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licence_n except_o in_o the_o case_n of_o danger_n of_o death_n and_o where_o no_o confessor_n be_v to_o be_v have_v he_o shall_v be_v suspend_v from_o his_o office_n and_o benefice_n for_o a_o year_n and_o be_v further_o punish_v according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o his_o contumacy_n and_o the_o penitent_n shall_v be_v admonish_v to_o confess_v themselves_o again_o to_o some_o approve_a confessor_n decree_n xiii_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a want_n there_o be_v of_o know_v and_o able_a confessor_n in_o this_o bishopric_n the_o synod_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o sheep_n thereof_o do_v approve_v of_o all_o such_o confessor_n as_o understand_v the_o malabar_n tongue_n and_o be_v license_v confessor_n in_o any_o other_o diocese_n of_o who_o also_o the_o prelate_n may_v make_v use_n for_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o parish-priest_n in_o lent_n where_o it_o shall_v be_v judge_v necessary_a and_o especial_o of_o the_o priest_n of_o this_o diocese_n reside_v at_o cochim_n decree_n 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private_o in_o their_o house_n or_o elsewhere_o as_o they_o shall_v judge_v most_o convenient_a by_o any_o priest_n they_o please_v there_o be_v two_o witness_n present_a according_a to_o the_o form_n of_o the_o holy_a council_n of_o trent_n and_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v that_o henceforward_o such_o dispensation_n be_v not_o grant_v any_o otherwise_o than_o in_o form_n of_o the_o brief_n of_o the_o holy_a apostolic_a see_v in_o these_o part_n to_o that_o effect_n declare_v all_o that_o shall_v be_v grant_v otherwise_o to_o be_v null_a and_o of_o no_o force_n and_o the_o marriage_n that_o be_v celebrate_v by_o virtue_n of_o they_o to_o be_v void_a and_o the_o party_n not_o to_o be_v marry_v decree_n ix_o the_o synod_n recognise_v for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v the_o ancient_a prohibition_n observe_v in_o the_o universal_a church_n of_o not_o marry_v from_o the_o first_o day_n of_o advent_a until_o the_o epiphany_n and_o from_o ash-wednesday_n until_o the_o sunday_n of_o the_o octave_n of_o easter_n inclusive_a do_v command_v the_o same_o to_o be_v inviolable_o observe_v in_o this_o diocese_n add_v to_o those_o day_n the_o time_n from_o quinquagesima_fw-la sunday_n forward_o when_o by_o ancient_a custom_n lent_n be_v begin_v in_o this_o church_n but_o that_o at_o all_o other_o time_n though_o of_o fast_v marriage_n may_v be_v celebrate_v as_o people_n shall_v think_v fit_a decree_n x._o whereas_o in_o this_o diocese_n there_o have_v hitherto_o be_v no_o respect_n have_v in_o the_o celebration_n of_o matrimony_n to_o the_o age_n of_o the_o party_n that_o the_o law_n appoint_v therefore_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v marry_v hereafter_o until_o he_o have_v attain_v the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o year_n at_o least_o nor_o no_o woman_n before_o she_o be_v full_a twelve_o declare_v that_o herein_o the_o prelate_n have_v no_o power_n to_o dispense_v but_o can_v only_o if_o any_o that_o be_v under_o that_o age_n shall_v pretend_v to_o marry_v judge_v in_o their_o conscience_n whether_o they_o be_v ripe_a for_o matrimony_n and_o judge_v they_o to_o be_v so_o may_v grant_v they_o a_o licence_n and_o dispense_v with_o their_o marry_n nevertheless_o for_o several_a just_a respect_n and_o the_o great_a security_n of_o people_n conscience_n and_o to_o remove_v as_o far_o as_o be_v possible_a for_o the_o synod_n to_o do_v it_o the_o imitation_n of_o the_o marriage_n that_o be_v so_o much_o in_o use_n among_o the_o heathen_n who_o marry_v people_n very_o young_a there_o be_v also_o great_a number_n in_o this_o diocese_n who_o have_v be_v marry_v at_o nine_o or_o ten_o year_n old_a or_o under_o the_o synod_n will_v not_o have_v the_o say_a dispensation_n or_o anticipation_n of_o time_n to_o exceed_v four_o month_n as_o to_o man_n and_o six_o as_o to_o woman_n nor_o to_o be_v grant_v by_o any_o but_o the_o bishop_n and_o if_o any_o man_n hereafter_o shall_v presume_v to_o marry_v without_o such_o a_o dispensation_n before_o he_o have_v attain_v the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o or_o any_o woman_n while_o she_o be_v under_o twelve_o all_o such_o marriage_n shall_v be_v void_a but_o may_v be_v resolve_v into_o contract_n de_fw-la futuro_fw-la and_o the_o priest_n that_o