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lawful_a and_o ordinary_a assembly_n of_o the_o church_n how_o they_o agree_v with_o the_o general_n rule_v prescribe_v in_o the_o word_n how_o they_o will_v edify_v the_o church_n how_o god_n shall_v be_v glorify_v christian_a charity_n entertain_v order_n and_o comeliness_n preserve_v for_o we_o must_v not_o consider_v thing_n indifferent_a only_o in_o â—heir_n general_a kind_n but_o in_o their_o particular_a and_o circumstantial_a use_n which_o if_o we_o permit_v to_o prince_n they_o may_v abuse_v indifferent_a thing_n to_o the_o great_a hurt_n of_o the_o church_n synod_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v convocate_v without_o the_o prince_n privity_n or_o the_o warrant_n of_o the_o law_n in_o general_a but_o if_o the_o prince_n be_v wilful_a in_o deny_v his_o assent_n and_o the_o church_n be_v in_o extreme_a danger_n ready_a to_o be_v overwhelm_v or_o great_o disturb_v with_o heresy_n schism_n division_n enormity_n we_o may_v use_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o law_n and_o if_o the_o law_n of_o 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in_o the_o church_n to_o weigh_v the_o case_n of_o necessity_n when_o to_o put_v this_o â—er_n power_n in_o practice_n as_o for_o the_o administration_n and_o execution_n of_o law_n in_o that_o the_o prince_n may_v 1._o visit_v the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n and_o their_o person_n 2._o reform_v redress_n and_o correct_v they_o and_o whatsoever_o sort_n of_o heresy_n schism_n error_n abuse_n offence_n contempt_n and_o enormity_n of_o any_o whosoever_o 3_o to_o assign_v nominate_v and_o authorise_v when_o and_o as_o often_o as_o it_o be_v his_o pleasure_n such_o person_n be_v natural_a bear_v subject_n as_o he_o shall_v think_v meet_a 1._o to_o exercise_n and_o execute_v all_o manner_n of_o jurisdiction_n privilege_n and_o preeminence_n in_o any_o wise_a touch_v or_o concern_v any_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n 2_o to_o visit_v 3_o to_o reform_v correct_v and_o amend_v all_o such_o excess_n or_o defect_n whatsoever_o which_o by_o any_o manner_n of_o ecclesiastical_a 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censure_n and_o punishment_n unless_o we_o will_v affirm_v that_o suspension_n deposition_n excommunication_n be_v not_o ecclesiastical_a but_o civil_a punishment_n and_o censure_n which_o be_v absurd_a we_o shall_v entreat_v of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o high_a commission_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n several_o by_o itself_o as_o for_o the_o relaxation_n of_o the_o canon_n or_o law_n in_o that_o 1._o first_o for_o ever_o when_o as_o they_o be_v altogether_o abrogate_a by_o the_o prince_n 2._o for_o a_o time_n only_o as_o when_o he_o grant_v remission_n of_o any_o crime_n or_o transgression_n of_o the_o canon_n for_o time_n by_o go_v and_o to_o come_v when_o both_o infamy_n be_v abolish_v and_o the_o transgressor_n be_v restore_v to_o his_o former_a state_n 4._o when_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o canon_n be_v grant_v for_o time_n to_o come_v to_o any_o certain_a person_n upon_o special_a occasion_n the_o cause_n be_v try_v which_o grace_n they_o call_v dispensation_n which_o be_v for_o 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paction_n or_o any_o the_o like_a
metropolitan_a you_o may_v see_v that_o this_o part_n of_o his_o function_n also_o be_v not_o of_o divine_a institution_n that_o be_v so_o dependent_a and_o changeable_a at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o prince_n as_o they_o confess_v themselves_o neither_o be_v it_o requisite_a of_o necessity_n to_o have_v a_o metropolitan_a to_o convocate_v synod_n for_o synod_n at_o the_o first_o assemble_v without_o metropolitane_n and_o in_o our_o age_n both_o in_o our_o own_o and_o other_o reform_a church_n synod_n have_v assemble_v where_o there_o be_v no_o metropolitan_a nay_o rather_o synod_n will_v be_v more_o frequent_o convocate_v