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be_v once_o receyve_v by_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o people_n 57_o and_o authorise_v by_o the_o law_n of_o christian_a prince_n that_o no_o other_o obedience_n be_v require_v to_o they_o but_o that_o man_n may_v lawful_o omit_v or_o do_v otherwise_o then_o as_o be_v prescribe_v by_o the_o say_a law_n and_o commandment_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o bishop_n so_o that_o they_o do_v it_o not_o in_o contempt_n or_o despite_n of_o the_o say_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n yea_o moreover_o say_v they_o although_o man_n ought_v to_o repute_v &_o think_v that_o all_o the_o say_a end_n and_o intent_n be_v also_o very_o good_a expedient_a &_o necessary_a aswell_o for_o a_o common_a order_n and_o tranquillity_n to_o be_v have_v among_o the_o people_n as_o also_o for_o the_o better_a instruction_n &_o inducement_n of_o the_o people_n unto_o the_o observation_n of_o these_o thing_n wherein_o consist_v indeed_o that_o spiritual_a justice_n &_o that_o spiritual_a honour_n and_o service_n which_o god_n require_v of_o we_o yet_o sure_o man_n may_v not_o esteem_v they_o bus_fw-la as_o thing_n indifferent_a and_o of_o no_o such_o necessity_n but_o that_o man_n may_v upon_o cause_n reasonable_a well_o omit_v and_o leave_v the_o same_o undo_v so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o case_n of_o contempt_n &_o slander_n and_o unto_o these_o case_n 7._o especial_o at_o this_o time_n above_o all_o time_n special_a regard_n be_v to_o be_v have_v even_o by_o the_o provincial_n or_o ecclesiastical_a law_n itself_o for_o see_v in_o every_o diocese_n there_o be_v not_o a_o few_o of_o the_o principal_a pastor_n allege_v the_o holy_a scripture_n for_o the_o ground_n of_o their_o upright_a conscience_n that_o refuse_v not_o upon_o will_n but_o upon_o conscience_n not_o upon_o contempt_n or_o despite_n of_o the_o power_n of_o bishop_n â—â—â—ltitudinis_fw-la but_o upon_o reasonable_a cause_n and_o without_o offence_n or_o slander_v of_o their_o neighbour_n to_o subscribe_v and_o use_v the_o ceremony_n it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o same_o ecclesiastical_a law_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v respect_v and_o tolerate_v propter_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la utique_fw-la severitâ—ti_fw-la detrahitur_fw-la supersedendum_fw-la ergo_fw-la correctioni_fw-la ubi_fw-la pacis_fw-la perturbatio_fw-la timetur_fw-la item_n ut_fw-la scandalum_fw-la vitetur_fw-la lustos_fw-la homines_fw-la aliquando_fw-la simulare_fw-la oportet_fw-la ob_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la salutem_fw-la ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la graviora_fw-la vitentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la casu_fw-la faciet_fw-la quilibet_fw-la praelatus_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_n hominum_fw-la quod_fw-la iustè_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la ultra_fw-la existimet_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la quod_fw-la faciat_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la instar_fw-la imperiti_fw-la medici_fw-la uno_fw-la collirio_fw-la omnium_fw-la oculos_fw-la curare_fw-la conetur_fw-la and_o unto_o this_o also_o agree_v that_o which_o be_v allege_v by_o panormitane_n â—grot_n in_o a_o case_n of_o the_o substraction_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n from_o a_o clerk_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o sickness_n and_o infirmity_n be_v unable_a to_o discharge_v his_o cure_n quilibet_fw-la clericus_fw-la say_v he_o dicitur_fw-la mile_n dei_fw-la &_o militat_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v that_o clerici_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la terreri_fw-la nec_fw-la inhumaniter_fw-la tractari_fw-la ne_fw-la cum_fw-la alij_fw-la exemple_n huiâ—smodi_fw-la essent_fw-la deterriti_fw-la inveniri_fw-la forte_fw-fr non_fw-la posset_n qui_fw-la vellet_fw-la clericatui_fw-la inseruire_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la militare_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la videtur_fw-la turbare_fw-la statum_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la nedum_fw-la praesentem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la suturum_fw-la and_o further_o say_v he_o potest_fw-la adduei_fw-la haec_fw-la ratio_fw-la multum_fw-la notabilis_fw-la in_o argumentum_fw-la quod_fw-la clericus_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la privari_fw-la beneficio_fw-la svo_fw-la since_o causa_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la nam_fw-la existente_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la impotentia_fw-la seruiendi_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la