shall_v marry_v any_o such_o shall_v be_v suspend_v from_o their_o office_n and_o benefice_n for_o six_o month_n and_o the_o party_n shall_v be_v keep_v asunder_o until_o they_o be_v of_o a_o due_a age._n decree_n xi_o the_o synod_n be_v inform_v that_o great_a number_n of_o marry_a people_n in_o this_o diocese_n do_v without_o any_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n to_o which_o all_o matrimonial_a cause_n do_v belong_v forsake_v their_o wife_n and_z to_o the_o great_a offence_n of_o god_n absent_a themselves_o from_o they_o for_o a_o long_a time_n together_o do_v command_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o separation_n make_v without_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n and_o if_o any_o shall_v presume_v to_o make_v they_o that_o they_o be_v constrain_v to_o come_v together_o again_o upon_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n or_o whatsoever_o other_o penalty_n the_o bishop_n shall_v think_v fit_a to_o inflict_v and_o in_o case_n they_o refuse_v to_o comply_v they_o shall_v be_v declare_v excommunicate_a until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o return_v to_o one_o another_o and_o in_o case_n they_o have_v any_o just_a cause_n to_o separate_v they_o shall_v carry_v it_o before_o the_o prelate_n to_o be_v judge_v according_a to_o law_n and_o what_o be_v just_o and_o shall_v be_v oblige_v by_o censure_n to_o stand_v to_o his_o last_o determination_n the_o synod_n do_v furthermore_o declare_v that_o the_o nonpayment_n of_o the_o portion_n that_o may_v have_v be_v promise_v be_v no_o just_a cause_n to_o leave_v their_o wife_n which_o they_o may_v have_v be_v careful_a to_o have_v secure_v before_o they_o be_v marry_v to_o they_o and_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v forsake_v their_o wife_n on_o that_o account_n shall_v be_v punish_v and_o constrain_v by_o excommunication_n to_o live_v with_o they_o decree_v xii_o the_o synod_n be_v inform_v that_o the_o black_a slave_n that_o be_v christian_n and_o even_o such_o of_o they_o as_o live_v in_o the_o mountain_n with_o christian_n do_v marry_n without_o a_o priest_n by_o only_o tie_v a_o thread_n about_o the_o bride_n neck_n according_a to_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o heathen_n do_v declare_v that_o all_o such_o marriage_n be_v void_a and_o null_a and_o that_o all_o that_o live_v so_o do_v live_v in_o uncleanness_n command_v all_o that_o have_v be_v so_o marry_v to_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o church_n there_o to_o be_v marry_v by_o the_o vicar_n according_a to_o the_o form_n of_o the_o holy_a trent_n council_n and_o as_o be_v above_o order_v the_o vicar_n must_v take_v pain_n to_o inform_v themselves_o of_o the_o marriage_n of_o all_o such_o slave_n in_o order_n to_o make_v they_o observe_v the_o say_a decree_n inviolable_o and_o the_o master_n who_o have_v consent_v that_o their_o slave_n or_o servant_n shall_v be_v thus_o marry_v and_o have_v celebrate_v such_o marriage_n themselves_o and_o shall_v not_o send_v they_o to_o church_n to_o be_v marry_v though_o they_o desire_v it_o shall_v be_v severe_o punish_v at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o prelate_n and_o shall_v be_v tell_v of_o the_o great_a wrong_n they_o do_v to_o their_o own_o conscience_n therein_o and_o of_o the_o scandal_n they_o give_v to_o christianity_n decree_n xiii_o the_o synod_n be_v inform_v that_o some_o of_o the_o christian_n of_o the_o mountain_n have_v be_v marry_v to_o several_a woman_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n their_o first_o wife_n be_v still_o alive_a to_o the_o great_a affront_n and_o injury_n of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o matrimony_n do_v command_v all_o vicar_n and_o curate_n at_o their_o first_o institution_n into_o their_o church_n immediate_o to_o make_v strict_a enquiry_n into_o this_o matter_n and_o to_o force_v all_o such_o to_o live_v with_o their_o first_o wife_n and_o in_o case_n they_o refuse_v to_o declare_v they_o excommunicate_v until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o comply_v and_o do_v turn_v away_o all_o their_o other_o wife_n remove_v they_o from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o live_v which_o shall_v be_v do_v to_o all_o who_o during_o the_o life_n of_o their_o first_o wife_n have_v presume_v to_o take_v other_o until_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o live_v only_o with_o the_o first_o and_o beside_o they_o shall_v