if_o they_o be_v altogether_o remove_v it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o the_o truth_n that_o either_o we_o can_v have_v synod_n unless_o we_o have_v metropolitane_n or_o that_o god_n have_v ordain_v in_o his_o word_n that_o they_o shall_v convocate_v synod_n for_o we_o have_v no_o synod_n metropolitical_a but_o only_a diocesan_n since_o metropolitan_o have_v be_v set_v over_o 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the_o execution_n winchesteâ—_n his_o chancellor_n lincoln_n his_o vicechancellor_n salisbury_n his_o chaunter_n worcester_n his_o chaplain_n rochester_n his_o crosse-bearer_n as_o archbishop_n 1._o in_o receive_v of_o and_o answer_v to_o appellation_n interpose_v &_o make_v from_o his_o suffragan_n bishop_n 2._o in_o visit_v the_o whole_a province_n according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n as_o the_o bishop_n have_v suffragan_o bishop_n under_o they_o so_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o be_v suffragans_n to_o the_o archbishop_n they_o be_v not_o his_o suffragans_n as_o he_o be_v metropolitan_a but_o as_o he_o be_v archbishop_n so_o that_o as_o archbishop_n he_o have_v great_a authority_n than_o he_o have_v as_o metropolitan_a for_o as_o metropolitan_a he_o must_v do_v nothing_o without_o a_o synod_n in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n neither_o by_o receive_v appellation_n nor_o by_o way_n of_o visitation_n but_o as_o archbishop_n he_o may_v receive_v appellation_n and_o 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again_o he_o say_v they_o shall_v indeed_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o learning_n if_o they_o be_v convert_v unto_o the_o maintenance_n and_o bring_v up_o of_o scholar_n where_o now_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o serve_v for_o fat_a morsel_n to_o fill_v if_o may_v be_v the_o greedy_a appetite_n of_o those_o which_o otherwise_o have_v enough_o to_o live_v with_o and_o for_o hole_n and_o den_n to_o keep_v they_o in_o which_o be_v unworthy_a to_o be_v keep_v at_o the_o châ—ge_n of_o the_o church_n or_o else_o who_o presence_n be_v necessary_a and_o dutiful_a in_o other_o place_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n unprofitable_a there_o the_o dean_n and_o canon_n or_o prebendary_n be_v not_o sustain_v with_o the_o ecclesiastical_a rent_n and_o possession_n of_o the_o city_n where_o they_o loiter_v but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o rent_n and_o possession_n of_o their_o charge_n in_o the_o country_n to_o their_o ruin_n and_o desolation_n the_o great_a steeple_n devour_v the_o little_a steeple_n the_o great_a quire_n overthrow_v the_o final_a pulpit_n it_o be_v do_v no_o doubt_n in_o a_o foolish_a and_o pretence_a imitation_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o appoint_v such_o idle_a serve_v and_o sing_v man_n to_o uphold_v in_o the_o cathedral_n church_n daily_o chant_v and_o sing_v as_o be_v the_o custom_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o all_o the_o people_n in_o the_o land_n have_v communion_n of_o worship_n in_o the_o say_a temple_n and_o repair_v to_o it_o thrice_o in_o the_o year_n to_o that_o effect_n and_o purpose_n beside_o that_o the_o daily_a worship_n be_v for_o the_o use_n of_o all_o those_o who_o be_v upon_o several_a occasion_n to_o repair_v unto_o the_o say_a temple_n and_o therefore_o the_o whole_a people_n of_o god_n be_v call_v the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n because_o they_o have_v communion_n of_o worship_n in_o one_o place_n but_o there_o be_v no_o such_o place_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n appoint_v either_o for_o 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god_n for_o 800_o year_n yea_o it_o appear_v that_o they_o be_v not_o bring_v in_o in_o the_o day_n of_o aquinas_n for_o he_o say_v sed_fw-la instrument_n musica_fw-la sicut_fw-la cytharas_fw-mi 4._o et_fw-la psâ—teria_fw-la non_fw-la assumit_v ecclesia_fw-la in_o diuâ—nas_fw-la laudes_fw-la ne_fw-la