a_o sin_n against_o the_o five_o commandment_n it_o please_v he_o to_o charge_v his_o ten_o brethren_n as_o spy_n come_v to_o discover_v the_o weakness_n of_o the_o land_n there_o be_v no_o party_n to_o accuse_v or_o to_o say_v aught_o against_o they_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o he_o put_v they_o to_o it_o sub_fw-la attestatione_n juramenti_fw-la to_o answer_v they_o be_v no_o such_o man_n the_o very_a like_o course_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o search_n for_o elias_n he_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o
long_a and_o great_a drought_n the_o king_n send_v all_o over_o the_o land_n to_o seek_v for_o he_o and_o to_o have_v he_o apprehend_v these_o especial_o that_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o professor_n of_o the_o same_o religion_n all_o deny_v he_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n he_o put_v they_o to_o their_o oath_n and_o they_o refuse_v they_o not_o yet_o be_v there_o none_o to_o accuse_v they_o at_o all_o yet_o for_o the_o good_a as_o it_o be_v suppose_v of_o the_o state_n this_o course_n be_v well_o allow_v so_o have_v we_o interrogatories_n administer_v and_o the_o party_n swear_v to_o they_o in_o case_n of_o the_o five_o six_o and_o seven_o commandment_n and_o if_o this_o may_v be_v do_v in_o civil_a cause_n and_o be_v not_o unlawful_a in_o they_o we_o argue_v that_o much_o rather_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v allow_v the_o church_n in_o her_o proceed_n first_o for_o that_o both_o commonwealth_n and_o church_n be_v to_o remove_v evil_a yet_o work_v they_o not_o both_o one_o way_n for_o the_o commonwealth_n as_o it_o be_v well_o know_v do_v agere_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la the_o church_n never_o so_o but_o do_v only_o agere_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la seek_v to_o alter_v man_n mind_n from_o the_o evil_a course_n they_o have_v enter_v into_o seek_v by_o make_v they_o to_o yield_v to_o a_o voluntary_a submission_n themselves_o to_o take_v away_o the_o scandal_n whereof_o they_o have_v be_v a_o cause_n now_o there_o be_v great_a odds_o between_o those_o and_o great_a reason_n more_o mean_n be_v allow_v those_o that_o seek_v for_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o party_n and_o his_o soul_n health_n and_o those_o that_o end_v their_o proceed_n always_o in_o the_o loss_n of_o life_n limb_n or_o liberty_n or_o live_v as_o do_v the_o civil_a beside_o it_o be_v well_o know_v the_o civil_a power_n have_v many_o way_n and_o mean_n to_o sift_v out_o the_o truth_n though_o not_o by_o this_o that_o the_o church_n if_o accusation_n cease_v have_v none_o but_o this_o only_a indeed_o therefore_o most_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o she_o because_o a_o oath_n be_v the_o bond_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o they_o be_v the_o sole_a cause_n the_o church_n have_v to_o deal_v with_o the_o inconvenience_n be_v none_o at_o all_o for_o admit_v a_o party_n shall_v thereby_o disclose_v his_o offence_n yet_o grow_v thereby_o no_o damage_n unto_o he_o in_o that_o his_o repentance_n only_o and_o reformation_n be_v thereby_o seek_v and_o wrought_v and_o nothing_o else_o thus_o reason_n the_o church_n but_o for_o her_o practice_n take_v her_o ground_n to_o be_v full_a and_o good_a out_o of_o the_o five_o of_o number_n in_o a_o case_n of_o suspect_a incontinency_n which_o be_v mere_o ecclesiastical_a and_o again_o out_o of_o 1_o esdras_n 8._o &_o 9_o in_o a_o case_n matrimonial_a which_o be_v mere_o ecclesiastical_a also_o in_o both_o which_o interrogatory_n be_v minister_v with_o oath_n the_o proceed_n be_v by_o enquiry_n without_o any_o accuser_n at_o all_o and_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v note_v in_o the_o case_n in_o esdras_n