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that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o better_o know_v it_o be_v think_v fit_a to_o have_v they_o express_v here_o decree_n xi_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n be_v the_o last_o and_o most_o rigorous_a punishment_n of_o the_o church_n and_o which_o for_o that_o reason_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v inflict_v but_o with_o great_a caution_n and_o consideration_n the_o synod_n do_v therefore_o condemn_v the_o facility_n wherewith_o it_o have_v be_v use_v in_o this_o diocese_n upon_o very_o slight_a and_o impertinent_a occasion_n command_v it_o not_o to_o be_v inflict_v hereafter_o but_o for_o weighty_a cause_n and_o with_o great_a consideration_n and_o never_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n but_o always_o in_o write_v the_o synod_n do_v likewise_o condemn_v what_o have_v be_v former_o command_v in_o this_o bishopric_n which_o be_v that_o in_o certain_a case_n penitent_n be_v not_o to_o be_v absolve_v but_o at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n and_o in_o some_o not_o then_o neither_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o christian_a charity_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o church_n who_o as_o a_o pious_a mother_n at_o all_o time_n receive_v true_a penitent_n and_o never_o shut_v the_o gate_n of_o salvation_n against_o any_o of_o her_o child_n so_o that_o let_v their_o crime_n be_v never_o so_o enormous_a yet_o upon_o their_o do_v penance_n and_o express_v a_o deep_a sorrow_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o yield_v the_o satisfaction_n that_o be_v impose_v upon_o they_o they_o be_v gracious_o receive_v and_o make_v free_a at_o least_o in_o the_o internal_a or_o sacramental_a court_n but_o be_v there_o be_v no_o other_o punishment_n in_o this_o church_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o be_v under_o king_n that_o be_v infidel_n beyond_o that_o of_o excommunication_n or_o exclusion_n from_o the_o church_n some_o who_o be_v absolve_v in_o the_o internal_a court_n may_v still_o continue_v excommunicate_a in_o the_o external_n so_o as_o not_o to_o be_v permit_v to_o enter_v the_o church_n and_o though_o the_o priest_n may_v go_v to_o their_o house_n they_o shall_v not_o give_v they_o the_o casture_n until_o such_o time_n as_o the_o prelate_n shall_v order_v it_o to_o be_v do_v have_v a_o regard_n to_o the_o heinousness_n of_o their_o crime_n and_o the_o length_n of_o time_n from_o the_o commission_n of_o they_o that_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o facility_n wherewith_o the_o christian_n of_o this_o diocese_n commit_v several_a crime_n namely_o murder_n and_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o taliconum_n may_v be_v remove_v decree_v xii_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o ignorance_n of_o confessor_n be_v the_o destruction_n of_o penitent_n and_o through_o the_o error_n of_o the_o key_n there_o be_v nothing_o do_v and_o it_o be_v know_v to_o the_o synod_n that_o in_o this_o diocese_n there_o be_v many_o confessor_n that_o be_v such_o idiot_n as_o not_o to_o know_v what_o they_o do_v in_o confession_n all_o the_o priest_n exercise_v themselves_o therein_o without_o ever_o have_v be_v examine_v as_o to_o their_o sufficiency_n it_o do_v therefore_o command_v that_o from_o henceforward_o no_o priest_n shall_v presume_v to_o hear_v confession_n without_o be_v license_v thereunto_o in_o write_v by_o the_o prelate_n which_o licence_n shall_v not_o be_v grant_v to_o any_o but_o what_o have_v be_v first_o examine_v by_o learned_a person_n as_o to_o their_o sufficiency_n for_o such_o a_o employment_n and_o until_o such_o time_n as_o this_o church_n be_v provide_v of_o prelate_n to_o regulate_v all_o such_o matter_n to_o the_o best_a of_o their_o understanding_n the_o synod_n do_v commit_v the_o examination_n and_o approbation_n to_o the_o pontiff_n the_o father_n this_o be_v what_o the_o bishop_n and_o other_o order_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n complain_v of_o so_o much_o that_o the_o jesuit_n every_o where_n in_o the_o indies_n engross_v all_o jurisdiction_n and_o advantage_n to_o themselves_o of_o their_o engross_n all_o to_o themselves_o to_o the_o exclusion_n of_o all_o other_o 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may_v hear_v confession_n with_o the_o limitation_n express_v in_o the_o say_a licence_n and_o all_o such_o as_o be_v at_o present_a confessor_n shall_v be_v examine_v by_o order_n of_o the_o lord_n metropolitan_a at_o his_o next_o visitation_n and_o such_o of_o the_o clergy_n as_o shall_v be_v make_v parish-priest_n or_o vicar_n shall_v be_v first_o examine_v and_o approve_v of_o in_o the_o same_o form_n to_o be_v confessor_n that_o so_o such_o as_o be_v not_o qualify_v to_o be_v confessor_n may_v not_o be_v admit_v vicar_n who_o precise_a obligation_n it_o be_v to_o confess_v their_o sheep_n and_o all_o confessor_n that_o be_v not_o approve_v of_o by_o the_o say_a lord_n metropolitan_a in_o the_o form_n aforesaid_a this_o synod_n do_v suspend_v from_o the_o office_n of_o confessor_n till_o such_o time_n as_o they_o shall_v be_v effectual_o examine_v and_o allow_v of_o and_o if_o any_o priest_n which_o god_n forbid_v shall_v be_v find_v hear_v confession_n without_o such_o a_o 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 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