the_o multiplicite_a of_o excommunication_n tot_fw-la hodie_fw-la fiunt_fw-la &_o officiales_fw-la quod_fw-la vix_fw-la est_fw-la aliquis_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v so_o many_o excommunication_n now_o a_o day_n by_o official_o that_o scarce_o any_o man_n that_o fear_v god_n can_v live_v in_o the_o world_n with_o a_o safe_a conscience_n whereupon_o it_o be_v direct_v ut_fw-la caveant_fw-la ab_fw-la earum_fw-la multiplicatione_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o shall_v beware_v of_o multiply_a excômunication_n lest_o they_o be_v bring_v to_o contempt_n these_o be_v the_o shower_n of_o chancellor_n and_o official_o excommunication_n that_o flee_v fast_o than_o lighten_v in_o tempest_n object_n 9_o in_o our_o understanding_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o parish_n do_v give_v his_o consent_n to_o the_o petition_n p._n 23._o ans_fw-fr what_o consent_n call_v you_o this_o when_o the_o chancellor_n or_o official_a send_v his_o mandate_n and_o the_o minister_n must_v denounce_v the_o sentence_n 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key_n commit_v to_o the_o apostle_n their_o suspension_n excommunication_n etc._n etc._n they_o claim_v not_o by_o god_n law_n but_o by_o man_n wherefore_o see_v it_o be_v confess_v that_o this_o manner_n of_o excommunication_n by_o lay_a man_n be_v humane_a the_o petitioner_n request_n be_v reasonable_a that_o this_o abuse_n be_v reform_v and_o such_o usurper_n upon_o the_o key_n of_o the_o church_n restrain_v four_o it_o be_v object_v if_o the_o discipline_n be_v once_o a_o foot_n we_o shall_v then_o hear_v tell_v of_o 22._o ans_fw-fr p._n 22._o lay_v elder_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o the_o petitioner_n say_v nothing_o of_o lay_v elder_n in_o their_o petition_n but_o that_o there_o have_v be_v such_o lay_v elder_n in_o the_o church_n which_o have_v intermedle_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v as_o reverend_a d._n fulke_n confess_v 13._o fulke_n ans_fw-fr to_o the_o rhem._n 1_o tim._n â—_o sect_n 13._o out_o of_o s._n ambrose_n thus_o write_v or_o else_o he_o mean_v of_o those_o elder_n that_o saint_n ambrose_n speak_v of_o upon_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n that_o be_v appoint_v only_o for_o government_n not_o for_o teach_v 2._o be_v not_o the_o like_a practise_v in_o the_o high_a commission_n for_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a wherein_o diverse_a reverend_a person_n of_o the_o civil_a state_n be_v commissioner_n and_o let_v not_o our_o brethren_n be_v so_o hot_a against_o lay_v elder_n see_v i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o they_o may_v have_v voice_n in_o sinod_n and_o what_o great_a inconvenience_n be_v it_o for_o lay_v man_n to_o be_v assistant_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n then_o for_o clergy_n elder_n of_o lay_v elder_n man_n to_o interpose_v themselves_o in_o civil_a and_o why_o may_v not_o as_o well_o civil_a person_n if_o it_o so_o please_v the_o state_n be_v of_o the_o convocation_n house_n as_o ecclesiastical_a of_o the_o parliament_n as_o it_o be_v practise_v in_o k._n henry_n the_o 8._o his_o 1182_o fox_n p._n 1182_o reign_n when_o that_o worthy_a lord_n crumwell_n be_v make_v vicegerent_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a and_o be_v himself_o present_a in_o the_o assembly_n and_o at_o the_o disputation_n of_o the_o bishop_n 3._o yet_o be_v we_o far_o from_o make_v he_o a_o clergy_n man_n as_o the_o confuter_n a_o little_a before_o confess_v though_o they_o have_v soon_o forget_v themselves_o of_o civilian_n in_o these_o word_n a_o chancellor_n or_o a_o commissary_n be_v not_o a_o lie_v man_n in_o this_o case_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o these_o lie_v elder_n which_o be_v but_o assistant_n in_o the_o presbytery_n with_o other_o &_o they_o who_o be_v sole_a agent_n and_o principal_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v retort_v the_o confuter_n say_v upon_o their_o own_o head_n that_o they_o reprove_v other_o for_o speak_v for_o lay_v elder_n and_o allow_v the_o same_o themselves_o but_o there_o be_v a_o principle_n in_o the_o law_n quod_fw-la semel_fw-la 21._o reg._n iuris_fw-la 21._o placuit_fw-la