they_o be_v no_o way_n force_v to_o it_o but_o desire_v to_o take_v their_o oath_n first_o and_o be_v examine_v after_o then_o which_o there_o be_v no_o case_n more_o like_a to_o the_o proceed_n at_o this_o day_n against_o which_o exception_n be_v take_v out_o of_o these_o six_o it_o be_v manifest_a enough_o how_o agreeable_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n this_o proceed_n be_v but_o beyond_o all_o this_o be_v the_o seven_o in_o the_o five_o of_o leviticus_n where_o it_o appear_v that_o god_n be_v so_o careful_a to_o have_v all_o evil_n remove_v as_o leave_n be_v give_v by_o he_o upon_o a_o fault_n commit_v the_o party_n be_v unknown_a to_o lay_v a_o solemn_a charge_n and_o to_o bind_v it_o with_o a_o curse_n and_o that_o at_o large_a to_o take_v hold_n of_o any_o that_o be_v privy_a to_o the_o fault_n do_v and_o do_v not_o come_v and_o reveal_v it_o which_o course_n be_v clear_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o oath_n as_o do_v plain_o appear_v by_o 1_o sam._n 14._o where_o it_o be_v say_v four_o several_a time_n that_o saul_n bind_v all_o the_o people_n with_o a_o oath_n not_o to_o taste_v of_o any_o thing_n till_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o that_o they_o may_v pursue_v their_o enemy_n without_o any_o intermission_n which_o oath_n be_v judge_v by_o the_o expositor_n to_o have_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o public_a denounce_v of_o a_o curse_n or_o adjure_v they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n nor_o to_o do_v it_o see_v it_o be_v hold_v a_o thing_n impossible_a that_o he_o shall_v call_v so_o many_o thousand_o in_o particular_a to_o take_v every_o man_n a_o oath_n the_o time_n be_v so_o short_a and_o he_o in_o such_o haste_n to_o pursue_v the_o enemy_n but_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n as_o nazianzen_n say_v not_o unusual_a either_o before_o christ_n or_o since_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n to_o make_v such_o adjuration_n whereby_o the_o church_n ever_o think_v quod_fw-la poena_fw-la commissi_fw-la revolvitur_fw-la in_o conscium_fw-la that_o he_o that_o conceal_a be_v subject_a to_o as_o great_a a_o curse_n as_o he_o that_o commit_v it_o by_o all_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o such_o proceed_n by_o oath_n may_v be_v and_o be_v not_o unlawful_a this_o as_o before_o be_v by_o some_o say_v to_o be_v dr._n davenant_n late_a lord_n bishop_n of_o sarisbury_n and_o other_o say_v it_o be_v the_o late_a lord_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n that_o most_o learned_a and_o pious_a bishop_n dr._n lancelot_n andrews_n who_o soever_o it_o be_v it_o seem_v it_o be_v to_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o council_n touch_v such_o proceed_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o upon_o oath_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v it_o give_v they_o satisfaction_n the_o law_n so_o long_o after_o continue_v the_o same_o and_o no_o way_n alter_v the_o theological_a determination_n of_o dr._n lancelot_n andrews_n afterward_o lord_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n have_v in_o the_o public_a divinity-school_n in_o cambridge_n in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n 1591._o upon_o this_o question_n follow_v render_v into_o english_a for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o mere_a english_a reader_n whether_o by_o god_n law_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o magistrate_n to_o require_v a_o oath_n of_o the_o party_n that_o be_v the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n and_o in_o what_o case_n and_o how_o far_o it_o be_v lawful_a touch_v the_o question_n of_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n by_o the_o religion_n of_o a_o oath_n as_o also_o of_o such_o