be_v punish_v with_o other_o punishment_n at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o prelate_n or_o of_o the_o holy_a office_n of_o civil_a of_o there_o be_v two_o crime_n which_o both_o the_o inquisition_n and_o civil_a court_n take_v cognizance_n of_o that_o be_v polygamy_n and_o sodomy_n the_o civil_a court_n punish_v both_o with_o death_n the_o inquisition_n only_o with_o penance_n this_o make_v that_o all_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o either_o of_o those_o crime_n when_o they_o apprehend_v themselves_o in_o any_o danger_n of_o be_v accuse_v of_o they_o before_o the_o civil_a judge_n do_v take_v sanctuary_n in_o the_o inquisition_n where_o have_v confess_v their_o fault_n and_o submit_v themselves_o to_o penance_n they_o be_v in_o no_o further_a danger_n and_o so_o by_o that_o shift_n save_o their_o life_n now_o this_o politic_a piece_n of_o clemency_n for_o it_o be_v no_o other_o quite_o drown_v the_o noise_n of_o all_o the_o barbarous_a cruelty_n of_o the_o court_n of_o inquisition_n and_o alone_o gain_v it_o the_o reputation_n of_o be_v a_o much_o more_o merciful_a tribunal_n than_o the_o civil_a inquisition_n to_o which_o this_o do_v belong_v decree_n fourteen_o whereas_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n unworthy_a of_o a_o christian_n to_o observe_v the_o superstitious_a ceremony_n of_o the_o heathen_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v imagine_v good_a success_n may_v be_v derive_v the_o synod_n be_v inform_v that_o there_o be_v some_o ill_a christian_n
trent_n council_n suffer_v to_o preach_v p._n 173_o dec._n xviii_o all_o priest_n that_o have_v deliver_v any_o error_n or_o fabulous_a story_n in_o their_o sermon_n be_v order_v to_o recant_v they_o public_o upon_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n p._n 174_o dec._n xix_o make_v void_a all_o oath_n against_o yield_a obedience_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n under_o pain_n of_o the_o great_a excommunication_n p._n 175_o dec._n xx._n contain_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o synod_n p._n 177_o dec._n xxi_o the_o synod_n resolve_v to_o be_v govern_v in_o all_o thing_n by_o the_o last_o trent_n council_n p._n 178_o dec._n xxii_o submit_v to_o the_o inquisition_n p._n 179_o dec._n xxiii_o all_o person_n who_o shall_v act_n speak_v or_o write_v against_o the_o holy_a catholic_n faith_n to_o be_v prosecute_v and_o punish_v by_o the_o prelate_n p._n 181_o action_n iu._n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o confirmation_n p._n 182_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o baptism_n 187._o dec._n i._n new_a form_n for_o baptism_n and_o the_o old_a one_o abrogate_a p._n 189_o dec._n ii_o all_o baptise_a according_a to_o the_o old_a form_n to_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o metropolitan_a at_o his_o visitation_n for_o his_o direction_n p._n 189_o dec._n iii_o order_n all_o priest_n to_o make_v enquiry_n who_o have_v not_o be_v baptise_a through_o any_o default_n and_o to_o baptize_v all_o such_o private_o without_o take_v any_o fee_n p._n 190_o dec._n iu_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n p._n 191_o dec._n v._o child_n to_o be_v christen_v on_o the_o 8_o day_n with_o some_o limitation_n p._n 192_o dec._n vi_o the_o error_n condemn_v of_o not_o baptise_v the_o infant_n of_o excommunicate_a parent_n p._n 194_o dec._n vii_o exhortation_n to_o all_o parent_n and_o such_o as_o be_v present_a at_o woman_n labour_n not_o to_o suffer_v a_o infant_n to_o die_v without_o baptism_n allowance_n to_o any_o man_n woman_n or_o child_n that_o know_v the_o form_n to_o baptise_v such_o in_o case_n of_o eminent_a necessity_n how_o the_o child_n be_v to_o be_v order_v if_o it_o recover_v p._n 194_o dec._n viii_o christian_n daia_n or_o midwife_n recommend_v and_o vicar_n exhort_v to_o instruct_v they_o in_o the_o form_n of_o baptism_n p._n 196_o dec._n ix_o infidel_n slave_n order_v to_o be_v baptise_a p._n 197_o dec._n x._o christian_n not_o to_o be_v sell_v to_o infidel_n for_o slave_n p._n 197_o dec._n xi_o forbid_v augury_n p._n 199_o dec._n xii_o foundling_n how_v to_o be_v order_v p._n 200_o dec._n xiii_o convert_v how_o to_o be_v order_v p._n 200_o dec._n fourteen_o holy_a oil_n command_v with_o the_o manner_n of_o use_v they_o p._n 201_o dec._n xv._o command_v the_o use_n of_o godfathers_n and_o godmothers_n in_o baptism_n not_o use_v before_o p._n 202_o dec._n xvi_o prohibit_n old_a testatament_n some_o few_o