videatur_fw-la iudaizare_fw-la the_o church_n than_o it_o seem_v use_v no_o musical_a instrument_n in_o his_o time_n lest_o it_o shall_v seem_v to_o judaize_v yea_o among_o the_o jew_n themselves_o these_o musical_a instrument_n be_v not_o use_v in_o their_o synagogne_n but_o only_o in_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v the_o theatre_n of_o all_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o leviticall_a law_n again_o that_o one_o shall_v read_v the_o gospel_n another_o the_o epistle_n what_o a_o idle_a distinction_n of_o idle_a officeman_n in_o the_o church_n be_v this_o for_o by_o this_o reason_n they_o may_v make_v a_o three_o sort_n also_o for_o read_v of_o the_o law_n 336._o the_o treasurer_n chancellor_n vicedeane_v office_n be_v not_o all_o alike_o in_o every_o cathedral_n church_n say_v mucket_n but_o divers_a according_a to_o the_o different_a statute_n of_o divers_a place_n it_o be_v hard_o therefore_o distinct_o to_o define_v particular_o their_o office_n the_o dean_n of_o the_o cathedral_n church_n succee_v in_o the_o room_n of_o he_o who_o be_v call_v archipresbyter_n urbanus_fw-la the_o city_n presbyter_n as_o the_o rural_a dean_n do_v the_o country_n presbyter_n but_o the_o cathedaall_a chapter_n do_v not_o consist_v of_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o city_n as_o the_o rural_a chapter_n do_v consist_v of_o the_o presbyter_n within_o the_o rural_a archpresbyter_n his_o praecinct_n yea_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o sit_v in_o chapter_n with_o the_o dean_n 15â—_n say_v dr._n field_n but_o all_o the_o presbyter_n of_o the_o cathedral_n city_n do_v not_o at_o any_o time_n sit_v in_o chapter_n with_o the_o cathedral_n dean_n as_o i_o give_v a_o lively_a example_n before_o of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n where_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o several_a parish_n do_v not_o sit_v in_o chapter_n with_o the_o dean_n of_o paul_n but_o only_a canon_n and_o prebendar_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n aught_o to_o serve_v at_o parish_n perhaps_o 20._o or_o 30._o 151._o mile_n from_o the_o city_n the_o cathedral_n seat_n of_o canterbury_n have_v 12._o or_o 13._o parish_n but_o not_o 4_o able_a preacher_n say_v the_o author_n of_o the_o assertion_n for_o true_a and_o christian_a church_n policy_n i_o have_v be_v in_o some_o of_o their_o cathedral_n city_n where_o they_o have_v no_o parish_n minister_v to_o preach_v but_o only_o the_o water_v of_o some_o prebendarie_n who_o come_v to_o attend_v on_o service_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o neglect_v his_o own_o charge_n with_o cure_n of_o soul_n again_o suppose_v this_o chapter_n do_v consist_v of_o parish_n minister_n within_o the_o city_n yet_o that_o some_o shall_v be_v make_v cardinal_a to_o sit_v in_o chapter_n either_o with_o bishop_n or_o deane_n and_o other_o seclude_v have_v as_o great_a interest_n in_o the_o common_a government_n of_o their_o stock_n as_o it_o be_v not_o ground_v on_o the_o word_n so_o it_o be_v not_o know_v to_o puret_n antiquity_n â—0_n as_o we_o have_v already_o make_v evident_a and_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v also_o by_o bellarmine_n howbeit_o he_o do_v conjecture_v upon_o a_o false_a ground_n 16._o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o nam_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la annos_fw-la imo_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la aliquot_fw-la soecula_fw-la quia_fw-la pauci_fw-la erant_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la omnes_fw-la simul_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la concilia_fw-la vocabantur_fw-la neque_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la tunc_fw-la distinguere_fw-la à _fw-la cardinalibus_fw-la non_fw-la cardinal_n sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o alijs_fw-la ecclesiâ—s_fw-la non_fw-la distingâ—ebantur_fw-la canonici_fw-la à _fw-la 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