party_n take_v such_o oath_n or_o lawful_o decline_v it_o of_o late_o have_v a_o question_n arise_v whether_o by_o god_n law_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o magistrate_n to_o require_v oath_n of_o the_o party_n that_o be_v the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n and_o in_o what_o case_n and_o how_o far_o it_o be_v lawful_a this_o question_n to_o prevent_v any_o confusion_n upon_o your_o memory_n or_o my_o own_o i_o will_v divide_v into_o five_o branch_n and_o indeed_o in_o this_o short_a two_o day_n space_n i_o have_v not_o bethink_v myself_o of_o a_o more_o distinct_a method_n 1._o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o exact_v or_o require_v a_o oath_n 2._o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o magistrate_n to_o do_v it_o 3._o whether_o from_o the_o guilty_a or_o defendant_n party_n 4._o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a in_o every_o cause_n or_o not_o in_o capital_a cause_n but_o such_o as_o receive_v a_o mild_a punishment_n 5._o how_o far_o this_o be_v lawful_a and_o in_o what_o case_n of_o which_o question_n the_o first_o three_o have_v nothing_o of_o question_n in_o they_o if_o we_o be_v find_v in_o divinity_n therefore_o i_o shall_v in_o few_o word_n dispatch_v they_o and_o first_o of_o all_o it_o be_v a_o sacred_a right_n that_o such_o a_o oath_n may_v be_v lawful_o require_v in_o which_o matter_n i_o think_v it_o be_v very_o behooveful_a as_o christ_n do_v in_o the_o case_n of_o divorcement_n first_o of_o all_o to_o inquire_v what_o every_o thing_n be_v in_o the_o beginning_n in_o the_o revolution_n of_o time_n many_o thing_n be_v change_v the_o beginning_n be_v the_o most_o certain_a rule_n therefore_o i_o ask_v where_o and_o when_o the_o first_o mention_n of_o a_o oath_n be_v make_v in_o scripture_n i_o find_v gen._n 24._o abraham_n force_v his_o servant_n to_o take_v a_o oath_n in_o these_o word_n and_o with_o this_o ceremony_n put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o swear_v that_o thou_o shall_v take_v a_o wife_n for_o my_o son_n of_o my_o kindred_n so_o the_o first_o oath_n mention_v in_o scripture_n be_v here_o express_v and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a and_o first_o so_o it_o
not_o upon_o just_a fear_n fright_v out_o of_o the_o house_n and_o it_o be_v scarce_o safe_a for_o the_o king_n to_o deny_v they_o any_o thing_n in_o that_o dangerous_a condition_n he_o be_v then_o in_o as_o also_o that_o such_o concession_n or_o act_n as_o then_o contrary_a to_o the_o king_n free_a will_n be_v wrest_v from_o the_o king_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v legal_a or_o good_a or_o valid_a whereof_o several_a instance_n may_v be_v give_v heretofore_o of_o such_o and_o among_o the_o rest_n one_o 15_o e._n 3._o the_o king_n then_o yield_v to_o and_o grant_v certain_a article_n pretend_v at_o least_o to_o have_v the_o form_n of_o a_o act_n or_o statute_n of_o parliament_n express_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o his_o own_o prerogative_n to_o which_o he_o have_v assent_v to_o eschew_v the_o danger_n which_o by_o deny_v the_o same_o be_v like_a to_o follow_v in_o the_o same_o parliament_n it_o be_v repeal_v in_o these_o very_a word_n follow_v it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o say_a earl_n baron_n and_o other_o wise_a man_n that_o since_o the_o statute_n do_v not_o proceed_v of_o our_o good_a will_n the_o same_o be_v void_a and_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v the_o name_n or_o strength_n of_o a_o statute_n and_o therefore_o by_o their_o counsel_n and_o assent_v we_o have_v decree_v the_o say_a statute_n to_o be_v void_a etc._n etc._n and_o perhaps_o it_o deserve_v to_o be_v think_v of_o how_o far_o in_o this_o case_n that_o act_n of_o 42_o e._n 3._o c._n 1._o reach_n where_o