except_v and_o heathenish_a name_n to_o be_v give_v to_o child_n order_v those_o of_o the_o new_a according_a to_o the_o christian_a oeconomy_n p._n 204_o dec._n xvii_o order_n child_n to_o be_v call_v by_o no_o other_o name_n than_o those_o they_o be_v christen_v by_o p._n 206_o dec._n xviii_o command_v that_o child_n be_v christen_v in_o order_n as_o they_o be_v bring_v to_o church_n without_o any_o distinction_n of_o person_n p._n 206_o dec._n xix_o command_v the_o build_n of_o font_n p._n 207_o dec._n xx._n register-book_n to_o be_v use_v in_o all_o church_n and_o their_o use_n p._n 208_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n p._n 209_o dec._n i._o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n command_v to_o be_v use_v p._n 213_o dec._n ii_o denounce_v excommunication_n against_o all_o those_o that_o speak_v against_o it_o or_o vilify_v it_o p._n 214_o dec._n iii_o godfathers_n and_o godmothers_n of_o what_o 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v use_v in_o confirmation_n 〈◊〉_d chrism_n as_o well_o as_o baptism_n p._n 216_o action_n v._o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n p._n 217_o dec._n i._o the_o holy_a eucharist_n when_o to_o be_v celebrate_v p._n 220_o dec._n ii_o all_o christian_n above_o the_o age_n of_o 14_o command_v to_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n once_o a_o year_n at_o least_o p._n 222._o dec._n iii_o none_o to_o receive_v before_o confession_n to_o a_o lawful_a priest_n p._n 223_o dec._n iu_o command_n to_o receive_v fast_v with_o some_o limitation_n p._n 224_o dec._n v._o the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v receive_v as_o a_o viaticum_fw-la in_o danger_n of_o death_n the_o vicar_n that_o suffer_v any_o to_o die_v without_o it_o though_o his_o fault_n to_o be_v suspend_v for_o six_o month_n p._n 225_o dec._n vi_o woman_n with_o child_n to_o confess_v and_o receive_v a_o little_a before_o their_o time_n p._n 226_o dec._n vii_o priest_n to_o communicate_v once_o a_o month_n at_o least_o in_o their_o surplice_n and_o steal_v p._n 227_o dec._n viii_o priest_n not_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n before_o confession_n nor_o say_v mass_n have_v any_o scruple_n of_o mortal_a sin_n p._n 227_o dec._n ix_o deacon_n and_o subdeacons_n when_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n p._n 228_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o holy_a sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n p._n 228_o dec._n i._o direction_n for_o say_v mass_n and_o many_o thing_n in_o the_o chaldaean_a missal_n to_o be_v rectify_v p._n 231_o dec._n two_o the_o missal_n of_o nestorius_n theodorus_n and_o diodoâ—â—s_v to_o be_v burn_v p._n 245_o dec._n iii_o a_o grand_a error_n of_o the_o nestorian_n condemn_v p._n 246_o dec._n iu_o the_o roman_a mass_n to_o be_v translate_v into_o syrian_a and_o use_v on_o particular_a occasion_n etc._n etc._n p._n 247._o dec._n v._n who_o to_o handle_v the_o holy_a vessel_n p_o 248_o dec._n vi_o permit_v the_o steal_v to_o none_o but_o deacon_n p._n 248_o dec._n vii_o order_n stamp_v to_o be_v make_v in_o all_o church_n for_o the_o host_n p._n 249_o dec._n viii_o order_n what_o wine_n be_v to_o be_v use_v in_o celebrate_v the_o eucharist_n p._n 250._o dec._n ix_o the_o king_n of_o portugal_n to_o send_v a_o pipe_n and_o a_o half_a or_o two_o pipe_n of_o muscadel_n wine_n for_o the_o use_v of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o how_o to_o be_v use_v p._n 250_o dec._n x._o stone_n of_o the_o altar_n to_o be_v consecrate_v by_o the_o metropolitan_a p._n 252_o dec._n xi_o holy_a vestment_n to_o be_v provide_v by_o the_o metropolitan_a out_o of_o the_o alm_n of_o the_o parish_n p._n 253_o dec._n xii_o all_o person_n not_o have_v lawful_a impediment_n command_v to_o hear_v a_o whole_a mass_n every_o sunday_n and_o holiday_n if_o etc._n etc._n p._n 253_o dec._n xiii_o direct_v how_o often_o to_o hear_v mass_n to_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o blessing_n and_o such_o as_o hear_v it_o not_o so_o often_o as_o direct_v to_o be_v excommunicate_a p._n 255_o dec._n fourteen_o prohibit_n heathen_a musician_n to_o remain_v in_o the_o church_n after_o creed_n or_o sermon_n be_v end_v p._n 256_o dec._n xv._o exhort_v all_o to_o procure_v mass_n to_o be_v say_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o their_o decease_a friend_n p._n 256_o action_n vi_o of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o extreme_a unction_n p._n 261_o dec._n