iterum_fw-la displicere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la that_o with_o once_o do_v please_v can_v again_o displease_v and_o hierome_n can_v have_v tell_v they_o perdit_fw-la ocean_n hieron_n ocean_n authoritatem_fw-la dicendi_fw-la cujus_fw-la sermo_fw-la opere_fw-la destruitur_fw-la he_o lose_v the_o authority_n of_o teach_v that_o overthrow_v his_o word_n by_o his_o work_n of_o excommunication_n for_o trifle_n the_o excuse_n be_v that_o man_n be_v not_o excommunicate_v for_o trifle_n but_o for_o their_o contempt_n ans_fw-fr p._n 23._o answ_n indeed_o according_a to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n rule_n he_o that_o hear_v not_o the_o church_n 18_o mat._n 18._o 18_o must_v be_v hold_v as_o a_o heathen_a and_o publican_n but_o it_o be_v not_o yet_o prove_v that_o the_o official_a and_o his_o register_n make_v the_o church_n neither_o shall_v our_o brethren_n be_v ever_o able_a to_o show_v it_o 2._o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o letter_n of_o excommunication_n presuppose_v a_o contumacy_n and_o contempt_n precede_v but_o he_o be_v not_o contumacious_a which_o at_o the_o first_o monition_n appear_v not_o upon_o every_o cause_n pretend_v as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o these_o reason_n take_v out_o of_o the_o canon_n 1._o first_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v excommunicate_a before_o the_o offence_n be_v prove_v against_o he_o nemo_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la excommunicet_fw-la priusquam_fw-la causa_fw-la probetur_fw-la cause_n 2._o qu._n 1._o c._n 11._o but_o his_o contumacy_n be_v not_o prove_v who_o upon_o the_o first_o citation_n appear_v not_o for_o he_o may_v be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o or_o otherwise_o necessary_o let_v ergo_fw-la such_o a_o one_o be_v not_o to_o be_v excommunicate_a 2._o such_o only_a be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_v as_o be_v otherwise_o incorrigible_a as_o by_o christ_n rule_n he_o must_v be_v take_v as_o a_o heathen_a and_o publican_n that_o refuse_v to_o hear_v the_o adomonition_n of_o one_o of_o two_o last_o of_o the_o church_n anathema_n non_fw-la debet_fw-la imponi_fw-la nisi_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la potuerit_fw-la corrigi_fw-la anathema_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v impose_v but_o upon_o he_o that_o can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v amend_v council_n melden_v c._n 56._o excommunicatio_fw-la non_fw-la infligenda_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la aliter_fw-la corrigi_fw-la noluerint_fw-la excommunication_n must_v be_v inflict_v upon_o such_o as_o can_v otherwise_o be_v correct_v coloniens_fw-la par_fw-fr 13._o c._n 4._o but_o they_o which_o once_o cite_v appear_v not_o be_v not_o straight_o way_n incorrigible_a ergo._n etc._n etc._n 3._o excommunication_n shall_v be_v only_o inflict_v for_o criminal_a offence_n non_fw-la nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la mortali_fw-la debet_fw-la imponi_fw-la crimine_fw-la meldens_n ibid._n excommunicationis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la ob_fw-la criminales_fw-la tantum_fw-la causas_fw-la easque_fw-la valdè_fw-la grave_n &_o lethale_n feruntur_fw-la augustans_fw-la c._n 33._o as_o the_o apostle_n bide_v a_o heretic_n to_o be_v after_o once_o or_o twice_o admonition_n reject_v tit._n 3._o 10_o as_o likewise_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n award_v the_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la to_o take_v place_n only_o when_o the_o excommunication_n proceed_v upon_o contempt_n of_o some_o original_a matter_n of_o criminal_a offence_n as_o of_o heresy_n refuse_v to_o come_v to_o the_o church_n incontinency_n usury_n simony_n perjury_n idolatry_n but_o every_o absence_n upon_o the_o first_o citation_n proceed_v not_o of_o any_o such_o contempt_n wherefore_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v excommunicate_a for_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o court_n or_o 27_o can_n 23._o q._n 4._o c._n 27_o such_o like_a pro_fw-la vindicte_fw-la propriae_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o be_v revenge_v for_o your_o own_o wrong_n you_o have_v