it_o be_v set_v down_o that_o the_o great_a charter_n shall_v be_v keep_v in_o all_o point_n and_o if_o any_o statute_n be_v make_v to_o the_o contrary_a it_o shall_v be_v hold_v for_o none_o and_o one_o especial_a law_n in_o that_o charter_n be_v for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o right_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n whereof_o this_o of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a their_o liberty_n of_o sit_v and_o vote_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n be_v a_o know_v special_a liberty_n and_o privilege_n and_o most_o ancient_a if_o we_o look_v back_o to_o the_o long_a parliament_n commons_o proceed_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o be_v it_o not_o fit_a that_o that_o house_n of_o commons_o shall_v have_v be_v just_o regulate_v to_o act_v no_o further_o or_o otherwise_o then_o according_a to_o their_o just_a power_n and_o the_o commission_n and_o summons_n by_o which_o they_o be_v call_v which_o commission_n or_o writ_n of_o summons_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o power_n in_o parliament_n as_o it_o be_v well_o express_v by_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o assemble_v at_o oxford_n declaration_n of_o the_o treaty_n p._n 15._o what_o fearful_a exorbitance_n have_v be_v that_o way_n the_o more_o sad_a it_o be_v to_o remember_v the_o more_o care_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v to_o prevent_v it_o for_o the_o future_a the_o house_n of_o commons_o in_o former_a time_n be_v desire_v by_o the_o lord_n house_n to_o consult_v with_o they_o de_fw-mi arduis_fw-la regni_fw-la negotiis_fw-la to_o which_o the_o lord_n be_v call_v and_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o remember_v their_o call_n and_o commission_n ad_fw-la consentiendun_v hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o in_o their_o writ_n of_o summons_n humble_o refer_v it_o back_o to_o the_o lord_n as_o matter_n too_o high_a for_o they_o and_o it_o may_v seem_v against_o the_o honour_n and_o gravity_n of_o parliament_n or_o either_o house_n as_o also_o to_o the_o grievance_n of_o the_o subject_a for_o both_o or_o either_o house_n or_o the_o committee_n of_o either_o of_o they_o as_o in_o the_o long_a parliament_n to_o trouble_v themselves_o with_o matter_n of_o very_a small_a or_o inferior_a nature_n much_o below_o they_o and_o in_o case_n where_o the_o law_n have_v sufficient_o provide_v remedy_n and_o be_v still_o in_o force_n to_o be_v execute_v by_o the_o proper_a judge_n be_v it_o in_o make_v new_a law_n thereabouts_o that_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o but_o i_o mean_v in_o make_v order_n about_o the_o execution_n of_o such_o law_n which_o proper_o belong_v to_o the_o ordinary_a judge_n thereof_o and_o be_v usual_o execute_v by_o they_o especial_o touch_v inferior_a matter_n it_o look_v then_o in_o that_o long_a parliament_n as_o though_o they_o will_v have_v swallow_v up_o all_o other_o court_v and_o make_v a_o kind_n of_o justitium_fw-la in_o they_o during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o session_n such_o as_o meddle_v with_o the_o appoint_v of_o churchwarden_n and_o such_o like_a petty_a matter_n the_o late_a long_a parliament_n deviate_v much_o especial_o the_o pretend_a house_n of_o commons_o then_o to_o omit_v as_o be_v too_o notorious_o deplorable_a the_o iliad_n of_o misery_n this_o poor_a nation_n have_v thereby_o undergo_v beside_o that_o horrid_a one_o of_o the_o murder_n of_o our_o late_a king_n of_o ever_o bless_a memory_n king_n charles_n the_o first_o act_v by_o a_o pretend_a house_n of_o commons_o be_v not_o that_o then_o too_o frequent_o practise_v worthy_a then_o of_o reformation_n that_o be_v the_o judiciary_n power_n be_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o