i._o non-confession_n declare_v a_o mortal_a sin_n p._n 265_o dec._n ii_o all_o person_n to_o come_v to_o confession_n from_o eight_o year_n old_a and_o upward_o p._n 268_o dec._n iii_o all_o master_n of_o family_n admonish_v to_o cause_n all_o in_o their_o family_n to_o confess_v p._n 269_o dec._n iu_o confession_n enjoin_v upon_o probable_a danger_n of_o death_n or_o any_o great_a sickness_n p._n 270_o dec._n v._o oblige_v woman_n with_o child_n to_o confess_v p._n 271_o dec._n vi_o order_n how_o those_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v that_o have_v the_o smallpox_n p._n 272_o dec._n vii_o exhort_v to_o frequent_a confession_n p._n 272_o dec._n viii_o who_o to_o take_v confession_n p._n 273_o dec._n ix_o absolution_n upon_o confession_n how_o to_o be_v administer_v and_o by_o who_o p._n 274_o dec._n x._o direct_v in_o what_o case_n confessor_n may_v absolve_v penitent_n p._n 275_o dec._n xi_o excommunication_n and_o absolution_n when_o prope_fw-la p._n 277_o dec._n xii_o priest_n confessor_n to_o have_v a_o write_a licence_n from_o the_o prelate_n p._n 278_o dec._n xiii_o confessor_n that_o understand_v the_o malabar_n tongue_n to_o be_v make_v use_v of_o and_o why_o p._n 281_o dec._n fourteen_o none_o can_v absolve_v in_o the_o sacramental_a court_n but_o such_o as_o take_v the_o confession_n p._n 281_o dec._n xv._o the_o sacramental_a form_n of_o absolution_n not_o to_o be_v use_v as_o a_o prayer_n but_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n p._n 282_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o extreme_a unction_n p._n 282_o dec._n i._o the_o use_n of_o the_o extreme_a unction_n recommend_v with_o direction_n therein_o p._n 285_o dec._n ii_o confessor_n
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that_o most_o of_o those_o rite_n be_v but_o new_a even_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o of_o the_o elevation_n of_o the_o host_n not_o except_v of_o the_o elevation_n of_o the_o host_n cardinal_z bona_z in_o the_o 13_o chap._n of_o his_o 2d_o book_n of_o liturgy_n say_v non_fw-la enim_fw-la liquet_fw-la quae_fw-la prima_fw-la origo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la latinâ_fw-la elevandi_fw-la sacra_fw-la mysteria_fw-la statim_fw-la ac_fw-la consecrata_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la antiquis_fw-la enim_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la libris_fw-la &_o in_o codicibus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la romani_fw-la tam_fw-la excusis_fw-la quà m_fw-la mss_n nec_fw-la in_o priscis_fw-la rituum_fw-la expositoribus_fw-la alcuino_n almario_n walfrido_n micrologo_n &_o aliis_fw-la aliquod_fw-la ejus_fw-la vestigium_fw-la reperitur_fw-la as_o to_o people_n be_v present_a at_o mass_n that_o do_v not_o communicate_v at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o same_o cardinal_n say_v in_o the_o 14_o chap._n of_o his_o first_o book_n primi_fw-la &_o secundi_fw-la post_fw-la christum_fw-la saeculi_fw-la foelicitas_fw-la haec_fw-la fuit_fw-la cum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la credentium_fw-la quorum_fw-la &_o erat_fw-la cor_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o animae_fw-la una_fw-la ardentissimo_fw-la dei_fw-la amore_fw-la succensa_fw-la nihil_fw-la impensius_fw-la desiderabat_fw-la quà m_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la supercoeleste_v convivium_fw-la accedere_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la anima_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la saginatur_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la tertullianus_n at_o propè_fw-la finem_fw-la tertii_fw-la coepit_fw-la fervour_n ille_fw-la languescere_fw-la &_o numerus_fw-la communicantium_fw-la imminui_fw-la quam_fw-la tepiditatem_fw-la aegrè_fw-la ferentes_fw-la patres_fw-la concilii_fw-la illiberitani_n cap._n 28._o statuerunt_fw-la episcopum_fw-la non_fw-la debere_fw-la munera_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la accipere_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la communicate_v patres_fw-la item_n conc._n antioch_n can._n 2._o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ingrediuntur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o se_fw-la à _fw-la perceptione_n sanctae_fw-la communionis_fw-la avertunt_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la remover_n decreverunt_fw-la patres_fw-la denique_fw-la conc._n tolet._n cap._n 13._o eos_n abstineri_fw-la praeceperunt_fw-la qui_fw-la intrant_fw