give_v sentence_n of_o anathema_n which_o be_v against_o the_o cannon_n penitus_fw-la interdicimus_fw-la we_o forbid_v that_o for_o covetousness_n sake_n none_o dare_v to_o excommunicate_v any_o 49._o lateranens_fw-la sub_fw-la innocent_a 3._o c._n 49._o 4._o the_o canon_n allow_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v twice_o or_o thrice_o cite_v before_o he_o be_v excommunicate_a secunda_fw-la vel_fw-la tertia_fw-la admonitione_n interposita_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sentetia_fw-mi procedat_fw-la caus_n 24._o 3._o 15._o neither_o shall_v the_o first_o citation_n be_v peremptory_a diem_fw-la peremptorium_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la citationem_fw-la non_fw-la statuendum_fw-la especial_o 5._o lateranens_fw-la sub_fw-la alexan_n p._n 3._o c._n 5._o for_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n but_o upon_o great_a &_o urgent_a necessity_n s._n paul_n allow_v a_o manifest_a heretic_n two_o admonition_n before_o he_o be_v reject_v much_o more_o where_o the_o offence_n be_v not_o manifest_a a_o canonical_a that_o be_v thrice_o admonition_n shall_v be_v use_v according_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o oxford_n nemo_fw-la excommunicationem_fw-la promulget_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o man_n shall_v denounce_v excommunication_n where_o the_o excess_n be_v not_o
ergo_fw-la see_v a_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v the_o same_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n jurisdiction_n do_v of_o right_a belong_v to_o both_o arg._n 7._o all_o pastoral_a duty_n do_v equal_o belong_v unto_o the_o pastor_n but_o to_o separate_v the_o precious_a from_o the_o vile_a be_v a_o pastoral_a duty_n jer._n 15._o 19_o as_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o shepherd_n to_o seek_v that_o which_o be_v lose_v ezek_n 34._o 4._o that_o be_v to_o reconcile_v the_o penitent_a so_o also_o to_o separate_v the_o unclean_a to_o correct_v the_o obstinate_a augustine_n say_v 15._o de_fw-fr corrept_n &_o great_a cap._n 15._o pastoralis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o pastoral_a necessity_n require_v lest_o the_o contagion_n shall_v spread_v further_o to_o separate_v the_o disease_a sheep_n from_o the_o sound_n ergo_fw-la it_o belong_v to_o presbyter_n which_o be_v pastor_n and_o have_v their_o flock_n act._n 20._o 17._o 28._o to_o separate_v one_fw-mi excommunicate_v the_o vile_a and_o unclean_a arg._n 8._o whatsoever_o belong_v to_o the_o gather_v together_o of_o the_o saint_n the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n the_o edify_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o pastor_n and_o doctor_n with_o other_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n for_o to_o this_o end_n have_v christ_n ordain_v these_o office_n ephes_n 4._o 11._o but_o to_o separate_v or_o excommunicate_a and_o reconcile_v be_v profitable_a to_o the_o say_a purpose_n this_o authority_n be_v give_v for_o edification_n 2._o cor._n 10._o 8._o ergo_fw-la it_o belong_v to_o the_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n of_o the_o church_n arg._n 9_o the_o discipline_n shall_v be_v administer_v by_o such_o as_o be_v more_o likely_a to_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o direction_n and_o to_o who_o with_o the_o least_o peril_n of_o the_o church_n the_o censure_n may_v be_v exercise_v but_o a_o assembly_n of_o presbyter_n be_v more_o like_a to_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o direction_n as_o the_o apostle_n and_o presbyter_n assemble_v in_o council_n say_v it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o coelestium_fw-la council_n african_a can_v 138._o epist_n ad_fw-la coelestium_fw-la to_o we_o act._n 15._o 28._o thus_o say_v the_o council_n of_o african_a unless_o there_o be_v any_o that_o think_v god_n inspire_v one_o particular_a person_n with_o righteousness_n and_o forsake_v a_o number_n of_o priest_n assemble_v in_o synod_n again_o there_o will_v arise_v less_o danger_n to_o the_o church_n by_o this_o mean_n for_o there_o be_v a_o rule_n in_o the_o law_n excommunicatus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la excommunicare_fw-la he_o that_o be_v excommunicate_v himself_o