the_o commons_o house_n have_v power_n only_o over_o their_o own_o member_n in_o some_o case_n and_o not_o have_v power_n so_o much_o as_o to_o give_v a_o oath_n yet_o how_o often_o do_v they_o then_o upon_o small_a matter_n unworthy_a of_o their_o cognisance_n in_o regard_n they_o may_v have_v be_v so_o easy_o remedy_v by_o the_o know_a ordinary_a law_n of_o the_o band_n and_o the_o ordinary_a competent_a judge_n thereof_o call_v orthodox_n conformable_a and_o worthy_a minister_n to_o appear_v before_o they_o from_o very_o distant_a remote_a place_n sometime_o near_o upon_o 200._o mile_n for_o set_v a_o rail_n about_o the_o communion_n table_n according_a to_o the_o command_n of_o the_o ordinary_a or_o matter_n of_o such_o inferior_a nature_n these_o bring_v on_o and_o foment_v by_o inconformists_n then_o to_o the_o great_a mischief_n to_o this_o nation_n too_o too_o much_o favour_v promote_v and_o prosecute_v by_o the_o then_o prevail_a power_n the_o fee_n and_o charge_n be_v then_o very_o high_a insomuch_o as_o some_o minister_n be_v almost_o if_o not_o altogether_o undo_v before_o they_o can_v get_v up_o thither_o and_o when_o they_o come_v by_o reason_n of_o multiplicity_n of_o business_n in_o the_o commons_o house_n they_o stay_v there_o long_o and_o upon_o great_a charge_n pay_v high_a fee_n still_o to_o the_o sergeant_n or_o other_o officer_n of_o the_o house_n while_o they_o lie_v under_o restraint_n which_o oftentimes_o be_v very_o long_o when_o a_o charge_n after_o long_a delay_n be_v give_v in_o than_o they_o give_v their_o answer_n after_o a_o long_o stay_v too_o then_o a_o committee_n of_o many_o member_n be_v appoint_v to_o examine_v witness_n which_o be_v do_v without_o oath_n then_o after_o a_o long_a time_n the_o cause_n be_v report_v many_o of_o these_o member_n not_o have_v hear_v the_o whole_a cause_n but_o some_o one_o part_n some_o another_o yet_o often_o concur_v at_o the_o vote_v and_o report_v the_o cause_n to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o which_o be_v a_o strange_a kind_n of_o proceed_v to_o call_v it_o no_o worse_o in_o the_o star-chamber_n and_o high-commission_n none_o use_v to_o give_v sentence_n but_o such_o as_o hear_v all_o the_o cause_n and_o they_o usual_o excuse_v themselves_o when_o they_o have_v not_o hear_v all_o the_o cause_n now_o when_o the_o house_n of_o commod_n have_v proceed_v thus_o far_o upon_o the_o matter_n yet_o they_o have_v do_v little_a or_o nothing_o but_o vex_v and_o undo_v a_o poor_a and_o perhaps_o guiltless_a minister_n for_o they_o be_v to_o transmit_v the_o cause_n to_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o there_o to_o begin_v it_o de_fw-fr novo_fw-la examine_v the_o witness_n again_o upon_o oath_n which_o as_o before_o the_o other_o house_n can_v not_o do_v and_o here_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v whether_o or_o no_o it_o be_v not_o anceps_fw-la perjurium_fw-la a_o dangerous_a temptation_n to_o witness_n that_o perhaps_o have_v speak_v too_o large_o be_v unsworn_a will_n if_o but_o for_o fear_n of_o loss_n of_o reputation_n confirm_v upon_o oath_n what_o they_o have_v say_v without_o oath_n it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v also_o some_o poor_a man_n foresee_v this_o inevitable_a course_n of_o undo_v they_o have_v either_o wrong_v their_o own_o cause_n and_o betray_v their_o innocence_n by_o confess_v themselves_o guilty_a or_o ad_fw-la redimendam_fw-la vexationem_fw-la compound_v with_o their_o prosecutor_n even_o to_o their_o own_o undo_n or_o well_o nigh_o if_o there_o have_v be_v cause_n and_o that_o it_o can_v not_o proper_o in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n have_v be_v remedy_v by_o the_o proper_a competent_a ordinary_a judge_n why_o shall_v not_o the_o cause_n have_v be_v begin_v hear_v and_o determine_v in_o the_o