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the_o effect_n of_o their_o be_v govern_v by_o nestorian_a heretic_n who_o do_v not_o allow_v of_o the_o healthful_a use_n of_o sacred_a image_n therefore_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v that_o in_o church_n that_o be_v finish_v the_o first_o work_n that_o shall_v be_v do_v after_o that_o of_o the_o baptismal_a font_n out_o of_o the_o alm_n of_o the_o parish_n shall_v be_v to_o set_v up_o some_o image_n according_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o prelate_n who_o shall_v always_o be_v consult_v about_o every_o picture_n and_o after_o that_o of_o the_o high_a altar_n be_v once_o set_v up_o if_o the_o church_n have_v any_o side-altar_n they_o shall_v also_o have_v image_n set_v up_o in_o they_o and_o on_o every_o altar_n beside_o a_o image_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o cross_n or_o some_o matter_n or_o other_o set_v up_o and_o in_o all_o church_n that_o be_v large_a enough_o and_o yet_o have_v no_o pulpit_n pulpit_n shall_v be_v erect_v for_o the_o preach_a of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v also_o put_v bell_n in_o their_o steeple_n to_o be_v ring_v at_o meet_a time_n and_o to_o call_v the_o people_n to_o church_n which_o shall_v not_o be_v hang_v within_o the_o church_n where_o beside_o that_o they_o can_v be_v ring_v as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v they_o do_v take_v up_o too_o much_o room_n and_o in_o place_n where_o there_o be_v danger_n of_o have_v their_o bell_n steal_v they_o shall_v have_v their_o steeple_n fortify_v and_o shut_v up_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o tower_n and_o where_o the_o king_n and_o braman_n of_o the_o pagod_n will_v not_o consent_v to_o their_o have_v a_o building_n high_o than_o the_o church_n which_o often_o happen_v through_o their_o imagine_v that_o the_o pagod_n be_v make_v melancholy_a by_o the_o hear_n of_o such_o bell_n they_o shall_v hang_v they_o within_o the_o church_n but_o at_o such_o a_o height_n that_o they_o may_v ring_v they_o without_o touch_v they_o with_o their_o hand_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v take_v up_o no_o room_n below_o in_o the_o church_n and_o in_o those_o church_n where_o they_o have_v no_o bell_n the_o synod_n grant_v licence_n until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o can_v procure_v some_o to_o make_v use_n of_o board_n as_o they_o have_v do_v former_o to_o call_v the_o faithful_a together_o and_o to_o give_v the_o signal_n at_o the_o mass_n decree_v xxx_o the_o synod_n do_v teach_v and_o declare_v that_o by_o ancient_a right_o always_o observe_v in_o the_o church_n church_n may_v be_v so_o violate_v in_o certain_a case_n that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o celebrate_v in_o they_o nor_o to_o bury_v the_o dead_a until_o they_o be_v reconcile_v which_o through_o ignorance_n of_o the_o canon_n have_v not_o hitherto_o be_v observe_v in_o this_o bishopric_n the_o case_n be_v when_o humane_a blood_n be_v injurious_o shed_v in_o the_o church_n or_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a cause_n give_v of_o such_o shed_n or_o of_o death_n as_o if_o one_o have_v a_o mortal_a wound_n give_v he_o in_o the_o church_n or_o a_o wound_n that_o fetch_v blood_n notwithstanding_o the_o wound_a person_n shall_v be_v get_v out_o of_o the_o church_n before_o any_o blood_n be_v shed_v but_o if_o the_o wound_n be_v give_v without_o the_o church_n notwithstanding_o the_o blood_n thereof_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v shed_v therein_o the_o church_n be_v not_o violate_v thereby_o and_o by_o a_o wound_n that_o be_v injurious_o give_v in_o the_o church_n whereby_o blood_n be_v shed_v though_o the_o wound_n shall_v not_o prove_v mortal_a the_o church_n be_v violate_v the_o second_o case_n be_v when_o humane_a seed_n be_v voluntary_o spend_v in_o the_o church_n though_o in_o conjugal_a copulation_n the_o three_o be_v when_o one_o that_o be_v excommunicate_v be_v bury_v in_o the_o church_n the_o four_o when_o a_o infidel_n be_v bury_v in_o it_o in_o which_o case_n the_o church_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v reconcile_v but_o the_o wall_n be_v also_o to_o be_v scrape_v the_o five_o be_v when_o the_o church_n have_v be_v consecrate_a or_o bless_a by_o a_o bishop_n that_o be_v public_o excommunicate_a in_o all_o which_o case_n the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v reconcile_v which_o