can_v excommunicate_v another_o cause_n 24._o q._n 1._o c._n 4._o but_o a_o bishop_n or_o any_o one_o ecclesiastical_a person_n may_v by_o many_o occasion_n stand_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o excommunication_n church_n in_o what_o case_n bishop_n be_v liable_a to_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n as_o if_o he_o have_v two_o wife_n cause_n 24._o q._n 3._o c._n 19_o or_o if_o he_o be_v a_o teacher_n of_o error_n he_o must_v be_v deliver_v to_o satan_n cause_n 24._o q._n 3._o c_o 13._o pelagius_n or_o if_o he_o be_v a_o usurer_n cause_n 14._o q._n 4._o c._n 4._o or_o a_o blasphemer_n or_o swearer_n carth._n 4._o cap._n 61._o or_o a_o player_n at_o dice._n trullan_n c._n 50._o or_o be_v negligent_a in_o preach_v and_o so_o continue_v can_v apost_n 57_o or_o give_v order_n for_o money_n chalced._n c._n 2_o or_o be_v promote_v for_o money_n constant_n conc._n 6._o gener_fw-la c._n 22._o or_o make_v a_o lie_v man_n his_o vicar_n general_a hispatiens_n 2._o c._n 9_o or_o take_v upon_o he_o any_o civil_a office_n as_o vice-presidentship_a justiciariship_n decr._n greg._n 3._o 58._o 4._o or_o sit_v in_o cause_n of_o blood_n or_o give_v sentence_n for_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o any_o meber_v as_o of_o ear_n hand_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n c_o 5._o so_o write_v alexander_n 3_o in_o his_o rescript_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o canterbury_n but_o a_o bishop_n or_o any_o one_o man_n may_v stand_v excommunicate_a where_o a_o assembly_n or_o company_n can_v in_o this_o case_n by_o who_o shall_v the_o discipline_n be_v administer_v ergo_fw-la it_o be_v safe_a that_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v dispose_v by_o many_o then_o by_o one_o arg._n 10._o presbyter_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o practice_v of_o the_o church_n be_v interest_v in_o the_o spiritual_a rule_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n but_o the_o excommunication_n belong_v to_o the_o spiritual_a regiment_n ergo_fw-la for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o proposition_n first_o in_o the_o scripture_n we_o find_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v together_o the_o presbyter_n for_o the_o decide_n of_o doubtful_a question_n and_o by_o the_o apostle_n the_o elder_n that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n be_v make_v ruler_n the_o elder_n that_o rule_v well_o especial_o they_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n 1._o tim._n 5._o 17._o they_o then_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n be_v also_o roll_a elder_n for_o how_o else_o shall_v they_o have_v a_o double_a honour_n be_v exclude_v from_o government_n which_o be_v count_v one_o of_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o the_o church_n now_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n be_v most_o evident_a hier._n say_v communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la concilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regebantur_fw-la 1._o â—â—â—rom_fw-la inâ—_n â—_z 1._o in_o the_o begin_n church_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o common_a advice_n of_o presbyter_n cause_n 11._o q._n 3_o c._n 106._o debent_fw-la 12._o sacerdotes_fw-la episcopum_fw-la circumstare_fw-la etc._n etc._n twelve_o priest_n must_v stand_v by_o the_o bisbop_n when_o he_o denounce_v excommunication_n can_n 108._o when_o the_o penitent_a party_n be_v to_o be_v reconcile_v the_o bishop_n must_v be_v assist_v with_o as_o many_o cause_n 12._o q._n 2._o c._n 5._o the_o bishop_n can_v not_o dispose_v of_o the_o temporal_a thing_n of_o the_o church_n much_o less_o of_o spiritual_a inconsulto_fw-la presbyterio_fw-la not_o have_v before_o consult_v with_o his_o presbytery_n neither_o be_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o presbytery_n for_o decency_n and_o order_n only_o but_o of_o necessity_n episcopus_fw-la nullius_fw-la causam_fw-la audiat_fw-la absque_fw-la praesentia_fw-la clericorum_fw-la aliter_fw-la erit_fw-la sententia_fw-la irrita_fw-la the_o bishop_n shall_v hear_v no_o man_n cause_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o clark_n otherwise_o let_v the_o sentence_n be_v void_a