subtrahi_fw-la debeat_fw-la beneficiam_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la turbetur_fw-la status_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ergo_fw-la multo_fw-la fortius_fw-la ubi_fw-la nulla_fw-la subest_fw-la causa_fw-la rationabilis_fw-la but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v or_o for_o the_o not_o use_v the_o rite_n ceremony_n and_o ornament_n for_o conscience_n there_o be_v no_o reasonable_a cause_n of_o deprivation_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n furthermore_o if_o the_o canon_n have_v decree_v that_o a_o minister_n refuse_v to_o subscribe_v shall_v be_v punish_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n in_o this_o case_n the_o peyne_n of_o deprivation_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v inflict_v because_o by_o this_o clause_n ecclesiastical_a censure_n be_v understand_v interdiction_n suspension_n aâ—d_a excommunication_n which_o be_v poenae_fw-la multum_fw-la favorabiles_fw-la &_o in_o animarum_fw-la remedium_fw-la inductae_fw-la and_o do_v not_o comprehend_v deposition_n deprivation_n or_o degradation_n quia_fw-la illae_fw-la poenae_fw-la sunt_fw-la multum_fw-la odiosae_fw-la last_o be_v it_o so_o that_o the_o synod_n have_v indeed_o decree_v that_o a_o minister_n for_o refusal_n to_o subscribe_v shall_v be_v deprive_v from_o his_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n &_o be_v it_o so_o likewise_o that_o a_o minister_n shall_v indeed_o refuse_v not_o upon_o conscience_n but_o upon_o a_o self_n will_v &_o dolo_fw-la mâ—lo_fw-la to_o subscribe_v in_o this_o case_n i_o answer_v that_o the_o minister_n can_v not_o lawful_o for_o this_o offence_n by_o this_o provincial_a canon_n be_v deprive_v the_o reason_n be_v this_o beneficia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la secundum_fw-la antiquam_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la sunt_fw-la perpetus_fw-la â—9_n &_o habent_fw-la fundationem_fw-la â—_o lure_n communi_fw-la which_o ancient_a ordinance_n be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o common_a law_n of_o the_o realm_n &_o confirm_v by_o the_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n can_v never_o be_v disannul_v by_o the_o synod_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la inferior_a disponere_fw-la nec_fw-la contra_fw-la ius_fw-la common_a nec_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la superioris_fw-la maximè_fw-la in_o praeindicium_fw-la tertij_fw-la consideration_n for_o the_o not_o exact_a and_o precise_a use_n of_o the_o book_n of_o
of_o this_o act_n now_o by_o what_o other_o word_n then_o by_o these_o of_o this_o proviso_n can_v the_o parliament_n more_o full_o and_o clear_o have_v express_v their_o mind_n that_o the_o same_o by_o the_o tenor_n and_o effect_n of_o this_o proviso_n intend_v for_o ever_o whole_o to_o seclude_v all_o papal_a and_o foreign_a canon_n from_o be_v use_v and_o execute_v within_o this_o realm_n for_o at_o the_o petition_n and_o submission_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o parliament_n have_v first_o enact_v that_o neither_o they_o nor_o any_o of_o they_o from_o thencefoorth_o shall_v presume_v to_o attempt_v allege_v claim_n or_o put_v in_o ure_n any_o constitution_n oâ—_n ordinance_n provincionall_a or_o synodalle_n or_o any_o other_o canon_n and_o again_o at_o the_o petition_n and_o submission_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o same_o parliament_n have_v commit_v to_o the_o view_n search_n examination_n and_o judgement_n of_o the_o king_n and_o 32._o person_n such_o canon_n constitution_n and_o 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the_o popish_a canon_n law_n it_o can_v not_o be_v aver_v by_o any_o unless_o he_o be_v too_o too_o conceit_v &_o opiniative_a that_o the_o canon_n law_n or_o any_o part_n thereof_o make_v by_o the_o pope_n without_o the_o realm_n may_v lawful_o at_o this_o day_n be_v attempt_v allege_v claim_v or_o put_v in_o ure_n within_o the_o realm_n by_o any_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a what_o soever_o yea_o and_o thus_o much_o also_o be_v confirm_v by_o a_o statute_n 37._o h._n 8._o c._n 17._o howsoever_o therefore_o the_o king_n of_o england_n deryve_v their_o ecclesiastical_a law_n from_o other_o 9_o be_v prove_v approve_a and_o allow_v hereby_o and_o with_o a_o general_a consent_n be_v right_o and_o apt_o call_v the_o king_n ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o england_n in_o like_a manner_n as_o those_o law_n which_o the_o norman_n borrow_v from_o england_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o normandy_n and_o as_o those_o law_n which_o the_o roman_n fetch_v from_o athens_n be_v allow_v and_o approve_v by_o 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