reconciliation_n be_v to_o be_v do_v to_o a_o church_n that_o be_v consecrate_a by_o a_o bishop_n none_o but_o a_o bishop_n can_v perform_v it_o but_o have_v be_v only_o bless_v by_o one_o or_o by_o a_o priest_n the_o vicar_n may_v perform_v the_o reconciliation_n according_a to_o the_o form_n and_o with_o the_o prayer_n and_o ceremony_n contain_v in_o the_o roman_a ceremonial_a translate_v into_o syrian_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o when_o a_o church_n be_v violate_v the_o churchyard_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o be_v violate_v also_o if_o they_o be_v not_o at_o some_o distance_n the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o but_o when_o the_o churchyard_n be_v violate_v in_o any_o of_o the_o forementioned_a case_n the_o church_n it_o belong_v and_o be_v join_v to_o be_v not_o violate_v thereby_o decree_v xxxi_o it_o be_v of_o mighty_a moment_n that_o consecrate_a church_n be_v have_v in_o great_a reverence_n and_o whereas_o in_o this_o diocese_n it_o be_v a_o common_a thing_n for_o sick_a people_n out_o of_o devotion_n to_o lie_v in_o church_n with_o their_o wife_n and_o family_n for_o several_a day_n hope_v thereby_o to_o be_v cure_v of_o their_o distemper_n which_o can_v be_v do_v without_o many_o service_n wherefore_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v that_o no_o person_n whatsoever_o though_o never_o so_o sick_a do_v lie_n in_o the_o church_n with_o his_o family_n the_o time_n of_o war_n only_o except_v but_o the_o sick_a have_v perform_v their_o devotion_n shall_v lie_v at_o home_n at_o their_o own_o house_n or_o if_o they_o shall_v desire_v it_o may_v lodge_v in_o some_o house_n that_o be_v near_o to_o the_o church_n or_o in_o the_o porch_n thereof_o but_o by_o no_o mean_n within_o the_o church_n decree_n xxxii_o whereas_o there_o be_v a_o great_a neglect_n in_o carry_v the_o corpse_n of_o those_o that_o die_v in_o the_o heath_n to_o the_o church_n which_o be_v sometime_o bury_v without_o a_o priest_n and_o in_o unconsecrated_a earth_n wherefore_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v that_o the_o kindred_n or_o those_o in_o who_o house_n christian_n do_v die_v do_v carry_v their_o corpse_n how_o far_o soever_o they_o may_v live_v off_o near_o to_o the_o church_n where_o the_o vicar_n shall_v go_v to_o fetch_v they_o with_o the_o cross_n of_o the_o church_n and_o in_o their_o surplice_n and_o steal_v pray_v all_o the_o way_n they_o go_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o inter_v they_o which_o all_o though_o never_o so_o poor_a shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o do_v and_o if_o at_o the_o time_n when_o they_o bring_v the_o corpse_n they_o
to_o the_o law_n have_v â—y_a trade_n or_o communication_n with_o the_o better_a â—rt_n of_o people_n and_o so_o will_v not_o be_v able_a to_o live_v â—mong_o they_o for_o which_o reason_n the_o synod_n do_v â—clare_v that_o the_o custom_n of_o not_o touch_v any_o 〈◊〉_d the_o base_a sort_n be_v observe_v only_o in_o comâ—yance_n with_o the_o heathen_n and_o look_v upon_o as_o 〈◊〉_d superstitious_a heathen_a vanity_n and_o not_o voluntar_o observe_v be_v no_o superstition_n nor_o for_o the_o abovementioned_a reason_n any_o matter_n of_o scruple_n and_o â—â—at_a christian_n may_v in_o all_o place_n thus_o lawful_o observe_v it_o where_o there_o be_v naire_n or_o any_o of_o the_o better_a sort_n or_o where_o it_o be_v likely_a they_o may_v â—e_v or_o may_v come_v to_o hear_v of_o it_o but_o in_o all_o place_n where_o these_o cause_n do_v not_o concur_v or_o in_o secret_a or_o among_o the_o portugueze_n this_o superstition_n can_v be_v observe_v without_o do_v a_o great_a injury_n to_o their_o conscience_n on_o the_o contrary_a the_o synod_n do_v admonish_v all_o the_o faithful_a to_o receive_v all_o such_o with_o great_a love_n and_o charity_n though_o never_o so_o poor_a and_o mean_a and_o especial_o if_o they_o be_v christian_n know_v that_o there_o be_v no_o distinction_n of_o person_n with_o god_n who_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o and_o albeit_o they_o do_v not_o touch_v the_o base_a sort_n of_o people_n upon_o the_o forementioned_a account_n yet_o if_o theâ—_n shall_v happen_v to_o touch_v any_o of_o they_o they_o shall_v not_o wash_v themselves_o thereupon_o that_o be_v a_o thinâ—_n that_o can_v never_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thâ—_n heathen_n and_o will_v therefore_o be_v a_o manife_a superstition_n those_o also_o that_o will_v