carth._n 4._o c._n 23._o thus_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o at_o the_o beginning_n the_o presbyter_n do_v assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o the_o regiment_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n as_o be_v confess_v also_o by_o our_o learned_a writer_n the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n at_o the_o first_o be_v so_o apportion_v that_o neither_o the_o presbyter_n shall_v do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o bishop_n 307._o perpetual_a gover_n p._n 307._o nor_o the_o bishop_n dispose_v matter_n of_o importance_n without_o his_o presbytery_n d._n fulke_o thus_o testify_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o authority_n of_o bind_v 4._o ans_fw-fr to_o rhem_n in_o 2_o cor._n 2._o sect_n 4._o and_o lose_v commit_v and_o retain_v pertain_v general_o to_o all_o the_o apostle_n alike_o and_o to_o every_o pastor_n in_o his_o cure_n thus_o be_v it_o in_o the_o beginning_n but_o by_o little_a and_o little_a in_o process_n of_o time_n bishop_n begin_v to_o encroach_v upon_o presbyter_n and_o their_o office_n 1._o bishop_n have_v at_o the_o first_o but_o a_o priority_n before_o their_o presbyter_n they_o be_v not_o presbyter_n how_o bishop_n by_o little_a and_o little_o encroach_v upon_o presbyter_n to_o suffer_v a_o presbyter_n to_o stand_v before_o they_o carth._n 4._o 34._o and_o within_o door_n collegam_fw-la se_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la esse_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la let_v the_o bishop_n take_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o presbyter_n colleague_n and_o fellow_n but_o now_o bishop_n be_v calll_v prelate_n minister_n subditi_fw-la their_o subject_n 2._o as_o yet_o the_o bishop_n have_v no_o special_a kind_n of_o ordain_v as_o differ_v in_o order_n from_o presbyter_n as_o ambrose_n say_v episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la una_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o ordination_n of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o a_o bishop_n uterque_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la for_o they_o be_v both_o but_o priest_n or_o minister_n in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o afterward_o the_o bishop_n bring_v in_o a_o special_a kind_n of_o consecration_n for_o themselves_o 3._o then_o they_o go_v further_a that_o whereas_o in_o give_v of_o order_n presbyter_n be_v join_v with_o bishop_n carth._n 4._o c._n 3._o cite_v before_o they_o do_v assume_v that_o office_n to_o 10._o hier._n evag._n 10._o themselves_o quid_fw-la facit_fw-la excepta_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la episcopus_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o do_v a_o bishop_n that_o a_o priest_n can_v do_v ordination_n only_o 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oath_n ibid._n leg_n 9_o 2._o this_o oath_n be_v minister_v propter_fw-la inopiam_fw-la probationum_fw-la where_o other_o proof_n fail_v cod._n lib._n 4._o tit_n 1._o leg_n 3._o and_o the_o canon_n law_n say_v in_o ipso_fw-la causae_fw-la initio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la inchoandum_fw-la they_o must_v not_o begin_v in_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o suit_n with_o question_n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o jealousy_n between_o man_n and_o wife_n where_o no_o other_o evidence_n be_v the_o woman_n be_v charge_v with_o a_o oath_n or_o execration_n numb_a 5._o 21._o but_o now_o a_o man_n convent_v be_v first_o put_v to_o his_o oath_n though_o other_o profess_v be_v at_o hand_n 3._o where_o one_o be_v press_v with_o this_o oath_n a_o party_n and_o accuser_n shall_v be_v give_v that_o he_o which_o be_v accuse_v may_v refer_v juramentum_fw-la may_v have_v liberty_n to_o return_v the_o like_a oath_n upon_o his_o accuser_n cod._n lib._n 4._o tit_n 1._o leg_n 9_o justinian_n give_v this_o reason_n non_fw-la debet_fw-la respuere_fw-la in_o persona_fw-la sva_fw-la quod_fw-la placuit_fw-la in_o persona_fw-la adversarij_fw-la he_o must_v not_o refuse_v to_o swear_v in_o his_o own_o person_n see_v he_o put_v his_o adversary_n to_o it_o ibid._n leg_n 12._o this_o course_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o honourable_a court_n of_o chancery_n that_o where_o that_o party_n be_v examine_v upon_o his_o oath_n his_o adversary_n that_o put_v in_o the_o bill_n appear_v against_o he_o this_o stand_v forth_o of_o the_o accuser_n be_v approve_v by_o our_o saviour_n woman_n where_o be_v thy_o accuser_n joh_n 8._o 10._o the_o heathen_a judge_n have_v this_o equity_n to_o say_v unto_o paul_n i_o will_v hear_v thou_o when_o thy_o accuser_n be_v come_v act._n 23._o 35._o the_o canon_n be_v most_o pregnant_a this_o way_n 1._o julij_fw-la 1._o decr_n 1._o that_o a_o accuser_n shall_v be_v produce_v in_o judgement_n non_fw-la oportet_fw-la quenquam_fw-la iudicari_fw-la aut_fw-la damnari_fw-la antequam_fw-la accusatores_fw-la suos_fw-la present_n habeat_fw-la none_n ought_v to_o be_v judge_v or_o condemn_v before_o he_o have_v his_o accuser_n present_a non_fw-la ante_fw-la accusatus_fw-la supplicio_fw-la deputetur_fw-la quant_fw-fr accusator_fw-la presentitur_fw-la that_o the_o party_n accuse_v be_v not_o adjudge_v to_o punishment_n before_o his_o accuser_n be_v produce_v wormaten_v c._n 42._o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la documentum_fw-la &_o accusatorum_fw-la &_o accusatum_fw-la simul_fw-la adesse_fw-la it_o be_v necessary_a according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o both_o the_o accuser_n and_o accuse_v be_v present_a at_o once_o nicol._n 1._o de_fw-fr judic._n c._n 10._o no_o cause_n shall_v be_v admit_v to_o any_o to_o determe_v nisi_fw-la personae_fw-la appareant_fw-la quae_fw-la volunt_fw-la personam_fw-la criminosi_fw-la impetere_fw-la unless_o the_o party_n appear_v that_o will_v accuse_v the_o guilty_a person_n thus_o both_o by_o scripture_n law_n imperial_a canon_n of_o bishop_n counsel_n provincial_a and_o general_a it_o be_v evident_a that_o no_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v condemn_v without_o a_o accuser_n wherein_o the_o course_n which_o be_v take_v by_o the_o minister_a of_o a_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la fail_v 4._o clergy_n man_n be_v privilege_v not_o to_o be_v examine_v upon_o their_o oath_n citra_fw-la iniuriam_fw-la questiones_fw-la testimonium_fw-la dicunt_fw-la cod._n lib._n 1._o tit_n 6._o leg_n 8._o theodos_fw-la they_o must_v give_v their_o testimony_n not_o force_v thereto_o by_o question_n as_o they_o be_v except_v by_o this_o law_n from_o torture_n of_o body_n so_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n from_o the_o force_n of_o their_o conscience_n especial_o the_o bishop_n shall_v not_o exact_v such_o a_o compulsive_a oath_n of_o his_o clergy_n nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la clericos_fw-la suos_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr quibus_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la commissa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sibi_fw-la iurare_fw-la compellat_fw-la caus_n 22._o 5._o 23._o placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quenquam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la iudicare_fw-la aut_fw-la condemnare_fw-la presumet_n nisi_fw-la accusatus_fw-la legitimos_fw-la accusatores_fw-la habeat_fw-la we_o think_v fit_a that_o no_o bishop_n do_v judge_n or_o condemn_v any_o of_o the_o clergy_n unless_o the_o party_n accuse_v have_v lawful_a accuser_n present_v this_o also_o be_v agreeable_a collecta_fw-la inter_fw-la decret_a ab_fw-la adrian_n collecta_fw-la to_o the_o apostle_n against_o a_o elder_a or_o a_o presbyter_n receive_v no_o accusation_n but_o under_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n 1._o tim._n 5._o 19_o but_o now_o in_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n there_o be_v no_o respect_n have_v to_o the_o reverend_a call_n of_o preacher_n but_o they_o be_v indifferent_o put_v to_o the_o oath_n neither_o be_v there_o a_o accuser_n produce_v 5._o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n will_v have_v we_o to_o swear_v in_o judgement_n jerem._n 4._o 2._o that_o be_v not_o rash_o but_o deliberate_o and_o advise_o but_o they_o which_o be_v examine_v upon_o the_o oath_n can_v not_o swear_v in_o judgement_n because_o they_o know_v not_o the_o article_n before_o to_o consider_v of_o they_o but_o they_o that_o swear_v make_v a_o present_a