not_o touch_v the_o naire_n or_o if_o they_o shall_v do_v wash_v themselves_o which_o as_o the_o synod_n be_v inform_v be_v what_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n do_v observe_v where_o the_o forementioned_a impediment_n be_v not_o among_o the_o heathen_n who_o be_v rather_o scandalize_v by_o such_o a_o contemptuous_a carriage_n therefore_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v all_o that_o shall_v be_v find_v guilty_a of_o forbear_v to_o touch_v such_o or_o have_v touch_v they_o shall_v wash_v themselves_o to_o be_v severe_o punish_v as_o superstitious_a follower_n of_o the_o heathen_a custom_n and_o command_v the_o preacher_n and_o confessor_n to_o admonish_v they_o thereof_o in_o their_o sermon_n and_o confession_n decree_n iii_o the_o synod_n be_v inform_v that_o in_o some_o part_n when_o any_o one_o of_o the_o base_a sort_n do_v but_o touch_v the_o cistern_n of_o christian_n that_o christian_n do_v disempolear_a or_o purify_v they_o by_o perform_v certain_a ceremony_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_n which_o be_v very_o contrary_a to_o the_o purity_n of_o â—â—e_v christian_a religion_n be_v a_o intolerable_a superstition_n do_v with_o great_a rigour_n command_v those_o â—hat_n make_v the_o say_v disempoleamento_n or_o purificatiâ—â—_n or_o use_v the_o say_a ceremony_n to_o be_v throw_v out_o 〈◊〉_d the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o be_v deâ—â—ied_v the_o casture_n during_o the_o prelate_n pleasure_n or_o at_o â—â—ast_n for_o one_o year_n and_o to_o be_v punish_v with_o the_o penalty_n that_o such_o ceremony_n do_v by_o do_v this_o word_n disempelear_n comes_fw-la â—â—m_fw-la joleas_n which_o be_v the_o name_n this_o vile_a cast_n of_o people_n be_v call_v by_o deserve_v decree_n iu._n whereas_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o heathen_a call_v ona_n which_o be_v celebrate_v in_o august_n in_o which_o they_o go_v out_o one_o against_o another_o with_o bow_n and_o arrow_n and_o other_o arm_n in_o which_o conflict_n some_o be_v kill_v and_o more_o wound_v and_o some_o christian_n unmindful_a of_o their_o obligation_n live_v among_o they_o and_o communicate_v much_o with_o they_o do_v go_v forth_o with_o they_o and_o arm_v as_o they_o be_v to_o the_o say_a feast_n and_o be_v thereby_o liable_a to_o the_o same_o disaster_n therefore_o the_o synod_n do_v command_v all_o the_o faithful_a christian_n of_o this_o bishopric_n in_o holy_a obedience_n and_o upon_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n not_o to_o presume_v to_o resort_v to_o this_o or_o any_o other_o heathen_a festivity_n though_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o ceremony_n belong_v to_o a_o pagod_n therein_o forasmuch_o as_o all_o such_o feast_n be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o say_a pagod_n and_o be_v celebrate_v and_o observe_v to_o their_o honour_n and_o veneration_n which_o be_v the_o rather_o to_o be_v forbear_v in_o this_o of_o the_o ona_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o danger_n of_o death_n that_o there_o be_v probable_o therein_o the_o heathen_n superstitious_o imagine_v that_o all_o that_o die_v in_o that_o occasion_n go_v immediate_o to_o heaven_n but_o christian_n shall_v only_o observe_v their_o own_o holy_a festivity_n among_o themselves_o and_o that_o with_o a_o due_a moderation_n and_o decency_n as_o become_v the_o professor_n of_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n without_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v with_o the_o superstitious_a festival_n of_o the_o heathen_n which_o be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o if_o any_o christian_a shall_v die_v in_o the_o say_v heathen_a feast_n he_o shall_v be_v deny_v ecclesiastical_a burial_n decree_n v._n faithful_a christian_n must_v not_o only_o avoid_v the_o ceremony_n and_o superstition_n of_o the_o heathen_n but_o the_o judaical_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n also_o which_o be_v all_o abrogate_a by_o the_o sufficient_a promulgation_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o which_o reason_n the_o synod_n though_o it_o do_v very_o much_o commend_v the_o holy_a custom_n of_o carry_v child_n to_o church_n forty_o day_n after_o they_o be_v bear_v to_o offer_v they_o to_o the_o lord_n in_o imitation_n and_o praise_n of_o what_o be_v do_v by_o our_o lady_n the_o most_o holy_a virgin_n nevertheless_o it_o condemn_v the_o 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