and_o direct_a answer_n they_o know_v not_o to_o what_o this_o be_v also_o contrary_a to_o that_o decree_n latran_n sub_fw-la innocent_n 3._o c._n 8._o contra_fw-la quem_fw-la facienda_fw-la est_fw-la iniquisitio_fw-la etc._n etc._n exponenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la capitula_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la ut_fw-la facultatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la defendendi_fw-la seipsum_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o against_o who_o inquisition_n be_v make_v must_v have_v the_o point_n declare_v unto_o he_o whereof_o he_o be_v to_o be_v exaamine_v that_o he_o may_v have_v power_n to_o defe_v himself_o ergo_fw-la the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la be_v not_o according_a to_o judgement_n 6._o we_o must_v swear_v also_o in_o righteousness_n jerem._n 4._o 2._o but_o so_o do_v not_o they_o which_o take_v the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la because_o they_o be_v force_v to_o accuse_v and_o bretray_v their_o brethren_n which_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o charity_n and_o righteousness_n in_o which_o case_n a_o man_n shall_v be_v resolve_v to_o say_v with_o ambrose_n prius_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la animam_fw-la mihi_fw-la quam_fw-la fidem_fw-la auferat_fw-la i_o will_v soon_o loose_v my_o life_n then_o my_o faith_n 7._o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n to_o force_v a_o man_n to_o produce_v witness_n against_o himself_o nemo_fw-la contra_fw-la se_fw-la cogitur_fw-la testes_fw-la producere_fw-la cod._n lib_n 4._o tit_n 20._o leg_n 6._o ergo_fw-la it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v force_v to_o be_v a_o witness_n against_o himself_o 8._o by_o the_o civil_a law_n a_o witness_n produce_v against_o his_o will_n must_v not_o carcerali_fw-la custodia_fw-la detineri_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v commit_v to_o prison_n nor_o detain_v above_o 15._o day_n cod._n l._n 4._o 20._o 15._o but_o they_o which_o be_v produce_v to_o testify_v against_o themselves_o be_v commit_v to_o prison_n and_o keep_v not_o only_o 15._o day_n but_o so_o many_o week_n and_o month_n till_o they_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o oath_n 4._o the_o scripture_n say_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n shall_v every_o word_n stand_v 2._o cor._n 13._o 2._o hereunto_o agree_v the_o civil_a law_n vox_fw-la unius_fw-la vox_fw-la nullius_fw-la the_o voice_n of_o one_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o none_o cod._n l._n 4._o tit_n 20._o l._n 8._o constan_n and_o the_o canon_n law_n vnius_fw-la testis_fw-la responsio_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la audiatur_fw-la one_o witness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v hear_v caus_n 4._o q._n 3._o c._n 2._o if_o one_o witness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v accept_v much_o less_o where_o no_o witness_n be_v shall_v any_o be_v condemn_v 10._o the_o same_o party_n shall_v not_o be_v both_o accuser_n and_o judge_n our_o saviour_n to_o who_o as_o a_o judge_n they_o present_v the_o adulterous_a woman_n will_v not_o condemn_v she_o without_o accuser_n joan._n 8._o the_o canon_n agree_v nullus_fw-la praesumat_fw-la 2._o can_n 4._o 44_o c._n 1._o 2._o accusator_fw-la simulesse_a &_o iudex_fw-la let_v none_o presume_v to_o be_v accuser_n and_o judge_n fabian_n epist_n 1._o damasc_n ep_v 3._o c._n 7._o concill_n oxoniens_fw-la sub_fw-la steph._n but_o in_o urge_v the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la the_o judge_n and_o court_n be_v accuser_n wherefore_o o_o most_o noble_a king_n 1._o see_v the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la shall_v be_v in_o weighty_a not_o common_a in_o civil_a rather_o then_o in_o criminal_a cause_n 2._o see_v it_o shall_v be_v use_v but_o when_o other_o proof_n fail_v 3._o and_o that_o a_o accuser_n shall_v be_v produce_v 4._o and_o the_o minister_n by_o law_n be_v privilege_v 5._o see_v such_o can_v swear_v in_o judgement_n not_o know_v the_o article_n object_v 6._o nor_o in_o righteousness_n be_v force_v oftentimes_o to_o accuse_v their_o brethren_n 7._o neither_o shall_v a_o man_n be_v force_v to_o